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Principle of Sensor Systems by using a Quartz Crystal and Their Applications
Kim, Jong-Min ; Chang, Sang-Mok ; Kim, Woo-Sik ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 655~668
The principle and applications of quartz crystal sensors based on the three basic concepts for mass, viscosity, and viscoelastic changes are reviewed. In the general discussion the basic principle of quartz crystal and realization of a resonant frequency–resonant resistance diagram are described in detail. As examples of their applications, gas sensing with a carbon-coated quartz crystal, determination of the blood coagulation factor, an electrochemical analysis and crystallization analysis are reported. The possibility of developing new biosensors and chemical sensors is discussed on the basis of these results.
Non-Solvent Liquid Resin of Non-Discoloration Type at Room Temperature
Moon, Jin-Bok ; Mok, Dong-Yeop ; Kim, Gu-Hyun ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 669~675
A study has been made on the preparation of liquid resin of non-solvent and non-discoloration type for replacement of the soft PVC at room temperature. A new synthetic process was developed by structure-control design of polyurethane synthesis using pre-polymer and polyols as curing agent. The optimum recipe was made according to macro-glycols, molecular weight and reaction conditions, and the final products indicated that the mechanical properties such as tensile strength, tear strength and flexibility was very excellent than PVC products. Also, viscosity, hardness and color operations of the final products can be controlled by this system. And yellowing property by UV and NOx gas was improved from the various additive experiment.
Study on the Pyrolysis Kinetics of RDF(Refuse Derived Fuel) with Thermogravimetric Analysis
Kim, Dong-Won ; Lee, Jong-Min ; Kim, Jae-Sung ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 676~682
Devolatilization of the Refuse Derived Fuel(RDF) which is produced at WonJu in Korea was characterized in air atmosphere with variation of heating rate(10, 20 and 30
/min) in TGA. The results of TG Analysis have shown that the pyrolysis and char combustion of the RDF occurred in the range of 350~700
depending on the heating rate. Activation energy of the RDF which was determined by using Friedman and Ozawa-Flynn-Wall method was in the range of 14.44~18.40 kcal/mol. Also, reaction order(n) and pre-exponential factors(A) were 1.219 and 3.02
by using Friedman method, respectively. In order to find out the devolatilization mechanism of the RDF, twelve solid-state mechanisms defined by Coats Redfern Method were tested. The results of the Coats Redfern Method have shown that chemical reaction is the effective mechanism by comparison with the value of the activation energy which was derived from the Friedman and Flynn-Wall-Ozawa method and correlation coefficient from twelve solid-state mechanisms of Coats Redfern Method. The solid state decomposition mechanism of the RDF was found to be a decelerated
type, random nucleation with one nucleus on the individual particle.
Depolymerization of PET by Ethylene Glycol
Hwang, Hwi-Dong ; Kim, Bo-Kyung ; Woo, Dae-Sik ; Han, Myung-Wan ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 683~687
A method for depolymerization of PET by catalyzed glycolysis with an excess ethylene glycol(EG) to recover bis-hydroxyethyl terephthalate(BHET) was investigated. The product was analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC). Effects of operation variables such as reaction temperature, reaction time, EG/PET weight ratio were examined and kinetics of the glycolysis was studied. High temperature increases the rate of depolymerization and the yield of BHET. But, repolymerization rate was also high at too high temperature and the yield at 250
was shown to be lower than that at 230
. First order reaction model was proposed to describe the glycolysis reaction. Activation energies for the reaction were obtained to be 37.8 kJ/mol above 210
and 149.6 kJ/mol below 210
, which shows the glycolysis reaction is a multiple reaction. A maximum yield of BHET of 71% was achieved at a reaction temperature of 230
for 6 hr with an EG/PET weight ratio 4.
Cleanliness Test by Spray-Type Cleaning Agent for Electronic and Semiconductor Equipment
Heo, Hyo-Jung ; Row, Kyung-Ho ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 688~694
A spray-type cleaning agent in utilizing dust-remover on PCB was chosen to study the cleanliness test and efficiency. In order to choose alternative environmental-friendly cleaning agents, it is important that the systematic selection procedures should be introduced and applied through the evaluation of their cleaning ability, environmental characteristics, and economical factors, and that the objective and effective evaluation methods of cleanliness should be established for the industry. A novel cleaning evaluation method with scanning electron microscopy/energy-dispersive X-ray analysis of surface observation evaluation method and an infra-red thermography camera(THERMOVISION A20 model) was studied in this work. The sound card(CT-2770 model) cut by 2
2 cm size was used as a part, and before and after the spray cleaning, the cleanliness was observed by the image analyzer of SEM and further the removal efficiency of dust was quantitatively evaluated by the component analysis of EDX. For the parts of P4TE model motherboard and IPC-A-36 PCB plate, before and after the spray cleaning, temperature differences were measured and compared at room temperature and 50 oven temperature by an infra-red thermography camera in the contaminants of dust and iron powder.
Development of a Model for the Optimal Test Scheduling Considering Multiple Products
Son, Hong-Rok ; Ryu, Jun-Hyung ; Lee, In-Beum ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 695~699
As a rule, when develop new product in company, multiple products that have similar function are developed simultaneously. These products are subjected to a group of tests covering quality, safety and durability. If the schedule of tests is changed, the expected net presented value(NPV) of new products is changed. The tests should be scheduled with the goal of maximizing the expected NPV of the new products. A model incorporated resource constraints with the sequencing of testing tasks of multiple products is proposed in this paper. Examples show that the proposed model can handle stochastic task duration data represented by scenarios with probabilities.
A Simulation Study on SCR(Steam Carbon Dioxide Reforming) Process Optimization for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Kim, Yong-Heon ; Koo, Kee-Young ; Song, In-Kyu ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 700~704
A simulation study on SCR(steam carbon dioxide reforming) in gas-to-liquid(natural gas to Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel) process was carried out in order to find optimum reaction conditions for SCR experiment. Optimum operating conditions for SCR process were determined by changing reaction variables such as temperature and
feed ratio. Simulation was carried out by Aspen Plus. During the simulation, overall process was assumed to proceed under steady-state conditions. It was also assumed that physical properties of reaction medium were governed by RKS(Redlich-Kwong-Soave) equation. Optimum simulation variables such as temperature and feed ratio were determined by considering
/CO ratio for FTS(Fischer-Tropsch synthesis),
conversion, and
conversion. Simulation results showed that optimum reaction temperature and
feed ratio in SCR process were 850
and 1.0/1.6/0.7, respectively. Under optimum temperature of 850
conversion and
conversion were found to be 99% and 49%, respectively.
Prediction of Flame Propagation Velocity based on the Behavior of Dust Particles
Han, Ou-Sup ; Han, In-Soo ; Choi, Yi-Rac ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 705~709
Based on experimental study of lycopodium dust particles' behavior, we suggest the flame propagation model through dust clouds. With dust concentration, flame velocity reaches a maximum value at 170 g/
to exceed the stoichometric concentration for lycopodium-air mixture combustion and decreases slightly in the richer side of 500 g/
. At 47~200 g/
, mean velocity of particle increases in proportion to flame velocity. As the sum of burning rate and particle velocity is approximate in flame velocity, the flame propagation velocity with lycopodium dust concentration can be estimated by the calculation and it was found that behavior of particles is useful for better understanding of dust flame propagation velocity.
Analysis of Reactivity of Zn-Based Desulfurization Sorbents for Reducing Power, Water Vapor Content and H2S Content of the Coal Gas in a Batch-Type Fluidized-Bed Reactor
Park, Young-Cheol ; Jo, Sung-Ho ; Son, Jae-Ek ; Yi, Chang-Keun ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 710~714
In this study, we analyzed the desulfurization performance of Zn-based dry sorbents according to the reducing power, water vapor content and H
S inlet concentration of coal gas in a batch-type fluidized-bed reactor. We used three different coal gas composition with different reducing power such as KRW air-blown coal gas, Shell oxygenblown coal gas and IAE coal gas. The experiments were performed by changing the inlet concentration of water vapor and H
S in a coal gas. Water vapor content was varied from 5% to 30% and H
S inlet concentration from 0.5% to 2.0%. As both the water vapor content and H
S inlet concentration increased, desulfurization performance of Zn-based sorbents decreased regardless of the reducing power of the coal gas. The minimum desuflurization performance was, however, above 99.5% for all experimental conditions, which implied that Zn-based dry sorbents could be used to remove H
S up to 99%.
