Sunday, April 26, 2009

San Francisco Bay Area Local Weather Channels

KTVU Fox 2 5 Day Forecast (WUnderground)
KRON 4 7 Day Forecase (HAMweather)
KPIX CBS 5 7 Day Forecast (WUnderground)
KGO ABC 7 AccuWeather 7 Day Forecast
KNTV NBC 11 Weather Channel 5, 10 Day Forecast

Ocean Prediction Center Unified Surface Analysis Loops, Forecasts
Northeastern Pacific Water Vapor (GOES West) loop
Western U.S. Water Vapor (GOES West) loop
Western U. S. Imagery WV loop
Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts
WPC 24-Hour QPF Percentile Guidance for Days 1-3 Probability of Precipitation of at Least a Specific Amount, Precipitation Amount by Percentile

Santa Clara Valley Water District ALERT system real-time data (TABLE, map) Stream, Reservoir, Precipitation Gauges
ALERT Precipitation Gauge Information 15 min Stevens Creek Maryknoll Rainfall intensity
ALERT Precipitation Gauge Historic Data Request

MesoWest Surface Observations Map LOAC1 Los Altos Weather Conditions 1 week hourly precipitation, temperature, (check Decoded Data LOAC1CA41F5F8 and get table, and precipitation)
Weather Underground wunderground weather stations

Santa Clara County Precipitation Data Marykoll (SCVWD), Stevens Creek (SCVWD)
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network CoCoRaHS Daily Precipitation
San Francisco Bay Area 6 Hour Precipitation Forecast

Hydrometerorological Automated Data System Coyote Creek at 237 (SCVWD)

California Department of Water Resources Historical Data Station ID in Santa Clara County Los Altos Hills LSA RAIN 1 year ending 7/1/2010 27, 23,
La Honda LAH sensor 842
37.08, 30.13, 27.35, 22.57, 30.5

California Neveda River Forecast Center

Mount Whitney
Mesowest Cottonwood Lakes CWDC1 12SW of Lone Pine 12SW 10150ft
CWD Cottonwood Lakes Snow Depth plot, Temp plot,
24 hour Temperature
WU MCWDC1 not real time Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS)

San Francisco Bay Wind Patterns

AccuWeather 15 day, Central California Precipitation Amount for Today - 10 day, High-Res Fronts & Pressure Map 12-48 hours

The Weather Channel Companies WSI (Weather Services International) Media Weather Solutions Intellicast 10 day, Raincast 6-48 hour, Surface Analysis and Forecast 12-48 hour

weather.com 10 day, Weekend Weather Map

Custom Weather MyForecast 7 day 15 day forecast, 24hr Precip Total, Accuracy 2003 study

ForecastAdvisor  accuracy analysis (AccuWeather, TWC, WU)
Accuracy of three major weather forecasting services NWS > TWC > Local TV

National Weather Service 7 day (HAMweather Weather For You 7 day)
Weather Underground 5 day NWS
WeatherBug 7 day
US Air Sports Net 7 day
Unisys 7 day SFO

USDA National Resources Conservation Service, Water and Climate Center, Snow Depth

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks

Deposit Hold examples

$100, electronic payments, in person cash, government/cashier's checks on next day
local on 2nd business/banking day
non-local on 5th day
large amounts on-us additional 1 day
large amounts local additional 5 days
large amounts non-local additional 6 days

$5000 local 1st Mon, $100 on 2nd Tue, $4900 on 3rd Wed
$10000 local 1st Mon, $100 on 2nd Tue, $4900 on 3rd Wed, $5000 on 10th Wed
$5000 non-local 1st Mon, $100 on 2nd Tue, $4900 on 8th Mon
$10000 non-local 1st Mon, $100 on 2nd Tue, $4900 on 8th Mon, $5000 on 16th Tue

