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May 31, 2019 June 5, 2019 Labour Hub Editors
The Big Debate: Should Labour Now Promise a Second Brexit Referendum?
Mick Antoniw AM argues it's essential that we now back People's Vote, but Brendan Chilton argues it would be fatal for Labour's chances.
Mick:
The European election results were a disaster, not just for Labour but for the country .
An unexpected battle which ended up being fought on two opposing but simple positions "Leave means Leave" and "A Peoples vote". Labour's stance of endeavouring to negotiate a Brexit deal with Theresa May which would protect jobs and investment by allowing a customs union, protect EU citizens and preserve workers' rights failed abysmally. The continuation of negotiations whilst an election was underway was a recipe for confusion. The complex message which only allowed for a public vote if the negotiations failed (as they were bound to do so) was too complex and unclear. It was drowned out and outflanked by the calls to "leave" or "remain" neither of which could actually be delivered by the election. The inability of local and regional Labour Parties to organise locally with locally relevant material added to the chaos. However, none of this analysis is likely to really matter now, such is the growing polarisation of opinion in our society amongst those intending to vote.
The turnout was also disastrous. Just over one third of the population voted. For such a high profile and unique election, with so much at stake, it must be seriously concerning that nearly two thirds of the country chose not to or couldn't be bothered to vote. It reflects the growing disenchantment with our political system and people's frustration with a constitutionally and politically defunct Parliament's inability to achieve a Brexit resolution. At the core of the problem is the Government's lack of a majority and consequently any real legitimacy and its fear of going back to the people to seek a fresh mandate in a general election. A deeper residual problem has been its failure to address the inherent weaknesses of an outdated UK constitutional structure through genuine engagement with Wales, Scotland and regional governments in England as a means of reaching agreement. That moment has for now been overtaken by events but has not gone away and will need to be addressed if there is to be any future UK stability or indeed a future UK at all.
The real battle now lies ahead. As we approach the expiry of the Article 50 extension at the end of October, the choice is likely to be between leaving the EU with a catastrophic no deal or alternatively, Parliament voting to repeal Article 50. There is no viable compromise position nor is there any longer any such thing as a people's vote, however that is defined. There is no deal to vote on, nor is there likely to be and even if there was it is now legally and constitutionally too late to hold such a vote legitimately. That campaign slogan has been surpassed by events.
The Prime Minister has fallen, the UK Government is in turmoil and there will be a new Conservative Prime Minister who will inherit all the existing dysfunctions parliament currently has to offer. The winner is likely to be a brexiteer and the front runner is likely to be Boris Johnson. The new Prime Minister will be in no stronger a position than Theresa May. Rather than face an article 50 revocation bill, it is most likely he or she will opt for a snap election riding on the back of a possible honeymoon period if there is one. A no deal brexiteer will have the support of Nigel Farage and his post Brexit momentum popularity. The Tories will go for it.
Labour's position must be clear and unequivocal. We must call for a new referendum as the only way of resolving the Brexit crisis and avoiding no deal. Our manifesto must promise to legislate for a new in or out referendum with Leave or Stay on the ballot paper. There must also be a second question. If the referendum is lost and there is a majority vote is to leave, there must be a choice on the ballot paper of "no deal" or "customs union" options. This is probably the only basis that the EU would agree to another extension and which would provide the certainty of staying of leaving and if leaving, determining the basis on which we leave.
Labour must commit to campaigning to remain.
This is the battle to win the war. We must make it absolutely clear from the outset that only Labour can win the election. Voters who want a second referendum will not have the luxury of a protest vote. It will be a strict battle to the death. If Labour doesn't win there will be no second referendum.
Mick Antoniw AM is the Labour and Co-operative Welsh Assembly Member for Pontypridd and a member of the Labour Party National Executive Committee
Brendan:
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down." Those famous but simple words uttered by Aneurin Bevan, one of the great fathers of the British Labour Party are more relevant today in the wake of the European Elections that at any point in Labours recent history. Labour went down to a crushing defeat, coming third nationally, losing MEPs after nearly a decade of Tory rule. The Brexit Party triumphed hitting Labour hard in many of its traditional heartlands.
The Labour Party campaigned to remain in the 2016 EU Referendum. An overwhelming majority of its MPs and party members supported remain and still do. Despite this, 70% of Labour constituencies voted leave. But the country voted to leave and in the subsequent 2017 General Election Labour pledged to accept the outcome of the referendum, end freedom of movement and give renewed hope to those left behind communities who had overwhelmingly voted to leave the European Union. Around five million of Labour's 2017 vote supported leave. All these factors have placed the Labour Party in an impossible position.
The Labour Party sought to bring the country together, trying to appeal to those who supported remain and its core base who supported leave. Mindful of the fact that a majority of our most vulnerable seats voted leave and a majority of the seats we need to capture to form the next government, Labour has tried to tread a careful line of keeping hold of both leave and remain voters. This policy was decimated in the European Parliamentary elections and has demonstrated what many of us have advocated, albeit from different perspectives for some time. Labour must choose, leave or remain.