Developing the Electrode Board for Bio Phase Change Template
Li, Xue-Zhe ; Yoon, Jung-Lim ; Lee, Dong-Bok ; Kim, Soo-Kyung ; Kim, Ki-Bum ; Park, Young-June ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 715~719
The phase change electrode board for the bio-information detection through electrical property response of phase change material was developed in this study. We manufactured the electrode board using Aluminum first that is widely used in conventional semiconductor device process. Without further treatment, these aluminum electrodes tend to contain voids in PETEOS(plasma enhanced tetraethyoxysilane) material that are easily detected by cross-sectional SEM(Scanning Electron Microscope). The voids can be easily attacked and transformed into holes in between PETEOS and electrodes after etch back and washing process. In order to resolve this issue of Al electrode board, we developed a electrode board manufacturing method using low resistivity TiN, which has advantages in terms of the step-coverage of phase change(
, GST) thin film as well as thermodynamic stability, without etch back and washing process. This TiN material serves as the top and bottom electrode in PRAM(Phase-change Random Access Memory). The good connection between the TiN electrode and GST thin film was confirmed by observing the cross-section of TiN electrode board using SEM. The resistances of amorphous and crystalline GST thin film on TiN electrodes were also measured, and 1000 times difference between the amorphous and crystalline resistance of GST thin film was obtained, which is well enough for the signal detection.
Analysis of Hydrodynamic Similarity of Pressurized Three-Phase Slurry Bubble Column for its Design and Scale-up
Seo, Myung-Jae ; Lim, Dae-Ho ; Jin, Hae-Ryong ; Kang, Yong ; Jung, Heon ; Lee, Ho-Tae ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 720~726
Hydrodynamic similarity was investigated in pressurized three-phase slurry bubble columns by selecting the bubble holdup and pressure drop as objective functions, for the effective design and scale-up of it. In addition, effects of operating variables on the bubble holdup with variation of column diameter were also analyzed. Gas velocity(U
), viscosity(
) and surface tension(
) of slurry phase, density difference between the slurry and gas phases(
) depending on the operating pressure, pressure drop per unit length(
P/L), column diameter(D) and gravitational acceleration(g) were chosen as governing parameters in determining the bubble holdup and pressure drop in the column. From the dimensional analysis, four kinds of dimensionless groups were derived from the 7 parameters and 4 fundamental dimensions. Effects of dimensionless groups such as Reynolds, Froude and Weber numbers on the bubble holdup in the column were discussed. The pressure drop and bubble holdup could be predicted from the correlation of dimensionless groups effectively, which could be used as useful information for the design and scale-up of pressurized slurry bubble columns.
Morphological Change of Precipitated Calcium Carbonate by Reaction Rate in Bubble Column Reactor
Hwang, Jung-Woo ; Lee, Yoong ; Lee, Dong-Hyun ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 727~733
Effects of Ca(OH)
concentration(0.16~0.64 wt%), total volumetric flow rate(3~6 L/min) and CO
volume fraction(0.3~0.6) on morphology of the precipitated CaCO
and the mean particle size of the precipitated CaCO
were investigated in the slurry bubble column reactor. Experiments were carried out in acrylic reactor(0.11 m-ID
1.0 m-high) with a internal tube(0.04 m-ID
1.0 m-high). The calibration curve on the mass ratio of CaCO
to Ca(OH)
was obtained by FT-IR for the conversion of Ca(OH)
with the reaction time. The reaction rate of Ca(OH)
increased with increasing the volumetric flow rate of CO
. From SEM images, the crystal size of CaCO
increased with increasing the reaction rate in the saturated concentration of Ca(OH)
(0.16 wt%). In addition, the crystal size of precipitated CaCO
decreased with increasing the concentration of Ca(OH)
, but the mean particle size of precipitated CaCO
increased with increasing the concentration of Ca(OH)
Pyrolysis, Partial Oxidation, and Combustion Characteristics of Micro Algae
Seo, Myung-Won ; Kim, Sang-Done ; Na, Jeong-Geol ; Lee, See-Hoon ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 734~739
Characteristics of pyrolysis, partial oxidation, combustion of chlorella, which is one species of micro-algae, were determined by using thermobalance reactor(I.D. 5.5 cm, Height 1 m). Effect of reaction temperature(500~800
), water content in chlorella(0~60%), and oxygen content(0~21vol%) on thermal decomposition of chlorella were also determined and analyzed to investigate the kinetic characteristics of pyrolysis, partial oxidation and combustion. As the temperature and partial pressure increases, the carbon conversion increases. In case of pyrolysis, carbon conversion and reactivity sharply decreased with increasing moisture content. However, carbon conversion and reactivity decreased at 60% water content in case of partial oxidation and combustion. As reaction temperature and oxygen content increased, carbon conversion increased and the combustion reaction rate equation for chlorella has been presented.
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Drowning-out Crystallization of Calcium Lactate for Crystal Size Control
Kim, Jong-Min ; Chang, Sang-Mok ; Kim, In-Ho ; Koo, Yoon-Mo ; Hong, Hae-Hyun ; Kim, Woo-Sik ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 740~746
In the present study, the drowning-out crystallization of L(+)-calcium lactate was investigated in order to develop the crystallization separation process. The crystallization of the calcium lactate was induced by injecting the alcoholic anti-solvent into the aqueous solution of calcium lactate and the control of the calcium lactate crystal size during the crystallization was primarily investigated under the consideration of the anti-solvent species, anti-solvent composition and agitation speed as the key operating factors. Alcohols of methanol, ethanol, n-propanol and i-propanol were used as the anti-solvent for the drowning-out crystallization. Prior to the crystallization experiment, the solubility of calcium lactate in the water-alcohol mixture was measured along with the variation of the alcohol species and composition, which was necessary to estimate the supersaturation level of the crystallization. By the drowning-out crystallization, the calcium lactate crystals of the fabric shape were obtained. Using the ethanol as the antisolvent, the fabric crystals close to the needle shape were produced. However, the hairy crystals were obtained by using the propanol as the anti-solvent. Due to such morphological features, the crystals was highly apt to form the aggregates. The aggregation of the crystals was intensified as increasing the alcohol fraction in the water-alcohol mixture. Meanwhile, the agitation caused the breakage of crystals, resulting in the decrease of the crystal size. Therefore, the crystal size in the crystallization was predominantly determined by the competition between the crystal aggregation and breakage.
Prediction of Adsorption Isotherms and Diffusivity on Activated Carbon for Persistent Organic Pollutant(2,3,7,8-TCDD)
Lim, Young-Il ; Son, Hae-Jeong ; Lee, Oh-Sung ; Nam, Kyong-Soo ; Yoo, Kyoung-Seun ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 747~754
In this study, adsorption isotherms of o-DCB(ortho-dichlorobenzene) on an activated carbon heated at 1000
for 24 hours were obtained by experiment and were predicted by using molecular simulation. The initial molecular structure of the activated carbon was designed on the basis of its molecular formula and functional groups ratio measured experimentally. Then, the molecular structure was optimized using the COMPASS(condensed-phase optimized molecular potentials for atomistic simulation studies) force field. The particle porosity, specific surface area, and particle density obtained from the optimized molecular structure of activated carbon were compared with those experimental data. The errors between experimental data and simulation results of the particle porosity, specific surface area, and particle density were shown as 7.6, 3.8, and 2.8%, respectively. Adsorption isotherms constants of o-DCB are calculated by the GCMC(grand canonical Monte Carlo) method in the optimized molecular structure of activated carbon. The simulation result of the adsorption isotherms showed an error of under 3%, compared to that of experimental data. Adsorption isotherms, adsorption heat and pore diffusivity of 2,3,7,8-TCDD(tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) was finally obtained in the same molecular structure of the activated carbon as used for o-DCB. Thus, adsorption characteristics of persistent organic pollutants on activated carbon, which are not easy to experimentally evaluate, are predicted by the molecular simulation.
