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BERLIN (AP) — Three rounds of games remain in the Bundesliga, increasing the pressure on the sides fighting to avoid the drop and those battling for European football next season. League champion Bayern Munich is preoccupied with overturning its narrow loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League semifinal, while time is running out for Eintracht Braunschweig, Nuremberg and Hamburger SV. Stuttgart, which took a big step toward survival last weekend, gets the 32nd round of games underway at Hannover on Friday. Here are five things to know:
The bottom three appear to be slugging it out among themselves with Stuttgart four points clear of the relegation zone.
Braunschweig (25 points), Nuremberg (26) and Hamburg (27) are eying the relegation playoff spot as their most likely hope for Bundesliga survival. Currently occupied by Hamburg, it pits the 16th-placed club against the third-place finisher in the second division over two games for a place in the 18-team top flight.
Braunschweig has arguably the easiest end-of-season run in, with games against Hertha Berlin, Augsburg and Hoffenheim. Nuremberg, which sacked its coach on Wednesday, plays Mainz, Hannover and Schalke, while Hamburg faces Augsburg, Bayern Munich and Mainz.
Nuremberg sacked Gertjan Verbeek on Wednesday after a run of eight defeats from nine games and former under-23 coach Roger Prinzen has been charged with saving the side's season.
His task begins Saturday at Mainz.
"Everybody believes we're already relegated but I firmly believe we'll stay up," Prinzen said. "We're only a point off the relegation playoff place. I know what the team is capable of. We want to call on that with all of our might in the remaining games."
Mainz is aiming to defend seventh place, enough to secure European football next season.
Bayer Leverkusen also has its eyes on Europe, with the priority on defending fourth place for the last Champions League spot. Leverkusen has two wins from two games under interim coach Sascha Lewandowski since Sami Hyypia was fired, but faces a tough task Saturday evening against in-form Borussia Dortmund.
"If we miss out on the Champions League we'll be disappointed," said Leverkusen managing director Michael Schade, whose side has only a one-point lead over Wolfsburg.
Second-placed Dortmund is on a five-game winning streak across all competitions including impressive wins over Bayern and Real Madrid.
Wolfsburg is guaranteed Europa League football next season but has set its sights on fourth place and a place in the Champions League.
"If Leverkusen slip up then we'll happily accept it," Wolfsburg striker Ivica Olic told the Bundesliga website.
His side hosts Freiburg on Saturday, when both sides will be depleted due to suspension. Wolfsburg is without midfielder Luiz Gustavo, while Freiburg, all but safe for another season, will be without defender Oliver Sorg and midfielder Felix Klaus.
Borussia Moenchengladbach, four points behind Wolfsburg, visits third-placed Schalke on Sunday.
On Saturday, Werder Bremen visits a Bayern side distracted by Tuesday's Champions League semifinal home leg against Real Madrid.
Bayern coach Pep Guardiola made no secret of his priorities after his side clinched the Bundesliga in record time, and the Spaniard will surely be preoccupied with overturning the 1-0 deficit against Madrid after Bayern's loss in the Spanish capital on Wednesday.
It was Bayern's third defeat from six games across all competitions, though the dream of repeating last season's unprecedented league-cup-Champions League treble is still alive.
"I'm more optimistic than I was before the away game," Guardiola said referring to Tuesday's upcoming game.
Bremen has more modest priorities. The side needs just one point from its last three games to guarantee Bundesliga survival.


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The planning structure at PCC is multi-leveled and it is designed to fulfill the College Mission and EMP. The College Mission-based EMP is the highest planning document at the College and informs all subsequent levels of planning. The Facilities and Technology Master Plans exist to further the EMP and achieve the College Mission in the areas of physical resources and technology infrastructure, hardware, software, and services. The Broad Recommendations of the Institutional Effectiveness Committee inform the development and revision of the three Master Plans. Thus, program review informs the Master Plans. Below the Master Plans, a tri-level structure encompasses all departments and services at the College.
Program Review directly informs Department, Unit, and Area plans. Planning at PCC is based on the evidence-based recommendations that result from program/unit reviews. The dialogue that occurs between managers, classified staff, and faculty members at all planning levels supports continuous communication in the planning process. Plans at each level inform the plans "above" and "below" them in the hierarchy.
