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Gardening indoors with soil & hydroponics / by Van Patten, George F.(CARDINAL)369810;

Introduction -- Credits -- History of Hydroponics -- Table of contents -- Internet -- Trade shows & expos -- 1: Horticulture -- Introduction -- Life cycle of annual vegetables and flowers -- Germination -- Seedling growth -- Vegetative growth -- Mother plants -- Taking cuttings -- Flowering -- 2: Seeds & Seedlings -- Introduction -- Seeds -- Germination -- Water -- Temperature -- Air (oxygen) -- Two popular germination techniques -- One: pre-soaking in water -- Two: direct seed -- Ordering seeds -- Storing seeds -- Seed pests -- Seedlings -- Buying seedlings -- 3: Vegetative Growth -- Introduction -- Cuttings and taking cuttings -- Mother plants -- Getting ready -- Precautions -- Rooting hormones -- Before taking cuttings -- Taking cuttings: step-by-step -- Cuttings from a flowering plant -- Storing cuttings -- Transplanting -- Transplanting: step-by-step -- Hardening off -- Pruning and bending -- Pruning -- Bending -- Air pruning roots -- Root pruning -- Chemical root pruning -- Stress -- 4: Flowering -- Introduction -- Long-day plants -- Hermaphrodites -- Seed crops -- Life cycle -- 5: Harvest -- Introduction -- Harvest -- 6: Indoor Gardens And Greenhouses -- Introduction -- Setting up the indoor garden: step-by-step -- Indoor garden checklist -- Greenhouses and cold frames -- Coverings -- Climate control -- 7: Light, Lamps & Electricity -- Introduction -- Light, spectrum, and photoperiod -- PAR and light spectrum -- Measuring light -- Light meters -- Photoperiod -- Intensity -- Inverse square law -- Lamp spacing -- Side lighting -- Rotating plants -- Plant spacing -- Reflective hoods -- Horizontal reflective hoods -- Vertical reflective hoods -- Air-cooled lamp fixtures -- No reflective hood -- Reflective hood study -- Reflective light -- More free growing light -- Light movers -- Setting up a light mover: step-by-step -- High intensity discharge (HID) lights -- HID ballasts -- HID bulbs -- Metal halide systems -- Construction & operation -- Lumen maintenance and life -- Metal halide ballasts -- Metal halide bulbs -- High pressure sodium systems -- Operation and construction -- Life and lumen maintenance -- HP sodium ballasts -- HP sodium bulbs -- Conversion bulbs -- HP sodium to metal halide -- Metal halide to HP sodium -- Mercury vapor lamps -- Fluorescents lamps -- Construction and operation -- Other lamps -- Incandescent lamps -- LP sodium lamps -- Tungsten halogen lamps -- Electricity & safety -- Electricity consumption -- Generators -- Timers -- Setting up the HID system: step-by-step -- 8: Soil And Containers -- Introduction -- PH -- Humates chelate -- Soil temperature -- Potting soil -- Mushroom compost -- Soilless mix -- Cutting and seedling -- Cubes and mixes -- Soil amendments -- Soil mixes -- Compost -- Growing medium disposal -- Growing medium problems -- Containers -- Drainage -- Container shape, size, and maintenance -- Green roots -- 9: Water & Nutrients -- Introduction -- Water quality -- Hard water -- Sodium chloride -- Osmosis -- Reverse osmosis -- Irritation -- Overwatering -- Underwatering -- Drip systems -- Misdiagnosed disorders -- Nutrients -- Macronutrients -- Nitrogen (N) mobile -- Phosphorus (P) mobile -- Potassium (K) mobile -- Secondary nutrients -- Magnesium (Mg) mobile -- Calcium (Ca) immobile -- Chelates -- Sulfur (S) immobile -- Micronutrients -- Zinc (Zn) mobile -- Manganese (Mn) immobile -- Iron (Fe) immobile -- Boron (B) immobile -- Chlorine (chloride) (CL) immobile -- Cobalt (CO) immobile -- Copper (Cu) immobile -- Molybdenum (Mb) immobile -- Silicon (SI) immobile -- Nickel (Ni) -- Sodium (Na) -- Fluoride (F) -- Other elements -- Fertilizers -- Chemical fertilizers -- Organic fertilizers -- Organic teas -- Mixing fertilizers -- Fertilizer application -- Foliar feeding -- Spreaders-stickers -- Additives -- Abscisic acid (ABA) -- Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) Aspirin -- Auxins -- Bacteria -- B 9 folic acid -- Cellulase -- Cytokinins -- Enzymes -- Ethylene gas -- Flower saver plus -- Fulvic acid -- Gibberellins -- Humic acid -- Hydrogen peroxide -- Indole 3 butyric acid (IBA) -- Isopentyl adenine (IPA) -- Rhizobuim -- Spray-n-grow -- Sugar -- Trichoderma (002/003) -- Zeatin -- 10: Hydroponic Gardening -- Introduction -- Hydroponic systems -- Ebb and Flow gardens -- Build your own Ebb & Flow system -- Air tables -- Deep water culture (DWC) -- Top-feed systems -- Top-feed buckets -- Multiple bucket top-feed -- Top-feed slabs: slabs in individual trays -- Tables of slabs -- Individual blocks -- Vertical top-feed systems -- Nutrient film technique (NFT) -- Bioponic culture -- Aeroponics -- Growing mediums -- Sterilizing -- PH -- EC, TDS, DS, CF, PPM -- EC meters -- Hydroponic nutrients -- Nutrient solutions -- Solution maintenance -- Hydro-organic -- Nutrient solution composition -- Reservoirs -- Reservoir temperature -- Irrigation -- Nutrient disorders -- 11: Air -- Introduction -- Air movement -- Stomata -- Circulation -- Ventilation -- Intake air -- Temperature -- Thermostats -- Humidity -- Measuring relative humidity -- CO 2 enrichment -- Measuring CO -- Producing CO 2 -- CO 2 emitter systems -- CO 2 generator systems -- Other ways to make CO 2 -- Compost and organic growing mediums -- Fermentation -- Dry ice -- Baking soda and vinegar -- Negative ion generators -- Ozone generators -- Ozone damage -- Activated carbon filters -- Setting up the vent fan: step-by-step -- 12: Pests And Diseases -- Introduction -- Prevention -- Control -- Insect control -- Sprays and traps, chemical fungicides, insecticides, and miticides -- Spreader-sticker for pesticides -- Abamectin -- Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and other bacillus species -- Baking soda -- Bleach, laundry -- Bordeaux mixture -- Boric acid -- Bug bombs -- Copper -- Diatomaceous earth (DE) -- Homemade pest and disease sprays -- Neem -- Neem oil -- Nicotine and tobacco sprays -- Oil, horticultural -- Pyrethrum -- Synthetic pyrethroids -- Quassia -- Rotenone -- Ryania -- Sabadilla -- Seaweed -- Soap, insecticidal -- Sulfur -- Traps -- Water -- Biological controls -- Predators and parasites -- Spider mites and insects -- Spider mites -- Aphids -- Bees & wasps -- Beetle borers -- Caterpillars and loopers -- Leafhoppers -- Leaf miners -- Fungus gnats -- Mealybugs and scale -- Nematodes -- Root maggot -- Slugs and snails -- Thrips -- Whiteflies -- Fungi and diseases -- Prevention -- Control -- Gray mold (botrytis) -- Damping-off -- Downy mildew -- Blight -- Foliar spots and fungi -- Fusarium wilt -- Green algae -- Powdery mildew -- Root rot -- Pythium wilt/rot -- Sooty mold -- Verticilluim wilt -- Viruses -- Tomato problems images -- Spraying -- 13: Plant Selection Guide -- Ornamentals -- Orchids -- Vegetables -- Appendix -- Conversion charts and tables -- Calculations for metric users -- Glossary -- Index -- Advertising.From back cover: A best seller since 1986, now expanded and completely rewritten with all new information! More than 670 full color photos, drawings, charts and graphs illustrate every detail of this authoritative easy-to-understand book. Numerous simple cultivation solutions make it appealing to novice gardeners. Seasoned gardeners are also able to find answers to all their questions. Discover how to achieve the biggest best yields even with limited space and a small budget. Learn how to grow while taking an exclusive photo tour of some of the most interesting indoor gardens and greenhouses in the world.

