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JIMIONE Paki was 71 when he decided to do something for his children and grandchildren. His children had moved from the island of Moce in Lau to the city to study and work.
Life was tough on the island. His village of Korotolu was fast emptying. The young were moving to Viti Levu, leaving the elderly like him behind in their search for a better life in the fast-growing capital Suva.
It was in the '80s and early '90s and the people of Lau were the leaders in Fiji's urban drift. The furthest islands in the Fiji archipelago, Lau was investing in the education of its children and quality education was then only available in urban centres. Jimione's wife was from the neighbouring island of Ogea and they had 16 children.
He sent some of them to the mainland on Viti Levu where they were educated and found work.
But with no home of their own in Suva, he worked hard to secure a place that his kin of Korotolu could call their own.
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The true spirit of Melanesian cultural identity has again been invigorated, fostered and enhanced at the 5th Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture staged from 28th June to 11th July in Papua New Guinea. The two weeks of cultural events, which have been held concurrently in Port Moresby, Kokopo, Mt Hagen and Wewak, have achieved more than just sharing of the diversity of the cultural heritage of the Melanesian countries. The festivities ensured enjoyment and maximum outcomes for all participants through the exchange of gifts, knowledge and mutual friendship. More than 2000 participants from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and for the first time ever - groups from West Papua, Timor-Leste and Torres Strait in Australia exhibited and shared their cultural dances, traditions, and art and craft over the two weeks. The festival has been described as the biggest event ever organised by any one country within the Melanesian Spearhead Group with many sacred and unique traditional dances from the region being displayed - some for the first time in public. You might think that the best casino is where the biggest payouts are, right? Wrong! The decision about where you want to play should be based on many different things so that your initial gaming experience is a success. Moreover, choosing the wrong online casino can lead to dangerous consequences. https://casinobonusesfinder.ca/online-casinos/captain-cooks-casino To help you find reliable online casinos and make the best choice, we have identified the most important points that you should pay attention to. A great way to find out if a particular casino is good or not is to read online reviews and recommendations.
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After 136 years, the skull of chief Ataï has come home. In a moving ceremony in Paris, the remains of this 19th century Kanak warrior have been returned to New Caledonia. On August 28, France's Overseas Minister George Pau-Langevin, Kanak chief Bergé Kawa and a crowd of descendants and dignitaries attended a ceremony at the Natural History Museum in Paris.
The French state transferred the remains of Ataï and his companion "the sorcerer", who were killed during a Kanak revolt in 1878. After Ataï's death, he was beheaded, with the head preserved in a bottle and transferred to the Anthropological Society of Paris.
After examination of his brain, the skull was stored away. Transferred in 1951 to the Museum of Man, it was not revealed again until July 2011. During a 2013 visit to New Caledonia, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault responded to the Kanak call for the repatriation of Ataï's skull: "The position of the French state is clear - this relic must be returned to New Caledonia and it will be returned." Ataï has long served as a symbol of Kanak nationalism. Today, images of the warrior chief can be found as graffiti on the walls of Noumea or decorating the T-shirts of young Kanaks, alongside rebels like Eloi Machoro, the Kanak leader shot down by French police in 1985.
After colonisation in 1853, New Caledonia served as a penal colony, with France exiling over 20,000 prisoners to the other side of the globe. After popular revolts in Paris and Algeria in 1871, the survivors of the Paris Commune and Kabyle rebels from the Sahara were also transported to the South Pacific.
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The erosion of tradition. The breakup of families. The destruction of an ancient, longstanding community. Passionate politics. Music that captures the soul. The struggle to make ends meet. Just another day in the Marshall Islands? No, this is the 1905 village of Anatevka in Tsarist Russia and the story that gripped Majuro audiences was the latest play directed by Professor Andrew Garrod of Dartmouth College and Youth Bridge Global, "Fiddler on the Roof." The stage production involved over 40 actors mostly from Majuro high schools, playing to thousands over five nights in early March. The many obvious and subtle parallels with modern-day Marshall Islands gave Fiddler extra meaning to Marshall Islands audiences. With the exception of the songs, which were sung in their original English, all dialogue was in Marshallese language.
This was the tenth play Garrod has directed in Majuro since 2004 — eight have been Shakespeare plays and last year's and this year's musicals — and possibly the last as Dartmouth College is ending its 15-year sponsorship of a very successful volunteer teaching programme in the Marshalls. Dartmouth, under Garrod's leadership, began bringing a group of seven-to-ten Dartmouth students to Majuro for a ten-week teaching programme, allowing them to get real-world experience under the guidance of experienced local teachers.
Enthusiasm for the undergraduate programme generated a spinoff program of Dartmouth graduates being hired by the Ministry of Education to staff local elementary and high schools since the early 2000s. Garrod launched his first Shakespeare production in 2004 in an environment where just about no one had a clue what he was up to. "The students had never seen or been in a play," he said. They didn't have a clue what it took to make it happen and this meant Garrod was challenged to keep their attention at the daily practices. "I had to station a Dartmouth football player at the door to prevent the students from leaving the rehearsals." That first year was an eye-opener for the performers as well as the audiences, building momentum for the plays that have become a much-anticipated community event in March.
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When the gift of tattoo was given to Samoan twin girls in Fiji, they swam all the way to Samoa to perform the first tatau. It was a gift that's lasted thousands of years and while the Samoans had fiercely guarded this art making it a Samoan tradition, times have seen many other nationalities now taking this up n either by learning about it or by wearing it. The festive season is often a time when the families come to Samoa for holidays, reunions, weddings, funerals and title bestowments. For over two years now, there's now another tradition that's made many Samoans return home and that's getting a tattoo.
The Su'a family members, the only people allowed to perform this tradition, are kept up at all hours trying to cater for those now queuing up to get their tattoos done. The average tatau (men's tattoo) takes between a week to two weeks and they cost $5,000 (Samoan tala). The malu (women's tattoo) takes just a day or two and that costs $1,500 (Samoan tala). For Su'a Senior, who has been performing tattoos for thousands of Samoans for over four decades, he had decided to give his sons most of the work, opting to take more time for himself. But he's often requested to perform tattoos to the many Samoans living in New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii or the United States.
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KPMG has resigned as auditor of Herbalife and Skechers after learning that a senior partner in its Los Angeles office had allegedly provided insider information about the companies to an outside party, who traded on the information.
KPMG declined to comment about the companies' identities. Both Herbalife and Skechers confirmed the news in statements.
Shares of Herbalife (HLF), which had been halted since just before the market opened, slid 3% after resuming trading. Shares of Skechers (SKX), which were also halted for about two hours, were up 2%.
In a statement, KPMG said it had been informed last week about the partner's actions and has since fired that employee.
"This individual violated the firm's rigorous policies and protections, betrayed the trust of clients as well as colleagues, and acted with deliberate disregard for KPMG's long-standing culture of professionalism and integrity," the firm said in a statement.
KPMG told both the companies that it was necessary to withdraw its auditor reports, but assured that it has "no reason to believe that the financial statements of these companies have been materially misstated."
While Herbalife's financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31 in 2010, 2011 and 2012, will be withdrawn, the nutrition company said its audit committee and management believe that the statements "fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations" of Herbalife.
Skechers' reports for fiscal years 2011 and 2012 will be withdrawn. The shoe company said it has started the search for replacement auditors but was unable to provide and estimate of when the re-audit of 2011 and 2012 will be completed.
The news quickly became a hot topic among traders on StockTwits, especially given Herbalife's time in the spotlight and the attention it's drawn from major hedge fund managers.
While Bill Ackman of Pershing Square has accused the company of operating a pyramid scheme, activist investors Carl Icahn and Dan Loeb, founder of New York-based Third Point, threw their support behind Herbalife, and purchased separate stakes in the company.
I can't think of what "good" inside (upside) news an accountant would "share"... Time to join the Bears on $HLF.
$HLF Nobody asking what information was leaked? LOL. Bearish
So another point for Team Ackman? It's still unclear. So far, the insider trading scandal only directly damages the reputation of the ex-KPMG partner and more broadly the audit firm.