Isobaric Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of Toluene and Cresol Systems
Kang, Dong-Yuk ; Jang, Hoi-Gu ; Han, Chang-Nam ; Rho, Seon-Gyun ; Cho, Dong-Lyun ; Kang, Choon-Hyoung ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 755~761
To a first approximation, phase behavior of a system becomes increasingly skew in proportion to the boiling point difference of system-forming constituents. Therefore, phase behavior data of a system of a large boiling point difference are to be experimentally measured for thorough understanding of the thermodynamic characteristics of such system. In this work, isobaric vapor-liquid equilibrium of a mixture consisting of toluene and cresol, which shows a large boiling point difference of nearly 100
and is consequently expected to be considerably nonideal, was measured by using a recirculating equilibrium cell at various subatmospheric pressures ranging from 10 kPa to 60 kPa. The measured VLE data were correlated with NRTL and UNIQUAC models in a satisfactory manner and the accompanying thermodynamic consistency test represented soundness of the measurements. In addition, the excess molar volume of the mixture was also measured with a vibrating densitometer and correlated with a Redlich-Kister polynomial. A negative excess volume prevailed over the whole concentration range, which indicates a favorable attraction between toluene and cresol isomers and results in an extensive miscibility.
Optimization of Pre-treatment of Tropical Crop Oil by Sulfuric Acid and Bio-diesel Production
Kim, Deog-Keun ; Choi, Jong-Doo ; Park, Ji-Yeon ; Lee, Jin-Suk ; Park, Seung-Bin ; Park, Soon-Chul ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 762~767
In this study, the feasibility of using vegetable oil extracted from tropical crop seed as a biodiesel feedstock was investigated by producing biodiesel and analysing the quality parameters as a transport fuel. In order to produce biodiesel efficiently, two step reaction process(pre-treatment and transesterificaion) was required because the tropical crop oil have a high content of free fatty acids. To determine the suitable acid catalyst for the pre-esterification, three kinds of acid catalysts were tested and sulfuric acid was identified as the best catalyst. After constructing the experimental matrix based on RSM and analysing the statistical data, the optimal pre-treatment conditions were determined to be 26.7% of methanol and 0.982% of sulfuric acid. Trans-esterification experiments of the pre-esterified oil based on RSM were carried out, then discovered 1.24% of KOH catalyst and 22.76% of methanol as the optimal trans-esterification conditions. However, the quantity of KOH was higher than the previously established KOH concentration of our team. So, we carried out supplemental experiment to determine the quantity of catalyst and methanol. As a result, the optimal transesterification conditions were determined to be 0.8% of KOH and 16.13% of methanol. After trans-esterification of tropical crop oil, the produced biodiesel could meet the major quality standard specifications; 100.8% of FAME, 0.45 mgKOH/g of acid value, 0.00% of water, 0.04% of total glycerol, 4.041
/s of kinematic viscosity(at 40
Optimization of Culture Conditions for 1,3-propanediol Production from Glycerol Using Klebsiella pneumoniae
Jun, Sun-Ae ; Kong, Sean W. ; Sang, Byoung-In ; Um, Young-Soon ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 768~774
To improve the productivity of 1,3-propanediol(1,3-PD) with K. pneumoniae DSM4799 using pure glycerol and crude glycerol derived from the biodiesel process, optimizing fermentation conditions was performed by changing environmental factors such as anaerobic/aerobic condition, temperature, glycerol concentration, and pH. When anaerobic conditions were maintained, there was an improved 1,3-PD production compared with that from aerobic/anaerobic 2-stage fermentation. From the results with temperature 26~37
, the higher 1,3-PD production yield was observed at 30~33
. For an initial glycerol concentration higher than 60 g/L, cell growth and 1,3-PD production were inhibited. When crude glycerol was used, the initial 1,3-PD production appeared to be inhibited. After 48 hr of incubation, however, 1,3-PD production with crude glycerol was even higher than that with pure glycerol, demonstrating the feasibility of 1,3-PD production using crude glycerol as a substrate. Fed-batch fermentation was applied for the high concentration of 1,3-PD without substrate inhibition. By regulating pH at 7 during the fed-batch with glycerol lower than 40 g/L, the yield of 1,3-PD was 25% higher than that without pH regulation(0.56 g/g vs. 0.45 g/g). In conclusion, based on our results, anaerobic conditions, temperature at 30
, pure or crude glycerol lower than 40 g/L, and pH regulation at 7 were the optimized conditions for 1,3-PD production using K. pneumoniae DSM4799, making it more feasible to produce 1,3-PD at higher concentration and a lower price.
Removal of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Wastewater by Nitrifying Sludge
Lim, Kyoung-Jo ; Hong, Soon-Ho ; Chung, Jin-Suk ; Yoo, Ik-Keun ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 775~780
The efficacy of nitrifying sludge existed in biological nutrient removal process was examined for possible removal of endocrine disrupting chemical(EDC) in the effluent of wastewater treatment plant. Some of ammonia oxidizing bacteria causes ammonia oxidation mediated by ammonia monooxygenase(AMO) activity, which has low substrate specificity resulting in cometablic degradation of several chemicals. In this study, the removal of three model EDCs such as bisphenol A(BPA), nonylphenol(NP) and dibutyl phthalate(DBP) was studied in batch cultures using nitrifying sludge, BOD-oxidizing sludge with low nitrifying activity, and sterilized sludge. Nitrifying sludge showed higher initial removal rates in all batches of three EDCs when it was fed with ammonium as an energy source. The acclimation time was required for the removal of EDCs in batches using BOD-oxidizing sludge or nitritefed nitrifying sludge. That retardation seemed to attribute to the slow growth of cells using the EDCs while ammonium-fed nitrifying sludge could degrade EDCs through simultaneous cooxidation with ammonia oxidation. Sterilized sludge was also tested under the same conditions in order to find the contribution of physical adsorption to the removal of EDCs. About 10~20% of initial EDCs dose was removed when using sterilized sludge. Thus the biological activity is likely to play major role for the degradation of BPA, NP, and DBP rather than the physical adsorption from wastewater.
Economic Evaluations of DCL/ICL Processes
Park, Joo-Won ; Bae, Jong-Soo ; Kweon, Yeong-Jin ; Kim, Hak-Joo ; Jung, Heon ; Han, Choon ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 781~787
This report investigates the economic proprieties of commercial 50,000 barrel per day direct/indirect coal liquefaction(DCL/ICL) plants to produce commercial-grade diesel and naphtha liquids. The scope of the study includes capital and operating cost estimates, sensitivity analyses and a comparative financial analyses. Based on plant capacity of 50,000BPD, employing Illinois #6 bituminous coal as feed coal, the total capital cost appeared $3,994,858,000(DCL) and $4,962,263,000(ICL). Also, the internal rate of return of DCL/ICL appeared 13.27% and 12.68% on the base condition respectively. In this case, coal price and sale price of products were the most influence factors. And ICL's payback period(6.8 years) was longer than DCL's(6.6 years). According to sensitivity analyses, the important factors on both DCL/ICL processes were product sale price, feed coal price and the capital cost in order.
Characteristics on the Incubation of Sulfur Compound-Oxidizing Strains Separated for the Removal of Malodor
Lim, Dong-Joon ; Lim, Kwang-Hee ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 788~794
Both strains of KD-1212 and DAH-1056 were isolated and identified from animal manure-contaminated soil by screening bacterial strains for the removal of sulfur compound-malodor with such substrate as sodium thiosulfate or free sulfur. Then the characteristics on the incubation of these microbes were observed under various incubating-condition such as pH, temperature, aerobic or anaerobic, substrate(sulfur compound) concentration, nitrogen and carbon source and rotating speed for mixing, and the optimum incubating condition was established. The optimum pHs of KD-1212 and DAH-1056 were 7.0 and 4.0, respectively, and their optimum temperatures were in the range of 30~35
. Another autotrophic strain, ED-1138, was isolated from contaminated soil. The strain DAH-1056 excelled a strain Thiobacillus sp. IW in eliminating hydrogen sulfide during the process of malodor-biofiltration with a fixed strain. The characteristics on the incubation of strain KD-1212 were observed under various substrate-concentrations, nitrogen and carbon sources. KD-1212 favored glucose and maltose, and yeast extract as carbon sources and nitrogen source, respectively. The optimum concentrations of substrate and nitrogen source were 25 mM of sodium thiosulfate and 0.5% yeast extract, respectively for the growth of strain KD-1212.
