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Environmental relationships and vegetation associates of columnar cacti in the northern Sonoran Desert
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The environmental distribution, habitat segregation, and vegetation associates of the columnar cacti Carnegiea gigantea, Stenocereus thurberi, and Lophocereus schottii were examined in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona. Three primary environmental gradients were identified with principal components analysis of environmental data: soil texture, elevation/nutrients, and xericness (based on slope aspect and angle). Environmental influents of spatial variation in density were modeled with ordinary least squares regression analysis, and common associates were identified with two-way indicator species analysis for each cactus. Of the three cacti, Carnegiea gigantea occurred over the broadest ecological range of habitats, but was densest on coarse, granitically derived alluvial soils of flat upper bajadas and basin floors, where it was associated with Larrea tridentata, Ambrosia deltoidea, and Opuntia fulgida. Stenocereus thurberi reached its maximum densities on coarse sandy soils of steep, south-facing granitic slopes, with Encelia farinosa, Jatropha cuneata, and Opuntia bigelovii as associates. Lophocereus schottii was restricted to very coarse, granitically derived alluvial soils in the southern part of the monument, where it occurred along wash banks with Beloperone californica, Hymenoclea salsola, Acacia greggii, and Opuntia arbuscula.
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- Title
- Environmental relationships and vegetation associates of columnar cacti in the northern Sonoran Desert
- Journal
Volume 78, Issue 3 , pp 125-140
- Cover Date
- 1988-12-01
- Print ISSN
- 0042-3106
- Online ISSN
- 1573-5052
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Carnegiea gigantea
- Classification
- Lophocereus schottii
- Plant community
- Plant-environment relationship
- Stenocereus thurberi
- Authors
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Geography, University of Georgia, 30602, Athens, GA, USA


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Waterfowl, Quail, Upland Bird - Books
Cookbooks - Wild Game
Fish-Fishing - Books & DVDs
Wild Sheep - Books
Wildlife-Nongame - Books
Books Listed By Author
Books of Mexico
Beretta Knives
Benchmade Knives
Colonel Littleton Knives
Filson - Rugged Twill Pullman
Filson - Rugged Twill Travel Bags
Filson - Large Rugged Twill Carry-On Bag
Filson - Rugged Twill Duffle Bags - Dark Tan
Filson - Rugged Twill Duffle Bags - Otter Green
Filson - Rugged Twill Outfitter Bag / DISCONTINUED
Filson - Rugged Twill Tote Bag with Zipper
Filson - Rugged Twill Rucksack
Filson - Rugged Twill Wheeled Carry-On
Filson - Rugged Twill Garment Bag
Filson - Rugged Twill Suit Cover
Filson - Rugged Twill Travel Kit
Filson - Padded Rugged Twill Laptop Bag/Briefcase
Filson - Large Rugged Twill Briefcase/Computer Bag
Filson - Original Rugged Twill Briefcase
Filson - Luggage Tags
Filson - Rugged Twill Unscoped Gun Case
Filson - Shooting Bags
Decoys - Available for Sale
Decoys - Sold
"Houseblessing Glass Cover"
"Libertad Candelabra"
"Rosa Florero"
"Primitive Bird Bowl" (two birds)
"White Wine Chalice - Chocolate"
Paloma Casserole - 2 Quart
Paloma Casserole - 5 Quart
"Doble Paloma Candelabra"
"Paloma Decanter"
"Paper Towel Holder"
"Rose Box"
"Standard Wastebasket"
"Paloma Votive"
"Caballo Blanco Bottle Holder"
"Footed Chalice Bowl"
"Guadalupe Rose Casserole with Round Server"
"Covenant Cardinal Cross"
"Napkin Rings"
"Ballin Serving Trays"
"Railroad Votive Holders"
"Tissue Box"
"Wine Rack"
"Side Table Bucket" / SOLD OUT
"Ham'd Tray with Plato"
"Bigbead Charger"
"Ham'd Charger"
"Cardenal Decanter"
"Gardenia Container"
"Frijole Pot"
"Blessed Secret Box"
"Wildleaf Candelabra"
"Heart Bless"
"Tequila Shot Holder"
"Laurel Vessel"
Antler Designs
Root Furniture
Tooled Leather Furniture
Miscellaneous Pieces
Steak Knives
Men's Accessories
Crystal Etched Glassware
Leather Luggage
Wood Carvings By Artist
Custom Embroidered Logos - Collectors Covey - Apparel
Reveau Bassett - "Settling In" - Silent Auction / SOLD
John P. Cowan - "Heavy Cover" - Silent Auction / SOLD
Edward Aldrich - "Pushing Forward" / SOLD
Edward Aldrich - "Shelter" / SOLD
Bill Alther - "Artic Bruin-Polar Bear" / SOLD
Bill Alther - "Into the Open-Red Fox" / SOLD
Tracy Avant - "In the San Juans"
Tracy Avant - "Buck Mountain"
Mike Barlow - "Beau"
Al Barnes - "Skiff" / SOLD
Greg Beecham - "Just Passing Through - Gold Finches" / SOLD
Greg Beecham - "Antelope Study" / SOLD
Bob Bertram - "On Point"
Herb Booth - "Backwater Woodies #2" / SOLD
Herb Booth - "Backwater Woodies #1" / SOLD
Michael Calles - "Alerted - Moose"
Michael Calles - "The Moose Nest"
Ken Carlson - "Fixed on a Flutter" / SOLD
Ken Carlson - "Passing Through-Grizzly" / SOLD
Calvin Carter - "Shrimp Feast"
Calvin Carter - "Yard Work Study"
Julie Chapman - "Bugle #2" / SOLD
Len Chmiel - "Summer Cooler"
DJ Cleland-Hura - "Quailifed" / SOLD
Shirley Cleary - "Fishing Fish Creek"
Shirley Cleary - "Fall on a Favorite Creek"
Jack Cowin - "Mallard"
Roger Cruwys - "Repose"- SOLD
Roger Cruwys - "Brittany" / SOLD
Christine Daly - "Sunflowers in a Blue Bottle"
Thomas Aquinas Daly - "Black Bass and Hard Bait"
Claudio D'Angelo - "Pintails" / SOLD
Bruce Dines - "Heading in for the NIght"
Bruce Dines - "Storm's Over" / SOLD
Mick Doellinger - "Anticipation"
Mick Doellinger - "Road Warrior" / SOLD OUT
David Drinkard - "Big Ten" / SOLD
David Drinkard - "Texas Spring"
Noel Dunn - "Black Swallowtail"
Noel Dunn - "Morning Cloak"
Steven Elliott - "Canada Goose"
Steven Elliott - "Path to the River"
Jim Eppler - "Chipmunks" / SOLD
Melanie Fain - "Flushed"
Melanie Fain - "Horned Toad" / SOLD
Luke Frazier - "Atta Boy-Golden"
Jim Griffith - "Flying Bird"
Jim Griffith - "Dove"
Brian Grimm - "Bull of the Big Country" / SOLD
Brian Grimm - "Texas Toms" / SOLD
