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The investigation of electric arc furnace (EAF) steel slag as a viable add-on technology to existing stormwater systems for the removal of dissolved phosphorus (P) was extended to explore the effects of varying environmental and treatment system conditions. Parameters such as stormwater composition, P concentration, metal concentration, pH, temperature, slag mass and slag particle size were varied. Observations relating to the method of P removal via EAF slag were also carefully considered to explain removal mechanisms involved. Results demonstrated that, although physisorption contributed to P reduction, it was not the key P removal mechanism. Instead, precipitation was observed to be a key removal pathway as evidenced by the correlation between the loss of iron (Fe) from slag and the amount of P removed from solution. The reduced removal of P by slag in a copper-dominant stormwater solution was attributed to the formation of a stable complex formed by the interaction of copper with the slag via the ion-exchange surface model. The stability of this complex inhibits the loss of Fe from the EAF slag and, consequently, P removal by means of precipitation. In terms of the effect of changing environmental and treatment system conditions on the P removal process, stormwater composition, P concentration, metal concentration, pH, temperature, slag mass and slag particle size were found to significantly influence the effectiveness of EAF slag in removing P from a given stormwater system. It was also established that a number of combinations of these factors influence P uptake differently.
Stormwater is non-point source (NPS) pollution that occurs when runoff from rainfall or snowmelt gathers pollutants accumulated on lands or impermeable urban surfaces and conveys these to receiving water bodies. The pollutants include pathogens, organic matter, nutrients, sediments and toxins. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) recognized NPS as its country's largest source of water quality problems [
Of the constituents found in stormwater, phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for the growth of aquatic organisms. Sources of P include detergents, fertilizers, compromised septic systems, animal wastes, plant debris, sediments, gasoline and tires. However, when present in high concentrations, P can cause eutrophication in freshwater systems resulting in a significant loss of water quality, biodiversity, and recreational or economic value [
Stormwater as a source of P has received lesser attention than have treatment processes for point source P pollution from wastewater from industrial and residential discharges. However, the control of P in discharged urban stormwater is becoming more commonly recognized as highly important for the sustained health and vitality of receiving waters [
Stormwater programs are usually budget-constrained. Thus, apart from being effective, a successful stormwater treatment initiative must be affordable and make use of inexpensive materials. Low-cost industrial by-products such as fly ash [
The specific objectives of this research are to: (1) To characterize EAF slag so as to propose a theory on the pathway for phosphorus removal from stormwater, and (2) To study the effect of environmental and treatment system conditions on phosphorus removal using EAF slag in bench scale experiments.
The source of EAF slag, the methods of adsorbent preparation for testing, and the characterization methods used in these experiments were previously described in detail [
In this study, additional surface area determination, Powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDS) characterization analyses were conducted on spent slag samples obtained from the different stormwater solutions. These analyses were included to gain insight into the mechanisms involved in the competitive reduction of P in the systems evaluated.
Fresh and spent slags were the terms used to describe the slag as obtained before and after sorption, respectively.
The Nationwide Urban Runoff Program [
Actual stormwater is complex mixture of organic, inorganic and toxic substances such as suspended solids, debris, pathogens, nutrients, pesticides, heavy metals and hydrocarbons. Therefore, it should be noted that the synthetic stormwater samples used in this study may not fully mimic the behavior of actual stormwater.
Water quality characteristics of urban runoff a.
|Event to event b variability in EMC's
|Site median EMC c
|For median urban site
|For 90th percentileurban site
|Soluble Phosphorus, mg/L
|Total Copper (Cu), µg/L
|Total Lead (Pb), µg/L
|Total Zinc (Zn), µg/L
a. Reproduced from "Results of the Nationwide Urban Runoff Program. Volume 1—Final Report" [
As the possible combinations of absolute P and metal concentrations in stormwater are infinite, the focus in the development of the synthetic stormwater solutions was on blending relative values of the stormwater constituents as opposed to their absolute concentration values. All relative P to metal concentration ratios were calculated from a phosphorus concentration basis of 5 mg/L. This P concentration value was selected based on observations from prior experiments showing that it was an adequate concentration from which to satisfactorily observe both gradual and immediate phosphorus changes in the stormwater system. The use of much lower concentrations resulted in greater difficulty detecting and studying the effect of system changes, and led to more inconsistencies, errors and uncertainties. Ultimately, the aim was to observe the P removal patterns occurring with changes in M:P concentrations. The synthetic stormwater solutions used in these experiments and their methods of preparation have been previously described in detail [
The terms "stormwater systems" and "stormwater matrices" are used interchangeably to mean the different stormwater solutions.
Composition of the six synthetic stormwater solutions (M:P = 0.2).
