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You can go full bore, the board is very controllable and it offers an incredibly wide user range. It is in highwinds that the board impresses the most, as you feel so totally confident you can keep sheeting in when on other boards you're at the limit of exploding. We also appreciated an easier jibe-entry with the tracking-on-rails impression and most of all, an incredibly efficient exit speed.
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To tour the restored Mikveh Israel Agricultural School is to step into Israel's past and its future. Today's entrance to the school grounds is via the vibrant city of Holon south of Tel Aviv. But its original gateway still stands to tell visitors one of the site's fascinating stories: At this very spot, one of the best-known photographs of the Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl was taken, in 1898, with the German Emperor Wilhelm II. A stately old boulevard of palm trees links the gate to Mikve's grand synagogue, still in use, whose restored ornate painted ceiling and marble floor recalls bygone days.
Mikve Israel was founded in 1870 by the indomitable Karl Netter of the French Jewish organization Alliance Israélite Universelle. Netter pioneered progressive educational methods teach agriculture and a new way of life to the future farmers of this land. There were only about 13,000 Jews in the country at that time, virtually all in the old traditional cities: Jerusalem, Tiberias, Safed and Hebron.
The country's Ottoman Turkish rulers allocated 750 acres to Netter's project. Mikve is proud that to this day its lands, bordering on the 2,000-acre Ariel Sharon Park, make an essential contribution to the "green lung" that helps preserve open space around densely populated Tel Aviv and the towns of the surrounding Dan Region.
Over the years, Mikve Israel has not only educated tens of thousands of children; it has taken part in the most dramatic chapters of Israel's history––as a base for the pre-state defense force, the Haganah, and a home for waves of new immigrant children. To this day, with a student body of over a thousand, Mikve Israel educates boys and girls, Jews and non-Jews, Orthodox and non-Orthodox––a true microcosm of Israel.
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The care and expertise with which the buildings of Mikve Israel have been restored are an integral part of its story. It's not by coincidence that the Council for the Restoration and Preservation of Historic Sites in Israel has its headquarters here. The Council has its offices in the Teachers House at Mikve, built in 1898. The Teachers House also has an authentic assembly hall, a unique venue for a special celebration or conference.
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By Brandon Speck/NEMS Daily Journal
She'll always be known as Hannah Weatherly in Tupelo soccer lore. The new chapters she'll write for the Lady Wave soccer program will be as Coach Kimbrough.
Hannah Kimbrough led Tupelo to three state soccer championships in her four seasons before graduating in 2006. After starting four seasons at Ole Miss, an All-SEC selection and leading scorer her senior year, she's back to lead Tupelo, approved Tuesday as the new coach.
"I am absolutely thrilled about being able to represent Tupelo High School and being able to wear blue and gold again," Kimbrough said. "I loved every minute of my high school experience.
"I tell every one of my friends and my husband all the time, those were the best four years of my life, soccer-wise and school wise and everything."
Kimbrough replaces Shelley Miller, who stepped down earlier this year. She was a volunteer coach with Miller last season.
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Tupelo won two state championships under Mark Enis, who coached Kimbrough during her freshman and sophomore seasons, before giving way to Miller, who led the team to another title with Kimbrough.
Enis said she made an immediate impact as a freshman on a team starting five freshmen.
"I can't say enough about her as a player, but at the same time, as a person as well," Enis said. "She was a team leader, just the energy she brought to each game and her soccer savvy. She's just got it. She had it as a player and I can't help but think she'll do the same as a coach."
Kimbrough is currently a kindergarten teacher at Thomas Street Elementary and will move to the high school. She has recently been an assistant for the girls' Tupelo Futbol Club United u15 and head coach for Tupelo Futbol Club u14 girls for two years.
She remembers at age 16 telling a club coach that after college she wanted to move back to Tupelo, get married and coach high school soccer.
"This is definitely a dream of mine," Kimbrough said. "It's something I've wanted to do and just kind of waited for the opportunity. I'm very humbled I have this opportunity."


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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 221, June 6, 2001
Brown Bag Lunch with Don Morton
Marking the return of Arctic summer, Don Morton arrives next week from the University of Montana for his annual visit. Like the geese, sandhill cranes, trumpeter swans, and various ducks (who proceeded him by 6 weeks), he's flying in, apparently too busy to drive anymore.
It's just not like the old days...
Please join us for a Brown Bag lunch with Don. If it's sunny and over 50 degrees F, we'll eat outside.
Wednesday, June 6 12:00-1:00 Butrovich Building
Topics to discuss with Don:
- ARSC summer internship program
- AGN (Access Grid Node) activity and teaching
- EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research)
- Collaboration between ARSC/UAF and UM
ERDC Technical Reports
If you feel like browsing a nice collection of HPC related papers, you might visit the ERDC DSRC's web site:
The site uses HTML frames, so I can't give you the actual bookmark. To navigate to the technical reports, click on "Publications" / "Technical Reports". Here's a very short sample of the available titles:
01-05 Performance Comparison of SGI Origin 2800 and SGI Origin 3800 on Application Codes Jeff Hensley, Daniel Duffy, Mark Fahey, Tom Oppe, William Ward, Robert Alter
01-04 FORTRAN 77 to FORTRAN 90 Source Code Conversion and Maintenance Tools Richard Weed
01-01 Emulating Co-Array Fortran with Pthreads Richard J. Hanson, Stephen F. Wornom
00-38 The Effect of Wave Propagation Scheme on SWAN Nearshore Wave Predictions Stephen F. Wornom, David J. S. Welsh, Keith W. Bedford
00-35 Using OpenMP and Threaded Libraries to Parallelize Scientific Applications Daniel Duffy
00-34 Tools for Understanding Program Performance John Mellor-Crummey
There's a second section of reports under "User Guides, FAQs, and Documentation" / "Technical Publications".
