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CARSON, Calif. – A left hip strain kept LA Galaxy center back Omar Gonzalez off the field in Wednesday's 1-0 victory over the Montreal Impact, but by the time that Sunday's match against the San Jose Earthquakes rolls around, Gonzalez expects to be in the starting XI for LA.
Gonzalez returned to full training earlier this week and even though he is still feeling soreness in his left hip, the Galaxy center back asserts that he "will be playing" against San Jose.
"I'm feeling better. I think this week and a half to rest was good for me. I'm still not feeling amazing, but that doesn't matter at this point out the year," said Gonzalez. "You just have to grind it out and I'll be ready for Sunday."
Gonzalez's confidence was echoed by head coach Bruce Arena who told reporters on Friday that he "anticipates" that the defender and forward Landon Donovan will be back in the starting lineup. However, associate head coach Dave Sarachan admitted that the team is being patient to a certain extent with both of their stars.
"They're day-to-day and we've had to monitor them," said Sarachan. "The hope is that we'll have a full lineup on Sunday. These guys are good pros and they're going to do whatever they can to get on the field."
Who should play alongside Gonzalez on Sunday?
CARSON, Calif. – Landon Donovan's ankle injury may have been more severe than the LA Galaxy forward initially thought, but he has no plans to let it hamper him as he looks to help LA clinch a berth in the 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs on Sunday.
Donovan was unavailable for Wednesday's 1-0 victory with the Montreal Impact due to a left ankle inflammation, which forced him to exit early from international duty with the U.S. National Team last week. With the Galaxy facing a situation where a draw or a victory against the San Jose Earthquakes puts them through to the postseason, Donovan believes that the time is now to get back on the field.
"The ankle is not great, but we're going to try to play. This is the time of the year where you just have to get through it," said Donovan on Friday following LA's penultimate training session before the California Clasico. "I've been out long enough and I miss playing with these guys. I want to do whatever I can to help contribute. I know what this means so we're going to try to play.
"Realistically, I've been told that I need six weeks of rest, but that's obviously not going to happen. Even getting four or five days helps a little bit," he added. "It's still going to be painful, but you just cross your fingers that you don't do further damage."
Even the traditionally guarded head coach Bruce Arena noted that the team is "anticipating" that Donovan and center back Omar Gonzalez (left hip strain) will be able to play against the Quakes on Sunday after both were unable to participate against the Impact.
If Donovan does take part, he'll have the opportunity to take sole possession of the MLS all-time leading goal scoring record as he is currently tied with Jeff Cunningham at 134 goals. Although being so close to such a career milestone may be distracting, Donovan admits that he's put little thought into breaking record due to LA's tough postseason chase.
"If it happens great, if it doesn't then hopefully I'll be able to do it at some point. I don't think about ti as much as other people do, right now, the focus is on getting in the playoffs," said Donovan. "Maybe I'm different in that way that it doesn't really occur to me. I'm confident that it will happen at some point, but if I don't score for the next 15 league games, I'm not worried about it. I just want to win."
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CARSON, Calif. – To shut down MLS leading goal scorer Marco Di Vaio, the LA Galaxy needed to be constantly cognizant of the forward's drifting runs behind the defense and with a little help from goalkeeper Brian Rowe that mission was accomplished.
The Montreal Impact tested LA early on as they found space behind a high line created by the Galaxy back four, but the home side adjusted quickly with some aid from the backup 'keeper. Montreal was caught offside a whopping eight times in their 1-0 defeat to the Galaxy, but when LA wasn't able to keep their attack under wraps, Rowe came and bailed out the defense.
When Di Vaio, strike partner Andrew Wenger or any other Impact attacker drifted behind the defense, Rowe marched off his line to clear out the danger.
"We knew coming in, that [Di Vaio] probably leads the league in offside [calls], so we knew he sort of wanted to sneak in and try to find those through balls," said Rowe, who made two recoveries and two clearances to go with a pair of saves on Wednesday in his fourth MLS start. "The back line did a great job staying together and holding their line, dropping when they need too, and I was able to stay off my line a little bit to sniff those out."
Goal scorer Kofi Opare offered Rowe a "ten out of ten" for his performance, but he wasn't the only one who was pleased with the backup 'keeper.
"He needs to be active and get off his line. I think with [Marco] Di Vaio on the field, he's always going to be a player pursuing opportunities in the penalty area," said Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena. "If you don't come off your line, he's going to knick one. I thought Brian Rowe's aggressiveness was a big part of our success today."