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Data sets are updated regularly by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and placed into planning workspaces within the TaskStream software to allow easy access for plan authors. Part of the planning training familiarizes faculty, staff, managers, and administrators with the data sets and their usage for program review and planning. As program review and plan authors identify additional data requirements, the data is uploaded into TaskStream. The following consistent data sets are uploaded for planning authors in TaskStream:
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Since the early 1970s, local, state, and federal governments across the United States have enacted a host of environmental protection laws. On the federal level alone, such laws include the Clean Air and Clean Water acts, the Endangered Species Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act. Most Americans tends to take for granted the many regulations that have improved not only the quality of air and water but their quality of life as well. If they think about it at all, they may feel inconvenienced by regulations tht affect them personally, such as mandatory curbside recycling and automobile emissions testing.
On the other hand, the growth of regulation is felt keenly in some quarters. This includes manufacturers saddled with costly pollution-control measures, developers limited by zoning control and environmental laws, and ranchers forced to modify their use of public grazing lands. Together, these and other disparate interests have formed the "property rights movement," dedicated to rolling back health, safety, and environmental regulations that limit their activities and squeeze their pocketbooks.
One of this movement's weapons is the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provides that private property [shall not] be taken for public use without just compensation. The 'takings" clause applies to certain regulatory actions that impose severe economic burdens on businesses or property owners as well as to the government's outright appropriation of private property. Anyone who believes that the government has violated his or her property rights can go to court and seek "just compensation."
Once an obscure area of constitutional law, regulatory takings has become a topic of keen interest and debate in the courts and among legal commentators. And when the Supreme Court accepted a trio of takings cases for review in 1992, proponents looked to add new protections for private property rights against government intrusion.
The court quickly dismissed one case, and it rejected a second one on narrow grounds unrelated to the regulatory-takings issue. In Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, the South Carolina Supreme Court had rejected a beachfront property owner's challenge to restrictions prohibiting residential construction or any other substantial development along the shore. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed this decision, holding that when regulation makes property valueless, there is a strong presumption that compensation will be due.
The outcome of the debate over property rights is likely to shape the character of federal and state regulations for decades to come. It is also shaping our understanding of a citizen's rights and responsibilities in an increasingly complex and crowded society.
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The protection against takings, like other guarantees in the Bill of Rights, is designed to prevent the government from unfairly singling out an individual to bear a burden the public as a whole should share. If the public nees a road, the Fifth Amendment says, the majority cannot serve the general good by simply seizing someone's land. By analogy, say the staunchest advocates of property rights, if the public wants to protect endangered species, preserve wetlands, maintain an historic district, or achieve a variety of other conservation objectives, individual property owners should not have to bear the burden alone.
Although the property-rights argument has undeniable force, there also are obvious limits on such rights. As Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes observed in the case of Pennsylvania Coal v. Mahon, government "could hardly go on" if it had to pay compensation every time it diminished property values. Especially today, governmental action is so pervasive, and its effects on property values so common, that it would be virtually impossible to keep track of, let alone compensate, every economic harm. Moreover, regulations can actually serve to protect and enhance property rights in many instances. …


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"Monster", the name will surprise many. Even in Dutch it also means monster (hydious creature), but the name obviously descends from Latin "Monasterium". From an Abbey or Monastery one can now find nothing, but ... here it is: Monster.
Just South of The Hague, this village has surprisingly much to offer. Wonderful dunes and beach, especially for families with children as it is definately not that busy or trendy. Just simple sea, sand, surf and on a good day sun. Few cafetaria for an icecream or a drink. Enough parkingspace and a little camping. Monster itself offers a cosy little village with a magnificent windmill. This is a place to be, if you want to enjoy the Northsea "off the beaten path".
In The Netherlands there's a saying, that means that you are completely crazy.
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Prevent this from happening, because getting "crazy" is definately the lightest injury you can get from such experience. (-:
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What do you think are the best rap lines in your favortie rap diddes?