A Study on the CO
Removal Efficiency with Aqueous MEA and Blended Solutions in a Vortex Tube Type Absorber
Ryu, Woo-Jung ; Han, Keun-Hee ; Choi, Won-Kil ; Lee, Jong-Sub ; Park, So-Jin ;
Korean Chemical Engineering Research, volume 47, issue 6, 2009, Pages 795~800
In this study, the CO
removal characteristics of the Vortex tube type absorbtion apparatus were investigated to enhance the compactness of CO
absorption process and to reduce the amount of absorbing solution of the CO
separation process. The Vortex tube with the diameter of 17 mm and the length of 250mm was introduced in the experimental apparatus to treat 20
/hr of CO
containing flue gas. The flue gases for experiments containing 11~13 vol% of CO
were supplied from the coal-firing CFBC power plant with 12 ton/hr of steam producing capacity. The mixed solutions of 20 wt% of MEA as base solution with the adding solutions like HMDA, AMP and KOH were used as absorbents. The experiments were executed under the various conditions like the absorbing solution concentrations in the range of 20 to 50 wt%, the flow rate of CO
containing flue gases in the range of 6 to 15
/hr and the flow rate of absorbing solution in the range of 1.0 to 3.0 l/min. As a results, the CO
removal efficiency of mixed absorbent of 20 wt% of MEA with HMDA was remarkable. From this study, we concluded that the efficient separation of CO
from flue gases using the features of the Vortex tube type absorbing unit for gas/liquid contact and the separation of gas/liquid be possible. But more works are needed to increase the CO
removal efficiency of Vortex tube process.
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Wetherby police reported five incidents of note across the area between June 2 and 9.
Overnight June 1 and 2, a person forced entry to a garden shed on Tenter Hill in Bramham and stole power tools.
Damage was caused to a secure compound at a business premises on Audby Lane in Wetherby between June 5 and 8. Extensive damage was caused to the vehicle parked in the compound.
In the early hours of June 07 an intruder forced entry to a business premises on the York Road Industrial estate in Wetherby and power tools and a van were stolen.
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An intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, from the incomparable, bestselling author Haruki Murakami.While simply training for New York City Marathon would be enough for most people, Haruki Murakami's decided to write about it as well. The result is a beautiful memoir about his intertwined obsessions with running and writing, full of vivid memories and insights, including the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is rich and revelatory, both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in athletic pursuit.
Although the title of Haruki Murakami's memoir, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, gives you a fairly clear idea of the book's subject matter, the choice of running as a subject for Murakami, who is better known for his novels and short stories than for his participation in the Boston Marathon (seven times), calls for some explanation. So, in the foreword to the book, Murakami explains: "I'm not trying here to give advice like, 'Okay everybody -- let's run every day to stay healthy!' Instead, this is a book in which I've gathered my thoughts about what running has meant to me as a person. Just a book in which I ponder various things and think out loud."


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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen will close its research and development facility in the Paris suburb of Meudon-la-Foret as part of its cost-cutting program, according to spokeswoman Cecile Damide. The closure, however, will involve no job cuts as most of them will be transferred to PSA's main r&d facility nearby at Velizy.
Some of them will be offered work at PSA's Poissy site while 21 workers will be transferred to a spare parts logistics center in Vesoul, France. Damide said PSA is consolidating its industrial sites to bring their "activities closer together when it makes sense." PSA's Meudon site is responsible for r&d, human resources and quality control. According to an internal document seen by Reuters, PSA is planning to sell its Meudon site.
The French carmaker disclosed earlier this year that it would dispose properties worth EUR200 million ($257 million), in addition to EUR2 billion already disposed in 2012. The carmaker targets to cut its French workforce by 17 percent by the end of 2014.
PSA reached an agreement last week with a striking union to close its Aulnay site in 2014 when it replaces its Citroen C3 subcompact model that the plant builds. PSA's Aulnay site employs around 2,500 people. The carmaker posted a EUR576-million operating loss in 2012 and logged a 6.5-percent drop in revenues in the first quarter of 2013 to EUR13 billion. PSA expects the vehicle market in Europe to shrink by 5 percent in 2013, its sixth annual decline in a row.


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Ghost Kids Who Remain Close To Their PARENTS
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10. Adrianna. 13-year-old Hunter Bound of Texas posted a selfie to Snapchat. A friend who seen it messaged the photo back to him with a circle around a ghosly figure behind him. Hunter and his mom, Patricia Winchester, believe that to be the ghost of Patricia's daughter, Adrianna, who died in 2006 at the age of 5 when she was caught under a parade trailer. Patricia and Hunter are convinced they have seen the little girl a few more times since her passing, and are hoping paranormal experts can shed some light on the apparition in the photo.
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9. Archie. British actress Kym Marsh lost her son, Archie, the day after he was born 7 years ago. But she feels his presence often. She and her partner once heard loud banging from her daughter's room and went to investigate. They found nothing out of the ordinary and her daughter, Polly, asleep. Then Kym realized it was the exact minute Archie was born. Says Kym: : "It was a bit weird but I felt comfort from it. I thought, this is Archie coming to say hello and that he's OK."
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8. Tony. Any parent who loses a child would be comforted in knowing that that child is alright… wherever they are. Sally Woodmansee is very comforted, because, she says, she is able to talk to her son every day, and he tells her many secrets of heaven. All Sally has to do is lightly hold a pen and it begins writing on its own, guided, she says, by Tony, her 20-year-old son who was killed in a car crash. Sally said she never believed in ghosts before and cannot explain how written messages are made from her son beyond the grave, but it happens… almost every day. Tony, said Sally, is happy where he is.
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7. Clifton. 77-year-old British actor Ricky Tomlinson claims he is in regular contact with his eldest son, Clifton, who died at the end of 2004 after a long battle with alcoholism. Tomlinson said he doesn't see his son, but, instead, feels a heavy presence, and he knows it's him. Visits from his son, he said, happens often.
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6. Melissa. In Connecticut, Gary Galka's 17-year-old daughter, Melissa, died in a car crash in 2004. Some days after, strange things started happening. The doorbell would ring… and no one was there. Lights would flicker on and off. TV channels would change on their own. Then Gary started to feel Melissa's presence. He felt someone tapping him on the shoulder, and lying down on the bed, he would feel what felt like a head laying on his chest. He was also have experiences like someone was kissing him on the forehead. Gary, an electrician, then devised what he named a Mel-meter, which is an electromagnetic sensor device that he insists helps him communicate with his departed daughter. With it, he says he has recorded Melissa saying to him: "Hi Daddy. I love you."
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5. Lynn. After hearing desperate cries for help, four Utah officers rescued an 18-month-old girl who was strapped hanging upside down in a car that had been submerged in water for 2 days. She was the only one alive in the car. Her mother, 25-year-old Lynn, had been dead for at least a day when rescue workers retrieved the bodies. Baby Lily managed to survive all this time being upside down with her head just above freezing water, and having no food or water to drink. And all four officers involved in the rescue report hearing the exact same pleas for help, yet no one in that car could have made those pleas except the already deceased mother, Lynn.
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4. Sage. In 2012, actor Sylvester Stallone lost his son Sage, who was 36. But Stallone claimed to still see his son, who was deeply disturbed. So he sent his brother and his brother's wife to India to perform the "tithi shradh," which is done for those who meet their end through accident or murder to calm their souls.
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3. Jeremy. Deb Larcombe lost her son Jeremy at birth and doctors believed the twin girl inside Deb would also be lost. But Taylah survived. Now Deb feels that Jeremy watches over his twin sister and shows up in ghostly fashion in photographs being near Taylah. Says Deb: : "It is like there is a light moving around Taylah – and it could be Jeremy."
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2. Nicholas. Broadcaster and journalist Paul Heiney lost his 23-year-old son to suicide in 2006. Soon after, Paul set sail to Britain from Rhode Island. He could hear Nicholas's voice talking to him, and he seen a snowy white bird circle him and several times swoop down and get close to him. The bird stayed with Paul for a long time, and acted as if it wanted to play. Paul took this as a message from his son that everything was going to be ok.
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1. Trebby. If you've experienced the loss of a very close loved one, have you noticed any signs that may be telling you that they're right there with you? Joy Alamares of the Phillipines lost her son Trebby when he was seven years old. At his funeral, a white balloon arises from behind his coffin and floats over to a tearful Joy. As she looks at it, it floats into her hand, then nudges her head before floating away. When Joy starts crying again, the balloon stops, changes directions and floats back to her. It bumps her from behind before floating around to the front of her face. Joy then starts talking to the balloon and embraces it before it floats away once more. The family believes Trebby was communicating with his mother.
