text:
You are at NWS Houston/Galveston » Research Projects » Hurricane Ike (2008)» Storm Surge Overview
1. Introduction
Hurricane Ike made landfall over the eastern end of Galveston Island just after 2 AM on Saturday 13 September 2008 as a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The storm then tracked northward across Galveston Bay. Ike was a very large as it moved across the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall, with tropical storm force winds (34 knot, 39 MPH) extending 275 miles outward. Ike's large wind field contributed to storm surge values well in excess of those normally associated with a category two storm.
The National Weather Service (NWS) dispatched 4 teams to survey damage due to wind and storm surge across the region. In cases where high water marks were present, either on fences or buildings, or indicated by debris lines on sloping terrain, the teams estimated the height of the water level relative to mean sea level if a nearby reference elevation was known or could be reported by the property owner, but these estimates were subject to error at the teams did not have sophisticated survey equipment to make quantitative elevation estimates. Survey teams from other agencies, with more sophisticated GPS equipment, made more quantitative measurements of high water marks. These groups included FEMA, USGS, and the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD). The results of available estimates and measurements are summarized by region below. As more information becomes available, surge estimates may be revised.
2. Gulf Coast
a) Bolivar Peninsula
Towns on the Bolivar Peninsula were heavily damaged by wind and storm surge, with an estimated 80 to 90 percent of the homes in the communities of Crystal Beach, Gilchrist and Caplen destroyed. The level of destruction, relative scarcity of water marks, and the damaging high surf component on top of the surge, make it difficult to estimate surge quantitatively. HCFCD reported high water marks in the 12 to 16 foot range. NWS survey teams found some indication that water reached the 20 foot level in a few places, due to surge but also possibly due to waves on top of the surge. The tide gauge at Rollover Pass on the eastern part of the peninsula measured a water level departure or storm surge of 11.06 feet and was rising at 05:48 UTC, or 12:48 AM CDT, just before the time it stopped reporting at 1 AM CDT (Figure 1). From available data, would estimate surge of 12 to 16 feet on the Bolivar Peninsula, and possibly higher in spots. Will be able to refine these estimates as additional surge measurements become available.
|Figure 1. Observed water level (red) and departure from expected due to surge (green) for Rollover Pass. Sensor stopped reporting before reaching peak surge.
b) Galveston Island
High water marks from HCFCD survey on Galveston Island were generally in the 10 to 13 foot range which was consistent with estimates from the NWS survey. Surge values were generally closer to 10 feet over the West End, and in the 12 to 13 feet over eastern portions of the island
|Figure 2. Water mark survey of Galveston County locations including Galveston Island from Harris County Flood Control Division. Elevations are referenced to mean sea level based on the 1998 NAVD datum, 2001 adjustment (HCFCD).
|Figure 3. Galveston Pleasure Pier tide gauge showing maximum surge 10.8 feet.
c) Brazoria and Matagorda Counties
Surge values were estimated by NWS survey teams to be 6 to 8 feet near Surfside Beach although there was uncertainty in the elevations there, and were few good water marks. Farther down the coast, results from damage surveyed in the Sargent area found evidence of a five to seven foot storm surge in areas outside of the Intracoastal Waterway, with lower water levels evident along man made canals running inland. Despite the lower surge values in this area, beach erosion was severe, with a concrete retaining wall emplaced to help preserve the beach becoming exposed. The wall had not been visible since it was constructed in early 1998. Tidal gauge near Freeport indicated a maximum storm surge of 6.25 feet several hours prior to the landfall of Ike up the coast.
|Figure 4. Freeport tide gauge showing maximum surge 6.25 feet.
3. Galveston Bay
a) Chambers County
Estimates of storm surge ranged from around 12 feet at Smith Point, to the 15 to 20 foot range near Anahuac, Oak Island, and in the Trinity River basin near Wallisville and the Interstate 10 Bridge. Large debris piles were found from wreckage that had washed over East Bay from the Bolivar Peninsula. These debris piles were nearly 20 miles inland from their likely origins. HCFCD managed to record water marks near 17 feet between Anahuac and Oak Island, and another mark near 13 feet at Smith Point consistent with these estimates. HCFCD was unable to capture more water marks due to cellular communications outages limiting their GPS capability, but it is possible these surge estimates can be refined when new surge measurements become available.
b) Harris and Galveston Counties
HCFCD conducted a detailed high water mark survey and analysis along the western shore of the Galveston Bay and near the adjacent bays, lakes and rivers. Their findings are shown in figure 5.
|Figure 5. Harris County Flood Control high water mark data for Harris and portions of Galveston County. Elevations are referenced to mean sea level based on the 1998 NAVD datum, 2001 adjustment (HCFCD).
|Figure 6. Eagle Point tide gauge showing surge of 10.75 feet.
4. Summary
Hurricane Ike, a large category 2 storm at landfall, generated a significant storm surge along the Gulf Coast and along the Galveston Bay and adjacent tributaries. Surge values along the Gulf Coast were estimated to be around 5 to 6 feet near Sargent, 6 to 8 feet near Freeport and Surfside Beach, generally 10 to 13 feet along Galveston Island, and 13 to 17 feet along the Bolivar Peninsula. Along the western shore of Galveston Bay, and the adjacent Clear Lake, maximum surge also ranged generally from 10 to 13 feet, with surge values of 15 to possibly 20 feet over portions of Chambers County. These estimates will be refined as more data become available.


text:
BRUSSELS — Delhaize Group here said last week that it took an impairment charge of $18.6 million for the value of 25 Sweetbay stores, indicating those locations are not meeting financial projections. Delhaize last year completed the conversion of its entire Kash n' Karry chain in Florida to the Sweetbay format, and has launched a more aggressive pricing program at the 106-store banner that the company said is driving improvements. "We have said that we are not profitable there yet, and ...
REGISTER TO VIEW THIS ARTICLE - Register for a Free Account
WhyRegisterfor FREE?
Registering for content on Supermarket News will give youINSTANTaccess to invaluable articles and media content that industry professionals rely on. You will have access to our special reports, feature articles, and industry analysis. It'sFREE, easy and quick. What are you waiting for!In addition you will also receive complimentary access to the SN salary survey data tables.
Click here to read the FAQ page if you have any questions (opens in a new window)
Attention Paid Print Subscribers: While you have already been grantedfreeaccess to SNwe ask that youregister now.We promise it will only take a few minutes! Or visit your profile and add your print magazine account number and zip code.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
We don't want to simply share nice ideas with people, we want to help others experience restoration and become fully alive. Through counselling, workshop presentations, retreat facilitation, and music ministry, Life Restoration provides means for change, growth, and lasting joy.
Jake has a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology and is a Registered Clinical Counsellor as well as a Canadian Certified Counsellor. He also has a Bachelor of Arts in Theology with a concentration in Religious Education. Before entering into counselling private practice, Jake worked as an adult educator, pastoral counsellor, sexual abuse counsellor, and early childhood counsellor. Currently, Jake offers counselling in private practice as well as vitalizing workshops and retreats on a variety of topics.
Heather is an established worship leader with over 18 years of experience. She has led worship at many youth and adult retreats as well as national conferences. Before joining Life Restoration she travelled throughout North America working with young people and leading worship. Her ministry has included working with Franciscan University of Steubenville, REACH Youth Ministries, Life Teen, and the Archdiocese of Vancouver. Currently, Heather speaks on a variety of topics, leads conferences, worship events, retreats, as well as offers music ministry training and women's ministry.
We have been blessed to discover, learn, and experience many amazing things that have helped us grow and live in greater freedom. We want to share and help others experience what has restored our lives and the lives of others.


text:
Siyathanda memories
Here are some moments from Siyathanda over the past months and years...
We concluded 2012 with a celebration of ten courses and over 90 activists trained. Here's the invite:
And some media coverage:
Here's an invite to a Siyathanda practice session (October 2012)
The group from our first 5 week training in September/October 2012:
In September 2012 we held a training for women to commemorate women's month:
Our September training group:
In June 2012 we piloted a new training: The Power of Connection.
In February 2012 we conducted a training for the team at Sikhula Sonke:
We kicked off 2012 with a Siyathanda Visioning Day:
Here's a video featuring participants in our first ever training in September 2011:


text:
Application: Blue Crew Cabinet Position
2. Work with the Board of Directors to execute plans to increase student attendance at athletic events.
3. Assist with the production of game-day team spirit items (signs, props, etc.) for home games for: Volleyball, Women's Soccer, Men's and Women's Basketball, Baseball, and Softball.
5. Take part in crowd entertainment by throwing t-shirts, ball retrieval, team chants, etc…
6. Help plan exclusive events for Blue Crew members.
7. CHEER on your Islanders!


text:
Make Your Stories Count
SixBoxes Performance Thinking is an approach to understanding and improving human performance. They work with companies to improve productivity, profitability and employee engagement. SixBoxes enlisted Y Art Works graphic design services to redesign their logo, visual identity and website.
What Do Clients Say?
"Yasmine is a remarkably creative artist who maintains great integrity in her work and business relationships, and is certainly an expert in her craft. She brings fresh, often provocative ideas to the table in ways that expand one's perspective on what is possible and lead to absolutely beautiful final products. If you're seeking a graphic artist or a designer who will bring energy and elegance to your project, Yasmine is among the very best."—Dr. Carl Binder, Co-Founder of SixBoxes Performance Thinking


text:
This was The Beatles' penultimate day of concerts at the Olympia Theatre in France's capital, Paris.
Prior to their two performances The Beatles visited the American Embassy in Paris to obtain the necessary visas and work permits for their imminent tour of the US.
The Olympia residency had begun on 16 January 1964. The group's setlist contained eight songs: From Me To You, Roll Over Beethoven, She Loves You, This Boy, Boys, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Twist And Shout and Long Tall Sally.