The Cray User Group's annual SUMMIT conference was held May 21 - May 25 at a resort hotel in Indian Wells, CA. Here are brief excerpts from Liam Forbes' and Tom Baring's CUG reports, starting with Liam's.Monday 5/21/2001 AM
General Session Corporate Direction - Jim Rottsolk, CEO, Cray Inc. 2 current products - T3E, SV1 3 new products - SuperCluster, MTA-2, SV2 most research resources going into SV2 development Focus & Resources - catch up for T90P, T3F cancellations - support multi-architecture customer base - participate in market mainstream - resume innovation Leading Innovations deliver real-world sustained performance customize for greater performance & usability, but leverage 3rd party technology New Products SuperCluster - T3E via COTS follow on SV1ex SX - classic high-end high-bandwidth vector system (NEC) SV2 MTA-2 NEC Agreement 10 year distribute & support vector products exclusive North America, non-exclusive rest of world Cray absorbs HNSX operations $25M non-voting investment in Cray (received) lift anti-dumping (5/3) no IP transfer reinvigorate vector market, especially in US add revenue growth opportunity leverage Cray sales/service apply cash investment to Cray R&D and operationsThursday 5/24/2001 AM
Corporate Direction - Bob Bishop, CEO, SGI "Visualization will always be the key to enlightenment." Focus on "big data" Over 450 Reality Centers installed worldwide - the "spearhead" of SGI products MIPS/IRIX platform is "critical to the future of SGI. It's at the core of SGI's visualization capabilities." Now shipping over 10K processors for O3K & Onyx3 systems "We will be the first company that puts to the market a TeraFLOP single system image machine." Itanium & Linux are complementary to MIPS/IRIX. May 29 - announcements about Itanium products; 7,400 employees including temps and contractors, intend to bring it down to 6,000 expect to break even and be cash neutral within the next 90 days Jan Silverman, Senior VP Sales & Marketing, SGI Committed to deliver products and solutions to Technical & Creative Customers Increase the rate of performance & price/performance of MIPS/IRIX Limited release of Itanium 1 systems due to close follow-on of McKinley Decrease our investment in non-differentiated commodity type products ex: no Pentium 4s to follow Pentium 3 products, focus on Itanium New marketing strategy Technology Direction - Eng Lim Goh, VP & CTO, SGI Focus on low latency - high bandwidth systems Design goal is to reduce the "latency profile" of large systems SN-2 MIPS R18K 48bit physical address space 256TB max memory addressable for entire SSI system Build and sell high performance clusters comprising the largest nodes in the industry (512P, 1TB) while sustaining a lead of 4x the competition in order to provide the ease of shared memory programming if required and run the fastest MPI programs if not required. "The fastest computer needs to be the smallest." Build and sell high performance graphics systems which address the performance graphics and the feature graphics segments separately, but competitively differentiated by their high degree of integration. This fellow should have had the majority of speaking time in this session. Hardware Update - Dave Parry, Sr VP High Performance Systems, SGI & Jan Silverman, Sr VP Marketing Shipping O3K 128P -> 256P -> 512P Onyx3000 500MHz (R14K) processor GSN for Origin & Onyx TP9100 & TP9400 storage solutions Octane2 V6/V8 -> V10/V12 dual channel display option Processor Roadmap 2001 - R14K 500MHz, 1 GFlop 2002 - R14KA 600MHz 2002/3 - R16K 700MHz, 1.4 GFlop 2003/4 - R18K(N1) on cache secondary cache (1MB cache on chip), fused multiply add unit (4 flop/cycle), 800MHz, 3.2 GFlop long term commitment to MIPS/IRIX no recompiling IRIX binaries upgrade at own place new processor every 9 - 12 months two processor frequency options always available HPC Platform Roadmap Origin200 - R12KS "Speedo2" - R14K -> R16K -> R18K O3K/O3K - R12K -> R14K -> R14KA -> R16K -> R18K Nextgen Node - ?? - follow on to O3K SN-IPF - Itanium -> McKinley -> Madison NUMAflex I/O - XIO/PCI -> PCI-X -> Peer IO -> IFB 12x? NUMAflex Fabric - NUMALink3 -> NUMALink4 -> NUMALink5[ From Tom Baring's report] Monday am
David Kiefer: Cray Inc.: Hardware Roadmap/Update T3E Limitations are due to technology and agreement with sgi Did upgrade proc to ev5.6... clk 675mhz... pk perf: 1350 mflops SV1 SV1 300mhz/ 22 gb/s mem bandwidth SV1e processor 500mhz / improved cache SV1ex 48 gb/s sust. Mem bw, 32 or 96 gb internal ssd SV1e Processor processor and cache on same chip. 500mhz. Still 256 kb cache "X" memory: 1.5 - 2x sus mem bandwidth 1.25-1.6x single cpu bw improvement SSD: 30 gb/s bw: highest ever offered SV1e delivered and in operation (at ARSC) SV1ex mem in validation... deliver in q3 Supercluster SC's need t3e like features SMP nodes w/ 2 x 833 mhz alphas MTA-2 highly-scalable 256 procs max each proc 128 instr. streams / different hardware stream activated each clk shared mem model: each proc can access arbitrary locations 25 active streams per proc / Overlaps mem latency up ot 1tb mem 25.6 gb/s sys io bandwidth friendly to programmers. SV2 Big departure in vect arch... t3e-like scalability 64 and 32 ieee arith 128 v regs, 512 scalar/address regs per cpu status initial node module powered up and in test OS/PrgEnv running well in simulators challenges Differentiation : Bandwidth, sustained performance Improve devel cycles Lower devel cost Product classes Distributed shared memory SV2 Distributed memory T3e SC Uniform shared SV1 MTA Roadmap SV1ex relies on locality (cache) for perf... SX5 is more traditional, (no cache) vector system. SV1ex ends 2003 when SV2 established.
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ I've inherited a Fortran program which uses implicit variable typing, [[ and has problems. As the new "maintainer" of this program, I need to [[ clean it up. [[ [[ First, I plan to insert IMPLICIT NONE directives in every file and [[ write explicit declarations for every variable. Is there an easy way [[ to do this, or do I need to go through the code line-by-line? Cray's Fortran compiler has excellent listing options. If you ask, it will generate reports which show all variable names and where they're declared, set, and referenced (even when they're "declared" implicitly). If a variable name has been misspelled, accepted by the compiler as an implicit declaration, and thus not reported as an error, this mistake will still show up in a report (see below). Try: f90 -r4 Adding IMPLICIT NONE will make these mistakes show up as the errors they are. Back to the original question... this option: f90 -rx can simplify the process of rewriting the code. The "-rx" report will tell you which variables are being implicitly typed and their type. You could simply edit the report to generate Fortran code or write a perl script to automate this editing. Of course, this is your chance to clean things up, too. What follows are snippets of output from these two types of Cray reports. The object of the reports was an otherwise correct Fortran source file to which the following line was added: YYY = ZZZ The accepts this as an implicit declaration of two reals, YYY and ZZZ: From: f90 -r4 ================================================================== Cross-reference map: 95 Identifiers (197 References) Type Kind Usage EqDSv Offset Home Name References ------- ----- ----- ------ ------ ------ -------------- Real 8 Scalar - 0 Stack YYY 31= Real 8 Scalar - 0 Stack ZZZ 31 [ ... cut ... ] Identifier characteristics report: 88 Variables (2 with F90 attributes) Name Attributes ------ -------------- YYY Type=Real, Kind=8, Scalar ZZZ Type=Real, Kind=8, Scalar [ ... cut ... ] 61 ftnlint messages 60) <4> Local Variable "YYY" is assigned a value but never used 61) <3> Local Variable "ZZZ" is used but never assigned a value [ ... cut ... ] f90 Compiler - 6 messages: 1) <cf90-7212,Warning,Line=31> Variable "ZZZ" is used before it is defined. From: f90 -rx ================================================================== (the numbers show lines on which given variables were declared, set, or used. ) BFCT INTEGER, PARAMETER Decl 25 Set Used 40 45 46 BLKEND Stack INTEGER Decl 26 Set 46 Used 47 49 55 56 59 66 67 YYY Stack REAL, Implicitly typed Decl Set 31 Used ZZZ Stack REAL, Implicitly typed Decl Set Used 31 IBM's xlf compiler can generate similar, though less friendly, reports. Try these options: xlf90 -qsource -qxref=full SGI's f90 compiler seems to lack similar capabilities. (Send us a note if you know otherwise.) Q: I share lots of big data files with my group, using regular Unix permissions. Most of the files have been DMF migrated off disk and onto tape. Quota is applied to disk files, but not migrated files. DMF makes it really easy for one person to manage his/her files, as the commands are easy, and storage is basically unlimited. The problem I have is that group members can "dmget" my files as needed (which is what I want) but they can't "dmput" them when they're through. At the moment, group members are sending me email when I need to re-migrate a file they've used, but it's inconvenient and I keep hitting my quota unsuspectingly. Any suggestions?
