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A few witnesses in the city of Scottsdale, in Maricopa County, Arizona, have reported sighting a hovering object on 26 November, 2012 at 10:20 PM. This report has been obtained from a testimony included in the database of Mutual UFO Network (MUFON).
The witnesses describe the time of the sighting, the condition of the sky and what they were doing at that time.
"At home, late evening - shortly after 10pm, doing nightly routines, checking on horse and bringing him his dessert cubes, just hanging out - always in habit of looking up at the sky. The moon was so bright last night (Mon. Nov. 26th) as we will have a full moon Wednesday. Noticed Orions Belt and always notice low flying local air traffic from Scottsdale, Deer Valley and Carefree."
They also describe the behaviour of the object and their initial reaction to the sighting.
"Last night we also noticed a very bright twinkling object that was just hovering. Initially we thought it was a plane, then perhaps a chopper, but it was just hovering and we didnt hear any sounds. We also considered it could be a blimp."
They further describe the direction and location of the object, and the duration of the sighting.
"We are close to Cave Creek Rd. and Carefree Hwy and this appeared to be a few miles East, and slightly South - closer to Scottsdale Rd. and perhaps even over the McDowell Mountain Preserve, Four Peaks area. We watched it for a solid 30 minutes initially with binoculars."
The witnesses then talk about the shape and colour of the object.
"We saw a rainbow of lights, different colours and patterns lighting up, flashing and changing. It appeared to be sphere shaped when fully lit, at other moments looked like a boomerang with two sides lit, or a tubular shape with a spiral of lights."
The witnesses also talk about their reaction to the incident, and how they tried to record a video of the object, and how they hoped that other people could have taken a better video of the object.
"Never seen anything like this. We were in awe. We took some video but without a powerful zoom it doesn't show what we saw thru binos. We were hoping someone at the Scottsdale Airpark or around Four Peaks has some better video."
They further tell us how they never lost sight of the object.
"We never lost sight of the object, we just went to bed about 11:30 and at that time it was still in the northeastern sky."
Finally, the report mentions the total number of witnesses.
"Six witnesses - family of three in Cave Creek and other family members in North Scottsdale."
The above quotes were edited for clarity.
MUFON requests the readers to keep in mind that many reports of UFO sightings can be explained scientifically as natural phenomenon.


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Men's Hoops Upended By UW-Milwaukee, 75-49
Jan 12, 2002
Milwaukee, Wis. - Things looked good for the UIC men's basketball team for the first 16 minutes of its contest Saturday evening at UW-Milwaukee.
When sophomore Cedrick Banks splashed in a pair of free throws with 4:23 left in the opening stanza, the Flames led 34-23 and were seemingly on pace to claim sole possession of second place in the Horizon League.
The final four minutes of the first half and the entire second stanza would turn into one long nightmare for the Flames, though, as the Panthers would outscore them 52-15 the rest of the way en route to a 75-49 triumph at the Klotsche Center.
"We had them on the ropes in the first half," UIC Head Coach Jimmy Collins stated after the game. "They turned it up a notch near the end of the first half. We lost our rhythm and they found theirs.
"We could never get back into it."
Jason Frederick (14 points) came off the bench to lift UWM (8-8, 3-3 Horizon League) off the mat in the opening half. The junior guard knocked down a pair of three-pointers and assisted on another basket as the Panthers went on a 14-4 run to close out the first period to trail by only a point, 38-37, at intermission.
The second half would then belong to UW-Milwaukee as they shot 50% from the floor and tallied 38 points while holding UIC to 20% shooting and 11 total points.
The Panther's blew the doors open with a 19-2 run midway though the period keyed by six different UWM players who score during the run.
Junior Clay Tucker led UWM's (8-8, 3-3 Horizon League) comeback charge, pacing five Panthers in double figures with a game-high 20 points.
Banks led UIC (10-7, 2-2 Horizon League) with 13 points. Senior Thor Solverson added 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds in the loss. Leading scorer Jordan Kardos was held to just two points after missing most of the first half after picking up two quick fouls.
The Flames 49-point output and 29% field goal percentage for the game were both season lows, as was UIC's 21% shooting from three-point range - 0-fo-9 in the second half.
Collins' crew will be back in action on Thursday, Jan. 17, as they travel across the city to meet crosstown rival Loyola at the Gentile Center at 7:00 p.m.

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June 20 is a date Tony and Connie Hill will never forget. That's the date the Willisburg couple was involved in a motorcycle accident that changed their lives forever.
By Jimmie Earls
Sun Sports Writer
It's been another fun and frantic week of T-ball play at Idle Hour Park. The kids seem to be having a lot of fun at the plate and in the field, and when the game gets a little boring for the young ones, they always seem to find an interesting and sometimes entertaining way to pass the time.
First there was Signadou, Sr. Paschala Noonan's first book that is French for "sign from God". Noonan, a Dominican Sister, planned to closely follow that publication on the history of Kentucky Dominican Sisters with a pictorial history of the Kentucky Dominicans titled La Bella Brigata (The Beautiful Circle of Friends).
Hamilton: It's a boy!
Sara and Stuart Hamilton of New Hope announce the birth of their son on March 5, 2009 at Clark Memorial Hospital in Clark County, Ind.
David Michael weighed 8 pounds, 4.5 ounces and was 21 inches in length.
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As of June 22, blue mold has been found in two counties in southeastern Pennsylvania. Disease has not spread significantly beyond the areas that were reported to have been affected originally.
Rookie year in review
For many Washington County homes, the future is bright, and it may just be bright green.
New Pioneers for a Sustainable Future, a community based non-profit organization founded in Washington County in 2005, is celebrating its 500th Green Pioneer Home.
I just got back into Springfield on Sunday after spending a few days in hot and humid St. Louis. My main purpose in visiting was to attend the wedding of one of my former band mates. It also gave me an excuse to see Cindy and check out how the house is coming along that we're fixing up to sell. I thought it would be nice to get away for a while and leave work behind. So what did I do while I was in The Lou? Why, take pictures, of course!
It's been a crazy time at Idle Hour Park as five, count 'em, five youth leagues are keeping the diamonds busy. Along with 9-11-year-old softball, there are also boys and girls coach pitch leagues going strong as well as boys and girls T-ball. Come out and enjoy exciting and entertaining youth league action in between heat waves and thundershowers.
Washington County Commander head baseball coach Derek Schuler took to the field again on Monday to instruct youngsters on improving their baseball skills. Schuler and his staff put the kids through pitching drills and fielding exercises, plus they also got a chance to improve their swing for better contact at the plate. Money raised through the camp supports the high school baseball program.
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College Hockey:Pococke Scores Two Power-Play Goals as Ferris State Edges Western Michigan
BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — A late Western Michigan goal from Cam Watson brought the Broncos within one, but they couldn't overcome a three-goal deficit in a 4-3 loss to the Ferris State Bulldogs.
Watson was alone in the slot when he took a feed from Jared Katz and made a great move to his backhand to beat Bulldogs' goaltender Taylor Nelson with just over four minutes to play in the third period.
"It was just a sloppy game," said Ferris State coach Bob Daniels, "but good teams find a way to win games."
The Bulldogs (13-3-2, 8-2-2-2 CCHA) were three-of-four on the power play in the first period, with two of the tallies coming from junior forward Todd Pococke.
The Broncos' (6-9-3, 2-9-3-1 CCHA) defense blocked a shot from Ferris State's Blair Riley, but Pococke was the first to the loose puck in the slot. His shot slipped by Riley Gill for the first Bulldogs' goal of the night.
Pococke netted his second goal with 8:32 left in the first by tipping in a shot from defenseman Scott Wietecha.
The Bulldogs added a third power-play goal with 2:11 remaining in the frame on a Zach Redmond one-timer. Redmond drifted into the slot from his post at the blue line and Cody Chupp slipped him a pass from behind the Broncos' net.
"This was a very uncharacteristic night for us on the penalty kill," said Broncos' coach Jim Culhane. Entering tonight's game, Western Michigan's penalty kill was working at 85.7 percent.