text:
University Writing Program
Welcome to the University Writing Program
Outstanding FSEM Instructor of the Year!
Congratulations to Writing Program faculty member Megan Kelly on winning Outstanding FSEM Instructor of the Year - a student nominated award for excellence in First Year Seminar instruction.
The Tie That Binds
Carol Samson, a faculty member of The University Writing Program, has adapted Kent Haruf's first novel, The Tie that Binds, for stage performance at The SteamPlant Theatre in Salida, Colorado. Haruf was a resident of Salida. He died there in November 2014, and over the winter this year, an arts organization, The Friends of the SteamPlant, asked Carol to adapt a piece of Haruf's writing as a celebration of his work and as a benefit for the Haruf hospice organization, Sunset Home. While his late novels had been staged by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, she was pleased to acquire the rights to adapt his first novel, The Tie that Binds, winner of the PEN/Hemingway award. She adapted the work into a two-hour theatre piece that will use 10 actors and 88 slide projections to tell the story of Edith Goodnough, a woman raised on the eastern plains of Colorado in Haruf's imagined town of Holt, Colorado. The novel is part Faulknerian gothic, part parable, and part cultural study. It is a poetic treatment of the land and the people who framed eastern Colorado, farmed in treeless and sand-filled acreage, and endured.
Professor Heather Martin received the University of Denver's award for "Service Learning Faculty Member of the Year," joining her colleague Liz Drogin, who received that same award two years ago. The entire Writing Program received the Community-Engaged Department of the Year Award in 2012.
WRITLarge - Our Annual Magazine of Undergraduate Writing 2015
Please read our latest magazine of fine writing by University of Denver Undergraduates.
Creating a robust culture of writing on the DU campus, the Writing Program helps students and faculty develop complex writing abilities needed in contemporary academic, professional, and civic life.
The nationally recognized program provides a national model for colleges and universities seeking exemplary practices in teaching writing.


text:
In my search for a cute head covering to wear to my cousin's Bar Mitzvah, I came up with two bases to make some little felted fascinator hats from. The "Fedora" style has a little more brim and a smaller dome than the "Bowler" style, which, conversely has a narrower brim and wider potential dome. Both are very malleable, depending on the amount of felting and shaping that you do to the fabric, you can use these two basic shapes to pull out many styles of tiny hat. Finished hats will be around 4 inches in diameter.
Needed: worsted weight yarn that will felt
Gauge: 4 sts = 1" on US 10.5 before felting
Optional: comb, clip, or headband to hold the hat to your head; needle and thread or glue to hold add-ons to hat; assorted frippery of choice to fancy-up the hat.
CO 54 sts
Join in the round and K 1 round
*K6, ssk*, repeat 5x, K6
*K6, ssk*, rep 6x
K two rounds
*K4, ssk*, rep 7x
K three rounds
*K5, ssk*, rep 5x (30 sts)
K seven rounds
*K3, ssk*, rep 6x
K one round
*K2, ssk*, rep 6x
K one round
*K1, ssk*, rep 6x
ssk 6x
ssk 3x
Cut yarn and pull through the last 3 sts.
CO 54 sts
Join in the round and K 2 rounds
*K7, ssk*, rep 6x
*K6, ssk*, rep 6x
*K5, ssk*, rep 6x (36 sts)
K six rows
*K4, ssk*, rep 6x
K one round
*K3, ssk*, rep 6x
*K2, ssk*, rep 6x
*K1, ssk*, rep 6x
ssk 6x
ssk 3x
Cut yarn and pull through the last 3 sts.
Notes about felting and shaping:
I have great results with Universal Yarns Deluxe Worsted 100% wool, if you are unsure of a good yarn to use. When felting, I put the knit item into a pillow case that either zips closed, or I pin it closed. This prevents wool fluff from shedding off your project and potentially clogging the drain on your washing machine. Also, I can put the items to felt in with towels or sheets that need to be washed in hot water anyway so I don't have to run a special load just for felting. Economical! The fedora and kippah pictured above were shaped entirely by hand, post felting. I used a 1-cup measuring cup to shape the dome of the bowler, then finger-pressed the brim into place.


text:
Allows you to send the same SMS text message over and over again to one or more people.
All applications on SlideME are scanned for viruses and exploits, including the Master-Key exploit (courtesy of Bluebox Security), before they are reviewed and approved by our editors.
Discover and download Android applications directly to your device. Learn more.
© SlideME LLC


text:
Weather Journal: What to Expect in Next Two Hours
For the next two hours, those living in the path of Hurricane Sandy will see steadily increasing gusts coming on shore with sustained winds of tropical-storm force — around 40 mph — becoming more widespread. But the worst of the wind won't come until later Monday evening.
In the very near term, coastal water levels should actually decrease during low-tide period coming in the mid-afternoon. The primary storm surge should begin to build at around 3 p.m. this afternoon in Lower Manhattan, with peak coastal flooding across the region between 8 p.m. and midnight.
Hurricane Sandy has already become both the largest and most intense storm ever observed in the Northern Atlantic Ocean. And yet the storm continues to intensify as it slowly powers its way towards an expected landfall somewhere between Delaware and New Jersey. Air Force Hurricane Hunter observations from a plane flying through Sandy's eye have discovered wind and pressure readings that point to the storm coming ashore stronger than previously predicted.
Sandy's forecasted path and potential destructiveness put much of the East Coast on high alert, with mandatory evacuations in place for many coastal communities. Here we'll take a look at what to expect south of the landfall zone in the Mid-Atlantic region and north in Greater New York and beyond.
SOUTH OF SANDY: Rain will be the primary threat here. Radar-estimated rainfall totals have already exceeded eight inches over parts of coastal Virginia, the Delmarva Peninsula and the Baltimore area. This area could receive an additional two to six inches of rainfall — or even more — in the next 48 hours.
Since Sandy's winds will be blowing offshore in the Mid-Atlantic, storm surge and winds aren't nearly as big of concerns as they are a bit further north. Still, some moderate coastal flooding can be expected. The primary flooding threat, however, will be from flash flooding along streams and rivers.
NORTH OF SANDY: The National Weather Service office covering Greater New York went as far as to call the storm "a worst case scenario for our region." So what are the latest observations and forecasts telling us about near-term impacts on land?
It appears from weather models compiled in recent hours that Sandy will come ashore with an extremely complicated wind-flow pattern that may jettison the strongest winds much further north of the likely landfall location on the New Jersey shore.
In fact, one model showed hurricane force winds could extend as far north as eastern Maine, placing a large swath of New England in the path of serious and threatening winds. Unbelievably, parts of Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine may all be dealing with the strongest winds in the entire hurricane, surpassing even those felt in locations with immediate proximity of landfall.
It's not immediately known if this scenario will actually play out. This is an extremely complicated storm scenario that involves the upper atmosphere actually folding down toward ground level. But it seems clear that wind gusts exceeding 100 mph are possible from southern New Jersey all the way northeastward to Maine.
Relating to storm surge, Sandy's persistent pressure falls are also beginning to become quite concerning. Earlier on Monday, Sandy's low pressure passed the Long Island Express of 1938 as the most intense hurricane ever observed north of North Carolina. Such a deep low pressure will act to create even higher surge, as the low pressure of the atmosphere will literally suck the ocean upwards and boost tide levels.
The National Weather Service has yet to raise official surge forecasts, but there is a possibility that we could now be looking at surge values towards the upper end of the 7 to 11-foot range for New York Harbor rather than the low to middle end of that range as was forecast Monday morning.
Peak weather conditions will occur in the overnight hours as Sandy makes landfall along the New Jersey coast.
- Follow @WSJweather for the latest on the storm's development as it approaches landfall.


text:
What is the National Anthem of Hungary?
"Himnusz" (English: Hymn) is a musical prayer that serves as the official Hungarian National Anthem. It was adopted in 1844 and the first verse is sung at state ceremonies and played at international sporting events. The words of the Hungarian anthem are different from most others in that they express a direct plea to God [more…]


text:
Miami Hot Spots: South Beach Food and Wine Festival
Decadent, daring, delicious. This is one of the country's premier culinary extravaganzas, with a star-studded lineup of celebrity chefs and renowned wine and spirits producers ready to entertain and delight over the three-day-weekend. Hosted by Food and Wine magazine, the South Beach Food and Wine Festival will boast 75 restaurants and 150 wineries under tasting tents overlooking the beach. Starring chefs include Wolfgang Puck and Nobu Matsuhisa. Feb 24-26 (though Veuve Clicquot's Bubble Bath, at the Hotel Victor, is on the 23rd). Buy your tix online.
Castle Hotel and Spa
Tarrytown, United States
Situated on sprawling hilltop acres overlooking the Hudson... more >>
CopperWynd Resort and Club
Fountain Hills, United States
CopperWynd Resort and Club, a boutique Arizona resort property... more >>
Rusty Parrot Lodge And Spa
Jackson, United States
The Rusty Parrot Lodge and Spa offers the finest in Jackson Hole... more >>
Opus Hotel Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada
More than somewhere to stay, OPUS Vancouver is somewhere to be.... more >>
Wentworth Mansion
Charleston, United States
Welcome to the Wentworth Mansion. To step through the doors is... more >>


text:
Wednesday in The Zone we were live from SportClips at
Next up we talk to the gorgeous Alyssa Milano. She was on to talk about her show Project Runway but we manage to tap into her sports preferences. In this segment we also hear an instantly classic reaction to Mrs. Milano being on the show by our special Wednesday guest Wally Hall.
While at SportClips we hear play back Wally's reaction and talk to our buddy William who is headed to get his mop top taken care of. We also find out about their Help a Hero program in this segment. You can visit their website for more information by clicking HERE.
During our Jim's Razorback Pizza Report we talk some Hog football and basketball. We also use this opportunity to get Wally's input who is brought to us on Wednesday's thanks to Deltic Timber.
From Bleacher Report we talk to Barrett Sallee. He joins us for some college football talk.
Coming up Thursday we will be back in studio along with Christina Lecuyer and will talk some UALR Trojans with Joe Foley and Steve Shields. We will talk to Edward Aschoff from ESPN.com and Nate Olson from Sync Weekly. As always we thank you for listening to The Zone weekdays from 10 to 1 with Justin Acri!


text:
SIKESTON -- Sikeston businesses can expect enforcement of liquor laws to take on a more local flavor.
City Manager Doug Friend said during the special meeting Tuesday that due to cutbacks in the Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, various liquor control duties will be shifted to the city.
For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.