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On June 16, the Sundance Institute returns to BAM to host the ShortsLab, an all-day educational workshop. The Sundance-organized seminar of screenings and panels offer filmmakers insight and access into story development, production, and exhibition of narrative short-form storytelling. Rooftop has long been a champion of the short film as its own artistic medium, so to kick off the weekend, Rooftop is proud to co-present an evening of amazing shorts from Sundance's acclaimed programming.
DR. BREAKFAST (Stephen Neary | USA | 7 min.)
One day at breakfast, a man's soul bursts out of his eyeball. Two wild deer caretake his catatonic body in this meditation on the quirky, but rejuvenating, nature of friendship.
HELLION (Kat Candler | USA | 6 min.)
Hell breaks loose when seven-year-old Petey is left with his brothers. Things go from bad to really bad when Dad gets home.
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On another quiet summer day in Park Dufresne, neighborhood youth loiter until a new park monitor appears. Two universes clash, and a territorial struggle begins.
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Jack means well, but sometimes good intentions have horrible consequences.
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A comical insight into the trials and tribulations of two women in Los Angeles who have to deal with love, herbs and random crime. A classic from the Sundance vault.
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A story of pirates in Somalia—told from the perspective of the pirates.
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Howth began as two roommates experimenting in minimal ambient folk music and has since become a collection of five friends with so much vibe you would think they had been playing together for the last decade of their twenty-something lives. And in fact, some of them have been. Shortly after returning from Palestine where he had been teaching children the joys of music, lead guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Blake Luley again met up with songwriter Carl Creighton in his home state of Minnesota. By way of a mini tour, Luley and Creighton returned to New York City and began to look for like minded musicians to help expand the sound they had developed together.
Despite living in the capital of cool known as Brooklyn, the search for what would become the rest of Howth ultimately ended with two of New Jersey native Luley's high school band mates, Neil Acharya (bass, vocals, saxophone) and Miles Waltuck (drums), and Luley's girlfriend, Aviva Stampfer (vocals, keyboard), herself a transplant from Portland. The years of rapport between these individuals is immediately apparent and has become a hallmark of the music they create, most recognizably in Howth's debut as a quintet, Newkirk. Recorded in Waltuck's basement and slated for release in May 2012 by Mecca Lecca Recording Company, Newkirk retains the intimate songwriting of Creighton while capturing five talented musicians having the time of their lives with their closest friends.


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Entertainment & Communication: CD player, USB input port, RDS Radio Data System display, WMA compatible, Bluetooth voice control for audio/mobile phone, Bluetooth audio streaming profile A2DP, MP3 player, iPod integration, AM/FM stereo tuner/radio, 6-speaker audio system, includes 2-tweeters, Bluetooth audio streaming AVRCP, Audio input jack, 3.5mm, AAC compatible, HFT Bluetooth Handsfree mobile phone system
Exterior: Door handles, body colour, Door mirror's in body colour, Front & rear bumpers, body colour , Front & rear aero stabilising fins & air spats, Power adjustable door mirror's with retract function, Rear towing hooks x2, Roof mounted antenna, short pole type, Front bumper with black grille, Double exhaust tailpipes, Front towing hook x1, Bumper integrated diffuser
Interior: Cruise Control, Gear shift with leather trim, Driver footrest, Digital clock, 12V power outlets, Steering column, tilt/telescopic adjustable, A/C manual, Door trim, leather, A/C with clean air filter, Steering wheel, 3-spoke with leather trim, Gear shift knob with leather accent , LCD MID (Multi Information Display) with 3-ring meters with speedometer, tachometer, fuel gauge, MID (Multi Information Display) with average fuel consumption, cruising range & temperature display, Sun visors, Parking brake lever, chrome, Rear view mirror with manual anti-glare function
Lightning: LED rear tail lights, LED rear brake lights, Halogen Projector headlights with manual levelling, Halogen headlights, low/high beam, Illuminated entry system, Cargo loadspace lighting, LED DRL (daytime running lights) integrated into front bumper
Mechanical: Clutch Start System
Engine Specifications
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- Engine Description: Toyota 4U-GSE/FA20, D-4S Direct electronic fuel injection, DOHC per a bank with dual valve timing control (VVT). 2.0L flat (boxer) engine
- Power: 147 Kw @ 7000 RPM
- Torgue: 205 Nm @ 4000 RPM, 6600 Min RPM, 6400 Max RPM
- Valve Train: DOHC with VVT
EBD Electronic Brakeforce Distribution
BAS Brake Assist System
TRC Traction Control system with ON/OFF switch
ABS Anti-lock Braking System
Front seatbelt pretensioners
Front seatbelt load limiters
Seatbelts front, 3-point ELR x2
Driver's airbag
Driver's knee airbag
Passenger's airbag
ISOFIX child seat rear anchorage points x2
ISOFIX child seat anchorage points x2
Seatbelts rear, 3-point ELR/ALR x2
Curtain & side airbags, front & rear
Side impact airbags, front
Audible warning if key left in ignition & driver's door opened
VSC Vehicle Stability Control with ON/OFF switch
Seatbelt warning reminders, front seats
Head restraints, all seats, height adjustable
Head restraints x2, front seats, with whiplash injury lessening (WIL), height adjustable
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"Tonight we're playing for tits!" "Everyone should just flash their boobs." "I used to stuff my bra when I was little." These were just some of the sentiments expressed by Amanda Blank, MNDR and Pacific Theater, as they paired up with the Keep-A-Breast foundation for a night of music to benefit the organization's notion to expose young people to methods of protection, early detection and support through art and educational programs.
Although the inclement weather threatened to keep a crowd of the organization's and artists' supporters at bay, The Bell House played refuge to those seeking shelter from a rainy Monday night in Brooklyn. Local band Pacific Theater kicked off the soirée with their new wave shoegazer tunes, which at times, gives way to lead vocalist Dan Ryan channeling his best Adam Duritz.