After an up-tempo first period from the Bulldogs, the game noticeably slowed down in the second and third periods.
"We had a hard time staying focused at times," said Daniels.
Western Michigan got on the board halfway through the second stanza with J.J. Crew's first goal of the game. Crew took advantage of a Broncos' power play and got open in the slot to deflect a pass from Ben Miller past Nelson.
Crew added his second in the waning minutes of the second period by getting a wrist shot to trickle past Nelson.
Ferris State regained a two-goal lead early in the third with a tally from Derek Graham. Graham took the puck coast-to-coast before attempting a centering pass that deflected off Gill's pads and into the Broncos' net.
However, the Broncos weren't done yet. They again made the game interesting with Watson's goal late in the third period.
Our team showed a lot of heart in coming back and making it a one-goal game with 20 minutes to go," said Culhane.
However, the Bulldogs' defense held strong and kept Gill from getting to the bench for the extra skater. When he finally got off the ice, Gill had to come right back on after a Broncos' high stick with 30 seconds to play in the third. He didn't get off the ice again, as Ferris State won the ensuing faceoff and kept the puck tied up along the boards for the remainder of the game.
Western Michigan is in action again when No. 4 Bemidji State makes the trip to Kalamazoo for a two-game series January 2-3. Ferris State returns to the ice January 2 against the Yale Bulldogs in their opening game of the Badger Hockey Showdown in Madison, Wis.
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Fish Attractor Maps
Fisheries biologists with the DNR Freshwater Fisheries Section have been constructing structures in all the major reservoirs in South Carolina. These sites are clearly marked by buoys and are constructed of various materials. The following maps and GPS coordinates are being provided to assist fisherman in locating these sites:
Fishing Creek Reservoir
Lake Greenwood
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List of all Fish Attractor locations is in the Adobe file format and is also available for download as a GIS layer.
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As a small number of states begin legalizing marijuana possession, police department have had to take creative measures to adjust their drug enforcement tactics.
One interesting change in Washington state, for example, is that police officers are now training drug-sniffing dogs to ignore marijuana, according to a report from Fox News.
Sources say Washington passed a law a few months ago that legalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. The state joined Colorado as pioneers in the decriminalization movement, which has gained momentum due to the high costs of enforcing marijuana laws.
The law, according to sources, made it legal to possess small amounts for personal use, but it does still punish people possessing marijuana with the "intent to sell."
This distinction may cause enforcement troubles for police departments, but one unexpected concern is the impact on drug-sniffing dogs, which have been trained for years to detect marijuana.
So several police departments in Washington, including the Seattle Police Department and the Washington State Patrol, have responded by altering the training regimens for their dogs.
According to Alison Holcomb, a drug policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union, "it makes most sense not to train dogs to alert to marijuana as that would likely lead to unwarranted investigatory detentions of people who are not breaking any law."
In addition, a memo from a group of Washington prosecutors advised law-enforcement agencies that police dogs no longer needed to be able to discover marijuana on criminal suspects, although no outfit has explicitly prohibited agencies from continuing to train dogs in this manner.
The trick, of course, is how to desensitize the dogs. Sources say "rewards and constant training" will eventually change police dogs' habits, but this could take time.
Interestingly, under the terms of the new law, even if the dogs do detect marijuana, and it appears to be possessed in order to sell, police officers will no longer be able to get search warrants solely on the basis of a dog's nose.
In years past, a dog's efforts could provide sufficient probable cause to justify a search warrant. Now, however, Washington police officers will have to offer additional evidence to obtain a judge's permission to conduct a search.
Sources note that other information that could lead to a warrant includes eyewitness reports, bizarre behavior, or the presence of drug paraphernalia. Such events could help corroborate a dog's suspicions, according to sources.


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Utting, J F; Kozerke, S; Luechinger, R; Schnitker, R; Vohn, R; Bhanniny, R; Tilbian, M; Niendorf, T (2009). Feasibility of k-t BLAST for BOLD fMRI with a spin-echo based acquisition at 3 T and 7 T. Investigative Radiology, 44(9):495-502.
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OBJECTIVES: This study tested the feasibility of applying k-t BLAST to blood oxygen level dependent functional MRI of the brain at 3 Tesla (T) and at 7 T. Shorter echo train lengths, achieved through the application of k-t BLAST, are expected to counteract increased sensitivity to inhomogeneities in B0 at higher magnetic field strengths, especially in echo planar images, and reduce the relatively long acquisition times and high RF power deposition in spin-echo based methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS: k-t BLAST was combined with displaced UFLARE at 3 T and 7 T. Temporal and spatial fidelity of k-t BLAST were investigated using a test object, in which localized variations in signal intensity mimic activation-induced signal changes. fMRI was performed using typical box-car design finger tapping. In a separate analysis full k-space data were decimated to simulate k-t BLAST acquisitions and compare results with the fully sampled data, thereby avoiding physiological and noise differences between acquisitions. RESULTS: Activation can be detected at under-sampling factors as high as 16, whereas appropriately reconstructed data, under-sampled at factors below 8 entail insignificant loss of sensitivity and considerable reductions in acquisition times and RF power deposition. CONCLUSIONS: k-t BLAST is compatible with fMRI acquisitions and opens up possibilities including distortion-free T2*-weighted blood oxygen level dependent fMRI with displaced UFLARE at high magnetic field strengths.
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A previous post showed how to OCR Chinese texts using Adobe Acrobat Pro (OCRing is the process of recognizing text in an uneditable file, like a scan, and making it editable). While it works quite well, Acrobat Pro is a fairly expensive commercial product. The free Google Docs has the ability to OCR uploaded pdfs and image files in a number of languages, including both traditional and simplified Chinese. You enable it in the upload settings by clicking the upload icon, choosing Settings, then checking "Convert text …"
Once you have it enabled, when you upload a pdf (or image with text), you can select the language of the source file.
Google Docs saves the editable text together with the source file in your account. A multi-page pdf is saved with the editable text interleaved between the pages. This makes it impossible to select all the editable text at once for pasting into a clean document; you have to select each page's text separately.
In a couple of quick tests, the results from Google were on average nearly as good as those from Acrobat X, in some passages Adobe had more wrong characters, in some Google. While neither app is great with punctuation, Google frequently misreads the Chinese full stop ( 。) as either a small o or a zero, which Adobe generally does not. Google does better with quotation marks, though, generally rendering the smart quotes from the source file correctly, while Adobe changes them to ASCII quotes.
Stay tuned for fuller coverage of the OCR showdown.
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Has anyone tried this recently? I have been OCR'ing simplified Chinese from digital photos for over a year, but since Saturday, none of the characters convert. This is true even for images that worked well in the past.
I also have this problem with Google docs. I cannot get it to recognise OCR fom Chinese .pdf texts although it always worked well before. This seemed to co-incide with the release of google Drive. The OCR help in Google docs does now say that it only recognises Latin character fonts.
I have tried to accomplish OCR for Chinese in Google but it has not worked for me yet. It just creates an image of my pdf and pastes it on the Google document. Is there something I'm doing wrong?


text: Mosquitoes could be numerous this year Weather Jul 2, 2008 Mosquito Photo courtesy of South Dakota State University Minnesotans out enjoying the Fourth of July weather may be fighting off mosquitoes. Jim Stark, executive director of the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District, gives an update on the mosquito season so far -- and looks ahead to later in the summer. Stay Informed The news on your schedule from MPR News Update Email Address* Zip Code MPR News Update AM Edition MPR News Update PM Edition See our Privacy Policy. Must be age 13.