text:
Record Low Temperature Set in Lakeland on Wednesday
Published: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 7:09 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 12:19 a.m.
A low temperature of 37 degrees Wednesday morning in Lakeland set a cold-weather record for the day.
The low, part of the cold front that moved in Monday, broke the previous record for March 27 of 39 degrees that was set in 1979.
National Weather Service meteorologist Nicole Carlisle said temperatures will gradually rise today and through the weekend.
Bay News 9 projects a high today of 70 degrees and a low in the low 40s. Lows in the 40s are also projected for Friday. By Sunday and Monday high temperatures are expected to be back in the low 80s.
Reader comments posted to this article may be published in our print edition. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re-published without permission. Links are encouraged.


text:
Free options
OS X Mail includes an importer for Eudora mail. However it will not attempt to integrate attachments into the mailboxes and message status is not preserved.
A better free option is a freeware application called Eudora Mailbox Cleaner. Mail is imported by dragging the entire Eudora data folder onto the top of the application and then selecting whether you'd like to import Mail, Address Books info, Filters, or any combination of the three. Imported messages are placed within a local folder called "Import." Each imported folder will initially appear to be empty until it's been selected and the Mailbox > Reconstruct command run.
For incoming messages attachments are integrated into the mailboxes. Message status is preserved.
Limitations found:
- Outgoing messages will lack attachment information.
- Attachments not in the default attachment directory will not be integrated into the mailboxes
- Possible problems with large mail stores--lengthy import times and incomplete imports
Commercial utilities
Emailchemy is a commercial utility University IT has successfully used to import large mail stores. It will do a more complete job of integrating attachments compared to Eudora Mailbox Cleaner, as attachments do not necessarily need to be stored in the default attachments directory.
Limitations found:
- Message status is not preserved using the standard option to output Mail.app compatible mailboxes. All messages show as unread. An alternate conversion option Emailchemy provides involving a built in IMAP server theoretically resolves this. More information will be posted here as it is known.


text:
GuildQuality customer satisfaction surveys enable homeowners to rate their contractor on a scale of zero to four (with zero being the worst and four being the best) in all sorts of categories. Our members can publish a summary of those answers here on their profile page, displaying a bar for as many or as few questions as they like. The score for each category indicates the percentage of survey respondents who answered a three or four to that particular question.Learn more about the feedback published on this page.
Energy efficiency upgrades (20560)
Home energy audit (20560)
Whole house remodel (20560)
Windows & doors (20560)
We display two types of written homeowner feedback on GuildQuality member profile pages: Comments and Reviews.
In response to our customer satisfaction surveys, homeowners share lots of comments about construction quality, communication, or any other question asked in the survey. Guildmembers can selectively publish these comments here on their profile page.
Reviews are different than comments. These are star ratings that homeowners ask us to publish, and they come with a written description of the type of experience they had working with their contractor. We publish all of the reviews we receive: positive and negative alike.Learn more about reviews and comments.
I would not recommend them to anyone.
They communicated with us every step of the way, and were not satisfied with the job until we were. They were a great company to work with.
Very well informed people all around. Not even one problem with communication or workmanship! Product is awesome. I can't wait until the cold weather comes in so I can see the results of Power siding!!! We had a lot of problems with old siding. Drafts and all over cold. I know this product will be a...
Everything was top notch. Completed on time to the proper specs.
Between the salesman, the installation consultant, the project manager, and the installation crew, no one took notice of the white window trim before installing almond-colored windows. The color was selected to match the almond color of the exterior siding, under the assumption that the interior part...
I'm very satisfied with what they did. They were very professional and I would highly reccomend to anyone who asked me about roofing.
So power replaced my roof for me at a very excessive price. Way above average but they offer a warranty and liability insurance so I went with them. The came and did the roof in one day. The workers could barely speak English and they rushed threw the job leaving trash and nails all over the place that...
I found Power Home Remodeling associates to be very professional and knowledgeable about their products and services. I loved that the workers kept their work area clean during and after the job was completed. It was a pleasure doing business with them and would recommend them.
It is my second business with Power Remodeling Group... Unfortunately this time, some organizational questions, have spoiled the general good impression
Problems with Power started with the sales reps. We had two in-house appointments, both over 3 hours long, before settling on a contract for new windows. One of the reps even tore up the contract because he was "afraid that we would cancel." The installation date was pushed back by Power several times,...
As a GuildQuality Guildmember, Power Home Remodeling relies on our customer surveying to help them deliver an exceptional customer experience.
We have surveyed customers on behalf of Power Home Remodeling in Philadelphia, PA; Staten Island, NY; Silver Spring, MD; Brooklyn, NY; Chicago, IL; Wilmington, DE; Houston, TX; N/a, NY; Alexandria, VA; Trenton, NJ; and 2044 other cities in Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Delaware, New Jersey, and 12 other states.
In this report, Power Home Remodeling has published a summary of the customer feedback they've received since they joined GuildQuality in January 2012. In that time, 11,356 out of 20,555 customers (55%) responded to a GuildQuality satisfaction survey, with the most recent response in August 2016.
Power Home Remodeling surveys all of their customers shortly after the completion of work, and their feedback appears in the summary on this page.
If you are a Power Home Remodeling customer, and if Power Home Remodeling completed work for you after January of 2012 but you haven't yet received a survey, please let us know.
Thanks for letting us know that this comment may be inappropriate. A member of our team will review the comment.


text:
Hey, I know alot of you here are way more savvy with car problems than me. Besides regularly checking the oil and tire pressure, I really have never done anything to any car (ever).
A few weeks ago I bought a Haynes repair manual, I gotta pick up some tools though cause... well, I dont have any :-P. But besides that...
So rewind to yesterday, I had (for the first time ever) some weird problems. Car starts, and from a dead stop there is this weird like... hesitation that happens. After I start going though, I didnt notice anything really (going to work). Coming home from work it was kinda the same thing, except I could have sworn my brakes went weird when I started I had to stomp it to the floor to get it out of park which panicked me, but after a few stomps it came back to life again. I drive the back way home just in case, let my dad know, he's like "probably fine now, any problems on the drive home?" no, so whatever.
Today I start my car up, seems fine. I back out, and the sputtery hesitation is worse than yesterday. "Crap" I think, I better get this looked at. But I have to get to work, and I made it yesterday, so I figure what the hell.
Okay, so now I'm on my way to work, and I still get the hesitant from stopped, but I'm going no problem. Now I'm doing 50 on 287 and it seems fine... uh oh... suddenly my check engine light goes on, I'm losing power... and it sounded to me like the automatic trans was downshifting as I was losing power... all my dummy lights come on and I'm coasting...
Great, I break down where there are no shoulders and a wicked large curb. Shit. So there is like an onramp, and before it splits there is like that V in paint, so i headed for that (getting out of the car when the tow truck got there, there was alot of room where I was, so I was lucky I made it there). Oh, and thank god for AAA.
Anyway, when I broke down, I sat for a second, and tried starting it again. My battery I think is fine because the starter was cranking fine, and it sounded almost like it is going to start, but... nope, not gonna turn over. I call AAA, work, and wait. Try starting it again... nope, same thing. Try starting it when I get towed home... nope.
I'm not a mechanic, I dont know what the heck could be wrong. I am hoping its something simple like a badly clogged fuel filter (the haynes manual says every 30k or 48mos, Ive had the car 2 years and I bet it was never changed by the last owner so who knows how long its been).
What are your guys thoughts?
Thanks for any input and I'll answer whatever questions I can about the car.
Oh, and its a 1990 Honda Accord EX 4dr (Auto).


text:
Survey of Nanomaterial Risk Management Practices
Proposed Niosh Survey Of Nanomaterial Risk Management Practices; Notice Of Public Meeting And Request For Comments.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces a public meeting and opportunity for comment on a proposed NIOSH survey. The primary purpose of the survey is to evaluate the use of NIOSH guidelines and risk mitigation practices for safe handling of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in the workplace. Information collected from the survey will be useful in future revisions of the guidelines. The public is invited to comment on the proposed survey through a public docket and/or participation in a one-day public meeting.
To view the notice and related materials, visit http://www.regulations.gov and enter CDC-2013-0010 in the search field and click "Search."
Public comment period: Submit either electronic or written comments by September 15, 2013.
Registration to attend the meeting must be received by July 17, 2013 and will be accepted on a first come first served basis. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for information on how to register for the meeting.
Table of Contents Back to Top
ADDRESSES: Back to Top
The public meeting will be held at the NIOSH Alice Hamilton building, 5555 Ridge Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45213. The public meeting will be held on July 31, 2013, from 8 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT.
Security Considerations: Due to mandatory security clearance procedures at the NIOSH Alice Hamilton building, in-person attendees must present valid government-issued picture identification to security personnel upon entering the parking lot.
Non-U.S. citizens: Because of CDC Security Regulations, any non-U.S. citizen wishing to attend this meeting must provide the following information in writing to the NIOSH Docket Officer at the address below no later than June 29, 2013 to allow time for mandatory CDC facility security clearance procedures to be completed.
1. Name:
2. Gender:
3. Date of Birth:
4. Place of birth (city, province, state, country):
5. Citizenship:
6. Passport Number:
7. Date of Passport Issue:
8. Date of Passport Expiration:
9. Type of Visa:
10. U.S. Naturalization Number (if a naturalized citizen):
11. U.S. Naturalization Date (if a naturalized citizen):
12. Visitor's Organization:
13. Organization Address:
14. Organization Telephone Number:
15. Visitor's Position/Title within the Organization:
This information will be transmitted to the CDC Security Office for approval. Visitors will be notified as soon as approval has been obtained.
You may submit comments, identified by CDC-2013-0010 and Docket Number NIOSH-265, by either of the following two methods:
- Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
- Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
Instructions: All information received in response to this notice must include the agency name and docket number (CDC-2013-0010; NIOSH-265). All relevant comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. All electronic comments should be formatted as Microsoft Word. Please make reference to CDC-2013-0010 and Docket Number NIOSH-265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Back to Top
Attendance: The meeting is open to the public, limited only by the capacity (80) of the conference room. Confirm your attendance to this meeting by sending an email to email@example.com by July 17, 2013. An email confirming registration will be sent from NIOSH and will include details needed to participate. Oral comments given at the meeting will be recorded and included in the NIOSH Docket Number 265.
Background: NIOSH is among the world's leaders in promoting the safe and responsible development and use of ENMs. NIOSH has published guidelines on the safe use of ENMs including "Approaches to Safe Nanotechnology: Managing the Health and Safety Concerns Associated with Engineered Nanomaterials"(http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2009-125/pdfs/2009-125.pdf) and "General Safe Practices for Working With Engineered Nanomaterials in Research Laboratories" (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2012-147/pdfs/2012-147.pdf). Other organizations in the U.S. and around the world have also developed guidelines for the safe use of ENMs. The proposed survey will examine the extent to which these and other guidelines are implemented and the barriers to using the guidelines.
A draft questionnaire is available for review at http://www.regulations.gov.
NIOSH requests public input on the content of the questionnaire and consideration of the following:
(1) Apart from a survey, what alternative methods should be considered to gather this information?
(2) What resources are available that can be used to identify nanomaterial producers, distributors, end-users, and R&D laboratories for inclusion in a sampling frame?
(3) A web-based survey is being proposed primarily because it is cost-efficient and can be easy to administer. Should any other modes (telephone, mail) be considered?
(4) In small and medium-sized establishments, who would be the person best suited to respond to questions addressing risk management practices for ENMs?
(5) What should be the maximum amount of time needed to complete the survey?
(6) Is benchmarking adherence to safe use guidelines of value to your organization?
(7) What guidelines are being used by your organization to minimize worker exposure to ENMs?
(8) Are there any questions in the draft survey that should be excluded? Are there any questions not included in the draft survey that should be included?
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Back to Top
Jim Boiano—firstname.lastname@example.com; 513-841-4246 or Rebecca Tsai—email@example.com; 513-841-4398, NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Mail Stop R17, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226-1998.
Dated: June 13, 2013.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-14564 Filed 6-18-13; 8:45 am]


