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I cannot even begin to explain how happy it makes me to see our children enjoying our healthy and safe organic garden.
My biological child seems to be the one with a very keen interest in gardening AND helping the environment. I wonder if it's nature or nurture...Just as I did as a child, she spends a LOT of time in the garden!
And no, this pic is not taken at our home, but nearby. I just really love this picture for you can see how truly happy the garden makes her.
This daylily came from my mothers garden. It seems that almost from birth my mother has been my gardening buddy, just as she was her mothers buddy before. For fun in winter when I was but 5 years old, we'd go through her multiple seed catalogs, plotting what vegetables and flowering plants we would grow. I always loved the gardens there and eventhough I lost myself during those troubled teen years, by age 25 I was totally garden obsessed again! I remember ordering bulbs online at this age and not even being able to sleep I was so obsessed.
This is just another shot of the same daylily. Don't ask me why it turned out this way! Just a cool shot in my opinion; just a few moments of praise yet again for the daylily.
- They are drought tolerant
- edible
- bees and Hummingbirds love them
- a native plant, though this one is a hybrid
A quick update on the rest of the garden:
This is a little off topic but as I have mentioned in an ealier blog, I find that when gardening organically the plants are healthy and can withstand such pests as these. Look, you can even see the moths EYES!
The Scarlet Runner beans are flowering abundently... beans are already forming...it is growing so quickly. Especially after the big rain we just had.
I grow this "Ladys Mantle" specifically for how the rain droplets form on it. It's considered an "old fashion" plant but I still love it. Beauty is all around us!
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Yes, the scarlet runner beans are edible! I find that once they are about 5' long and getting fat they can be harvested, but I find even when they get a lot bigger than this they are still tastey. You know, we always just eat them raw because they taste wonderfu this way; but I'm sure they'd be great lightly stirfried in extra virgin coconut oil, along side some ripe daylily buds, onions and peppers, a little ginger and some soy sauce. Maybe even some pine nuts or sesame in there....
Thanks for you kind words, I did wonder if my post was a little too personal!
Melanie, this is a great post. Your photos are lovely, especially the one of the three children with the buckets in the garden. Thank you for sharing!! One question for you: Are the scarlet runner beans edible? When do you know when they are ready to harvest? What do you recommend as a recipe if they ARE edible?

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Mark is Head of Sciences at Museum Victoria. He's reporting back from Neds Corner in this series of blog posts.
By 25 November, rain drenched Neds Corner and the clay turned to slippery mud. Great weather for frogs. With the rain's arrival, frogs emerged from the mud as our vehicles sank into it.
Rain at Ned's Corner. Left: The view from the homestead porch | Right: Boggy roadImage: M. Hewish / M. ChengSource: M. Hewish / M. Cheng
Pobblebonk frogs turned up everywhere. In our pitfall trap lines, 30 pits contained 37 frogs. These frogs bury into the soil in the dry weather and wait for the rains. Then they emerge to feed and mate.
Pobblebonk Frog (Limnodynastes dumerili) at Neds Corner.Image: David PaulSource: Museum Victoria
The other frogs we encountered were the Spadefoot, Spotted and Barking Marsh Frogs, Peron's Tree Frog and a froglet (genus Crinia). The tree frogs can be recognised by their padded toes, good for climbing.
Peron's Tree Frog (Litoria peroni) with beautiful green spots.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
The wetter weather was also good for the fungi and Dr Teresa Lebel from the National Herbarium of Victoria found many new records for this region. In arid country many types of fungus rest under the soil in a shrivelled state. As soon as the water reaches them, their stalks hydrate and the heads of species like puffball fungi emerge above the mud to release their spores.
Fungi after rain at Ned's Corner. Left: Fruiting bodies of the Earth Star fungus | Right: Tinder Conch fungusImage: Mark NormanSource: Museum Victoria
One of the fungus highlights was finding fallen white shelf fungi at the bases of big River Red Gums. The spongy dead fungus is called Tinder Conch fungus as Aboriginal peoples used it for carrying the slow-burning coals needed for fire starting.
Our survey team was not as well-adapted as the frogs and managed to bog three cars in one day, but a combination of winches and effort got us all home safe and sound.
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YOUNGSTERS enjoyed a spot of the great outdoors as part of a children's centre's summer activities.
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The NSW Rail, Tram and Bus Union made a snap decision late yesterday to take the buses, about a third of Sydney's fleet, off the roads because of safety concerns.
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She questioned the timing of the decision, noting that "it comes during negotiations for a new pay deal" and drivers had been offered a pay rise of up to 3.25 per cent a year.
"Only yesterday, talks between the executive of State Transit and the union broke down despite State Transit's best efforts to come to an agreement," Ms Berejiklian said.
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In a rather shocking announcement, General Mills has revealed that this holiday season (and that holiday is Halloween) not only will Franken Berry and Boo Berry return to the shelves in what has become a bit of an annual tradition, but for the first time in decades, Frute Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy will also return. It seems clear to me that bringing the cereals back as part of Halloween has been a great success for General Mills. My favorite remains to be Franken Berry, but I will definitely buy both of these when they hit the shelves later this fall.
Frute Brute (sometimes spelled Fruit Brute) was a main cast member for a while, appearing mostly in the 70's. He hasn't been seen since 1983 and only children of that era really remember him. Fruity Yummy Mummy came around in the 80's and I recall him immediately being a bit of a bastard child of the General Mills monsters. Of course, Boo Berry faded away for a long time as well. Perhaps these two monsters will get new life this season.
