Northdat


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The NORTHDAT data base contains information on over 100 parameters routinely reported from ten pulp mills in the Peace and Athabasca basins. Data are included for the seven Alberta mills from January 1970 to December 1993 and for the three British Columbia mills from January 1988 to December 1993. This report documents the NORTHDAT data base, including data sources, data files and units, software used for extraction of data, using the data base (installation, start-up, data extraction, addition of new data), administering the data base, and data quality assurance and quality control. Sample screens, lists of data fields, and names of parameters stored (metals, resin acids, fatty acids, dioxins/furans, chlorinated phenolics, polynuclear aromatics, and others).




Contaminant Fate Modelling, Athabasca, Wapiti and Smoky Rivers


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Describes and presents simulation results from numerical models of the transport and fate of environmental chemicals in northern Alberta rivers. The models were developed using the USEPA WASP modelling system and were structured as one-dimensional (longitudinal) models with separate, interacting water column and bed sediment compartments. Seven selected organic chemicals were simulated over 1992-93 for the Athabasca River and over 1990-91 for the Wapiti/Smoky River system. Chemicals simulated included 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro dibenzofuran, dehydroabietic acid, and phenanthrene. The models were first calibrated for sodium and total suspended solids. Organic chemicals were simulated using a set of environmental fate constants developed from a literature search, numerical estimation software, and estimation from field data. Results of initial simulations were compared to observed data and adjustments made to selected constants to improve the calibration.




A Bioenergetic Model of Food Chain Uptake and Accumulation of Organic Chemicals, Athabasca River


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Describes a study to construct and calibrate a steady-state food chain model to simulate the uptake and bioaccumulation of selected organic chemicals, with different physical and chemical properties, in the mountain whitefish, longnose sucker, and northern pike food web of the Athabasca River. The model is based on the WASP 14, Thomann-Connolly and Gobas food chain models. The modelling effort involved review and interpretation of sediment transport dynamics, contaminant distribution and concentration in sediment, water, and biota, and the refinement of the existing models. Results are presented from model simulations and compared to observed concentrations of such compounds as furans, resin acids, and chlorinated phenolics. The appendix includes a discussion of food chain modelling theory and its application to the present study.







Homecoming


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During the last Interglacial, more than 125,000 years ago, humans hybridized with the R'il'nai and spread across the galaxy to colonize other planets. Although they formed The Confederation, they still depended on the R'il'nai for guidance and protectionnot only from the Maungs but from each other. But only one of the pureblood R'il'nai still livesLai, an embittered survivor who mourns his lost human love but still feels bound to honor his race's responsibility to the Confederation. Two others possess the potential to change his and the Confederation's futureSnowy, a young slave dancer who is frightened of his odd powers, and Marna, a healer who survived a planet-wide epidemic on her home world. All have their own individual loyalties which put them in conflict with one another, but the only way they can reach a future which will benefit all is to work together. http://www.sueannbowling.com




McClure's Magazine


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The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves


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This unique collection consists of the most influential narratives of former slaves, including numerous recorded testimonies, life stories and original photos of former slaves long after Civil War: Recorded Life Stories of Former Slaves from 17 different US States Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) The Underground Railroad Harriet Jacobs: The Moses of Her People Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave! The Confessions of Nat Turner Narrative of Sojourner Truth The History of Mary Prince Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William & Ellen Craft) Thirty Years a Slave (Louis Hughes) Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Behind The Scenes: 30 Years a Slave & 4 Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley) Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson) Fifty Years in Chains (Charles Ball) Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward) Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave The Story of Mattie J. Jackson (L. S. Thompson) A Slave Girl's Story (Kate Drumgoold) From the Darkness Cometh the Light (Lucy A. Delaney) Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, a Slave in the United States of America Narrative of Joanna Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley Buried Alive Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain Documents: The History of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade History of American Abolitionism from 1787-1861 Pictures of Slavery in Church and State Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address XIII Amendment Civil Rights Act of 1866 XIV Amendment ...