Subjects: Hydroponics.; Indoor gardening.;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3

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The last odyssey : a thriller / by Rollins, James,1961-author.(CARDINAL)735202(CARDINAL)349471;

"For eons, the city of Troy--whose legendary fall was detailed in Homer's Iliad--was believed to be myth, until archaeologists in the nineteenth century uncovered its ancient walls buried beneath the sands. If Troy was real, how much of Homer's twin tales of gods and monsters, curses and miracles--The Iliad and The Odyssey--could also be true and awaiting discovery? In the frozen tundra of Greenland, a group of modern-day climatologists and archaeologists stumble on a shocking find: a medieval ship buried a half mile below the ice. The ship's hold contains a collection of even older artifacts--tools of war--dating back to the Bronze Age. Inside the captain's cabin is a magnificent treasure that is as priceless as it is miraculous: a clockwork gold atlas encircled by an intricate silver astrolabe. The mechanism is signed with the name of its creator, Ismail al-Jazari, a famous Muslim inventor considered to be the Da Vinci of the Arab world--a brilliant scientist who inspired Leonardo's own work. Once activated, the moving globe traces the path of Odysseus' famous ship as it sailed away from Troy. But the route detours as the map opens to reveal an underground river leading to a hidden realm underneath the Mediterranean Sea. The map indicates that this subterranean world is called Tartarus, the Greek name for Hell. In mythology, Tartarus was where the wicked were punished and the monstrous Titans of old, imprisoned. When word of Tartarus spreads--and of the cache of miraculous weapons said to be hidden there--tensions explode in this volatile region where Turks battle Kurds, terrorists wage war, and civilians suffer untold horrors. The phantasmagoric horrors found in Homer's tales are all too real--and could be unleashed upon the world. Whoever possesses them can use their awesome power to control the future of humanity. Now, Sigma Force must go where humans fear to tread. To prevent a tyrant from igniting a global war, they must cross the very gates of Hell."--

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Action and adventure fiction.; Scientists; Scientific expeditions; Special forces (Military science); Antiquities; Special operations (Military science); Weapons, Ancient;

Available copies: 100 / Total copies: 117

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The cat in the box : a history of science in 100 experiments / by Gribbin, Mary,author.(CARDINAL)355168; Gribbin, John,1946-author.(CARDINAL)329803;

Includes bibliographical references (page 280) and index.The upward thrust of water -- Measuring the diameter of the Earth -- The eye as a pinhole camera -- Dissecting the human body -- Measuring the magnetic field of the Earth -- Measuring inertia -- Circulation of the blood -- Weighing the atmosphere -- Resisting the squeeze -- Revealing the microscopic world -- All the colors of the rainbow -- The speed of light is finite -- Vitamin at sea -- Conducting the lightning -- The heat of ice -- Steaming ahead -- Breathing plants and pure air -- Opening up the solar system -- Animal heat, but no animal magic -- Twitching frogs and electric piles -- Weighing the Earth -- Boring experiments on heat -- The first vaccine -- Feeling invisible light -- Cosmic rubble -- Flying high with hydrogen -- Light is a wave -- Discovering atoms -- Electrifying science -- Quantifying chemistry -- Thinking about the power of fire -- A random walk -- The magnetism of electricity -- The death of vitalism -- Making electricity -- An uplifting experience -- Blood heat -- Trumpeters on a train -- The speed of ice -- Absorbing radiant heat -- The leviathan of Parsonstown -- Controversy and controls -- From fire light to star light -- Prevention is better than cure -- Pinning down the speed of light -- Death to bacteria -- The flowering of evolution theory -- The benzene snake dance -- The monk and the peas -- The importance of nothing -- Feeling the squeeze -- The speed of light is constant -- Sparking radio into light -- Noble gases and a noble Lord -- The birth of biochemistry -- Enter the X-ray -- Enter the electron -- Radioactivity revealed -- Knocking electrons with light -- A Pavlovian response -- Journey to the center of the Earth -- Inside the atom -- A ruler for the universe -- The discovery of nucleic acids -- Evolution at work -- Something to brag about -- Light from the darkness -- Electron waves and quantum duality -- Taking the rough with the smooth -- An antibiotic breakthrough? -- Splitting th atom -- Making vitamin C -- Probing proteins -- Artificial radioactivity -- The cat in the box -- Fission gets heavy -- The first nuclear reactor -- The first programmable computer -- Discovering the role of DNA -- Jumping genes -- The Alpha helix -- Making the molecules of life -- Masers and lasers -- Magnetic stripes and sea-floor spreading -- Detecting the Ghost particle -- A vital vitamin -- The breathing planet -- The echo of the Big Bang -- Clocking into relativity -- Making waves in the universe -- The pacemaker of ice ages -- the world is non-local -- The ultimate quantum experiment -- The accelerating universe -- Mapping the human genome -- Fifteen equals three times five -- Making matter massive -- The composition of the universe -- Experiment 101."This book distills the history of science into 100 epic experiments that have fueled our understanding of Earth and the Universe beyond. Everything in the scientific world view is based on experiment, including observations of phenomena predicted by theories and hypotheses, such as the bending of light as it goes past the Sun. As the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman said, "If it disagrees with experiment, it is wrong." From the discovery of microscopic worlds and gravitational waves, to the weighing the Earth, to making electricity, this stunning book by renowned science writers John and Mary Gribbin tells the enlightening, fascinating, and somewhat oddball story of scientific innovation."--(WorldCAT).