Common-One hoe said Ice Cube was her favortie rapper so I had to slap her
Snoop doog-Now here a joke that I heard mamma joke I heard you just might like, your momz was a frisco dyke.
Nas-Everyone was afrid to hug you cause you was ugly
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Real brothas for ya hear
Knock knock
[BG Knocc Out]
Who's there ?
Well its the gang S-T-A-ster
[BG Knocc Out]
The gangsta who ?
Yo its your brother gangsta Dresta
Open up the door so I can flow and let 'em know
That me and BG Knocc is good to go to make the dough
Thats my little brother, thats my dog, thats my nigga
I'm the big brother cos i'm older and i'm bigger
Here to clock the ends and hit the skins on the daily
My little brother BG Knocc he drives the girlies crazy
Close like buddies but yo he mo' than my brother
We got two others and CC is our mother
Grew up in Compton and the bootys on the westside
Used to live in the eastside but we chose the bestside
Had it kinda rough but that only made us tough
We don't take much stuff, we kick up nuff dust
Trust no hoe, or no man, shit can't even trust each other
And even though I love her, time for me to drop my mother
And thats just the way we was raise back in the days
Me, myself and I from the cradle to the grave
Never had a daddy, damn right i'mma bastard
Mama was my daddy because daddy wasn't a factor
Don't feel bad because I don't need a dad
Its like this, I can't miss what I never had
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BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) -- A grizzly bear killed a trainer Tuesday at a private facility for exotic animals used in movies and television, authorities said.
Three experienced handlers were working with the bear at Randy Miller's Predators in Action facility when the bear bit the 39-year-old man on the neck, said San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers.
The center's staff used pepper spray to subdue and contain the bear and there were no other injuries, she said.
A county Fire Department traumatic injury response unit responded about 3 p.m., but could not revive the man.
The victim's name was not immediately released.
Sheriff's Sgt. Dave Phelps said the bear was a 5-year-old male named Rocky. The Predators in Action Web site says Rocky is 7 1/2 feet tall, weighs 700 pounds and appeared in a scene in "Semi-Pro" in which Will Ferrell's character wrestles a bear to promote his basketball team.
Calls seeking comment from Miller, a stuntman and operator of Predators in Action, were not immediately returned Tuesday evening. Miller doubled for Ferrell in the bear wrestling match, according to the center's site.
The center, located in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles, says it has two grizzlies, and also trains lions, tigers, leopards, cougars and wolves for uses ranging from film and TV to advertising and education.
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A Better India, a Better World
Penguin Books India, 2009 - 290 pages
With one of the highest GDP growth rates in the world and an array of recent achievements in technology, industry and entrepreneurship, India strides confidently towards the future. But, in the world's largest democracy, not everyone is equally fortunate. Some 300 million Indians are still prey to hunger, illiteracy and disease, and 53 per cent of India's children are still undernourished.
What will it take for India to bridge this great divide? When will the fruits of development reach the poorest of the poor, and wipe the tears from the eyes of every man, woman and child, as Mahatma Gandhi had dreamt? And how should this, our greatest challenge ever, be negotiated?
In this extraordinarily inspiring and visionary book, N.R. Narayana Murthy, who pioneered, designed and executed the Global Delivery Model that has become the cornerstone of India's success in information technology services outsourcing, shows us that a society working for the greatest welfare of the greatest number samasta jananam sukhino bhavantu'must focus on two simple things: values and good leadership. Drawing on the remarkable Infosys story and the lessons learnt from the two decades of post-reform India, Narayana Murthy lays down the ground rules that must be followed if future generations are to inherit a truly progressive nation.
Built on Narayana Murthy's lectures delivered around the world, A Better India: A Better World is a manifesto for the youth, the architects of the future, and a compelling argument for why a better India holds the key to a better world.
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The Need for Excellence
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What Can We Learn from the West?
The Role of Discipline in Accelerating National Development
How Can We Stop Corruption in India?
A Leadership Mindset for a Resurgent India
A Checklist or a Mindset?
