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...to be so angry I can barely function(41 Posts)
I know that men leave and relationships break down. I am a realist. But when my ex left two years ago, I had cancer (still have) and I had been very ill for ten years, having had some horrific treatments. It means I haven't been able to work - although I have tried. My daughter reacted to her dad's leaving in a really horrific way - she had to be seen by a cardiologist for the physical shock, then she developed some mental problems which are now really serious - inlcuding severe depression, an eating disorder and some involvement with drugs.
I am pretty ill still (incurable lymphoma) and it has been suggested that I go on another chemo clinical trial. I will have to come off my current medication - be pretty unwell - to take the risk for this new drug.
My ex is currently supporting us by paying the bills and £250 per month for me on which to live. He earns over £2,500 per week in a very high profile industry.
I have told my ex - pretty tearfully - the really horrific troubles with our daughter. I am finding life in general truly horrible and one night I even went to a train station where I know there are fast trains. I just wanted all the bad stuff to stop - but the knowledge that my daughter really really needed me, stopped me - as did the thought of the train driver's family.
My daughter refuses to speak to her father but she is very ill and refuses to speak to a number of people. Every day is difficult - I can't tell you how difficult. We are all mothers (or fathers) here - we know how tough children can be. Add to the mix an exhausting form of cancer that is also disfiguring - then imagine how I felt getting an email from the ex fundamentally bullying us out of our home and wanting to relieve himself of any financial burden. Yes, he has a new girfriend and there are lots of lovely pictures of them in holiday photos. He says he wants a future for himself and there is never a mention of his daughter. Sometimes he says 'I would love to help and be supportive.' That supports includes turning off his phone and when our daughter attempted suicide he told me she was just a stubborn teen. STUBBORN TEEN! She is currently in the mental health system and has regular and horrific meltdowns.
I feel so shaky I can hardly get out of bed. I find I have to force myself to smile, to try and get stability for my child. It's also making me so much more ill.
But meanwhile in his world he is greatly respected and loved. He is well known for what he does - he plays the kind cuddly man in public but I have never met such a hard individual. My daughter is everything to me and I want to stay in my home, try and get my illness under control and then get a future for her and myself.
I have never wanted to kill someone as much as I want to kill him. He never asks about his daughter, he ignores any updates which contain information that upset him, he says that seeing me has a distressing effect on me. His phone is always off - so he sends the email 'I don't want to seem hard but...'
Thank you for listening - even if you think I am over reacting. A number of lovely people helped me previously when I was so very low that I didn't want to go on. I cannot get to that place again. But if we sold our house, the way he has managed the money (badly) will mean that we will barely have anything left. I have nothing on which to live.
I guess I am frightened really. I have tried to be a good person but now I don't feel very good. In fact, I feel quite evil. And ill. I am desperately looking for writing work - I know that is my only talent and I am very accomplished at it. You wouldn't tell from this post though....I am all over the place.
Its very, very hard to get perspective when you are ill and easy to feel overwhelmed as well at such a difficult time. My sympathies re your situation. If you were feeling more yourself I think you would be looking at your ex and concluding that realistically you can forget any chance of him being supportive or useful. With respect to the £ get some legal advice if you can. Then move on and put your health and your daughter first. She is 16 its up to her if she wants to continue any relationship now. Also, she was probably fainting with hunger if she has an eating dsorder tho if they go long term with severe eating disorders the heart is eventually affected (experience re relative with eating disorder). Do you have any supportive friends or relatives, you must feel very in need of emotional support at the moment.... take care...
You sound absolutely lovely and selfless. My heart feels for your situation.
One thing I would say is that you are a fabulous writer, coherent and emotive. You mentioned writing in your first post, what about your life story? I would buy it, and it might be cathartic to do it. x
I'm another one who has experienced the real indifference of an ex to his dcs while weeping crocodile tears so you have my total sympathy. Mine were also teens when their father left - it's a tough time for them. I tried to make sure we got through exams, off to college etc with as little disruption as possible. I have broken the future up into manageable chunks based on what needs to be done to support dcs and how long assets will last.
So. If your dd is happy to move - and it sounds like you live in London or commuting distance ? - then how about forgetting about buying. Realise what equity you can from the house and rent for up to 4 yrs. during that time you would be getting treatment at Guys, by the time 4 yrs is up your dd will be 20 and on the road to independence - you will have a clearer idea of how well your treatment is going and might even return to Wales at that point. Not owning a property releases you from dealing with management issues around boilers (assuming you go through a good letting agent).
Thanks again all. Yes, I am entitled to half - but some time ago he remortgaged when in another financial mess (when we were together) and so there is a huge mortgage. When that is paid off, there will not be enough to buy a property, although he has talked about us both buying a house - which is insane. No his other debts are only in his name - but I wish he would be honest. Technically he could afford the mortgage. This is a man who recently finished on a Tom Cruise film for god's sake! I know he earns very well but unfortunately, now I am not there to control the money, he is spending. His debts, although not mine, have determined that we have to sell. When he left, he ploughed through £11,000 in six weeks. Yes, that's what I'm dealing with. His father was exactly the same and ended up living in very squalid conditions and no money at all to leave his son. Our attitude to money is often determined by our upbringing - my family has always been very careful with money.
Sadly, my hair has now started falling out with the stress and that made me more upset than anything. I have lost my hair various times with treatments and having long healthy hair has been such a comfort.
Oh bugger and damnation - I do feel so jittery now about the future.
The wisest thing someone said here was thinking about how fair or not fair this all is, would drive me insane. But being sick makes you feel so much more vulnerable. I am very very scared.
If you have to sell the house, surely you would be entitled to half of the proceeds regardless of his levels of debt? That shouldn't affect your share of the payout at all unless the debts are in both your names? See your solicitor. I do think you need to 'let go' and realise that you cannot control his behaviour, it wouldn't be good for your hopeful recovery to have all that resentment seething inside you. Your daughter is old enough to make her own arrangements with him.
Wish I had something practical to suggest, but just wanted to say that you sound like a lovely Mum, and I'm so sorry all of this is happening. I've really hated people for far less, but hope you can invest your energy in your daughter and your treatments. Thinking of you xx
Ok hope CAB can help. PM me if you want some research/additional help.
I am going to the Citizen's Advice Bureau initially and then go from there. Not married but thankfully, house in our both our names.