With starter Jaime Penedo bound to return to the starting XI for Sunday's San Jose Earthquakes after returning from international duty on Thursday, Rowe will once again return to the bench until LA's CONCACAF Champions League finale against Isidro Metapan on Oct. 24. After racking up the second shutout of his young career, Rowe couldn't help but reflect on a season that has seen him develop from a third string 'keeper at the start of the season to a confident starter.
"It's been very cool. It's been unexpected if I wanted to look back [at the start of the year] at what I thought my role would be on the team," said Rowe. "I've taken it in stride and I'm so excited that I can't say."
We're coming in on the last two MLS regular season games of the year, so I have a simple question: who is your LA Galaxy team MVP for the 2013 season?
I've limited the number of candidates down to my top six candidates, but if you disagree with one of my selections, let me know in the comments section below.
We heard about the dates for the 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs a few weeks ago and now we have official confirmation as the league released the postseason schedule on Thursday.
The playoffs will span from Oct. 30 (Knockout Round) to Dec. 7 (MLS Cup) with the league observing the international fixture date in the third week of November.
The complete schedule is below...
Knockout Games: Oct. 30-31 (Wed.-Thurs.)
Conference Semifinals, Leg 1: Nov. 2-3 (Sat.-Sun.)
Conference Semifinals, Leg 2: Nov. 6-7 (Wed.-Thurs.)
Conference Finals, Leg 1: Nov. 9-10 (Sat.-Sun.)
Conference Finals, Leg 2: Nov. 23-24 (Sat.-Sun.)
MLS Cup: Dec. 7 (Sat.)
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Robbie Keane had quite the last 48 hours.
After going the distance in Ireland's World Cup qualifying victory over Kazakhstan on Tuesday, he hopped on a transcontintential flight bound for Southern California, and was on the field for the LA Galaxy by Wednesday evening. I chronicle Keane's journey from Ireland to StubHub Center for LA's match in this piece for LAGalaxy.com.
Keane's full conversation with reporters after the game is below.
CARSON, Calif. -- Sometimes sports takes a back seat to real life and on Wednesday, Kofi Opare paid tribute to his fallen friend Arif Merani after scoring his first career MLS goal in the LA Galaxy's 1-0 victory over the Montreal Impact.
After scoring in the 68th minute, Opare lifted his shirt to reveal a "R.I.P. Arif" message to honor Merani, who died on Monday after being struck by a car while attempting to change a flat tire as drove back to Carleton University after spending the Canadian Thanksgiving Holiday with family in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Merani and Opare both attended Saint Paul Catholic High School and were neighbors.
Once Opare learned about Merani's death, he knew what he was going to honor his friend: score a goal.
"I said I was going to honor him by scoring. I said I was going to score and dedicate it to him," said Opare of his high school friend from Niagara Falls, Ontario. "I told people I was going to score my first goal for him. I'm glad that all went to plan, I guess, and we got the three points."
A snap shot courtesy of LA Galaxy photographer Robert Mora is below.
CARSON, Calif. -- LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena's thoughts from LA's 1-0 victory over the Montreal Impact.
(On his overall thoughts of the game...)
ARENA: "All I told our team was a great win, maybe not a great game, but a great win."
(On the play of Brian Rowe...)
ARENA: "He needs to be active and get off his line. I think with [Marco] Di Vaio on the field, he's always going to be a player pursuing opportunities in the penalty area. If you don't come off your line, he's going to knick one. I thought Brian Rowe's aggressiveness was a big part of our success today."
On the goal scored by Kofi Opare...)
ARENA: "Not surprising that the goal came off a bit of a scramble, which was likely expected given the circumstances of the game and all. Give Kofi [Opare] a lot of credit, Robbie [Keane] kept the ball alive. We had a couple of other chances during the game. I think their keeper did well. I think in the first half we were very poor technically, too slow on ball. When we got into the second half, we got a little bit better. But we know we could be better than we were tonight."
(On the play of Robbie Keane...)
ARENA: "I don't know if you were surprised he didn't start the game, he played 90 minutes last night in Dublin, I wouldn't think we could get 90 minutes out of him tonight. I would have liked to have not played him, but we needed to get Robbie on the field and his presence was spectacular. He gave the team confidence, energy, and the technical ability we needed to try and break this team down. He told me he was playing, I have been in touch with him via text messages and he indicated to me from yesterday on that he was going to be ready and I said let's wait and see. He arrived at 3'oclock today and he walked in and said he was ready to go to give us as many minutes as we need."
(On the status of Omar Gonzalez and Landon Donovan for Sunday's match against the San Jose Earthquakes...)
ARENA: "We expect them to be ready to play this weekend."
Ahead of Wednesday's match against the Montreal Impact, MLSsoccer.com's Matthew Doyle breaks down the play of LA Galaxy forward Landon Donovan and Montreal's Marco Di Vaio.