Corporate Governance and its Relevance to India
A Practitioners Viewpoint
A New Model for Effective Public Governance
Compassionate Capitalism
Reflections of an Entrepreneur
In Praise of Secularism
My Empowered India
Population and Economic Development in India
A Framework for Urban Planning in Modern India
The Eight Visions that Changed the Face of India
What Would I Do if I Were the Principal
The Unfinished Agenda
Lessons from the Infosys Journey
On Entrepreneurship
Do We Need a Flat World?
Making Globalization Work for India
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Link REIT Posts 21% Income Rise
HONG KONG—Link Real Estate Investment Trust, the largest Hong Kong-listed property trust by market capitalization, said Wednesday distributable income for its fiscal first half increased 21% year-to-year earlier because of rising rental income.
Link REIT, whose portfolio comprises shopping malls and parking facilities, said its distributable income for the six months ended Sept. 30 totaled 1.42 billion Hong Kong dollars (US$182.8 million), up from HK$1.17 billion.
The company, which has about 11 million square feet of retail space and 80,000 car-parking spaces, said it expects rental growth to continue in the six months ending March 2012, as strong retail sales and tourist arrivals are set to outweigh inflationary pressures.
The trust will seek more acquisitions in the local retail market. It purchased the commercial area of Nan Fung Plaza, a property in Tseung Kwan O in Hong Kong's New Territories, from Nan Fung Group for HK$1.17 billion in June.
"The Link REIT has a strong financial position and sufficient fund-raising capacity to finance future acquisitions," it said in a statement.
Revenue rose 10% to HK$2.89 billion from HK$2.62 billion.
Rental from retail operations rose to HK$2.16 billion from HK$1.97 billion for the six months under review, while income from carparks was HK$569 million, up from HK$510 million.
The trust, whose tenants are mainly supermarkets, food-and-beverage outlets and convenience stores, had an overall occupancy rate of 92.1% at the end of September, up from 91.5%.
Link REIT declared a first-half distribution per unit of HK$0.6311, up from HK$0.5286 a year earlier.


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We are getting many fake account and spam attempts from IP addresses originating from ChinaNet.com. How can I discover all of their IP blocks? I viewed a report from 2001 that mentioned they did not protect against abuse.
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First, any report from 2001 is worth slightly less than the paper on which it is printed. It's 10 year old data.
Second, You are reaching for the wrong solution: You should implement real heuristic-based spam filtering, not just block IP ranges because you feel like it.
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"I Want You"
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Who knew the Queen could, like, still spit fire? Like Will Smith, Ice Cube, and Ice-T, Latifah made such a smooth transition from top-selling '80s rapper to R&B diva/Hollywood royalty that it's easy to forget that she was an LL Cool J contemporary, once. But damn, "People" is wicked, the kind of walking-a-line-of-acrimony soul banger that feels simultaneously specific and universalized. The strident rhymes can go toe to toe with any prime-time MC ballin' today: "The bad ones discourage, the good ones motivate/The weak shall perish, the haters gonna show they hate."
Transportive, tantalizingly tribal, and likely to induce an involuntary hiccup fit if the listener isn't careful. Not sure whether I'm more psyched for a Glasser full-length or a Glasser remix LP.
"Party All the Time"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Eddie Murphy's original didn't drop "bitch" even once, right? Then again, in the Reagan era, being famous was about ability and accomplishments—raunchy standup and box-office blockbusters, in Murphy's case—not being part of a nothing girl-group, bragging about one's bisexuality, and having salacious jpgs of one's self splashed all over the internet. Still, you know, this is fun.
"Harry Patch (In Memorium)"
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i keep seeing this in the site what is it or who does it refer to?
i keep seeing this in the site what is it or who does it refer to?
They're like the Trekkies of the cycling world.
"Fred" is a perjoritive name for a rider on a bike cheaper than yours and dressed worse than you.
Oy vey!
My current stable:
1989 SLX Bottecchia (Campy Athena 11s)
1999 Cannondale F400 mountain bike
2012 Bianchi Infinito (Campy Record 11s)
2012 Colnago C59 in PR99 color scheme (Campy Record 11s)
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2000 Bianchi Veloce, '88 Schwinn Prologue, '88 Trek 900, '92 Trek T100, 2000 Rans Tailwind
I read it as a descriptor of a typical utility cyclist, who might ride an old bike kitted out with numerous lights, mirrors, crate on the back etc, ridden by someone who just sees it as a mode of transport. It seems to be mainly a derogatory term used by the poser sunday cyclists who need to make themselves feel better when the 'fred' passes them.