Punk I may have missed this info but are you married?
Whether or not you are I would invest in some good legal advice. Think of it as an investment in your and DDs future. If you don't have the money see if your mum can sub you until everything is sorted out.
I am trying but I am so very tired. I have spoken to my hospital and the Welsh Assembly has now made it more difficult for patients in Wales to get treatment in England. You have to fight for it. Not sure if I have much fight in me.
Thanks for all your suggestions. Ex is not being honest. I had suggested renting out the house, renting out our office/garage space - but he did not want to do that. The reason? He is up to his eyes in debt I think and selling the house is the only way he can pay all his debts off.
I know I need my family near but I am also a very private person - which presents a whole new dilemma.
I need an income - that's what I need. Or just to sleep for a very long time. I am still feeling my hands around his neck. But last night my daughter and her boyfriend came in and it was a rare happy day for her. Seeing their shoes in the hallway as they chatted and ate pizza made me cry. I have told her about moving and she is happier than I thought she would be - as long as she has me, she said. Made me cry again. Yesterday was a tearful day.
I feel so sorry I couldn't not respond. I can only give you my perspective when i was your dds age with a shitty dad. I always knew my dad was not there for me growing up but my mum just like you tried to keep mine and my dads relationship going. However in my heart of hearts I knew he was never really that bothered and I used to beg my mum not to see him when it was my weekend to go! He never paid maintenance to my mum either but she would never tell me that! I think she knows what her dad is like and it might be worth just relaxing on their relationship! Ultimately, it will be you she respects throughout her adult life just the way I do with my mum. I'm in no way sticking up for him but some men can't deal with things emotionally and bury their heads in the sand or run away! My Dh is in a high pressure job but at a very high level and professionally he can manage anything but when it comes to problems with me or the kids he can't manage and sometimes has to walk away just to calm down. Just focus on you and your daughter - get as much legal/financial support that you can and try to put him behind you. You are ultimately the one person that your daughter needs the most right now so you have to put yourself first. Keep us posted x
There's a whole lot there and it just sounds like you're having a horrendous time. I really hope things get better for you.
On the writing front, have you tried applying for jobs on elance.com? It's not megabucks but might be a good way to earn some money for writing, from home. Pm me if you want some pointers.
Well I have had an email from him telling me that a solicitor's letter is on the way. Hilariously, he talks about putting his daughter first and then signs it off as 'I have nothing to apologise for.' Astonishing, really. He also talks about sharing the care of our daughter - which is beyond stupid, considering that she never wants to see him.
Tomorrow I will ring Citizen's advice and also Macmillan - to ask what my rights are.
I don't feel quite so shaky now. My lovely mum has also said that she will sell her house and put her money into the pot to buy a property - if it comes to that.
Can't offer any practical advice but just wanted to say I'm so sorry you're in such a crappy situation. Your poor DD and poor you. Has your DD got another strong adult in her life who she can talk to when she's struggling? It's such a lot for you both to deal with.
Cancer is such a bastard.
Op you sound like a fab mom dont forget that. I was very very ill when i was 16. Took counselling and lot of trials of different medication but things did get better. Hope you will seek help or support, i can completely understand why you are feeing do low at the moment.
I feel for your daughter and can understand the shock to your daughters system. I adored my dad and if he hAd of left when i was young i probably would have had a breakdown.
Oh and obviously I mean remove him from the mortgage too if you haven't already done this.
I think for your own sanity you need to speak with a solicitor and remove your ex from your finances. He needs to be paying maintenance towards your dd until she is 18 but that is all. I think all this paying you maintenance and so on is not allowing you to let go and move on properly.
Could you rent out a room in the house to enable you to pay the mortgage off without having to rely on your ex?
Could you sell and rent, claiming some help with the housing cost under your own health grounds? Use some of the equity money as a deposit on a private rental? Go on a good holiday with the rest??
I know it's awful and scary but this situation with your ex is dragging you further down and you have enough to deal with. The man sounds like an arsehole. An arsehole is always an arsehole. You need to stop expecting him to be anything else.
Is your daughter maybe feeding off your reaction to all of this?
Your treatment is obviously a priority but I would urge you to talk to your consultant on a 'what if' basis. She/he may be able to help you.
This continuing dependence/reliance on your ex for accommodation, the instability and stress of the situation you're currently in can't be doing either you or DD any good.
It does sound as though your ex has firmly decided to move on.
Regardless of the rights and wrongs it sounds as though it will become increasingly difficult for you to deal with the situation, your illness and your DD's need for support without your family nearby.
practical .....
not piratical
how awful for you sadly for whatever reason and their is not one good enough he has decided to turn his back on his child this will take time to deal with
in the meantime if you can get yourself to a solicitor please go
he is a high earner. the csa do not deal with maintenance issues once someone is earning over 102k a year. he is expected to keep his children in a similar standard of lifestyle as he is living regardless what your relationship was with him
my ex earns similar money and i get a lot more from him. sadly this will need to be done through a solicitor as he is not being reasonable and that i am afriad you are going to have to get your head around and it hurts but try and keep the piratical side separate and do not bother to try and reason with him he has gone beyond that
I don't have anything to add I'm afraid but just wanted to reach out with sympathy. You're in an impossible situation and it must be agonising to watch your daughter suffer unnecessarily. You haven't said if your ex gives a reason for refusing to meet up with/call his daughter - I'm not accusing you of being interfering for one moment but do wonder if there might be another family member who could act as a go-between, leaving your ex free to interact with his daughter only? If he's making some silly excuse about it being a hassle to see his daughter, that would knock it on the head.
I quite understand why you wish to kill him. So would I. But often selfishness brings its own punishments eventually...you are the one who is getting to know your beautiful daughter. Focus on that. And her.
If I move towards my family, I move to Wales and then I cannot be seen by my specialist in London (Guys). That's not an option for me.
Yes, part of me does want a whole fresh start but my illness is so erratic and if I start this new chemo regime, I will become very sick. Ironically, the one I am on at the moment gives the superficial maintenance that makes people think I am really well - shiny hair, bit more energy etc. But it's not doing the job and preventing tumours, which are now appearing.
Really, I need rest, calm and as little stress as possible. To be well is doubly important - to cope with my daughter.