But as DA Davidson analyst Tim Ramey points out, it could down the line.
Ramey said that his outlook on the company has not changed, but noted that the implication of KPMG's resignation creates a "serious problem" for Herbalife's stock due to compliance issue with the New York Stock Exchange's requirements. He downgraded the stock to neutral and took his price target down to $38 a share from a lofty $78.
While Ramey expects Herbalife to hire a new auditor quickly, performing new audits and establishing financial control could take as long as a year.
"We assume HLF will get an NYSE de-listing notice because of the withdrawn audit opinion," wrote Ramey. "However, we believe it is highly unlikely they will be delisted."
$HLF you'd have to be out of your mind to be long a stock like this - the risk is huge.
Traders also got clever with their jokes, given the other big story of the day with JC Penney finally getting rid of CEO Ron Johnson after a troubled year-and-a-half.
News break!! Ron Johnson $JCP (former) to soon open a $HLF juice bar!!
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The 12th Running of the Papa John's 10 Miler, the final leg of the Louisville Triple Crown of Running is this Saturday, Mach 31. If Pius Nyantika, a 25-year old native of Kenya training in Louisville, wins the Papa John's 10 Miler, Nyantika would become the first male Triple Crown winner since 2004.
More than 9,000 runners and walkers from 23 states are expected to participate in the in the Papa John's 10 Miler race, sponsored by Novo Nordisk and presented by Nike.
The Kids Fun Runs will take place on the football field at 10:15AM for ages 3 to 10 years
Saturday, March 31, 2012, 8AM
- Start: Third Street and Central Avenue
- Finish: UofL Football Complex, Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, 50-Yard Hash Mark. Winners should arrive to the finish line at approx. 8:55AM —
- Course: Starts at Third Street near Central Avenue; travels down Southern Parkway, then through Iroquois Park; back up Southern Parkway to Third Street; crosses the Central Avenue overpass to Floyd Street; and finishes on the football field at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. (Course map is attached.)
- Papa John's pizza, Heine Brothers coffee, Panera bagels, fruit from ValuMarket and Powerade for everyone
- Plenty of water along the course, sponsored by Louisville Water Company
Registration and packet pickup is Friday, March 30, B&W Club, Third Floor, Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, University of Louisville, 11AM to 7PM.
Registration and packet pickup on race day is Saturday, March 31, 6AM-7:30AM, Gate 4, Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.


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In debating procurement reform, don't lose sight of the service goal
The Obama administration's pledge to overhaul the government's procurement of much-needed services and products has caused considerable controversy in the government contracting community. New policy adjustments, pending insourcing targets, guidelines for handling award protests, strict compliance directives to small-business rules, and increased scrutiny and audits all are having an effect on the industry.
On one side, there are logical arguments being made in favor of trimming the federal budget, adjusting protest procedures, exercising stricter oversight, and leveling the playing field in small business contracting.
On the other side, there are reasonable assertions against altering the status quo, making short-sighted decisions, implementing burdensome oversight, conducting loose budget analyses, and possibly delivering substandard services through arbitrary requirements to reduce pricing beyond market rates.
There doesn't seem to be a resolution to the debate unless you recall a lesson from the 1947 film "Miracle on 34th Street."
The film is a parable, and the lesson concerns purpose. From our experience, your ultimate purpose in business development is to help customers meet their needs and find solutions that solve their problems. In the movie, Kris Kringle even took his purpose to a higher level by suggesting solutions not provided by his own organization. Is this just a Pollyanna example of fictional fantasy? On the contrary, it's good business.
This is an example of a position that engenders trust and solidifies a partnership relationship. If a client needs a solution to a problem that your company doesn't offer or if you discover that an opportunity being pursued is a force fit and not a good match for your firm's capabilities, doesn't it make more sense to suggest an alternative partner if you know one that can help your customer?
So what do Kris Kringle, "Miracle on 34th Street," and your purpose in business development have to do with the current debate? It's all about purpose with a capital "P" — a collective purpose.
As contractors, our purpose is to help our government customers meet their challenges, solve their problems and aid them in their jobs of administering government — that is, protecting, serving and defending our country. We the people are government's ultimate customer. If we keep that higher purpose in mind, being self-serving takes on a whole new meaning in this context.
Let's not forget that our elected officials are often called public servants. That description makes their purpose for existence equally meaningful as administrators and contractors. Public servants answer the call to serve the country and its people in the best way possible. That calling includes negating hasty reactions to politically oriented outcries for change and replacing them with thoughtful decisions to fulfill a higher purpose: make change work in the public's best interest.
When you consider purpose in this context, the debate might uncover politically expedient missteps on one hand and fierce opposition to any change to the status quo on the other. But if you find the collective purpose for public servants, government administrators and private contractors in this industry, thoughtful debate can lead to breakthroughs and compromise, which could lead to decisions that are in everyone's best interest.
There is no better time of year to recall this lesson from "Miracle on 34th Street." Let's reflect on our individual and collective purpose in whatever our position might be in government contracting. We might find that we are not really at odds with one another. Rather, our shared purpose is what joins us and, in the long run, benefits us all.
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Bill Scheessele is the CEO of MBDi, a global business development services firm providing expertise in Business Development best practices in the national security, defense, scientific, energy and engineering industries. The firm offers BD consulting services in addition to education workshops to help BD professionals and teams identify hidden strengths, barriers to progress and opportunities for improvement. Learn more about MBDi, their revenue growth resources and their new virtual training options at http://www.mbdi.com or 704.553.0000.
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Brazil: Fluminense and Santos amongst many to defend state titles
It's that time of the year again when local pride is at stake in the numerous state championships which are prevalent in the opening months of the Brazilian football calendar. From Amapá in the far north to Rio Grande do Sul in the south, from Acre in the west to Paraíba in the far east of the country, twenty seven regions of Brazil will be involved in their own local championship, mixing the big boys with the smaller village teams, with each club hoping to win their respective title and qualify for a place in next year's edition of the national cup, the Copa Brasil.
The Rio State championship, more popularly known as Carioca, will begin next weekend with the first of the two component tournaments which make up the competition. The first of these is the Taça Guanabara (from 19th January – 10th March) which sees sixteen teams split into two groups. Each club will play the eight teams in the opposite group only once, culminating in a straight knockout between the top two of each group comprising of single leg semi-finals and final. Almost as soon as the action in the Taça Guanabara is finished the second half begins with the Taça Rio (16th March – 5th May). Each team will, in this competition, play the other seven teams in its own group once only with the top two in each group going through to a knockout stage just like in the Guanabara. If the same team wins both competitions then they are instantly crowned Carioca champions for the year. If the Guanabara and the Rio competitions see different winners then they will face off in a two-legged final to decide the overall champion of Rio State on May 12th and 19th. In 2012 Fluminense claimed the Guanabara title whilst Botafogo were victorious in the Rio Cup, thus both clubs met in an overall title decider which was won by Fluminense 5-2 on aggregate. "Flu" therefore took the Carioca title for the 31st time, leaving them just one behind old rivals Flamengo, and went on to enjoy national glory in the Campeonato Brasiliero later that year to complete a remarkable double.
The other major state championship in Brazil is in São Paulo state, known as the Paulista. The duration of this tournament is the same as the Carioca beginning on January 19th and running until May 19th. The format of this competition is rather more straightforward than its Rio counterpart with a twenty team league, each team playing the rest once only. After 19 rounds of games the top eight go through to the knockout stages with the quarter-final and semi-final rounds played over one leg followed by a two-legged final. In the 2012 competition Santos finished in third place in the regular season table but managed to win their way through each of the knock-out rounds to take their 20th Paulista title, their third consecutive success at state level, by getting the better of Guarani in the final with a 7-2 aggregate victory.