Interestingly, this will mark the first time that all five monster cereals have been available for purchase at once. Talk about a sugar high! If you're a fan of the lime or vanilla flavored marshmallows, now is the time to stock up. I suspect if they do good, we might even see spin-off products like last year's Monster Cereal Fruit Roll-Ups. There will apparently even be special retro boxes shipped to Target stores. The countdown to Halloween is on and General Mills is clearly in the spirit!
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I will be buying several boxes for Monster Cafe Saltillo. I sell them in the cafe. Kids like the cereal. It is wonderful exposing kids to these great items of my youth who have never tasted them before.
I haven't had Fruity Mummy in years! AWESOME!
The FIRST thing I suspect anyone (i.e., eBay seller/scalper) will do when they get to their local Target, is to grab EVERY box (retro design) off the shelf. and then speed home to list them all on eBay @ $200 a box or $500 for a set. but only AFTER the cereal date has expired so that no one will be able to eat any. plus, the boxes will be crushed (purposely before shipping).
I don't remember yummy mummy or frute brute, I don't think I've ever had either of them, but have had the big 3. I'm good for one box of Count Chocula and Frankenberry each a year, and that's enough sugar to hold me over for 12 months.
I remember as a kid thinking Boo Berry was disgusting, so I never buy that when it's out. I've been keeping my eyes out for these to hit shelves but haven't seen them yet.


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This is one of my boyfriend's specialities. It's easy, healthy and filling. I'm not a big fan of vegetarian sausages usually, but cooked in a tomatoey pasta sauce, their texture improves a lot.
- 1 medium onion, chopped finely
- Some garlic – equivalent of 2 heaped teaspoons of chopped garlic
- 2 courgettes, grated
- 500g carrots, grated
- 250g mushrooms, chopped
- 500g frozen vegetarian sausages, chopped (you need to slightly dethaw them to chop)
- 3 x 400g tinned peeled tomatoes
- 500g tagliatelle
- 200g feta, chopped into small pieces
- Chilli flakes (up to you how much – try 2-3 tsp for a mild kick)
- 2 T Marmite
- 1 lemon (zest and juice)
Pour a little olive oil into a deep frying pan (I prefer to use a big casserole dish that you can put on a hotplate) and add the garlic and onions. When the onions have started sweating a bit, throw in all of the mushrooms, and the chopped veggie sausages. You made need to add a little more olive oil at this point, depending on how thirsty the mushroom are for it.
After about 5 minutes or so, add all the tomatoes and mash or chop them up. Once they are simmering nicely you can put in all the grated carrot and courgette. For seasoning, add some chilli flakes for a bit of heat, a couple of tablespoons of Marmite for some saltiness and body, and the lemon zest and juice of a lemon (or half, depending on the size of the lemon). Also add a sprinkle of brown sugar to cut through the acidity if necessary.
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The Atlanta rapper reportedly has wed his fiancee, who is the former Xscape singer, in a low-key event at a Miami Beach courthouse.
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I.ĀĀ Description of Physical Processes
II. Comparison of Model Implementations
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One of the more difficult aspects of forecasting is convection. This is especially true with computer model forecasts. Efforts have been made to model convective outbreaks. However, the great number of variables required to simulate convection, and the fact that it often occurs on scales too small to be tracked well by models, mean simulation of this process is virtually impossible. Actions and motions at this scale have proved to be better handled through parameterization. Parameterization is a way to, out of mathematical convenience and necessity, represent the physical effects of a process (in this case convection) in terms of simplified parameters, rather than actually resolving the process itself. Thus, if the parameters satisfy certain conditions, convection is forecasted by the model.
The National Weather Service (NWS) forecast models concern themselves with convection, primarily because of the significant weather it can produce. Models should be able to show the forecaster the following pieces of information through parameterization of convection:
1.ĀĀĀĀ a quantitative measure of instability
2.ĀĀĀĀ a triggering mechanism for convection
3.ĀĀĀĀ the net effect of latent heating on the local atmosphere
4.ĀĀĀĀ the amount of
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A.ĀĀĀ Shallow convection (Non-precipitating):
1.Ā Medium Range Forecast Model (MRF):
This spectral model is run daily using observed data at 00Z and extends out to 16 days. These plots are updated once a day at 10 a.m. (EST) based on the 00Z model run. (0.7 x 0.7 degree resolution)
- Shallow convection occurs where convective instability exsists but no convection occurs.
- The convection calculations are performed after each leap-frog time step and can be considered as adjustments. Deep convection is done first, then shallow convection, as is the case with the ETA.
- Effects of non-precipitating cumulus clouds, carried out in a manner similar to Tiedtke, utilize a subroutine that carries out an enhanced vertical diffusion of specific heat and humidity.
- Only model columns that contain conditionally unstable layers near the surface are eligible for this process.
- No convergence is explicitly required, more vigorous vertical mixing of water vapor occurs (in synoptically inactive regions, the water vapor would otherwise tend to accumulate near the surface).
- The shallow convective process acts to simulate the increased turbulence and attendant vertical eddy transport. These are known to be properties of shallow cumulus clouds and their local environment. This process is also treated in the same way as the model's basic vertical diffusion.
- Shallow convection calculation follows these five guidelines:
1. Cloud base is determined from values of lifting
condensation level that have been received from the deep convection subroutine,
which has been previously called. A value for cloud top (the highest unstable
layer) is also passed, but stronger restrictions (below) apply.
2. In columns for which deep convection has been performed, shallow convection is not allowed.
3. Shallow convective "clouds" may occupy, at most, sigma layers two through six, producing relatively strong diffusion within the cloud and weak diffusion above and below it, as governed by an
imposed K profile.