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So.. do you believe in ghosts. Personally, I'm just not sure. But I will say that my Dad died in 2011, and almost ever since then I have seen his birthday appear when I look at the clock, when I am watching something on TV or when I go out. It's even the brand name of a beer. In case you're wondering, his birthday is 3-12… and I have seen it at least once almost every single day… for the past 5 years. As I record this now, tomorrow is March 12… his birthday. And yes, I feel somewhat comforted by that.
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As the Clinton era totters toward the history books, one White House occupant, at least, can rest easy about his legacy. Sandi Langdon is making absolutely sure that no one forgets Socks the Cat.
Langdon, 39, has what may be the biggest collection of Socks memorabilia anywhere in the world, including, in just the dining room of her house in Charlotte, N.C., more than 250 buttons, books, figurines, postcards and a trove of other items, such as Socks-adorned Secret Service tiepins. "She even has items we don't have," says Jay Jacob Wind, president of the international Socks the Cat Fan Club, which claims more than 6,000 members.
It's not that Socks is the only cat in Langdon's life; it's just that Socks occupies a special place in her heart.
"When Socks moved to the White House [in 1993], I thought he was a really attractive cat," says Langdon. The international credit manager for a chemical manufacturer has two felines of her own, named Princess and Lionel, as well as a husband, John, an architect, and a daughter, Caroline, 4. "He's my dream cat," Langdon says. "The next cat I get will look like him."
Now, in her constant search for all things Socks, Langdon scours eBay every day, travels to Washington, D.C., which is, she says, the mother lode of Socksiana, and has even taken tours of the White House seeking—so far unsuccessfully—to catch a glimpse of him. (A spokeswoman for Hillary Clinton says the White House had been unaware of Langdon's collection.)
Still, Langdon, a lifelong Democrat, does have one caveat about the First Family's treatment of the First Cat. "Socks didn't like it when the Clintons got Buddy," she says. "And neither did I."


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Nuzzling Muzzles is the place where I write and exchange news about the large and powerful beasts we call horses.
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Trespasser Finale, Hopefully
No reaction. He just kept on coming, throwing the tree branches we had laid across the trail out of his way. I was PISSED!
I marched over to his backyard and stood at the location where he would come out of the arroyo. He popped up out of the bushes and said, "Oh oh, I'm in trouble."
"Yes, you are," I said. "Did you get the note I stuck to the No Trespassing sign?"
He said yes.
"Can you understand why I don't want people trespassing on my property?"
He said yes.
"Then what is the problem? Why do you keep doing it?"
He said with a sweet smile, "Okay. I won't do it anymore. It is your property."
WTF? If it were that simple, why didn't he just respect all of my past requests for him to stop? I didn't trust that he would actually stop doing it, so I went into more detail about the issues, informing him that I have been injured twice when he was walking down in the arroyo and he spooked my horses.
He said, "I've never noticed any problem with them. Are you sure it was me?"
I said, "It was someone coming and going from your house."
He said, "Well, I'm sorry about that. It's just that I've been hiking here for 20 years, and it makes a nice little loop to come through your property. But I promise, I will stop."
I reminded him that he's creating a trail for other less desirable people to take, and then we have to deal with theft and people looking in our windows and people getting bit by our horses and dogs.
He said, "I didn't realize there was a problem. I just come down the arroyo to my backyard. Where do other people go? I've never seen them come through."
It was as if he was accusing me of lying. I said that mostly in the winter, we get these visitors who vacation here every once in a while, and they remember that they used to be able to cut through our land, so they keep on doing it when they see the trail he makes. I told him that they come up behind my arena, past my horse trailer, past my bathroom window, up the driveway, to the public trails.
I'm not sure how he can miss it, because the neighbor who lives one house further down from him has approached my husband to ask if he could plant things on that hill to stop people from trespassing and standing up there staring into our backyards. It bugged him enough to want to take action.
I think this guy was just hard of hearing with poor eyesight and self-involved. He sure put on the sweet old man act when I confronted him. It was hard to rip into him, because when he smiled, he reminded me of my grandmother. His teeth looked just like hers -- yellowing, crooked, and with partial dentures. Hopefully, he'll stay true to his word and take a different route in the future. We'll see.
I'm thinking if he doesn't stop, I might grab my walking stick, chase him down, and walk with him, babbling my life story as we go. I'll just invite myself on his walks and follow him relentlessly. If he truly likes solitude like I suspect he does, he'll learn to avoid me pretty quick, which means avoiding going through my backyard. You've got to get creative with people like this.
11 comments:
- TeresaA said...
Good for you for confronting him! I like your plan of accompanying him whenever he cuts through.
- January 5, 2017 at 7:21 PM
- Camryn said...
Fingers crossed it works. Otherwise, I love your idea 👌🏻
- January 5, 2017 at 7:44 PM
- Crystal said...
Well I hope that's it, but if not sure would be entertaining to be there while you babble to him
- January 5, 2017 at 8:15 PM
- ellie k said...
Good job, keep right on him until he can't stand the sight of you. Does Bamboo grow out there? Here in Florida you can plant a couple of starts and it will take over and get about ten feet tall and just keep spreading. That might give you some break from people walking there.
- January 5, 2017 at 9:46 PM
- Linda said...
I also like the idea of walking with him. Who knows, there might be a friendship waiting to blossom. Lol.
- January 6, 2017 at 9:27 AM
- Grey Horse Matters said...
I like the walking with him idea. That should do it, especially if you talk non-stop about yourself and your horses and dogs and don't forget the husband and kids and what they're doing in detail. I hope he listens but he probably was placating you for the time being. You really do need to be creative with people like that. Good luck!
- January 6, 2017 at 4:20 PM
- Nuzzling Muzzles said...
Linda - After what you said, I'm getting cold feet. What if I'm reading him wrong, and he'd actually enjoy the company? Then I'd have to deal with him constantly coming over to chat. That's the last thing I need.
I actually made a promise to myself when I moved that I wouldn't get to know any of the neighbors, because the neighbors at my old house talked my ear off for hours every day and I had no time to ride my horses.
- January 6, 2017 at 5:09 PM
- KateRose said...
I find that super creepy that he won't stop trespassing. I'd just sit on my porch with a paintball gun if I were you :) But others suggestions were much nicer haha
- January 6, 2017 at 8:14 PM
- Janice Grinyer said...
I really hate when people gaslight you as you confront them with truth- "are you sure? What makes you think that?" etc.
Youve hit it on the head- he will avoid you if you make an effort to talk to him every.single.time. Whether it be about the branch removal and how he needs to put them back because its your property (he's not too old if he's negotiating arroyos!) or you chastise him yet again because he is a liability to you and your family and you may have to contact your family lawyer to be on stand by for the next time you get hurt- he will avoid you probably in record time. I'll put bets down that he would only last for two weeks...and if that doesnt work, pull out the religon aspect and ask him if he wants to MEET jesus today.
I'd Mother Superior him to death - nun finger wagging and all. :D
- January 7, 2017 at 12:16 PM
- Mrs Shoes said...
Hahaha, paintball gun! "Oopsy, sorry, I didn't know it was YOU out there, I thought it was just some rude, entitled asshole trespassing on my property again. :-(" hahaha
I love the idea of you tagging on his heels, but just on your property to cement the message. If he gets out of line, crack him one in the ankle with your stick just hard enough to sting, then deny, deny, deny.
- January 7, 2017 at 1:53 PM
- Cheryl Ann said...
Paintball guns are great! I LOVE that idea!
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NEW BLOOMFIELD, Pa. — A former small-town police officer has been convicted of molesting or propositioning more than a dozen teenage girls for sex while on duty.
Jurors deliberated for about 10 hours Saturday before finding Robert J. Pavlovich Jr. guilty of charges including corruption of minors, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault and bribery in official matters.
Pavlovich, 40, of Camp Hill, took the stand during the three-day trial and denied that he had sex with any of the accusers, touched them improperly or asked them to sneak out of their homes.
However, the former Marysville officer said he did ask three teenage girls to meet him late at night as part of an investigation into drug activity and underage drinking. No one was arrested based on information he received from them, he said.