Our fave gal pal, MNDR, always puts her best foot forward, even while wearing a hospital bracelet. Yep, she was battling a severe case of the flu the day prior, yet still managed to get the crowd enthused with her ever-infectious repertoire of nerdcore and electro-infused awesomeness. Spotted: a few new fans giving her props after the set. High fives for her indeed! (also, we really need that Patty Hearst song on our iPod...just saying...)
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Tupelo Council cited for Comcast Cable
I am writing this letter to all CIty Council members as they are the ones to let Comcast Cable do whatever it wants in the city limits of Tupelo. This has gone on for years.
When it is time to renew the contract with Comcast there will be several council members who will bring up problems that their constituents have raised with them.
They'll put off final approval until Comcast brings forth some junior level executive to listen to the citizens complaints which will be quite lengthy.
They will go back to their office, relay the information and then Comcast will send a higher level executive back to Tupelo.
He will then proceed to relay to the council all the money Comcast has spent creating the cable backbone here in Tupelo.
He will then tell of all the future improvements coming. He will listen to more complaints about service (what service, when you call, they try to get you to be a serviceman), billing problems (prices rise without notice, you get bills for services you do not have) and through this all you get to talk to a representative who can't understand English when you finally get one on the line usually about a minimum two hour wait or call back.
In this second or third round of so-called negotiations this person will swear on Comcast's soul he will get to the bottom of all the problems people are having here in Tupelo.
I'm not naive enough to think the council will do anything more than it has in the past. Why? Because by having an exclusive contract over the years there is no viable cable provider in the area.
All you have to do is look to Memphis. They have several options there – Comcast, AT&T and other smaller providers. Guess what? The prices are cheaper (around 30 percent). Why? Because these companies have competition, they have to compete for your business. There is not a governmental granted monopoly in Memphis.
I, along with most Tupeloans, will look forward to the charade with Comcast in the next round of negotiations. There will be no change. Only unkept promises as usual.
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Mississippi Republicans are making every effort to avoid debating Medicaid expansion in the Legislature.
They don't want to discuss any expansion of Medicaid because it is nearly impossible to find an argument that does not lead to or devolve into the vagaries of racial relationships; indeed, and for sure, the Republicans, are afraid that they will, once again, come down, as they usually do, on the wrong side of that argument.
They cannot explain why they support the costly Medicaid program that already exists, but refuse to have anything to do with the free Medicaid expansion under Obamacare; they refuse to acknowledge the big increase in state employment (approximately 10,000) that will occur under Obamacare; and, they refuse to talk about the nearly 300,000 poor people that will have access for the first time to reasonable cost health care and all of the money that will be saved as a result of no longer using the emergency room as their primary care.
All of this will be because of Obamacare. Oops, that's the operative word that leads to that perplexing catatonic stupor that so many Republicans lawmakers are experiencing at this time.
Will the leaders of the Republican Party continue to be so confident that their constituent's hate will remain as strong as theirs? Will their constituents continue to subjugate their self interest to the false ideals of their leaders?
I am predicting that as time passes, and with a little bit of bipartisan tweaking, Obamacare will be just what the doctor ordered; furthermore, I'm willing to bet that most of the citizens of this country will eventually break away from that unwritten anti-Obama pact and accept Obamacare as the law of the land, an institution for good, in spite of what some people feel about him now.
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Texas metal buildings are our specialty at Absolute Steel Texas. We fabricate our own parts right here at our east Texas factory using only American steel and honest-to-goodness American craftsmen. Metal buildings by Absolute Steel Texas are offered in many different styles and we have a competent staff of people to guide you through the process.
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- Metal Building Styles
- Stand Alone Frame System
- Color Choices
- Installation
- Technical
- Foundation
- Engineered Plans
No other metal building fabricator in Texas offers so many different styles to choose from. Get serious, pick out what you like and call us at (888) 658-5147 or get a quote right now. We're competent, creative, straight-up honest and you are the reason we're in business!
Mohave Series Building:
The Mohave has the classic profiles of traditional steel buildings except to make it more economical, its wall panels run horizontally. This eliminates the need for some steel framing on the walls but does not affect its engineering capabilities.
Structurally, engineers consider it just as sturdy as the Sierra model and it has met engineering requirements in all 48 contiguous states. If you are looking for a traditional metal building look at the best possible price, then the Mohave series should be considered.
Sonoran Metal Building:
Our Sonoran style is the least expensive of all our Texas steel buildings. We call it the Sonoran (after the Sonoran desert) because we feel it is best suited for dry climates as the roof panels run horizontally, thereby interrupting some of the water flow off the roof causing little bits of it to "hang up" on the horizontal ridges of the panels.
While we've not had them leak if properly installed, we suggest they not be installed in any climate experiencing much snow as the ridges do prohibit run off which can cause some snow build up over prolonged periods of winter weather.
Sierra Series Building:
The Sierra is your classic metal building with the wall panels running vertically just like the roof panels. The Sierra features the Stand Alone frame system which means if you are considering an exterior different from metal panels this would be the frame system best suited for that. Customers who have bought this frame system have finished the exteriors in all sorts of different finishes: OSB & stucco, brick, barn wood and wood shingles just to name a few. And it looks great just like it's normally sold–with painted metal panels!
A Sierra metal building in a commercial application
A Sierra metal building used as a poolside retreat
Teton Series Building:
The Teton's unique exterior panels are designed to look like wood shiplap siding. The panels and the Teton's distinctive 12" eave overhang look great in a residential setting. Fact is, unless you're up close you wouldn't even know the Teton is a steel building. The frame system is much like the Mohave because the Teton's panels run horizontally. It has no purlins in the roof because the panels attach directly to the main frame members (rafters). Unfortunately it is not as inexpensive as the Mohave due to its heavy gauge panels and unique frame/trim pieces used to achieve the 12' soffit overhang.
A Teton metal building used as a residential garage
A Teton metal building used as a residential building
Alpine Metal Building:
The Alpine's steep roof lines (6/12 roof pitch) make it the natural metal building for the high country where you want the roof to shed snow as quickly as possible—that is the reason for high pitched roofs in snow country.
The wall panels can be applied horizontally or vertically. Indeed, the roof panels can be applied either way but we would recommend a vertical application of the roof on this steel building to allow for easy shedding of water or snow. An extra bonus—the Alpine offers some light weight storage solutions up on a second deck (optional—not included in the standard quote) which is a handy feature.
Gambrel Metal Building:
The gambrel is sometimes called the Dutch Gambrel or Dutch Hip. The gambrel metal building has a symmetrical two sided roof with slopes on both sides. The upper slope is positioned at less of a pitch or angle than the lower one. Doing this provides all the advantages of a sloped roof while maximizing head room which is what it was designed to do. So while this upper space is handy to have, quotes on our website do not reflect any of the steel framing used to create that upper deck. See details and floor plans of the Gambrel style buildings.