|Metal-free stormwater (P-only)
|Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn = 0
|Cd-dominant stormwater (P + Cd)
|Cd:P = 0.2, Cu, Pb, Zn = 0
|Cu-dominant stormwater (P + Cu)
|Cu:P = 0.2, Cd, Pb, Zn = 0
|Pb-dominant stormwater (P + Pb)
|Pb:P = 0.2, Cd, Cu, Zn = 0
|Zn-dominant stormwater (P + Zn)
|Zn:P = 0.2, Cd, Cu, Pb = 0
|Multi-metal stormwater (P + Mix)
|Cd:P, Cu:P, Pb:P, Zn:P = 0.2
Volumes of 250 mL of the synthetic stormwater samples were contacted with 1 g EAF slag placed in Erlenmeyer flasks. The adsorption studies were conducted in a platform shaker (Lab-line Instruments Inc., IL, USA) at 80 rpm for 120 h, under which equilibrium was reached and no slag disintegration was observed. All experiments were run at room temperature (298 ± 5 K) and an influent pH of 7. The pH was adjusted with 0.1 M HCl or 0.1 M NaOH to achieve neutrality. Samples were collected every 24 h and filtered through a 0.45 µm Nalgene membrane prior to P analysis as dissolved reactive phosphorus,
Excepting certain cases, all the experiments conducted in this study, and described in the sections below, were carried out according to the procedure and conditions described in the preceding paragraph. The comparative effects of varying P concentration (mg/L) as a ratio of phosphorus to metal concentration (P:M = 0–10), metal concentration as a ratio of metal to phosphorus concentration (M:P = 0–1.4), slag mass (0–6 g), slag particle size (0.50–5.56 mm), pH (3.0–9.0), and temperature (298–333 K) were studied for the removal of P in the different stormwater systems. The experimental ranges for the environmental and system conditions were selected to clearly observe changes to system behavior, as judged via P-removal efficiency.
Initial P concentration in the stormwater samples was varied as phosphorus to metal ratios (P:M) to determine impacts on the kinetics of competitive P removal in the presence of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in urban stormwater. P:M = 0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 and 10.0 were used in these experiments.
In a second series of experiments, initial heavy metal concentrations in the stormwater were adjusted as metal to phosphorus ratios (M:P) over the range of 0 to 1.4 (
In this series of experiments, only metal-free (P-only) stormwater was evaluated. A range of slag masses, from 0 to between 4 and 6 g, was contacted with the P-supplemented solution (lower concentration) to elucidate the influence of EAF slag density on overall P uptake. To further investigate the relationship and corresponding P removal pattern between slag mass and P-concentration, the experiment was repeated at three times the concentration of P-only (higher concentration). Experiments were run for 72 h instead of 120 h, as the increased slag mass was expected to more rapidly remove P from the aqueous phase.
EAF slag particle size in the ranges of 0.50–0.85 mm, 0.85–1.00 mm, 1.00–1.40 mm, 1.40–1.70 mm, 2.36–3.35 mm and 4.75–5.56 mm were tested to calculate the influence of surface area on P physisorption. Unlike other experiments, these were conducted at 293 ± 5 K, which is cooler than the remaining experiments. The different particle sizes were contacted with P-only solution to provide information about the effect of slag diameter and surface area on P uptake in the stormwater systems.
Influent pH was adjusted to 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, and 9.0, and the influence of initial pH on P removal in a variety of stormwater solutions was subsequently monitored.
To determine the influence of temperature on the competitive sorption process, all batch experiments using all stormwater systems in
The relative standard deviation (%) was calculated for the measured P adsorption densities (mg/g). One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to analyze the differences in P removal data obtained from the slag particle size experiments. Also, Scheffé's test was conducted in
Data from all other experiments were processed using a two-way ANOVA with consideration for replication and interaction effects between a given stormwater composition and a particular environmental parameter, or in the case of experiments on varying slag masses, between a given slag quantity and a given P concentration.
Statistical significance was set at the probability level, α = 0.05, for all analyzed data. Microsoft Excel 2010 was used for all statistical work.
Previous work [
The effect of this Fe loss and the impact of Cu on P sorption are further discussed in this section.
Detailed characterization of the slag before and after interaction with P-only stormwater was previously completed and presented [
In this study, characterization was extended to spent slag specimens from the treatment of other synthetic stormwater systems in
BET (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller) Surface Area of spent slag samples.
|Source of spent slag sample
|BET Surface Area (m2/g)
|P + Cd
|P + Cu
|P + Pb
|P + Zn
|P + Mix
A decrease in the BET surface area was observed for all the used slag specimens when compared with the fresh slag. This indicates the likelihood of physisorption as a P removal mechanism in all the stormwater systems, irrespective of their composition. Also, the difference in the surface area decrease of the slag sample retrieved from P-only and those applied to the other metal-containing stormwater solutions may be negligible. When the surface area of spent slag from P-only was compared to that from P + Cu, there was essentially no difference. It can therefore be deduced that though physical adsorption contributes to P reduction, it may not be the key P removal mechanism. Some other mechanism appears to be responsible for the increased P adsorption density noticed in P-only versus the lower P uptake observed in P + Cu.
XRD results of spent slag samples from the treatment of the P-only, P + Cu and P + Mix stormwater matrices (
X-ray diffraction pattern of spent slag from (
XRD results of the spent slag samples from P + Cu and P + Mix also showed that the major volume fraction was amorphous. Just as in the case of spent slag from P-only, Wüstite (FeO), Larnite (β-Ca2SiO4), Brownmillerite (Ca2(Al,Fe)O5), Srebrodolskite (Ca2Fe3+2O5), Lime (CaO) were identified as common constituents in the representative spent slag samples from those stormwater types. Magnetite (Fe3O4) was also noticed in some cases. For example, while lime (CaO) was identified in the spent slag from P-only, it was not noticeable in the slag samples used on P + Cu and P+ Mix. Instead, the latter slag samples contained magnetite (Fe3O4), which on the contrary, was not identified in the slag used to treat P-only. This observed variation in slag composition indicates that the EAF slag is heterogeneous. However, the disparity in the slag make-up did not appear to be significant in fully explaining the resulting P removal observed in the different stormwater solutions. Overall, Fe and Ca were consistently proven to be key components of the EAF slag under study, as previously observed [
The semi-quantitative EDS results for the spent slag samples from P-only [
Semi-quantitative EDS results of spent slag from (
The specimen spectra confirm the uptake of P by slag. The data also point to a significant decrease in Fe content of spent slag from P-only and P + Mix, as compared to the Fe content in that from P + Cu experiments. There appears to be correlation between the loss of Fe and the amount of P removed by the slag. Also, the formation of precipitates was visible in the P-only and P + Mix systems at the conclusion of the experiments. It is well-known that P can be removed from wastewater via chemical precipitation by the addition of divalent and trivalent metal salts [
This may explain the increased removal of dissolved P from those systems. For P + Cu, the presence of Cu in the stormwater appeared to generally impede the loss of Fe from slag and thus its eventual consumption for chemical precipitation. This may justify the lower removal of dissolved P detected in P + Cu, as previously observed. Further, the effect of Cu may be explained by the ion-exchange surface model [
From Equation 2, a theory is proposed that Cu2+ in solution is exchanged for H+ and adsorbed on the surface of the slag. It is likely that Cu2+ forms a highly stable complex with slag, as has been observed in the stable complexes it forms with nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) and citrate ligands [
The impacts of varying P concentration are shown in
Influence of P concentration.
