Illinois Liquor Tax. The Illinois excise tax on liquor is $8.55 per gallon, higher then 72% of the other 50 states. Illinois' excise tax on Spirits is ranked #14 out of the 50 states. Illinois state taxes on hard alcohol vary based on alcohol content, place of production, size of container, and place purchased.
A joint Japanese-Canadian team dropped instruments offshore of Vancouver Island. A separate team led by Toomey at the University of Oregon is in its fourth year of deployments. Named the Cascadia Initiative, it is rotating among subduction zone segments offshore of Washington, Oregon and Northern California.
Figure 7u-1 describes the seasonal movement of the intertropical convergence zone and other systems associated with our planetâs global circulation. 1  Figure 7u-1: Seasonal movement of the Earth's global circulation patterns. The major circulation cells are identified on the âEquinoxâ figure. In the âEquinoxâ figure, the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) occurs at the equator where the Trade Winds converge creating a low-pressure center and updrafts (red arrows).