Check it out below.
It went down to the wire, but Jaime Penedo's World Cup dream ended on Tuesday evening as Panama fell 3-2 to the United States.
Panama needed only a Mexico defeat to Costa Rica and a win over the U.S. to qualify and appeared to be on their way to the two-leg playoff with New Zealand when Luis Tejada broke a 1-1 deadlock with a goal in 84th minute. However, Panama's hopes were dashed in stoppage time when the U.S. scored twice off goals from Graham Zusi and Aron Johansson to end Los Canaleros' hopes of reaching Brazil.
With the defeat, Panama finishes in fifth in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying while Mexico earns a berth in the two-leg playoff against New Zealand in November.
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Bacteria in the gut of a pregnant mouse strengthen the blood-brain barrier of her developing fetus.
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Bacteria in the gut of a pregnant mouse strengthen the blood-brain barrier of her developing fetus.
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A murine norovirus appears to recover some of the functions of commensal bacteria in the guts of germ-free or antibiotic-treated mice.
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Researchers discover a densovirus that is strongly associated with sea star wasting disease.
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A single intimate smooch can transfer upwards of 80 million bacteria.
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Funding for African science; microbiome studies may have contamination worries; mind-controlled gene expression; DNA record keeper
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Many social factors contributed to the evolution of male infanticide in mammal societies.
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Researchers show that patterned coloration can be an effective means of distracting predators from vital body parts.
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Schizophrenia is a severe disease for which there is still no effective medical treatment. In an attempt to understand exactly what happens in the brain of schizophrenic people, researchers from the Univ. of Southern Denmark have analyzed proteins in the brains of rats that have been given hallucinogenic drugs. This may pave the way for new and better medicines.
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 15:28
Working with animal models, Duke University researchers and other scientists are making strides in growing muscle in the lab that not only repairs itself but exhibits strength similar to that of normal muscle.
Using lab-grown muscle could one day help people with certain muscle injuries, including accident victims with big gashes that lead to significant scar tissue. Engineering muscle that works like natural tissue could also accelerate the testing of new drugs: Scientists could use this tissue in place of animals.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 14:38
Using a new gene-editing system based on bacterial proteins, MIT researchers have cured mice of a rare liver disorder caused by a single genetic mutation.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 16:00
A new drug extracted from snail venom could provide a breakthrough in treating severe chronic pain without the risk of addiction and dangerous side effects, researchers have found. The venom - considered 100 times stronger than morphine - could lead to the development of a new class of oral drugs used to relieve nerve pain associated with injury, cancer, AIDS and other diseases.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 14:00
While scientists know that a superfamily of genes inside olfactory receptors is responsible for our sense of smell – we still don't know the mechanism behind the interpretation of odor molecules into a particular smell. A new study published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution has found a distinct gene pattern in the olfactory receptors of fruit-eating bats – potentially shedding some light on the mechanism behind our own sense of smell.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 15:17
New research using fruit flies with Alzheimer's protein finds that the disease doesn't stop the biological clock ticking, but detaches it from the sleep-wake cycle that it usually regulates. Findings could lead to more effective ways to improve sleep patterns in those with Alzheimer's.
Friday, February 28, 2014 - 14:48
Cancer of the pancreas is usually not detected
until it's too late to cure. But precursor lesions that form in the
pancreas and its ducts can signal the disease before it strikes, and
when caught early enough, they can be prevented from progressing to become cancer.
A new study reports two breakthroughs in understanding those lesions and their role in pancreatic cancer: the development of the first mouse model that simulates a precursor lesion called intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia (IPMN), and the identification of an enzyme, Brg1, that appears to help cause the formation of IPMN lesions while also suppressing another precursor lesion.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 16:58
Colorado State University researchers are finding new ways to treat cancers in humans and pets, but they are doing it with a specimen not of those species: mice.
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 16:28
There is no biological cure for deafness—yet. We detect sound using sensory cells sporting microscopic hairlike projections, and when these so-called hair cells deep inside the inner ear are destroyed by illness or loud noise, they are gone forever. Or so scientists thought. A new study finds specific cells in the inner ear of newborn mice that regenerate these sensory cells—even after damage, potentially opening up a way to treat deafness in humans.
Friday, February 21, 2014 - 15:08
A new potential test for persistent Lyme disease uses an organism that's known to be good at picking up diseases: ticks.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 14:15
Here's another reason to love a dog: our best friend is helping scientists identify the genetic variations that may lead to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in people, according to new research. Because the human and canine versions are often similar — dogs may lick their paws to the point of injury while people may wash their hands until they bleed — the hope is these and other findings will help researchers develop new medications to treat the debilitating disorder.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 15:08
Japanese researchers have confirmed for the first time an association in mice between a genetic mutation and the intractable autoimmune disease lupus erythematosus.