I've got a bike, you can ride if you like it's got a basket, a bell that rings and things to make it look good- Pink Floyd, 1967
Wrong forum!!!
4000+ wheels built since 1984...
1. I do not claim to be an expert in bicycle mechanics despite my experience.
2. I like anyone will comment in other areas.
3. I do not own the preexisting concepts of DISH and ERD.
4. I will provide information as I always have to others that I believe will help them protect themselves from unscrupulous mechanics.
5. My all time favorite book is:
Kahane, Howard. Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life
Moved from Mechanics to General.
My bike has fenders, front and rear blinky lights, a grocery rack, alloy pedals, a bell, kickstand, and a Brooks B17 saddle (not pictured, new addition). The trailer has 2 reflectors and 3 blinky lights in addition to the flag. Am I a Fred? I don't have a beard and I don't ride in sandals.
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The best thing about a bicycle is that it uses no gasoline, therefore the chance of fiery death is greatly reduced.
All I can say is that being fredly is awesome because it releases you from any pressure to adhere to arbitrary, trendy standards of appearance.
After all, as the enlightened are fully aware, appearance is not essence.
It seems as if the authority on Posers might be a Fred and the authority on Freds might be a poser.
Sheep Pretend the Wolf won't come. The Sheepdog lives for that day.
I've described it before - but here goes again!
FRED - Flashing Rear End Device
Used on American railroads - mounted on the last (rear) car of a mainline train. Used to monitor air pressure in the brake line and will automatically slam on the brakes for the entire train if the air pressure is lost. When FRED senses a problem in the train ahead of it - it causes the entire train to come to a halt.
So - in the bicycling world a FRED is the guy in the Peloton who can, by some weird action, cause the entire Peloton to come to a screeching halt
Hope this helps
Any volunteers here to fill that roll?
I'm not young but a couple of years ago I met a man that was definitely older than me.
I can't remember how we started talking bikes but this guy tells me - I believed every word of it looking at at his wiry old body and deeply tanned face - that he gets up in the morning and gets on a beach cruiser style bike and will ride for hours and when he's tired find a telephone at a convenience store or wherever (no cell phone mind you) and call his wife to come pick him and the bike up. No plan, no bike clothes or shoes, no nothing. Just rides until he can't.
This is a real Fred.
I like Fred.
Hmmm, here I thought my name was Bill...but then I read this:
and then looked at the cockpit of my bike which looks like this:A third use of the term exists. In this usage, a "Fred" is a cyclist who has a ton of cycling gear, especially of the utilitarian "uncool" kind, like mirrors, powerful lights, fenders, bells/horns, heavy leather seats, racks, reflective gear, bags, baskets, etc. The gear and bike may be put together by kludgey homemade solutions, like duct-taped flashlights to the handlebar.[1] This type of Fred is a bike geek who likes/needs lots of gear (even if it is modified stuff not intended for bikes). Sacrificing some, or ignoring completely, concerns of speed or traditional roadie/sport cyclist style, these type of Freds are more concerned with practical concerns like comfort, safety, versatility, maintenance, being able to quickly transition to time and culture on/off the bicycle, etc. These cyclists may be well aware of their fredness, once they are aware of the concept, and often embrace it wholeheartedly
and concluded that my name is Fred. I too like to head out without any special bike clothes except for a helmet and see where I wind up.
Thanks. A lot of the systems are interchangable. I found a set of tires I liked so they got uses on both. The bmx pedals are the best compromise (for me) between clipless and flats. The lights are a bit different the commuter/kid carrier gets cheaper units while the mtb has 300 lumens up front for 4am rides every morning. Both got retrofitted with 48t front cranksets as I like having the extra speed if I choose to use it. The front bag on the mtb is for my smart phone and a battery booster that I made allowing 12 hours of gps/mp3 use. The bags have tools and spare tubes. The commuter has a monkey wrench and a few extra spanners on board as well as multitool so I can remove the wheels if need be. The basket is for my kid or stuff. It can carry all sorts of things.They sure do and they look really good. There's nothing like a well used and personalized bike!