The inhibiting effect of Cu2+ on P removal was once again noted in these experiments. However, P concentration appeared to have an influence on the prominence of the "Cu-effect". At the lower concentration of the spectrum (
At the higher P concentration (
The effects of varying heavy metal concentrations in stormwater without the use of slag in the batch adsorption tests are presented in
However, there was a dissimilar precipitation pattern for the different metal constituents. For example, in the case of Cu2+ (
Based on the negligible P precipitation observed even at high concentrations, Cd2+ was found not to be a crucial component for further testing with respect to the influence of increasing metal concentrations (M : P). Furthermore, it has already been established that Cd had no detectable effect on the removal of P from simulated stormwater using EAF slag [
As well, except where mentioned, Cd was discarded for further consideration in this study as it was not a priority metal in urban runoff, unlike Cu, Pb and Zn. These three latter metals are most often detected in urban runoff, with at least 91% of the samples studied in the Nationwide Urban Runoff Program containing measurable concentrations of each [
Precipitation patterns of metal ions of increasing concentration reacting with P in the stormwater systems (no slag) (
Effect of varying metal concentration.
For P + Cu, the introduction of Cu2+ at the lower concentration, Cu:P = 0.2, led to reduced P uptake by the EAF slag substrate as previously explained by the ion-exchange surface model. Increase of Cu2+ concentration at Cu:P = 0.6 resulted in a spike in P removal. From the precipitation profile of P + Cu in
Beyond Cu:P = 0.6, a lesser P adsorption density was noticed. The observed reduction in P removal by slag was considered to be related to the increased removal of P by precipitation at time,
For P + Pb, a sharper decrease in P removal at higher Pb2+ concentrations (Pb:P = 1.0 and above) was observed. At lower Pb2+ concentration (Pb:P = 0–0.6) however, P adsorption density changes were statistically insignificant. This P removal trend was consistent with the pattern of P precipitation by Pb2+ depicted in
For P + Zn, the effect of increasing Zn2+ concentration on P removal is much less pronounced than for Cu2+ and Pb2+. Even at higher Zn2+ concentrations (Zn:P = 1.0–1.4), there appears to only be a slight increase in P removal due to precipitation. The incremental P uptake at these elevated concentrations is not statistically significant when compared to removal at lower Zn2+ concentrations (Zn:P = 0–0.6). As well, increase in precipitation with higher Zn2+ concentrations occurs gradually and much slower than with Cu2+ and Pb2+, where it is more sudden and faster.
Overall, precipitation of P by the metal ions played a noticeable role in the P removal process, and the P removal patterns appeared to correlate with the precipitation trends presented in
The influence of increased slag mass on P removal is shown in
Effect of varying slag mass across different P concentrations on (
Effect of slag particle diameter on P removal.
The effects of initial pH on P removal by EAF slag are depicted in
The findings from this work highlight important complexities noticed in prior similar studies on the effect of initial pH. Numerous investigations have shown that optimal pH levels for P removal vary widely for different adsorbents. For instance, optimal P removal using blast furnace slag has been noticed at a high pH of 10 [
Effect of initial pH on P removal.
The sorption behavior of P as a function of solution temperature is presented in
The effect of temperature on % P removal. (
The distribution coefficient (
The values of
The values of ∆H, ∆S and ∆G, the change in Gibbs free energy (kJ mol-1), are also given in
Thermodynamic parameters for P adsorption on EAF slag.
|∆H ( kJ mol−1)
|∆S ( kJ mol−1 K−1)
|∆G ( kJ mol−1)
|5.26 × 10−5
|5.03× 103
|1.34× 106
|1.28× 107
As seen in
Each plotted point on the graphs represented the average value of three readings. The error bars reflected the standard deviation of measurements from their mean. Calculated values for relative standard deviation for all P measurements taken in the course of the study ranged from less than 1% to as much as 20% in one case.