4. Values of K are tapered in the vertical (to prevent development of unrealistic kinks in the T and q profiles) as follows: at the base of the cloud layer, K = 1.5m2s-1; at the top, K = 1; for the next-to-top layer, K = 3; for intermediate layers, if any: K=5 .
5. There must be at least one potentially unstable layer within the conditionally unstable column.
Note: K = diffusion coefficient (m2s-1)
This model uses a vertical coordinate system (eta coordinates) with series of steps of varying heights, allowing improved accuracy when dealing with topographic effects. This model runs out to 60 hours. This model uses the Betts-Miller-Janjic (BMJ) scheme. There is also an experimental run using the Kain-Fritsch (KF) scheme. Output from the experimental runs can be found at http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/etakf/.
- Determines the mixing line between two saturation points, one at the cloud base, and one at the cloud top. The model uses the mixing line to create modified soundings reflecting the moist mixing process.
- Determines the most unstable parcel and establishes the LCL.
- Calculates cloud depth.
- If the cloud depth resulting from lifting the most unstable parcel is >10 hPa deep, < 200 hPa deep, and covers at least 2 model layers then the shallow convection ETA is triggered.
- Modifies the temperature profile so there is no latent heat release. (See Figure 1 )
- Modifies moisture profile so that no precipitation will reach the ground.
- Results in condensation at cloud bottom and moisture moving upward to evaporate at cloud top. So there will be net drying at the cloud base, and net moistening will occur at the top.
- Whole modification process takes about 40 minutes of real time.
B.ĀĀĀ Deep convection:
1.Ā Medium Range Forecast (MRF):
This spectral model is run daily using observed data at 00Z and extends out to 16 days. These plots are updated once a day at 10 a.m. (EST) based on the 00Z model run.
- Simplified Arakawa-Schubert (SAS) Scheme that models deep convection. This is based on rate of destabilization or quasi-equilibrium.
- In order to be active it requires moisture convergence and deep conditional instability.
- Moisture convergence between cloud base and cloud top is separated into a rain producing portion and a humidity increasing portion. The convective heating and moistening of the environment is distributed with height between cloud base and cloud top.
- No ceiling is imposed on the deep convection. The medium range model is allowed to carry water vapor only in the lowest 12 sigma layers, which begin at the surface and gradually thicken into the mid troposphere.
- No convective moistening is allowed above layer 12 (only restriction).
- Either layer 2 (sigma = .981) or layer 3 (sigma = .960), or a combination of the two must produce the air entering the convective column.
- Layer one is not considered because it has a thickness of only 10 mb and is subject to surface processes that produce rapid variations in temperature and humidity.
- Now considers evaporation
- ice phase
- vertical fluxes of heat, momentum and moisture
- the effects of water loading
- cloud water, although the convective portion of a column is referred to as the "cloud"
2.Ā Aviation Model (AVN):
This model currently gives forecast information out to 84 hours at 6z and 18z and 126 hours at 00z and 12z.Ā Starting in March 2002 these lengths will increase to 384 hours (global model).Ā Currently it uses T170L42 resolution four times a day and plots are 6 paneled, but it will change in May 2002 to T254L64 resolution. It is the same numerical model as MRF, the only difference is in the data cutoff times.
- Uses 42 layers
- 0.7 x 0.7 degree resolution
- Uses the Simplified Arakawa-Schubert (SAS) convective parameterization scheme
- Convection initiation within a column considers time rate of change in stability asĀĀĀĀĀ primary convective trigger
-presence of positive buoyancy, and Cap strength
- Refer to MRF description for details.
3.Ā Nested Grid Model (NGM):
There have been no improvements implemented since 1990 and none are planned. The NGM differs from other models because of its use of horizontal nesting. The model makes its own forecasts of conditions at the boundaries of the inner grids. The NGM does not have cumulus parameterization.
- Moist convection also from modified Kuo scheme*
- Convection occurs if all of following conditions are met:
1. Sufficient moisture convergence in bottom six
model layers
2. Parcel originating in any of the bottom four layers would become buoyant if lifted
3. Total moisture convergence into column below cloud top is positive
- Moisture is distributed in the vertical through latent heating and moistening. Precipitation and latent heating are produced from 80% of the available moisture. The remaining 20% is used for moistening.
- Precipitation is allowed to fall and evaporate. If precipitation remains after evaporation has raised the relative humidity in a layer to about 48%, it is allowed to fall into the next layer. That process continues until all of the precipitation evaporates or it reaches the ground.
- One type of vertical mixing is dry convective adjustment. When a superadiabatic layer develops, the temperature profile is adjusted to be adiabatic so as to conserve the enthalpy of the column, a process also employed in the ETA.
* The Kuo scheme stabilizes the atmosphere at higher levels in the vertical
than would be done by a grid-scale process. This model forecasts moderate
precipitation when actually it is more likely to be light or heavy.
This model uses a vertical coordinate system (eta coordinates) with series of steps of varying heights, allowing improved accuracy when dealing with topographic effects. This model runs out to 60. This model uses the Betts-Miller-Janjic (BMJ) scheme. There is also an experimental run using the Kain-Fritsch (KF) scheme. Output from the experimental runs can be found at http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/etakf/.
- The most unstable parcel from the LCL to the EL triggers the convective parameter
- Calculates cloud depth, deep parameterization continues if greater than 200 mb
- The BMJ deep convective scheme nudges the environment toward a well-defined reference profile (See Figure 2 )
- Temperature profile is modified to be near that of the moist adiabat to allow for slight instability ( See Figure 3 )
- Moisture profile defines the distance a parcel needs to be lifted to reach saturation
- Measures cloud efficiency which indicates enthalpy (heat potential) transport upward and produces as little precipitation as possible.