Having no car these are my only transportation so they need to fill their roles well.


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While he crashed out on day two, he was still firmly challenging for a podium spot on what was only his ninth start in the world championship - and his first in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
Wilson hailed Kubica's performance as the most impressive M-Sport debut he has seen, and said his pace confirmed him as a real rally-winning threat later in the season.
Kubica leads the heroes of Monte Carlo
"What Robert did was amazing," said Wilson.
"Coming here and leading Monte Carlo has to make this the most impressive debut I've ever seen from anybody coming into the team.
"It's not just the fact that he was leading, but it was the margin he opened up after the second stage, especially in [such] conditions. This has been one of the most difficult Montes I can remember.
"All of the guys were on the same tyres, but he led by more than half a minute.
"Robert really understood that he had to make the end and on the second day he was driving with the finish in mind, which makes his pace even more impressive.
"Yes he made a mistake, but he was unlucky.
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This application is a divisional application of application Ser. No. 10/392,185, filed Mar. 20, 2003, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/243,935, filed Sep. 16, 2002 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,554,960), which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/038,820, filed Jan. 8, 2002 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,551,463), which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/378,987, filed Aug. 23, 1999 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,350,350), which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/211,423, filed Dec. 15, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,985,147) which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/831,736, filed Apr. 1, 1997 (now abandoned).
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to methods for improving water and soil and to ecologically beneficial bioremediation, manufacturing, and recycling methods. The invention further relates, more particularly, to ecologically beneficial methods for making pulp and paper products.
2. Description of Related Art
Bioremediation of wastewater from, for example, wetlands or municipal effluent has been successfully accomplished with the use of species of plants that remove excess nutrients. Wetland filtration is one such method of bioremediation, but it requires relatively large land areas to accomplish wastewater cleanup. In addition, the nutrients are generally left in situ and can under some circumstances be rereleased into the environment, such as in a dry-year fire or through succession.
Other methods use attached algal colonies known as periphyton, which utilize biological pathways to remove and degrade a wide spectrum of pollutants, such as excess phosphorus, nitrogen, carbon, alkaline earth metals, and heavy metals (Adey, U.S. Pat. No. 4,333,263; Jensen, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,131,820, 5,527,456, 5,573,669, and 5,591,341, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference). Periphyton filtration requires far less land area than wetland filtration and also retains the nutrients in a confined area from which the algae and ingested or sequestered nutrients may be harvested.
Periphyton filtration has been shown to remove a wide array of nutrients and other contaminants usually occurring at low levels when compared with municipal wastewater. The attached algae are known to grow at rates exceeding those of terrestrial plants, and a periphyton filtration system can generate large masses of algae that need to be disposed of after harvesting, typically by transportation from the bioremediation site to another area for introduction into the soil or to be used as livestock feed.
It is known to use the harvested algal biomass as a fertilizer (Snyder and Adey, unpublished, June, 1993) and in pulp production (Sakai et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,500,086). It is also known to use pulp from recycled paper products to mold packaging and containers (Emery International Developments, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January, 1995).
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an integrated system and method for utilizing biomass harvested from a bioremediation process to produce recycled pulp and paper products.
It is another object to provide such a system and method to produce such a biodegradable product that can be further recycled for use as a soil additive.
It is a further object to provide such a system and method that links an enhanced biological filtration technique, manufacturing technology, and a packaging product to export nutrients from a bioremediation site.
A first embodiment of the method of the present invention is for producing pulp for use in making a packaging material. The method comprises the steps of culturing plant matter in a bed and running water to be treated thereover. The plant matter should have the attribute of being able to absorb or sequester the material desired to be removed from the water. In a specific embodiment the plant matter comprises algae in an attached periphyton bed. The plant matter in the bed is permitted to absorb pollutants/nutrients from the water, which serves to bioremediate the water.