One-way ANOVA showed that there were significant differences in the P removal results obtained across the various slag particle diameters investigated (
For the P concentration experiments, two-way ANOVA results confirmed that the main effect of stormwater composition was significant (
In the case of metal concentration experiments, the main effect of stormwater composition was significant (
|0.50–0.85 mm
|2.36–3.35 mm
|0.50–0.85 mm
|1.40–1.70 mm
|0.50–0.85 mm
|1.00–1.40 mm
|0.50–0.85 mm
|0.85–1.00 mm
|0.85–1.00 mm
|1.00–1.40 mm
|Not significant
|0.85–1.00 mm
|1.40–1.70 mm
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|2.36–3.35 mm
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|1.40–1.70 mm
|Not significant
|1.00–1.40 mm
|2.36–3.35 mm
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For pH experiments, the main effect of stormwater composition was significant (
With respect to the influence of temperature on P removal, the main effect of stormwater composition was significant (
Experiments on the variation of slag mass at different P concentrations showed that the main effect of P concentration was significant (
From the results of the statistical analysis, it is apparent that the stormwater composition, P concentration, metal concentration, pH, temperature, slag mass and slag particle size have an influence on the extent of P removal. In addition, a combination of the stormwater composition and other environmental factors such as P concentration, metal concentration, pH or temperature affects P removal differently. Also, when considering EAF slag as a treatment system for stormwater remediation, it is also important to note that the slag surface area plays an important role in determining the efficiency of P removal. Larger slag surface areas (
Simulated stormwater was selected to ensure standard compositions of the experimental samples, and to more accurately detect the impacts of varying environmental conditions. Prior studies have shown that P sorption onto an active slag filter was significantly higher for synthetic P solutions than that observed using authentic pond effluent [
It should also be noted that the use of a batch experimental system instead of a flow-through treatment system has implications that would need to be considered. Batch experiments are well suited to describing static performance conditions and providing important information relating to the potential of a selected adsorbent. However, they are limited in their ability to predict dynamic conditions and should not be extrapolated to field performance [
This study highlights the importance of environmental and treatment system conditions in the removal of P from different stormwater compositions using EAF slag as an adsorbent. Results clearly demonstrate that stormwater composition, P concentration, metal concentration, pH, temperature, slag mass and slag particle size are key factors that determine the effectiveness of EAF slag in removing P from a given stormwater system. Furthermore, it has been revealed that a number of combinations of these factors influence P reduction differently. The findings of this work therefore provide important information for optimizing system performance for P removal by means of EAF slag.
An ongoing study is building on the outcome of this work as input for a full factorial experimental program developed around key environmental factors such as stormwater composition, P concentration, metal concentration and temperature. The completion of that work will provide comprehensive insight into the relative importance of the studied factors and the effect of their interactions on P removal. These findings are intended for application in flow-through experimentation, and ultimately, in the management of stormwater in urban municipalities, where an inexpensive and effective end-of-pipe add-on technology to existing stormwater treatment systems is needed to reduce soluble P currently not captured through those systems.
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and technical advice from Renata Raina and Rod Kelln, University of Regina (Chemistry and Biochemistry); Darryl Dormuth, National Research Council—Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Research; and Jim Kells, University of Saskatchewan (Civil Engineering).
The constructive comments of the anonymous reviewers who handled our manuscript were also greatly appreciated and have without doubt, improved the quality and outcome of this work.


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I'm still laughing at it
Whoa this is very nicely done too – I feel for you. I suppose the problem is that it is 6 months too late – meaning, it is just like many others already on ThemeForest and recently Envato are taking an "only original stuff" approach from what I can see. It's harsh on you though because it's very nice – I'd be careful about "borrowing" quite so many things from the Cool Kitten framework though – it is pretty well known.
I'm about to submit my first theme here and I am learning from other people's rejections. My strategy is to create as unique themes as possible rather than try and create a "themeforest style them". That way, I reckon I am either going to win big or lose fully – but I prefer the gamble.
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I consider myself a fairly pro Photoshop user and one of the things that gets my goat about designing websites is having to adjust a hundred different layers to produce another colour variation. Considering that I like to stay fairly organised with keeping each separate element in a different folder, I cant just add a colour filter to all of the coloured elements and change them all in one go.
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Man, I was JUST about to release my first theme here too. Having read this WHOLE thread I am confused beyond belief to say the least. The coding standards part I am OK with. But let me get this right… even if I create custom post types they have to be in a plugin???? And to use an options panel such as SMOF I should turn that into a plugin too? Why, since many of the options will not be suited to any future theme?
Dear Envato – there is a very simple solution to all of this chaos and that is an example please.
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I am about to create my first theme for sale on Themeforest but it will include some custom charts (made is css) that I was going to control through entering the data into a simple custom post field. However, in light of the recent announcement that any "non standard" Wordpress features need to be included in a separate plugin I am wondering if it might just be best to use a 3rd party plugin for this feature instead. If it is a free plugin, can I effectively "require" it in my theme? Can I distribute it with my theme? (I'm guessing not but checking anyway). But, in a nutshell is it OK for me to have in my help files that in order for a major feature of my theme to work that the buyer has to download a free plugin? Seems kinda cheap thing to do! I can create my own basic plugin I suppose but since I have to use one anyway it makes sense from a competency/end-value point of view to use a third party one with more features and instead invest my time accommodating these extra features into my theme.
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I know—I'm coming really late to the dance. In the last several months, everyone and his brother has jumped into the fray to beat up on Denver Broncos' starting quarterback Tim Tebow.Actually, though, what I want to do is something quite different: I want to use this winsome young man as a foil, merely to talk about PREJUDICE.I have in mind two kinds of prejudice:Prejudice Against Faith. The prejudice against Tim Tebow and, by extension, against all people of faith. The prejudice … [Read more...]
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In our last newsletter we shared how Philisande was scheduled for major reconstructive surgery this month. Born without an anus and left to die on the back of a truck, he had a stoma inserted at 5 days old, as well as surgery to repair a faulty valve in his heart. What a precious child he is—he has done so incredibly well and melted the hearts of everyone. On the 20th July, he sat on Nurse Candice's lap while they administered the anaesthetic and was in surgery for nearly 4 hours while they untangled his intestines and pulled them down into position and then created an anus.
