Author: claimsbot

1. A treatment system comprising:
a pretreatment system configured to receive wastewater, the wastewater including a waste product, the waste product including nitro compounds including trinitrotoluene (TNT), the pretreatment system comprising:
a micro-electrolysis tank configured to receive the wastewater and to convert the nitro compounds in the waste product into aniline compounds to produce micro-electrolyzed wastewater;
an equalization tank configured to receive the micro-electrolyzed wastewater from the micro-electrolysis tank and to adjust a pH value of the micro-electrolyzed wastewater, wherein the equalization tank converts ferric ions and ferrous ions into ferric hydroxide and ferrous hydroxide respectively and produce equalized wastewater; and
a sedimentation tank configured to receive the equalized wastewater and precipitate the ferric hydroxide and the ferrous hydroxide to produce pretreated wastewater;

a container configured to receive the pretreated wastewater;
a first filter in communication with the container, wherein the first filter includes a first polymer carrier material, and wherein the first polymer carrier material includes Sphingomonas sp. in the first polymer material; and
a second filter in communication with the first filter, wherein the second filter includes a second polymer carrier material, and wherein the second polymer carrier material includes Flavobacteriales sp. in the second polymer material.
2. The treatment system of claim 1, wherein:
the first filter is at least one of an immobilized microorganisms anaerobic filter or an immobilized microorganisms biological aerated filter;
the second filter is at least one of an immobilized microorganisms anaerobic filter or an immobilized microorganisms biological aerated filter; and
the first and second polymer carrier material is a polyurethane foam carrier.
3. The treatment system of claim 1, wherein:
the first filter comprises a three level immobilized microorganisms anaerobic filter; and
the second filter comprises a five level immobilized microorganisms biological aerated filter.
4. The treatment system of claim 1, wherein:
the first filter comprises an immobilized microorganisms anaerobic filter that includes Pseudomonas sp. and Sphingomonas sp. in the first polymer carrier material, and
the second filter comprises an immobilized microorganisms biological aerated filter that includes Flavobacteriales sp. and Chryseobacterium sp. in the second polymer carrier material.
5. The treatment system of claim 1, wherein the equalization tank is configured to receive and adjust a pH of the waste product to from about 6 to about 9 and the settlement tank is configured to remove suspended substances from the waste product.
6. The treatment system of claim 1, wherein the equalization tank is configured to add NaOH and trisodium phosphate to the micro-electrolyzed wastewater.
7. The treatment system of claim 1, wherein the waste product comprises organic wastewater from the production of trinitrotoluene.
8. The treatment system of claim 7, wherein the organic wastewater from the production of trinitrotoluene includes at least one of dinitro-toluene (DNT), 2-nitrotoluene (MNT), a nitrobenzene and a phenyl amine.
9. A method for treating waste product, the method comprising:
receiving wastewater, the wastewater including a waste product, the waste product including nitro compounds including trinitrotoluene (TNT);
micro-electrolyzing the wastewater to convert the nitro compounds in the waste product into aniline compounds and produce micro-electrolyzed wastewater;
equalizing the micro-electrolyzed wastewater to adjust a pH value of the micro-electrolyzed wastewater, wherein the equalization converts ferric ions and ferrous ions into ferric hydroxide and ferrous hydroxide respectively to produce equalized wastewater; and
sedimenting the equalized wastewater to precipitate the ferric hydroxide and the ferrous hydroxide to produce pretreated wastewater;
filtering the pretreated wastewater through a first filter to produce filtered waste product; and
filtering the filtered waste product through a second filter;
wherein
the first filter includes a first polymer carrier material, and wherein the first polymer carrier material includes Sphingomonas sp. in the first polymer material; and
the second filter includes a second polymer carrier material, and wherein the second polymer carrier material includes Flavobacteriales sp. in the second polymer material.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein:
the first filter is an immobilized microorganisms anaerobic filter including the Pseudomonas sp. bacteria and Sphingomonas sp. bacteria; and
wherein the second filter is an immobilized microorganisms biological aerated filter including the Flavobacteriales bacteria and the Chryseobacterium bacteria.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first filter further comprises Raoultella terrigena sp.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein the equalization tank is configured to receive and adjust a pH of the micro-electrolyzed wastewater to from about 6 to about 9 and the settlement tank is configured to remove suspended substances from the equalized wastewater.
13. The method of claim 9, wherein the waste product comprises organic wastewater from the production of trinitrotoluene.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the organic wastewater comprises at least one of dinitro-toluene (DNT), 2-nitrotoluene (MNT), a nitrobenzene and a phenyl amine.