You lot are fabulous though - as ever. A kind, wise practical bunch of people. I am tremendously grateful for you taking the time to respond to a stranger.
I am sorry things are so shit for you. The cancer is not fair, neither is your ex's behaviour and the contrast between your life and his.
I think, for your sanity, you need to let go of what is "fair" and do whatever it takes to move away from any sort of dependence on him, both financial and emotional. It may well be necessary to sell the house and start over, but try to turn that into a positive new start for you and your dd, perhaps closer to your family. It cannot be making things any easier for you to still be tied to your ex via money.
Sad as it is you cannot force him to have a relationship with his daughter.
Would selling the house allow you to move nearer your family for support for you and DD, and give you both a fresh start?
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She had little doubt she had made the perfect choice after her first year at Ohio State -- she was socially and academically happy and swimming-wise, she finished a surprising fifth at NCAAs in the 200 freestyle. But then the carpet was pulled out from underneath.
The coach who recruited Black, Jim Montrella, and his assistants were fired by the Buckeyes' athletic director in an effort to clean house and start anew.
Black said the move was a complete shock to the team (Montrella had been there 17 years) and that no real explanation was given for the termination.
All of a sudden, Black was looking to go somewhere else. In the midst of getting ready for the World University Games that August -- a team being coached by Bauerle -- Black had another major decision to make. And quickly.
''I remember something in my heart telling me Georgia, but I wasn't listening,'' Black said. ''My coach was going to USC and ever since I was young I had always held the California schools on a pedestal. I thought that's where I had to go.''
''I was recruiting her like crazy, and when she ended up going to Southern Cal, I was crushed. My heart was broken and it knocked me for a loop,'' said Bauerle, who then added with a laugh: ''The hard part was that then I had to coach her at World University Games and pretend like it didn't bother me... I guess it was a good thing that I was nice to her or maybe she wouldn't have come back.''
During the World University Games, Bauerle and a couple of UGA swimmers on the team -- Amanda Adkins and Julie Varozza -- made a great impression on Black, but she had already made her mind up to go out West.
Black's sophomore year at Southern Cal wasn't easy. The transition from Columbus to Los Angeles was a shock to the system.
''The city of L.A was a bit of a culture shock,'' Black said. ''I lived in the ghetto and I had no car and no way to get away from the city.''
Black said she didn't seem herself that year at USC, but never thought of transferring one more time until the NCAA Championships.
''I remember winning some points and wanting to give them to Georgia,'' said Black, who finished seventh in the 200 and made the consolation finals in the 400 in 1998. ''They were so close (the Lady Bulldogs finished third), I wanted to say, 'Here, take my points.'''
That summer, she decided to transfer again, this time to Georgia.
Her parents thought it was a little crazy she was going through this again, but they wanted her to be happy so they helped her move to Athens -- at least she would be a little closer to her home state of New York.
NCAA rules state that a swimmer must sit out a year after his or her second transfer, so Black could only be a spectator when the women's swim program won its first national championship last spring. As everyone jumped from the podium into the diving pool to celebrate, Black was on the deck in jeans and a hiking boots taking pictures.
''I was shooting some photos of them celebrating,'' she said, ''when Kristy (Kowal) and Courtney (Shealy) grabbed me and said 'You're coming in too. You're a part of this team.''
That was the toughest part of last season for Black, practicing every morning and afternoon, but not being able to travel and bond with the team, let alone swim in a single meet. And then missing out on a national championship.
But that's only more motivation for this year.
''I think the swimmers who transferred (three counting Black), the freshmen and the other swimmers here who didn't make the NCAAs last year are really fired up for this year,'' said Black, who recently won the 200 and the 400 at the Georgia Invitational with NCAA automatic qualifying times. ''And that fire is good to have, because the hardest thing is to repeat.''
Maybe even tougher than switching schools three times in three consecutive years.
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Doha, February 3, 2014
The Pearl-Qatar, one of the largest urban developments in the Middle East, has signed a contract with Al Siddiqi Holding to open eight renowned restaurant brands and luxury fashion outlets in Porto Arabia and Medina Central districts of The Pearl-Qatar.
The agreement was signed by Ehab Kamel, the general manager, Retail Leasing at The Pearl-Qatar, and Aly Delawar, the board member of Al Siddiqi Holding in the presence of senior officials of both the companies.
The landmark agreement will see the opening of the exclusive Italian restaurant brand, "Biella", that will offer food-lovers the famous taste of Italian dishes along with various other European cuisines, and the "Lord of The Wings" restaurant in 'Medina Central' district - specifically designed to suit families and visitors looking for a lifestyle of serenity, while the rest of other high-end retails outlets run by the group will be located at Porto Arabia.
It may be mentioned here that Al Siddiqi Holding has already opened a branch of "The Noodle House" restaurant, the most prominent in its business portfolio, at The Pearl-Qatar, which now receives patrons on a daily basis.
Likewise, Al Siddiqi Holding will open a chain of world-renowned restaurants and fashion outlets at The Pearl-Qatar. This will include the first "Tike" Turkish International Restaurants franchise in Qatar.
Tike was an initiative started in 1998 in Istanbul by four cousins from Adana. The restaurant is famous for its traditional grilled chicken and lamb kebabs, transforming kebab from a casual dining affair to a fine dining experience in locations across Greece, Turkey, Ukraine and, now, Qatar.
Similarly, Al Siddiqi Holding's other plans include the opening of a number of luxury fashion and hospitality brands at The Pearl-Qatar, including the elegant Lebanese restaurant "Wafi Gourmet."
Other openings by the same group will include a unisex fashion outlet - Frankie Garage - as well as Migato, a shoes and leather store. In addition, Al-Siddiqi Holding will also bring the first branch of "Kas", the Australian brand that specializes in home furnishings and stylish household items.
Commenting on the deal, Ehab Kamel, the general manager, Retail Leasing at The Pearl-Qatar said, "The agreement is in line with our strategy of attracting new international brands to the island, essentially diversifying the shopping and dining experiences. It is aimed at finding the most important business partners who have a strong balance sheet and distinctive trademarks."
"Our endeavor at the moment is to focus on providing all what we had promised to our investors and residents, in terms of investment returns and services in this extraordinary Island," he stated.