There are some other notable state championships outside of the big two but many of these will contain an outstanding rivalry which has been the focus for many a tournament over the years. In the Mineiro championship, played in the state of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte giants Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro have won 77 of the 95 tournaments that have been played to date and their dominance is expected to continue this year. Atlético sealed their 41st title success last year with a 4-1 aggregate win over América in the final. Similarly, the Gaúcho championship will no doubt see the Porto Alegre rivalry between Grêmio and Internacional light up the campaign. Internacional will be hoping to reclaim the title they've won for the last two years, in 2012 courtesy of a 3-2 aggregate over Caxias in the final, but arch-rivals Grêmio are expected to put up a fight this time around. There's more than just local bragging rights at stake for two clubs who have won all but two Gaúcho championships that have been played since 1954.
The Campeonato Paranaense was won in 2012 by Coritiba FC for the fourth time in five years as they faced off against eternal foes Atlético Paranaense in the final. Coritiba won out the penalty shoot-out which followed the second leg following an aggregate tie of 2-2 to claim the club's 36th state title. It was back to business as usual in the Campeonato Baiano in 2012 as the big two of EC Vitória and EC Bahia fought out a tense final. Following Bahia de Feira's shock maiden title win in 2011, the big two took it upon themselves to re-establish the old order in 2012 by reaching the final. Ultimately it was EC Bahia who emerged triumphant as they won the Baiano for the 44th time; the two-legged final against EC Vitória ended in a 3-3 aggregate draw but, due to the rules of the competition, Bahia's superior record in the regular season won them the championship.
At this time of year we usually mention the Potiguar championship, held in the Rio Grande do Norte region, because of the dominance of ABC FC. The record champions at state level, ABC FC have won their local championship 52 times but they were unable to add to this total last year. América de Natal won their first Potiguar for nine years in 2012 by defeating ABC FC 4-1 in the final to claim their 34th overall win. Both of last year's Potiguar finalists will sit it out during the first phase of this year's championship, having a bye until the competition reaches its second phase in March.


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Day 1 ARRIVE IN HONOLULU.
Upon arrival to the island of Oahu, you are greeted in the traditional Polynesian way—with a warm aloha and a LEI of fresh flowers. Transfer to your hotel in Waikiki. The remainder of your day is at leisure.
Day 2 HONOLULU. EXCURSION TO PEARL HARBOR.
Start the day with a breakfast get-together with your Tour Director to review activities scheduled throughout your stay. Next, a tour of PEARL HARBOR's famous Battleship Row. Listen to a narration of the dramatic air attack of December 7, 1941, and visit the USS Arizona and the impressive MEMORIAL dedicated to the 1,102 men still entombed. You will also have an opportunity to visit the MUSEUM, an excellent way to learn about Pearl Harbor Day, the Japanese strategy and military craft, and the individuals involved in the attack. Then, on to Punchbowl National Cemetery with its beautiful views of Honolulu. Other sights include Chinatown, the Hawaii State Capitol, royal 'Iolani Palace, and the statue of Kamehameha the Great. Tonight, enjoy an included dinner at your hotel. (B,D)
Day 3 HONOLULU.
Today is free to relax, swim, enjoy water sports, or laze on the beach. Take the optional excursion to the Polynesian Cultural Center for authentic island arts, crafts, history, music, a dinner buffet, and a spectacular Polynesian show with more than 100 performers. This evening, enjoy an optional sunset cruise with dinner, Hawaiian cocktails, and splendid views of the glittering Waikiki coastline and Diamond Head. (B)
Day 4 HONOLULU–HILO–HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK–KONA.
Board a morning flight to the "Big Island" of Hawaii. Upon arrival in Hilo on the east coast, drive to HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK. Here, see Kilauea Crater, rising 4,090 feet above a volcanic wonderland of steaming fire pits, lava tubes, and fern forests. Next, enjoy an included lunch followed by a stop at [LF] PUNALU'U BAKE SHOP to sample the famous Hawaiian sweetbread introduced to the area by Portuguese sugar workers in the 19th century. This traditional favorite is not to be missed! Continue on to Kona, your home for the next three nights. (B,L)
Day 5 KONA.
This morning, visit the [LF] KONA COFFEE LIVING HISTORY FARM, a working coffee and macadamia nut farm, where you have the opportunity to learn about the history of Kona's coffee industry and the remarkable pioneers who established these farms. Tonight, join your Tour Director for a festive LUAU, where you have the opportunity to learn to hula, try some traditional Hawaiian specialties like poi, and see captivating performances by Polynesian musicians and dancers. (B,D)
Day 6 KONA.
Today is free for independent activities. Find a special place to relax poolside and enjoy the warm tropical sun and balmy breezes, enjoy an optional snorkeling cruise to Kealakekua Bay, or join the optional helicopter flightseeing excursion. (B)
Day 7 KONA–MAUI.
A morning flight takes you to Kahului on the "Valley Island" of Maui. Drive to the lush `IAO VALLEY to see the `Iao Needle, a spectacular volcanic spire. Visit LAHAINA, then continue on to Ka`anapali, your home for the next three nights. The balance of the day is at leisure. (B,D)
Day 8 MAUI.
Today enjoy an included CRUISE. From mid-November to mid-April, take a cruise to search for the humpback whales that populate the waters. The remainder of the year features a cruise on the Reef Dancer, a semi-submarine that features an underwater viewing cabin where you can observe marine life and the beautiful coral reef. From the deck of the boat, enjoy beautiful views of Lahaina. (B)
Day 9 MAUI.
Enjoy a free day in Maui. Perhaps take an optional excursion to Haleakala National Park, site of the huge volcanic Haleakala Crater, known as the "House of the Sun." In 1980, this native ecosystem of cinder cones and dense rainforest was designated an International Biosphere Reserve. Another choice is the "Road to Hana," one of the world's most impressive drives, with 54 bridges and numerous waterfalls. There's plenty of time in the afternoon to relax and enjoy your hotel's facilities and beach. This evening, your Tour Director hosts a special farewell dinner. Wonderful conversation and cuisine make the perfect finale to a memorable Hawaiian vacation! (B,D)
Day 10 MAUI.
Your tour ends with breakfast this morning. (B)
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Whether you're looking to renew your spirit, explore historic sights, or experience breathtaking natural beauty, this Hawaii tour is sure to delight. Feel the sand in your feet, smell the fresh fragrance of the island flowers, smile as the tranquil ocean waves hit your calves, savor the sumptuous cuisine, taste the aromatic coffee, and just relax as Globus shows you the best of the Hawaiian Islands—Oahu, the Big Island, and Maui.
Feel moved by the USS Arizona Memorial, which commemorates the crewman who lost their lives in the historic attack on Pearl Harbor. Stroll through Maui's quaint, historic town of Lahaina, with its many art galleries and shops. Stand in awe as you admire Kilauea Crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Did you know this prolific volcano produces 250,000-650,000 cubic yards of lava per day? Marvel also at Haleakala National Park, site of the huge volcanic Haleakala Crater. Just imagine the wonderful photos you'll be able to capture and show friends and family back home.
To introduce you to Hawaii's hidden gems, your Globus Hawaii tour includes behind-the-scenes Local Favorites [LF] , such as a visit to the Kona Coffee Living History Farm, a working coffee and macadamia nut farm, and a sample of Hawaiian sweetbread at a Punalu'u Bake Shop.
Stroll the beaches, take a nap by the pool, join in the optional activities, shop for souvenirs, and just relax on this truly memorable Hawaii vacation in paradise!
Honolulu: Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort
Kona: Sheraton Kona Resort
Maui: Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa
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Two of the year's most anticipated films don't come out this summer — they're the time-traveling thriller Looper from Brick director Rian Johnson, and the new James Bond movie Skyfall. We haven't seen too many images from either film yet, but today Sony released a few ultra-high-res shots of each.
Behold Joseph Gordon-Levitt's futuristic shotgun. (Well, it's a shotgun, and it's in the future.) And James Bond in the middle of what looks like some kind of neon techno-dystopia.
And here's the latest synopsis for Looper, which comes out Sept. 28:
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a "looper" – a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good… until the day the mob decides to "close the loop," sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination.