Consumer Checking Account Fairness Act

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Museum Ship

List of museum ships
The Navy’s Ship Donation Program

List of U.S. National Historic Landmark ships, shipwrecks, and shipyards

NS Savannah 1959 nuclear merchant ship, Newport News, Virginia
Nautilus 1954 Nautilus-class, Groton, Connecticut
Pampanito 1943 Balao-class, San Francisco Maritime National Park Association
Balclutha 1886 steel-hulled full rigged ship, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Aircraft Carriers
Midway 1943 Midway-class, San Diego, California
Lexington 1943 Essex-class, Corpus Christi, Texas
Hornet 1943 Essex-class, Alameda, California
Intrepid 1943 Essex-class, New York City, New York
Yorktown 1943 Essex-class, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

List of submarine museums
USS Nautilus 1954 nuclear at Submarine Force Library and Museum Groton, Connecticut
USS Blueback 1959 last non-nuclear at OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) Portland, OR
USS Pampanito 1943 San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, San Francisco, California

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

South Bay Swimming Schools

California Sports Center CSC Swim/Aquatics Adult Beginner Semi-Private 3:1 $74/month
Maki Swim School Adult Group Class Cost: $180 / 10 lessons, Ratio: 3 students per teacher
DACA DeAnza Cupertino Aquatics
Group (4 students/class): $75.00 per month
Semi-Private (2 students/class): $150.00 per month
Private Class: $300.00 per month
Sutton Swim School 4:1 $17 per lesson

Friday, April 17, 2009

Open Source E-Commerce: Survey Rates the Best in OSC

CRE Loaded Chain Reacion ECommerce, branch of osCommerce, commercial no free
PrestaShop 2008 simpler but faster alternative to Magento, making use of an Ajax interface
New osCommerce Project
Magento 2009 (paid version in 2009)
Zen Cart branch of osCommerce
osCommerce 2003

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Gift Card

Discover eGift Card $3.95 service fee Gift Card $3.95 free shipping, $2.5 inactivity fee after 12 months
American Express Gift Card load fee $3.95, $2 monthly service fee waived first 12 months

MasterCard Gift, Travel and General Purpose Prepaid cards
WaMu MasterCard Gift Cards $5.45 issuance fee (includes Shipping & Handling), $2.5 monthly after 12 months
Natalie Gulbis Gift MasterCard $5.95 Card Issuance Fee, $2.5 beginning in th 6th month

Visa Gift Cards Online
Gift2Go $3.95 service fee, $2.5 monthly fee after 12 months
Chase $3.5 at branch, $4.95 online, $2.5 after 1 year
Comerica $5.95, $2.5 after 6 months
Simon Gift Visa $5.95 handling fee, $2.5 monthly after 12 months
$5.95 purchase fee, $2.5 monthly after 6 months
BCU $5.95 processing fee, $2.5 monthly maintenance fee after 6 months
Gift Card Lab $5.95 enrollment fee, $15 account closure after expiration
WishCardCollection $6.45 fee, $5 after 6 months
GiftCards.com Visa $4.95+ card fee, $0.35 POS transcation fee, $2.5 monthly administrative fee after 6 months
iCard Gift Card $7.95 fee, $25 for 6 months

Screwdriver

Screw Drive Types
Slotted (flat or straight)
Phillips ("crosshead") PH
Pozidriv (SupaDriv) PZ Pozi
Square
Robertson (square)
Hex
Hex socket (Allen)
Torx T, TS, TX

Wrench for bolts and nuts

Shopping Malls

Westfield Valley Fair (Santa Clara), Oakridge (San Jose), San Francisco Centre, Metreon
Simon Property Group Stanford Shopping Center (Palo Alto), Great Mall (Milpitas), Gilroy Premium Outlet, Stoneridge Shopping Center (Pleasanton)
General Growth Properties Eastridge (San Jose), NewPark Mall (Newark), Southland Mall (Hayward), Stonestown Galleria (San Francisco)

anemia

Advanced Sports Nutrition by Dan Benardot: Efficient Delivery of Oxygen: The Oxygen-Nutrient Performance Relationship
Clinical sports medicine anemia
CYCLING PERFORMANCE TIPS: anemia Dilutional Anemia, Exertional Hemolysis "march anemia" or "footstrike" anemia, Iron Deficiency Anemia
Runner's Anemia dilutional pseudoanemia, iron deficiency, footstrike hemolysis

Footstrike is the major cause of hemolysis during running
Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in endurance runners