"With commercial spaces of about two million sq ft ready at Porto Arabia and Medina Central, we will aggressively pursue our expansion plans by attracting leading global brands to open outlets here," added Kamel.
Describing the Pearl-Qatar as a unique and elegant shopping destination of world reputation and stature, Aly Delawar said: "We are confident that our global series of brands will contribute to the Island's reputation as a destination for tourists and shoppers alike."
The Pearl-Qatar, he noted, was distinct from other shopping centers and malls, because of its upscale designs and entertainment facilities and services that offer world-class facilities to suit all families.
According to him, Al Siddiqi Holding is one of the most dynamic business group in Qatar, with a wide range of business portfolios that span from the hospitality industry to the world of fashion.
"It operates a number of luxury brands in the world of cuisine, such as "Biella ", "The Noodle House" and "Wafi Gourmet". The group also runs a fashion store chain- "Al Motahajiba ", specializing in the design of the Arabic traditional wear for women in the Middle East," added Aly Delawar.-TradeArabia News Service


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@megamarie - That's fantastic news!
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Goodness there has been a lot of activity on this thread!
I'm still trying to catch up, but I'd like to say congratulations to blade and megmarie! I wish you both healthy pregnancies and happy babies!
I'm sorry to hear that some of you are having such a hard time. I know that hearing "sorry" gets old and that it really doesn't help anything, but I hope that you all keep your chins up and keep on trying because miracles are possible and you never know when you will be blessed with a little one (or two…) of your own!
This week has been filled with tragedy for me and my tiny hometown, so I love reading the good news and encouragement on this thread. It's great to have community of people who have each other's backs and are willing to give words of kindness and lend their ears (eyes?) in sympathy and understanding to people they've never met in person.
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April 24th, 2013 01:08 PM #832
@violetink are you from West, Texas?!
Metformin for many women with PCOS is a wonder drug since it both induces weight loss (30lbs on average) as well as lowers insulin resistance. The problem in Type 2 diabetes/PCOS is not that you suddenly stop making insulin yourself, it's that your cells cannot respond to it in order to transport glucose inside them. Metformin fixes that.
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To meet the performance requirements outlined in the science requirements, a successful GSMT design requires (1) active control of the telescope structure and optical surfaces, and (2) adaptive correction to account both for wavefront distortions wrought by the atmosphere and for the effects of wind-buffeting. Design of a control system represents one of the more significant challenges for the GSMT system, owing to the wide bandwidth requiring correction. We summarize in this chapter and its appendices the challenges and their magnitude, a framework for control system architecture, and a preliminary assessment of how the control system might compensate for known effects.
Active correction of the telescope structure and the optical surfaces is necessary for a 30-m class telescope to meet its specifications. Even using current state-of-the-art materials and structures, significant deformation is expected due to the weight and thermal expansion of the telescope. Furthermore, the drag and lift forces of the wind, as well as turbulent air separation effects, can cause considerable deformations and resonant oscillations in the structure. A telescope control system should (1) acquire a target on the sky, (2) track it during the observation, and (3) correct the wavefront aberrations due to atmospheric effects and telescope deformations. Controlling a large segmented mirror telescope represents several substantial challenges:
- The mirror segments should be phased (i.e., aligned) to within a small fraction of a wavelength to compose a continuous, smooth surface of appropriate shape. There is extensive work in this field with significant results.1 Because the segment arrangement of our GSMT design is comparable to those already investigated, we will be able to apply the techniques developed.
- The primary mirror constitutes a considerable bluff-body and an airfoil in the way of the wind. The stochastic pressure on the primary mirror reflects the turbulent characteristics of the incoming wind and local effects. The wind inflicts significant forces on the mirror surface, causing deformations which, in turn, degrade the phasing of the mirror and potentially excite resonant modes of the telescope structure.
The continuity of the primary mirror, as well as the overall shape of the mirror, should be maintained at least during the observation but preferably for a longer period because the phasing procedure is complex and time-consuming. The wind spectrum is partially overlapped with the structural resonances, which may result in cross talk between the continuity maintenance system and other structure control loops.
- The relatively large secondary mirror structure is also well-exposed to the wind. Its stochastic motion due to wind forces directly influences the telescope aberrations, and also generates primary mirror tilts and deformations through the secondary support tripod. Both should be corrected and, as in case of the primary, partly inside the bandwidth of structural resonances.
- There is significant cross coupling between the optical elements of the telescope through both the optical and mechanical systems. The structure carries energy from one element to the other by means of the modal resonances. Meanwhile, the aberrations of the optical system are multiple-valued functions of the structural deformations, meaning that different telescope configurations can result in very similar aberrations. With wavefront measurements restricted to a limited spatial frequency band (which is the usual case due to limited guide star magnitudes), it may be a significant challenge to discriminate between these deformations.
To correct the aberrations, the current status of the telescope should be sensed, and then the system should be controlled toward the desired status by means of actuators. Without going into the details, we list the information and stimuli necessary to control the GSMT:
Actuator groups
- Main axes, as the elevation and azimuth of the telescope
- Segmented primary mirror active control to tip, tilt, and piston the individual segments and rafts
- Secondary mirror rigid body motion, as of tip, tilt, x, y, and z translation
- Deformable secondary mirror facesheet
- Other high resolution deformable mirrors after the secondary mirror for high-order adaptive optics (AO) systems, like multi-conjugate adaptive optics (MCAO) or adaptive coronagraph
Sensor groups
- Optical sensors like wavefront detectors to measure the wavefront aberrations
- Mechanical sensors, like segment edge detectors or inertial sensors to measure the status of the mechanical structure
The capabilities of different actuator groups to influence the image quality are well-bounded as shown in Figure 2. The redundancy in image correction is apparent from the overlapping areas of various actuator groups.
In order to present a control architecture capable of keeping the image quality within the specification range, first we should outline a control-oriented model for the telescope. It will allow us to address the issues as well as the solutions in a more specific and detailed manner.
Although the telescope, just like all real-world systems, is inherently nonlinear, the nonlinear effects can well be localized and eliminated. One significant source of nonlinearity is the long-range motion of the telescope, such as slewing and acquisition. However, these operations do not require high-precision shape control. Consequently, they are considered separate operational domains with different specification sets. The control model described here is valid only for natural guide star sidereal tracking during observations.