- Enthalpy is conserved because latent heat release will balance the net change in moisture due to condensation.
- To get precipitation, the modified moisture profile must become drier and the modified temperature profile must become warmer
- Precipitation is directly calculated from the amount of latent heat produced by the modification of the soundings
- Adjustment is made so that enthalpy is unchanged but allows for latent heat of condensation to be released and precipitation to fall.
- Entire modification process takes 40 minutes of real time
5.Ā Rapid Update Cycle (RUC):
This model is designed for short-term forecasts and is updated frequently -- every hour (it is considered the "nowcast" of weather models). RUC operates on sigma coordinates near the ground and on a theta coordinate system aloft. This model is sometimes more accurate than others because it uses a wider range of available observations. The RUC-2 was active as of 1998 with a 40 km resolution. About to come out (early 2001) is the new RUC with 20 km resolution. Since the Grell scheme operates well with resolutions of 10 to 30 km, the new RUC will forecast heavy rainfall events even better.
- Uses isentropic values
- Does have some convective parameters
- Uses Grell convective parameterization scheme- The Grell Scheme is based on the rate of destabilization or quasi equilibrium. This is a single cloud scheme with updraft downdraft fluxes and compensating motion that determines the heating and moistening profiles. This scheme is useful for smaller grid scales (e.g., 10-30km), and it tends to allow a balance between the resolved scale rainfall and the convective rainfall. (http://www.epa.gov/asmdnerl/models3/doc/science/ch03.pdf )
- Includes downdraft detrainment, cloud top levels, minimum cloud depth, and capping criteria
- Inclusion of downdrafts results in smaller scale details in warm season precipitation patterns
- Evaporation of precipitation occurs with convective precipitation (not stable precipitation)
- Includes analysis and forecast grids with perceptible water, CAPE (multi-layered), and CIN
Contains forecast sub grids for convective precipitation
during last forecast period
C.Ā WRF (Deep or Shallow Convection)Ā The WRF model is an experimental model so it can be used in both deep and shallow convection.Ā The NCEP and NSSL versions are included for comparison/contrast.Ā The ability exists for both Deep and Shallow Convection to be included on either one of these models depending on the convective parameterization used in the model.Ā The NCEP version is available on the web (http://rain.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/pages/wrf.html) for various initializations and fields.Ā NSSL also has its version available on the web (http://vicksburg.nssl.noaa.gov/wrf/).ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ
ĀĀĀĀĀ 1.ĀĀ NCEP version
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘBetts-Miller-Janjic convective parameterization
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘNCEP 3-class simple ice microphysics
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘMRF PBL scheme
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ Ę5-layer slab ground temperature
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘRRTM longwave radiation
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘMM5 shortwave radiation
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘThermal diffusion surface physics
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ Ę22 km grid length, 28 vertical levels, Time step 120 s
It adjusts the sounding toward a pre-determined, post-convective reference profile derived from climatology.
Trigger: Three conditions are required to trigger convection:
Ę At least some CAPE
Ę Convective cloud depth exceeding a threshold value
Ę Moist soundings to activate .
General WRF NCEP facts
The dynamics uses a terrain-following height-based, conservative flux-form of the fully compressible nonhydrostatic equations.
The numerics is 3rd order Runge-Kutta in time, 5th order horizontally and 3rd order vertically in space.
The model is initialized directly from the Eta analysis via the WRF Standard Initialization package.
The display uses NetCDF output with NCL graphics.
ĀĀĀĀĀ 2.Ā NSSL version
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘĀ Modified KF convective parameterization
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘĀ MRF PBL scheme
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘĀ NCEP 3 class simple ice microphysics
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘĀ RRTM longwave radiation
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘĀ Dudhia shortwave radiation
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘĀ Thermal diffusion surface physics
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘĀ 34 km grid length, 31 vertical levels
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘĀ Time step 180s
ĀĀĀĀĀ ĘĀ Model domain and resolution are very similar to those of the Eta model.
KF Convective Parametrization
This is a complex scheme designed to rearrange mass in a column so that CAPE is consumed.
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĀĀĀĀĀ Trigger: The following conditions must be met for the scheme to trigger convection:
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘĀĀĀ The sounding has CAPE for source parcels from a low-level layer 50 to 100 hPa thick
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘĀĀĀ The cap is small enough for a parcel to penetrate given a boost of a few m/s (a function of large-scale vertical motion at LCL)
ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ ĘĀĀĀ The convective cloud depth exceeds a threshold
Just as all people have unique skills and
abilities, the convective parameterization schemes of the various models will
do different things well and different things poorly. Often, the skill of
the model depends on the exact location and time for which it is forecasting. For example, the AVN under predicts mesoscale convective
events across the Great Plains during the warmest part of the year. The
ETA parameterizes convection differently over water than land, thus it often
overestimates precipitation along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. The ETA
is also plagued by a greater amount of convective feedback than the NGM.
The MRF now accounts for factors such as evaporation of falling rain like the
RUC and NGM. The NGM and the MRF employ a variant of the Grell scheme
which stabilizes the atmosphere at higher levels in the vertical than would be
done by a grid-scale process causing precipitation events to be forecast as
moderate when they actually are light or heavy. Of course, no model can accurately forecast
precipitation (or anything) everywhere all the time, but the problems
with the various models are fairly well documented. Using this
information and relying on more than one model can allow forecasters to predict
convective precipitation events with a good degree of accuracy. Still,
any parameterization scheme is going to be flawed because it is limited in its
ability to describe what truly occurs in the complex and chaotic atmosphere.