15. A pre-treatment system comprising:
a micro-electrolysis tank configured to receive wastewater, the wastewater including a waste product, the waste product including nitro compounds including trinitrotoluene (TNT), the micro-electrolysis tank further configured to convert the nitro compounds in the waste product into aniline compounds to produce micro-electrolyzed wastewater;
an equalization tank configured to receive the micro-electrolyzed wastewater from the micro-electrolysis tank and to adjust a pH value of the micro-electrolyzed wastewater, wherein the equalization tank converts ferric ions and ferrous ions into ferric hydroxide and ferrous hydroxide respectively to produce equalized wastewater; and
a sedimentation tank configured to receive the equalized wastewater and precipitate the ferric hydroxide and the ferrous hydroxide to produce pretreated wastewater.
16. The pre-treatment system of claim 15, wherein the equalization tank is configured to receive and adjust a pH of the micro-electrolyzed wastewater to from about 6 to about 9 and the settlement tank is configured to remove suspended substances from the equalized wastewater.
17. The pre-treatment system of claim 15, wherein the equalization tank is configured to add NaOH and trisodium phosphate to the micro-electrolyzed wastewater.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method comprising:
receiving data at a first node;
encoding a first portion of said data at a first bit rate to generate a first encoded data stream;
monitoring an indication of a capacity of a channel of a communication network;
adding padding blocks to the first encoded data stream based on the indication of the capacity of the channel to generate a padded data stream, each padding block comprising an even number of bytes;
adding a tailing block to the first encoded data stream that indicates the number of padding blocks added to the first encoded data stream, the tailing block comprising an odd number of bytes;
transmitting, to a second node, the padded data stream via said channel;
determining if transmitting said padded data stream exceeds the capacity of the channel;
encoding a second portion of said data at a higher bit rate than the first bit rate to generate a second encoded data stream responsive to determining that transmitting the padded data stream does not exceed the capacity of the channel; and
transmitting the second encoded data stream to the second node via said channel
the adding padding blocks to the first encoded data stream further comprising incrementally increasing a number of padding bits added to the first encoded data stream responsive to determining that the capacity of the channel is not exceeded, and the incrementally increasing comprising making a plurality of incremental increases to the padding bits before the second portion is encoded at the higher bit rate, said determining being performed after each incremental increase, and each successive incremental increase being made based on a respective determination that the capacity of the channel is not exceeded.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising encoding the second portion of said data at the first bit rate responsive to determining that transmitting the padded data stream exceeds the capacity of the channel.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising responsive to determining that transmitting the padded data stream does not exceed the capacity of the channel, determining if the bit rate of the padded data steam is substantially equivalent to the higher bit rate.
4. A method as claimed in claim 3 wherein the second portion of said data is encoded at a higher bit rate if it is determined that the bit rate of the padded data stream is substantially equivalent to the higher bit rate.
5. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the monitoring the indication of the capacity of the channel further comprises monitoring if the capacity of the channel is exceeded.
6. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the monitoring the indication of the capacity of the channel further comprises determining a target bit rate.
7. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the number of padding bits is incrementally increased by a predetermined amount.
8. A method as claimed in claim 6 wherein the number of padding bits is incrementally increased by an amount dependent on the target bit rate.
9. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the padding bits comprise zeros.
10. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the padding bits comprise forward error correction data.
11. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the encoding the first portion of said data at the first bit rate further comprises encoding the first portion of said data using either a fixed low bit rate encoding method or a low rate mode of an adaptive bit rate encoding method.
12. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the encoding the second portion of said data at the higher bit rate further comprises encoding the second portion of said data using either a fixed high bit rate encoding method or a high rate mode of an adaptive bit rate encoding method.
13. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the adding padding blocks to the first encoded data stream further comprises inserting padding bits into data packets of the first encoded data stream.
14. A method as claimed in claim 13 wherein the even number of bytes in each padding block and the odd number of bytes in the tailing block are added to a payload of a padded data packet and enable a receiving terminal at the second node to determine whether the data is padded by monitoring the number of bytes in the payload of the padded data packet.
15. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the communication network is a voice over internet protocol (VoiP) network.
16. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the data packet comprises audio data.
17. A transmitter configured to transmit data to a node via a channel of a communication network, said transmitter comprising:
an input module configured to receive data to be transmitted;
an encoding module configured to encode said received data at either a first bit rate or a second bit rate to generate an encoded data stream, wherein the second bit rate is higher than the first bit rate;
an output module configured to transmit the encoded data stream to the node via the channel;
a bandwidth management module configured to monitor an indication of a capacity of the channel;
a padding module configured to add padding blocks to the encoded data stream when encoded at the first bit rate based on the indication of the capacity of the channel to generate a padded data stream, each padding block comprising an even number of bytes, the padding module further configured to add a tailing block to the encoded data stream that indicates the number of padding blocks added to the encoded data stream, the tailing block comprising an odd number of bytes the padding module configured to add the padding blocks by incrementally increasing a number of padding bits added to the first encoded data stream responsive to determining that the capacity of the channel is not exceeded, the bandwidth management module further configured to determine if transmitting said padded data stream exceeds the capacity of the channel, and control the encoding module to encode said received data at the second bit rate responsive to determining that transmitting the padded data stream does not exceed the capacity of the channel, and the padding module and bandwidth management module further configured to incrementally increase the number of padding bits by making a plurality of incremental increases to the padding bits before the received portion is encoded at the higher bit rate, said determining being performed after each incremental increase, and each successive incremental increase being made based on determining that the capacity of the channel is not exceeded.