The imperfections in sensors and actuators constitute another common source of nonlinearity. The actuators can usually be linearized with local high-speed feedback, such as encoder-based servo systems. Time-independent sensor nonlinearities are good candidates for look-up tables (LUT). The saturation (range) issues can be corrected with cascading actuators and sensors of different sensitivity and range. Because these corrections are very local, they are beyond the scope of our current discussion.
A major requirement for the structural design is to avoid hysteresis in the mechanical system. It is a significant consideration throughout the whole design process, from the choice of materials to the types of joints used. We can therefore assume, with good confidence, that the deformations of the structure are repeatable and are linear functions of the forces acting on it.
The customary representation of linear structures is based on structural modes, or eigenvectors.2 The actual displacements (q) are the linear combinations of these modes (qm).
Applying the linear transformation of - which is the system eigenvector matrix - on the Newtonian equations of motion of the structure causes the differential equations to become uncoupled.
The external forces applied on the structure are represented by u. The independence of the modal equations (i.e., the diagonality of the coefficient matrices M, Z and ) is the major advantage of modal representation.
A further step toward a higher level of abstraction reduces the differential equations to first order.
This so-called state-space representation of linear time-invariant systems is very visual, and also consistent with all the advanced tools of modern control theory.3 Although these modern control methods are highly model dependent, there are well-developed techniques for addressing parameter uncertainties such as ambiguity in modal damping and frequency.
For simulation and design purposes, the finite element analysis (FEA) of the structure provides the coefficients , Z and M, as well as the eigenvector matrix .
The mechanical deformation of the structure changes the optical path length through the telescope. These changes can be mapped back to the entrance pupil, as if the telescope were perfect but the input wavefront distorted. The optical path difference (OPD) p as a function of position throughout the aperture is a good measure of the image quality of the telescope and, for reasonably small deformations, a linear function of the mechanical displacement q.
Zj and aj are the jth Zernike term evaluated at position r or node n and the corresponding coefficient, respectively. Furthermore, a finite subset of the infinite Zernike spectrum can be expressed as a linear transformation on the displacement vector, or on the structural mode vector.
So far, we have assumed that the optical surfaces are continuous and smooth (continuously differentiable). However, a segmented mirror, even if it is kept continuous by active control, is not necessarily smooth. It can be considered a spatial sample-and-hold on the discrete-space signals of nodal and actuator displacements. In the case of flat segments, it would be similar to a first order sample-and-hold, but for parabolic segments, the optical effect is significantly more complex and needs further investigation.
The control configuration shown in Figure 3 integrates the mechanical, optical, and control subsystems of the telescope, as well as the external disturbances. It is worth mentioning that while the wind and the gravitational and thermal effects affect the image quality through structural deformations, the virtual sky motion and the atmospheric turbulence show up in the light itself.5
The telescope control features two distinct feedback loops based on the two groups of sensors. As mentioned earlier, for now we have neglected the actuator and sensor nonlinearities and limited ranges. The presented model is valid for the most important operation domain: guide star tracking during observation.
The command signal r1(s) for the optical feedback loop is the constant aberration of the undeformed telescope, mainly due to the off-axis position of the guide star. The command signal r2(s) for the edge detector feedback loop corresponds to the perfect positions of the primary mirror segments determined by phasing the mirror.
Other operation domains, like high speed slewing and acquisition, require somewhat different control models to be developed during the telescope design process. However, the specification requirements for these operation domains are much less stringent and the processes themselves are much less complex.
The model also does not contain pertinent information for "boot strapping" the control system; that is, locking it on the guide star. The locking procedure involves nonlinear as well as time- dependent transient processes, and it needs to be investigated further.
In order to define a successful control architecture, first we should investigate the amplitude and frequency range of different disturbances acting on the telescope. There are four major sources of disturbances: (1) the gravitational deformation of the telescope, (2) the thermal expansion of the telescope, (3) the wind induced deformation of the telescope, and (4) the wavefront deformation due to atmospheric turbulence. Fully understanding the effects of these sources on the image quality of the telescope needs significant investigation and simulations. However, at this point, our major concern is the general architecture of the control system and not the detailed design of the individual feedback loops.
The control architecture about to be described here is based on a pivotal assumption; namely, that there is no high frequency disturbance with reasonable power that tends to break the continuity of the segments on the primary mirror. In other words, the segment actuators can be operated slowly enough-below the resonant frequencies of the structure-to avoid interactions with the structural dynamics. Let us see now whether the characteristics of various disturbances support this assumption.
The thermal and gravitational effects are potentially large but tend to be rather slow. The temperature changes on a mountaintop during the night are usually very slow. Considering a 1�C/hour maximum temperature gradient and 5�C swing, the bandwidth of this disturbance is less than 2*10-5 Hz.
The major gravitational effect on the primary mirror is axial deformation, because the lateral motion of the segments is not going to destroy the continuity of the mirror (as long as the segments are not crushing into each other, of course). These gravity effects due to sidereal tracking repeat at diurnal frequency, so the bandwidth can be estimated as about 10-5 Hz.6
Assuming smooth enough bearings, actuators, and sensors, the correction of thermal and gravitational deformations should not interact with the structural dynamics of the telescope during sidereal tracking. Later in the design process, however, different service bandwidths should be defined that characterize and limit the speed of other telescope operations, such as settling after slewing, pointing, offsetting, and scanning.
The refraction index fluctuations in the atmosphere don't influence the shape of the telescope, but their effects appear in the optical measurements meant to determine that shape. Some of the atmospheric effects will be corrected by the telescope control system due to their inseparability from telescope deformations. Because the telescope deformations can be measured with a single (most likely natural) guide star, the refractive wavefront deformations will be corrected only in a limited field of view around that guide star.
In order to investigate the effect of wind forces on the telescope structure, we have simulated the telescope deformations using Matlab. As input we applied real wind velocities and pressures recorded at the Gemini South telescope in Chile.7 The mean wind velocity at the secondary mirror was about 5 m/s. Our analysis indicates (see Appendix 5.5.D) that the data collected by the different pressure sensors on the Gemini dummy primary mirror are practically independent. Consequently, these pressure time series could be patched together (repeated for different nodes) to yield the simulation pressures on the 30-m GSMT primary mirror. The resulting deformation, which was calculated as the temporal RMS (root mean square) of the instantaneous displacements of each node, is shown in Figure 4.