Friday, February 14, 2014 - 14:58
Temporary blindness heightens hearing and has potential as a therapy for some deaf people, animal research suggests.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 16:28
Adult zebrafish can replace bones when they lose a tail fin. Knowing how they do it might lead to better ways to treat bone fractures in people, researchers say.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 15:23
An Irish scientist is trying to unravel the secrets of what we smell and how our noses evolved to aid survival. And she has come up with important answers by studying the sniffing skills of the bat.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 15:10
A new study on worms with a genetic mutation could play a role in developing personalized diets for humans.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 16:32
Dennis Kim, associate professor of biology at MIT, spends his days carefully raising worms that are no bigger than a comma. The students in his lab feed them, watching them grow and multiply on petri dishes that sit in a plastic tub.
Then they infect the worms with deadly bacteria and watch them fight for their lives.
But as the worms die, humans learn how the simplest immune system can stave off a deadly infection while swimming in a world of bacteria.
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 16:32
A team of Yale researchers says it has found a genetic cause of Tourette syndrome, a discovery that could lead to better medications for the hard-to-treat disorder.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 15:13
New research in mice suggests that a molecule linked to clogged arteries might activate the immune system to the point where it harms the body. The findings may explain why clogged arteries, a condition called atherosclerosis, have been tied to autoimmune disorders, which develop when the immune system goes awry.
"The lesson from this study is that immune diseases are not always a matter of immune system alone," said senior study author Yeonseok Chung, of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. "With our findings, we have just started to understand how factors in the circulatory system impact the immune system."
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Pediatric Voice Disorders
Voice disorders place over five million school-aged children at increased risk for inferior school performance and dysfunctional social development. The most common pathological cause of pediatric vocal dysfunction is the presence of vocal fold nodules, but there are a variety of other causes of voice disorders in children including vocal cysts and polyps, respiratory papilloma, vocal fold immobility and other lesions of the vocal folds. It is critical for the surgeon to actually visualize and assess any lesions on the child's vocal cords through endoscopic evaluation before beginning voice therapy treatment.
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The FOMC has authorized temporary reciprocal currency arrangements (central bank liquidity swaps) with certain foreign central banks to help provide liquidity in U.S. dollars to overseas markets. These swaps involve two transactions. First, when the foreign central bank draws on the swap line, it sells a specified amount of its currency to the Federal Reserve in exchange for dollars at the prevailing market exchange rate. The foreign currency that the Federal Reserve acquires is placed in an account for the Federal Reserve at the foreign central bank. This line in the statistical release reports the dollar value of the foreign currency held under these swaps.Second, the dollars that the Federal Reserve provides are deposited in an account for the foreign central bank at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. At the same time as the draw on the swap line, the Federal Reserve and the foreign central bank enter into a binding agreement for a second transaction in which the foreign central bank is obligated to repurchase the foreign currency at a specified future date at the same exchange rate. At the conclusion of the second transaction, the foreign central bank pays a market-based rate of interest to the Federal Reserve. Central bank liquidity swaps are of various maturities, ranging from overnight to three months.
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Release: H.4.1 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Factors Supplying Reserve Balances - Central Bank Liquidity Swaps [WCBLSA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/WCBLSA/, May 30, 2015.
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- Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
- This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
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on servers in eastern Europe and the Balkans. See? The s'kiddies think they "got me", but I'm just using them for off-site storage.
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I have 2 bits.
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Cool Roofs Initiative helps agencies achieve energy-saving goals
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President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13514 in October 2009, which established goals for agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy efficiency.
One of the ways agencies could do that is to install "cool roofs" on their buildings.
When a building has a regular, darker roof, it absorbs heat from sunlight. "The more reflective and the lighter the color of the roof, it actually increases what's called the 'albedo,' the reflection of the sun off of the building's surface," said Jennifer MacDonald, the director of DoE's Sustainability Performance Office. "So, it reduces the need to then cool the building further, especially as you are trying to maintain cooler temperatures in higher buildings."
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According to MacDonald, the cost of installing a cool roof is comparable to installing or replacing a standard roof. "There are special requirements in terms of the materials and the labor, but it's typically a comparable cost," she said.
As roofs come up for repair or new buildings are constructed, the Energy Department will typically install a cool roof. For example, the National Nuclear Security Administration has set aside a roof asset modernization program.
"They have about 2.5 million square feet that have been turned into cool roofs, at a savings of about half a million dollars and up to $10 million over the next 15 years," MacDonald said.