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Bossley Architects' Thorne Bay House Grows Around Trees on a New Zealand Beach
BY: Andrew Goodwin
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- Bossley Architects' Thorne Bay HouseThe New Zealand-based architecture firm of Bossley Architects specializes in building for the arts, residential work, and restaurants. Their ability to think outside the box brought about the creation of the Thorne Bay House. A steep site studded with deeply rooted trees created restrictive constraints, so the architects responded with a home that squeezes under and around the limbs of the trees as if it were a treehouse. The resulting house boasts magnificent sun-soaked spaces and dramatic views - read on for a closer look!1
- Bossley Architects' Thorne Bay HouseThe house grows and changes as it rises from the ground level of the site and reaches out towards the ocean.2
- Bossley Architects' Thorne Bay HouseWhether at night or during the day, the house seems to resemble a treehouse on a beach.3
- Bossley Architects' Thorne Bay HouseStrategically placed columns help to hold the floating upper levels, while a suspended foundation provides support for the lower floor. The4
- Bossley Architects' Thorne Bay HouseThe site also has many pohutukawa trees growing on it, and since the owner and design team wanted to preserve this iconic Kiwi Christmas Tree they had to design the residence around the tree and its roots.5
- Bossley Architects' Thorne Bay HouseThe views from the Thorne Bay House are spectacular.6
- Bossley Architects' Thorne Bay HouseThe style of the home is very clean and modern and helps to bring out the significance of designing for the landscape.7
- Bossley Architects' Thorne Bay HouseAs you enter the ground floor level, a series of orthogonal spaces follow the site as it slopes down to the oceanfront.8
- Bossley Architects' Thorne Bay HouseThe spaces on the upper floors are more angular and unorganized in order to interact with the tree limbs.9
- Bossley Architects' Thorne Bay HouseBossley Architect's Thorne Bay House won the Registered Master Builders Auckland Region Gold Medal in 2009, and received the New Zealand Wood Timber Residential Architectural Excellence award in the same year.10


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A new report asserts that US workers face increased risks on the job because the federal government isn't cracking down enough on employers who skirt safety regulations.
With his grants, Koch is installing libertarian-minded economics professors at hundreds of universities.
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Tom Toles is a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist. Toles, a Pulitzer Prize winner, skillfully targets political, economic and social concerns - in particular, complicated environmental issues. Toles has received the 2011 Herblock Prize, the National Headliners Award, The Week Magazine's Cartoonist of the Year award, the Overseas Press Club Thomas Nast Award, the National Cartoonists Society Editorial Cartoonist of the Year award, the John Fischetti Award and the H.L. Mencken Free Press Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1990.


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The Holy Cross group stands in front of the SSV Corwith Cramer at Boston Harbor.
Thirty-six College of the Holy Cross faculty and students from various disciplines sailed aboard the SSV Corwith Cramer, one of Sea Education Association's (SEA) sailing research vessels, for a rare three-hour excursion in Boston Harbor. SEA, based in Woods Hole, Mass., is an internationally recognized leader in educating undergraduate students about the ocean and the environment. SEA maintains tight working relationships with many of the world-class research institutions located in Woods Hole, including the Marine Biological Laboratory, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the U.S. Geological Survey. The ship was only in Boston for a week, and Holy Cross was one of only three colleges chosen to take part in a short excursion.
Justin McAlister (biology), William Sobczak (environmental studies), Loren Cass (political science), Daina Harvey (sociology), Sara Mitchell (geology), Mary Conley (history) and Gwenn Miller (history), were a few of the faculty who participated in the day sail which offered a glimpse into SEA Semester, a 12-week study abroad program for undergraduates that combines academic study on shore with a sailing research voyage at sea. Each SEA Semester includes foundational coursework in environmental studies, oceanography, maritime studies, and nautical science, an individual research project, and is designed to offer a multidisciplinary platform from which to study our oceans.
During the excursion, students and faculty were divided into three groups (watches) that rotated through the various activities normally conducted on a working research vessel. During the trip, students set sails, steered the vessel, towed a neuston net to collect plankton, deployed and retrieved a sediment grab, and examined scientific samples in the lab. SEA faculty and crew directed activities and were available to answer questions about the ship and SEA programs. All participants were fed a delicious lunch and the beautiful weather made for a memorable trip.
McAlister, one of the coordinators, has a particular enthusiasm and attachment to SEA Semester since he is an alum of the program. Miller is also a SEA alum, highlighting the program's interdisciplinary nature as she pursued a humanities-focused career path, while McAlister followed a scientific-centered track. In fact, 50 percent of the students who participate in SEA Semester are non-science majors. "The key thing for Holy Cross is that by strengthening ties with SEA," explained McAlister, "Holy Cross students from a variety of backgrounds, interests, and majors will have an outlet for examining the history, cultures, and science of the human interaction with the sea. Global change is leading us towards a future where coastal communities are going to be severely impacted and educating students about this from a variety of different angles is very important."
Colleen Curtin '14, a biology and French major, found the multi-disciplinary aspect to be the most rewarding element to the trip as well. She said, "It was interesting to learn a little more about the different classes and disciplines that the SEA Semester covered. It was also interesting to hear how students related scientific experiments and projects to some of the history classes they were taking and how they made connections between the history of human interactions at different islands."
Biology major, Elizabeth Tobey '14, who went on the day trip on September 28 and studied abroad through one of the College's rarer environmental study abroad programs, Costa Rica's Sustainable Development Studies, spoke about the benefit for Holy Cross to build a stronger relationship with the SEA Semester. "As an alum of a different but also unique study abroad program, I think that nontraditional study abroad programs are extremely valuable, especially for biology students who might otherwise have a hard time studying abroad due to the many requirements of the major, she explained. "A tighter connection with SEA might allow interested students to have an easier time applying to the program and receiving credit for it."
Ten Holy Cross students have participated in SEA Semester programs in the past, through the Center of Interdisciplinary Studies' Semester Away program at the College. McAlister hopes those numbers will rise in the next couple of years.
Casey Dannhauser '14 recently returned from a semester at SEA this past spring. Although she was interested in the program as an environmental studies major and a longtime sailor, she prides the program for being open to non-science majors without any sailing experience.
Dannhauser found the program to be a growing experience as both an oceanographer and a person. She reflected, "Life at sea is difficult; without email or telephones, you rely on your shipmates for everything. It teaches you to become more trusting and much more responsible, and I learned to appreciate quiet times during which I'm not in constant contact with my cell phone or computer. Also, I developed a bond with my 28 shipmates that will never be broken."
The September 28 day-excursion not only provided a fun opportunity for Holy Cross students and faculty, but also set an important first step towards strengthening the relationship between the College and SEA.
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Why Nevada?
In deciding which state is the best state in which to incorporate, several factors must be analyzed. What is a state's regulatory climate? What is a state's tax situation? What is a state's stance on individual privacy? Which state will allow you the greatest flexibility to run your business the way you see fit? Which state has the best body of statute? Which states offer the best business climate?
For years, Delaware has been the leading state of choice for businesses wishing to incorporate. Delaware drafted an excellent body of statutory law. Delaware was very, very flexible and allowed ease of operation throughout the United States. But over the last few decades, a new state has risen and has taken Delaware's place as the preferred state for new businesses, and that state is Nevada. Let's consider several points and after we do, I am certain you will agree with me that Delaware is no longer the best state in which to incorporate, and why you should Incorporate in Nevada.
Delaware has a franchise tax, Nevada does not. - Incorporate In Nevada today!
Delaware has an income tax, Nevada does not. While it is true that this 8.7% income tax applies only to corporations doing business in Delaware, it significantly reduces the possibility of reducing or eliminating your home state corporate income tax (because the strategy used to do this involves doing business in the preferred state -- in this case, Delaware). This means reporting, forms, red tape, etc., you do not need. Delaware also has a gross receipts tax which most businesses doing business in Delaware must pay. This tax ranges from 0.096% to 1.92%, depending on your type of business.
Some states make a major item out of the fact they recognize S-Corporations. The status of a corporation as an S-Corporation really has no significance to the corporate owners if the state has no income tax. In Nevada, whether you have a Nevada S-Corporation or not really doesn't matter to the Nevada Department of Taxation since allocation of taxable income from corporations to the individual has no effect on the state's revenue.
With Nevada corporations, you do not have to divulge information such as the date appointed for the next annual meeting of the stockholders or directors.