Subjects: Science; Science; Technological innovations;

Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8

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The 4-hour body : an uncommon guide to rapid fat-loss, incredible sex, and becoming superhuman / by Ferriss, Timothy.(CARDINAL)351317;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Start here. Thinner, bigger, faster, stronger?: how to use this book -- Fundamentals. The minimum effective dose: from microwaves to fat-loss ; Rules that change the rules: everything popular is wrong -- Ground zero: getting started and Swaraj. The Harajuku moment: the decision to become a complete human ; Elusive bodyfat: where are you really? ; From photos to fear: making failure impossible -- Subtracting fat. The slow-carb diet I: how to lose 20 pounds in 30 days without exercise ; The slow-carb diet II: the finer points and common questions ; Damage control: preventing fat gain when you binge ; The four horsemen of fat-loss: PAGG ; Ice age: mastering temperature to manipulate weight ; The glucose switch: beautiful number 100 ; The last mile: losing the final 5-10 pounds -- Adding muscle. Building the perfect posterior (or losing 100+ pounds) ; Six-minute abs: two exercises that actually work ; From geek to freak: how to gain 34 pounds in 28 days ; Occam's protocol I: a minimalist approach to mass ; Occam's protocol II: the finer points -- Improving sex. The 15-minute female orgasm--part un ; The 15-minute female orgasm--part deux ; Sex machine I: adventures in tripling testosterone ; Happy endings and doubling sperm count -- Perfecting sleep. Engineering the perfect night's sleep ; Becoming uberman: sleeping less with polyphasic sleep -- Reversing injuries. Reversing "permanent" injuries ; How to pay for a beach vacation with one hospital visit ; Pre-hab: injury-proofing the body -- Running faster and farther. Hacking the NFL combine I: preliminaries--jumping higher ; Hacking the NFL combine II: running faster ; Ultraendurance I: going from 5K to 50K in 12 weeks--phase I ; Ultraendurance II: going from 5K to 50K in 12 weeks--phase II -- Getting stronger. Effortless superhuman: breaking world records with Barry Ross ; Eating the elephant: how to add 100 pounds to your bench press -- From swimming to swinging. How I learned to swim effortlessly in 10 days ; The architecture of Babe Ruth ; How to hold your breath longer than Houdini -- On longer and better life. Living forever: vaccines, bleeding, and other fun -- Closing thoughts. Closing thoughts: the Trojan horse -- Appendices. Helpful measurements and conversions ; Getting tested--from nutrients to muscle fibers ; Muscles of the body (partial) ; The value of self-experimentation ; Spotting bad science 101: how not to trick yourself ; Spotting bad science 102: so you have a pill-- ; The slow-carb diet--194 people ; Sex machine II: dangers and details ; The meatless machine I: reasons to try a plant-based diet for two weeks; The meatless machine II: a 28-day experiment.The best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek outlines a program for healthy living that draws on 15 years of research and interviews with leading doctors and health-care experts to offer insight into genetic factors, nutrition requirements and fitness practices.

Subjects: Health.; Physical fitness.; Weight loss.;

Available copies: 28 / Total copies: 40

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The sight / by Clement-Davies, David,1961-(CARDINAL)654688;

In Transylvania during the Middle Ages, a pack of wolves sets out on a perilous journey to prevent their enemy--an embittered lone wolf named Morgra--from calling upon the legendary Evil One that will give her the power to control all animals.890LAccelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Romance fiction.; Wolves; Voyages and travels; Extrasensory perception; Romance fiction; Middle Ages; Wolves; Extrasensory perception; Human-animal relationships; Middle Ages;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7

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Singing for dummies / by Phillips, Pamelia S.(Pamelia Sue)(CARDINAL)543403;