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Hey all this post is way out of date but there is a reason for that, I was wanting to suprise a friend in SA and I knew they would check my blog, so in order to maintain secrecy about my location without lying to all of you guys I stopped posting for a while.
Anyway I've arrived in SA, and had a wonderful week and a bit in Pretoria stay with my family there, gettign up to lots of nonsesnse hahaha, I went to Spur, the legendary South African family restaurant, Steers the legendary South African take-out.
I also spent a weekend at the Vaal with my cousins, Paulet, Desiree, Paulet's husband Gavin and their kids, Kevin and William. It was very nice even though the weather was lousy, had some great braais and my afrikaans got a LOT better than it has been in years.
While I was in Pretoria we celebrated my cousin, Bernedine's birthday wich was pretty cool. It was also really nice just to hang out with family I haven't seen in a while.
Anyway I'm in Cape Town now but I'm being unsocialble so CT update coming soon.
Take Care all, hope exams went well for all those writing. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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When I graduated college with a degree in Special Education I knew I didn't know how to teach students to read. I hoped it would be revealed to me as I used the district curriculum. But as fate would have it, the curriculum failed to provide what the students really needed to become successful readers. A colleague suggested I attend the Basic Learning Skills program offered by Neuhaus. This training not only changed my life as a teacher but how I taught reading to children and adults alike. This organization managed to do what no other training had ever done before, it explained why English works the way it does. Once you understand the system of the language, then you can begin to master it. Every individual I have ever used this method with has learned to read, write and spell. I can't thank Neuhaus enough for all of the advancements it has made in the life of people with learning difficulties. People who once felt stupid for not being able to do what came as such ease to others, now feel hopeful that they too can achieve.
I learned how to teach my students to read, write, and spell. The Neuhaus stays on the cutting edge of research for children with reading problems. The seminars at the Neuhaus give you the materials you need for instruction and an opportunity to practice teaching before you head back to your own classroom. Happy students and happy parents are the proof that the Neuhaus curriculum works!
I attended NEC trng over 25 years ago. The trng today is just as effective for educators as it was then. Why? Because NEC remains a national leader in proving evidence-based research to its clientele. NEC is 'where it started' for me, guiding me into teaching students with reading disabilities and dyslexia with as much support as I needed or wanted. Due to NEC's openness to sharing its resources and expertise, I am the teacher of teachers I am today. I tell educators that my base trng at NEC is more valuable than my Ph.D. In language and literacy. Long live NEC! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Getting to serve on the Neuhaus Education Center Board has been an extraordinary experience for me. I had been familiar with its work but getting to see firsthand the amazing progress children and adults can make using the Neuhaus methods has been such a treat. I have had family members who have benefited from this system of learning, and it has been invaluable to all of us. As this Neuhaus system spreads, more and more people are able to realize its value.
Many teachers are woefully unprepared to teach a struggling learner. The courses at Neuhaus provide the knowledge and hands-on activities for teachers to use with students. The children I work with have learned so much more quickly using these activities.
I became involved with Neuhaus Education Center after 35 years in public education. When I made the change from public education to a private university, I was placed in charge of services for dyslexic children and the training of certified teachers in strategies effective with dyslexic students. In my search to find an appropriate, quality program, I found Neuhaus. As a dyslexic individual myself, I was excited to find an organized system of instruction that was comprehensive: including mastery of reading, spelling, oral language, and writing composition. As a CALT, I appreciate the support from staff and faculty at Neuhaus. I appreciate the effort the leadership at Neuhaus are continually researching and updating the training program and materials to make improvements in the already efficient and effective instructional guides.
I have been a fan and supporter of The Neuhaus Education Center for since the 80's, but five years ago I became a "client". My granddaughter was diagnosed with dysgraphia/dyslexia. Reading and writing at the first and second grade level was very duifficult for her and she was slowly falling behind. After two years of private tutoring with a Neuhaus professional, she is a different child. Reading is her fvorite subject, and her creative writing is fabulous!
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There is a Catherine Fletcher, born about 1815, in the 1850 census for West Milford, NJ married to a Horace Flercher. I think Catherine is John's sister. Living adjacent to the Fletcher's and their children Horace, Harman, Adam, John, Jonathan, and Benjamin are Harman "Phanatter," and John "Phanatter". John and his wife Elizabeth Harty "Phanatter," and their children William H . George, Harman, Horace, Margaret, John, and Peter. Harman and his wife Margaret, I think are Catherine and John's parents. Living with them areRobert and John Harty. I am descended from Robert Phanatter. This is the only census where the name is spelled this way. Harman is listed as Van Etten until 1850. In later years, the nam is spelled Van Atter, Vanater, Vannatta, etc.
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The University of Kent's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences (SSES), founded in 2012, is located at Chatham's historic docklands as part of a unique partnership with the University of Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church University to form what is collectively known as the Universities at Medway. SSES, previously the Centre for Sports Studies, provide academic degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The school produce high-quality research in two distinct areas: (1) Endurance Exercise Research and (2) Sports Therapy & Health Research. To support SSES' research, a recent investment of £850,000 was made as an addition to the £11 million project developing Medway Park as a regional centre for sporting excellence and research; designated as an Olympic and Paralympic training venue. Facilities include a swimming pool, athletics track, sports halls, sport science laboratories, sports therapy clinics, fitness suite and spa.
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The launch of the Nebula One, a pizza-sized connector that turns a collection of standard x86 devices into a private OpenStack cloud for about $100,000, could prove a very big deal.