text:
Enter your stay dates and any discounts you qualify for to see Thomson, IL rates found only on HotelPlanner!
Only hotels in Thomson are listed below. Search for the cheapest discounted hotel and motel rates in or near Thomson, IL for your personal leisure or group travel. We provide the best Thomson Illinois hotel/motel rooms. Review the Thomson hotel list below to find the perfect lodging. We also have a map of the Thomson hotels.
The Thomson center point is approximately 10 miles northeast of The Ashford University and 16 miles northeast of Clinton Municipal Airport.
How should we direct your call?


text:
Index of content:
Volume 21, Issue 7, July 2014
The cosmic magnetic fields in regions of low plasma pressure and large currents, such as in interstellar space and gaseous nebulae, are force-free in the sense that the Lorentz force vanishes. The three-dimensional Arnold-Beltrami-Childress (ABC) field is an example of a force-free, helical magnetic field. In fluid dynamics, ABC flows are steady state solutions of the Euler equation. The ABC magnetic field lines exhibit a complex and varied structure that is a mix of regular and chaotic trajectories in phase space. The characteristic features of field line trajectories are illustrated through the phase space distribution of finite-distance and asymptotic-distance Lyapunov exponents. In regions of chaotic trajectories, an ensemble-averaged variance of the distance between field lines reveals anomalous diffusion—in fact, superdiffusion—of the field lines. The motion of charged particles in the force-free ABC magnetic fields is different from the flow of passive scalars in ABC flows. The particles do not necessarily follow the field lines and display a variety of dynamical behavior depending on their energy, and their initial pitch-angle. There is an overlap, in space, of the regions in which the field lines and the particle orbits are chaotic. The time evolution of an ensemble of particles, in such regions, can be divided into three categories. For short times, the motion of the particles is essentially ballistic; the ensemble-averaged, mean square displacement is approximately proportional to t 2, where t is the time of evolution. The intermediate time region is defined by a decay of the velocity autocorrelation function—this being a measure of the time after which the collective dynamics is independent of the initial conditions. For longer times, the particles undergo superdiffusion—the mean square displacement is proportional to tα , where α > 1, and is weakly dependent on the energy of the particles. These super-diffusive characteristics, both of magnetic field lines and of particles moving in these fields, strongly suggest that theories of transport in three-dimensional chaotic magnetic fields need a shift from the usual paradigm of quasilinear diffusion.
- Basic Plasma Phenomena, Waves, Instabilities
Electron acoustic wave driven vortices with non-Maxwellian hot electrons in magnetoplasmas21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4885639View Description Hide Description
Linear dispersion characteristics of the Electron Acoustic Wave (EAW) and the corresponding vortex structures are investigated in a magnetoplasma in the presence of non-Maxwellian hot electrons. In this regard, kappa and Cairns distributed hot electrons are considered. It is noticed that the nonthermal distributions affect the phase velocity of the EAW. Further, it is found that the phase velocity of EAW increases for Cairns and decreases for kappa distributed hot electrons. Nonlinear solutions in the form of dipolar vortices are also obtained for both stationary and non-stationary ions in the presence of kappa distributed hot electrons and dynamic cold electrons. It is found that the amplitude of the nonlinear vortex structures also reduces with kappa factor like the electron acoustic solitons.
Triple plasmon resonance of bimetal nanoshell21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4886151View Description Hide Description
In this paper, light absorption spectra properties of a bimetal multilayer nanoshell based on quasi-static approach are investigated. Comparing with silver-dielectric-silver and silver-dielectric-gold nanoshells, gold-dielectric-silver nanoshells have three intense and separated plasmon peaks which are more suitable for multiplex biosensing. Calculations show that relatively small thickness of outer silver shell and large dielectric constant of middle dielectric layer of gold-dielectric-silver nanoshell are suitable to obtain the triple plasmon resonance.
Vlasov multi-dimensional model dispersion relation21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4886122View Description Hide Description
A hybrid model of the Vlasov equation in multiple spatial dimension D > 1 [H. A. Rose and W. Daughton, Phys. Plasmas 18, 122109 (2011)], the Vlasov multi dimensional model (VMD), consists of standard Vlasov dynamics along a preferred direction, the z direction, and N flows. At each z, these flows are in the plane perpendicular to the z axis. They satisfy Eulerian-type hydrodynamics with coupling by self-consistent electric and magnetic fields. Every solution of the VMD is an exact solution of the original Vlasov equation. We show approximate convergence of the VMD Langmuir wave dispersion relation in thermal plasma to that of Vlasov-Landau as N increases. Departure from strict rotational invariance about the z axis for small perpendicular wavenumber Langmuir fluctuations in 3D goes to zero like θ N , where θ is the polar angle and flows are arranged uniformly over the azimuthal angle.
Jeans self gravitational instability of strongly coupled quantum plasma21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4886140View Description Hide Description
The Jeans self-gravitational instability is studied for quantum plasma composed of weakly coupled degenerate electron fluid and non-degenerate strongly coupled ion fluid. The formulation for such system is done on the basis of two fluid theory. The dynamics of weakly coupled degenerate electron fluid is governed by inertialess momentum equation. The quantum forces associated with the quantum diffraction effects and the quantum statistical effects act on the degenerate electron fluid. The strong correlation effects of ion are embedded in generalized viscoelastic momentum equation including the viscoelasticity and shear viscosities of ion fluid. The general dispersion relation is obtained using the normal mode analysis technique for the two regimes of propagation, i.e., hydrodynamic and kinetic regimes. The Jeans condition of self-gravitational instability is also obtained for both regimes, in the hydrodynamic regime it is observed to be affected by the ion plasma oscillations and quantum parameter while in the kinetic regime in addition to ion plasma oscillations and quantum parameter, it is also affected by the ion velocity which is modified by the viscosity generated compressional effects. The Jeans critical wave number and corresponding critical mass are also obtained for strongly coupled quantum plasma for both regimes.
Linear growth rates of resistive tearing modes with sub-Alfvénic streaming flow21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4886360View Description Hide Description
The tearing instability with sub-Alfvénic streaming flow along the external magnetic field is investigated using resistive MHD simulation. It is found that the growth rate of the tearing mode instability is larger than that without the streaming flow. With the streaming flow, there exist two Alfvén resonance layers near the central current sheet. The larger perturbation of the magnetic field in two closer Alfvén resonance layers could lead to formation of the observed cone structure and can largely enhance the development of the tearing mode for a narrower streaming flow. For a broader streaming flow, a larger separation of Alfvén resonance layers reduces the magnetic reconnection. The linear growth rate decreases with increase of the streaming flow thickness. The growth rate of the tearing instability also depends on the plasma beta (β). When the streaming flow is embedded in the current sheet, the growth rate increases with β if β < βs, but decreases if β > βs. The existence of the specific value βs can be attributed to competition between the suppressing effect of β and the enhancing effect of the streaming flow on the magnetic reconnection. The critical value βs increases with increase of the streaming flow strength
The effect of plasma background on the instability of two non-parallel quantum plasma shells in whole K space21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4886358View Description Hide Description
In this paper, quantum fluid equations together with Maxwell's equations are used to study the stability problem of non-parallel and non-relativistic plasma shells colliding over a "background plasma" at arbitrary angle, as a first step towards a microscopic understanding of the collision shocks. The calculations have been performed for all magnitude and directions of wave vectors. The colliding plasma shells in the vacuum region have been investigated in the previous works as a counter-streaming model. While, in the presence of background plasma (more realistic system), the colliding shells are mainly non-paralleled. The obtained results show that the presence of background plasma often suppresses the maximum growth rate of instabilities (in particular case, this behavior is contrary). It is also found that the largest maximum growth rate occurs for the two-stream instability of the configuration consisting of counter-streaming currents in a very dilute plasma background. The results derived in this study can be used to analyze the systems of three colliding plasma slabs, provided that the used coordinate system is stationary relative to the one of the particle slabs. The present analytical investigations can be applied to describe the quantum violent astrophysical phenomena such as white dwarf stars collision with other dense astrophysical bodies or supernova remnants. Moreover, at the limit of , the obtained results described the classical (sufficiently dilute) events of colliding plasma shells such as gamma-ray bursts and flares in the solar winds.
Feedback-assisted extension of the tokamak operating space to low safety factora)21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4886796View Description Hide Description
Recent DIII-D and RFX-mod experiments have demonstrated stable tokamak operation at very low values of the edge safety factor q(a) near and below 2. The onset of n = 1 resistive wall mode(RWM)kink instabilities leads to a disruptive stability limit, encountered at q(a) = 2 (limiter plasmas) and q95 = 2 (divertor plasmas). However, passively stable operation can be attained for q(a) and q95 values as low as 2.2. RWM damping in the q(a) = 2 regime was measured using active MHD spectroscopy. Although consistent with theoretical predictions, the amplitude of the damped response does not increase significantly as the q(a) = 2 limit is approached, in contrast with damping measurements made approaching the pressure-driven RWM limit. Applying proportional gain magnetic feedback control of the n = 1 modes has resulted in stabilized operation with q95 values reaching as low as 1.9 in DIII-D and q(a) reaching 1.55 in RFX-mod. In addition to being consistent with the q(a) = 2 external kinkmode stability limit, the unstable modes have growth rates on the order of the characteristic wall eddy-current decay timescale in both devices, and a dominant m = 2 poloidal structure that is consistent with ideal MHD predictions. The experiments contribute to validating MHD stability theory and demonstrate that a key tokamak stability limit can be overcome with feedback.
X-ray conversion of ultra-short laser pulses on a solid sample: Role of electron waves excited in the pre-plasma21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4886977View Description Hide Description
Flat silicon samples were irradiated with 40 fs, 800 nm laser pulses at an intensity at the best focus of 2·1018 Wcm−2, in the presence of a pre-plasma on the sample surface. X-ray emission in the spectral range from 2 to 30 keV was detected inside and outside the plane of incidence, while varying pre-plasma scale length, laser intensity, and polarization. The simultaneous detection of 2ω and 3ω/2 emission allowed the contributions to the X-ray yield to be identified as originating from laser interaction with either the near-critical density (nc) region or with the nc/4 region. In the presence of a moderate pre-plasma, our measurements reveal that, provided the pre-plasma reaches a scale-length of a few laser wavelengths, X-ray emission is dominated by the contribution from the interaction with the under dense plasma, where electron plasma waves can grow, via laser stimulated instabilities, and, in turn, accelerate free electrons to high energies. This mechanism leads also to a clear anisotropy in the angular distribution of the X-ray emission. Our findings can lead to an enhancement of the conversion efficiency of ultra short laser pulses into X-rays.
On the Debye–Hückel effect of electric screening21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4886363View Description Hide Description