Several women testified that Pavlovich tried to persuade them to sneak out of their homes and meet him when they were 13 or 14. They said they believed he intended to have sex with them.
Others testified that Pavlovich fondled them, and one woman who has been diagnosed with a mental disability testified that she was pressured to perform oral sex on Pavlovich when she was 19.
The allegations date back to 2000, the year Pavlovich was hired. He was suspended in March 2007 and later fired.
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Hey Stampers! Today's Card & Candy Combo is the perfect project if you are still looking for some Valentine's Day inspiration! Making this bag wasn't even in my head, until I cut the heart out! Shoot… I should have called … Continue reading
Today's share is a sassy little Valentine Gift Box made in white and gold…and it lights up! Who says everything for Valentine's has to be red? This adorable box can hold a variety of trinkets, and when the gift is … Continue reading
Hey Stampers…Happy New Year! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and are ready to start out on a positive note for 2017! Okay, fess up…how many of you have new year's resolutions? I don't normally make new year's … Continue reading
Wishing You Joy This Christmas! One last gift bag for the Christmas season this year! I love the contrast, and it's so simple to make! May you and yours have a safe and happy holiday. I'll be back next … Continue reading
Hello Everyone, I hope this season brings us all A Joyful Christmas! I know Thanksgiving isn't even here yet, but for those of us making a lot of our Christmas goodies, including decorations as well as handmade cards, we have … Continue reading
Hey Everyone! There's no special occasion needed to send out this classy everyday card to someone you know…the greeting says it all! Most of the time, I enjoy making my own version of things, but sometimes someone else provides the … Continue reading
Hey Inkers…there's only two days left…that's right, two !! June 1st marks the first day of the new 2016-2017 Stampin' Up! catalog, got your list ready? If not, maybe this will help…are you a fan of pink flamingos? Pop Of … Continue reading
Good Morning! Today I'm sharing a classy dragonfly card that's super simple… and some info on the retiring products. Sadness here at Inker's Workshop as my favorite color Blackberry Bliss heads into retirement, I will miss it…fingers crossed it will … Continue reading
Hey Inker's! Send the man in your life a card that will make him smile… I ask you, what man doesn't like to hear…Hello Handsome! ********************************* Score some points with your guy and send him this card made with a … Continue reading
Hello, Inker's… I have a sweet little everyday card to share with you today. It has distressed edges, and a soft background it, but may not quite fit the shabby style label. It's made with Mint Macaron, but for some … Continue reading
Happy Saturday, Peeps! I cased the catty to get this Beautiful Bunch Gift Bag, and that's just the beginning, I'm hoping to craft until my fingers ache this weekend! Lots of gold embossing here…a forever favorite of mine! Both sides … Continue reading
Good Morning, Stampers! It's half way through January and I'm growing weary of these frigid temps (I'm not a snow bunny!). So, while I'm waiting for some much needed sunshine, I'm spending as much time in the craft room as … Continue reading
Good Morning, Stampers! Here's a new sketch challenge from Pals Paper Arts! Want to play? Play, or not… be sure to check out all the entries at palspaperarts.com over the next few days…it's always fun to see what everyone … Continue reading
Good Morning, Inkers! It's Saturday, the perfect day for making this simple, masculine "Thank You" card! Golden Antlers Antlers, antlers everywhere! Antlers are huge in the decorating world this year, and we are seeing them all over in paper … Continue reading


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RED Hearts: Natural Flu Fixes/
RED Hearts are guest posts on I Heart Daily from the authors of RED: Teenage girls in America write on what fires up their lives today. Today's RED Hearts post is from RED author Zoe Mendelson, 22, in NYC who shares some soothing natural remedies for flu season.Ahh....:
I am not the kind of person who refuses to take an aspirin for a headache. "No, no, I don't like taking drugs…" I'm all for organic and and the politics of food, including working to launch this journal. But the no-compromise, pharmaceuticals-are-evil people drive me crazy. Medicine has its place. Take the aspirin, dude, your head will almost certainly stop hurting.
I think though, especially in this country, most of us fall on the other end of the spectrum. When we have colds and flus, we think it's normal to pump ourselves full of symptom-masking drugs that often do us more harm than good. Medicines designed to fight congestion dehydrate you. And that mucus is your friend -- it's your body's natural way of getting the bad germs out of your system. Interrupting the process may not be the best route to getting better. What is? Besides TONS of SLEEP and WATER, here are some of my favorite natural cold and flu remedies:
♥ Fresh Ginger Tea (pictured). Get some whole ginger, slice it into thin strips, and boil it in water for about a half hour. Ginger is a natural anti-inflammatory and soothes nausea/stomach discomfort, too. I like to add lemon -- the vitamin C is good for you, and the citrusy touch feels good on the throat. I scoop out almost an entire lemon. I love the pulp. I also add a little bit of apple cider vinegar, because I love the flavor (but not everyone does). Drink hot with lots of honey.
♥ Reishi Mushrooms. The Reishi mushroom -- a tree fungus that can be used to make medicinal tea -- is one of those things that the Chinese have known about for a few thousand years and Western science is just beginning to catch onto. These mushrooms are amazing for your immune system and almost every other system in your body. They balance bacteria levels and are even good for alleviating stress. Check out reishi.com if you want to read the studies. Finding the cure-all fungi may take some hunting down in your nearest Chinatown, but I swear by them. Worth the effort and more.
♥ Steam Tent. Put a big pot on the stovetop with about three inches of water in it. If you have eucalyptus oil, add a few drops. Boil the water and then turn off the flame. You've cooked yourself some serious relief. Take a towel and put it over your head. Lean over the pot, make a tent with the towel. Insta-steam room. It will make you cough your head off, but it can really clear your head and feels amazing in the end.
RED Hearts guest poster Zoe Mendelson is an author of RED: Teenage girls in America write on what fires up their lives today, which is out in paperback.


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Beautifully detailed baseball design is perfect for any baseball fan.
Each 12" tall machine is made from cast aluminum with a glass globe, and holds 2 lbs (32 ounces) of 1/2" gumballs (not included).
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Chicago Has A Plan To End Homelessness
Getting Housed, Staying Housed
The Chicago Continuum of Care represents organizations whose work directly impacts the homeless service system in the City of Chicago. This network of nearly 200 private and public organiations developed "Getting Housed, Staying Housed," the city's ten-year plan to end homelessness. Mayor Richard M. Daley has endorsed the plan. Chicago's plan represents a new approach. Rather than placing homeless people in temporary shelters, their goal is to find them permanent housing with supportive services right away. The reason being, that people respond better to job training, education, substance abuse treatment and other services when they have peace of mind about their living situation.
The vision of the Continuum of Care is that at the end of 10 years, all individuals and families at risk of homelessness in Chicago will have access to quality affordable housing and supportive services Through this program, there will be no new homeless people, and safeguards will be established for those at risk. Overnight/emergency shelters will be eliminated and any recurrence of homelessness will be prevented.
The Uptown Chicago Commission invited Liz Drapa, the Acting Director of Chicago's Continuum of Care, to speak before a group of about 20 people, representing 10 of the area's block clubs on March 1, 2005. The goal was to obtain a better understanding of the Continuum, as well as how this program would impact Uptown.
Due to an inordinate number of arrests that were made at or near 2 local nursing homes, the UCC's Public Safety Committee worked with the Chicago Police Department and instigated an investigation. The following letter was a result of the investigation:


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Web-Tool Use Grows, But College Students Prefer Print Textbooks
Related Articles
- Textbooks and teaching: A lesson from students. Besser, Donna; Stone, Gerald // Journalism & Mass Communication Educator;Winter99, Vol. 53 Issue 4, p4
Assesses the value of college textbooks based on the views of students from two universities in the United States. Specific aspects of textbooks that make them a valuable learning tool or a hindrance to learning; Ease of reading textbooks versus primary source material; Textbook content...
- Penny Pinching 101. // Community College Week;2/17/2003, Vol. 15 Issue 14, p9
Focuses on the problem of college students in acquiring textbooks for their classes in the U.S. Results of surveys on the attitude of students toward textbooks; Costs of textbooks; Impact of television and the Internet on college education.