David Hall - "November Show"
David Hall - "Redfish"
Eldridge Hardie - "Bobwhite Trio" / SOLD
Jim Hautman - "Moose Country"
Joe Hautman - "Chocolate Lab and Ducks" / SOLD
Robert Hautman - Ruby Throated Hummingbird / SOLD
Robert Hautman - "Bluebirds" / SOLD
Mark Haworth - "Cypress Banks" / SOLD
Matthew Hillier - "Tiger Lounge"
Matthew Hillier - "Whitetail"
Valerie Hinz - "Dark in the South" / SOLD
Valerie Hinz - Celebrating Winter" / SOLD
Terry Issac - "Serene Wisdom"
Julie Jeppsen - "Silent Point"
Julie Jeppsen - "Silent Scent"
Rusty Jones - "Afternoon Light"
Rusty Jones - "The Bachelor"
T. D. Kelsey - "They're Suppose to Work" / SOLD
T. D. Kelsey - "Grey Mirage-Greater Kudu"
Paul Kethley - "Mia's Burro"
Paul Kethley - "End of the Trail"
Michael Kluck - "Longhorn"
Stephen Krasemann - "Berries for the Birds" / SOLD
Stephen Krasemann - "Under the Rose" / SOLD
Peter Mathios - "Foggy Arrival"
Peter Mathios - "Waterfowl at Dawn"
Clay McGaughy - "Cronies - Turkey" / SOLD
Clay McGaughy - "Late Find"
Dan Metz - "Ringo: High Noon at Sawtooth" / SOLD
Kenny McKenna - "Autumn" / SOLD
Kenny McKenna - "Day Moon Over the Guadalupe" / SOLD
Bruce Miller - "Cardinal" / SOLD
Bruce Miller - "Bird Bath" / SOLD
Bill Mittag - "Life on the Plains" / SOLD
Bill Mittag - "Reflections of Their Life" / SOLD
Jim Morgan - "March Marsh" / SOLD
Gary Moss - "Bobwhite Quail" / SOLD
Rock Newcomb - "Silent Paws-Bobcat"
Rock Newcomb - "Prime Winter Coat-Coyote"
Kay Northup - "Red Underneath"
George Northup - "Lab with Mallard"
Kay Northup - "Rusted Wall"
Ralph Oberg - "Deep in the Forest"
Ralph Oberg - "Intimate Forest" / SOLD
Julie Oriet - "Pencil Me In"
Pat Pauley - "Heaven in the High Country"
Mark Perry - "On the Wing - Northern Pintails"
Mark Perry - "Off to Feed-Canada Geese"
Shay Plagmann - "After the Fog" / SOLD
Shay Plagmann - "Evening Light" / SOLD
Chad Poppleton - "Up to Something" / SOLD
Chad Poppleton - "Suspicion" / SOLD
Chuck Rawle - "Dallas Divide Autumn"
Chuck Rawle - "Towards Evening" / SOLD
Jerry Ricketson - "Clearing Skies" / SOLD
Jerry Ricketson - "Another Day Fades" / SOLD
Julia Rogers - "Tetons"
Julia Rogers - "Cheetah Hunt"
Jon Ruehle - "Splash Down"
Stefan Savides - "Mini Guinea"
Sherry Sander - "Buffalo Bust"
Sherry Sander - "Whitetail Deer Bust"
Becca Schlaff - "Surfacing Brown" / SOLD
Becca Schlaff - "Tarpon Rise"
Sandy Scott - "Moose Fragment"
Dave Sellers - "Last Light with Rising Trout" / SOLD
Dave Sellers - "Fishing the Water, Painting the Air" / SOLD
Rod Serbousek - "Quiet Corner" / SOLD
Rod Serbousek - "Pear Patch" / SOLD
Frank Serrano - "Mountain Reflections"
Tim Shinabarger - "Adventure Bound"
Wayne Simmons - "Great Expectations-On the Chain Gang"
Wayne Simmons - "Winter's Coat" / SOLD
Kyle Sims - "High Noon" / SOLD
Ryan Skidmore - "Where the Air is Thin" / SOLD
Adam Smith - "Breaking Cover" / SOLD
Dan Smith - Winter Repose / SOLD
Matt Smith - "Glacier"
Matt Smith - "Deep Freeze"
Phil Starke - "Autumn and Grazing" / SOLD
Phil Starke - "Living Under Acoma"
Tiffany Stevenson - "Twins" / SOLD
Tiffany Stevenson - "Open Air"
Scot Storm - "Canvasback Drake"
Scot Storm - "Twins" / SOLD
Mark Susinno - "More Than a Handful"
Mark Susinno - "Bullseye"
Gabor Svargik - "Lake O'Hara
Gabor Svargik - "Golden Days"
Richard Thompson - "Backtrail Glance" / SOLD
Kent Ullberg - "Redfish"
Bernard Vetter - "Great Day Ahead"
Bernard Vetter - "The Great Southwest" / SOLD
Whellams - "Guardians of Nootka Sound" / SOLD
Lorraine Whellams - "Homeward Bound" / SOLD
Ellen Willis - "Found It"
Ellen Willis - "Queen of the Hill"
Greg Wilson - "Rocky Mountain High" / SOLD
Greg Wilson - "The Tracker" / SOLD
Dan Young - "Morning Light Show" / SOLD
Dan Young - "Evening Brilliance"
Rod Zullo - "Mountain Music"
Rod Zullo - "October Days"
"Hot Tank" - John P Cowan
"Upwind Downwind" - John P Cowan
"Watchman - Red Fox" - Edward Aldrich
"The Sage Plains - Bison" - Edward Aldrich
"Chisos Vista" - Chase Almond / SOLD
"Yucca Flats" - Chase Almond / SOLD
"Looking West" - Andrea Almond
"Lunch Break" - Andrea Almond
"Flash of Amber" - Bill Alther
"Prairie Prince" - Bill Alther / SOLD
"Beaver Dam Sunset" - Clyde Aspevig
"Let's Golf" - Tracy Avant
"In the San Juan's II" - Tracy Avant
"Food Chain" - Al Barnes / SOLD
"Study - Mask Smack" - Al Barnes
"Pointer on a Covey" - Bob Bertram
"Tea with Lemon" - Bob Bertram / SOLD
"The Last Hurrah" - Michael Calles
"The Pride of Yellowstone" - Michael Calles / SOLD
"Cactus and Coyote" - Ken Carlson / SOLD
"Pear Patch Cover" - Ken Carlson / SOLD
"Wading Back" - Calvin Carter / SOLD
"Full of Himself" - Julie Chapman
"The Prize" - Julie Chapman
"An Assortment" - Len Chmiel / SOLD
"Sneaking Up On A Trout" - Shirley Cleary / SOLD
"A Meadow Spring Creek" - Shirley Cleary
"Mrs. Robert White" - DJ Cleland-Hura
"Mr. Robert White" - DJ Cleland-Hura
"Sable" - Chris Cope / SOLD
"Rainbow Trout" - Jack Cowin / SOLD
"Kingfisher" - Jack Cowin / SOLD
"Happy Happy - Setter" - Roger Cruwys / SOLD
"Triple Treat" - Roger Cruwys
"A Deer Hunter from Otter Lake" - Thomas Daly
"Mallards" - Claudio D'Angelo
"A Warming Sun" - Charles Dayton
"Thinking About A Long Nap" - John DeMott / SOLD
"I Know You're There" - John DeMott / SOLD
"Last of the Day" - John Dearman / SOLD
"Headed In - Dove" - John Dearman / SOLD
"Twilight Geese" - Bruce Dines
"Take A Gander" - Bruce Dines
"Bad Ass" - Mick Doellinger
"Hare Brain" - Mick Doellinger / SOLD
"Big Ten" - David Drinkard
"Pair of Pointers" - Noel Dunn / SOLD
"Picking Up" - Noel Dunn
"Kingfishers" - Melanie Fain / SOLD
"Last Light" - Melanie Fain
"Bull in the Birches" - Luke Frazier
"Just This Side of Texas" - Brian Grimm
"Bobwhite" - Bob Guelich
"Staying Ready" - Dave Hall
"Dawn on a Duck Marsh" - Eldridge Hardie
"Sunrise Woodies" - Jim Hautman
"Cozy Cub" - Joe Hautman
"Setting Pintail" - Robert Hautman
"Rough Waters" Canvasbacks - Robert Hautman
"Cypress" - Mark Haworth
"Autumn Silence" - Mark Haworth
"Curiosity" - Terry Issac
"First Point" - Julie Jeppsen
"Morning Point" - Julie Jeppsen / SOLD