After the algae has had sufficient time to absorb and/or sequester the material/pollutants that are desired to be removed, and the bed has grown to a predetermined level, the algae are harvested, which removes the pollutants from the periphyton bed. The harvested algae produce a wet algal biomass, which is then mixed with a shredded paper product to produce a pulp.
The pulp can be used, for example, to make packaging, which is biodegradable in soil and, when added in an approximate range of 10-25% by volume, has been shown to improve dramatically the quality of the soil. In addition, the packaging itself can serve as a vehicle for removing the excess nutrients from the bioremediation site or basin, thereby increasing the ecological efficacy and benefits of the method.
In a second embodiment, another bioremediation plant, a combination of more than one of such plants, or a combination of one or more of such plants with algae is used as the biomass.
In a third embodiment, the first embodiment of the method and system as described above is extended to make a paper product from the pulp produced thereby.
The features that characterize the invention, both as to organization and method of operation, together with further objects and advantages thereof, will be better understood from the following description used in conjunction with the accompanying drawing. It is to be expressly understood that the drawing is for the purpose of illustration and description and is not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention. These and other objects attained, and advantages offered, by the present invention will become more fully apparent as the description that now follows is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.
The FIGURE schematically illustrates a system for producing pulp from harvested biomass.
A description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be presented with reference to the FIGURE.
A first embodiment of the invention comprises a method for producing pulp for use in making a packaging material. This method comprises the steps of culturing a desired plant matter in a bed and running water to be treated over the bed. As above, the plant matter should be able to absorb or otherwise sequester the material to be removed from the water. In a specific embodiment the plant matter comprises algae, and the bed comprises an attached periphyton bed. The water may be run continuously or retained for a specified time upon the bed, depending upon the level of remediation required/desired. While the water is in contact with the algae, pollutants and/or excess nutrients are absorbed which bioremediates the water.
In a particular embodiment, water within a basin 13, the edge 11 of which defines a watershed of the basin 13, is fed by gravity flow into a lake 12. This water to be treated 21 can then be pumped via pump 24 through water line 15 to the inlet 22 of the bed 20.
When desired, the algae are harvested, which removes the pollutants/nutrients from the periphyton bed. The harvest comprises a wet algal biomass, which can be partially dried to thicken it, and which can then be mixed with a shredded paper product such as to shredded recycled newsprint produce a pulp.
It should be appreciated by one skilled in the art that, either in addition to or instead of algal periphyton, other bioremediation plant(s) can be employed, including, but not limited to, water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), dollar weed, water lettuce, and duckweed. Therefore, the term algae is not intended as a limitation on the present invention.
The system 10 for producing pulp 50 is illustrated in the FIGURE and comprises a plant matter support bed 20, such as an attached periphyton bed, for culturing plant matter 30 such as algae or another waste bioabsorber and an inlet 22 for admitting water to be treated 21 into the bed 20. A harvester 23 is adapted to remove the plant matter 30 and the absorbed pollutants/nutrients from the bed 20. The wet biomass 25 formed thereby is then dewatered in any device as is known in the art 29 and blended in a mixing vat 26 with a shredded paper or fibrous product 27 to produce a pulp 50.
A second embodiment of the invention comprises a method for producing a biodegradable package 32. This method comprises the steps as above in the first embodiment, with the addition that the pulp is molded into a package 32 that is biodegradable in soil and may be used to fertilize soil.
The system for producing a biodegradable package, also shown in the FIGURE, additionally comprises a mold 31 for molding the pulp 50 into a package 32.
A third embodiment of the present invention comprises an integrated method for removing excess nutrients from wastewater 21 and for removing the nutrients from the removal site. This method comprises the additional step of utilizing the package 32 as a delivery vehicle to a site 33 having nutrient-enrichable soil 34, where the package can be used as a soil amendment after being used as a delivery vehicle. The soil quality is improved by providing the absorbed nutrients, aiding water-retention capability, and increasing soil binding or tilth to reduce erosion and promote aeration.