Chu introduces Cool Roofs Initiative
In July 2010, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu issued a memorandum directing that all DoE sites install cool roofs when it was cost effective, when a roof needed to be replaced or repaired.
"It's only when it's cost effective," said MacDonald, whose office was established to help DoE meet all of its sustainability goals and requirements. "These roofs ensure that we're gaining energy efficiency savings."
DoE has installed approximately 160 cool roofs, adding roofs when new buildings are being built or older roofs are being repaired.
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"About 50 percent of the buildings at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are cool roofs, which is a 27 percent increase from 2010," MacDonald said. "A number of our other laboratories have also redesigned their building specifications to include cool roofs, such as the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh and Morgantown, W.Va."
Those facilities have about 10 percent cool roofs, but they are ensuring that any new buildings or any buildings that need new roofs are going to have cool roofs installed.
When Chu issued his memorandum, he also sent out a letter to other agencies encouraging them to work on cool roof initiatives. DoE helps agencies to do that via the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP).
"They are specifically designed to help assist other agencies in meeting all of the energy and sustainability goals," MacDonald said. "So FEMP has additional resources on their website about the types of roofs that can be installed, potential service providers and also helpful tips."
Going white and green to save money and energy
One agency that has seen the installation of cool roofs help it meet its energy sustainability goals is the National Archives.
"The Department of Energy has been pushing white roofs for several years, and we were at a confluence of factors," said Mark Sprouse, the director of the National Archives facilities and property management division. He is responsible for building operations at the National Archives facility in College Park, Md.; the main National Archives building in downtown Washington, D.C.; and the energy conservation projects at all of the presidential libraries across the country.
"Our roofs were getting to be 25-years old, we needed to replace them anyways and it just sort of made sense to do that with a white roof and put the solar on it to meet the greenhouse gas reduction goals that we had set," he said.
Sprouse authored the National Archives' 2011 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan, which encourages the implementation of the cool roof initiative.
"Our policy is we're mirroring pretty much what Executive Order 13514 says," Sprouse said. "We've tied it all to greenhouse gas reductions. We set a goal two years ago for a 10 percent, across-the-board greenhouse gas reduction and that's how we're moving forward with our strategic energy conservation policies."
The National Archives' efforts already have proved to be a success, according to Sprouse. "As of last year, we'd already reduced it by 8 percent and we hope to reach the goal by the end of this year," he said. So far, the Archives has reduced its energy consumption by about $3 million per year. Of that, 3-5 percent is attributable to the green and white roof intitiatives, along with the solar panels placed on the white roof.
The National Archives has installed cool roofs at two facilities — one is the National Archives II in College Park, Md., and the other is The William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark. White and green roofs have been installed at both facilities, as well as solar panels to generate to electricity.
"By the time we removed the old roof and put the new roof on and put the solar panels in and tied them into the building electrical system, it took about six months," Sprouse said.
"It saves energy by two ways," Sprouse said. "It reduces the heat load underneath the roof and so we don't have to cool as much. It reflects the sun and the solar panels are producing about 30 kilowatts of power on a bright day, which we feed back into our building electrical system."
In addition, all of the roof drains at College Park empty into a 6,000 gallon tank in the building's central plant, which is used to irrigate the 33-acre compound. "We don't use any city water to irrigate the plants at Archives II," Sprouse said.
The rainwater also helps to keep the green roof green and, in turn, the green roof cuts down on stormwater runoff.
"When it rains, if you stand up on the green roof and watch, it takes almost an hour for water to start flowing off the roof and into the drains because the plants are absorbing all that water," Sprouse said. "That just cuts down on the stormwater that we're sending to the Chesapeake Bay."
Agencies have a number of considerations when choosing to install a cool roof, MacDonald said, but studies show that chief among them is the energy the roofs save.
"They think there's about a 15 percent decrease in annual air conditioning costs that are associated with installing these roofs," said MacDonald said, adding that there is no single solution that applies to every building or every department.
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Mystery damage no more
High-quality camera systems document every vehicle to help prevent mistaken damage claims.
What really scares a carwash owner or operator? Many will tell you, when it comes to scary, you can keep the creepy soundtrack and forget lumbering, radioactive lizards. Instead, industry regulations, expenses and issues can be counted on to cause any number of sleepless nights. One particular carwash problem that has long proven scarier than any fright-film fiend would be the monstrous damage claim.
Over the years, customer damage claims have proven more persistent than the guy with the hockey mask, and they have haunted more dreams than the ghoul on Elm Street. Thankfully, damage claim prevention camera systems have emerged, and they are ready to chase the nightmares away. After all, operating costs today are scary enough without the added fears of repainting car panels or replacing damaged rims.