"King of the Prairie" - Rusty Jones
"Rocky Mountain Falls" - Rusty Jones
"The Winters Ranch" - Paul Kethley
"Black Creek Falls" - Paul Kethley
"Lush Pickings" - Stephen Krasemann
"New Arrival" - Stephen Krasemann / SOLD
"Calaveras Crooners" - Walter Matia / SOLD
"Incoming" - Peter Mathios
"Flock of Teal" - Peter Mathois / SOLD
"Early to Bed" - Clay McGaughy / SOLD
"Not Caught" - Clay McGaughy / SOLD
"A Wash in Palo Duro" - Kenny McKenna
"Sophie, Jane, & Larry" - Kenny McKenna
"Recumbent" - Dan Metz / SOLD
"Heat Shimmer" - Dan Metz
"Gold Finches" - Bruce Miller / SOLD
"Chickadee" - Bruce Miller
"Thistle" - Bruce Miller / SOLD
"Traditions and Legends" - Bill Mittag / SOLD
"The Prairie Women" - Bill Mittag / SOLD
"Loafing Woodies" - Jim Morgan
"Huns" - Jim Morgan
"A Perfect Trio" - Gary Moss / SOLD
"Pheasant" - Gary Moss
"Ranch Rooster" - Rock Newcomb
"Quiet Pond" - Kay Northup / SOLD
"Trout Stream" - Kay Northup
"Bison Portrait" - Ralph Oberg
"Wandering Grizzly" - Ralph Oberg
"Griz" - Julie Oriet / SOLD
"Quail and Turkey Pear" - Lou Pasqua / SOLD
"Sure Thing" - Lou Pasqua
"Camphor and Goatweed" - Bruce Peil
"Dry Creek" - Bruce Peil / SOLD
"Frogs Beware" - Shay Plagmann
"Autumn Hillside" - Shay Plagmann / SOLD
"Bachelor Hangout- Big Horn Sheep" - Chad Poppleton
"Old Cinnamon" - Chad Poppleton
"Green-Winged Teal" - Tom Quinn / SOLD
"Full Out Fall" - Mike Rangner
"Dancing Waters" - Mike Rangners
"Spring in Texas" - Chuck Rawle
"Evening Glow" - Chuck Rawle
"Mt Moran Autumn" - Chuck Rawle / SOLD
"Old Church at Terlingua" - Jerry Ricketson / SOLD
"Morning Light at Big Bend" - Jerry Ricketson
"To the Sandbar Willows" - Sherry Sander
"Mini Mouser" Elf Owl - Stefan Savides / SOLD
"Chroma Steel" - Becca Schlaff
"Sunlit Bass" - Becca Schlaff
"The Aid of a Horse" - Dave Sellers / SOLD
"Sketching and Fishing" - Dave Sellers / SOLD
"Crossing Gurard" - Rod Serbousek
"Morning Promise" - Rod Serbousek
"Pine Creek Study #1" - Frank Serrano
"Tough Guy - Cape Buffalo" - Tim Shinabarger
"Winter Willows - Moose Cow and Calf" - Tim Shinabarger
"Primordial Giants of Caddo Lakes" - Wayne Simmons
"West Texas Sentinels" - Wayne Simmons
"The Busy Season" - Kyle Sims / SOLD
"The Call" - Adam Smith / SOLD
"Sagebrush Solitude" - Dan Smith / SOLD
"Buck Mountains" - Matt Smith
"Working the Edges - Wolf" - Tiffany Stevenson
"Grabbing a Bite - Black Bear" - Tiffany Stevenson
"Junior" - Scott Storm
"Loon" - Scott Storm
"Redfish and Flies" - Mark Susinno
"Bow Lake" - Gabor Svagrik
"Moving Sail" - Kent Ullberg
"Blue Storm" - Kent Ullberg
"The Pond" - Bernard Vetter
"A Quiet Place" - Bernard Vetter
"The Lookout" - Lorraine Whellams / SOLD
"A Scuffle of Clouds" - Lorraine Whellams / SOLD
"Red Barn" - Ellen Willis
"Working Dog on Vacation" - Ellen Willis
"Wyoming Wind" - Greg Wilson
"Shadow Dancer" - Greg Wilson / SOLD
"A Split Decision" - Dan Young
"Night at the Pond" - Dan Young
"My Dad's Pointer, Bo" - Rod Zullo
"Henry" - Rod Zullo
Miniatures 2008 Sale and Auction
Miniatures 2007 Art Show and Auction
Miniatures 2006 Art Show & Sale
Miniatures 2005 Art Show & Sale
Miniatures 2004 Art Show & Sale
Miniatures 2003 Art Show & Sale
Miniatures 2002 Art Show & Sale
Miniatures 2001 Art Show & Sale
KENNY McKENNA ONE MAN SHOW APRIL 30, 2010 6:30 PM
"A Faint Trail" - SOLD!!!
"Afternoon Dagger" - SOLD!!!
"Around the Bend"
"Boquillas Ocotillo" - SOLD!!!
"Canyon Calm"
"Caprock Morning"
"Chisos Peak" - SOLD!!!
Kenny McKenna - "Comanche Sacred Ground"
"Espiritu Santo - Goliad" - SOLD!!!
"From Rust to Dust" - SOLD!!!
"Guarding the Lighthouse" - SOLD!!!
"Mesa Vista Afternoon" - SOLD!!!
"On the Guadalupe" - SOLD!!!
"On the Road - Marble Falls" - SOLD!!!
"Palo Duro Icons" - SOLD!!!
"Palo Duro Rim" - SOLD!!!
"Panhandle Sunset" - SOLD!!!
"Presidio La Bahia - Goliad"
"Red Bluff at Mesa Vista" - SOLD!!!
"Rio Grande - Big Bend" - SOLD!!!
"Rockport Shrimper" - SOLD!!!
"Santa Elena" - SOLD!!!
"Spanish Skirts - Palo Duro" - SOLD!!!
"Storm Brewing on the Caprock" - SOLD!!!
"Sunset on Another Life" - SOLD!!!
"The Lighthouse at Palo Duro" - SOLD!!!
"Top of Texas Autumn" - SOLD!!!
Kenny McKenna - "Mission Concepcion" / SOLD
> Wild Sheep - Books
Bob Anderson is a veteran of fourteen sheep hunts in Alaska, Yukon Territory, Nowrthwest Territories, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, and Mongolia. In addition, he has personally followed the North American sheep-hunting scene for almost thirty years.
During that time he has built extensive correspondence with sheep hunters both old and new and has collected notes from huyndreds on interviews and several thousand sheep-hunting -related photographs dating as far back as 1913.
Anderson says. "As much as I enjoy sheep hunting myself, IL am probably more a fan of the sport of sheep hunting and of sheep hunters in particular."
Anderson began hunting, when he was eight years old. On his first sheep hunt in 1973, Anderson, a former college football player, was in his words, "overweight, out of shape, and uninformed. Of course, the results were predictably dismal. But despite the misery, I resolved to try again. It still hasn't gotten any easier!"
Anderson and his wife, Claudia, and son, Tyler, live in Rockwall, Texas.
"Wind, Dust And Snow" - Robert Anderson - Book
"Jack O'Connor" - Robert Anderson - Book
"Great Rams II" - Robert M. Anderson
"Great Rams" - Robert M. Anderson
Collectors Covey Wildlife & Sporting Art | (800) 521-2403


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Advert Description : One Giant African Land Snail approx 4 years old free to anyone who would like him/her. Eats all sorts of veg. An easy pet to look after. Collection from Penistone area of Barnsley.
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Boys First Team
Gage Shatava, Sr., Glenwood
Senior guard led the Rams with 16.3 points per game, 39 three-pointers, 77 assists and 31 steals.
Keegan Wederquist, Jr., East Mills
6-foot-3 forward averaged team-best 16.8 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots per game this season.