Anthes, T.A., 1977. A cumulus parameterization scheme utilizing a one dimensional cloud model. Monthly Weather Review, 105, 270-286.
AVN Version of the Global Spectral Model web site Feb 2002 http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ftproot/ssd/nwpmodel/html/avn.htm#changes
Baldwin, Mike, et. al., 1998. Convective Parameterization in Models: Background Information. http://www.comet.ucar.edu/nwplessons/precipproclesson3/.
Benjamin, Stanley G., Kevin J. Brundage, and Lauren L. Morone, NOAA/ERL Forecast Systems Laboratory, NWS/NOAA, 1994: Implementation of the Rapid Update Cycle. http://maps.fsl.noaa.gov/tpbruc.cgi.
Black, Thomas L., 1994: The New NMC Mesoscale Eta Model: Description and Forecast Examples. Weather and Forecasting, 9, 265-278.
Developing Meteorological Fields. Environmental Protection Agency. 1999 http://www.epa.gov/asmdnerl/models3/doc/science/ch03.pdf.
NCAR WRF web site.Ā Weather Research and Forecasting Model. 2002 http://rain.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/pages/wrf.html .
Grell, G. 1993. Prognostic evaluation of assumptions used by cumulus parameterizations. Monthly Weather Review, 121, 764-787.
Hoke, James H., Norman A. Phillips, Geoffrey J. DiMego, James J. Tucillo, Joseph G. Sela, 1989: The Regional Analysis and Forecast System of the National Meteorological Center. Weather and Forecasting, 4, 323-334.
Information about the MRF. http://sgi62.wwb.noaa.gov:8080/web2/web2/chap5.html.
Kuo, H.L. 1965. On formulation and intensification of tropical cyclones through latent heat release by cumulus convection. Journal of Atmospheric Science, 22, 40-63.
NCAR WRF website.Ā Weather Research and Forecasting Model. 2002 http://rain.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/pages/wrf.html
NOAA/NMC, 1995: Description of Models.
NSSL WRF website. RealTime WRF model runs from NSSL. May 23. 2001 http://vicksburg.nssl.noaa.gov/wrf
Operational Models Matrix web site. 2002Ā http://meted.ucar.edu/nwp/pcu2/index.htm
Rogers, Eric, et. al., 2000. Changes to the NCEP Meso Eta Analysis and Forecast System: Assimilaltion of satellite radiances and increase in resolution. http://sgi62.wwb.noaa.gov:8080/ETA22TPB/.
Staudenmaier Jr., Mike. WR-SSD/NWSFO SLC. The Convective Parameterization Scheme in the MESOETA Model. http://nimbo.wrh.noaa.gov/wrhq/96TAs/TA9623/ta96-23.html.
Tiedtke, M., ECMWF, 1983. The sensitivity of the time-mean large-scale flow to cumulus convection in the ECMWF model. Workshop on Convection in Large-Scale Numerical Models. 28 Nov - 1 Dec 1983, pp. 297-316.
UCAR website. How Models Produce Precipitation & Clouds: Convective Parameterization. http://meted.ucar.edu/nwp/pcu1/ic3/frameset.htm .
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Iliff on the Road: Professor Albert Hernandez, "Lessons from Medieval Spain," MTSO, Ohio
February 26, 2013 7:00pm-1:00pm
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While the modern world struggles with tensions between major religions, Hernández believes Medieval Spain offers a legacy worth exploring. He will lead the Williams Institute at MTSO.
Under the theme "Lessons from Medieval Spain: Religion's Power to Unite or Divide," Hernández will present two lectures in two days: "The Tragedy of Andalucía: A Lost Legacy of Coexisting Religions" and "Nationalism and Memory: Casting Religions as Neighbor or Foe." Both lectures will be in the Alford Centrum on the MTSO campus. Lectures are free and open to the public. No registration is necessary.
Medieval Spain was a place where Muslims, Jews and Christians lived together and prospered for over eight centuries on European soil. In modern times of conflict around the world, Hernández finds Medieval Spain's achievements and rich legacies of learning, scientific advancement and creative coexistence instructive. He believes they provide an important and alternative vision of the three Abrahamic religions working together in the social and religious arenas for collective human flourishing and mutual edification. MTSO's Williams Institute was begun in 1981 to honor the late Dr. Ronald L. Williams, professor of theology from 1971 until his death in 1981. The institute has featured speakers from many backgrounds, including theologians, ethicists, poets, biblical scholars, historians, pastoral psychologists and Christian educators.
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Location: Methodist Theological Seminary in Ohio, Alford Centrum, 3081 Columbus Pike, Delaware, Ohio 43015
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Greensburg Salem tightens truancy rules
Greensburg Salem officials have turned to a new pilot program to try to curb truancy.
The district has joined with other local districts in the effort, which involves Westmoreland County and court officials.
The program has prevention — rather than punishment — as its primary goal, organizers said.
Superintendent Eileen Amato told school directors during a meeting this month that missed school has a dramatic effect on student achievement.
"Stopping truancy makes a difference," she said.
A student who frequently misses classes earns less in a lifetime than other students and is more likely to be jailed, according to Communities in Schools of Pennsylvania.
A contingent of county, court and school officials met for several months to put together the pilot program.
Physicians also can be involved in the process.
The state Education Department identifies truancy as any unexcused absence from school.
Greensburg Salem's high and middle schools are involved in the pilot program.