When you Incorporate in Nevada you are not required to list places of business outside Nevada.
With Nevada Corporations, Nevada does not require notification of stock issued or stock transfers, names of stockholders, etc.
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information regarding cultural resources on U.S. Army Alaska contact Lisa Graham.
For those interested in learning more about Alaska
history and cultural resources on Army managed lands - the following
titles are recommended for further reading.
Naske, Claus-M. and Herman Slotnick. Alaska: A History of the
49th State, 2nd ed. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981.
Haycox, Stephen, ed. An Alaska Anthology: Interpreting
the Past. Seattle: University of Washing Press, 1996.
Military History
Chandonnet, Fern, ed. Alaska at War, 1941-1945: The Forgotten
War Remembered. Anchorage: Alaska at War Committee, 1995.
Cloe, John and Michael Monaghan. Top Cover for America: The
Air Force in Alaska 1920-1983. Missoula: Pictorial Histories
Publishing, 1984.
Nielson, Jonathan. Armed Forces on a Northern Frontier: The
Military in Alaska's History, 1867-1987. New York: Greenwood
Press, 1988.
Woodman, Lyman. Duty Station Northwest: The U.S. Army in Alaska
and Western Canada, 1867-1987. Anchorage: Alaska Historical
Society, 1996.
Carberry, Michael and D. Lane. Patterns of the Past: An Inventory
of Anchorage's Historic Resources. Municipality of Anchorage:
Community Planning Department, 1986.
Tower, Elizabeth. Anchorage: From Its Humble Origins as a Railroad
Construction Camp. Fairbanks: Epicenter Press, 1999.
Chandonnet, Ann. The Once & Future Village of Ikluat/Eklutna:
The History of a Tanaina Athapaskan Settlement. Adam Press.
Chicago, Illinois, 1979.
Chandonnet, Ann. On The Trail of Eklutna. User Friendly
Press. Anchorage, AK, 1987.
Kari, James and James Fall. Shem Pete's Alaska: The Territory
of the Upper Cook Inlet Den'ian. Alaska Native Language
Center University of Alaska and The CIRI Foundation. Anchorage,
AK and Fairbanks, AK, 1987.
Helm, June (ed.) Handbook of North American Indians: Vol 6
– Subarctic. Washington: Smithsonian Institute, 1981.
Damas, David (ed). Handbook of North American Indians: Vol
5 – Arctic Washington: Smithsonian Institute, 1984.
Kotani, Yoshinobu and Workman, William. Continuity and Change
in the Prehistoric Record from Southern Alaska. Osaka, Japan:
National Museum of Ethonology Senri, 1980.
Workman, Karen Wood. The Tanaina, A Forgotten People: Archival
Research for Illumination of an Historic Site Excavation: Seal Beach
(Sel 079), Kachemak Bay. 1982.
Workman, William. Beyond the Southern Frontier: The Norton
Culture and the Western Kenai Peninsula. Arctic Anthropology
Vol. 19 No. 2, 1982.
Workman, William. Summary of the Human History of the Kachemak
Bay Area with Reference to Proposed Work in Caribou Hills.
Anchorage, Alaska: University of Alaska, 1986.
Workman, William. 1992. Life and Death in a First Millennium
AD Gulf of Alaska Culture: The Kachemak Tradition Ceremonial Complex.
Anchorage, Alaska: University of Alaska. (Reprinted from: Goldsmith,
S., Garvie, S, Selin, D. and J. Smith. 1992. Ancient Images,
Ancient Thought: The Archaeology of Ideology. Proceedings of
the 23rd Annual Chacmool Conference. Calgary: Archaeological Association.
Cole, Dermot. Fairbanks: A Gold Rush Town that Beat the Odds.
Fairbanks: Epicenter Press, 1999.
Cole, Terrence. Crooked Past: The History of a Frontier Mining
Camp: Fairbanks, Alaska, 2nd ed. Fairbanks: University of Alaska
Press, 1984.
Naske, Claus-M. and L. J. Rowinski. Fairbanks: A Pictorial
History. Norfolk: Donning Co., 1981.
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Senior long snapper Jason Stegman was one of 17 student-athletes to earn the President's Council Academic Excellence Award for the 2012-13 season.
July 3, 2013
ST. LOUIS – The Southern Illinois football team placed 40 student-athletes on the 2012-13 Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll, the MVFC announced this week. SIU is one of only three schools in the 10-team conference with at least 40 student-athletes on the honor roll.
Saluki long snapper Jason Stegman, who graduated this past school year, is one of 17 student-athletes in the conference to earn the league's highest academic achievement, the President's Council Academic Excellence Award. The award requires a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average through fall 2012 semester and participation in athletics a minimum of two years. The student-athlete must also be within 18 hours of graduation.
In addition, SIU has the conference's second highest total recipients of this year's Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award with 18. The honor requires a minimum GPA of 3.2 for the previous two semesters. Freshmen are not eligible.
To qualify for the MVFC Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a minimum 3.0 grade point average for a specified term (fall 2012), must have been a member of an athletics team, and must have enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours during the fall.
SIU's 2012-13 MVFC ACADEMIC HONOREES:
Presient's Academic Award - Jason Stegman.
Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award - Juan Avila; Corey Boemer; Kyle Cavil; Matthew Griffith; Thor Hadfield; Rik Hicks; A.J. Hill; John Lantz; Cory Lee; Jackson MacLachlan; Blake Mattson; Joe Okon; Austin Pucylowski; Luke Standiford; Jason Stegman; Luke Thuston; Houston Walker; Tyler Williamson.
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I didn't know what I was going to post tonight as I headed to the grocery store to restock our fruit supply. While I was there I saw a display declaring, "How about a ambrosia fruit salad?".
All the ingredients required were right there in the display, so I based this recipe on what was available in that display. Of course, I veganized what I could. You can make this salad a lot cheaper if you don't need the soy whipped cream or the non-vegetarian marshmallows (regular marshmallows have gelatin – Dandies are expensive but are vegan. And my omnivore husband likes them better).
You might also want to try Ricki's coconut whipped cream instead of soy based.
As for marshmallows, I only put in one cup. It's way less than fruit ambrosia normally has, but I'm more of a fruit fan than a marshmallow fan. At least lately.
I'll see if I can get a better picture tomorrow. If it makes it that long
Vegan Fruit Ambrosia Salad
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes (ready in)
Keywords: mix chill dessert vegan vegetarian cherry pineapples dandies
Ingredients (Serves 8)
- 1 cup of soy based whipped cream
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1 can (8 oz) fruit cocktail, drained
- 1 can (8 oz) pineapple chunks, drained
- 1 can (11 oz) mandarin oranges, drained
- 1 cup dandies marshmallows
- 1 cup marachino cherries, drained and stems removed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Mix ingredients other than whipped cream in a large bowl. Fold in whipped cream.
Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes
Feel free to train the cans of fruit directly into your mouth. But it's probably more polite to put it in a glass then drink it that way. No point in wasting the super sweet juices.
By the way, I had some questions about what brand of soy based whipped cream I use. I use whatever is available at our local store. Lately I've been using SoyaToo!


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Clay sweep
Hosts Iran caused the upset of the day in Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Zone Group III action when they defeated second seeds Lebanon 3-0 on Day 4. This leaves the hosts at the top of Pool B as the only team with two wins from their first two ties.
If they can defeat Singapore, who have lost both of their ties so far, then they will be playing for a place in the 2015 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II.
United Arab Emirates recovered from their opening day defeat with a 2-1 victory over Singapore. Hamad Janahi gave UAE the lead before Isaac ONg levelled the tie for Singapore.
Omar Khaled Al Awadhy and Hamad Janahi then lost the opening set of the doubles but recovered to give UAE the victory.
In Pool A, top seeds Malaysia continued their push for promotion with a 2-1 win over Syria. Syed Agil Naguib and Mohd Assri Merzuki gave Malaysia a 2-0 lead before Bruno and Marc Abdelnour won the dead doubles rubber to give as a consolation for Syria.