Logan Currin, Jr., East Mills
Guard hit 25 three-pointers this season while averaging 11.5 points and 5 rebounds per game.
After nearly 24 minutes of some of the worst offensive play he'd seen from his team all season, coach Kevin Schafer and his East Mills Wolverines found themselves down just 31-30 with 2.1 seconds left in the third quarter in its state tournament opener.
But a three pointer by Dunkerton's Nick Anderson from 30 feet out at the third quarter buzzer and a 12-2 run to open the final quarter flipped the momentum as the No. 4 ranked Raiders pulled away late for a 50-38 victory in the Class 1A state quarterfinals at Wells Fargo Arena Monday afternoon.
ATLANTIC - "I was like, please go in."
That was the thought running through Noah Meyer's mind as he put up a potentially game-tying shot with under a second to go in regulation of East Mills' Class 1A substate final versus Nodaway Valley.
GLENWOOD (Class 3-A) Aug. 29 - Red Oak Sept. 5 - @ C.B. Thomas Jefferson Sept. 12 - Atlantic Sept. 19 - @ Winterset Sept. 26 - Creston Oct. 3 - @ Denison-Schleswig Oct. 10 - ADM Oct. 17 - @ Harlan Oct. 24 - @ Dallas Center-Grimes * * *
COUNCIL BLUFFS - This time, it was the second run that got Glenwood.
In it's two previous meeting with Harlan, the Rams were out-scored 36-11 in the first quarter of a pair of regular season losses.
In Monday' substate match up, with a state tournament bid on the line, the Cyclones opened the game on a 13-2 run. Glenwood weathered that storm, out-scored Harlan 17-11 in the second quarter and trailed just 24-19 at the half. Then the third quarter happened.
In its first state trip ever, the East Mills Wolverines (23-3) have a "tall" challenge in first round opponent, Dunkerton (25-1).
DES MOINES – Josh Clark and Matt Malcom both earned their first wins at state but the Glenwood wrestling team missed out on a medal for the third straight season at the Iowa State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines last weekend. Bettendorf edged 2013 champion Southeast Polk for the traditional state team title by just four points in the team standings.
ATLANTIC - Jacob Lewis and Corey Bertini combined for 38 points and Glenwood opened the game on a 21-5 run in a very business-like 79-36 dismantling of Winterset Monday night in the Class 3A, District 16 opening round in Atlantic.
"I felt good with our approach and focus tonight," said Glenwood coach Curt Schulte after the game. "We set the tone early that first quarter and maintained that for 32 minutes."
RED OAK – Carmen Subbert scored 27 points to lead Stanton past Fremont-Mills 52-29 in the Class 1A girls regional girls basketball final Friday in Red Oak.
Subbert's 27 points came on 11-of-19 shooting. The senior added seven rebounds and three blocks to put the Viqueens in the regional finals and one game from a state tournament bid.
"It feels good," Subbert said after the game. "It's been a long time since we've been to the finals. Just to get this far is a great accomplishment."
Council Bluffs Lewis Central girls basketball used a 13-5 third quarter run to pull away in a tightly contested Class 4A Region 8 38-32 semifinal victory over Glenwood in Council Bluffs Saturday.
"It was a tight game all the way and very low scoring," Glenwood coach Barry Loeffelbein said. "There was some good defense; neither of us could make shots and they got hot in the second quarter. We came back a bit but we couldn't get shots to fall."


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Many people make mistakes, but large corporations need to be held accountable for incorrectly listing device specifications on their website. Apple lists the new retina iPad with 3 million pixels as 0.37 millimeters thin. For reference, a penny is 1.55 mm or 4 times the thickness of the new iPad according to their website. [Read more...]
Cydia Founder Saurik on iPod Sorting Algorithm Error
Have you ever been unable to find a song or track on your Music application while searching? Here's why
Scrolling through my iPod collection, sometimes I get frustrated when I cannot find a song that I want to listen to on my iPod. Then I jump over to the iTunes app to redownload it, only to find out that I already have it. Has this ever happened to you?
Spotify Updated For iPhone 5 and iPod Touch 5G Retina Display
The popular music streaming app, Spotify has been updated to support the iPhone 5 and iPod Touch 5G Retina Display.
Since upgrading to the iPhone 5, I have been struggling with the 88 pixel blackbars at the top and bottom of my display, when using Spotify. This is due to many iOS apps not being updated to support the iPhone 5, at least not yet. Earlier today, the App Store finally offered an update to one of my favorite apps, Spotify that includes iPhone 5 support. Here is a comparison before and after for Spotify on my iPhone 5 after the jump…
Daily Tip: Change "Sent from my iPhone" iOS Email Signature
As many of you know, the default signature setting for any iPhone in iOS is "Sent from my iPhone". In iOS the default signature for the iPad is much the same at "Sent from my iPad". Since most people don't know how (or realize they can) change the default, it remains unchanged. If you are looking to customize your signature, it is pretty simple: [Read more...]
iPad Mini VS. iPad 2 Display Under A Microscope
Ever wanted to see an iPad Mini display under a microscope? Here's an iPad Mini compared to an iPad 2.
The guys at RepairLabs have spend the past couple days looking at the iPad Mini and 4th-gen iPad under a microscope and have found some interesting comparisons. Below, they also compared the iPad Mini (163 ppi) to the minaturized iPad 2 (132 ppi) display. These are at the same magnifaction. [Read more...]


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Abscesses in ferrets are an accumulation of pus in a wound, and is usually caused by bacteria.
Wounds can be caused by a bite or puncture or from eating sharp bones. Dental abscesses can also occur in the ferret.Some symptoms to look out for:
The vet will probably put your ferret on a course of antibiotics after lancing and cleaning out the abscess.
Abscessed anal glands
Some of the symptoms include:
One ferret owner who had this problem advised me that her ferret didn't show any other symptoms other than the "dirty" bottom, which she had put down to her ferret's lack of personal grooming. He was eating and playing normally and it was only when she was playing with him and rubbing his stomach, she noticed there was pus coming out of a sore beside his anus.
The problem was fixed after the abscess was flushed and cleaned out and the ferret put on a course of antibiotics.
So please be aware of what a healthy bottom should look like and if you notice any change, check it immediately and take your ferret to the vet, if necessary.
More information about Abscesses can be found on the following sites …
Abscesses in Ferrets by John R. Dinsdale, BVMS MRCVS (NFWS) Abscesses in Ferrets (PetPlace.com) Lumps and Bumps on Ferret Skin by Susan Brown, DVM
Abscesses in Ferrets (PetPlace.com)
Lumps and Bumps on Ferret Skin by Susan Brown, DVM
DISCLAIMER: The information contained on this page is not meant to replace seeing a veterinarian if you think your ferret is ill. It's only meant to supply general information on a particular illness which was obtained either from personal experience with my sick ferrets, or from books and/or the Internet.
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I was thinking this SAME thing tonight (kinda). I was listening to "Engine #9" on the way to Target (sorry Tony!) and it occurred to me I never listened to the rest of that album. Now that's blasphemy Mr. Bobo.
damn. come to think. I haven't even listened to the whole album


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Qantas looks to garbage to create biofuel for jets
January 3, 2011
The airline will team with US-based Solena Fuels to investigate whether waste that passengers leave on its jets can be converted into biofuel.
The airline and Solena plan a year-long feasibility study that could result in a $300 million commercial jet biofuel plant being built in Sydney.
The aim of the joint-venture will aim to convert commercial waste to biofuel using an already approved process that converts coal and gas into commercial-grade aviation fuel.
A similar plant is being built by British Airways in London.
Due to come on line in 2014, the British Airways plant will convert up to 500,000 tonnes of waste a year into 73 million litres of green jet fuel, enough to power 2 per cent of BA's Heathrow base.
Qantas has had a long-standing interest in biofuels and is a member of the global Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group.