The paper considers non-linear self-consistent electric potential equation (Sec. I ), due to a cloud made of a single species of electric charges, satisfying a Boltzmann distribution law (Sec. II ). Exact solutions are obtained in a simple logarithmic form, in three cases: (Sec. III ) spherical radial symmetry; (Sec. IV ) plane parallel symmetry; (Sec. V ) a special case of azimuthal-cylindrical symmetry. All these solutions, and their transformations (Sec. VI ), involve the Debye-Hückel radius; the latter was originally defined from a solution of the linearized self-consistent potential equation. Using an exact solution of the self-consistent potential equation, the distance at which the potential vanishes differs from the Debye-Hückel radius by a factor of . The preceding (Secs. II–VI ) simple logarithmic exact solutions of the self-consistent potential equations involve no arbitrary constants, and thus are special or singular integrals not the general integral. The general solution of the self-consistent potential equation is obtained in the plane parallel case (Sec. VII ), and it involves two arbitrary constants that can be reduced to one via a translation (Sec. VIII ). The plots of dimensionless potential (Figure 1), electric field (Figure 2), charge density (Figure 3), and total charge between ζ and infinity (Figure 4), versus distance normalized to Debye-Hückel radius ζ ≡ z/a, show that (Sec. IX ) there is a continuum of solutions, ranging from a charge distribution concentrated inside the Debye-Hückel radius to one spread-out beyond it. The latter case leads to the limiting case of logarithmic potential, and stronger electric field; the former case, of very concentrated charge distribution, leads to a fratricide effect and weaker electric field.
On transition from Alfvén resonance to forced magnetic reconnection21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4887315View Description Hide Description
We revisit the transition from Alfvén resonance to forced magnetic reconnection with a focus on the property of their singularities. As the driven frequency tends to zero, the logarithmic singularity of Alfvén resonance shifts to the power-law singularity of forced reconnection, due to merging of the two resonance layers. The transition criterion depends on either kinetic effects or dissipations that resolve the singularity. As an example, a small but finite resistivity is introduced to investigate the transition process. The transition threshold is then obtained as the driven frequency reaches a level of .
Strong self-focusing of a cosh-Gaussian laser beam in collisionless magneto-plasma under plasma density ramp21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4889862View Description Hide Description
The effect of plasma density ramp on self-focusing of cosh-Gaussian laser beam considering ponderomotive nonlinearity is analyzed using WKB and paraxial approximation. It is noticed that cosh-Gaussian laser beam focused earlier than Gaussian beam. The focusing and de-focusing nature of the cosh-Gaussian laser beam with decentered parameter, intensity parameter, magnetic field, and relative density parameter has been studied and strong self-focusing is reported. It is investigated that decentered parameter "b" plays a significant role for the self-focusing of the laser beam as for , strong self-focusing is seen. Further, it is observed that extraordinary mode is more prominent toward self-focusing rather than ordinary mode of propagation. For , with the increase in the value of magnetic field self-focusing effect, in case of extraordinary mode, becomes very strong under plasma density ramp. Present study may be very useful in the applications like the generation of inertial fusion energy driven by lasers, laser driven accelerators, and x-ray lasers. Moreover, plasma density ramp plays a vital role to enhance the self-focusing effect.
Conditions for reflection and transmission of an ion acoustic soliton in a dusty plasma with variable charge dust21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4889872View Description Hide Description
Modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equations are derived for the incident, reflected, and transmitted waves in order to examine the soliton reflection and its transmission through an inhomogeneous plasma comprising ions, dust grains with fluctuating charge and two types of electrons, namely nonisothermal electrons and isothermal electrons. All the mKdV equations are coupled at the point of reflection and solved for the reflected soliton. Unlike others, a relation is established between the velocity shifts of the incident, reflected and transmitted solitons, and based on a critical value of the shift of incident soliton the strengths of the soliton reflection and transmission are talked about. Conditions are obtained for the soliton reflection and its transmission, and a comparative study is made for the two cases of fixed and fluctuating charges on the dust grains.
Self-field effects on instability of wave modes in a two-stream free-electron laser with an axial magnetic field21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4889870View Description Hide Description
Free electron lasers (FEL) play major roles in the Raman Regime, due to the charge and current densities of the beam self-field. The method of perturbation has been applied to study the influence of self-electric and self-magnetic fields. A dispersion relation for two-stream free electron lasers with a helical wiggler and an axial magnetic field has been found. This dispersion relation is solved numerically to investigate the influence of self-fields on the FEL coupling and the two-stream instability. It was found that self-fields can produce very large effects on the FEL coupling, but they have almost negligible effects on two-stream instability.
Surface electromagnetic wave equations in a warm magnetized quantum plasma21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4889884View Description Hide Description
Based on the single-fluid plasma model, a theoretical investigation of surface electromagnetic waves in a warm quantum magnetized inhomogeneous plasma is presented. The surface electromagnetic waves are assumed to propagate on the plane between a vacuum and a warm quantum magnetized plasma. The quantum magnetohydrodynamic model includes quantum diffraction effect (Bohm potential), and quantum statistical pressure is used to derive the new dispersion relation of surface electromagnetic waves. And the general dispersion relation is analyzed in some special cases of interest. It is shown that surface plasma oscillations can be propagated due to quantum effects, and the propagation velocity is enhanced. Furthermore, the external magnetic field has a significant effect on surface wave's dispersion equation. Our work should be of a useful tool for investigating the physical characteristic of surface waves and physical properties of the bounded quantum plasmas.
Reconnection properties in collisionless plasma with open boundary conditions21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4889894View Description Hide Description
Collisionless magnetic reconnection in a Harris current sheet with different initial thicknesses is investigated using a -D Darwin particle-in-cell simulation with the magnetosonic open boundary condition. It is found that the thicknesses of the ion dissipation region and the reconnection current sheet, when the reconnection rate reaches its first peak, are independent of the initial thickness of the current sheet; while the peak reconnection rate depends on it. The peak reconnection rate increases with decrease of the current sheet thickness as , where is the initial current sheet half-thickness.
An axially propagating two-stream instability in the Hall thruster plasma21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4890025View Description Hide Description
Collective Thomson scattering experiments reveal the presence of high-frequency, axial electron density fluctuations at millimetric wavelengths in the Hall thruster plasma. The properties of these fluctuations are investigated experimentally and via linear kinetic theory. The relative drift of electrons and ions in the axial direction is found to be insufficient to cause excitation of the observed mode. Instead, the mode is determined to be a two-stream instability arising due to the velocity difference between singly and doubly charged ion populations in the plume.
Ion-temperature-gradient sensitivity of the hydrodynamic instability caused by shear in the magnetic-field-aligned plasma flow21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4890297View Description Hide Description
The cross-magnetic-field (i.e., perpendicular) profile of ion temperature and the perpendicular profile of the magnetic-field-aligned (parallel) plasma flow are sometimes inhomogeneous for space and laboratory plasma. Instability caused either by a gradient in the ion-temperature profile or by shear in the parallel flow has been discussed extensively in the literature. In this paper, (1) hydrodynamic plasma stability is investigated, (2) real and imaginary frequency are quantified over a range of the shear parameter, the normalized wavenumber, and the ratio of density-gradient and ion-temperature-gradient scale lengths, and (3) the role of inverse Landau damping is illustrated for the case of combined ion-temperature gradient and parallel-flow shear. We find that increasing the ion-temperature gradient reduces the instability threshold for the hydrodynamic parallel-flow shear instability, also known as the parallel Kelvin-Helmholtz instability or the D'Angelo instability. We also find that a kinetic instability arises from the coupled, reinforcing action of both free-energy sources. For the case of comparable electron and ion temperature, we illustrate analytically the transition of the D'Angelo instability to the kinetic instability as (a) the shear parameter, (b) the normalized wavenumber, and (c) the ratio of density-gradient and ion-temperature-gradient scale lengths are varied and we attribute the changes in stability to changes in the amount of inverse ion Landau damping. We show that near a normalized wavenumber k ⊥ ρi of order unity (i) the real and imaginary values of frequency become comparable and (ii) the imaginary frequency, i.e., the growth rate, peaks.
Improvement of charged particles transport across a transverse magnetic filter field by electrostatic trapping of magnetized electrons21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4890477View Description Hide Description
A study on the transport of charged particles across a magnetic filter field has been carried out in a double plasma device (DPD) and presented in this manuscript. The DPD is virtually divided into two parts viz. source and target regions by a transverse magnetic field (TMF) which is constructed by inserting strontium ferrite magnets into two stainless steel rectangular tubes. Plasma electrons are magnetized but ions are unmagnetized inside the TMF region. Negative voltages are applied to the TMF tubes in order to reduce the loss of electrons towards them. Plasma is produced in the source region by filament discharge method and allowed to flow towards the target region through this negatively biased TMF. It is observed that in the target region, plasma density can be increased and electron temperature decreased with the help of negatively biased TMF. This observation is beneficial for negative ion source development. Plasma diffusion across the negatively biased TMF follows Bohm or anomalous diffusion process when negative bias voltage is very less. At higher negative bias, diffusion coefficient starts deviating from the Bohm diffusion value, associated with enhanced plasma flow in the target region.
On the marginal instability threshold condition of the aperiodic ordinary mode21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4890463View Description Hide Description
The purely growing ordinary (O) mode instability has recently received renewed attention owing to its potential applicability to the solar wind plasma. Here, an analytical marginal instability condition is derived for counter-streaming bi-Maxwellian plasma particle distribution functions. The derived marginal instability condition as a function of the temperature anisotropy and plasma beta agrees remarkably well with the numerically determined instability condition. The existence of a new instability domain of the O-mode at small plasma beta values is confirmed with the leading -dependence, if the counter-stream parameter Pe exceeds a critical value. At small plasma beta values at large enough counter-stream parameter, the O-mode also operates for temperature anisotropies A = / > 1 even larger than unity, as the parallel counter-stream free energy exceeds the perpendicular bi-Maxwellian free energy.
Theory on excitations of drift Alfvén waves by energetic particles. I. Variational formulation21(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4889019View Description Hide Description
A unified theoretical framework is presented for analyzing various branches of drift Alfvén waves and describing their linear and nonlinear behaviors, covering a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Nonlinear gyrokinetic quasineutrality condition and vorticity equation, derived for drift Alfvén waves excited by energetic particles in fusion plasmas, are cast in integral form, which is generally variational in the linear limit; and the corresponding gyrokinetic energy principle is obtained. Well known forms of the kinetic energy principle are readily recovered from this general formulation. Furthermore, it is possible to demonstrate that the general fishbone like dispersion relation, obtained within the present theoretical framework, provides a unified description of drift Alfvén waves excited by energetic particles as either Alfvén eigenmodes or energetic particle modes. The advantage of the present approach stands in its capability of extracting underlying linear and nonlinear physics as well as spatial and temporal scales of the considered fluctuation spectrum. For these reasons, this unified theoretical framework can help understanding experimental observations as well as numerical simulation and analytic results with different levels of approximation. Examples and applications are given in Paper II [F. Zonca and L. Chen, "Theory on excitations of drift Alfvén waves by energetic particles. II. The general fishbone-like dispersion relation," Phys. Plasmas 21, 072121 (2014)].