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I like to make a big fuss about my birthday. Every year, as June dwindles, I will, throughout the day, randomly proclaim, "IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!" The husband will roll his eyes and remind me that my birthday isn't actually until the end of July. But I persist on making the announcements. Clearly, I have no choice but to trumpet and toss confetti to the oncoming acknowledgment of one more year lived.
Truthfully, I have filed birthdays under Undesirable Holidays, like Valentine's Day and We've-Been-Dating-1-Month Anniversaries. These are nothing but cheap displays of either the inevitable (the passing of time) or the obvious (we're together, so clearly you must find something about me appealing). That being said, I love parties and all their trappings, and I like to fetishize my birthday so I have a proper excuse to "celebrate" at a bar midweek at 2:00pm.
One of the props for my birthday is, quite naturally, a birthday cake. A few weeks ago I made a six-layer coconut cake, lavishly spread with espresso whipped cream—the excuse being that a decadent affair was absolutely necessary to herald the month of my birth. This cake is shorter and less of a to-do, but rich, buttery, and a special treat nonetheless.
Growing up, cakes came from El Condor, a bakery and restaurant in Granada, Nicaragua owned by my father's aunts. The classic birthday cake was dense and yellow, cut through with a slick of guava jelly or a spread of sweetened condensed milk. The icing was white and slightly crunchy with sugar crystals, and festooned with pastel-colored roses. Friends and cousins in matching pastel dresses, angelic white knee-high socks, and shiny black patent leather Mary Janes would crowd around the birthday girl as she leaned into the sweet bower of roses and candle flames, singing Feliz Cumpleaños and Las Mañanitas, all the while gazing hawk-like at the flowers. As soon as silent wishes were made and candles blown out, fingers would quickly reach to pluck the blossoms that were, rather than greedily consumed, carefully wrapped in paper napkins and taken to their mothers for safe-keeping.
Even though I loved these flowers, I never ate them, and meticulously, methodically used my fork to pry off the icing, eating only the cake, particularly the center where the sweetened condensed milk or guava jelly melded the cake layers together. When it came time to bake my birthday cake this year—no, there is no rest for the weary—I wanted to have those slices of my little-girlhood, minus the crusty exterior.
This cake is a basic yellow cake, buttery and tender of crumb, sliced into four layers and spread with the condensed milk that has sweetened my palate for as long as I can remember. Whenever making cake, be sure to bring your ingredients to room temperature to allow for the proper beating and blending of them; I can always spot a cake that was mixed with too-warm butter or eggs that weren't properly incorporated. For airier results, this cake calls for egg whites whipped to soft peaks: use the whisk attachment and test them every so often to make sure they don't become overly stiff and dried out.
Basic but perfect for any number of fillings from berry jams to Nutella spreads, this cake is a must for your repertoire.


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Zoey Taylor's husband drags her along reluctantly to watch football at his sister Kagney Linn Karter's house. Kagney hit on Zoey the only other time they met, at the couple's wedding, and Zoey is scared of it happening again. The moment the couple arrives, Kagney boldly and persistently hits on Zoey while the husband ignores them in favor of the game. Kagney is a massage therapist and she insists on massaging the tension out of Zoey's body. Zoey reluctantly takes off her dress and bra, leaving her panties on as she lies face-down on the massage table. Eventually Kagney works her way down to Zoey's bubble butt and convinces her sister-in-law that the panties need to come off or they'll get all oily. Kagney later coaxes Zoey into letting her massage her front, and after she concentrates on those luscious tits, she gets to her pussy and gives it some attention too. Zoey's husband leaves to buy some alcohol and Kagney finally has her way with her. As Kagney sucks her clit and brings her pleasure she didn't know she wanted, Zoey has to admit the advantages of having a lesbian sister-in-law.
For Mother's Day, Abella Danger takes her hot stepmother Rayveness to see her friend Gracie Glam, a massage therapist. Rayveness doesn't know that Gracie specializes in sensual massages, a fact that becomes clear soon enough. As she watches Gracie stroke her stepmom's sexy nude body, Abella gets so turned on she has to participate. She starts by rubbing Rayveness' feet, but gradually the girls convince the MILF that the massage will be best if she's uncovered. It's best for them, too, granting them easy access. While Gracie laps up Rayveness' pussy, Abella worships her stepmother's large breasts. Eventually the three women are all bringing each other leg-shaking orgasms! This will definitely not be the last mother-daughter massage appointment they make with Gracie.
Homesick student Penny Pax calls her step-cousin Jade Nile, who suggests she visit even though Jade will be the only one at home. Penny welcomes the chance to enjoy some bonding time. At Jade's house the girls give each other pedicures and take a trip down memory lane. Opening up to each other emotionally leads to a physical bonding as well, especially when Jade asks Penny to practice the massage techniques she's learning at school. Penny's sensual touches unlock feelings in both girls that they soon explore, having the whole house to themselves for the weekend. Now Penny will go back to school with a big smile, having experienced her first taboo lesbian sex.
India Summer and Nikki Daniels are all grown up now and haven't seen each other for a while, but the stepsisters take full advantage of a weekend reunion with nobody else around. Nikki comes into India's room and they lie on the bed talking about their crazy teen adventures. They used to party hard and then keep each other warm at night, but the wildest times of all were their first forays into lesbian lovemaking. What fun would a stepsister reunion be if they didn't take advantage of this time for some breast-worshiping, pussy-licking nostalgia?
Alli Rae is young and horny. She's exploring all the ways she can pleasure herself, but she forgot to lock the bathroom door and her stepmother Cherie Deville walks in on Allie masturbating! Far from angry or horrified, Cherie is happy to see the girl exploring her body and taking care of her own desires. Alli is too mortified to have some girl talk with Cherie about sex, so the good stepmother books a mother-daughter massage appointment for the two of them at the Sapphic Bliss Spa. Remy Lacroix and Dillion Harper are two experienced masseuses who, with Cherie's help, draw the shy Alli out of her shell and let her satisfy her lesbian curiosity in ways that never could on her own.
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World Ducati Week 2016: the countdown has started
Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), 14 December 2015 – The event which Ducatisti from all around the world most look forward to is already on the agenda. From 1 to 3 July 2016 the international Ducati community in its entirety will be celebrating their shared passion for the Bologna-made bikes at the World Ducati Week to be held at the Marco Simoncelli Misano World Circuit.
The ninth edition of the WDW will provide the perfect opportunity to celebrate Ducati's 90th anniversary with fans and Ducatisti from all over the world. The Ducati story began on 4 July 1926 when the three brothers, Adriano, Bruno and Marcello Cavalieri Ducati, assisted by their father Antonio, founded the Società Scientifica Radio Brevetti Ducati company. Since then the Bologna-based firm, driven by its unique engineering talent, has created motorcycles of inimitable design and a strong sporting character.
In 2014 there was a record-breaking turn-out at the global Ducati gathering with over 65,000 attendees coming from five continents and as many as 56 countries from all over the world. Ducatisti joined the event from the USA, Europe, Australia, Russia and India as well as Brazil, China, Malaysia and even Gabon, Iceland and Nepal, all united by their passion for Ducati bikes. Only an event like this brings out the best of Desmodromic passion.
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MARYSVILLE — Students with special needs and their parents can expect to see some new faces this fall in the Marysville School District.
The district made changes to the Learning Support Services program over the past year, and this summer hired three new directors to take over the program.
It is hoped that returning special education students will find classrooms that are safer and more conducive to learning and that teachers and assistants will be better prepared to teach and manage classrooms of students with a wide variety of needs.
Parents will also find a department and district administration that is more transparent and receptive to their needs, Superintendent Becky Berg said.
"The clear purpose of what we do is to raise student achievement and have kids find their niche and find their passion," Berg said.
For special education students, achieving those goals requires extra attention.
In Washington state, students may be tracked into a special education program for any one of 13 different criteria, such as emotional behavior problems; physical disabilities such as deafness; learning disorders such as dyslexia; autism; or other unique needs better met outside general education.
Last year, approximately 1,650 students out of nearly 12,000 district-wide received some sort of help through the Learning Support Services department.