Qantas spokeswoman Olivia Wirth said the airline was closely involved with other industry stakeholders in a "road map" study into the outlook for sustainable aviation fuel development in Australia.
"We are also in discussions with a number of companies about specific fuel-producing technologies,'' Ms Wirth said.
"Under an agreement with Solena Fuels, we have committed to investigate the feasibility of a waste-based aviation fuel production plant in Australia.
"We expect to produce a business case for such a plant within 12 months. While we are still in the early stages of this project, the possibilities are exciting''.
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State of Michigan profile Long considered a national leader in its use of information technology to improve operations, the State of Michigan utilizes one of the nation's most sophisticated Business Intelligence (BI) data warehousing solutions – developed by Bull Services – to manage most of its critical functions in Health and Human Services, as well as supporting activities in the Department of Treasury, the Courts, Corrections, and Unemployment. With more than 9,000 state government users, the BI data warehouse has become the critical backbone to support the informational and knowledge needs across Michigan state government, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of programs, deliver services to citizens, and help ensure that Michigan taxpayers are getting the most value for their money. Michigan's BI solution, a model for other states to emulate, has received national recognition from some of the most prestigious industry analysts and organizations in the United States, including: the National Governors Association (NGA), the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO), the The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI).
Why did the State of Michigan launch a Business Intelligence (BI) project and how has it evolved? Michigan first invested in a BI solution (data warehouse) from Bull Services in 1994 – during the early stages of BI technology – to help manage its Medicaid program (which provides health care services to needy citizens). As the Medicaid rules and regulations became more complex, the state implemented the data warehouse to monitor Medicaid claims for quality of care, as well as for overpayment, fraud and abuse. The solution has evolved with Michigan's needs over the past decade. Quickly, the BI data warehouse provided the Michigan Department of Community Health (DCH) with the ability to conduct in-depth analysis on the Medicaid program, reducing the time it took staff analysts to get answers from one-to-three weeks to 10-minutes to one hour. Workers were able to directly access mainframe-sourced data and bring it into spreadsheets on their PCs for rapid and comprehensive analysis. One year after its implementation, the full capabilities of the BI solution were quickly put to the test, when, in 1995, Michigan was studied and ranked nationally by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for its performance in childhood immunization rates. Michigan's last-place finish was considered by state officials to be a powerful wake-up call, and they called for a united effort to address this critical issue. As one part of a comprehensive initiative to improve childhood immunization rates, officials explored the potential for the warehouse to provide important information on the subject. The warehouse was not only able to tell DCH the status of childhood immunization on a county-by-county basis, it also rapidly provided the data necessary for notifying parents and providers across the state about the need for timely immunization schedules. The BI data warehouse was one of many factors that helped Michigan exceed the national average in childhood immunization rates within two years and finish first in the country by 2000. Since then, Michigan's BI solution has evolved even more to better provide quality health care services, helping the state track standards for providers, manage contracts, analyze and measure the effectiveness of programs, and measure the performance of health plans. Today, as part of the "enterprise phase" of the BI data warehouse solution, and using the data warehouse as the backbone, Michigan, working with Bull Services, has integrated 21 separate health-related agency data sources into a single integrated environment. Many of DCH's 1.4 million clients are enrolled in multiple programs supported by the department. However, prior to this integration project, it was virtually impossible for the agency to track and monitor services and costs associated with a single client through these separate agencies. Now, the BI data warehouse is helping DCH track fraud and abuse, conduct advanced data analysis, interpret patterns, determine which programs are most cost effective, reduce overall costs to taxpayers, and predict the state's health care needs and priorities in the years to come. The BI data warehouse now encompasses far more than health care data. It is on it's way to becoming a true statewide enterprise solution – the best example in the country – that contains data from the Department of Human Services (providing cash and food assistance for needy citizens), the Treasury Department, the Michigan courts, Corrections, and Unemployment. More than 9,000 Michigan employees now utilize the BI data warehouse to perform their jobs. No other state shares data and information so seamlessly to deliver better services to citizens and reduce the costs borne by taxpayers.
What kind of strategy did the State put in place to meet its objectives? Michigan realized several important factors early in its development of a BI solution. For example, the State had the vision that the greatest benefits – both financial and programmatic – would accrue as the system added more data and users. Thus, it was imperative that it first implemented an open, flexible, non-proprietary architecture that provided the best possible data quality; enabled the capability to add disparate data rapidly; had the capability to introduce the latest, best-of-breed, industry-leading tools without disruption; and was relatively easy to use. The State geared its implementation (and subsequent expansion) of its BI solution toward end users, recognizing that for BI to be truly effective, it needs to move beyond the realm of the IT department and provide answers and solutions to "business" problems. The Bull Services BI solution provided the flexibility, openness, high level of data quality, and ease-of-use to meet Michigan's needs. Next, Michigan recognized the importance of safeguarding sensitive data even as data is shared for the State's benefit. Security is a paramount concern and the State has built in the necessary protections at many levels. For example, while data from several agencies resides on the BI data warehouse, only data that is intended to be linked together is shared. And, while some data sets allow access outside of the controlling agency, the data is controlled at the model, table, field, and even range levels. The data can be shared for a single analytic purpose, and access can be ended when the analysis is complete. The originating agency determines access to its data and the security, and the system tracks who accessed what; therefore data is protected via access security at the front end, and ability to monitor data access by individual user at the back end. In addition, Michigan understood the importance of selecting and growing with a vendor that provided more than technology – one which could provide subject matter expertise, consulting services, mentoring, and a level of comfort working with state employees and sensitive state data. Bull Services' lengthy state-and-local government experience, plus its Business Intelligence approach and expertise, provided Michigan with this assurance. For example, in the area of communications, Bull Services has worked with the agencies to provide information on the BI solution to state executives, develop "annual reports" to circulate across departments on the use of the system, and assisted the State in preparing the documentation for the various industry awards it has won for the BI data warehouse. The State also recognized the need to create a common identifier across disparate data sets so that, as new data sources are added, they can be easily linked to existing data to provide user access to all data related to a specific individual. This concept will be critical in identifying data relationships as the State continues to build its enterprise data warehouse.
What are "best practices" and "things to avoid" when implementing a major BI project? Many of the "best practices" were explained in the previous section. It is important to stress that, from initial discussions and project planning, to implementation, to growth and expansion, the State and its BI vendor must maintain a deep level of openness, communication, and trust. These are complex and far-reaching projects, and a vendor is entrusted with some of the State's most sensitive data; therefore an honest working relationship is critical. This is much different than the client-vendor relationship with a product vendor – the client-BI vendor must develop more of a partnership. Bull Services and the State of Michigan have developed such a partnership of success. The State of Michigan and Bull did overcome some obstacles to achieve this success. The initial collection and cleansing of data brought with it a series of challenges, though this got easier as each new data set was added to the BI data warehouse. In addition, Bull Services and the State worked together to create a separate BI environment to supplement and complement the transactional environment (the system in place to process transactions, issue checks to recipients, etc.). BI is a querying environment built to conduct advanced analytics to transform data into knowledge; its entire structure and mission are different than a traditional transactional environment.