Cambodia earned their first win in Pool B by defeating Turkemnistan 2-1. Phalkum Mam and Kenny Bun gave Cambodia an unassailable 2-0 lead before Turkmenistan won the dead doubles rubber.
For more information about Asia/Oceania Zone Group III click here.
In Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV, top seeds Pacific Oceania continued their impressive week with a 2-1 victory over Iraq. Aymeric Mara won the opening singles rubber for Pacific Oceania vefore Ali Khairi Hashim Al-Mayahi levelled the tie for Iraq.
Gilles de Gouy and Daniel Llarenas clinched the tie in the deciding doubles rubber, leaving Pacific Oceania with a perfect 4-0 record and a place at the top of Pool A.
Bangladesh won their first tie of the week with a 3-0 win over Kyrgyzstan. Henry Prithul Mondol and Sree Amol Roy won their singles rubbers before Ali Al-Saygh and Mousa Zayed won the doubles rubber.
In Pool B, second seeds Qatar maintained their promotion push with a 3-0 win over Bahrain and Mongolia defeated Oman to maintain their place in 3rd place in the Pool.
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Cruising is the most exciting way to travel the world. There are many people who cruise once a year. There are some who cruise often, approximately three times a year. Whether it is the first or fifteenth time, it's always best to go prepared. To make anyone's cruise vacation the utmost enjoyable, it's always best to go prepared. The question often asked is, "What should they pack?". Based on a typical seven-day cruise, here is a list of the essentials:
PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP (passport, passport card, birth certificate, etc.)
dop kit
blazer/neck ties
formal wear/evening gowns for women
2 belts
2 pairs of pants
2 pairs of ladies golf trousers (if applicable)
2 pairs of shorts
6 t-shirts
8 pairs of socks
2 pairs of black socks/stockings
8 pairs of undergarments
sun tan lotion
1 pair of dress shoes (Ladies, bring all the shoes you want!)
1 pair of casual shoes
1 pair of aqua shoes
1 pair of sandals
1 pair of bath slippers
2 tank tops
1 pair of sleeping shorts
2 buttoned shirts/blouses
2 golf shirts
IPod dock
batteries (preferably chargeable)
waterproof camera...Brownie points!
beach gear (Frisbee, football, Nerf football, etc)
Some cruise ships have a variety of on board features, such as bowling alleys, flow riders, rock climbing walls, and ice skating rinks. If sailing on Royal Caribbean's Voyager, Freedom, Oasis, or upcoming Quantum class ships, passengers are encouraged to pack their ice skates. Ice skates are among the essentials for a Royal Caribbean cruise. If a passenger doesn't own a pair of ice skates, there's no need to stress. Passengers can rent ice skates for free on board at the ice rink. Further, passengers must pack long pants along with comfortable socks. The basic essentials for the rock climbing wall include comfortable shorts and t-shirts. For those who wish to conquer the flow rider, passengers should pack extra undergarments or cover-ups to wear under their swimsuits while boogie boarding or stand-up surfing. No one wants to lose their swimsuit in high pressure water current!
Norwegian's newer ships, the Gem and Breakaway class, feature bowling alleys. Guests are free to bring along their own bowling ball and pack their own equipment. Everyone feels great when they are prepared.
No matter what cruise line or what type of cruises people enjoy, there is no harm in being prepared. Further, there is no harm in being over-prepared. Special cruises such as clothing-optional require passengers to pack the same kind of items. On clothing-optional cruises, passengers live by the "bare" essentials. They must be dressed accordingly while in port, on select shore excursions, and at dinner time on board. For longer cruises (9, 10, 11, 12-day, etc), passengers should be further prepared. They should pack at least three to five more pairs of clothing per person.
Whether visiting the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Alaska, or the port cities of the Mediterranean, cruising provides people of all ages with a traveling experience like no other. To be fully prepared for an any cruise, it's best to pack all of the items needed to ensure a good time. Passengers ought to check, double-check, and triple-check that they pack all the necessities. Passengers should not be afraid to pack extra undergarments or an extra swimsuit. A savvy cruiser is always prepared. It's all a part of the fun. Once all the essentials are packed, the cruise passenger is all set to make waves. The more focused cruisers are on the essentials, the more prepared they'll be.


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Questions related to Ubuntu and VMware Workstation, whether Ubuntu is the Host system or the Virtual(guest operating) system.
VMware Workstation is a Type-I hypervisor (also known as Virtual Machine Monitor) that runs on x64 as well as x86 computers; it enables users to set up one or more virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical machine, and use them simultaneously along with the actual machine. Each virtual machine can execute its own operating system, including versions of Microsoft Windows, Linux, BSD, and MS-DOS.
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text: Ukulima Farm Spanning 9,200 acres, Ukulima Farm in South Africa's Limpopo Province is owned by the Nature Conservation Trust (NCT), a South African registered public benefit organization. NCT operations are fully funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. HGBF partners with leading university and other research organizations to study agriculture in an environment relevant to the developing world context. Research partners at Ukulima include: AgriLife Research at Texas A&M University and the Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO). Ukulima provides housing, land, production equipment, lab facilities and irrigation to its farm partners, and is an operating farm. Research includes developing improved seed varieties suited to different African climates and soils; testing conservation-based production practices including no-till, biologically-based nutrient management, and use of legume-based cover crops; and studying different crops grown under center pivot irrigation.


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"I think what's going to happen is we'll limp along and have somewhat of an inefficient runoff," National Weather Service Hydrologist Brian McInerney said. "If it gets warm and stays dry and we start melting early in March, the efficiency of the runoff drops dramatically."
Early melting causes early-season evaporation; sublimation, when the snow on top of the snowpack turns into gas, bypassing evaporation; and water that seeps only into the top layer of the soil.
"And then as the water makes its way to the streams, it tends to evaporate, and the plants tend to suck the moisture from the top of the soil and transplant it out of their leaves," he said. "So the question is, how much water do we have in the reservoirs?"
Last year's dry winter led to heavy depletion of the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District reservoirs, with 65 percent of the two-year supply used by late fall.
According to McInerney, 120 inches of snow would need to fall this winter for Summit County's snowpack to get back on track.
"There's always a chance, but we would need so much," he said.
The five to seven day weather forecast predicts Summit County will soon have small storms interspersed with periods of warming, McInerney said
"That's OK, but what we need are storm cycles that are three to four days long with a lot of snow and cold weather," he said.
"During the dry years between 2000 to 2004, only 50 percent of the water from the snowpack made it to the reservoirs due to inefficient runoff processes," he said. "But if you look at 2005, which was a really good year for late season storms with a cold spring and a very wet atmosphere, basically all of the mountain snow made it into the reservoirs."
Summit County Fire Warden Bryce Boyer said he monitors precipitation levels beginning in early March.
"A lot of the early indications are that we could have another dry summer," he said. "There just isn't a lot of snowpack above, and there isn't quite as much moisture in the snowpack that is there. But that would go with the typical cycle that is normally seen."
Boyer said wet cycles typically last for a few years, followed by a dry cycle for the next few years.
McInerney agreed that precipitation is cyclical, but said that climate change is also a factor.
"Throw climate change on top of the cycles, and the old models don't work because we have a different atmosphere," he said. "Rain is increasing as our atmosphere warms," he said. "The average person in Park City probably won't know the difference, but people who don't have very good water rights, such as farmers, will be affected."
McInerney said that for the time being, he thinks the county is fine, but that too many dry years together will be problematic.
"It's difficult for the economy, the ski industry and the farmers," he said.
The Snyderville Water Reclamation District, which operates two water treatment plants in Summit County, has also seen the negative affects of low snowpack.
"We like to see water flowing down the stream, and when the snow melts slowly, it helps maintain stream flow in East Canyon Creek and Silver Creek," Reclamation District General Manager Mike Luers said. "When the snow is lacking like it is this year, it presents the possibility of those streams drying up during the critical summer months, August and September."
The low water levels can be fatal for the fish who may not have enough water to survive, he said.
More problems arise when there isn't enough fresh water mixing with the treated water.