For students with these needs, consistency in their learning environment is often an important factor in determining their educational progress.
In Marysville, however, the previous school year was tumultuous for parents, students, staff and administrators. Last fall, incidents in a class at Kellogg Marsh Elementary School led some parents to allege teachers or support staff were abusive to their students.
This led to some staff reassignments and one teacher being placed on administrative leave for six weeks.
An investigation determined that no disciplinary action against the teacher was warranted, and the teacher returned to work in a different assignment, Berg said.
But for Melody Plumb, whose 8-year-old son, David, was in that classroom, the incidents disrupted his education.
David was reassigned to that class in October after the district eliminated his previous class. But the new class didn't fit David's learning style or his grade level, she said.
Plumb said she didn't have a problem with David's teacher, only that she felt the staff was overworked and suffered from a lack of training.
But then the teacher was put on leave midway through the year and a substitute brought in. That probably contributed to David not making any progress at all last year.
Then on Feb. 14, the two department co-directors, Ken Chovil and Tracy Suchan Toothaker, resigned with just 24 hours' notice.
The incidents in the classroom and sudden resignations led to some parents testifying before the school board demanding changes and filing complaints with the state.
Berg said Chovil and Suchan Toothaker were not fired or asked to resign, and neither was subject to disciplinary action at the time of their leaving. "No one was waiting in the wings," she said.
She declined to comment further on their departure.
As part of the terms of their separation, they were paid out the remainder of their full $112,867 annual contracts through the end of the year.
New leadership
The district hired two interim directors, David Gow and Bob Gose, to lead the department for the remainder of the year while it sought permanent replacements.
The new leaders have all worked in special education or school psychology, and all come from outside western Washington. They started work July 1.
The district has hired two directors, Ginger Merkeal and Pam Sanford, to oversee primary and secondary special education programs, respectively.
Leading the Learning Support Services department as the new executive director is James Stevens, who comes from the Eastmont School District in East Wenatchee, where he'd led the special education program for five years.
Stevens has bachelor's and master's degrees from Eastern Washington University, is a nationally certified school psychologist and also served in the U.S. Marine Corps as an infantryman.
Merkeal came from the Mead School District near Spokane, where she worked as a school psychologist and special education director and administrator. Sanford came from the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District in Idaho, where she was the director of special services and earlier was a high school special education teacher.
Difficult work ahead
The new leaders of the program are in an uphill hike to develop policies and practices to address a wide range of problems.
"It's kind of hard going into a situation and saying we have all the answers and we're going to fix things now without meeting all the stakeholders," Stevens said.
That includes the Marysville Special Education PTSA, whose president, Amy Sheldon, has met the new leaders and will continue to do so in the coming year, she said.
"I know it won't change overnight, it's going to be a process, but I'm pretty hopeful," Sheldon said.
The myriad issues facing the district's special education program are laid out in a report conducted by the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) last fall at the behest of Berg, shortly after she was hired.
Some of the steps outlined in the report have already been taken, Berg said.
For example, a program that served elementary-age kids with severe behavioral problems in a separate facility on the Marysville Pilchuck High School campus has been closed, and some of the children will be attending either Allen Creek or Grove elementary schools in the fall.
The review noted that due to the children's physical separation from other elementary students and schools, they had very little contact with other children of their own age and were less likely to receive necessary services appropriate for their age group.
While the report said the district's special education program was overall very good, it highlighted several issues that are more endemic and will take more time and money to address. Those include:
Providing for more training for teachers and paraeducators (in-classroom support staff who do not hold a teaching certificate);
Being more transparent and open to staff input before making decisions;
Building stronger relationships with parent groups such as the PTSA;
Making sure curriculum materials address the needs of special education students and are compliant with state and federal standards;
Reviewing whether the special education program is the best vehicle for serving each student in the program.
Problems with special education are common, and a large number of complaints filed with the state Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction cite problems with special education students' IEPs, or Individualized Education Programs.
Leslie Lasher filed just such a complaint over problems her 17-year-old son, Keith, was having in school.
Keith Lasher, who suffers from attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, Asperger's syndrome and learning disabilities that have him reading at the first-grade level, was mainstreamed into two classes at the Marysville Pilchuck Campus, but a promised paraeducator was never assigned to him. Keith flunked the two classes, and he was in danger of not graduating or being accepted into the district's special education program for students 18 to 21 years old.
After meeting with the interim directors and getting Keith's grades changed, Leslie Lasher said she's more optimistic about the coming year.
"I totally feel like I'm going to have to stay on top of it," Lasher said, "but I'm feeling a lot more hopeful that things are going to get better for Keith."
Amy Sheldon also had to take an active role to ensure her autistic 18-year-old daughter's educational goals would be met.
"I've learned that with my own child, I have to be very, very involved and proactive, and to make sure that she has everything properly put in her IEP," Sheldon said.
Funding an issue
Money is also a problem for the program. Enrollment in the Marysville School District has declined in recent years, but the number of special education students has risen from 13.11 percent in the 2010-11 school year to more than 14 percent in 2012-13, according to the WASA report.
Federal funding for special education programs only covers up to 12.7 percent of a district's student population, however. The difference — $2.9 million in the 2012-13 school year — comes from the district's general fund.
"The other issue is that the federal government has never fully funded special education," Berg said, requiring the district to run tax levies to bridge the even larger funding gap.
That has led the district to look for ways to reduce enrollment in special education, such as identifying students whose needs might be better served with other programs or among the general school population.
"To the maximum extent possible, we don't want to have kids removed from their non-disabled peers," Stevens said.
Changes happening
The district has already made other changes, holding a training session, called "Right Response," for paraeducators in addition to teachers to help them calm volatile situations in the classroom and enhance student safety.
And Berg said she's tried to reach out to the school community, attending PTSA meetings and meeting parents for informal coffee klatches. Two parents were brought in to sit on the committee of 19 people, alongside administrators and staff, that interviewed the initial pool of applicants for the director positions.
The PTSA's Amy Sheldon, who was one of the parents on the committee, said the relationship with the district has already improved.
"It was a very frustrating past few years with the district, but I now feel very positive with the new changes," Sheldon said.
Melody Plumb said she just hopes that the scrutiny facing the program will mean that it gets more support, and that the parents won't need to struggle against the administration to get answers and help for their kids.
"If we have to go to school board meetings and get everything on the record all the time, it doesn't make everyone seem approachable," she said.
"I think we're all pretty much burnt out and exhausted right now," she added.
Plumb just wants to focus on raising David and making next year better than the last.
"This year is going to need to be about growing and learning," Plumb said.
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Urgent advisory from the DA's Office:
Def, Steven Honma, LA 064672, will be arraigned today at Van Nuys Superior Court, Department 100, 14400 Erwin St. Mall.
The suspect in the killing of a design college teacher at a Westlake Village party is expected to make his first court appearance today.
Steven Ronald Honma, 54, of Westlake Village, has been booked into Los Angeles County's Inmate Retention Center, and he is scheduled to appear this morning in Van Nuys Superior Court, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's web site.
Honma was charged Tuesday with murder and possessing a firearm with a prior conviction in connection with the shooting death of Norman Schureman at a Persian New Year's party Saturday night in the 31700 block of Kentfield Court.
Schureman, 50, of Altadena, was an instructor at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He was married and had two sons.


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What is radiation therapy?
Radiation therapy uses energy to kill cancer cells. It helps control the growth of some types of brain tumors. It's often used with surgery or chemotherapy to treat a brain tumor. This type of treatment is done by a doctor called a radiation oncologist.
When might radiation therapy be used?
Radiation therapy may be used:
After surgery and sometimes with chemotherapy to try to kill remaining tumor cells in the brain
As the main treatment for the brain tumor, if surgery can't be done
To help relieve symptoms caused by a brain tumor
Types of radiation therapy
There are 2 main types of radiation therapy. Your doctor may give you both types of therapy. They include:
External beam radiation (EBRT). For this type, a machine directs the rays of energy to the area of cancer.
Internal radiation (brachytherapy). This is also called interstitial therapy. Small pellets with radiation are placed inside or near the area with cancer.