text:
First Baptist Church Weaverville supports the Good News Rescue Mission in Redding, CA.
Founded in 1964 by a group of concerned Christians, GNRM offers a hand up to thousands of men, women and children in the Redding area.
The Good News Rescue Mission provides overnight lodging, meals, emergency groceries, clothing, furniture and household items to needy people.


text:
I love music! Almost every type!
I love horror movies but dont liked to be scared.haha
My Favorite bands are:
Asking Alexandria
Never Shout Never
The Maine
The Ready Set
Get Scared
Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows
Panic!At the Disco
Favorite Singers/Rappers:
Lil' Wayne
Movies i like:
Next Friday
Friday After The Next
My Favorite Songs Right Now:
Cynical Skin by Get Scared
Scream If You're Crazy by D.R.U.G.S.
Mirror by Lil' Wayne
Runaway Love by Ludacris
Fourth Dimension by Lights
Deathbed by There For Tomorrow
Waiting by Breathe Carolina
║██║♫ Paste this on
║██║♫ your page if♫
║(O)║ ♫you love♫
╚══╝♫ music♫
♥96% of teens won't stand up for God. Put this in your profile if you're one of the 4% that will. (I'm part of the 4% that will.)
█ 10% Happy
██ 20% Good Student
███ 30% Gamer
████ 40% Silly
█████ 50% Reader
██████ 60% Writer
███████ 70% Awesome
████████ 80% Friendly
█████████ 90% Crazy
██████████ 100% Christian
__| |__
[__ __] Post this on your profile
| | if you are a Christian and PROUD!
| |
| |
When you carry a Bible, the devil gets a headache When you open it, he collapses When he sees you reading it, he faints When he sees you living it, he flees And just when you're about to re-post this, he will try and discourage you I just defeated him.
Location:The place where music was born
Joined:Mar 04, 2012 09:07PM
Already a Wattpad member? Log In I agree to Wattpad's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
DarlingxxNevaehxLied Apr 26, 2012 02:33AM
@MayBlok No its not mine but i have tried to make one like it hahaView all conversations
Featured work.
Who's to blame?
By DarlingxxNevaehxLied
Social data: 27 reads. 0 votes. 0 comments.
Other Works by DarlingxxNevaehxLied.
Living Without A Breath
33 5 0
How would you feel if you lost the one? Find out what this man did.


text:
Hi, first off, great plugin.
I tried to find a solution on the datatables website but couldn't figure out how to make it work with the plugin. Is there a way to fix the 2nd row (row after the header) so it doesn't disappear when you search or click the column headers to resort?


text:
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi softball team dropped a heartbreaking 5-3 loss in 10 innings against Stephen F. Austin in the final game of a Southland Conference series at Chapman field. The loss ended the 25-game home winning streak for the Islanders, which was the second-longest active streak in the nation.
They are now 33-11 overall and 17-4 in the Southland Conference following the loss. SFA is now 9-28 on the year and 5-13 in league games.
Jordan Trujillo pitched 8.1 innings as the starter, giving up three runs, two of them earned, on five hits and eight walks while striking out five batters. Constance Brandenburg came on in relief and absorbed the loss, pitching one inning and giving up two runs, one earned, on one hit with no walks and one strikeout for her first loss of the year at 4-1. Greta Cecchetti also pitched in relief and pitched two-thirds of an inning with one walk and one strikeout.
Neither team was able to get on the board until the fifth inning when Lauren Dodson led off with a single and was pinch run for by Sandy Schumann. That was followed by Brittany Tucker reaching on a fielding error by the third baseman to put runners at first and second. Laura Phillips then singled and advanced to second on an error while Tucker moved all the way to third and Schumann was allowed to score on the error for a 1-0 score.
SFA tied the score up in the seventh at 1-1 when a throw that would have ended the game got away from the first baseman to even the score.
In the ninth inning the Ladyjacks scored a pair of runs to go up 3-1 and put the Islanders on the verge of defeat.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi fought back however, getting two runs in the bottom of the ninth to make it a 3-3 game. Dodson reached base on a single down the left field line and then Tucker singled up the middle to put runners on first and second. Stephanie Vead came on to pinch run for Tucker when Cassie Redman singled to the pitcher to load the bases with no outs.
After a strikeout swinging to make it two outs, Jamise Jackson singled to center to make it 3-2 on Dodson's run. Hannah Schwarz singled to left to bring home Vead and tie it at 3-3, but Redman was thrown out on the play to end the inning.
In the top of the tenth, SFA scored two more runs to go up by 5-3, a deficit the Islanders would not be able to recover from this time.
Next up for Texas A&M - Corpus Christi will be a weekend Southland Conference series against Sam Houston State in Huntsville. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday, April 16 beginning at 1 p.m. with Sunday start at 12 p.m. for the single game.
Live stats and audio will be available by visiting www.GoIslanders.com.


text:
Giuliani, the Energizer Bunny Candidate?
Confusion about whether former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is actually running for president was never more starkly in focus than today, when the Washington Post ran a front-page story with the headline Giuliani Announces He's In '08 Presidential Race while the hometown New York Times opted for a small piece inside the paper headlined Giuliani Steps Closer To a Run in 2008. The confusion apparently occurred after he filed statement of candidacy papers with the Federal Election Commission and said last night on a Fox News Channel show that he is in this to win.
Washington Wire is now ready to declare that we are officially past the point of caring about the timing of candidates' official announcements.
That said, we couldn't resist this morning's New York Post, which featured a front-page photo of the former mayor and his wife, Judi Nathan, kissing. The story featured outtakes from an upcoming issue of Harper's Bazaar, which features Nathan talking about her husband's softer side. "What people don't know is that Rudy's a very, very romantic guy. We love watching 'Sleepless in Seattle.' Can you imagine my big testosterone-factor husband doing that?' she told the magazine. The Post went on to note: Describing Rudy, a former federal prosecutor, as 'the Energizer Bunny with no rechargeable batteries,' Judi said, 'One of the most remarkable things about my husband, who sleeps three or four hours a night, is his energy level and stamina.' –Amy Schatz
Who's in for 2008? See a sortable list of the current landscape of presidential candidates