- Crash and learn. Lorinc, John // Quill & Quire;Nov96, Vol. 62 Issue 11, p1
Reports the problems faced by university and college students on the purchasing of textbooks. Failure to buy a textbook while in high school; Increase in the prices of accounting text; Early retirement of instructors and professors.
- NACS Undertakes Consciousness Raising Among Faculty to Boost College Textbook Sales. // Educational Marketer;3/31/2003, Vol. 34 Issue 10, p1
Reports on a campaign initiated by the National Association of College Stores in an effort to get more college students to buy textbooks.
- UK university students want textbooks as part of fees. // Information World Review;9/26/2012, p3
The article reports that according to a survey, 80 percent of the Great Britain students want universities to offer textbooks free to them as part of their fees and 63 percent reported happiness with online devices that helped them learn better.
- BANKING ON BETTER BOOKS. Nieva, Richard // Fortune International (Asia);7/2/2012, Vol. 166 Issue 1, p32
The article reports on San Francisco, California-based company Inkling offering college students some 150 electronic textbooks for the iPad.
- The Impact of Experience on College Students' Textbook Reading Practices. Culver, Tiffany F.; Morse, Linda // Journal of College Literacy & Learning;Jan2012, Vol. 38, p15
This study investigated the changes that occur in college students' reading compliance and metacognitive reading strategies as they progress through college. Researchers were interested in determining differences in (a) how first and second year students read and use a text for understanding...
- Closed Hearts, Closed Minds: The Textbook Story of Marriage. Glenn, Norval D. // Society;Mar/Apr98, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p68
This article focuses on marriage as taught by undergraduate marriage and family textbooks in the U.S. What students are being taught by these textbooks is probably doing them more harm than good. First, current textbooks convey a determinedly pessimistic view of marriage. Both by what they say...
- Save & Make Money on Your Textbooks for College A Free Resource for all Americans. // Washington Informer;9/2/2010, Vol. 46 Issue 46, p20
The article focuses on the services of Textbooks.com and Chegg.com companies to college students for renting books with significant discounts in which students can both save ands earn money through purchasing their books in the companies.


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family of dicotyledonous flowering plants comprising the single species Eucommia ulmoides in the order Garryales. It is an elmlike tree native to temperate regions of central and eastern China that is notable for its milky latex from which rubber can be produced.
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The two most frequently asked questions by investors are:
- What investment should I buy?
- Is now the right time to buy it?
Most people want to know how to spot the right investment at the right time, because they believe that is the key to successful investing. Let me tell you that is far from the truth: even if you could get the answers to those questions right, you would only have a 50% chance to make your investment successful. Let me explain.
There are two key influencers that can lead to the success or failure of any investment:
- External factors: these are the markets and investment performance in general. For example:
- The likely performance of that particular investment over time;
- Whether that market will go up or down, and when it will change from one direction to another.
- Internal factors: these are the investor's own preference, experience and capacity. For example:
- Which investment you have more affinity with and have a track record of making good money in;
- What capacity you have to hold on to an investment during bad times;
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NetworkManager on Slackware 10.2
I'm trying to get NetworkManager to work on Slackware 10.2 and I've hit a brick wall. I managed to get it installed and I can launch the applet but it says 'no network devices have been found'.
I'm not sure where to go from here because I honestly don't have a good grasp of how HAL, DBUS, dhcdbd etc.. work.
I'm running kernel 22.214.171.124 and freerock gnome as root for testing.
If someone could nudge me in the right direction; I'd appreciate it.
Also, if anyone knows of another application similar to NetworkManager; let me know and I'll give that a try.
are you sure hal, howl and dbus are runnign okay?
i am interesting in this as i want to use it on a laptop. did you compile this yourself??
I've made some progress.
I removed freerock gnome and installed dropline gnome, which has packages for hal, dbus, dhcdbd and networkmanager available on their wiki.
Its working now
FRG has these packages.
however, when you install them, if you go into '/etc/rc.d/' they init scripts are not marked as executable and therefore don't start at boot time. not sure why this is but you only have to chmod +x them. anyway, you've solved the prob, but that's a note for anyone else....
did you compile the package?
Glad you got it figured out. If you hadn't already seen the Wiki, I was going to point you in that direction. It appears you already found it. :)
It's just personal opinion, but it's generally best to install DLG on a clean Slackware system (e.g. without a previous FRG install) and vice-versa. However, if everything seems to be working okay, then I guess there are no worries.
We'd love to include NetworkManager with the 2.14.0 release of Dropline GNOME. It's a great tool. Unfortunately, there are some problems in Slackware's dhclient, but suggestions have been sent to Slackware.com to improve this. Additionally, I believe that there need to be some added dbus bindings (which are missing from Slackware's package) in order to make things work.
For anyone else who is interested in making NetworkManager work on DLG, FRG, Gware, etc. - please see this wiki.
How about for those of us who don't use gnome?
Anyway to get this working on Slack for those of us not using gnome, without having to install a load of unwanted gnome specific dependencies?
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I had been on Irish soil for less than an hour before I wandered into my first official pub. Sure, I wanted to see the lush green hills, see castle ruins, and all that stuff that American tourists yearn for. However, in all my dreams of traveling to Ireland, at the top were dreams of slipping into some dark, cozy pub, ordering a pint, and sitting back to listen to the musical tones of the Irish in conversation. So that's exactly what my first order of business was.
I was well along the way toward draining my first pint and ordering another when a fellow who looked like a poster child for Irish tourism sat down next to me. He had dark curly locks that fell in tiny ringlets across his brow, bright blue eyes, ruddy cheeks, a ready smile, and massive shoulders. "Donal, a pint!" he hollered to get the bartender's attention. Then he turned his attention toward me, noticed that my glass was nearly empty and bellowed in Donal's direction. "Make it two!"
"Yar noo hare," he stated matter-of-factly in an unmistakable Northern Irish accent. I was a little shy about making my Yankee-ness known, but there was no hiding it if this guy was going to speak directly to me. So, trying to deflect any barbs ahead of time, I said, "I am. I'm one of those annoying Yankees you've read so much about. I've come to invade Ireland, kiss a blarney stone, and then return to my cozy American life."
My ale benefactor let out a hearty laugh and clapped me on the shoulder with a hand that felt like it was the size of an Easter ham. "Pleased t'make yer acquaintance. Name's Jack." "Ryan here," I replied, shaking the massive hand he offered me. "And thanks so much for the pint." "Nonsense! Y'need a proper start to yer holiday." And that was how I met my first Irish friend just an hour off the plane from Logan Airport.
That wasn't the last pint we shared, and it wasn't long before Jack decided that I needed a "proper introduction" to Irish whisky. So we switched to that. Well, we didn't switch so much as add it on to the increasing pint orders. In all my dreams of finding a cozy Irish pub, none of them stood up to how perfect this was. Jack and I shared an easy camaraderie, finding that we had similar backgrounds in literature and writing - except that I went for a fictionalized style and his was historical.
Before I was too drunk to remember, he shared a family story with me - a story that he'd heard his grandfather tell many times. Apparently, Jack (huge as he was) was the runt of his family. His great grandfather Ian, he told me, had been 6'9". According to Jack, he was a gentle giant. "Sure'n why not? When yer very size is intimidating, y'don't have need t'be an arsehole!" Grandpa Ian had earned a living as so many Irish had, in the fishing industry. He had lived a relatively quiet, unremarkable life with his wife and 10 children. Jack told me that although the family had been provided for, with that many mouths there was never extra to go around.
Ian was killed during a storm at sea when a flying gaff came loose from his boat and struck him in the head. The family could barely afford a funeral, let alone a specially crafted casket that would be necessary to hold the big man's body. So, they did the unthinkable. They lopped the man's legs off at the knees and put dead Ian and his severed legs in a standard sized pine box. It was a scandal that rocked several counties. There was great debate over the sin of desecration and whether or not a church burial should be allowed. The family was applauded for their ingenuity by some and shunned for their audacity by others.
Jack insisted it was a true story, and I believed him. I'm sure of it because of the dreams I've had since. Dreams of digging up a grave, opening the box, and seeing the big man lying there, clutching his severed limbs to his chest. It's a dream that makes me wake up laughing. I know that's irreverent of me, but somehow it's all mixed up with my first gloriously drunken night in Ireland. At some point late in the night, or maybe it was early in the morning, Jack and I stumbled back to his flat. I have a faint recollection of him insisting that no hotel would do for his new American friend.