The electoral arithmetic speaks for itself. If Labour wishes to form a government it needs to win over leave constituencies and leave voters. These voters are concentrated in constituencies Labour cannot afford to lose and in crucial marginal seats such as Dudley and Ashfield. Therefore, the decision, this week, to support a second referendum will severely hinder Labour's chances of forming the next government and holding onto those seats.
Many commentators and those within the Labour movement who have never accepted the outcome of the referendum point to the rise in the Green and Lib Dem vote in the European Elections. Under the Westminster first past the post system neither the Greens nor the Lib Dems will have a concentrated vote in seats to take them from Labour. Their vote is fairly evenly distributed across the UK. Many of those voters will return to Labour in the general election. In Scotland, a sizeable majority of the remain vote now support the SNP and in Wales the remain vote is fractured between Labour, Green, Lib Dem and Playd. Labour is now fighting with minority parties for a share of the 48%, leaving the Tories and the Brexit Party to hoover up the 52% majority.
The reality of last week's referendum show, to coin a phrase, nothing has changed. The results shows that both leave and remain camps are still fairly entrenched. The country is still divided and we are no closer to solving the impasse in the House of Commons. One thing is certain, the political baselines are being redrawn and the fluidity amongst once solid voting communities is now changing and changing fast. In all this, the key element for Labour, is that a majority of our seats voted leave and still support leave. The leave vote outweighs the remain vote. Labour is no longer appealing to the leave constituency, and now 70% of Labour seats are at risk of falling to other parties, or, suffering massively reduced majorities.
Labour should not have supported a second referendum. There is no logical reason for doing so. If the country votes to leave again the problem is not solved. If the country votes remain, by a small margin, there will be demands for a third referendum. The issue here is not the merits of leave or remain, but the fact that Labour would seem so easily prepared to break a solemn promise to the British people, namely, that it accepted the outcome of the referendum. History shows that political parties who break solemn promises tend to suffer badly in future elections. We have seen what a total meltdown looks like when a proportion of your core vote abandons you. I have warned for many years of the risks of alienating our leave vote. The memory of Scotland in 2015 is still raw. We can only hope and pray that Labours abandonment of the core working class vote who supported leave does not lead to end of Labour in England.
Brendan Chilton is a Labour Councillor and General Secretary of Labour Leave
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Fall of the All Blacks? Defeats pile pressure on coach, captain
WELLINGTON (AFP) – The mighty All Blacks have seemed almost invincible in recent years but back-to-back defeats have left their new coach and captain under fire and raised an unthinkable prospect: Losing three in a row for the first time this century.
Saturday's Tri Nations game against Argentina, New Zealand's final outing this year, is a chance to stop the rot after shock losses to Australia and Los Pumas in consecutive weeks.
But fans fear the three-time world champions have lost their way under coach Ian Foster and his captain Sam Cane, after poor performances left them looking rattled both on and off the field.
Before this month, New Zealand, one of the most successful teams in any sport, hadn't lost two in a row in nine years. The last time they lost three straight was 1998.
"Will Ian Foster be sacked if the All Blacks lose again?" New Zealand's largest news website stuff.co.nz asked this week, just five games into the national coach's tenure.
It is the nature of the losses, rather than the scoreline, that has All Blacks supporters fretting, with the New Zealand Herald labelling the performance against Los Pumas "shambolic, unimaginative, uninspiring".
The harsh criticism from New Zealand's often adoring press and fans has hit a nerve, with Cane, perhaps unwisely, lashing out at "brutal" comments from supporters and accusing them of not understanding rugby.
"You've just got to remind yourself that they may like to think they know a lot about the game of rugby but in reality they don't," he said, in remarks that put many disaffected supporters even further offside.
Despite Cane's defiance, the New Zealanders have looked vulnerable to rush defence in recent outings, responding with poor discipline when opponents get in their faces, rather than formulating a Plan B.
Foster admitted as much in a radio interview last weekend, saying he was as frustrated as anyone by his team's lack of tactical nous.
"Under a bit of pressure we got a little blinkered and tried to blast our way through with ball-carrying – it didn't work against an outstanding Argentinian defence," he told Newstalk ZB.
One issue facing Foster is that many Kiwis see him as part of the problem, questioning whether he should have been promoted to succeed Steve Hansen in the top job after seven years as an assistant.