The main impact is going to come in cloud applications development, which is certain to accelerate. Enterprises now have an apples-to-apples comparison to make, between their existing set-ups and a more efficient, cloud-based solution. They can now build roadmaps to replacing client-server systems with private clouds, and have confidence in those roadmaps. Adapting existing applications so they run on the cloud thus becomes an easier decision to make, and software companies serving the enterprise will be hustling to do just that.
The biggest loser, however, is Oracle (NYSE:ORCL). CEO Larry Ellison's claims about having the fastest chip ring hollow when you can do something faster, better and standardized at the price Nebula is quoting. The speed of the transition depends on the speed with which existing Oracle applications can be put onto OpenStack, and Oracle has a Hobson's Choice between following that trend or seeking to impede it.
Another big loser could be Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), which sells itself as cloud software but is actually an application stack built on Oracle hardware and software. The company is going to be under enormous pressure to drop prices, with customers growing to consider the Nebula solution as an alternative. Despite its close ties to Oracle, Salesforce may also have to consider porting its whole system to "real" cloud, or at least building an adjunct "real cloud" solution for new customers, or else its margins are going to be squeezed right out.
On the other hand, this is a big boon to IBM (NYSE:IBM). IBM committed to OpenStack months ago, the company is really all about porting applications at this point, and Nebula will help them eat Oracle's lunch. For the same reason this will probably benefit Red Hat (NYSE:RHT), which has long been IBM's partner in the operating system sphere and is porting its own middleware to OpenStack as OpenShift.
As you'll see from the disclosures below I consider myself well-placed in this system. I remain underwater on my Red Hat investment, but I think its close ties to IBM will see it through, and I have avoided buying Oracle at its recent bargain price.
What you need to be listening for, as an investor, are your investment decisions on responding to the productized cloud. OpenStack now has the chance to be the next-generation operating system, on top of Linux, and applications are bound to flow from that. You need to make sure the server applications you support with your dollars are among them.
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My Father Taught Me to Value Every Human Life
In Phnom Pehn, Cambodia, my father and I once ventured to the marketplace, where we encountered an old blind beggar sitting on a burlap sack, his hands outstretched. My father was a prince in the royal family of Cambodia. As his daughter, then four years old, I had known only privilege, so seeing this man moved me deeply. I was too young to understand the awful circumstances that might have brought him to that street corner. But I was old enough to take note of his emaciated body and realize that he was hungry.
My father and I bought him steamed rice wrapped in lotus leaf. As I stepped forward, my father said, "Don't forget to take off your sandals before you make your offering." I didn't understand. In Cambodia, removing one's shoes, a sign of deference, is done when giving alms to a Buddhist monk. "But why?" I asked.
"We are all beggars," my father said. "It doesn't matter what we wear—rags or silk. We each ask the same of life." So I made my offering, to the confusion and discomfort of strangers watching. On our way home, my father explained that no matter how impoverished the man was, his life was worth as much as any other and he deserved our respect.
Shortly after, when the Khmer Rouge had taken over our country, my family faced suffering, starvation, and the threat of execution. My father's life was cut short because he was a prince. But through it all I held on to the words he had uttered in that marketplace. Even as my mother and I escaped alone to America and I grew up in this country, amidst plenty, those words stayed with me.
When my own daughter was five, my husband and I moved our little family back to Cambodia temporarily for his work. One day, while we were en route to an outing, we came upon a long row of elders and children heaving water onto the dirt road. I was stunned by their gaunt figures and by the surroundings: the dilapidated straw huts, the leafless trees, the scarred and broken landscape. Our driver explained that the people watered the road to keep the red dust from coating our car. In return, they hoped we would stop to offer food to the children among them.
My daughter, seeing my tears, pulled my head to her chest. "It's OK, Mommy," she said comfortingly. "We can get them food." I saw myself as a child reflected in her hopefulness—the belief that there is always something you can do.
The three of us got out of the car. I gave the people the change I had in my purse; my daughter offered the food we had packed. And when there was nothing else to give, we spoke with them. I was moved by the elders who should have been meditating in the nearby temple, trying to find peace in their old age, but who were instead forfeiting their own comfort to stoop on this dusty road and beg for food. They reminded me of my father, who forfeited his own safety to protect our family during the Khmer Rouge regime.
I think my daughter will remember those elders and the children. And I hope she will grow to understand that neither poverty nor wealth defines us, that our empathy is the highest expression of our shared nobility.
Vaddey Ratner is the author of In the Shadow of the Banyan ($25, amazon.com), out this month. She lives in Potomac, Maryland.


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In its annual report, the BBC today revealed it has reduced talent pay by £9.5M ($14.8M) in the last year. There are still a handful of show hosts earning more than £1M, but an austerity drive is aiming to keep paydays in check. On the executive side, outgoing director general Mark Thompson took a £157K pay cut this year, but still earned 15 times more than the average BBC employee. Total income was £5.086B in 2011/12, up a touch from £4.993B in the previous period. Spend in the creative economy was also up, to £489M versus £467M a year earlier. But, the group said it will keep current levels of spend on BBC1 and reduce spending on BBC2's daytime schedule. In the past year, the BBC has cut its senior managers by 24.4% and has achieved efficiency savings of £500M. In total, the broadcaster is looking to deliver £700M in savings per year by 2016/17.
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I worked at the BBC for two years recently and I can tell you the average BBC employee earns a *lot* more than the £10,466 you get if you divide Mark Thomson's salary by 15.
A new trainee in my department would get about £35k and that would bump up after a 6 – 12 month probationary period, that's just the basic pay. There was always the opportunity for overtime on top of that.
What happens if BBC closes shop? Where will American TV producers get their show ideas?