Carwash culprits
How common are damage claims today? "Most carwash operators that call us about damage claim protection systems say that they are seeing anywhere from one to three claims per week," according to Allen Spears, chief engineer of CarWashCameras.com and a carwash owner.
The number of claims a business receives can depend on the type of equipment the carwash is using. One example is friction washing equipment. While the brushes and mitters clean cars well, damage claims seem to be higher in tunnels that use them, Spears stated.
Justin Alford, owner of the Benny's Car Wash, c-store and quick lube chain in Louisiana, utilizes damage claim prevention cameras in his carwashes. He said damage claims at his locations are now a rare occurrence. "But, when we do have them, it's great to have the cameras, I can tell you that much."
Common carwash damage culprits at Benny's include back windshield wipers and, specifically, Toyota Sienna bumpers. Alford explained that these particular bumpers are manufactured using plastic and are "cheaply made."
Spears cited damage problems with newer cars, older cars with new paint jobs and pickup trucks with aftermarket accessories. Over the years, other common repeat damage offenders included high-value sports cars and highly-customized vehicles.
Claims on camera
Most damage claims made by customers are not necessarily true, Alford stated. Often carwashes are blamed for scratches and damage only after a person notices something wrong with his or her car. Most will think back, and the first place that pops into many minds is the carwash.
Damage claim prevention camera systems are essential because they allow an operator to go back and see clearly what went into the tunnel and what came out.
In the typical setup, there will be vehicle inspection cameras in camera stanchions placed at the tunnel entrance before any wash process occurs. Another set will be installed at the exit of the tunnel. Spears said there are also overview cameras inside tunnels to monitor the process and equipment as a vehicle moves through wash.
Spears added that, in addition to damage, overview cameras in tunnels can reveal other dangerous situations. Examples include processes or machinery that are not working, broken equipment, dropped parts in the path of cars and even employees getting too close to equipment or crossing in front of cars.
For recording and viewing the footage, a digital video recorder (DVR) and a claims review station are also included. The DVR provides live views while recording and archiving every camera channel, Spears noted. The DVR is usually installed in a closet, office or even an equipment room. The claims review station usually consists of a large screen monitor and a mouse, and it is set up in an office to provide real time monitoring as well as a place to review recorded footage.
Benny's uses IP cameras and megapixel cameras to provide high-quality footage. The cameras record vehicles as they enter and exit the wash, and the cameras inside the tunnel monitor customer activities. "We can see if somebody stepped on their brake or turned their wheel or didn't follow instructions," Alford said.
In certain instances, these cameras can oversee employee activity as well. When a car is entering the carwash, the cameras can show that an employee instructed a customer the correct way, according to Alford. Also, Benny's has camera systems hooked to all registers so management can track and record what sales employees are ringing up.
Combined systems
Some damage claim systems available now come combined with traditional surveillance systems. Alford stated that Benny's utilizes this type of all-in-one system. The chain's older security systems were removed before the combined systems were installed.
With the IP cameras that are part of the combined surveillance and damage claim system, a carwash will need several terabytes of video storage space. To save hard drive space, the cameras do not constantly record. Instead, they are set to record only when motion occurs. Thus, the amount of Benny's stored video footage can depend on how busy the wash is. Alford estimated most of the washes can currently store 30 days of footage.
On the other hand, Spears recommended that a damage claim defense system have its own dedicated recorder and not share hard drive space with security camera footage. The extra DVR guarantees that an owner can save from one to four weeks of archived vehicle footage, depending on the busyness of the facility.
Perfecting placement
Up-close vehicle inspection stanchions are pre-set to contain the number of cameras needed for proper views and damage documentation, but the overview cameras often must be specially placed at optimum viewing locations.
Spears said some tunnels are short and have relatively open views, while others are extremely long and have view-blocking equipment. In cluttered tunnels, cameras are placed according to the final layout to provide views around equipment and other obstructions.
With combined systems, Alford suggested that owners walk their site and see what areas need to be monitored and where cameras should be placed. One thing that should be remembered is that a wire has to be run to every camera. "If you're using IP cameras, regular [wiring] is only rated for 100 meters," Alford said. "So we had one camera that was further; we had to run fiberoptic cable to it."
Recording results
The cameras are set and the system is recording. Now what? Spears said, at his own washes, he immediately saw a reduction in frivolous damage claims. The visible cameras let customers plainly see that every part of their vehicle was being documented and recorded.
At Spear's carwashes, the largest majority of claims were made by customers that discovered damage to their vehicle at the carwash and assumed that the carwash was responsible. "When I showed them the footage that proved that the damage was pre-existing, they [were] always surprised," he recalled. "They truly had no idea that the damage was already there." One explanation is that, many times, a scratch will look fresh after it has been washed and dried. This makes it very important to document the condition of a vehicle before it enters the first wash process.