EBRT therapy
There are several types of EBRT. These can target the tumor more closely. This can limit the effect that radiation has on other brain cells. Radiation can harm normal brain cells. To limit the harm, your doctor may use types of EBRT such as:
3-D conformal therapy (3DCRT). For this treatment, computers and computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are used to match the radiation beams to the shape of the tumor from different angles.
Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). This is a similar method that allows doctors to control the intensity of the radiation beams directed at different parts of the tumor. This type of radiation therapy is usually given over several weeks of treatment.
Conformal proton beam therapy. This is similar to IMRT. It focuses beams of protons instead of X-rays on the tumor. Protons are more likely to pass through normal tissues without harming them, which may lead to fewer side effects. This type of radiation therapy is also usually given over several weeks of treatment.
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). This method can be used on small tumors. Once the size and location of a tumor is known, a high-energy dose of radiation is sent to the tumor from many angles. This type of treatment is given as a single dose. Or it may be given as several doses over a few days. Your doctor may use SRS as the main treatment or as an additional treatment. There are 2 types of SRS:
Gamma knife radiation. Radiation beams (gamma rays) from a machine are focused at the tumor from hundreds of angles at the same time.
Linear accelerator. Instead of delivering many beams at once, this machine moves around the head to send radiation to the tumor from different angles.
You'll have imaging tests to see if the cancer has spread to other parts of your brain and your spinal cord. If the cancer has spread, you may have radiation to your whole brain and spinal cord.
Brachytherapy is done by inserting radioactive seeds or pellets into or near the tumor. This is done either through tiny tubes or during a surgery. The radiation they give off travels a very short distance. This helps make sure it affects the tumor with very little effect on nearby brain tissue. This method may be used to send a high dose of radiation at the tumor site while EBRT treats nearby areas with a lower dose.
Possible side effects
Radiation treatment affects normal cells as well as cancer cells. It may cause side effects. These depend on how much radiation you get and how it's given. Possible side effects include:
Skin irritation
Intolerance of cold
Nausea and vomiting
Trouble thinking and remembering
Side effects to the area treated, such as hearing loss
Problems with your thyroid, hypothalamus, or pituitary glands, which can affect hormone levels in your body
Radiation necrosis
In some cases, dead brain tissue will form at the site of the radiation. This is called radiation necrosis. The mass of dead brain tissue usually has both cancer cells and healthy cells. Radiation necrosis can take anywhere from months to years to develop.
Radiation necrosis may need to be removed with surgery if it causes problems such as:
It's not always easy to tell the difference between radiation necrosis and cancer that has come back. A brain scan called a positron-emission tomography (PET) scan can sometimes tell the difference between dead tissue and living cancer tissue. But often a biopsy is the only way to tell for sure.
Risk of future cancer
Radiation can also affect your genes. As a result, after radiation, you have a small risk of getting a second cancer. This second cancer usually occurs many years later. Talk to your radiation oncologist about the risks and benefits of radiation therapy to know your options.


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Yeah, so this is Wilmer Valderrama.
Wilmer was walking around NYC today visiting Generation X Tenant Association Community Garden in the Lower East Side but really he was showing off his makeover.
He's almost unrecognisable.
Like, remember when Wilmer used to date Lindsay Lohan? Lived with Lindsay Lohan? She was 17, he was 25. She'd been crashing at the Chateau Marmont and then moved in with him for a while. Then the Lohan lunacy kicked in and he took off, resulting in the first in a series of "exhaustion" hospitalisations.
Of course, Dina approved of all of it.
Have never understood the Wilmer Valderrama thing. He was Fez. But Fez dated Lilo, Alba, JLove Hewitt, Mandy Moore, Ashley Olsen…
It's a mystery.
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Hubble factsheet
Expanding the frontiers of the visible Universe
Name The Hubble Space Telescope (HST), or just 'Hubble', is named after Edwin Powell Hubble (1889–1953) who was one of the great pioneers of modern astronomy.
Description Hubble is a collaboration between ESA and NASA. It is a long-term, space-based observatory. The observations are carried out in visible, infrared, and ultraviolet light. In many ways, Hubble has revolutionised modern astronomy, not only as an efficient tool for making new discoveries, but also by driving astronomical research in general.
Launch 24 April 1990 (Shuttle Discovery at Cape Canaveral, United States)
Status In operation.
Journey Hubble was deployed by the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31) into a circular orbit 600 kilometres above the ground, inclined at 28.5 degrees to the Equator. The time for one orbit is about 96 minutes.
Notes An optical defect was discovered in the original Hubble mirror. Astronauts on board a later Space Shuttle flight restored the telescope. Brilliantly executed, the repair will go down in history as one of the highlights of human spaceflight.
Hubble's orbit high above the Earth allows astronomers to make the very high resolution observations (without atmospheric distortion) that are essential to open new windows to planets, stars, and galaxies. Furthermore, access to infrared and ultraviolet light can only be achieved with a space telescope, because the atmosphere prevents it from reaching the ground.
Typically, more than 1000 proposals to use Hubble are received each year, of which some 250 are finally selected. It is a measure of Hubble's continuing relevance that this proportion is so high.
European scientists are guaranteed access to 15% of Hubble observing time. In recent years, the fraction of allocated time to European scientists has been about 20%, which is not only a reflection of Europe's contribution to the project but also the quality of the European proposals.


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JE HernandezI,II,*; RGJ EdyveanII
IInstitute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological Engineering, UMINHO, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
IIDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Sheffield, Broad Lane, Sheffield, S3 7HQ, United Kingdom
Phenol is a pollutant found in many industrial wastewaters, which diminishes biogas formation in anaerobic digesters. In this study, a two-stage (acidogenic and methanogenic) anaerobic digester (TSAD) was compared to a single stage digester (SSD), in treating a synthetic wastewater contaminated with phenol. Both systems were operated in batch-dilution and semi-continuously at 35ºC, and were loaded with a synthetic wastewater containing a constant concentration of readily biodegradable organic matter and an increasing concentration of phenol. The TSAD had greater biogas production, and its acidogenic reactor fermented the readily biodegradable matter without inhibition by accumulation of phenol (up to 1 450 mg·ℓ-1). The acidogenic reactor also prevented inhibition of biogas formation in the second phase (methanogenic), by holding phenol and fast produced organic acids. Batch TSAD is a potential wastewater treatment option to decontaminate streams containing readily biodegradable matter contaminated with phenol. This system enhances biogas production and allows better control of the acidogenic and methanogenic phases.]]> Keywords: Acidogenic, biodegradation, biogas, industrial waste, methanogenic, phenol, two-phase anaerobic digestion
Phenol is mainly derived from oil and coal and is used in the production of fertilisers, fungicides, dyes, plastics, solvents and fibre board (Veeresh et al., 2005). The global production of phenol surpassed 6.6 x 106 t in 2000; it is mainly manufactured in Europe and the USA (Niwa et al., 2002; Panov, 2000). Phenol is a priority pollutant and the latest figure shows that 3 480 t were released into the USA environment in 2005 (USEPA, 2008). A maximum concentration of 17 000 mg·ℓ-1 in wastewater has been reported (Veeresh et al., 2005).
The elimination of phenol in wastewater has been studied by applying several physicochemical and biological technologies, with a variety of operational designs and combinations. However, anaerobic digestion still remains the most attractive option (Veeresh et al., 2005). A major drawback is that at certain concentrations phenol can disturb the trophic chain established between microorganisms, by affecting the production of fatty acids, hydrogen and thus methane (Fedorak and Hrudey, 1984; Wang et al., 1989; Hernandez and Edyvean, 2008). Phenol biomethanisation has been studied in a variety of single-phase anaerobic digesters (Veeresh et al., 2005). Nevertheless, the application of two-phase anaerobic digestion (TSAD), consisting of acidogenic and subsequent methanogenic steps, is largely unexplored. In addition, the inhibitory effects of phenol on the TSAD are not known.