A possible highly integrated embodiment of this method would entail locating a package-manufacturing facility in close proximity to the periphyton filtration system. The molded packages 32 could be used as delivery boxes for sending other articles to a second site 33 known to be in need of soil amendment. Such boxes could include, but are not intended to be limited to, pots for horticultural products, which could be planted into the soil directly without being removed from the delivery box, egg cartons, packaging filler sheets, loose fill ("peanuts"), packaging shock protection and positioning elements, and "cardboard" mailing boxes. This method has the added advantage of eliminating the need to dispose of the packaging in a landfill or by burning.
It may be appreciated by one skilled in the art that additional embodiments may be contemplated, including the use of other types of plant matter and fibrous material to manufacture the pulp.
In the foregoing description, certain terms have been used for brevity, clarity, and understanding, but no unnecessary limitations are to be implied therefrom beyond the requirements of the prior art, because such words are used for description purposes herein and are intended to be broadly construed. Moreover, the embodiments of the apparatus illustrated and described herein are by way of example, and the scope of the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction.
Having now described the invention, the construction, the operation and use of preferred embodiment thereof, and the advantageous new and useful results obtained thereby, the new and useful constructions, and reasonable mechanical equivalents thereof obvious to those skilled in the art, are set forth in the appended claims.
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There is no such thing as eating alone in a resturant these day's as there is alway's at least one loudmouth with a cell phone keeping everybody company with conversation.
If im alone ill just get it to go and take it home. ; )
I have a problem being alone in public period.
Not at all,this simply means that i am treating myself.Thats a good thing.
Yes. I don't think I ever ate alone at a restaurant. It would be quite lonely and makes you feel self-conscious.
No i just get a piece of paper and a pen and pretend im there for business
Only if I had been expecting someone to join me.
I have. no problem whatsoever. Because of my busy work schedule and crazy hours, I am eating alone quite a bit. I rather like the peace and solitude it affords me when I am in between shifts or what have you. Gives me time to gather my thoughts and just enjoy some "me" time which is hard to find these days.
Try asking this question to the people in Africa.
Africa - Egypt
I'd rather not eat
That's why many of them have bars...
It sucks. Totally sucks.

I have been in places where they have a special table where they sit people who are dining alone - the "stag table" and they put people there so they can sit with other solo diners. It's actually kind of nice and I wish more places did it.
Who or what is this "alone" , personally I prefer to eat food at restaurant rather than anything else , but that's just me .
i really boared from being alone i like company of my friends
I dont mind, I usually find Im the most intelligent person at the table then
Not really.
Nope! I hate eating in front of people. Except my family.
No,nor any problem sleeping alone at a restaurant.
No, Questionator. I do not.
No. But I'll have a problem if there aren't any customers eating there. It'll make me wonder why.
Depends on the occasion. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't.
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Cadillac Catera and Cimarron Forum Discussion, knock sound in Past Cadillac Vehicle Discussion; Really bad knock sound, shakes motor, sounds like on pass side. does it only around 1g. wether getting on gas ...
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Really bad knock sound, shakes motor, sounds like on pass side. does it only around 1g. wether getting on gas or off. have a leaking oil cooler.
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Main bearing going?
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How is your oil pressure?
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If you've been running with a leaking oil cooler it could be one or all of your engines bearings. Whatever you saved on the purchase you're gonna blow on a rebuild or engine swap. You may as well part it out.
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man u need to re-write your question! i dont know where u came from but first of all u need to make sure u write it right, that people can understand u and give u the right answer for the right question. Im from Ukraine live in the states for 4 years already, personalty think my posts people can understand with no problem! so now can u tell me exactly what the problem is ?
whats mean " wether getting on gas or off" u mean "weather" ?
whats mean your "1g"
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Re: knock sound
Oil pressure is around 70. If you are sitting in the yard and rev it up to 1,000 rpm it makes a bad knock sound. sounds kinda like you putting a card in a bycicle wheel. But if you rev up past 1,000 rpm it goes away. As soon as you get off the pedal it will make that sound around 1,000 again and sometimes while its idleing at 500 rpm.
Re: knock sound
ask your friend to help u , let him seat and hold rpm until that noise come back, u look for that noise if it really coming from pass. side like u saind thats main bearing. i would say that could be valve stuck , lifter or timig belt 1 tooth got loose
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