"We've been studying the impacts of very low levels of pharmaceuticals," he said. "When we have some dilution from the stream above us, it becomes less of a problem. Tertiary treatments plants like ours are not designed to remove these very low levels of pharmaceuticals and natural hormones. Those can have a negative impact on the fish population when the stream flow becomes very low."


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Italian foods are some of my favorite foods to enjoy. Pasta tossed with a simple tomato sauce, an elaborately layered oven baked lasagna, ravioli stuffed with cheese, meats and/or veggies, chicken parmesan… great, now I'm hungry and have decided I need to have an Italian meal for dinner at some point in the near future. Back on track… bread is commonly served to compliment many Italian dishes. A warm soft stick of garlic bread or a slice of fresh baked crusty Italian bread dipped in oils and herbs are the popular choices at many restaurants. For today's Taste Test, I used two different dip mixes to create simple yet delicious breads that would be perfect to serve alongside any Italian meal.


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Rand Stamp Background:
Are You An Objectivist?
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 7:17 PM
Subject: Haven for Reason, Invite.
I've been looking over your site recently and I love the letters. Also, I noticed that your background is a picture of the Ayn Rand stamp. Are you an Objectivist? Have you read Rand's work and agree with her philosophy? Either way you appear to be intelligent and very rational. I wanted to invite you to a Yahoo! club that my girlfriend founded. Here is the link:
Read some of the posts. Look around. Join if you like.
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Subject: Re: Haven for Reason, Invite.
Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 8:51 PM
I put the Rand stamp up (and bought almost 3,000 of them for the magazine) for two reasons: (1) the USPS finally issued a stamp honoring someone who was openly atheistic; (2) it's pretty. If someone could come up with other stamps (from any country) which honor people who were specifically and openly atheistic, I'd vary the background from page to page. I can't think of a way to overtly announce that my use of the image is not an endorsement of Rand's work without sounding pedantic, so I leave it alone except to mention it in a few Letters responses. If it is an endorsement of anything, it is an endorsement of the USPS's portrayal of an out-of-the-closet atheist on a postage stamp.
Otherwise, I have read very little of Rand's work, being most heavily influenced, philosophically, by Galileo, William Shakespeare, Robert Burns, John Locke, Frances Wright, Mary Wollstonecraft, Percy Byssche Shelly, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), Oscar Wilde, Abraham Lincoln, Aleister Crowley, Mark Twain, William E. H. Lecky, Robert Green Ingersoll, Freiderich Nietzsche, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, James Joyce, Emma Goldman, H. L. Mencken, Thomas Edison, Margaret Sanger, Stanley Kubrick, Joseph Lewis, Margaret Knight, Gora, Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Richard Robinson, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, James A. Michener, Hyam Maccoby, Utah Philips, Victor Stenger, William S. Burroughs, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Jimmy Carter, Lenny Bruce, Robert Anton Wilson, Antony Flew, Larry King, Timothy Leary, Theodore M. Drange, Bill Rees, Frank Zappa, Ted Patrick, Abbie Hoffman, Robert M. Price, John Lennon, Stanton Peele, Eric Burdon, James Call, Jimi Hendrix, Conrad Goeringer, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Chuck Shepherd, Alice Cooper, Richard Dawkins, Peter Gabriel, Peter Hammill, George H. Smith, Mojo Nixon, Jello Biafra, "Cardboard" Elvis, Robert Fripp, Philip John Rawsthorne, Jonathan Rauch, Randy Cassingham, Michael Shermer, and my parents and grandparents -- particularly my mother (who read Rand) and my father's mother. Every one of these people has done at least something which profoundly changed me forever in a way that I currently appreciate. Others, not on this list, have affected me in ways I could do without. I'm sure there are some who belong on this list more than some who are, but this is just off the top of my head. Several are people I've met or known personally, and most are people whose lives I've studied in part. The musicians mentioned have affected me either through the philosophical impact of some of their lyrics or personally, either as acquaintances or by their lives.
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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Langley, Jake
A graduate of the Concordia University jazz program, Langely was invited to attend the Banff Center for the Arts Jazz Workshop in 1996 and was awarded two Ontario Arts Council Chalmers Awards and a Canada Council Grant to study in New York City with jazz guitar legends Pat Martino and Jim Hall.
He has performed with The Doug Riley Quartet, Carol Welsman, P.J. Perry, Carlos Del Junco and many other Canadian jazz and blues musicians. He's recorded and toured with Fantasy recording artist and Grateful Dead associate, Merl Saunders, and soul legend Bobby 'Blue' Bland, as well as with Canadian recording artists One Step Beyond, Big Rude Jake, and Jibe. He is also a member of the jazz/soul band Planet Earth.
From 1994-1998, he led the Canadian jazz/pop group, the Tone Poets, which recorded two CDs and toured Canada and the U.S.
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Chicago turns green for St. Patrick's Day, being celebrated on the weekend of March 15-16, 2014. After a particularly rough winter, hardy Chicagoans welcome the first signs of spring and the chance to celebrate the arrival of milder weather during the St. Patrick's celebrations.
There are three parades in Chicago this weekend. The Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade in the Loop is on Sat., March 15. The South Side Irish Parade and the North Side Irish Parade are on Sunday, March 16.
Chicago is famous for for the St. Pat's tradition of dying the Chicago River (Michigan Ave. and Wacker Dr.) green for the festivities of Saturday. The river is dyed with orange vegetable dye with the help of the Plumber's Union Local and Blarney Island with the help of magical Irish leprechauns. The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Sat., March 15, but arrive early for a good spot, because large crowds gather for the celebration.
The Chicago's St. Patrick's Day Parade steps off at noon from Grant Park (Columbus and Balbo) and ends at Monroe. The parade lasts about three hours. Grand Marshal John McDonough, President & CEO of the Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks will lead the way, following by Irish dancers, bagpipers, marching bands, politicians and celebrants wearing green t-shirts.
The Irish-American Heritage Center (2646 N. Knox) is holding their indoor Saint Patrick's Festival following the parade on Sat The center will also hold a St. Patrick's Celebration on Mon., March 17.
The dyeing of the Chicago River and the St. Patrick's Day Parade in the Loop draws around 300,000 spectators. Public transportation is recommended to avoid traffic congestion and the high price of parking in the downtown lots.
The South Side Irish Parade, in the Beverly neighborhood, steps off at noon on Sunday. The parade starts at 103rd Street and proceeds down Western Avenue to 115th Street. The parade is a family-friendly event and alcohol is not allowed.
The North Side Irish Parade, in the Norwood Park neighborhood, steps off at noon on Sunday. The parade begins at William J. Onahan School running south on Neola Avenue to Northwest Highway, then heading north on Northwest Highway up to Harlem Avenue.
Chicago's pubs and taverns will be holding Irish celebrations during the weekend. Find a pleasant spot to enjoy a corned beef dinner, and possible a green beer, after the big celebrations.