The advantages of TSAD over a single-stage digester (SSD) are well recognised. TSAD reduces toxicity to methanogenesis by hosting fast growing acidogens in a separate reactor, thus preventing trophic-chain imbalances due to both the high rate of production of volatile fatty acids (VFAs), and their low rate conversion by methanogens (Tchobanoglous et al., 2003). In addition, TSAD allows the dilution of the VFAs produced in the acidogenic phase before being loaded into the methanogenic reactor, avoiding the utilisation of sources of freshwater for dilution. Some findings show that the acidogenic phase enhanced the biodegradability of aromatic ring molecules such as nitrobenzene and flavonoids (Herrmann and Janke, 2001; Ng et al., 1999).
In this study, the aim was to compare the treatment of a synthetic wastewater containing a readily biodegradable matter and phenol, when performed in a TSAD and SSD. Performance of both TSAD and SSD was studied at dilution-batch and semicontinuous operation. The results of this study address the question as to whether continuous or batch TSAD is the best option for treating a wastewater contaminated with phenol.
Materials and methods]]> Materials
Anaerobic reactors were constructed with glass 'quick fit' vessels fitted with a multi-socket top (Fig. 1). The TPAD was composed of an acidogenic (R1) and a methanogenic reactor (R2). The SSD was a methanogenic reactor similar to R2. All reactors had 4 ℓ of reaction volume and were magnetically stirred and submerged in water baths at 35ºC. R2 and SSD were filled with a commercial rigid packing design (Flocor, UK) to support the growth of fermenting methanogenic consortia. The produced biogas was collected and measured in graduated cylinders (approx. 101.325 kPa and 25ºC), whose tops were submerged downwards into a barrier solution to avoid the loss of CO2 (DIN, 1985); the prototype is shown in Fig. 4. pH was recorded by a portable temperature compensated pH meter. A buffer solution made of 7.5 g NaOH/10 g NaHCO3 was used to control pH.
]]> A commercial nutritional supplement (NS), containing readily biodegradable matter, was obtained from Boots, Co. (Table 1), while phenol and other chemicals were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich, Co. Synthetic Wastewater 1 (SWW1) was a mixture of phenol (50 to 250 mg·ℓ -1) and the medium given in ISO 11734 (CEN, 1999). Synthetic Wastewater 2 (SWW2) was prepared by mixing phenol and NS (Table 1).
Digesting sludge was obtained from an anaerobic digester treating yeast and industrial wastewater. It was mesh sieved (1 mm2) and utilised to produce acidogenic and methanogenic sludge.
Liquid samples were taken and stored following standard methods (APHA, 1998). Chemical analyses to the liquid fraction were carried out with the following Dr Lange® cuvette test kits: LCK 384 Total organic carbon (TOC), LCK 114 chemical oxygen demand (COD), LYW 365 organic acids (VFAs) and LCK 346 phenols. Volatile suspended solids (VSS) were determined by standard methods (APHA, 1998). The suspended fraction of COD and TOC (i.e. SCOD and SOC) were calculated after separating the dissolved fraction through a 0.45 µm pore diameter fibreglass filter. CH4 and CO2 in the biogas were analysed using a gas chromatograph (GC, Varian 3400) fitted with a methaniser. The capillary column (30 m x 0.530 mm GS-Q) was packed with 10% nickel nitrate on Chromosorb GAW 100/120. It operated at 60ºC and inlet pressure of 39.3 kPa. The injector and flame ionisation detector operated at 350ºC and 280ºC, respectively. Nitrogen gas was used as a carrier gas (19.0 cm·s-1). Gas concentrations, including CO2 and CH4 dissolved in aqueous phase, were corrected by applying Henry's Law as reported (Hernandez and Edyvean, 2008). Methane-rich gas in R2 and SSD is referred as biogas throughout the text.
Acclimation of methanogenic sludge to phenol
Three reactors were separately inoculated with sludge (3.6 ℓ, VSS = 18.9 g·ℓ-1) and loaded with 0.4 ℓ of SWW1, which contained only phenol as a carbon source. Initially, the reactors contained 50 mg phenol·ℓ-1. After complete elimination of phenol (6 d), a settling period of 3 h was allowed; subsequently the supernatant was drawn off. The whole cycle was repeated at 100 and then at 250 mg phenol·ℓ-1, respectively, with the aim of gradually increasing the number of phenol degraders. Two final cycles at 250 mg phenol·ℓ-1 were run to stabilise conditions. In these final cycles, the average biogas produced in each reactor was 369 ± 4 mℓ (65 ± 2.8% CH4). Methanogenesis was not observed in autoclaved inactivated sludge with (i.e. controls) and without (i.e. blanks) phenol. Methanogenesis was insignificant in controls containing medium and active sludge, and inexistent in blanks containing medium and phenol.]]> Production of acidogenic sludge
R1 was inoculated with acclimatised methanogenic sludge (VSS = 18.9, g·ℓ -1) and loaded with SWW2, which contains readily biodegradable matter and phenol. Initially, R1 contained 25 mg phenol·ℓ -1 and 1.83 g DCOD·ℓ -1 (DCOD is dissolved chemical oxygen demand). This DCOD load was in the range of previously reviewed values for TPAD (Demirel and Yenigun, 2002). After 24 h, the pH dropped due to fast production of organic acids, which were partially removed by settling the sludge down for 3 h and removing the supernatant. R1 was reloaded with SWW2 and adjusted with buffer to pH 5.5 twice a day. The batch cycle was serially repeated until the sludge became yellowish-brown in colour, this being an indication of disrupted methanogenesis (Demirel and Yenigun, 2002). The lack of methane formation was also confirmed by GC analysis.
Batch-dilution elimination of phenol
Two separated reactors formed the TSAD (R1 and R2). The SSD was similar to R2. In total, 4 consecutive batches were double run, and the concentration of phenol (25 to 250 mg·ℓ -1) was increased between batches while keeping constant the complementary DCOD within SWW2. On the first run of Batch 1, both R1 and the SSD were loaded with SSW2, and operated at initial concentration of 25 mg phenol·ℓ -1 and 1.83 g DCOD·ℓR-1.
R2 is fed with R1 effluent and, therefore, after 1 d (approximate time to eliminate phenol in R2) 400 mℓ of liquor was pumped out from R1, pH adjusted and then fed into R2. The missing volume in R1 was replenished with acidogenic sludge. To allow for comparison, the same volume was drawn from the SSD and replenished with methanogenic sludge (prepared as described earlier). Adjustment of pH was done twice a day at 5.5 in R1 and 8.5 in both R2 and SSD, aiming at promoting acidogenic and methanogenic conditions, respectively.
The whole procedure was repeated daily until the concentration of phenol was undetectable in R1 and SSD. Afterwards, the sludge was settled for 3 h and the supernatant drawnoff, this was the end of a single run and the whole cycle was repeated at the same conditions for a second run. At the end of Batch 4, the reactors were left standing for 1 d and then were semi-continuously operated.
Semi-continuous elimination of phenol
This experiment was carried out semi-continuously for 15 d. R1 and SSR were daily refilled with substrate SWW2 (9.7 g COD; Table 1). Every day, 400 mℓ of liquid was pumped out of each reactor. The effluent of R1 was pH-adjusted and fed into R2, whereas the effluent from the SSR was discarded. pH was controlled as described above. In this operational mode, the remaining volume in R1 and SSR was increased up to 4 ℓ with the daily feed of substrate and buffer.
Results and discussion]]> Batch-dilution elimination of phenol
In R1, fast fermentation of the readily organic fraction in SWW2 was observed, as will normally occur in acidogenic reactors where methanogens have been largely eliminated. Part of the phenol in SWW2 was lost, probably due to adsorption onto sludge, as evaluated in blanks and controls, and not converted to gas products. It can be seen that the experimental values of phenol concentration describe a curve that closely approximates calculated concentrations due to daily dilution (Fig. 2). On this basis, the difference between both experimental and calculated concentration plots cannot be linked to biodegradation, but can be attributed either to experimental errors or to adsorption of phenol onto the sludge. In some cases, up to 40% adsorption has been reported (Healy and Young, 1979; Hernandez and Edyvean, 2008). Therefore, phenol was not biodegraded in R1 but diluted and disposed of due to filling and draw.