text:
Open AccessThis article is
Notes: Multiple requests from the same IP address are counted as one view.
- freely available
- re-usable
Sensors 2011, 11(8), 8143-8151; doi:10.3390/s110808143
Fabrication and Characterization of Polyaniline/PVA Humidity Microsensors
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 27 June 2011 / Revised: 27 July 2011 / Accepted: 18 August 2011 / Published: 19 August 2011
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering 2011)
View Full-Text | Download PDF [1116 KB, uploaded 21 June 2014] |
AbstractThis study presents the fabrication and characterization of a humidity microsensor that consists of interdigitated electrodes and a sensitive film. The area of the humidity microsensor is about 2 mm2. The sensitive film is polyaniline doping polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) that is prepared by the sol-gel method, and the film has nanofiber and porous structures that help increase the sensing reaction. The commercial 0.35 mm Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) process is used to fabricate the humidity microsensor. The sensor needs a post-CMOS process to etch the sacrificial layer and to coat the sensitive film on the interdigitated electrodes. The sensor produces a change in resistance as the polyaniline/PVA film absorbs or desorbs vapor. Experimental results show that the sensitivity of the humidity sensor is about 12.6 kΩ/%RH at 25 °C.
Keywords: humidity microsensors; polyaniline; polyvinyl alcohol; MEMS
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 3.0).
Share & Cite This Article
MDPI and ACS Style
Yang, M.-Z.; Dai, C.-L.; Lin, W.-Y. Fabrication and Characterization of Polyaniline/PVA Humidity Microsensors. Sensors 2011, 11, 8143-8151.View more citation formats
AMA Style
Yang M-Z, Dai C-L, Lin W-Y. Fabrication and Characterization of Polyaniline/PVA Humidity Microsensors. Sensors. 2011; 11(8):8143-8151.Chicago/Turabian Style
Yang, Ming-Zhi; Dai, Ching-Liang; Lin, Wei-Yi. 2011. "Fabrication and Characterization of Polyaniline/PVA Humidity Microsensors." Sensors 11, no. 8: 8143-8151.
Find Other Styles
Related Articles
Article Metrics
Notes: Multiple requests from the same IP address are counted as one view.
For more information on the journal, click here
Comments[Return to top]
Sensors EISSN 1424-8220 Published by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland RSS E-Mail Table of Contents Alert


text:
New, 4:36 p.m.
American Airlines Inc. and its pilots' union have reached an "agreement in principle," the Allied Pilots Union announced today.
The pilots were the airline's last group of unionized workers to not agree to a new labor contract.
APA spokesman Gregg Overman said on the union's online hotline today that its board of directors voted to present American parent AMR Corp. management with a comprehensive counter-proposal. Management agreed to the APA's proposal.
Next, the APA board of directors will vote to send the agreement-in-principle to its membership as a tentative agreement for ratification, Overman said.
"The APA designed our comprehensive counter-proposal to provide our pilots with an industry-standard contract while enabling American Airlines to complete a successful restructuring and compete on a level playing field with its network-carrier peers," Overman said. The next step, he said, is for the board to vote to send the agreement-in-principle to its membership as a tentative agreement for ratification.
The union said it will provide details of the agreement-in-principle to its members soon. Reporters also today were waiting for more news from APA president Keith Wilson (see photo to the right).
My colleague Terry Maxon earlier today blogged here that it appears American can freeze pilots' pensions.


text:
Click here to download pdf
FOR RELEASE AUGUST 2013CONTACT: SARAH LAM713-535-3226KIMBERLY email@example.com
Acclaimed Canadian Choreographer James Kudelka Creates His Second Commissioned Work for Houston Ballet
American Premiere of Christopher Bruce's Moving Intimate Pages
World Premieres By Up-and-Coming Choreographers Garrett Smith and Melissa Hough
From September 5-15, 2013, Houston Ballet launches its 44th season with a mixed repertory program of premieres by emerging and established choreographers. Famed choreographer James Kudelka will create a new work for the company. British master and Houston Ballet's associate choreographer Christopher Bruce's Intimate Pages will have its Houston Ballet premiere. World premieres by Garrett Smith and Melissa Hough round out the program.
James Kudelka is widely acknowledged as one of North America's most exciting and sought-after choreographers. Anna Kisselgoff of The New York Times proclaimed James Kudelka as "easily ballet's most original choreographer." His mastery of both classical ballet and modern/contemporary dance has earned him commissions from companies as stylistically diverse as American Ballet Theatre, Chicago's Hubbard Street Dance and Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal. Mr. Kudelka's work covers an impressive range, from virtuoso pas de deux, through large-scale and always arresting adaptations of such classics as Swan Lake (1999) and The Nutcracker (1995), to boldly innovative creative collaborations with dancers, designers and musicians. Mr. Kudelka served as artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 1996-2005. Today he continues to undertake collaborative projects that engage and challenge him as a choreographer. Houston Ballet currently has four works by Mr. Kudelka in its repertoire: There, below (created in 1989, performed by Houston Ballet in 1982), Musings (created in 1991, performed by Houston Ballet in 1994 and 1998), The Firebird (created in 2000, performed by Houston Ballet in 2001 and 2005) and Little Dancer (2008), which he created especially for Houston Ballet. Mr. Kudelka's new work will be set to the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Concerto for Piano in D, Op. 61a, performed by Houston Ballet pianist Katherine Burkwall-Ciscon.
Garret Smith's world premiere Return is set to two pieces by acclaimed composer John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Harmonielehre pt. III. San Francisco Symphony commissioned Harmonielephre from Mr. Adams and gave the piece its debut in 1985 where it was considered an instant classic. Joshua Kosman, music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle praised the music as a "brilliant and dynamic opus". (December 10, 2010)
Garrett Smith was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and began his ballet training at The Utah Regional Ballet at the age of 13. He was featured in the Off Broadway show Breakthrough, where he was presented with an award from Mikhail Baryshinikov. Mr. Smith later was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, the highest award a high school student can receive. He was able to meet the President at The White House and perform at The Kennedy Center. He was a student at Houston Ballet Academy in 2006 and then joined Houston Ballet II, Houston Ballet's second company and part of Houston Ballet Academy, in 2007. In 2009 Mr. Smith joined Houston Ballet and danced there for three years before joining The Norwegian National Ballet in 2012.
While at Houston Ballet Academy's Summer Intensive Program in 2007, Mr. Smith participated in a choreographic workshop that was a partnership between American Festival for the Arts (AFA) and Houston Ballet. During the summer session student choreographers teamed up with AFA student composers and, over five weeks, completed new ballets. Mr. Smith paired with composer Derek Zhao to create the ballet Found Alone (2007). Since that first creation, Mr. Smith and Mr. Zhao have collaborated two other times for Of Opposing Nature (2009) and Regarding Us (2012). In total, Houston Ballet II has four works by Mr. Smith in its repertoire: Found Alone (2007), Subtle Release (2007), Den III (2008), and Of Opposing Nature (2009).
In 2009 Mr. Smith received a Fellowship Initiative Grant from the New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of New York City Ballet which he used to create Vivacious Dispositions (2010). Dance critic Nichelle Strzepek of Dance Advantage writes, "Already an accomplished performer and choreographer . . . [Smith] is clearly, on the fast-track to a bright future".
On returning to Houston to create his new work, Mr. Smith muses, "I am coming back to a place that is very special to me, where many of my close friends and dance family are. It feels like coming back home, but also now as choreographer, I feel it is the best way I could ask to come back. I am beyond excited to return and create something special here.
"I have never listened to much of John Adams before, but these two pieces I found were quite energetic and big. They made me want to dance, and I immediately got visuals of bodies on stage. What was also exciting about this selection of music, is that John wrote back personally within about two weeks of asking for the music rights. It felt like this was the right choice. The music is big and calls for larger cast. I saw many bodies filling the stage."
Melissa Hough will create her first commissioned piece for Houston Ballet. In 2011 she created C-Sharp Minor for Houston Ballet's Choreographic Workshop where it caught the eye of Mr. Welch. The piece was then performed at that year's Jubilee of Dance. The New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of New York City Ballet, awarded Ms. Hough a Fellowship Initiative grant in 2012 to create a new work in a studio setting. That same year she created another new piece for Houston Ballet's Choreographic Workshop I Was Here (2012). Dance critic David Clarke of Broadway World writes, "This piece was extremely emotional and raw, especially during the solo dance with a chair. From beginning to end, it was dark, enigmatic, and supremely haunting."
"I'm really excited to have another opportunity to choreograph," Ms. Hough comments. "I hope that I manage to mold the dancers' movements into something that gets conveyed to the audience in an interesting way."
Melissa Hough was a bronze medal winner in the 2005 Helsinki International Ballet Competition, a jury award of merit winner from the Jackson International Ballet Competition in 2002 and a senior outstanding dancer at New York City Dance Alliance in 2002. She trained with The Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington D.C. and has danced professionally with BalletMet, M & Company, and Boston Ballet, where she reached the rank of principal in 2009. She danced with Houston Ballet from 2010-2013, achieving the rank of first soloist before leaving to join The Norwegian National Ballet.
Mr. Bruce's Intimate Pages has its musical and thematic basis in the String Quartet No. 2 by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. A victim of unrequited love, the composer wrote this delicate and finely crafted work in 1928, the last year of his life. For a little over a decade he had been corresponding with a young married woman he had met in 1917. The ballet conveys both the joy and the anguish expressed in the music. Intimate Pages features six dancers, and was first performed by England's Ballet Rambert in 1983.The work won acclaim from English reviewers. Writing in The London Times on Feb 18, 1984, dance critic John Percival observed:
Christopher Bruce's Intimate Pages is at least the fourth ballet for a British company to Janáček's score (String Quartet No. 2), but much the deepest and most moving. Moving, actually, in both senses, because the strong emotions are achieved through dances of swift, powerful action based on a few clearly defined expressive motifs.
The first movement is set for a man, repeatedly reaching out to a young woman whose response is sometimes to confide her own hand, sometimes to snatch it back. Her own characteristic movement pattern is of bending and falling – now towards him and now away. Albert van Nierop makes the hunger of the man's approaches painfully vivid; Frances Carty gives the woman a warm tenderness.
In the subsequent movements they are interrupted, disturbed and tormented, singly or together, by four other dancers, all small and swift, who probably represent thoughts, desires and memories rather than other people. Bruce skillfully rings the changes of the relationship to strengthen and develop the patterns already set.
The central situation obviously derives from the personal circumstances and feelings that inspired Janáček's music, but the ballet treats it as a theme of universal concern, which Bruce handles with a sense of urgency and commitment….At the end, he allows his main characters to find peace and comfort in death. Walter Nobbe's abstract setting and simple apt costumes make the ballet look very handsome.
Writing in the European edition of The Wall Street Journal on April 6, 1984, dance critic Rosalind Carne observed, "Set to Leos Janáček's String Quartet No. 2, Intimate Pages evokes the composer's love for Kamila Stosslova, a married woman 40 years his junior. Once again, eclecticism is apparent as Mr. Bruce draws on patterns of East European folk dances….The choreography is wide, and includes some lovely arched backs and long jetes, but, as in the music, the overall feeling is of a deep sadness, perfectly expressed in the sudden silent ending."
Mr. Bruce was born in England in 1945 and started studying dance at 11-years-old. After studying at the Rambert School he joined Rambert Ballet in 1963, where he quickly became the leading male dancer. Mr. Bruce appeared in works such as Don Quixote in 1964 and Coppelia in 1966. In 1977 Mr. Bruce was appointed associate director of the company and was associate choreographer from 1979-87, where he created over 20 works for the company. Between 1986-91 he acted as associate choreographer for London Festival Ballet, later English National Ballet, and associate choreographer for Houston Ballet beginning in 1989. From 1994 - 2002, he served as artistic director for Rambert Dance Company. Often political in his work, he integrates classical ballet and modern dance, often set against popular music by artists like Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones. Throughout his career, critics have praised his innovative and detailed choreography. "What Bruce also brings to the choreography is his consummate craft, especially his gift for wrapping seamless lines of dance around vividly observed detail," writes Judith Mackrell of The Guardian.
Christopher Bruce has created four works especially for Houston Ballet: Gautama Buddha (1989), Journey (1990, also performed 1993), Nature Dances (1992) and Hush (2006, also performed 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011). In addition to these four works, Houston Ballet has six other Christopher Bruce works in its repertoire: Ghost Dances (created in 1981, performed by Houston Ballet in 1988, 1990, 1994, 1995, and 2003), Sergeant Early's Dream (created in 1984, performed by Houston Ballet in 1993, 2000, and 2007), Land (created in 1985, performed by Houston Ballet in 1997), Swansong (created in 1987, performed by Houston Ballet in 1991, 1993, and 2008), Rooster (created in 1991, performed by Houston Ballet in 1994, 1995, 1998, 2005, and 2012) and Grinning in Your Face (created in 2001, performed by Houston Ballet in 2011). Over the last 25 years, Houston Ballet has emerged as Mr. Bruce's artistic home in America.
About Houston Ballet
On February 17, 1969 a troupe of 15 young dancers made its stage debut at Sam Houston State Teacher's College in Huntsville, Texas. Since that time, Houston Ballet has evolved into a company of 55 dancers with a budget of $20.5 million (making it the United States' fourth largest ballet company by number of dancers), a state-of-the-art performance space built especially for the company, Wortham Theater Center, the largest professional dance facility in America, Houston Ballet's $46.6 million Center for Dance which opened in April 2011, and an endowment of $53.7 million (as of August 2012).
Australian choreographer Stanton Welch has served as artistic director of Houston Ballet since 2003, raising the level of the company's classical technique and commissioning many new works from dance makers such as Christopher Bruce, Jorma Elo, James Kudelka, Julia Adam, Natalie Weir and Nicolo Fonte. James Nelson serves as the administrative leader of the company, assuming the position of executive director of Houston Ballet in February 2012 after serving as the company's general manager for over a decade.
Houston Ballet has toured extensively both nationally and internationally. Since 2000, the company has appeared in London at Sadler's Wells, at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Ottawa, in six cities in Spain, in Montréal, at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in New York at City Center and The Joyce Theater, and in cities large and small across the United States. Houston Ballet has emerged as a leader in the expensive, labor-intensive task of nurturing the creation and development of new full-length narrative ballets.
Writing in Dancing Times on June 2012, dance critic Margaret Willis praised Houston Ballet and highlighted the fact that "During his own tenure, (Stanton) Welch has upped the standard and Houston Ballet now shows off a group of 55 dancers in splendid shape. With fast and tidy footwork, they are technically skillful and have strong, broad jumps and expansive, fluid movements. The dancers' musicality shines through their work, dancing as one with elegance and refinement –and they are a handsome bunch too! . . . if ballet were an Olympic sport, see Houston Ballet well on the way to achieving gold."
Houston Ballet Orchestra was established in the late 1970s and currently consists of 61 professional musicians who play all ballet performances at Wortham Theater Center under music director Ermanno Florio.
Houston Ballet's Education and Outreach Program has reached over 25,000 Houston area students (as of the 2012-2013 season). Houston Ballet's Academy has 950 students and has had four academy students win prizes at the prestigious international ballet competition the Prix de Lausanne, with one student winning the overall competition in 2010. For more information on Houston Ballet visit www.houstonballet.org.
# # #
All performances listed here are in Wortham Theater Center.
I FOUR PREMIERES featuring:
WORLD PREMIERE BY JAMES KUDELKA Music by Ludwig van BeethovenConcerto for Piano in D, Op. 61a - First movementRETURN WORLD PREMIERE BY GARRETT SMITH Music by John AdamsShort Ride in a Fast Machine and Harmonielehre – Third Movement
INTIMATE PAGES (1984) Houston Ballet Premiere Music by Leoš Janáček, String Quartet No. 2Choreography by Christopher BruceStaged by Christopher Bruce and Steven Brett
Houston Ballet launches its 44th season in grand style with a mixed repertory program of new works by emerging and established choreographers. Christopher Bruce, associate choreographer since 1989, will set his stunning work Intimate Pages. Canadian James Kudelka, whom The New York Times has described as "the most imaginative voice to come out of ballet in the last decade," returns to Houston to stage his second commissioned work. Garrett Smith and Melissa Hough got their starts as dance makers at Houston Ballet, and went on to win prestigious awards from the New York Choreographic Institute.
At 7:30 p.m. on September 5, 7, 13, 14, 2013At 2:00 p.m. on September 8, 15, 2013
Single tickets go on sale Monday, August 5, 2013 and may be purchased by calling 713 227 2787 (713-227 2787) or purchased online at www.houstonballet.org.