What kind of "business benefits" did you derive (and are you deriving)? Michigan has achieved enormous financial and programmatic benefits from its BI solution, one of the most sophisticated in the United States. Industry analysts, publications, and other states have cited Michigan as a model to emulate in the BI space. In fact, the Michigan BI data warehouse, one of the first of its kind in the U.S., has served as a model for similar Bull Services' implementations in Illinois, Minnesota, New York, and Utah. As mentioned above, the data warehouse helps track and uncover fraud and abuse, conduct advanced data analysis, and interpret patterns. In addition to the "last-to-first" jump in child immunizations already mentioned, some of the business benefits Michigan has achieved include the following: • Estimated annual savings (MDCH) of nearly $200 million (advanced health care analysis, federal bonuses, avoiding federal sanctions, etc.), a figure that should continue to grow. • Medicaid administrative costs have been reduced by 25% • DCH has doubled its identification of fraudulent Medicaid activity • The State is better able to evaluate health care plans, payment rates, and policies, thus maximizing Medicaid program savings and sustaining quality care • The BI data warehouse enables the State to track and substantiate its Medicaid pharmaceutical costs • The solution helps identify coverage overlaps to reduce the number of instances in which individuals are obtaining similar or duplicate services across multiple programs. • Michigan's BI solution helps eliminate inappropriate payments; for example, comparing eligibility with lists of deceased residents is an important fraud issue. • The BI data warehouse is used to analyze food stamp and cash benefits cases, tracking nearly $1 billion annually in taxpayer dollars. The Department of Human Services in Michigan uses the BI solution to validate and independently cross-check the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) processing vendor that actually manages individual recipient and retailer accounts • Social service workers who visit clients are able to access the data warehouse remotely for the most up-to-date information, and then prepare their reports quickly and efficiently using pre-structured templates that help save time and resources. • In the Department of Treasury Bureau of Revenue, the BI solution has helped the state achieve a dramatic increase in number, fairness, and efficiency of audit reviews. With its old "paper system," the Bureau was limited to 6,000 reviews per year for audit consideration. It is now able to review all 450,000 business taxpayers annually with the same staffing levels, helping it to select the best candidates to audit.
For these and other achievements, the Michigan BI solution has been recognized by the National Governors Association (NGA), the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO), The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), and several national trade publications.
How will your BI project/application evolve in the future? In Michigan, this evolution has already begun – at its core is the willingness and desire of more agencies and departments to add their data to the BI solution to improve their efficiencies and deliver better service. The most recent major addition has been the Michigan Judicial Data Warehouse project sponsored by the Michigan State Court Administrative Office (SCAO), one of the most ambitious in the nation. Bull Services, ultimately will combine data from 251 different courts – circuit, district, probate, and family – loading criminal, civil, traffic, and juvenile cases onto the BI data warehouse. The project will standardize data across Michigan's court system, allowing judges, clerks, and administrators to track an activity an individual has had within any court in Michigan – essentially "one version of the truth" – through a Statewide Name Search capability. Once completed, judges, clerks, and administrators will have access to standardized, linked data with strong privacy and security safeguards. The court will have the ability to track individuals through the court systems, court operations are expected to be faster and more cost-effective, and courts will eventually have the ability to predict – not just report – the impact of changes to laws and policies. Also under way is the aforementioned first-in-the-nation Child Day Care and Food Stamp/Cash Assistance fraud-fighting program undertaken by the Department of Human Services. Investigators have already identified millions of dollars in savings by linking cash assistance, child day care, wages, and unemployment data into the BI data warehouse for extensive analysis and comparisons. These are just two examples of the widespread capabilities of the Bull Services BI solution for the State of Michigan. The State continues to put forth its innovative ideas, suggestions, and programs – and the Bull Services solution continues to have the flexibility and robustness to handle them all


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"A" — Activities of Daily Living (ADLs): An individual's abilities to manage ADLs and IADLs (instrumental activities of daily living) will determine the level of assistance and services necessary. ADLs include bathing, dressing, transferring (from bed to wheelchair/walker, from walker/wheelchair to toilet, etc.), grooming, eating, and toileting. IADLs include making doctor's appointments, paying bills, doing laundry, keeping in touch with family, and other tasks that are vital for successful living but do not require the daily upkeep of ADLs.
"B" — Budgeting for unforeseen care needs: All assisted living communities price their care services, meals and housing differently, but most will charge extra (a la carte) for services that go above and beyond what is covered in a "core services" package. Keep this in mind as you weigh your options. The true monthly cost of assisted living care may be quite different from the initial estimate should your loved one need more assistance as her health declines, or as his dementia worsens.
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The openSUSE project has released guidelines for use of the Novell marks openSUSE, SUSE, YaST, Gecko and AutoBuild.
Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier announced the openSUSE project trademark guidelines on his March 2 news page and referred to the three-page PDF containing the details. In the future, only official, unaltered distributions from the openSUSE project can bear the openSUSE trademarks (openSUSE, SUSE, YaST, Gecko or AutoBuild). Any variant or version modified from the official repositories cannot directly use these trademarks and must use their own instead. As the guidelines say:
"In making such a distribution, you must remove all trademark uses of the openSUSE Marks from the version of openSUSE you are modifying, and must use your own trademark instead. You may, if you wish, combine your trademark with one of the following openSUSE Mark tag-lines (or its equivalent): "Based on openSUSE"; "Powered by openSUSE"; "Derived from openSUSE"; "Uses openSUSE"; "Built with SUSEStudio"; "Built on openSUSE"; or "Built from openSUSE". "
Any modified versions that are not project-based cannot use even the tag-lines above. The guidelines indicate how to remove these entities and refer to a "Making a SUSE based distribution" webpage, with further details in the PDF itself. The guidelines also provide specifics, based on "fair use" principles, on use of logos and tag-lines on T-shirts and other merchandising, linking to the opensuse.org website, advertising and marketing, advocacy groups and events.
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HP's annual Cyber Risk report offers a bleak look at the state of IT.
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Braun referred Smith to John King, another employee who had worked the catalog desk that day. Police reports from 1981 make no mention of King. But when questioned by Smith in 1995, King allowed how he also had seen Reve and a young child walking past his station just after he began work that day at noon. A little later he claimed he saw them both again at the video games display in the toy department, and overheard the child coax Reve into letting him stay there. Then Reve left the boy. King also said he recalled several other youngsters being near the video games.
Around the same time Smith spoke to King, he also reinterviewed Kathy Shaffer, who in July 1981 worked as a then-seventeen-year-old Sears plainclothes security guard. Shaffer had told detectives who had come to the store after Reve reported Adam missing that she broke up a fight between four boys in front of the video games. Two of the boys were black, two white. (Reve had reported to police that there were other children around the games when she left Adam, but that there wasn't any fighting among them.) Shaffer asked the black boys if their parents were in the store, and they said no. Then she asked the older white boy the same question, and he also said no. She presumed the younger white boy was with the older white boy and didn't speak to him. Then she threw all four boys out of the store.
In a very emotional interview, Shaffer told Smith she had been racked with guilt for years that she might have inadvertently removed Adam Walsh from Sears, leading to his death. She added that she was 85 percent sure the young white boy was Adam, because the dispute had occurred at about the time Reve said Adam was at the video games display.
And when Mundy called Shaffer a year later, in 1996, she cried and told him absolutely, the boy was Adam. She had known that since the day he was reported missing but was never able to say so.
This is what Mundy thinks might have happened that day at Sears: Reve drops off Adam at the video game display. Toole wanders around Sears and winds up in the same place. There are three other kids but only two joysticks to the game, and while Adam waits his turn to play, Toole whispers in his ear. When Mary H. walks past, she interrupts Toole talking to Adam -- that's when Toole gave her that frightening smile.
"Then something happened with those kids to cause Kathy Shaffer to show up," explains Mundy. "Ottis fades into the background -- the last thing you want when you're going to do something like this is attention."
Shaffer orders the black boys out one door, the white boys out another. Toole goes outside before -- or after -- Adam. Once outside the older boy takes off. From there, Mundy suggests, "Adam goes, 'What do I do now? Mom's in the store, but I'm not supposed to go in the store.' Then along comes shithead. Somehow he entices him into the car -- and that's the end of the story."
And now for the worst part. Those who speculated all along that Toole was their man had never felt rushed to close the case. Toole had been in custody serving a life sentence since 1983, and because no other child-murder case in the nation since that time had involved decapitation, there wasn't a desperate hunt for a still-at-large killer.