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Trojan Boys soccer team falls at Valparaiso
By TR HARLAN
Chesterton boys soccer coach Jamie Sensibaugh was quick and succinct
Wednesday night.
"We got taken to the woodshed in the first half," Sensibaugh said. "It was a
good old fashioned butt kicking."
Valparaiso scored three times in a 10 minute span in the first half and
cruised to a 3-0 Duneland Athletic Conference victory over the Trojans.
"Our experimenting with a system that let us down tonight was part of it,"
Sensibaugh said. "It played into their strength and that's their speed in
the middle."
No one on the Vikings exemplified that more than senior Luke Kovar. Kovar
scored goals in the 13th minute and 23rd minute for a 2-0 lead.
"Sutherland is so fast and got in so fast to really break us down,"
Sensibaugh said.
Brendan Sutherland scored just 20 seconds after Kovar's second tally to
record the game's final goal.
"What really hurt us tonight was our inability to keep our composure on the
ball, playing to feet and getting a build-up into the offensive third,"
Sensibaugh said. "When you're in your defensive third all night, you are
going to get punished."
The Trojans had a chance to cut into the lead in the fourth minute of the
second half when a header found the post and was turned away.
"The second half was a matter of pride," Sensibaugh said. "That's what we
talked about at halftime. We certainly didn't match their intensity in the
first half."
Valparaiso 3, Chesterton 0
Chesterton -- Caleb Gmyrek 4 saves.
Valparaiso -- Luke Kovar 2 goals; Brendan Sutherland 1 goal; Andrew Fletcher
5 saves.
Record -- Chesterton 3-1 (0-1 DAC).
Junior Varsity
Chesterton 3, Valparaiso 1
The Chesterton junior varsity boys soccer team improved to 4-0 on the year
with a 3-1 victory over Valparaiso on Wednesday night.
Scoring for the Trojans were Brett Molnar, Derek O'Dell and Sam Gutierrez.
Joey Dishman recorded two saves in goal.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Previewing the Twins' 2012 MLB Draft
The folks over at MLB Trade Rumors have compiled a list of the draft order for 2012 by reversing the standings from the 2011 season. The Astros are almost guaranteed the first pick in the draft as they are close to having a double digit lead in the standings over the Orioles. After last night's games, the Twins are in line for the third pick in next year's draft. There is a close race among the top eight teams in the draft order. The Twins could play well down the stretch and find themselves with a pick later in the draft. On the other hand, the team could put together the same effort that has been shown lately and end up with as high as the second pick.
The Twins strategy is always interesting to watch over the course of the draft. It can be hard to predict what players a team will go after and what kind of relationship the team has developed with the talent that is available. The fans have seen some of the holes in the organization and it looks like pitching and infield help could be on the Twins draft list for next year. It will be interesting to see what kind of players the Twins target for 2012.
The order of the draft is something that is hard for even the experts to predict. Over the course of the rest of this fall and next spring, the players at the top of the draft board can change dramatically. For now, here is a look at some of the players that could be on the Twins radar for next June.
High school players to watch
Lance McCullers, RHP, Tamap Jesuit HS, Florida: His dad of the same name pitched in the big leagues for seven seasons. McCullers has been projected by some to be the top available player in the 2012 Draft. His fastball has been clocked in the high to mid 90s and he also has a plus curveball and change-up.
Lucas Giolito, RHP, Harvard-Westlake HS, California: Giolito has a low-effort delivery and he has shown the ability to hit the mid-90s with his fastball. His favorite player to watch over the past year was the number one pick in June's draft Gerrit Cole from UCLA. There have been some control issues with Giolito and his commitment to UCLA could drop his stock.
Addison Russell, SS, Pace HS, Florida: Russell is arguably the best high school bat that will be available in next year's draft. He has the ability to play multiple infield positions and he has a tremendous arm that is a huge asset to his defense. His great bat speed and quick wrists will transfer easily to professional baseball.
College players to watch
Mark Appel, RHP, Stanford: If the draft was held today, there is a good chance that Appel would be selected as the number one overall pick. He has been one of the best pitchers in the starting staff of a college baseball powerhouse for the last two seasons. He pitched in Cape Cod League this summer and in three starts he only allowed three earned runs for a 1.35 ERA.
Deven Marrero, SS, Arizona State: Marrero could be the best college position player available in next year's draft. He has shown tremendous defensive ability at shortstop and his bat projects well to the next level. The only thing holding the Twins back could be the fact the organization used their first round pick on a college infielder in 2011.
Michael Wacha, RHP, Texas A&M: Wacha pitched in some big games this year for the Aggies and that experience should carry over to his junior year. There is still some room for development with his secondary pitches but he has the chance to be a future workhorse at the big league level. One of his strengths is his ability to pound the strikezone so he sounds like a player that fits the Twins mold.
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Her lunch is now the biggest meal of the day. She eats it after her walk/sprint so she switched her sweet potato to lunch instead of dinner, and eats more of it and she's good now.
So breakfast is a big scramble of eggs with (lots of) onion cooked in olive oil, a large serving of fruit and her one square of chocolate a day.
Lunch is huge, lol! Meat of some sort (whatever leftovers we have), raw veggies of some sort (today was cucumber I think?) or leftover cooked veggies (the other day was broccoli), fried eggs and fried sweet potato. Enough of all of them to completely fill up a dinner plate.
Oh, and cabbage. How could I forget the cabbage. She started eating that this week and fries it with the sweet potato and it turns out I hate the smell of fried cabbage, lol!
Then dinner is just meat and a veg. Not as big as lunch, but big enough to make her happy and carry her through the low key evenings we tend to have.