Gambrel Barn
Metal Gambrel Barn Building
Combo Metal Building:
As its name implies, the Combo is part steel carport, part steel building. The result is a very practical metal building that gives shelter and storage at a price that's hard to beat. The storage area can be located on the side or at the end depending upon your preferences. Side and roof panels can be mounted horizontally or vertically. If you're considering a side combo, seriously consider having the storage access at either end so that whatever you have under carport doesn't hinder access to the storage area when it's parked.
Metal building with end combo
Metal building with side combo
The Stand Alone Frame System
The core of our Texas metal buildings
We use only US steel in our frame systems because then we know the steel in our metal buildings and steel carports measures up to the specifications that engineering calls for. It would be negligent of us to use anything else because foreign steel can be just like canned soup – you don't really know what's in it despite what is represented.
An Absolute Steel Garage Frame
The Same Frame With Stucco Finish
Steel Frame System
Frame kit with panels attached
As far as the competition goes? We use larger sized steel, stronger steel (that actually specs out), and a more corrosive resistant steel so you're ensured the best possible product that your money can buy.
No other tubular steel building system offers you the flexibility and ease of installation to make your exterior walls in most any finish you want—or the inside walls for that matter. Our customers have used our frame system along with wood, stucco, brick and even shingles to achieve the look they wanted.
The Stand Alone frame system is quite different from other steel building systems in that the structural stress in our steel buildings is evenly dispersed throughout the entire frame system. Besides saving tremendously on your concrete foundational requirements, this works quite well for cladding walls whether interior or exterior. It makes the job easier and cheaper because you don't have to add much in the way of additional frame components.
So what does all this mean to you?
- This means you won't have those cumbersome I-beams to deal with that require forklifts or cranes. This saves you money whether you build yourself or have one of our professional independent crews do it for you.
- This means you're going to save on your concrete foundational requirements—depending upon the size of the metal building, this can amount to a savings of thousands.
- This means your end walls will not have those "cross-tie cable end supports" to contend with—we don't believe a metal building should be "wired" together anyway.
- This means you have the most economical means to use most any exterior material you want on the outside of your steel building—stucco, brick, stone, wood etc. Yes, you can have the integrity and reliability of steel and still comply with your HOA or local building department.
- This means if you want a Texas metal building, you're at the right place!
Color Choices
You can have the highest quality steel panels in the world and if they're not adequately protected, you're wasting your money. All our Texas metal buildings and steel carports use the best painted steel panels that are also made in America – naturally. The panels we use on our metal building walls and roofs come with a 40 year limited warranty on the paint finish cracking, checking, peeling or losing adhesion. Additionally the paint finish is guaranteed not to fade, chalk or lose color for a period of 30 years.
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Read all details of the warranty here.
Behind the strongest steel panels available on the market today is the best paint finish.
Kynar 500®/ Hylar 5000®
Kynar 500®/Hylar 5000® resin-based paint coatings outperform virtually all other coil coatings in color and gloss retention and in resistance to chalking. Kynar 500®/Hylar 5000® has a superior 2-coat system (primer and color coat) that is unsurpassed in its resistance to damaging UV rays. These systems resist general air pollution and will not pit or whiten when exposed to moist environments such as rain, dew, fog, acid rain and chlorinated air.
The service life of Kynar 500®/Hylar 5000® coatings and their long-term durability are unparalleled in the industry. These finishes are factory applied and oven baked by the coil coater. Kynar 500® / Hylar 5000® finishes are virtually maintenance-free and non-staining. If cleaning is required, either conventional detergents or solvent-type cleaners can be used. Kynar 500®/Hylar 5000®panels will look as good years from now as the day they are installed. All Kynar 500®/Hylar 5000® colors carry a 40 year limited warranty.
Don't worry about having exterior paint maintenance on a steel building from Absolute Steel!
Installation and Construction
Absolute Steel Texas maintains relationships with many different professional installers who will erect your metal building or steel carport in most parts of Texas. For exact pricing you need to call our offices but you can estimate it's going to run about 25% of the price of the metal building plus applicable mileage charges, if any.
Metal buildings and steel carports manufactured by Absolute Steel Texas are truly a breakthrough in construction simplicity. They are designed to use a minimum of components, most of them modular and interchangeable. They are easily assembled by inexperienced people with common tools. We make them that way for the do-it-yourselfer and also for the professional installers throughout the State of Texas who perform installations for our customers.
Our metal buildings feature:
- Little to no lifting equipment required on most models—the heaviest component weighs slightly over 30 pounds.
- No forklifts needed! Absolute Steel metal buildings are easy to install.
- Our easy Slip-Joint main frame parts make assembly a snap!
- We provide step-by-step instructions that have been perfected over years of experience and individually customized with drawings based upon your order.
Steps 1 thru 6 below illustrate the simplicity of installation that is one of the hallmarks of our metal buildings. If you'd like a set of instructions mailed or e-mailed to you, please call us. We also have a complete installation DVD that we'll send if you'd like.
Step 1
Step 2
Assemble and position roof/wall frames
Step 3
Attach purlins and girts
Step 4
Install door and window framing
Step 5
Attach side panels and metal roofing
Step 6
Technical Information
At Absolute Steel Texas we're dedicated to constant improvement. This page will address particular components of our metal buildings and steel carports and why we make them the way we do. Where ever possible, we included pictures for greater illustration.
Exterior Panels
We have a great deal of experience in metal roofing panels and various other kinds of metal roofing. It's only natural that we would because of our years of experience in using them to "skin out" our steel building frame systems. Absolute Steel has taken advantage of those years of experience in metal roofing and is now one of the largest distributors of metal roofing in America through its site www.metalroofingsource.com.
So to say we know steel panels would be an understatement. We know them well and want you to know that we use only steel panels with minimum yield strength of 80,000 pounds or 40 tons of pressure per square inch. That means the steel used on the exterior of our Texas metal buildings and steel carports can withstand that kind of pressure before "going plastic" or "yielding".
We insist on the best protective paint system on those panels as well and invite you to learn more about that at our Available Colors page where you can also read the terms of the 20, 30 and 40 year paint warranty against fading, chalking or peeling.
Steel Frame System
There is a reason our metal buildings and steel carports are in use by all branches of the US Armed Services. Its simple—they have their specifications and we meet or exceed them. Our steel is tested and proven to be stronger and more corrosive resistant than any other steel on the market.
We use 65,000 psi minimum yield strength steel in all our metal buildings in Texas. The competition uses a maximum of 50,000 psi steel and in most cases you have no idea what strength the steel is because it's from Mexico or China where they don't have to meet any strength criteria.
Base Rail System
The base of your metal building or steel carport needs strength and support – it is at the foundation of any structure. The rest of the building depends on it and the most stress is put on it. Absolute Steel uses an insert system which means none of those base rail uprights contain any fabricated parts which can lead to weakened connections. In other words, we don't use any type of crush, rolling or bending process in the vertical uprights of our base rails. This causes a bit more labor but we think it's worth it. Here's why:
At the bottom is where condensation and water can damage your base rail system. We like using rugged 14 gauge steel pins or inserts there because the thicker, consistent connections bear the weight of the structure better than machined or formed parts.