Another common type of damage claim is a customer returning to the wash later in the day or the next day claiming that the carwash damaged a vehicle. Here, Spears would go back and look at the footage of the car leaving the tunnel, and more often than not, the damage was not there after the wash. Thus, the damage must have occurred after the customer left the property.
"Upon seeing the footage, the customer immediately begins retracing their movements after they left the carwash, and the carwash operator has successfully dodged a claim that [he or she] most certainly would have been blamed for otherwise," Spears stated.
Benny's damage claim system can create still pictures from the high-quality video footage as well. Alford described a situation where a customer would say "I had this when I went in, and I didn't have it when I came out." In this instance, a picture can be emailed or printed out and given to the customer to prove otherwise.
By preventing mistaken claims, these camera systems will eventually pay for themselves. Spears noted that the return on investment depends on a business's number of claims, types of claims and deductible or claims threshold. "Since an inspection system is relatively inexpensive, it may be as little as one or two higher-value claims," he said.
Damage response
When a customer makes a damage claim at a carwash, Spears said an owner or manager must go to the customer and communicate that the matter will be investigated immediately. Even so, the related footage should be reviewed in private to ascertain the circumstances, and then, if warranted, the customer can be brought in to see the footage or begin to process the claim.
Spears said the most important thing here is letting the customer know, up front, that his or her damage claim is taken seriously. This helps set the tone for any admission or denial that may follow.
Benny's has a unique damage claim procedure common to all their carwash locations, Alford said. First, a manager will inspect the damage and give the customer a tour of the tunnel. Next, the manager will ask if the customer saw any process in the tunnel that could have caused the damage in question.
At that point, customers are required to fill out and submit a form. The form is sent to a centralized damage office, and customers are called back to view the video. After seeing the video, if a customer is still not happy, the problem is referred to Benny's damage review board. This board is made up of three managers and an employee who acts as damage claims manager. The group gives an objective review of the case, and then the group votes and sides with either the wash or the customer.
"Our policy has always been the same, and it's still the same today. If it's something we think we did, we take care of it. It's no questions asked," Alford said. "We don't want to put a customer through anything."
Final word
Even with the cameras rolling and the claim process in place, Alford noted that his goal is still to do what's right for his customers. "We've been in the community since 1951, and I want to see somebody on the street and know that we made the right decision," he said. "And if we find out information later on … our goal is to do the right thing."
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OXFORD, Ohio - The Miami University volleyball team closed the 2012 season on a winning note, taking a 3-1 (24-26, 25-18, 25-22, 25-21) victory over Cincinnati in non-conference action on Saturday. Miami finishes the year at 10-20, while the Bearcats are 12-20.
It was a balanced offensive attack for the RedHawks that saw four different players finish with double-digit kills. Jenny Ingle led the way with 11 kills, while Meg Riley, Chelsea Visk and, in her final match, senior Lisa Treadway each contributed 10.
Each senior had a strong performance to conclude their RedHawk career. Treadway had only one attack error on 18 attempts to finish with a hitting percentage of .500. She just missed a double-double with nine digs. Amy Kendall recorded 22 assists and six digs, while Christina Menche had seven kills and four blocks.
Tied at seven in set one, a 5-1 run by Cincinnati put it in front, 12-8. The Bearcats maintained that advantage throughout the middle of the set and found themselves up 21-18 before Miami began to make its run. A UC attack error followed by a block from Ingle and Menche cut the deficit to one at 20-21. After the Bearcats put down a kill, a kill from Ingle, a UC attack error and a solo block by Sarah Chaney put the RedHawks in front, 23-22. Cincinnati would score the next two to create set point, but a service error would tie the score at 24. The Bearcats would then record back-to-back kills to earn a 26-24 win.
Three kills from Ingle helped lead Miami to a 6-3 advantage to begin set two. Cincinnati would eventually tie the score at eight before the 'Hawks went on a dominating 14-4 run to take control of the set at 22-12. During the run Visk recorded three straight service aces, while Ingle had two kills and two blocks. The Bearcats would close to within six at 18-24 on a 6-2 run of their own, but Treadway would give Miami a 25-18 win on a kill off of Kendall's assist.
Neither team could establish a lead of more than two points for the first 33 points of set three. Ingle and Visk each had a pair of kills during that period, but Miami could not pull away. In front 17-16, a kill from Treadway and a Cincinnati attack error would give the RedHawks their first three-point lead at 19-16. UC would answer with a 5-3 run to cut the deficit down to one at 21-22 and force a Miami timeout. Out of the break Visk put down a kill and Kendall had a service ace to create set point. Cincinnati fought it off once, but Visk responded with another kill off of Kendall's assist to allow the 'Hawks to win, 25-22.