She's not into any sports or anything and only took up the once a day walk because I nagged her to get off her butt, lol! And then she added the sprinting because she felt like it, but each day she can sprint longer. I'm not sure if she'll ever leave sprinting and go to low key running, but for now it's a sprint. It does make sense to have the most carbs after the sprint since that's her big exercise for the day.
As for height I'm 5'5" and the shortest in my birth family, but in the world in general, I often get people saying I'm tall. I guess it's all relative to where you live and who you run into I'm taller than all my female inlaws but my daughter is taller than I am. At least my 11 year old son is still shorter than me.


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The 24-year-old, who represented Ecuador at this summer's World Cup in Brazil, has arrived from Mexican club Morelia and becomes the Welsh side's fifth signing of the summer
The 24-year-old joins the Premier League from Mexican side Morelia and has signed a four-year contract with Garry Monk's side.
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MR. CAVUTO: Well, he is one of the 10 presidential candidates to face-off in tonight's debate right here on Fox. But I got to tell you, I have never seen so many viewer e-mails urging us to get a candidate on our air as I have with this particular gentleman. Our mailbox is consistently flooded with these requests. With us now is Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas.
Congressman, you must have some very loyal fans.
REP. PAUL: Well, that's good. That's what you need in a campaign.
MR. CAVUTO: Okay. Well, you've got your chance. You're in a debate forum right now, but you're nowhere in the polls. Polls don't mean anything, I know. How are you going to stand out tonight?
REP. PAUL: Well, just telling the truth like I did last time, and we did very well. I think straightforward answers will serve me well. I think we face a lot of problems, and I've talked about them for a good many years. I've talked about why we shouldn't have gone to the war and why we should end the war. I've talked about the financial conditions. I don't think this country can do well borrowing nearly $3 billion a day from places like Japan and China to service our, you know, account deficit. And we're leaving a $60 trillion obligation to the next generation. So this country's in serious financial trouble. And although the market today was excited about good news on inflation, I saw some bad news in that. I mean, 5 percent inflation rate -- and that's probably less than 2 percent -- what's really happening is many people are sick and tired of inflation when they go buy their gasoline and pay their medical bills. We have a huge --
MR. CAVUTO: Yeah, but you can't -- Congressman, I mean, we've got a pretty good economy going here, right? I mean, we've got productivity soaring. We've got retail sales that are strong. We've got corporate earnings that for, what, the 19th quarter are up double digits. We've got our market chasing highs. I mean, this isn't happening in a vacuum, right?
REP. PAUL: Yeah, that's nice, but when you have to borrow, you know, my personal finances would be very good if I borrowed $1 million every month. But someday the bills will become due, and the bills have come due in this country and we have to pay for it. We can't afford this war and we can't afford the entitlement system.
MR. CAVUTO: But Congressman, did you say that 10 years ago when the numbers were similarly strong -- I mean, we were still borrowing a great deal then.
REP. PAUL: That's right. That means the dollar bubble is much bigger than ever.
MR. CAVUTO: So what do you think is going to happen?
REP. PAUL: We've had the NASDAQ bubble collapse already. We have the housing bubble in the middle of a collapse. So the dollar bubble will collapse as well. We have to live within our means. You can't print money out of the blue and think you can print your money into prosperity. And most people are coming around to believing that.
MR. CAVUTO: If you became president, Congressman, what's some of the tough medicine you would give us?
REP. PAUL: Well, I think we should live within our means. I think we should balance the budget. I think we could do that by bringing our troops home and saving hundreds of billions of dollars on a foreign policy of interventionism. We should go back to the old right position, not the neoconservative position. We shouldn't be adding new entitlement programs. We should live within our means.
MR. CAVUTO: Would you rescind, sir, the president's tax cuts and let them expire in 2010?
REP. PAUL: I am sorry -- rescind which?
MR. CAVUTO: The tax cuts -- let them expire in 2010.
REP. PAUL: No, heavens no! We need greater tax cuts. We don't need to rescind tax cuts. We need to reduce taxes a lot more. And we can only do that if we change our attitude about the entitlement system and foreign policy. We cannot run an empire and police the world and not raise taxes, and if you don't raise taxes, you just print the money, and that's another tax on the poor and the middle class, because that's who gets injured by a depreciating currency. So it's back to the old story. We should have a government that lives within the bounds of the Constitution. It is not authorized to do most of what we do in Washington. And certainly, we can't afford it. And as long as they trust the dollar, we can get away with it. But there is a day, and we're in the middle of a dollar that is sliding on international markets, and it's going to continue to slide, and it may crash one of these days.
MR. CAVUTO: All right, all right. What about Social Security? You talk about entitlement programs, Medicare. Do we need them?
REP. PAUL: Well, the only way you can survive by taking care of the people we've taught to be dependent is to change the foreign policy. Because yes, we should have a transition period. And young people should certainly be given a chance to get out of Social Security. You should give people over 65 the option of a medical savings account. They're not even allowed to have a medical savings account. If they're unhappy with Medicare, they're forced to be in it, and it's a government monopoly. So no, we should have choices. We should have market choices always. And as long as you're forced into the government system, you're going to have inefficiencies, and that's what we're suffering from today.
MR. CAVUTO: All right. Well, Congressman, if you say some of this stuff tonight, you're going to create fireworks. Very good seeing you, sir. Thank you very much.
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I had Smart Lipo back in March. I had my flanks done as well as outer and inner thighs. I was in pretty good shape to begin with, just wanted to smooth some things out.
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If I had to do it again, I would. Especially since it was so affordable.