A student's number of unexcused, or "illegal," absences triggers different responses and the type of agency that would become involved in prevention efforts, said Ken Bissell, district coordinator of secondary education.
Through the program, school officials are attempting to address missed school days more quickly than in the past, he said.
"The difference is the immediacy of it," he said.
On the third unexcused absence, the district's procedure calls for a letter to go to the parent or guardian and inform them of the missed number of school days and the need to report absences in the appropriate manner.
The fourth unexcused absence leads to a "truancy elimination plan" meeting, Bissell said.
District administrators and counselors will meet with the student and parent or guardian and determine why the student doesn't attend classes and how that can be corrected, he explained.
Making parents aware of the lifetime consequences their children can suffer from missing school often helps curb truancy, Bissell said.
"Sometimes, the parents need a little more support," he said. "We find, when they do get involved, a lot of the time it resolves the problem."
With five unexcused absences, a district judge and the Westmoreland County Children's Bureau will become involved with the student and family, Bissell said.
"It's more formalized than it was before," he added of the process.
Shara Saveikis, children's bureau administrator, said her agency will do a further investigation into the reasons for the truancy.
"Our goal and interest is to find the root cause and a solution," she said.
If the problem persists, the child may be referred to county court, Saveikis said.
The pilot program brings uniformity to the process, although there is some choice for school officials about when to involve various agencies, she said.
Last school year, 33 students were processed by Greensburg Salem as truant, district officials said.
Deans of students will keep track of attendance of the 640 students in the middle school and 1,000 pupils in the high school, Bissell said.
The deans will make home visits.
Dirk Matson, who spearheaded the county effort, couldn't be reached for comment.
Bob Stiles is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-836-6622 or email@example.com.


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Such a freightage of joys he had never taken with him on his road to town.
Of what is lighter, especially if it be light as wind, how much easier the freightage!
One man carries across it a freightage of ingots, another may fish there for herrings.
In exchange for his goods he received furs; and the mules returned with their freightage of very rich treasure.
Nay, as regards the freightage itself, the artist has kept himself within bounds.
Nor are the freightage and postage moneys the only sources of profit.
Here I can only indicate very briefly the course of the stream and its freightage.
Commercially, however, distance is mainly a matter of freightage.
Now it is proposed to keep at home the profits and freightage of this costly and heavy material in house construction.


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Blue (and Green) Plate Special
Play a little musical chairs with your dishes, mixing rather than matching the salad and dinner plates. Add a variety of napkins. For a more lasting effect, try re-covering chair seats in different tones -- a project that can be done in 10 minutes with a staple gun.
LSA gold-bottom tumblers, $40 for 4, gracioushome.com. Arzberg Tric salad plates, in Green and Ocean, $25 each, tableartonline.com. Sunny Day salad plate, by Thomas Rosenthal, $17, gracioushome.com. Horizon chargers, by Raynaud, in Light Blue With Gold, $172; in Cobalt Blue With Gold, $224; and in Anise Green, $172; scullyandscully.com. Festival linen dinner napkins, in Royal,Teal, and Marine, $60 for 4, sferra.com. Judy 100 percent linen (on chairs), in Royal Blue #16, Chartreuse #26, and Turquoise #55, $8.75 per yd., graylinelinen.com.
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Awash in Color
This spectacular shower curtain is made by stitching together three fabrics in rich tones; ours is an extra-long 106-inch curtain, but the same look could be achieved with the average 72-inch curtain. Give towels supporting color-blocking roles.
Judy 100 percent linen, in Fuchsia #37, Orange #28, and Aqua #55, $8.75 per yd., graylinelinen.com. Wash cloths, by Martha Stewart Quick Dry Collection, in White and Hibiscus, $8 each, macys.com. Hand towels, by Abyss, in Confetti and Persimmon (by special order), $37.50 each; and bath towels, by Abyss, in Confetti and Persimmon (by special order), $74.50 each; gracioushome.com. Caress bath rug, by Abyss, $160, bloomingdales.com. Hotel Moderne framed print, $435, lillianaugust.com.
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Wake-Up Call
A plain white bed is like a blank canvas. Color-block by adding two different solid-colored pillowcases, draping a throw across the bottom, and fitting the bed with a bright sheet. This orange headboard is store-bought, but you could also staple-gun colorful fabric around a headboard.
Herringbone Matelasse coverlet, in Persimmon, $288 for queen-size, pineconehill.com. Standard pillowcases, by Tommy Hilfiger, in Red, $27 per pair, macys.com. Fiesta Percale pillowcase, in Orange, $22 per pair; and Fiesta Percale fitted sheet, in Orange, $32 for queen-size; garnethill.com. Palermo duvet, in White/Coral; and Palermo Euro shams, in White/Coral; shopolatz.com. Handmade Bergman headboard, in Orange Duchess Satin, wolfhomeny.com. Gustavian side table, $894, chelseatextiles.com. European reading glasses, in Aqua/Black/White, $185, melissaeyewear.com.
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Living in Color
Color-blocking in the living room can be as daring as adding a striking rug and curtains or as simple as lining the sofa with a trio of bolster pillows in different hues. Rebecca says, "Add one or two bold colors to your neutral environment and suddenly everything looks different."
Lumbar pillows, 11" by 20", in Dark Green Duchess Satin, $75, Snap Pea Como Silk, $55, and Honey Duchess Satin, $75; and silk velvet custom drapes, in Lemon; wolfhomeny.com. Vanguard Alexander rectangular coffee table, in French Gray, safavieh.com. Color Reform Spectrum rug, 7.09' by 7.11', abchome.com. Foo Dog lamps, toddhase.com. Diamond-cut globe vase, $48; and metal peacocks, $88 per pair; dwellstudio.com.