Tied at four in set four, a block by Ingle and Menche sparked a 4-0 run that gave Miami an 8-4 advantage. The Bearcats responded with a 7-2 run of their own to take an 11-10 lead. The advantage went back-and-forth a couple of times until it was tied at 15. From there three kills by Chaney and one from Menche would make it 19-15 in favor of the Red and White. Cincinnati had one last run in it as it was able to close to within one at 20-21. Back-to-back kills from Visk and Treadway made it 23-20. The Bearcats answered with a kill, but Riley finished off the 25-21 win with a kill and a service ace.
As a team, the RedHawks hit .338 for the match, while holding UC to a .226 hitting percentage. Riley had a double-double, adding 27 assists to her 10 kills. She just missed a triple-double, finishing with eight digs. She hit .455 for the match. Ingle finished with a .435 hitting percentage and five blocks. Miami outblocked the Bearcats, 9-3, for the match. Madison Hardy led the 'Hawks with 11 digs.


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Like everyone else, I am saddened by the news that Google Reader will be shuttered. Ah well, you get what you pay for, I guess.
The real lesson here is that Google was unable to make any money from advertising on the RSS feeds. In fact, one might argue that they lost money because people were not going onto the sites to view the regular ads.
I wonder if this will be the start of a greater shakeout in the internet, as all these site/places that can't cover their costs start closing. It would be kind of sad, but at the same time, it would be nice to get rid of the "everything on the internet should be free" expectations that so many people seem to have.
Hmm, I wonder if I should be concerned about Blogger getting shut down.
Oh well, time to look for a decent alternative RSS reader.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The End of Google Reader
Like everyone else, I am saddened by the news that Google Reader will be shuttered. Ah well, you get what you pay for, I guess.
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- Stropp said...
I doubt you have to be concerned about Blogger closing, I reckon it might fall into the category of too big to fail.
On the other hand it isn't ever a bad idea to have a contingency plan in place.
- 9:36 PM, March 13, 2013
- Kadaan said...
Let us know what you find for reader replacements, and make sure to blog about it before they shut down reader :D.
- 11:17 PM, March 13, 2013
- Sgtbinary said...
I recomend Feedly, if you use a Smartphone or Tablet. I discovered it last night when I started searching for a replacement. They actually just put up an article concerning GReader shutting down: http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/
- 3:28 AM, March 14, 2013
- James Flinders said...
Feedly is ok - I've started using NetVibes today.
Allows setup of tabs for various different sets of feeds etc. Quite flexible, but i'm still getting used to it.
I think bloglines is using the same system as netvibes.
- 6:15 AM, March 14, 2013
- Dàchéng said...
I use Microsoft Outlook as my feed reader. I do most of my reading at the office.
- 6:16 AM, March 14, 2013
- flosch said...
I am very happy with Tiny Tiny RSS. It does all I want, and while the UI is very old-school style, it allows effective browsing and work.
There is one large downside, however: it's not a service provider, it's a piece of software. You need a server with a webserver and an SQL database to make it run. If you have that, however, you should definitely check out http://tt-rss.org. (And I just checked the site, and it says they're temporariliy downgrading to a low-volume website because of too much traffic. I wonder why…)
- 7:11 AM, March 14, 2013
- Bunnyfer said...
I am trying out Feedly....just installed it...still sad about the loss of Google Reader
- 7:16 AM, March 14, 2013
- Mike Bevil said...
I switched to Feedly and it is pretty much identical to GR with the exception of having the super-awesome "subscribe to google reader chrome plug-in" to make subscribing to a site super simple. Apparently, if you log into feedly with your google credentials, your feeds will automatically move to feedly's servers the dat Google shuts down.
- 7:57 AM, March 14, 2013
- Mike Bevil said...
I wonder if the death of GR is going to hurt blogs overall. I don't know how many people used Reader, but I can say for me that without it, I would not be interacting with 200+ blogs a week like I currently do - it is just too hard without an RSS reader. And so many of the alternative readers rely on google RSS to function. Seems to me this will cause a downturn in blog readership and even forums (which I also used Reader for)
- 8:01 AM, March 14, 2013
- Carly C said...
I primarily use Outlook myself. It's just easy to use... but I too miss the link that automatically adds a feed to Google reader. It was annoying to move my feeds to Outlook. Since I have Windows 8 I was looking for a good RSS reader... Seems the best one so far is My Reader... since it could absorb my already existing list easily. RSS app reader doesn't seem to have that option.
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