Toole turned 49 in 1996. But as the thirteen years since 1983 had progressed, he had turned sick with hepatitis. When Mark Smith interviewed him in 1995, the detective was forced to wear a surgical mask. Unbeknownst to Mundy, Toole was setting a new deadline for anyone trying to solve the case. Dead, Toole was safe from indictment and trial.
On September 15, 1996, ten days after Mundy took Mary H.'s statement and the day before he got what he believed was the statement that clinched the case from Bobby Lee Jones, Toole died of cirrhosis of the liver. When no one had claimed his body after four days, he was buried in the prison cemetery.
A year later Mundy is still crushed when he recalls the news. He pounds his desk. "Bastard! I wish he would have lived longer!"
A year later the state attorney's office is still chasing after some elusive leads, unable to close its file on the Walsh murder. Yet before anyone finally lays the case to rest, problems remain in Mundy's theory concerning Toole. Major questions remain unanswered.
"If Mary H. is a fraud or a liar, it would be one of the major disappointments of my career," sighs Mundy. The first and largest problem with Mary H. is why she didn't go to the police soon after Adam was reported missing, especially in light of the overwhelming publicity the case received. The answer isn't very good. Mary H. told Mundy that the day Adam disappeared, her husband was in Europe -- he was a traveling salesman at the time. Dependent on him she waited for him to return home, then asked what to do. He said that they should go to the Hollywood police. They got as far as the station house's lobby, where they either were treated rudely or were ignored. And so they left.


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Comparing Cool Roofs vs Hot Roofs
Posted By Ethan On August 11, 2011 @ 7:00 am In Insulation | 7 Comments
I was reading an article by Katy [1] over at Charles and Hudson about the benefits of what's known as a "Cool Roof". If you recall from our garage spray foam installation [2], Fred and I opted for a "Hot Roof" on our new, in-progress workshop. Katy's article got me thinking about the benefits of both Cool Roofs and Hot Roofs over Traditional Roofs, and which option is actually the better choice.
Traditional Roofs (employing asphalt shingles, vented attics, and insulation on the floor of the attic) can get extremely hot, with surface roofing temperatures reaching up to 190° F during the summer. This can easily create attic temperatures as high as 125° F. The hotter an attic is, the more expensive it is to cool the upstairs of a home.
The excessive heat collected by buildings using Traditional Roofs contributes to the Heat Island Effect [3], a phenomenon where heavily-developed areas (like cities) can be up to 22° F hotter than nearby rural areas. The effect on summertime peak energy demand, air conditioning costs, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions is huge.
So what can we do about it? Well, "Cool Roofs" and "Hot Roofs" present two options for tackling the heat problems inherent in a Traditional Roof.
Cool Roofs keep radiant heat and solar heat out of your home using a reflective coating on the surface of the roof. Cool Roofs are broken into two categories: low slope and steep slope. Each requires different materials for construction. Each Cool Roof application has different reflectance properties (yes, that's a real word), so you'll need to read up before making a selection. Here's a great guide [4] to learn more about Cool Roofs.
By reflecting radiant and solar heat, a Cool Roof stays up to 60°F cooler than conventional roofs during peak summer weather. The Cool Roof Rating Council [5] claims the "average energy savings range from 7%-15% of total cooling costs." The EPA references a publication [6] by S. Konopacki, et. al. stating that Cool Roofs provide an average yearly net savings of almost 50¢ per square foot in California. That includes the costs for Cool Roofing products and the increased heating costs in the winter due to lack of solar heat penetration, which is desirable in the winter.
Fred an I chose a Hot Roof application [2] (video and review) to insulate the new workshop, meaning the attic is completely sealed and unvented. Air does not flow in or out, and the attic is included in the conditioned space. We achieved this by having 3″ closed-cell spray foam installed directly to the roof sheathing. The term Hot Roof is a bit misleading, as the shingles only get a few degrees hotter than a regularly vented roof.
Think about the electric, plumbing and HVAC that runs through many attics. With a Hot Roof, you're not digging through insulation to find wires and junction boxes, pipes won't freeze and burst, and the air flowing through ductwork will stay the right temperature. Additionally, conditioned attics are great for storing stuff, and there's no concern about extreme temperatures. Hot Roofs act as a thermal break and will prevent ice dams from forming on the roof during winter months.
I tapped Sean from Alabama Green Building Solutions [7] to help clear up a few lingering questions I had about Hot Roofs and Cool Roofs. Sean is a great resource and I suggest checking out his article about Hot Roofs [8] on SLS Construction.
Would you rather have a hot roof or a cool roof?
Hot roof with a "cool" coating on top. If I had to only chose one – the hot roof hands down. [Apparently, getting *both* is the best option]
Which results in better energy efficiency?
Depends on the location, shade, and a whole host of other items, but you can't just have the coating without the insulation & proper air-sealing work being done to truly compare them. If you try saying the coating only is enough, you are in for a world of hurt. I would tip the hot roof generally as being the most efficient.
Are different climates better for one or the other?
The hotter the climate, the better a cool roof will help out a properly insulated attic. A hot roof will work "great" in any climate.
Which is more expensive?
Depends on what you are factoring in – all the insulation, the coating, a roof replacement if needed, air sealing, new or existing… The Hot Roof will usually run more, but it generally doesn't need any ongoing maintenance. Don't forget that the foam may also need an ignition barrier, which is added cost.
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[1] article by Katy: http://charlesandhudson.com/green-building/products/keep-your-cool--and-save-money--with-a-cool-roof/
[2] garage spray foam installation: http://www.oneprojectcloser.com/spray-foam-attic-hot-roof/
[3] Heat Island Effect: http://www.epa.gov/heatisland/
[4] great guide: http://www.epa.gov/heatisld/resources/pdf/CoolRoofsCompendium.pdf
[5] Cool Roof Rating Council: http://www.coolroofs.org/HomeandBuildingOwnersInfo.html
[6] publication: http://eetd.lbl.gov/EA/Reports/40673/
[7] Alabama Green Building Solutions: http://alagbs.com/
[8] article about Hot Roofs: http://blog.sls-construction.com/2011/what-is-a-hot-roof
[9] schuey: http://www.flickr.com/photos/schuey/2295481485/
[10] NNSANews: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nnsanews/5631806186/
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Amd uses the 'Vision' branding for its software suite, the amd Vision Engine, comprising the Catalyst graphics, OpenCL driver, and amd Vision Engine Control Center.
Amd s first logo certified driver for Windows 8.
Amd Steady Video is only recommended for use with videos that contain unwanted shakes and jitters.
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Depending on the game and system configuration, users may notice texture corruption and reduced frame rates when running games in multi-monitor Eyefinity modes.
(32 & 64-bit version) Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit version) Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher) feature highlights OF amd catalyst 13.
Amd Enduro Technology enhancements: The amd Catalyst Control Center now shows which applications are active on the Performance gpu and the Power saving gpu.
This particular software suite updates the amd Catalyst Display Driver and the amd Catalyst Control Center amd Vision Engine Control Center.
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Significant game performance slowdowns when moving the mouse cursor in World of Warcraft using DirectX 9 rendering mode.
Analogue connections such as vga, S-Video or component do not support scaling adjustments within the amd Vision Engine Control Centre-so, these will need to be adjusted on the monitor or.
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Knightfall: Death and Taxes – Namco is pretty good about trying to fudge genres together — which makes Knightfall right up their alley. Nightfall is an RPG puzzler with a whopping 100 levels. The game features special abilities, different fighting styles, and a strange puzzle system that requires you to rotate levels to beat the puzzles. It's hard to really tell what the game is like, as the promo video is quite obscure.
BIT.TRIP BEAT – BIT.TRIP BEAT comes from the popular WiiWare title of the same name. The game resembles a musical version of Pong, where you have to bounce off wave after wave of balls to the beat of the music. the game includes the original three levels that came with the Wii version as well as additional levels that are able to be bought via in-app purchase for $1.99. There's no word on the multiplayer yet but the WiiWare version has a 4 player coop mode which would be supremely cool.