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Make It Comfortable
Neutrals don't heave to be stuffy. Learn tips and tricks for creating a comfortable, informal living room that's perfect for entertaining guests.
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One for the Books
That plain bookcase is just calling out to be color-blocked -- after all, the shelves have already done the "blocking" for you. Paint the levels different hues, but -- as is often the rule with color-blocking -- limit yourself to three colors to keep the look from getting cartoonish. Books, boxes, and photo mats offer other opportunities to color-block.
Paint (top), by Martha Stewart Living, in Mimosa, homedepot.com. Paint (middle), in Scandinavian Blue; and paint (bottom), in Aruba Blue; benjaminmoore.com. Silk-linen wingback chair, in Teal, antonytodd.com. Tubular Burst Objet, $373, dwellstudio.com. Abstract acrylic works on paper, by Ken Horne, from $50, hornestudio.com. Ennis small web sphere, $245, lillianaugust.com.
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Teal, Blue, and Citrine
The contrast between cool citrine and teal with rich blue creates excitement, while the commonalities allow for a fourth color (such as gold) to be added to the mix.
Round woven place mat, in Yellow, $5, surlatable.com. Anna Weatherley charger, in Blue, $110, bloomingdales.com.
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Linen napkins with contrast border, in Turquoise, Green, and Dark Blue, $35 each, bergdorfgoodman.com.
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Lime, Kelly Green, and Yellow
These grassy and sunny tones pop against a neutral base (such as your living room scheme), but still look sophisticated.
Square lacquered wooden tray, 12" by 12", in Peridot, $22, westelm.com.
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Turquoise, Fuchsia, and Orange
Mixing two tones in close color families (orange and fuchsia) with an outsider (turquoise) brings an unexpected punch.
Bloom pillow, by Iosis, in Coral, $65; and Berlingot pillows, by Iosis, in Rose and Silky Rouge, $84 each; yvesdelorme.com.
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Turquoise, Fuchsia, and Orange
Paint (on bathtub), by Martha Stewart Living, in Terra Rosa, homedepot.com.
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Our alert colleague, John Fritze, just noticed this -- excuse the all-too-intentional pun -- delicious item about disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff in Baltimore's Jewish Times.
Abramoff, released earlier this month from prison to a halfway house, will be working at Tov Pizza, the Jewish Times reports. The restaurant boasts that it serves Charm City's finest kosher pies.
It's not Abramoff's first foray into the restaurant business, although this stint is considerably different from his first one:
Back before he was jailed for trying to buy influence in Congress, Abramoff ran Signatures, a swanky downtown DC watering hole that probably was named for the John Hancocks on all the expense accounts that ate there. In an interview with the Washington Post earlier this year, former Abramoff sidekick Neil Volz described how the eatery's soignee ambience became "a huge tool in my lobbying toolbox."
Tov owner Ron Rosenbluth told the Jewish Times that Abramoff is working in almost all areas of the restaurant,including marketing.
Hey, you want extra earmarks with that?
(Posted by Kathy Kiely)
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
USA TODAY's Jackie Kucinich (@jfkucinich) and Fredreka Schouten (@fschouten) also contribute to the OnPolitics blog.


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Diversified fund manager Pengana Capital appointed Damian Crowley to lead its distribution team. He has 25 years' experience in funds management distribution, most recently as general manager for adviser distribution at Perpetual Investments.
BNP Paribas named Prema Balakrishnan, currently head of energy and commodities, asset and project finance in Australia, as global head of project finance. She will be based in Paris and is expected to start in September.
Edited by Vesna Poljak
The Australian Financial Review


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Sweet majesty! It would have been inconceivable to ponder that Entombed would ever allow their genre defining brand of metal to ever be included in a ballet, but here it finally is, and the result is an awe inspiring collection of music that redefines the bands trademark material in an entirely different approach. It seems that the rethinking of the music contained on this release has done nothing but exaggerate the emotional intensity of the band's music, bringing a fresh dynamic to classic tracks like the deeply moving 'Chief Rebel Angel' and the eerily epic 'Night Of The Vampire'.
L.G. Petrov's vocals here could be the most resounding performance wise since the band's treasured debut 'Left Hand Path'. 'It Is Later Than You Think' provides a wicked ambience that perfectly captures the nature of Entombed, from Petrov's stormy vox to the trademark guitar tone than spawned a mountain of followers. 'Mental Twin' drives with a bottom heavy intensity, while taking on a much wider, sprawling sound than the recorded version. The title track is a blasting frenzy that is relentless minute of sonic mayhem, leading into the pipe organ introduction of 'In The Flesh'. This track kicks into some gargantuan doom riffing that leads into the gruff vocals L.G. is famous for.
The fantastic thing about 'Unreal Estate' is that there are literally no overdubs here whatsoever, giving the listener the impression of being live in Stockholm, Sweden's Royal Opera Hall firsthand. But this record surely needs no overdubs, as Entombed are completely dead on point at all times, hitting their musical target like a blast from a double barreled 10 gage shotgun. All of the songs were retouched or arranged differently in order to accommodate the dancers and these arrangements have merely strengthened what were some already immensely powerful tracks to begin with.
With the sounds of 'Left Hand Path' bringing the album to a close, one is left with the impression that they have been part of a tremendous musical event, the likes of which have never been undertaken by any ensemble so extreme. 'Unreal Estate' is a riveting, illustrious performance from the kings of Swedish death that will be a highly entertaining affair over repeated listens. Hail Entombed for opening yet another door in extreme music and expanding the boundaries of metal to even wider horizons.