The shape of the primary mirror deformation indicates that the bend of the secondary structure has a major contribution, while pressure variations on the primary mirror are less influential. The other important conclusion is that the deformation is dominated by low-order modes. These are even more obvious from the Zernike expansion of the deformation, as shown in Figure 5.
The power spectral density (PSD) of the primary mirror deformation, shown in Figure 6, indicates that the bandwidth of the spatial RMS deformation is reasonably narrow. The majority of wind power is concentrated below 0.5 Hz. After removing the first 16 Zernike components of the deformation, the residual RMS deformation with frequency content above 0.5 Hz is about 70 nm. This value does not contradict our pivotal assumption.
In the simulation described above we didn't take into account the dynamics of the rafts and segment support structures. Because the lowest resonance frequency of the raft (5.8 Hz) is well above the lowest resonant frequency of the structure (about 2 Hz), the rafts do not impose additional requirements on validating our assumption.
Based on the assumption of separability of segment alignment and structural dynamics, a distributed telescope control architecture can be outlined. The continuity of the segmented primary mirror is maintained by a system utilizing edge detector information about the shape of the mirror. Because the lowest order modes of the structure have resonant frequencies around 2 Hz, the bandwidth of the continuity maintenance system should be less than 0.5 Hz in order to avoid interactions with telescope resonances.
A continuous primary mirror does not guarantee an aberration-free telescope, though. The shape of the primary mirror still can be deformed just as other parts of the telescope structure can. Our choices are either further observing the structural deformations and correcting them when and where they occur, or extracting information from the aberrated wavefront and arranging a hierarchical correction scheme mostly independent of the actual location of the deformation. The latter method has the advantage of directly observing and controlling the single most important characteristics of the telescope: its optical quality.
The first line of correction should be the deformable secondary mirror. It has the widest bandwidth in both the spatial and temporal sense. However, its stroke is limited, so the slower, lower order but larger amplitude errors due to piston, tip, tilt and de-center should cascade down to the secondary rigid body motion and finally to the main axes (see Figure 9).
From the point of view of control architecture, the AO system has two major actuator groups: the deformable secondary mirror and the higher-order deformable mirrors of MCAO and adaptive coronagraph. The deformable secondary mirror is inherently part of the telescope control system as well, because any wavefront sensor detecting the telescope deformation is also detecting the wavefront correction imposed by the secondary. On the other hand, the higher-order mirrors can be de-coupled from the telescope control by a sensible arrangement of WFSs, where the first high-order AO sensor is downstream of the last telescope control actuator in the light path. As long as the residual OPD is small enough in amplitude after all the telescope shape corrections, the high-order AO system-with its superior resolution and bandwidth-can certainly handle any misalignment possibly generated by the rest of the control system. Consequently, the high-order AO systems (MCAO and adaptive coronagraph) can be considered independent of the telescope control and are beyond the focus of this discussion.
22.214.171.124 Feedback of Mechanical Sensors
An influence function can be defined for the primary mirror as the assembly of edge detector responses, y, to actuator pokes, u. Our pivotal assumption implies that the influence function G of the primary mirror is independent of frequency (quasi-static).
The singular value decomposition of the influence function yields actuator and sensor modes as basis vectors to any actuator command set and sensor reading group.8 Each actuator mode, consisting of distinct positions for each actuator, has a corresponding sensor mode, (i.e., a unique set of sensor readings). There is a single scalar gain i for each actuator-sensor mode pair that characterizes the strength of the sensor response.
The global controller that maintains the continuity and shape of the primary mirror performs two functions. First, as a reconstructor, it estimates hypothetical actuator forces that would result in the actual sensor readings. Then, as a controller, it feeds back the inverse of these forces to eliminate the deformation. The control configuration in Figure 7 also shows the disturbance forces d(s) and sensor noise n(s). In the absence of strong noise and disturbances, the optimal reconstructor is the pseudo-inverse of the influence function. The command signal r(s) is the optimal segment position determined by mirror phasing.
Although the controller is global in the sense that it collects all the edge sensor information and commands all the actuators according to a global control law, it can be conceived as a set of independent modal controllers. Because any actuator command set can be expressed as the linear combination of actuator modes, and the resulting sensor output can be assembled as the same linear combination of the corresponding sensor modes, we are concerned only with the mode propagation through the system. The assembly of the individual modal controllers is the control law realized by the global controller. The ith modal loop is illustrated in Figure 8, which shows the modal contributions of noise and disturbance. The output for the ith sensor mode can be derived from the configuration in a straightforward manner.
It might be assumed that the larger the noise on the actuators, the larger the continuity error on the mirror surface. However, the continuity error, appearing as the sensor reading, is always about equal to the sensor noise and independent of the loop gain or its distribution throughout the loop. To see that, one may look at the above expression for sensor modes.
Although the barely observable modes are not causing excessive discontinuities, they are still degrading the shape of the mirror through noise propagation. Therefore, these modes should be rejected in the continuity maintenance system by setting their gain to zero. Fortunately, the insensitive modes are associated with smooth mirror shapes8,9 and result in low-order optical aberrations that can be corrected on the deformable secondary, based on WFS measurements. If the stroke of the deformable secondary mirror appears to be insufficient for correcting large, low-order, and slow gravitational and thermal deformations, the time average of these deformations can be off-loaded to the segmented primary. A bandwidth as low as 0.1 Hz, which is still appropriate for gravitational correction, can ensure that this additional control will not disturb the fundamental continuity maintenance system that has a 0.5 Hz bandwidth.
22.214.171.124 Feedback of Wavefront Sensors
The optical feedback system has four actuator groups: (1) the deformable secondary mirror, (2) the secondary rigid body motion, (3) the primary mirror segments, and (4) the main axes. The somewhat arbitrarily defined separation of these subsystems in spatial and temporal frequencies is shown in Figure 9. The bandwidths for aO and the main axes were established so that their separation from the structural dynamics is ensured as much as possible.
The deformable secondary mirror constitutes a major technological challenge. The University of Arizona is building a large (0.6 m), high-resolution (> 300 actuators) deformable mirror capable of acting as a secondary for a large astronomical telescope.10 Although the actual architecture and realization path of the GSMT secondary mirror is open at this point, we assume a similar configuration for this discussion.