All the upright vertical inserts pieces are 12" tall which gives you more ability to adjust for any onsite irregularities on your land and uncompromising steel is the strongest way to achieve that.
The connection at the base rails needs a very consistent fit—sometimes two people or more are holding the frame system up while having it slip down over the insert or pin. If this didn't go on easily and still fit like a glove, we'd have you getting grumpy at us.
The Worst Connection
A Better Connection
The BEST Connection
Side Walls – An easier assembly and a stronger wall.
- It stands to reason that a single piece sidewall is going to be stronger than one that uses multiple pieces.
- Less connections to join together makes for less man hours during assembly.
- You get a perfectly straight wall that can easily be adjusted in the field if necessary.
These two pictures illustrate a multiple piece sidewall (inserted pieces used to extend a sidewall height).
Their Multi-Piece Sidewall
It stands to reason that the more parts you have, the less overall strength you'll have. Not to mention the extra work involved!
Our Single Piece Sidewall
This is ours. There's no additional parts to mess with, and by virtue of there being no connections, you will have a stronger sidewall!
Peak and Eave Bends – The Power Bend
Everyone knows how steel is made stronger with curves and angles. Think of the body of your car; if it did not have those contours and angles, the car body would not be as strong as it is. We apply the same principal to our bending process to ensure strength.
When we fabricate the Power Bend for our metal buildings and steel carports our process adds six more surfaces/angles to the bend so instead of weakening the steel, we strengthen it.
Let's look at the different ways bends are created and see for ourselves why Absolute Steel makes a better product:
The Crush Bend – This is the worst technique.It weakens the steel precisely where it should not. As a side note—look at the joints; they only used one screw on each side. That kind of laziness will result in someone getting hurt!
The Mandrel Bend – The company that produces this makes the claim "smooth mandrel bend for a cleaner look and stronger bend transition".We beg to differ. You can't stretch metal and make it stronger. See the stress marks on the tube where its been stretched? Those are now severely weakened areas exactly where you don't want them.
The POWER BENDThe Power Bend is a result of rolling the excess steel while the curvature is created. The rolled edging now gives strength to the transition curve.Not only do we have the original integrity of the steel intact, we have added strength and durability.
Swedging is the term used for reducing tubular steel. The swedge (a reduced end) is what slips into another length of tube steel. Just like the bending process, you have the crush reduction, the mandrel reduction and then you have how its done right if you want your Texas metal building or steel carport to last and be safe.
Crush Reduction Swedge – Not only is it ugly, it's not very smart: part of the integrity of the joining members is a snug, close fit. Strength is added that way. There's certainly a reduction in strength with a Crush Reduction causing all that air space instead of fitting like it should.
Mandrel Swedge – This is a bit closer to what's needed but still misses the mark. The missing feature is the rolled edge corners that give more structural strength to the tube.
POWER SWEDGE – Not only do our swedges fit like a glove causing more actual contact between both pieces of steel, its corners are rolled to give it more strength.Our swedges are so exacting that we have certain parts of our Texas metal buildings and steel carports that actually telescope. That means that the same parts can be used with various heights. Thinking ahead like that gives you or your installer an easier to assemble product and it's more efficient for us – and that means the best possible pricing. That's efficiency in design!
Concrete and Foundation Requirements
Please Note: Texas is unique in that except in towns, cites and other municipal entities engineering and permits for a metal building or steel carport are not required. Texas counties require no engineering or permitting. We believe the safest way to anchor a structure is what an engineer would require if he/she were involved. The following methods illustrate what those requirements would be under various circumstances.
Either system we offer – the Classic or the Engineered can be anchored to either concrete or ground. There are some variables that can come up that may change the below described methods such as frost lines, soil conditions etc. but as a general rule, these are the ways you would anchor your Texas steel building or carport.
Go to: Ground mount – when you don't intend to have a concrete floor
Go to: Concrete slab and footing requirements
Ground Mount – When you don't intend to have a concrete floor.
Concrete Caissons (Engineering Available)
When mounting to the ground its best to dig or auger a post hole about 10″ in diameter and 30″ deep. You'll need to do this at every vertical upright—either every 5' or 4' depending upon which frame system you purchased. After your base rails are together place them over the holes, affix your ground anchor to the base rail with the remainder of the ground anchor in the augered hole. Fill the hole with concrete.
MR 68 Ground Clamps (Engineering Available)
An MR 68 is a ground anchor something like what is used in a mobile home application. Their clamps, which expand once they are tightened, are affixed to a 30″ piece of allthread. Another rod (pounding rod) is inserted into the clamp and a large sledge or smaller jack hammer is used to lower the MR 68 into the ground. One leaves about 6″ of the allthread exposed then slips the base rail over the allthread. Place a nut onto the allthread and tighten it up to secure the base rail.
Straight Ground (Engineering Not Available)
This is by far the simplest way but engineers won't go for it. Just hammer the ground anchors into the ground and affix them to the base rails. Metal building and steel carports have been anchored like this for many years with no problem but it's a judgment call on your part. If you're anchoring anything 20' wide or greater we recommend at least anchoring the four corners with concrete caissons then hammering the remaining ground anchors in by themselves and affixing them to the base rails.
Concrete Slab and Footing Requirements
There are two ways to pour your slab and footings which an engineer will approve or recommend. The third method described below has been done for years in Texas counties and has held up nicely for decades.
In all methods, you will be doing what's called a monolithic pour or monolithic slab where the slab and the footing are poured at the same time.
First Method
You'll need to build your forms for a 4″ thick slab using minimum 2800 psi concrete—make it thicker if you're putting heavy vehicles or RVs on it. Your footings will be 12″ deep, using the 4″' of slab as a part of that depth. Your footings will have 2 #4 rebar top and bottom (or 1 #5 rebar) in a continuous run around the perimeter of the slab. The slab will have #3 rebar on 24″ centers or fibermesh reinforcement added to the mix. If you go with the fibermesh use a concrete mix no less than 4000psi so that when you're finishing it, the "hairs" of the fibermesh are caught in the concrete cream and don't stand up like hair on a pig.
Second Method (Easier and engineers just fine)
Below your slab and around the perimeter you have an 8″ deep footer 12″ wide. Every 9 feet around the perimeter you auger a hole that is 8″ in diameter and 24″ deep. There is no steel used in this monolithic slab.
Third Method (Engineering Not Available)
In counties areas (outside cities and towns)Texas metal buildings have been anchored for decades in the following way: In the 4″ concrete slab put #3 rebar on 24″ centers. Around the perimeter of your 4″ slab dig a six inch deep "turndown" with your shovel.