More Brain Exercise – More Brain Exercise looks like the iPhone's answer to Big Brain Academy on the DS. In it, just like other games in the genre, you complete a multitude of simple brain exercises to determine your braing age. As you play more and more of the game, your brain age will undoubtedly get younger over time. It comes complete with a hot-seat multiplayer mode and Facebook integration, so feel free to try to prove your intelligence to all of your friends.
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Spoon batter evenly into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 350° for 55 to 65 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack.
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text: Republican spotlight shifts from Obama to ClintonBy Paul Steinhauser, CNN Political EditorUpdated 8:36 AM ET, Fri May 10, 2013Photos: Benghazi attack hearing 8 photosBenghazi attack hearing – Gregory Hicks, the former deputy chief of mission in Libya, arrives for a House committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, May 8. State Department employees testified about the terror attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012. U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed. View photos of the attack.Hide Caption 1 of 8Photos: Benghazi attack hearing 8 photosBenghazi attack hearing – From left, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Counterterrorism Mark Thompson; Hicks; and Eric Nordstrom, a diplomatic security officer and former regional security officer in Libya, are sworn in before the hearing. The three are testifying at the hearing investigating into whether the State Department misled the public about the assault.Hide Caption 2 of 8Photos: Benghazi attack hearing 8 photosBenghazi attack hearing – Nordstrom testifies on May 8. He said in written testimony it was "inexplicable" that a followup internal State Department review ignored "the role senior department leadership played before, during, and after" the attack.Hide Caption 3 of 8Photos: Benghazi attack hearing 8 photosBenghazi attack hearing – Dorothy Narvaez-Woods, center, listens as Hicks testifies. She is the widow of Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods, who was killed in the attack.Hide Caption 4 of 8Photos: Benghazi attack hearing 8 photosBenghazi attack hearing – Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the committee, left, speaks as Chairman Darrell Issa, R-California, listens. Committee Democrats accused Republicans of engaging in a "smear" campaign.Hide Caption 5 of 8Photos: Benghazi attack hearing 8 photosBenghazi attack hearing – Nordstrom listens to Hicks testify. Hicks has been praised by Republicans as a "whistleblower." He has expressed concern that more could have been done by the military to protect those being attacked last year at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.Hide Caption 6 of 8Photos: Benghazi attack hearing 8 photosBenghazi attack hearing – Thompson testifies on May 8. He is the State Department's acting deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism.Hide Caption 7 of 8Photos: Benghazi attack hearing 8 photosBenghazi attack hearing – Ray Smith, left, and Pat Smith listen as Thompson testifies. Their son Sean was one of the four Americans killed in the terror attack.Hide Caption 8 of 8Story highlightsAfter Wednesday's Benghazi hearing, many on the right are shifting their aim at Hillary ClintonThe incident in Benghazi is a stain on Clinton's record as America's top diplomatBefore she stepped down, Clinton testified for hours on the Benghazi attackPresident Barack Obama's been in the bull's eye of Republicans and conservatives since 2008, but after Wednesday's hearing on last September's terror attack in Benghazi, Libya, many on the right are shifting their aim at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.Soon after the hearing by the GOP-led House Oversight Committee looking into the events surrounding the death of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, a recently formed pro-Republican opposition research group blasted out an e-mail with the headline "Benghazi Hearing Raises Serious Questions About Clinton."America Rising PAC then followed up Thursday with a Web video which it says outlines "the serious questions raised about Hillary Clinton's leadership yesterday in a House Oversight Committee hearing."The Republican National Committee and American Crossroads, the Karl Rove-backed pro-GOP super PAC, also issued e-mails critical of Clinton, America's top diplomat at the time of the attack last September 11. The group put out a web video Friday morning that asks if Clinton "was part of a coverup." And Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a possible 2016 GOP White House contender, criticized Clinton in an interview on Thursday on Fox News Channel.Mother of Benghazi victim: I blame HillaryMany Republicans see the deadly attack on the diplomatic compound in Benghazi and the initial reaction by the State Department and the White House as a huge scandal, one that they feel Democrats tried to cover up with the president's re-election, at the time, less than two months away.The GOP accuses the administration of not bolstering security prior to the attack, of botching the response to it, and of misleading the public in its slow-to-evolve explanation of events.They point to five TV appearances the Sunday following the attack by Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, who called the armed assault a "spontaneous protest" rather than an act of terrorism.Many Democrats disagree and call the GOP drumbeat a "witch hunt."While the president is definitely still in conservative's line of fire over Benghazi, 2016 politics are also at play in this story.Obama can't run for a third term and Clinton, who's weighing a White House run, would be the instant front-runner for the Democratic nomination if she launches a bid for president.Clinton stepped down as secretary of state with sky-high poll numbers, but the incident in Benghazi is a stain on her record at the State Department.Just WatchedDiplomat disagrees with Clinton on LibyareplayMore Videos ...Diplomat disagrees with Clinton on Libya 02:00PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedHicks on Libya: Saddest call of my lifereplayMore Videos ...Hicks on Libya: Saddest call of my life 03:44PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedStevens' last call: 'We're under attack'replayMore Videos ...Stevens' last call: 'We're under attack' 00:44PLAY VIDEOThe question is whether it could come back to haunt her if she does seek the presidency.Boehner calls for White House to release Benghazi emailsAn independent review of the Benghazi incident, led by Adm. Mike Mullen, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and former ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, discovered no wrongdoing by Clinton.But critics noted at the time that neither Mullen nor Pickering interviewed Clinton.Before she stepped down as planned in late January, Clinton testified for hours on Capitol Hill on the Benghazi attack. She was forceful in her defense and the conventional wisdom at the time was that she was not politically wounded.But the story was given new legs thanks to the House hearing, which showcased the testimony of State Department whistleblowers who had not previously testified, including the riveting details from an official who was on the ground in Tripoli at the time of the attack in Benghazi.Even before Wednesday's hearing, there was plenty of hype.Doomed Libya ambassador: 'We're under attack'"I think the dam is about to break on Benghazi," Sen. Lindsey Graham wrote on his Facebook page."We're going to find a system failure before, during, and after the attacks. We're going to find political manipulation seven weeks before an election. We're going to find people asleep at the switch when it comes to the State Department, including Hillary Clinton," added the South Carolina Republican, who's been a longtime critic of the administration's role in Benghazi.But Clinton's specific role did not dominate the hearing, with only one GOP congressman on the panel trying to drill down for specifics.Just WatchedState Department missed Benghazi dangerreplayMore Videos ...State Department missed Benghazi danger 07:18PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedBenghazi: Politics over truth?replayMore Videos ...Benghazi: Politics over truth? 06:49PLAY VIDEOThe question now is whether any smoking gun emerged from Wednesday's hearing regarding what Clinton knew and when she knew it. Republicans and Democrats obviously disagree on this question"I rather doubt the current right-wing demagoguery is going to hurt Hillary if she chooses to run," said Democratic strategist and CNN contributor Paul Begala, who was a top political adviser in Bill Clinton's White House.What the Obama administration has said about the Libya attackRepublican strategist and CNN contributor Alex Castellanos disagreed."It is increasingly looking like the only president named Clinton may be Bill," said Castellanos, who is spearheading a new super PAC called NewRepublican.org to refocus the party's messaging and policy goals..One thing's for sure: Wednesday's hearing won't be the end of this story. Thursday morning House Speaker John Boehner called on the president to release emails that he says show how the White House wanted to change the Benghazi attack "talking points."Stay tuned.More from politicsSen. Menendez responds to looming criminal chargesSchumer on Clinton emails: 'All that stuff isn't gonna matter.'Powered by Livefyre


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I bought Tamron 17-50 f2,8 and had to take some test photos. Finally after almost one year using only >50mm ranges I can shoot at much wider as I did in this photo. A Šilas bridge at winter landscape.