18. A method as claimed in claim 17 wherein the even number of bytes in each padding block and the odd number of bytes in the tailing block are added to a payload of a padded data packet and enable a receiving terminal at the node to determine whether the data is padded by monitoring the number of bytes in the payload of the data packet.

1. An aerator with coring depth adjustment, comprising:
a frame supported by a pair of wheels adjacent a first end and a steerable wheel adjacent a second end thereof;
a coring head on the second end of the frame including a plurality of tines that reciprocate vertically to a coring depth during operation of the coring head; the coring head moveable between a lowered operating position and a raised transport position;
a coring depth adjust rod having a generally vertical axis and being centrally positioned between a left side and a right side of the coring head; a portion of the coring depth adjust rod being threaded to a frame member of the coring head, and a base of the rod abutting a stop on a frame member of the aerator to support the coring head in the lowered operating position and off the stop in the raised transport position;
the coring depth adjust rod rotating on its generally vertical axis to raise and lower the coring head relative to the aerator frame to vary the coring depth.
2. The aerator with coring depth adjustment of claim 1 further comprising a foot on the base of the coring depth adjust rod.
3. The aerator with coring depth adjustment of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of coring depth marks on the coring depth adjust rod.
4. The aerator with coring depth adjustment of claim 1 wherein the frame member of the coring head includes an internally threaded support block centrally positioned between a left side and a right side of the frame.
5. An aerator with coring depth adjustment, comprising:
a coring head mounted on an aerator frame and having a plurality of tine assemblies holding tines that are driven into the ground to a coring depth in a reciprocating manner;
a lift and lower system that raises the coring head to a transport position and lowers the coring head to a coring position; and
a coring depth adjust rod supporting the coring head on a stop on the aerator frame in the coring position, is off the stop in the transport position, and that rotates on a vertical axis to change the coring depth of the tines.
6. The aerator with coring depth adjustment of claim 5 wherein the coring depth adjust rod is threaded to a frame member of the coring head.
7. The aerator with coring depth adjustment of claim 5 further comprising a handle on an end of the coring depth adjust rod to rotate the coring depth adjust rod.
8. The aerator with coring depth adjustment of claim 5 wherein the coring depth adjust rod is centrally positioned between a left side and a right side of the coring head.
9. An aerator with coring depth adjustment, comprising:
a walk behind aerator frame;
a coring head that is moveable relative to the frame between a raised transport position and a lowered coring position;
a coring depth adjust rod supporting the coring head on the walk behind aerator frame; the coring depth adjust rod having an externally threaded area that engages an internally threaded area on the coring head frame, and having a base abutting a stop on the walk behind aerator frame in the lowered coring position, and up off the stop in the raised transport position;
the coring depth adjust rod being rotatable to raise and lower the coring head relative to the aerator frame in the lowered coring position.
10. The aerator with coring depth adjustment of claim 9, wherein a portion of the coring depth adjust rod has a generally vertical axis.
11. The aerator with coring depth adjustment of claim 9, wherein the coring depth adjust rod and the stop are centrally positioned between a left side and a right side of the walk behind aerator frame.
12. The aerator with coring depth adjustment of claim 9, wherein the internally threaded area is a threaded block welded to a cross member of the coring head frame.
13. The aerator with coring depth adjustment of claim 9, further comprising a crank on an end of the coring depth adjust rod.
14. The aerator with coring depth adjustment of claim 9, wherein the walk behind aerator frame includes a single steerable wheel.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A transitory storage medium storing a data structure for managing reproduction of data streams by a reproducing apparatus, comprising:
a first data stream of a first type, the first data stream including a main data stream;
a second data stream of a second type, the second data stream associated with the first data stream to be presented simultaneously with the first data stream, the second data stream including an auxiliary stream associated with the main data stream;
first access management information for managing reproduction for the first data stream by the reproducing apparatus, the first access management information including first type information indicative of information for the first type and first position information for the first data stream;
second access management information, separate from the first access management information, for managing reproduction for the second data stream by the reproducing apparatus, the second access management information including second type information indicative of information for the second type and second position information for the second data stream;
first attribute information for the first data stream, the first attribute information including information for a sub-picture; and
second attribute information for the second data stream, the second attribute information not including the information for a sub-picture,
wherein the first position information for the first data stream is a value corresponding to a distance between a particular position in a file storing management information for all data streams of the first type recorded on the storage medium and a start position of the first data stream.
2. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first access management information for managing reproduction for the first data stream includes a link to the second access management information for managing reproduction for the second data stream to present the second data stream together with the first data stream.
3. A method of recording data on a recording medium, comprising the steps of:
a) recording a first data stream of a first type and a second data stream of a second type on the recording medium, the first data stream including a main data stream and the second data stream including an auxiliary stream associated with the main data stream, the second data stream being associated with the first data stream to be presented simultaneously with the first data stream;
b) recording first access management information for the first data stream, the first access management information including first type information indicative of information for the first type and first position information for the first data stream;
c) recording second access management information, separate from the first access management information, for the second data stream, the second access management information including second type information indicative of information for the second type and second position information for the second data stream;
d) recording first attribute information for the first data stream, the first attribute information including information for a sub-picture; and
e) recording second attribute information for the second data stream, the second attribute information not including the information for a sub-picture,
wherein the first position information for the first data stream is a value corresponding to distance between a particular position in a file storing management information for all data streams of the first type recorded on the recording medium and a start position of the first data stream.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first access management information for managing reproduction for the first data stream includes a link to the second access management information for managing reproduction for the second data stream to present the second data stream together with the first data stream.
5. A method of reproducing a recorded data stream from a recording medium, comprising the steps of:
(a) reading access management information for the data stream;
(b) determining whether the data stream is one of a first type and a second type based on type information included in the read access management information indicating one of the first type and the second type, the data stream of the first type including a main data stream and the data stream of the second type including an auxiliary stream associated with the main data stream;
(c) determining a position of the data stream based on position information included in the read access management information and the type information;
(d) obtaining the data stream according to the determined type and the determined position of the data stream; and
(e) decoding the data streams of the first type and the second type to present the data streams simultaneously,
wherein if the determined type is the first type, the step (d) reads first attribute information for the data stream of the first type, the first attribute information including information for a sub-picture, and
wherein if the determined type is the second type, the step (d) reads second attribute information for the data stream of the second type, the second attribute information not including the information for a sub-picture.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step (d) reads the data stream from the recording medium based on a file name of the data stream included in the read access management information.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the step (c) determines the position of the data stream to be a value corresponding to a distance between a particular position in a file storing management information for all data streams of the first type recorded on the recording medium and a start position of the data stream if the type information indicates the first type.
8. The method of claim 5, wherein if the determined type is the first type, the step (d) reads the first attribute information from an attribute information table allocated in management information for all data streams of the first type recorded on the recording medium and uses the read first attribute information as information for controlling decoding of the data stream.
9. The method of claim 5, wherein if the determined type is the second type, the step (d) reads the second attribute information from the access management information from a separate file, and uses the read second attribute information as information for controlling decoding of the data stream.
10. The method of claim 5, wherein the second data stream is presented together with the first data stream by using a link to the second access management information for managing reproduction for the second data stream, the link being included in the first access management information for managing reproduction for the first data stream.
11. An apparatus for reproducing a data stream from a recording medium, comprising:
a reproducing unit configured to reproduce the data stream recorded on the recording medium;
a decoder configured to decode the data stream reproduced by the reproducing unit; and
a controller configured to control the reproducing unit to read access management information for the data stream, the access management information including type information indicating one of a first type and second type and position information for the data stream,
the controller configured to determine whether the data stream is one of the first type and the second type based on the type information, the data stream of the first type including a main data stream and the data stream of the second type including an auxiliary stream associated with the main data stream,
the controller configured to determine a position of the data stream based on the type information and the position information,
the controller configured to control the reproducing unit to obtain the data stream according to the determined type and the determined position of the data stream and to control the decoder to decode the data streams of the first type and the second type to present the data streams of the first type and the second type simultaneously,
wherein if the determined type is the first type, the controller controls the reproducing unit to read first attribute information for the data stream of the first type, the first attribute information including information for a sub-picture, and
wherein if the determined type is the second type, the controller controls the reproducing unit to read second attribute information for the data stream of the second type, the second attribute information not including the information for a sub-picture.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to control the reproducing unit to read the data stream from the recording medium based on a file name of the data stream included in the read access management information.
13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to determine the position of the data stream to be a value corresponding to a distance between a particular position in a file storing management information for all data streams of the first type recorded on the recording medium and a start position of the data stream if the type information indicates the first type.
14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to control the decoder to decode the first and the second data streams such that the second data stream is presented together with the first data stream by using a link to the second access management information for managing reproduction for the second data stream, the link being included in the first access management information for managing reproduction for the first data stream.