Although reasonable AO correction for a 30-m aperture certainly requires more than 300 actuators, the corresponding subaperture density is high enough to correct up to several tens of Zernike modes, which is our requirement to correct telescope (mainly primary mirror) deformations. A bandwidth of 100 Hz is suitable, because even the fastest disturbance source, the wind, has only negligible power above that.
The thin glass facesheet of the deformable secondary mirror has negligible mass compared to the whole secondary assembly containing the reference body, support structures, and electronics. Thus, even the fast motions of the facesheet are not transferred to the telescope structure. On the other hand, there is an extensive local control system which transforms the deformable secondary to position actuator with response time well below 0.01 seconds.11 Consequently, from the telescope control point of view, the deformable secondary as a unit can be considered as a quasi-static plant, and the same control configuration can be applied as the continuity maintenance system on the primary mirror.
The main axes are restricted to slow corrections by design, so they also constitute a quasi-static plant. The only control system having significant interaction with structural dynamics is the secondary rigid body motion. The objective of this control is to reduce the optical aberrations to a level correctable by the deformable secondary. Assuming the same 5 m/s wind load as in the Disturbance Evaluation section, the secondary mirror should be tilted about 5 arcsecRMS in about 5 Hz bandwidth (see Figure 10) to achieve less then 0.5 �mRMS OPD.
The actual design of the feedback for secondary control is outside of the scope of this report; it will be a significant challenge later in the design process.
The control configuration for the optical feedback is shown in Figure 11, while Figure 12 illustrates the corresponding physical configuration. In Figure 11, a(s), d(s) and n(s) stand for the incoming wavefront errors (atmospheric turbulence and virtual sky motion), the mechanical disturbances (wind, thermal, and gravitational effects), and the measurement noise, consecutively.
- G. Chanan, M. Troy, and C. Ohara, "Phasing the Primary Mirror Segments of the Keck Telescopes: A Comparison of Different Techniques," Proc. SPIE 4003, 188 (2000).
- W. K. Gawronski, Dynamics and Control of Structures (A Modal Approach), (Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998).
- S. M. Shinners, Advanced Modern Control System Theory and Design, (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1998).
- J. C. Wyant, K. Creath "Basic Wavefront Aberration Theory for Optical Metrology" in Applied Optics and Optical Engineering XI, (Academic Press, Boston, 1992).
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- J. Meeus, Astronomical algorithm (Willmann-Bell, Richmond, 1998).
- M. K. Cho, L. Stepp, and S. Kim, "Wind buffeting effects on the Gemini 8m primary mirrors," Proc. SPIE 4444, 302 (2001).
- G. Chanan, J. E. Nelson, C. Ohara, and E. Sirko, "Design Issues for the Active Control System of the California Extremely Large Telescope (CELT)," Proc. SPIE 4004, 363 (2000).
- M. Troy, G. Chanan, E. Sirko, and E. Leffer, "Residual Misalignments of the Keck Telescope Primary Mirror Segments: Classification of Modes and Implications for Adaptive Optics," Proc. SPIE 3352, 307 (1998).
- M. Lloyd-Hart, F. Wildi, H. Martin, P. McGuire, M. Kenworthy, R. Johnson, B. Fitz-Patrick, G. Z. Angeli, S. Miller, and R. Angel, "Adaptive Optics for the 6.5 m MMT," Proc. SPIE 4007, 167 (2000).
- A. Riccardi, G. Brusa, V. Biliotti, C. Del Vecchio, P. Salinari, P. Stefanini, P. Mantegazza, R. Biasi, M. Andrighettoni, C. Franchini, M. Lloyd-Hart, P. McGuire, S. Miller, and H. Martin, "The Adaptive Secondary Mirror for the 6.5m Conversion of the Multiple Mirror Telescope: Latest Laboratory Test Results of the P36 Prototype," Proc. SPIE 4007, 524 (2000).
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By definition, the term "bucket list" stands for those places you want to visit or those things you want to do before you die.
For some time now, I have been publishing my own version of this list and have gradually been checking a few off my list.
And yet, there are so many other places to see and my list seems to be getting longer rather than shorter.
For example a dinosaur dig or a buffalo jump have zoomed to near the top of my list. Our family has never been to either and Wyoming has some of the best in the country. The dinosaur dig north of Thermopolis and the historical one near Como Bluff near Medicine Bow are two of the most prominent dino digs in the country. The Vore buffalo jump near Sundance is amazing, I hear. Before seeing that one, I just want to get out in the Red Desert and see the stark stole-fashioned one on the summit of Steamboat Mountain between Rock Springs and Farson.
Among the things that I wanted to do, and did do, included finally seeing Sybille Canyon between Laramie and Wheatland and driving the back road over the Snowy Range Mountains between Saratoga and Laramie. Also, I finally took that Red Desert back road from Rock Springs to South Pass and visited Boar's Tusk and the Killpecker Sand Dunes. On my earlier list was a visit to Bill, Wyoming, which I managed to do one Sunday afternoon while listening to a Bronco football game on the radio.
Also finally I drove that fantastic Wild Horse Loop from Green River to north of Rock Springs above the White Mountains. We also re-visited the fantastic petroglyphs just south of Dubois. Amazing.
But I still have not made it to some very important events. So here goes by 2014 Wyoming Bucket List:
• Am hoping to take a closer look at Vedauwoo area outside of Laramie. Again, I have driven by it hundreds of times. It is time for a closer look. Also, to spend some time at Curt Gowdy State Park.
• There is a man-made rock arrow in the Red Desert called the Hadsell site. It is between Jeffrey City and Wamsutter and will make a nice jeep trip with my friend Jim Smail.
• Between Jeffrey City and Muddy Gap is an odd rock formation I call Stonehenge. Reportedly it has names written in it including John Sublette. Sometime this year it will finally get checked off.
• Our family lived on Squaw Creek for 23 years outside of Lander and our view looked out at Red Butte. Hope to climb it this summer.
• If Fossil Butte is not on this list, my friend Vince Tomassi will scold me about it. He serves incredible meals every Thursday night in Kemmerer-Diamondville at Luigi's. Perhaps a tour and dinner, Vince?
• Enjoy a Scotch tasting part at historic Miner's Delight in Atlantic City, just above Lander.