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- Recent Papers on Industrial Effluents
- Identification of inhibitory effects of industrial effluents on nitrification
- Treatment of olive-mill wastewater from a two-phase process by chemical oxidation on an industrial scale
- Selection of variables using factorial discriminant analysis for the state identification of an anaerobic UASB–UAF hybrid pilot plant, fed with winery effluents
- Treatability of cefazolin antibiotic formulation effluent with O3 and O3/H2O2 processes
- Iron and manganese removal from textile effluents in anaerobic attached-growth bioreactor filled with coirfibres
- Membrane filtration for tertiary treatment of biologically treated effluents from the pulp and paper industry
- Ozonation of synthetic versus natural textile tannins: recalcitrance and toxicity towards Phaeodactylum tricornutum
- Effect of chemical treatment on the acute toxicity of two commercial textile dye carriers
- Detection and identification of dyes showing AhR–binding affinity in treated sewage effluents
- Toxicity and biodegradability of high strength/toxic organic liquid industrial effluents and hazardous landfill leachates
- Appropriate basis of effluent standards for industrial wastewaters
- Related Materials on Industrial Wastewater Treatment from IWA Publishing
Identification of inhibitory effects of industrial effluents on nitrification
Water Science & Technology—WST Vol 59 No 4 pp 797–803 © IWA Publishing 2009 doi:10.2166/wst.2009.060
A. Žgajnar Gotvajn and J. Zagorc-Končan
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Aškerceva 5, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia E-mail: email@example.com
The aim of our work was to determine the extent of inhibition of oxygen consumption by activated sludge for carbonaceous and ammonium oxidation (ISO 8192 2007) for various wastewaters. We have selected several types of wastewaters different in their origin and composition: pharmaceutical wastewater, tannery wastewater and municipal landfill leachate. To confirm results of toxicity testing, additional ready biodegradability assessment test with measurement of oxygen consumption was accomplished to indicate the impact of effluents to nitrification process. Pharmaceutical wastewater was toxic to activated sludge, but it inhibited heterotrophic microorganisms much more than nitrifying ones. Biodegradability testing confirmed low impact to nitrification by high, non-suppressed oxygen consumption for nitrification process. Tannery effluent inhibited nitrification significantly (180 min EC50 was 57 vol.%), but it did not affect heterotrophic microorganisms. Landfill leachate was very toxic to heterotrophic microorganisms (180 min EC50 was 3 vol.%), while it inhibited nitrification less (180 min EC50 was 24 vol.%). Presented research confirmed that the investigated experimental method is a reliable one for detection of occurrence of substances inhibiting nitrification in different industrial effluents. With regular monitoring of inhibitory impact biological treatment process upsets could be avoided and treatment optimised.
Treatment of olive-mill wastewater from a two-phase process by chemical oxidation on an industrial scale
Water Science & Technology—WST Vol 59 No 10 pp 2017–2027 © IWA Publishing 2009 doi:10.2166/wst.2009.165
L. M. Nieto, G. Hodaifa, S. R. Vives, J. A. G. Casares, S. B. Driss and R. Grueso
Chemical Engineering Department, Granada University, 18071 Granada, Spain
Chemical Engineering Department, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain E-mail: email@example.com
This study offers a solution for reducing the environmental effect of wastewaters generated by the olive-oil industry. Olive-oil companies produce variable quantities of wastewaters, which require treatment for disposal or reuse. Today, regulations are becoming increasingly strict regarding the parameters measured in these effluents. In Spain, the resolution by the president of the Hydrographical Confederation of the Guadalquivir on water use 2004 set parameter limits as follows: pH = 6.0–9.0, total suspended solid = 500 mg/L; and COD and BOD520=1,500 mg O2/L. For the year 2006, maximum values for COD and BOD520 were fixed at 1,000 mg O2/L. To solve this problem, a study has been made to derive irrigation water from the above-mentioned effluents through chemical oxidation based on the Fenton's process. This would be first step towards using a closed-circuit system in olive-oil mills to treat and reuse effluents.
Selection of variables using factorial discriminant analysis for the state identification of an anaerobic UASB–UAF hybrid pilot plant, fed with winery effluents
Water Science & Technology Vol 56 No 2 pp 139–145 © IWA Publishing 2007 doi:10.2166/wst.2007.482
M. Castellano*, G. Ruiz-Filippi** , W. González*, E. Roca*** and J.M. Lema***
*Department of Statistics and O.R., University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (E-mail: email@example.com)
** School of Biochemical Engineering, Pontifica Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
*** Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering. University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Anaerobic wastewater treatment has become a widely used method for wastewater depuration, and has been applied in a wide range of situations, from urban wastewater to highly toxic industrial wastewater. Particularly it has been successfully applied to the treatment of the beverage industries effluents. To avoid the destabilization of the system a monitoring diagnosis and control system of the depuration processes is necessary. The cost of this system is an important issue, that depends on the number of parameters that must be controlled for an adequate performance of a wastewater plant control system. This work shows how the classic statistical classification techniques can be applied to determine the number variables that must be monitored to achieve an adequate performance of anaerobic UASB–UAF hybrid Pilot Plant monitoring and control system. The obtained results had not been unique, so different combinations of variables can be selected for a good wastewater treatment process control. Economic or technical criteria may be considered to determine the final variables set in each particular situation.
Treatability of cefazolin antibiotic formulation effluent with O3 and O3/H2O2 processes
Water Science & Technology Vol 55 No 10 pp 217–225 © IWA Publishing 2007 doi:10.2166/wst.2007.325
G. Iskender*, A. Sezer*, I. Arslan-Alaton*, F. Germirli Babuna* and O.S. Okay**
*Istanbul Technical University, Civil Engineering Faculty, Environmental Engineering Department, 34469, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey (E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com)
**Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, 34469, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
The effect of applying ozonation and perozonation to antibiotic cefazolin-Na formulation effluents were investigated in this study. Twenty minutes of ozonation at a rate of 1,500 mg/L-h was observed to remove COD by 38%, whereas a COD removal efficiency of 40% was achieved via H2O2 enhanced ozonation (same conditions + 31.25 mM H2O2). Both of the pretreatment alternatives were monitored to elevate the BOD5/COD ratio from 0.01 to 0.08. The initially inert COD was reduced by 38% using ozonation and by 60% employing H2O2 enhanced ozonation. In terms of the lowest achievable effluent COD levels after bio-treatment, ozonation was observed to yield a residual COD of 205 mg L-1, while a residual COD of 135 mg L-1 was involved for perozonation. According to the results of acute toxicity on Phaedactylum tricornutum, ozonated and perozonated samples exhibited more toxicity than the untreated effluent after 4 days. The activated sludge inhibition test demonstrated that both of the pretreatment alternatives efficiently eliminated the inhibition of investigated formulation effluent.
Iron and manganese removal from textile effluents in anaerobic attached-growth bioreactor filled with coirfibres
Water Science & Technology Vol 55 No 8-9 pp 143–150 © IWA Publishing 2007 doi:10.2166/wst.2007.252
M.W. Jayaweera*, P.I.A. Gomes* and S.L.J. Wijeyekoon**
*Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (E-mail: email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com)
**Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com)
A laboratory scale study on Fe and Mn removal in upflow anaerobic bioreactor of a working volume of 20 L with coir fibre as the filter medium was investigated for a period of 312 days. The maximum Fe and Mn levels considered were 10 and 5 mg/L respectively, which are the typical average values of textile effluents subsequent to the primary and secondary treatments. Ten sub-experimental runs were conducted with varying HRTs (5 days to 1 day), ratios of COD:SO2-4 (20 to 3.5), Fe levels (0.005 to 10 mg/L) and Mn levels (0 to 5 mg/L). COD:SO2-4 of 3.5 was identified as the optimum point at which sulphate reducing bacteria (SRBs) out competed methane producing bacteria (MPBs) and further reduction of this ratio caused total and/or significant inhibition of MPBs, thus building sulphate reducing conditions. The effluent contained Fe and Mn below the permissible levels (1.6 and 1.1 mg/L for Fe and Mn, respectively) stipulated by US National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) for inland surface waters at HRTs higher than 3 days. Results of the mass balance showed more Fe accumulation (60%) in sediments whereas 27% in the filter media. An opposite observation was noticed for Mn.
Membrane filtration for tertiary treatment of biologically treated effluents from the pulp and paper industry
Water Science & Technology Vol 55 No 6 pp 99–107 © IWA Publishing 2007 doi:10.2166/wst.2007.217
M. Mänttäri and M. Nyström
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Department of Chemical Technology, Laboratory of Membrane Technology and Technical Polymer Chemistry P.O. Box 20, FIN-53851, Lappeenranta, Finland (E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com)
Discharge waters from activated sludge processes in the pulp and paper industry and from a municipal wastewater treatment plant were filtered with various nanofiltration (NF) and low pressure reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. The purpose was to study flux, retention, and permeate quality after membrane filtration by using a high shear (CR-250/2) filter. The suitability of the achieved permeates for reuse at the industrial site is also discussed. The NF permeate was practically free from colour and organic compounds but contained significant amount of inorganic compounds e.g. chloride ions, especially when a high amount of sulphate containing discharge waters were filtered, in which case a low pressure RO membrane was needed to successfully remove monovalent anions. Organic compounds were almost completely retained by NF and RO membranes and organic carbon in the permeate was less than 10 mg/dm3 on average. The achieved permeate can easily be reused in paper production. Nanofiltration has a significantly higher flux and also a lower fouling tendency than reverse osmosis but it passes through monovalent ions when there is a high sulphate concentration in the water. Therefore, RO might be needed in such cases to produce excellent process water.