Engineered Plans
Background Information
If you live in an incorporated municipality or town in Texas, chances are you will be required to get a building permit to build a metal building or steel carport on your property. Obtaining a permit usually requires engineered plans. In some instances they will be satisfied with a permit fee and drawings only—unstamped and unsealed by the engineer. If so, we'll provide that at no charge at the time of your purchase.
Many times we have sold our steel buildings and carports to individuals who were required to obtain a permit but didn't. They bought the Engineered System and built it according to our instructions, which will engineer, and documented the concrete footings and steel with a camera while the work was done. That way if they were later required to obtain a building permit, they had proper documentation on the items such as footings and those people then came back to us and bought the engineering and got their permit
If you are proceeding forward in this manner: Do not place your steel building or carport on your lot in violation of setbacks, distances from other building,s etc. PUT IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
Compliance with your local building department is your responsibility.
Obtaining a Building Permit
Once you have your engineered plans in-hand, you will usually need a site plan showing where you intend to build your metal building. Hand drawn is typically fine. We do not obtain permits for you. This would require a person traveling the State of Texas to pull this off and you would not be happy with the charges. Besides, you as a homeowner in your own town will be given far less hassles than a professional.
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Cost & Ordering Plans
The costs for three sets of original stamped and sealed drawings and structural calculations by a licensed Texas engineer is $450 for carports and $650 for buildings.
If you are intending to place the structure on "stepped elevations" due to site irregularity, the costs would increase somewhat. Please consult with your Absolute Steel representative for pricing if this is the case.
Before ordering engineering for your metal building in Texas, please consult your local building department's requirements about lot line set-backs and distance from other structures on your property which is for fire department access in case of emergency.
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 4:22 PM GMT on November 13, 2009
Record storm surges have caused major flooding along the North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware coasts over the past 24 hours, thanks to the powerful winds of a slow-moving Nor'easter energized by the remains of Hurricane Ida. Norfolk, Virginia, suffered its highest storm surge on record last night, when a surge of 5.96 feet hit the Sewells Point tide station. The previous record was 5.62' during Hurricane Isabel of 2003, with the Chesapeake-Atlantic Hurricane of 1933 close behind at 5.61'. Last night's peak surge did not hit at high tide, and the storm tide--the combination of surge plus the tide--peaked at 7.74' above Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), slightly below the 7.89' storm tide of Hurricane Isabel.
Figure 1. Rain gauge-measured precipitation from Ida-extratropical for the 24 hours ending at 7 am EST this morning. The storm dumped copious amounts of rain over a wide swath of coast. Image credit: NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service.
The highest storm surges at Sewell's Point tide gauge in Norfolk, Virginia since 1927:
5.96' Nov 2009 Ida-extratropical
5.62' Sep 2003 Hurricane Isabel
5.61' Aug 1933 Chesapeake-Atlantic Hurricane
4.73' Sep 1933 Hurricane 13, Cat 1)
4.66' Mar 1962 Ash Wednesday Nor'easter
4.05' Sep 1936 (Hurricane 13, Cat 2)
Top storm tides in Norfolk history:
1933 hurricane (Aug 23rd 1933)..............8.9 feet MLLW
April 11th 1956 Nor'easter..................8.0 feet MLLW
Hurricane Isabel (Sep 18th 2003)............7.9 feet MLLW
Ida-extratropical (Nov 12th 2009)...........7.8 feet MLLW
Ash Wednesday storm (Mar 7th 1962)..........7.8 feet MLLW
Serious coastal flooding is occurring from northern North Carolina to the Delaware/New Jersey border, with record high storm surges recorded at many locations. The storm surge at Lewes Point, Delaware at 9:48 pm EST last night reached 4.63 feet, beating the record high of 4.17' set during the January 4, 1992 Nor'easter. Tide records go back to 1919 at Lewes Point. The highest surge at any of the NOAA-maintained tide gauges from Ida-extratropical was 6.74' at 9:24 pm EST at Money Point, Virginia, located on an inlet about five miles south of downtown Norfolk.
Ida-extratropical also brought hurricane-force wind gusts to the Virginia coast yesterday, with a gust of 75 mph recorded at the Oceana NAS. The Norfolk airport recorded sustained winds of 52 mph, gusting to 70 mph, at the height of the Nor'easter last night. Heavy rains of 6 - 11 inches since Tuesday have created flooding on most of the the rivers along the entire North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland coasts. Ida-extratropical is slowly weakening and pulling away to the northeast, and the rains have ended along most of the coast, though. Virginia has now seen its highest storm surges, but this afternoon's high tide cycle is likely to bring another round of record or near-record storm tides to the coasts of Maryland, Delaware, and extreme southern New Jersey. This afternoon's high tide is forecast to bring a storm tide of 7.6' to Atlantic City, NJ, which would be the 10th highest tide there since 1911, but well short of the record 8.98' storm tide during the December, 1992 Nor'easter. By Saturday, Ida-extratropical will be on its way out to sea, and the storm surges and rains will finally abate.
Figure 2. Predicted storm tide (height above Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW, the lowest tide measured in a full 19-year natural tidal cycle, black line) for Lewes, Delaware (at the mouth of Delaware Bay), as predicted by the GFS model. A storm tide of 8.0 feet is forecast this afternoon during the high tide. For a full description of this plot, see the NOAA Extratropical Surge web site.
Figure 3. Tide gauge trace from the Sewell's Point gauge in Norfolk, VA, shows a storm surge of nearly 6 feet (green line) hit at 8:30 pm EST, with a maximum storm tide of 7.8 feet above MLLW occurring at high tide. Image credit: NOAA Tides and Currents.
Storm surges and sea level rise
The storm surge flooding in the Norfolk area was exacerbated by the fact that sea level has risen and the land has subsided significantly over the past century. Over the past 60 years, absolute sea level along the coast of Virginia has risen by about 2.6 mm/year. However, the relative sea level has risen by 4.44 mm/year since 1927 (Figure 4), meaning that the land has sunk by about 1.84 mm/year. The net result is that the ocean is now about 1.16 feet higher at Norfolk than it was in 1927. The Norfolk tide gauge shows the highest rate of relative sea level rise of any gauge on the U.S. East Coast (though relative sea level rise is much higher along the Gulf Coast, with rises near 3 feet/century at New Orleans). Thus, today's 5+ foot storm surge brought water more than a foot higher in Norfolk than the 5+ foot storm surge of the 1933 hurricane. Storm surge damages will steadily increase along the entire coast this century as sea level rise accelerates and coastal development continues. It is urgent that government take action in coming years to limit development in vulnerable coastal regions. The ocean is going flood our sand castles that we are building in harm's way, at an ever increasing rate.
Figure 4. Monthly mean sea level at the Sewells Point, VA tide gauge in Norfolk, without the regular seasonal fluctuations due to coastal ocean temperatures, salinities, winds, atmospheric pressures, and ocean currents. The long-term linear trend is also shown, including its 95% confidence interval. Relative sea level has increased by 1.16 feet since 1927, the highest rate of rise on the U.S. East Coast. Image credit: NOAA Tides and Currents.