• In 1993, I spent a very nervous time hunting a bighorn ram in the Double Cabin Area northeast of Dubois. Would love to go back for a more relaxed trip this time around.
• I still need to take the time to tour UW with a knowledgeable guide and see first-hand all the new buildings and new programs.
• Some 43 years ago, I photographed what looked like a horrible scar on Togwotee Pass where the area was clear-cut. Would like to go back to those areas and see if the timber has recovered or not?
• Historian Phil Roberts says he will give me a tour of the "breaks" north of Lusk? I flew over that area by private plane many times and looked down in awe at this rough country.
• Would like to spend some quality time around Devil's Tower, too.
• A tour of Wyoming's giant coalmines makes sense.
• On the Wind River Reservation, I would like to visit the Arapaho Ranch and also visit the mountains at the extreme north end of the rez.
To wrap this up, my friend Tom Hayes does not like the term "bucket list" and calls his a "leap list" for a list he does every leap year to plan their visits over the next four years.
Jim Hicks always offers perspective on these kinds of lists when he says he always wanted to break par, then he always wanted to break 80. "Now I just want to be able to get out there and play," he concludes.
So that's my Wyoming bucket list. What's yours?
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Subject: Re: [DNA] What happened 50,000 years?
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 13:43:38 -0800
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At 01:57 PM 1/2/02 -0500, John F. Chandler wrote:
>Orin wrote some things with quotation marks and some things without<<
Those with quotes were from the article and those without were my thoughts.
>> "For a few years there has been broad agreement that the mitochondrial Eve
>> lived around 143,000 years ago, which seems to make nonsense of the 59,000
>> years ago that Nature Genetics reported for the "Y-Adam".
>Not at all. People often lose sight of the distinction between "family"
in the sense of a shared surname and "family" in the sense of related
individuals. <<
I believe you missed the issue here. The DNA studies (from the scientists)
is indicating that the existing mtDNA floating around in the current
population pretty much consistently indicates an original souce 143,000
years ago assuming their estimates on time between mutations is accurate.
Whereas the Y-Chromosome DNA pretty consistantly reflects a common ancestry
some 59,000 years ago based on mutations and the same assumed mutation
rates. That is they all should merge at that point in time. It has
nothing to do with family, but with ALL existing populations of
individuals. While your grandfather's Y-Chromosome may no longer be around
because he had only female lines descend, that does not mean his
y-chromosome pattern does not still exist in the population if he had any
brothers, uncles, great uncles etc. who managed to sire a line of males.
If you get enough off spring the odds are still that half of the
descendants (all things being equal) will be males and carry the
originator's y-chromosome. So the question is what happened to eliminate
84,000 years of ancestry for the males? Part of the answer is probably
that it didn't eliminate the ancestry. It just resulted in one branch of
males who dominated totally. All others disappered. All who were left
would be descendants of one person who lived 59,000 years ago based on the
differences being seen today in the y-chromosome DNA. That person lived in
Africa and likely was responsible for some overly agressive tribe that some
time later . Possibly between 50,000 and 45,000 years ago when the
population started to expand into the other areas of the world.
>Reflect on what the finding actually says: all the existing human Y DNA
that has been studied is consistent with a scenario of
gradual mutation from a single source over a period of about 59,000 years.
It does not say that other forms of Y DNA were killed off
I do not see another logical explanation for the disappearance of 84,000
years of mutation assuming that the scientific estimates are accurate (open
to question). There would have had to have been at least as much diversity
59,000 years ago as we see today and we should see several times that today
but we don't.
>>It does not even say that ALL existing human Y DNA fits the pattern --
there would be a big surprise if more-divergent DNA turned up next week<<
They don't say that, but they haven't found any yet and the researchers
have pretty much tapped every existing population on the planet.
>>It would just mean that the calculated period of mutation would have to
be a bit longer.<<
It would have to be nearly 3 times longer. It may be. If that is so then
the scientists have to go back to the drawing board.
I would think the aborigal population of Australia could hold the answer.
They pretty much know when they hit Australia. A little closer examination
of the mutations present in that population compared to where they are
believed to originate should give them a pretty accurate approximation. I
don't know if anyone has done this.
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Does Measurement Error Explain a Paradox About Household Size and Food Demand? Evidence from Variation in Household Survey Methods
Several recent papers report a puzzling pattern of food demand falling as household size rises at constant per capita expenditure, especially in poorer countries. This pattern is contrary to a widely used model of scale economics. This paper exploits within-country differences in household survey methods and interviewer practices to provide a measurement error interpretation of this puzzle. A comparison of household surveys in Cambodia and Indonesia with the results from Monte Carlo experiments suggest that food expenditure estimates from shorter, less detailed recall surveys have measurement errors that are correlated with household size. These correlated measurement errors contribute to the negative effect of household size on food demand and cause upward bias in Engel estimates of household scale economies.
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- Andrew Chesher & Christian Schluter, 2002. "Welfare Measurement and Measurement Error," Review of Economic Studies, Oxford University Press, vol. 69(2), pages 357-378.
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Counting and Estimating the hard to count population in the 2011 UK CensusView Presentation
Owen Abbott, Office for National Statistics
Keywords: census, population, PES
The design for the 2011 UK Census focused on improved methods for both counting and estimating the population of the UK. A series of measures were put in place to address the challenging enumeration of the hard to count population. These included language support, increased allocation of resources to such areas and a large program of local community liaison. However, despite these efforts, it was recognised that the census will not count everyone and therefore a post-enumeration survey (PES) to measure coverage was required. For the UK, the PES and the subsequent estimation process was an integral part of the strategy to measure the hard to count population. There was a close link between the statistical and field methodology decisions, balancing the allocation of resources between easy and hard to count populations, where the objective was to maximise the quality of the estimates of the total population.
The first results from the 2011 UK Census are due to be released in July 2012, and therefore we will be able to present the results from the Census enumeration and the measurement of the population through the PES. This will include the extent and patterns of undercount, and we will be able to highlight the hardest to reach populations at local and national levels, which are estimated through the PES. We will also be able to report on the process of Quality Assuring those estimates, and any resulting findings and adjustments.
The paper will also discuss important outcomes and lessons from the enumeration and coverage process for the 2011 Census that will feed into the future development of UK population statistics, including our early thinking on how any alternative model will address the hard to count populations.
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