Ozonation of synthetic versus natural textile tannins: recalcitrance and toxicity towards Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Water Science & Technology Vol 55 No 10 pp 45–52 © IWA Publishing 2007 doi:10.2166/wst.2007.305
F. Germirli Babuna*, Z. Yilmaz*, O.S. Okay**, I. Arslan Alaton* and G. Iskender*
*Istanbul Technical University, Civil Engineering Faculty, Environmental Engineering Department, 34469, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey (E-mail: email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com; email@example.com)
**Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, 34469, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey (E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com)
A sound in-plant pollution control strategy can only be defined by paying due attention to bio-recalcitrance and toxicity. In this context the levels of toxicity and inert COD introduced to textile dyebath discharges by two alternative auxiliary chemicals, namely natural tannin (NT) and synthetic tannin (ST), were investigated. The effect of 40 minutes ozonation at 1,000 mg h-1 at pH 3.5 on the segregated effluent streams containing the above-mentioned tannin formulations was evaluated in terms of changes in toxicity and recalcitrance. The effect of ozonation on the COD distribution of raw and ozonated NT and ST samples according to their molecular weight cut-offs was also assessed. Both untreated tannin formulations exerted high acute toxicity towards marine microalgae Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Moderate decrease in the toxicity levels of both tannins was observed upon ozonation. The raw NT formulation with a COD content more than twice that of its alternative raw ST had an initially inert soluble COD content of only 25 mg/L, while the initially inert COD was 135 mg/L for ST. As the initially inert soluble COD content of NT was considerably lower, this textile auxiliary did not need chemical pretreatment to improve its biodegradability. On the other hand, the initially inert soluble COD content of ST was reduced by 70% by ozone pretreatment. In terms of residual COD contents achievable after passing through a biological treatment system, raw NT and pretreated ST formulations yielded 100 and 95 mg/L COD, respectively. The highest proportion of COD (46% for NT and 88% for ST) was found in the <1 kDa range. The same fraction increased to 93% for NT after ozonation, while for ST no significant change was observed in the COD distribution of the molecular weight cut-offs after ozonation.
Effect of chemical treatment on the acute toxicity of two commercial textile dye carriers
Water Science & Technology Vol 55 No 10 pp 253–260 © IWA Publishing 2007 doi:10.2166/wst.2007.329
I. Arslan-Alaton*, G. Iskender*, B. Ozerkan*, F. Germirli Babuna* and O. Okay**
*Istanbul Technical University, Civil Engineering Faculty, Environmental Engineering Department, 34469, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey (E-mail: email@example.com; email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com)
**Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, 34469, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey (E-mail: email@example.com)
In the present experimental study, the effect of chemical treatment (coagulation–flocculation) on the acute toxicity exerted by two commercial dye carriers (called Carrier A and B herein) often used in the textile industry was investigated. Two different test organisms were selected to elucidate the situations in activated sludge treatment systems (activated sludge microorganisms) as well as in receiving water bodies (ultimate marine discharge). According to the results of a comprehensive analysis covering COD removal efficiencies, sludge settling characteristics and operating costs involved in coagulation-flocculation, the optimum treatment conditions were defined as follows; application of 750 mg/L ferrous sulphate at a pH of 9.0 for Carrier A; and application of 550 mg/L ferrous sulphate at a pH of 9.0 for Carrier B. The acute toxicities of both dye carriers towards marine microalgea Phaeodactylum tricornutum could be reduced significantly after being subjected to coagulation–flocculation. Fair toxicity removals (towards heterotrophic mixed bacterial culture accommodated in activated sludge treatment) were obtained with coagulation–flocculation for both of the carriers under investigation.
Detection and identification of dyes showing AhR–binding affinity in treated sewage effluents
Water Science & Technology Vol 53 No 11 pp 35–42 © IWA Publishing 2006 doi:10.2166/wst.2006.335
P.-H. Chou, S. Matsui and T. Matsuda
Department of Technology and Ecology, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-Ku, Yoshida-Honmachi, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan (E-mail: email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com)
A bioassay using the YCM3 recombinant yeast strain was utilised to investigate the presence of dioxin-like compounds that activate the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in treated sewage effluents. AhR ligand activity was detected in the concentrated extracts of effluent samples collected in March, June and October 2004 from Kyoto city, Japan. HPLC fractionation was carried out using C18 reversed-phase columns, and possible AhR ligands were further isolated and purified. By using LC/MS/MS, one weak AhR ligand was identified to be rhodamine B base, a fluoran dye. In addition, two other coloured ligands were postulated to be disperse anthraquinone dyes or their metabolites because of their UV spectra and HPLC retention times. The AhR-binding affinities of 12 commercial dyes with different chemical structures were also studied. Among the dyes tested, hydrophobic anthraquinone dyes exhibited higher AhR ligand activity, but azo dyes or hydrophilic acid dyes showed no or very low AhR ligand activity. Rhodamine B base and disperse anthraquinone dyes were suggested to be potential xenobiotic AhR ligands. Future research regarding their contamination in aquatic environments and toxicological information is necessary.
Toxicity and biodegradability of high strength/toxic organic liquid industrial effluents and hazardous landfill leachates
Water Science & Technology Vol 46 No 9 pp 163–169 © IWA Publishing 2002
V. Naidoo*, M. du Preez**, T. Rakgotho***, B. Odhav**** and C.A. Buckley*****
*Pollution Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Natal, Durban, 4000, South Africa (E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com)
**Pollution Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Natal, Durban, 4000, South Africa
***Department of Biological Sciences, ML Sultan Technikon, Durban, 4000, South Africa
****Department of Biological Sciences, ML Sultan Technikon, Durban, 4000, South Africa
*****Pollution Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Natal, Durban, 4000, South Africa
Industrial effluents and leachates from hazardous landfill sites were tested for toxicity using the anaerobic toxicity assay. This test was done on several industrial effluents (brewery spent grain effluent, a chemical industry effluent, size effluent), and several hazardous landfill leachates giving vastly different toxicity results. The brewery effluent, spent grain effluent and size effluent were found to be less toxic than the chemical effluent and hazardous landfill leachate samples. The chemical industry effluent was found to be most toxic. Leachate samples from the H:h classified hazardous landfill site were found to be less toxic at high concentrations (40% (v/v)) while the H:H hazardous landfill leachate samples were found to be more toxic even at low concentrations of 4% (v/v). The 30 d biochemical methane potential tests revealed that the brewery effluent, organic spent grain effluent and size effluent were 89%, 63%, and 68% biodegradable, respectively. The leachate from Holfontein hazardous landfill site was least biodegradable (19%) while the chemical effluent and Aloes leachate were 29% and 32% biodegradable under anaerobic conditions.
Appropriate basis of effluent standards for industrial wastewaters
Water Science & Technology Vol 45 No 12 pp 1 - 11 © IWA Publishing 2002
A. Tilche* and D. Orhon**
*European Commission - DG Research Rue de la Loi 200, 1049 Bruxelles, Belgium
**Environmental Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, I.T.U. Inaat Fakltesi, 80626, Maslak, stanbul, Turkey
Designing industrial discharge standards should reflect the numerical compromise between what can be achieved to prevent environmental pollution and sustainable development. They should involve categorical limitations for specific sources. Micropollutants represent the major concern for industrial effluents. A micropollutant-based subcategorization is needed for an effective control of industrial effluents. Regulations imposed require a comprehensive knowledge of polluting processes and sources, and technological limits of available treatment technologies.
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