Introduction -- About this book -- How to use this book and the CD to improve your singing -- How this book is organized -- Icons used in this book -- Where to go from here -- pt. I. Exploring the mechanics of singing -- 1. So you want to sing... -- I love to sing! : what singing is really all about -- What you want to know right from the beginning -- Developing your singing voice -- Working the different parts of your voice -- Applying your technique -- Applying technique to performance -- 2. Getting in the right frame of spine -- Evaluating your posture -- Creating correct posture -- Releasing tension -- 3. Breathing for singing -- Breathing basics -- Practicing inhalation -- Practicing exhalation -- Advancing your breath control -- 4. Toning up the voice -- Defining tone -- Flexing your singing muscles -- Matching pitch whether you're tone deaf or not -- Releasing tension for better tone -- pt. II. Discovering your singing voice -- 5. Matching voice types : more than your average dating service -- Sifting through the ingredients to determine your voice type -- Identifying the fab four -- Casting call -- Determining your voice type -- 6. Acquiring beautiful tone -- Creating tone -- Releasing tone -- Sustaining tone -- Finding your vibrato -- 7. Exploring resonance -- Good vibrations -- Eliminating nasality -- Debunking common misconceptions -- 8. Shaping your vowels for clarity -- Getting your backside into shape, back vowels, that is -- Mastering the front vowels -- 9. Exercising consonants for articulation -- Making tip consonants -- Making soft palate consonants -- Working lip consonants -- Working combination consonants --pt. III. Developing your technique -- 10. Developing a practice routine -- Knuckling down to a practice plan -- Getting answers to your practicing questions -- Warming up -- Exercising your voice -- Practicing correctly -- 11. Discovering the parts of your singing voice -- Finding your middle voice -- Checking out your chest voice -- Aiming high with head voice -- Making a smooth transition -- 12. Raising the roof on your range -- Tactics for tackling register transitions -- Working on your range -- Taking your agility to new levels -- Improvising for a better pop sound -- 13. Guys and dolls : what's unique about your voice -- Doing it for the boys -- You go girl! -- 14. Tuning up your speaking voice for belting -- Playing around with pitch -- Defining healthy belting -- Preparing for belting -- 15. Finding the right voice teacher for you -- Yes! A voice teacher is right for you -- Searching for the best voice teacher -- Knowing what to expect from the teacher -- Knowing what to expect from yourself -- Making your first lesson a success -- 16. Training for singing -- Defining training requirements -- Training tossing at any age -- Training with a choir -- pt. IV. Singing in performance -- 17. Selecting your music material -- Choosing the song -- Shopping for the hard copy -- 18. Mastering the musical elements -- Tackling a song in steps -- Reading musical notation -- Using vocal technique in your new song -- 19. Acting the song -- Seeing the song as a story -- Exploring character -- Getting physical -- 20. Confronting your fear of performing -- Facing the symptoms -- Alleviating anxiety through preparation -- Performing to build confidence -- 21. Auditioning a song for musical theater -- Getting some tips on musical theater -- Selecting your songs -- Getting yourself and your music ready -- What goes on at an audition? --pt. V. The part of tens -- 22. Ten performers with good technique -- Eileen Farrell -- Frederica von Stade -- Luciano Pavarotti -- Audra McDonald -- Brian Stokes Mitchell -- Karen Carpenter -- Elvis Presley -- Luther Vandross -- LeAnn Rimes -- Garth Brooks -- 23. Ten FAQ about singing -- Is belting bad? -- Why doesn't my voice work sometimes? -- What's the difference between a coach, voice teacher, and an accompanist? -- If my voice is scratchy, do I have nodes? -- Do I have to be fat to have a big voice? -- What's the best singing method? -- Do I have to speak Italian to sing well? -- Can I have a few drinks before the performance to calm my nerves? -- Why can't I eat ice cream before I sing? -- What do I do if my voice is husky, breathy, strident, muffled, and hooty? -- 24. Ten tips to maintaining vocal health -- Figuring out everyday abuses -- Incorporating healthy speech into your singing -- Getting the skinny on weight -- Keeping yourself hydrated -- Getting plenty of shut-eye -- Making sure you're well-nourished -- Preventing a sore throat or infection -- Medicating a sore throat -- Keeping your emotional life in check -- Paying your voice teacher -- 25. Ten tips for performing like a pro -- Rehearsing to beat the band -- Wearing the right duds -- Finding your stance -- Singing with a piano, organ, or band -- Making your entrance -- Roping in your audience -- Ignoring that mosquito -- Handling those hands -- Using the mic -- Taking your bow --pt. VI. Appendixes -- Appendix A. Suggested songs to advance your singing technique -- Classical : ten songs for soprano -- Classical : ten songs for mezzo -- Classical : ten songs for tenor -- Classical : ten songs for baritone or bass -- Musical theater : ten songs for soprano -- Musical theater : ten songs for mezzo -- Musical theater : ten belt songs for women -- Musical theater : ten songs for tenor -- Musical theater : ten songs for baritone/tenor -- Musical theater : ten belt songs for men -- Country : ten songs for women -- Country : ten songs for men -- Pop : ten songs for women -- Pop : ten songs for men -- Appendix B. About the CD -- Finding the "on the CD" icon -- Tracks on the CD -- Troubleshooting.Complete with an audio CD that lets readers practice along to exercises from the book, this engaging guide provides aspiring singers with sound advice to take their skills to the next level

Subjects: Sound recordings.; Programmed instructional materials.; Singing;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6

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