That's how I happened to wake up in a strange room, on a strange sofa, with a roaring hangover my first morning in Ireland. I heard Jack humming an old Van Morrison tune and smelled potatoes frying. The former made me smile, the latter made me swallow back bile before it got the best of me. I stood up and winced at the stabbing pain in my head, then slowly shuffled out to the kitchen.
Jack smiled and nodded toward a chair. As I sat down, he placed a bottle of aspirin and a mug of tea in front of me on the table. I put my head in my hands and said, "I hate to be such a Yankee, but do you have any coffee? I need coffee. Tea cannot cure a hangover."
"Nonsense, Ryan. Drink it up with some of those aspirin. You'll thank me in less than 10 minutes."
My head was pounding too wildly for me to argue. I shook some aspirin out onto the table, picked up four of them and tossed them toward the back of my tongue, then took a big gulp of the tea and swallowed before my throat could protest. I felt my eyes shoot open wide as my chest burned. "Oh, bastard. You could have told me you put whisky in that!" "If I had, y'wouldna drunk it," Jack replied with a grin. I shrugged as if to say, "when in Ireland…" and took another sip of his concoction, prepared this time for the heat of the whisky. I felt the icicles that had been piercing my skull melt away and my muscles started to feel a little closer to normal. I looked at Jack, standing there with the spatula in his hand and one eyebrow raised in question. I nodded, smiled, and said, "Thank you. Better." With that, Jack turned back to the stove to tend the potatoes.
That was decades ago and is still on the top five list of one of the best times of my life. My son, Ian - yes, named for that legless giant - just graduated college and as a graduation gift, my wife and I are sending him to Ireland. He asked me if I had any pieces of advice that he should take with him on the trip.
"Just one bit," I offered. "If a stranger offers to buy you a pint, don't refuse."


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$100 Voucher to The Resort at the Mountain for only $25
Nestled in the western highlands of Mt. Hood, The Resort at The Mountain is the only premier Oregon full service mountain resort. Wedding venue. Receive at $100 Gift voucher available toward lodging and golf.
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Voucher valid toward lodging and golf.
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Promotion Value Expires on: 12/31/2017
*The Promotional value expires on the date printed on the voucher. If the state or province where the merchant is located prohibits earlier termination, then the amount you paid for the deal voucher will expire five (5) years from the date the voucher is issued. The prepaid portion of the voucher will not expire in states and provinces where it is prohibited by law.
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Roy Kim performed a total of 9 times over the course of 5 weeks for his small-theater concert 'Rest'. He started on July 16th and ended on August 14th, and all seats to every show was sold out, and he saw a total of 2,700 fans.
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The keyword for 'Rest' was 'honestly'. Fans were treated to a small, plain but charming concert filled only with Roy Kim's voice, his guitar, and a piano accompaniment. During each concert, Roy Kim had close, honest conversation with his fans. He performed about 20 songs including "Spring Spring Spring", "Love Love Love", and "Home".
He said, "It was a really comfortable performance. We had planned to have the smallest scale possible. I performed with a different set list every day. I even chose songs according to the mood that day or what the fans wanted. I also got to talk a lot with the audience because I was so close, and that was great."


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The Pros very easy to list. These creatures are simply stunning, entertaining, playful, loving. Most of all they are devoted! ! Seriously my B & G Macaw is more defensive of me than my boxer- dog. Phoenix will make it absolutely clear you are too close to me.
The Cons are as equally clear. Cockatoos can be extremely messy, not to say other breeds can't be. All these birds need daily cleaning. Destructive! ! You bet while this can be lessened by providing many different and expensive toys to be destroyed, if the opportunity comes they have no problem trimming the door, all the molding, curtain rods, etc. They can chew through anything in a blink of an eye. To a bird it is nothing but plain curiosity to see what's inside or under this......
Toilet training! Now there is a subject I get asked about a lot. You can buy a diaper for them but too many birds will not wear them. So you can imagine where that mess goes. That is why they made napkins and washing machines. I figure if you can't take the mess then this is not the right creature for you.
Housing is another subject this is expensive and takes a lot of space in your home depending on the size of the bird.
We have not even coved feeding or health care.
If you can accept the Pro's and Con's after you have done your research. Welcome to the Exoctic Bird world
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GREGG COUNTY (KYTX) - A former sheriff of Gregg County was found dead at his residence Monday afternoon, according to Sheriff Maxey Cerliano.
Tom H. Welch, born in 1929, was found dead at his residence in northern Gregg County, Cerliano said. A death investigation is being conducted, however there are no signs of foul play.
"Death investigations are pretty common. There doesn't have to be signs of foul play," Cerliano said.
He said the fact that Welch was the only person at the residence when he was found is a reason for an investigation.
Welch was elected on November 7, 1972; re-elected November 2, 1976 and served until December 1979 when he resigned.


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Spermula Trailer (1976)
07 July 1976 Horror, Sci-Fi 103 mins
The story is based around "spermulites", the alien inhabitants of a dying planet. The only way they can save their planet is by sucking the men of planet earth dry of sperm, kind of like horny vampires.
Watch the official Spermula 1976 trailer in HD below or find more Spermula videos on Vidimovie.


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Beauty on the Go
A special confluence of fashion, fun and social media has meant boom times for beauty services.
Blowing Hot
Already very common in areas such as New York, Los Angeles and Boston, blow-dry bars are starting to pop up around the county. They are being embraced as a quick inexpensive way to get an arresting do. Celebrities are getting in on the act, opening their own blow-dry bars—Rachel Zoel launched DreamDry in New York and Gwyneth Paltrow teamed up with her hair stylist to open Babaii Blow Dry bar in Brentwood, CA.
Drybar is one of the leading players in the burgeoning industry. CEO, Michael Landau, says the company has "been sort of on a rocket ship here in terms of our growth." Drybar has grown from four locations and $1.5 million in revenue in 2010 to 25 locations and $19 million in revenue in 2012. By the end of 2013, Landau will have close to 3,000 employees and more than $40 million in revenue.
Nailing Sales
Nail art is on the rise due to the prevalence of fashionable designs on social media sites such as Pinterest. In addition, celebrities such as Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel are contributing to the fashion trend by showing off clever designs on the red carpet.
While some are choosing DIY home methods for decorating their nails, many consumers are also going to the spa in droves according to NAILS Magazine. In fact, industry data reveals record-breaking growth from 2012 to 2013 with $7.47 billion being spent on nail services (up from $7.3 billion in 2011).


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Discussion Series Focuses on Youth and Gang Education
The discussion series Elephant in the Room and Supreme Life Givers, an organization that is involved in youth education, will present the discussion series, "Youth, Gangs and Family Structure," on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 3 p.m. at the Southwest Community Center, 401 South Ave., Syracuse.
The event is free and open to the public; parking is available behind the Southwest Community Center and on the street.
Nonprofit directors, front-line staff, school counselors and social workers are encouraged to attend. Co-sponsors for the event include the Southwest Community Center, the Latino Professional Network of Syracuse, 601 Tully, YWCA and the Syracuse Area Drama Ensemble.
There will be a panel discussion and a Q&A session will follow. Panelists will include gang experts, educators and extractionists. They will discuss gang identifications, lifestyle appeal and support strategies.
"We bring a more grassroots approach, with a panel of experts who have been on the streets before and can help to demystify what is actually happening in our communities," explains Melissa Gardiner, coordinator of public programs at 601 Tully.
"We want to have room to bring people together to develop solutions, and not just talk about the problems," she says. "The event has an hour set aside after the discussion so that people who care about the community can network and come up with ways to work together and incite change."
Elephant in the Room is a discussion series that aims to aims to openly address socially sensitive issues, with a diverse representation of experiences and backgrounds represented on the panel and in the room. Elephant in the Room was co-founded by Gardiner and Taino Palermo of the Latino Professional Network of Syracuse.
Supreme Life Givers Youth Inc. is an organization that specializes in youth and gang education, support and extraction. The organization is based in Rochester and Syracuse.
There will be follow up events to this discussion series. The next event, "Youth, Gangs and Family Structure: Women in the Life," will be held Thursday, Dec. 12, from 3-6 p.m. at the YWCA. For more information, contact Melissa Gardiner at email@example.com.