Portlight responding to the flooding in Virginia
Portlight.org is deploying up to 3 self-sufficient mobile kitchens capable of feeding over 2000 people a day to the Virginia coast. They will be providing meals for first responders, volunteers, and, of course, affected residents. Donations are welcome--visit the portlight blog to learn more and make a PayPal donation. Thanks!
Take action: sign the QuikSCAT letter
The QuikSCAT satellite, launched in 1999, provides crucial measurements of surface wind speed and direction over Earth's oceans twice per day. Forecasters world-wide have come to rely on data from QuikSCAT to issue timely warnings and make accurate forecasts of tropical and extratropical storms, wave heights, sea ice, aviation weather, iceberg movement, coral bleaching events, and El Niño. QuikSCAT's antenna is expected to fail within the next six months, according to engineers at NASA/JPL, and QuikSCAT data has already been removed from our global weather forecast models, due to concerns about data reliability.
There exists a narrow window of opportunity in the next few days to get the wheels in motion to launch a QuikSCAT replacement instrument on a Japanese satellite in 2015. The funding for this must start within the next budget cycle, and there is currently no funding in place for a replacement QuikSCAT. If we miss this this opportunity, it may be ten years or more before a QuikSCAT replacement can be launched. To this end, I urge all of you to sign the QuikSCAT funding letter being presented to John Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
The letter is at: http://coaps.fsu.edu/scatterometry/statement/.
If you agree with the letter, please sign it (via the web site) as soon as possible: there is a very small window of opportunity to influence the next budget cycle, with this window closing within a few days.
Note that to validate your signature you must type the validation code in the bottom box. This code is the word that appears after 'code =', then click on the sign button.
For more information on QuikSCAT, see my post, The case for a new QuikSCAT satellite.
Figure 5. NASA's QuikSCAT satellite, launched in 1999. Image credit: NASA.
Expect a new blog until Monday, when I'll discuss the outlook for the remainder of hurricane season. It is finally over?
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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In "Decision Time," Editor Brian Lovett will share a scenario from his 20-plus years hunting turkeys. Each hinges on a critical decision. Post what choice you would have made, then see how things actually turned out.
Col. Kurtz and the Heart of Darkness
I first saw him from the road; a large black blob among smaller black blobs scattered about a hayfield.
Forty-five minutes and a long belly-crawl later, I was within 80 yards of the strutter. I yelped at him, expecting a booming gobble in response. Instead, he dropped out of strut and started to feed. In fact, I watched the longbeard and his hens feed back and forth across that field for three hours, and came within a few yards of killing the gobbler when he eventually entered the woods.
I went back at the turkey the next weekend and found him in the neighbor's woodlot to the west, again with hens. That day, he eagerly answered my calling yet refused to march one footstep closer toward me. After three more wasted hours, I left in frustration.
The next week, I struck the gobbler at midmorning and approached him from the south, opposite the large field. After a briefly exciting setup, when the bird gobbled at me from 60 steps away on a brushy logging road, I thought I'd struck gold. A half-hour later, the gobbler and his hens were 200 yards away, near the field where I'd seen him the first day but headed west.
That's when I named the turkey Col. Kurtz, after the rogue Army Green Beret general in Apocalypse Now. I vowed to slip into Kurtz's "compound" and, as the movie said, "terminate the Colonel's command ... with extreme prejudice."
But how? The gobbler was always with hens and hadn't shown any inclination to come to calling. Further, he seemed to be at a different place every day: the field to the north, the neighbor's place to the west and then the logging road to the south. The neighbor's land was off limits, and the logging road offered few good setups.
"I basically have two choices," I thought. "I can set up near the northern field at flydown and see if he heads that way, or I can try the southwestern edge of the farm, which is the one place I've never seen him."
One option made sense. The other? Hmm.
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Built on a rocky islet in St Aubin's Bay, off the south coast of Jersey (UK) Elizabeth Castle defended Jersey for more than 300 years. The castle is accessible at low tide either on foot or the castle ferry which will transport you across the bay to and from the castle.
Work began on the castle in the 1590s and it was home to Sir Walter Raleigh while he was Governor of Jersey. The future King Charles II sought refuge at Elizabeth Castle during the English Civil War.
In the foreground are members of the "1781 Jersey Militia", 4th Regiment, 2nd Battalion (St Lawrence). They are named for the date of the Battle of Jersey which took place on 6 January 1781. When a French force landed at La Rocque (Jersey east coast) and proceeded into St Helier where the Battle took place in the Royal Square, where the strike of musket shot can still be seen today on the walls of buildings. These men wear the uniform of the St Lawrence Battalion (Jersey Militia) who fought alongside the British garrison regiments who together successfully defeated the French.
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Food Processors Trying to Formulating Healthier Savory Snacks for Consumers
There's no oxymoron there. For many consumers, snacks have become the meal; for others, their diet plan promotes snacking as a means of weight control.
Meat Snacks Are on Fire
Meat snack mania? Maybe. The U.S. market for meat snacks continues to evolve, although it's a mature category.
NCA Will Expand 2016 Sweets & Snacks Expo
The National Confectioners Association says it will enlarge the Sweets & Snacks Expo in 2016 to accommodate the growth and innovation in the confectionery and snack industry.
Dairy Offers Flavor, Nutritional Benefits to Healthy, Savory Snacks
Savory snacks with dairy ingredients offer salty, melty, crunchy, creamy satisfaction with a nutrition bonus.
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Top Consumer Snack Trends 2012
The National Confectioners Association notes trends in confectionery and snacks for 2012 are pushing new boundaries.
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Food Biz Kids: Kids Wish for More Chocolate in Quaker Chewy Snack Bars
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Alexia Pizza Snacks make pizza rolls upscale and all natural ... but not truly healthful. Food Processing's Consumer Understanding Editors take a closer look at this new snack product.
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Amplify Snacks Welcomes Kellogg VP DeGrace, Promotes Telford
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Consider the snack. For some, its a means to stave off hunger - anything will do. For others, its an extra opportunity to tack on healthful food choices.
Reese's New Cup on the Block Takes Sweets & Snacks Top Award
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So you may recall the post I made and the national attention the story about the very nice African American woman who appealed to Obomo at a town hall meeting here in my town about how she and her very adult son were living in their truck and they couldnt get ahead and how they just wanted a kitchen and a roof over her and her 40ish year old sons head. It seems that in spite of several companies and individuals offering both her and her son jobs they are both still unemployed. I guess the jobs offered to them were just not good enough, even though the son has been unemployed for YEARS and I am not sure how long it has been since she actually worked. Anyway, it is a very good example of why the government (in this case not really the government, but a local politician who gave them free housing and utilities for as long as they need it) taking care of you and giving you a free ride creates a society of lazy ass people who have no desire to do anything more than walk to the mailbox to see if their welfare check has arrived or not.
Good thing Obongo is taking us towards a socialist state so we can all beat a path to our mailboxes. .