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If you haven't been to confession recently, don't wait, Pope Francis told people at his weekly general audience. One may walk into the confessional with a heavy heart, but forgiveness brings freedom and lightness.
"If a lot of time has passed, don't lose even one more day. Go," the pope said Wednesday, promising that "the priest will be good. Jesus will be there and he's even nicer than the priest."
"Be courageous. Go to confession," the pope told an estimated 20,000 people at his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square.
"Even just on a human level in order to vent, it's good to speak to a brother, confessing to the priest these things that weigh so heavily on your heart," the pope said. "Don't be afraid of confession."
Pope Francis said he wanted to follow up on his previous audience talks about baptism, Communion and confirmation.
Those sacraments give new life, he said, but sin eats away at that new life and can destroy it, which is why Jesus gave his disciples the power to forgive sins in the name of God and the Christian community.
"Some say, 'I confess only to God.' Yes, you can say, 'God forgive me,' but our sins are also against our brothers and sisters, against the church," which is called to be holy, he said. "This is why it is necessary to ask forgiveness from our brothers and sisters and from the church in the person of the priest."
Pope Francis said he knows some might say to him, " 'But, Father, I'm ashamed.' Shame is good, it's healthy to have a bit of shame" because "shame makes us more humble."
"Sometimes when you're in line for confession, you feel all sorts of things, especially shame, but when your confession is over, you'll leave free, great, beautiful, forgiven, clean, happy -- this is what's beautiful about confession," he said.
The pope asked people at the audience to think about how long it's been since they have been to confession. "Don't say it out loud, OK? but respond in your heart: When was the last time you confessed. Two days? Two weeks? Two years? Twenty years? Forty years?"
Citing the "beautiful, beautiful" Gospel story of the Prodigal Son who returned home after squandering his father's inheritance, Pope Francis said the father didn't even wait for the son to finish asking forgiveness. "He hugged him, kissed him and threw a party."
"I tell you," the pope said, "every time we go to confession, God embraces us and celebrates."
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The Wellcome Trust is a United Kingdom-based charity established in 1936 to administer the fortune of the American-born pharmaceutical magnate Sir Henry Wellcome. Its income was derived from what was originally called Burroughs Wellcome & Co, later renamed in the UK, somewhat confusingly, as the Wellcome Foundation Ltd (Wellcome plc).
The Trust is the world's richest medical charity, with net assets at 30 September 2005 of over £11.6 billion ($22.6 billion). The Trust states its mission as being "to foster and promote research with the aim of improving human and animal health." In addition to funding biomedical research, it supports the public understanding of science.
In 1986, the trust sold 25% of Wellcome plc stock to the public, beginning a process of separating itself from the pharmaceutical industry. In 1995, following controversy, the Trust divested itself of any interest in pharmaceuticals by selling all remaining stock to Glaxo plc, the company's historic British rival, creating GlaxoWellcome plc. The cash windfall generated by this merger has shaped many of the Trust's recent developments. In 2000, the Wellcome name disappeared from the drug business when GlaxoWellcome merged with yet another British firm, SmithKline Beecham, to form GlaxoSmithKline plc.
The Wellcome Trust invests more than £400 million per annum in biomedical research. Most of this goes to support research that adds to our understanding of health and disease but has no immediate application. Medical benefits may emerge years later. Many major successes have been achieved through Wellcome Trust funding, including:
- Sequencing of the human genome at the Sanger Institute
- Development of the antimalarial drug artemisinin
- Pioneering cognitive behavioural therapies for psychological disorders
- Establishing the UK Biobank
- Building of the Wellcome Wing at the Science Museum
The Trust's headquarters are on Euston Road in London. The original building built in 1932 in Portland stone has an impressive interior. Next door is the new building by Michael Hopkins, opened in 2004.
The Wellcome Trust established the Burroughs Wellcome Fund in the US.
In October 2005 the Trust was the first large research funding charity to condition funding of research projects to the publication of results in open access repositories.
Libraries and public facilitiesEdit
In 2007 the old building will reopen after refurbishment as a public venue called 183 Euston Road. This is intended to provide comprehensive resources to enhance public understanding of current thinking in medical science, as well as the history of medicine. The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine will be housed on the upper two floors.
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine has very large collections of books, manuscripts, pictures and films concerning the meaning and history of medicine. It is one of the world's foremost collections on these subjects and is open to the public without charge. Two other collections associated with The Wellcome Library are the Medical Photographic Library and the Medical Film and Audio Collections. These collections are currently housed in temporary premises on the other side of Euston Road, but will move into 183 Euston Road when it reopens.
183 Euston Road will also contain gallery spaces, conference facilities, space for debates, drama and workshops, a café and a bookshop. The Wellcome Trust stages a programme of temporary exhibitions both at its own premises and at the Wellcome Wing at the Science Museum.
The Wellcome Trust Biocentre is located at the School of Life Sciences Research at the University of Dundee, in Scotland.
See alsoEdit
- The Wellcome Museum of Anatomy and Pathology is located at the Royal College of Surgeons.
- List of wealthiest foundations
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute - the world's second wealthiest medical research charity
- Hall, A.R. & Bembridge, B.A. Physic and philanthropy: a history of the Wellcome Trust 1936-1986. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press, 1986. ISBN 0-521-32639-7
- Open Access a Must for Wellcome Trust Researchers, press release by Wellcome Trust
External linksEdit
- Wellcome Trust website
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