text:
The Federal Trade Commission has extended from Nov. 1 to May 1 the compliance deadline for its Red Flags Rule, which requires all financial institutions and creditors to create an identity theft program. The FTC considers any powersports dealership that offers financing a creditor.
But the compliance deadline for the Address Discrepancy Rule, which was passed in conjunction with the Red Flags Rule, remains Nov. 1. This rule requires dealers to create policies and procedures for when they receive an address discrepancy notice from a consumer reporting agency.
Never heard of any of this? You're probably not alone. In announcing the extension, the FTC noted that "some industries and entities within the FTC's jurisdiction have expressed confusion and uncertainty about their coverage under the rule."
To help automotive dealers, the National Automobile Dealers Association has published A Dealer Guide to the FTC Red Flags and Address Discrepancy Rules: Protecting Against Identity Theft. Read an extract and learn about the possible fines at the Web site of the New Hampshire Automobile Dealers Association.


text:
Meguiar's Unigrit 1000 Foam Finishing Disc
|3 +
Add 3 to Cart
Available Sizes
Product Information
- Safely and easily remove deeper scratches and imperfections from your paint
- Spray the surface with water for lubrication
- Clean the pad frequently with water while sanding
- Start with the less aggressive pads and move up as needed
- Product Code: S3F1000
- Read full description
Customer Reviews50% of customers said that they would buy this item again
Based upon 2 ratings
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
Product DescriptionThe Meguiar's Unigrit Finishing Disc's make removing fine imperfections from your paint fast and easy! It can help you remove scratches, water marks, bird droppings, orange peel from the paint or restore oxidized and faded headlights. These ultra fine sanding pads are very user friendly as they help quickly remove blemishes with little effort and bare minimal haze, if any at all. Simply attach your Meguiar's Foam Sanding Interface (3") to your buffer and the hook and loop backing on your Unigrit Finishing Disc will secure the pad to the interface. Spray the Finishing Disc and the area you want to sand with some water. On a lower speed setting using minimal pressure buff away the imperfections just like you would with a polish. We recommend checking your work and cleaning the pad frequently. To clean the pad spray the pad with some water and run your finger or a clean microfiber along this pad to remove any residue, it's that simple! We always recommend starting with the least aggressive sanding pad and working your way up to the more aggressive pads as needed. If you are looking for an easy way to remove noticeable imperfections from your paint, look no further then the Meguiar's Unigrit Finishing Disc's!
The Meguiar's Unigrit Finishing Disc's come in a few different sizes and grades so you can have the perfect disc for each and every job!
3" Foam Finishing Disc's - 1000 Grade, 3000 Grade
6" Foam Finishing Disc's - 1500 Grade, 3000 Grade
Professional Detailer Reviews
Meguiar's Unigrit 1000 and 3000 Foam Finishing Discs are a great product for any experienced detailer to keep on hand, whether spot sanding minor defects on painted surfaces or fixing your oxidized headlight lenses.
- Product Review: Meguiar's Unigrit 1000 and 3000 Foam Finishing Discs by Kevin George
How to Restore Severly Oxidized Headlights
Customer Reviews
Reviewed by William H A. on 6/10/2013
Would they buy this item again? Yes
Used to be from New England and would describe this and the 3000 pad as
"wicked". I used them with the foam backer on a 3" DA, on 2 acrylic license plate covers that had become cloudy. HaHa, just like new. I used Meguiars 105 and 205 after the discs. I imagine they could be used - with care - on headlights as well.
"wicked". I used them with the foam backer on a 3" DA, on 2 acrylic license plate covers that had become cloudy. HaHa, just like new. I used Meguiars 105 and 205 after the discs. I imagine they could be used - with care - on headlights as well.
Reviewed by David o. on 4/21/2014
Would they buy this item again? No
I purchased this specific item, as well as the 1500 and 1000 grit in both 6"and 3". I had used foam type sanding discs in the past for headlight restoration and paint correction, so i knew what to expect.I was surprisingly dissatisfied with the Meguiar's brand discs. On a 2'x2' area of paint with plenty of lubrication my 1000 grit disc was completely worn out to the point of not working by the 4th pass. I had to go into my bag of headlight restoration supplies and pull out a USED 1000 grit disc by 3M. I had used this disc on at least 15 headlight restorations already, it finished the job i was in the middle of and still looked good for more cutting, do it entree back on the bag, not in the trash. The Meguiar's discs all went in the trash, useless. Will only buy 3M for foam sanding discs from now on.
Read all customer reviews of Meguiar's Unigrit 1000 Foam Finishing Disc