Phenol biodegradation occurred in the acclimatised digesting sludge used as initial inoculum. However, in R1, phenol mineralisation is thermodynamically limited due to lack of syntrophism between fast-fermenting microorganisms and the deliberately disturbed methanogens. Thermodynamically, this association is necessary to favour aromatic ring fission to produce acetate and hydrogen, which are subsequently utilised by methanogens to produce biogas (Thauer et al., 1977; Winter and Knoll, 1989). Phenol fermentation can also be impeded due to its highly effective inhibition effects on the electron transport and energy production of phenol degraders (Escher et al., 1996; Fedorak and Hrudey, 1984; Wang et al., 1989). R1 is therefore not effective in breaking the aromatic ring but it may enhance the biodegradability of phenol by modifying the molecule, as occurred in similar experiments with acidogenic reactors (Herrmann and Janke, 2001; Karlsson et al., 2000; Ng et al., 1999).
The gas produced in R1 (1.1 ± 0.07 ℓ, 99.98% CO2, not considering H2 and VFAs) is likely to come from the fermentation of readily biodegradable matter into VFAs (Fig. 2). In this reactor, increasing the concentration of phenol did not affect the production of gas, meaning that the fermentation of organic matter in SSW2 is not inhibited. This advantageous feature could be useful for the pre-treatment of waste streams containing a readily biodegradable matter mixed with phenol.
Biogas production (ℓ) and biogas productivity (ℓ (ℓ Rd)-1) were always higher in the TSAD at the end of each batch cycle (Table 2). Increasing phenol concentration increased both the time required for phenol elimination and the biogas production in both TPAD and SSD. Therefore, this operation affected biogas productivity differently. For instance, productivity decreased in the TPAD (longer time batch cycles) but increased in the SSR (shorter time batch cycles).
The methane composition in the biogas produced by the SSD was initially 59 ± 2% when SSW1 was fed. In this reactor, swapping to SSW2 caused a delay in phenol elimination (5 d) when compared to the TSAD (Table 2). This probably occurred because the bulk matter in SSW2 was easily fermented by fastgrowing acidogenic bacteria into organic acids, consequently causing an imbalance with slow-growing methanogens. As the operation continues, SSD overcame the imbalances and biologically eliminated higher loads of phenol faster than the TSAD. Such recovery of methanogenic activity might be due to repeated replenishment with fresh methanogenic sludge already adapted to phenol.
In the TSAD, a fraction of phenol and organic acids from R1 was biomethanised in R2 (67% CH4 and 33% CO2), as would normally occur in anaerobic digesters. Such fraction of phenol was completely eliminated every day, in R2, by the parallel participation of biomethanisation, adsorption onto the sludge and cell mass assimilation (Healy and Young, 1979; Hernandez and Edyvean, 2008). Methanogenic conditions in R2 were superior because the effluent (400 mℓ) taken from R1 (containing phenol, organic acids and acidogens) was diluted within the total R2 volume, and shock due to overloading or inhibition was therefore avoided. The longer times required to eliminate phenol by dilution in R1 allowed more loadings into R2. Logically, more biogas was produced at the expense of longer periods of time, causing a reduction in biogas productivity (ℓ (ℓR d)-1).
Semi-continuous elimination of phenol
The lack of phenol biodegradability and its daily feeding into R1 caused accumulation (Fig. 3). As explained before, the biodegradation of phenol was hampered due to the thermodynamic and ecotoxicological limitations established in R1, so the losses of phenol might be attributed to physical interactions, e.g. adsorption onto sludge as evaluated in blanks and controls (Hernandez and Edyvean, 2008).
The maximum concentration of phenol reached in R1 was 1 450 mg·ℓ-1, from which 400 mℓ was transferred for subsequent treatment in R2. Since phenol was diluted within the whole R2 working volume, its concentration was far below 1 250 mg·ℓ -1, which may promote 50% inhibition of acetate methanogenesis (Wang et al., 1991). This capacity of preventing shock loading to the methanogenic reactor can reduce the vulnerability against unexpected increments of phenol and other organic matter in wastewater streams. However, accumulation is not desirable in a process receiving regular inputs of wastewater. Therefore, the continuous operation of a TSAD treating a wastewater containing phenol may not be acceptable.]]> Gas production was stable in R1 and R2 over the experiment. The gas produced in R1 (99% CO2, disregarding H2 and volatile organics) was derived from the fermentation of readily biodegradable matter in SSW2 and not from phenol. On the other hand, R2, which is the TSAD second stage, produced 3 times more biogas with a richer CH4 content than the SSD (Table 3). The biogas production capacity in the SSD was disturbed after 24 h of starting the operation. Probably, the daily feeding of SSW2 led to fast growth of acidogens, as commonly happens in acidogenic reactors fed with readily biodegradable matter (Demirel and Yenigun, 2002). Consequently, the SSD failed to produce methane and eliminate phenol. Therefore, further analysis of the SSD was stopped at this stage of the experiment.
Stable control of pH was achieved in R1 by feeding a variable volume of buffer solution over the period of the experiment (Table 3). The pH was acid due to VFA formation from SWW2, since VFAs are stronger acids (Ka in the order of 10-5) than phenol (Ka = 1.1 x 10-10). In the case of R2, pH was stable. In contrast, stable pH conditions were not achieved in the SSD (Table 3). This reactor started as methanogenic and became acidogenic after 24 h due to fast growth of acidogens and flushing out of methanogens (sludge replenishing was not allowed in both TSAD and SSR). Better pH control was therefore achieved in the TSAD.
The 400 mℓ daily loading (9.7 g DCOD) led to an increment in the DCOD in R1 and SSD, resulting in negative conversion values (Table 3), which are merely mathematical artefacts.
Similar findings have been reported by Ghosh et al. (1975) and are caused by accumulation of VFAs due to overloading. Contrary to this, in R2 nearly 77% of the initial DCOD was degraded after 1 day of operation. In this reactor, there was not accumulation of the un-degraded DCOD fraction, which was most probably co-degraded with the diluted load coming from R1 and adsorbed onto the sludge in R2. Under these conditions, both R1 and SSD were inefficient for DCOD removal.
Hydrolysis of readily biodegradable matter in SSW2 and subsequent formation of organic acids in R1 occurred without inhibition by phenol accumulation (Table 3). In R2, 95% of organic acids contained in the effluent of R1 were easily reduced within 24 h and such reduction was linked to an increase in CH4 and CO2 production. The concentration of organic acids in R2 was below 500 mg acetic acid·ℓ-1, which is a recommended value for stable methanogenic reactors (Dries, 2002). Again, in the case of the SSD, the accumulation of organic acids produced by fast-growing acidogens promoted the disruption of methanogenesis. A low pH and the yellowishbrown colour were observed (Table 3). This reactor was not further analysed due to its failure to biomineralise phenol and readily biodegradable matter in SSW2.
Biomass concentration (SOC) in R1 was not affected by the accumulation of phenol. In R2, there was variability in biomass concentration, probably caused by the detachment of biomass from the packing material due to stirring. In the case of the SSD, biomass concentration was approximately that of R1, indicating that the same operational conditions in both reactors led to similar growth rates of acidogens (Table 3).]]>
A synthetic wastewater containing a readily biodegradable matter and phenol was treated in a two-stage anaerobic digester (TSAD: acidogenic and methanogenic) and a single-stage digester (SSD). The TSAD produced more biogas; fermented a readily biodegradable organic matter without inhibition by phenol; facilitated the control of acidogenic and methanogenic stages and allowed the dilution of both VFAs and aromatic compounds to avoid methanogenesis inhibition. Batch TSAD is a potential wastewater treatment option to decontaminate streams containing phenol and readily biodegradable organic matter.
We would like to express gratitude to CONACYT for the sponsorship given (Grant 167740).
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Received 1 August 2008; accepted in revised form 5 November 2010.
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