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Justia Dockets & Filings Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit Paul McGowan v. Comm'r of IRS Filing 920060628
Paul McGowan v. Comm'r of IRS
[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 05-13751 ________________________ U.S. Tax Ct. No. 13587-01 FILED U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT June 28, 2006 THOMAS K. KAHN CLERK PAUL MCGOWAN, Petitioner-Appellee, versus COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellant. ________________________ Petition for Review of a Final Order of the United States Tax Court _________________________ (June 28, 2006) Before BLACK and PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and CONWAY*, District Judge. The Honorable Anne C. Conway, U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, sitting by designation * CONWAY, District Judge: In December 2001, Paul McGowan filed, in tax court, a petition for a redetermination of a deficiency, which the Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service had assessed against him. The Commissioner, relying on McGowan's prior criminal tax convictions, claimed McGowan under-reported his income with the intent to evade taxes in 1991, 1992, and 1993. The tax court determined that the Commissioner failed to meet his burden of establishing a specific intent to evade tax by clear and convincing evidence. The Commissioner appealed. For the reasons stated below, we affirm. I. BACKGROUND Paul McGowan solely owned and operated McGowan Construction Company ("Company"), a subchapter S corporation, for which McGowan was required to report all of the Company's income on his personal income tax return. McGowan under-reported his income from 1991 to 1993. In 1998, McGowan was indicted, tried, and convicted of six tax crimes: three counts of willfully making and subscribing false individual income tax returns for his Company in 1991, 1992, and 1993, in violation of 26 U.S.C. �7206(1); and three counts of willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation of false corporate income tax returns for the same three years, in violation of 26 2 U.S.C. �7206(2). In addition to receiving a prison sentence and a fine, McGowan was ordered to cooperate with the IRS to determine his civil tax liability. Contending that McGowan did not cooperate with the IRS as ordered, the Commissioner issued McGowan a notice determining income tax deficiencies in the amounts of $103,299, $36,968, and $67,180. Additionally, McGowan owed civil fraud fines of $77,474, $27,726 and $50,385 for tax years 1991, 1992, 1993, respectively. The deficiency would be time-barred unless McGowan's underpayments were related to a specific intent to evade tax. There is no statute of limitations for deficiencies if the taxpayer acted with the specific intent to evade taxes. 26 U.S.C. �6501(c)(1). McGowan filed a petition in the tax court for a redetermination of the deficiency. At trial, McGowan claimed that the underpayments were the result of confusion between him and his accountant. McGowan testified that his accountant told him that the diverted funds were either repayments of loans that McGowan had made to the Company or were a return of shareholder equity. The tax court held that the Commissioner failed to meet his burden of establishing McGowan's intent to evade tax by clear and convincing evidence. The court acknowledged that McGowan's criminal conviction was a badge of fraud, which estopped him from contesting that he filed false returns and under- 3 reported his taxes for 1991 to 1993. However, the court stated that the Commissioner could not rely solely on the prior conviction to demonstrate an intent to evade tax. The tax court found the Commissioner's evidence of intent to evade tax unconvincing; the court held that McGowan kept adequate and complete records and that it was the accountant's fault for not using those records when he compiled the tax returns. The court also found that McGowan did fully comply with the Commissioner's investigation. The critical issue for the tax court was the Commissioner's strategy of not addressing McGowan's confusion about the shareholder accounts at trial and, instead, resting on McGowan's conviction in the criminal case. The court concluded, based on the evidence presented in the tax case, that McGowan did not employ any scheme to conceal income, stating that McGowan believed that any difference between the income he reported and the amounts in the shareholder accounts would eventually be reconciled when he paid taxes on the income at a later point. The determinative issues on appeal are 1) whether the tax court erred by not collaterally estopping McGowan from arguing that he did not act with the specific intent to evade tax based on his prior criminal conviction for under-reporting his 4 income through false tax returns and 2) whether the tax court clearly erred by concluding that the Commissioner failed to establish an intent to evade tax by clear and convincing evidence. II. DISCUSSION The Court reviews de novo the tax court's determination of whether collateral estoppel applies. Quinn v. Monroe County, 330 F.3d 1320, 1328 (11th Cir. 2003). Collateral estoppel prevents relitigation of an issue that was previously determined if the party against whom the issued was decided had "`a full and fair opportunity to litigate that issue in an earlier case.'" Blohm v. C.I.R., 994 F.2d 1542, 1553 (11th Cir. 1993) (quoting Allen v. McCurry, 449 U.S. 90, 9495, 101 S. Ct. 441, 414-15, 66 L. Ed. 2d 308 (1980)). Four elements must be present for collateral estoppel to be invoked. First, the issue in the present case must be the same as the issue in the previous case. Id. Second, the issue must have been necessarily decided in the prior litigation. Id. Third, the party to be estopped must have been either a party to the previous litigation or was adequately represented by another party in the prior proceeding. Id. Fourth, the issue to be precluded must have been litigated in the prior proceeding. Id. The issues litigated in McGowan's criminal case were not the same as the issue litigated in McGowan's tax court case. The issues litigated in the criminal 5 case against McGowan that meet the elements of collateral estoppel are 1) whether McGowan willfully filed a false return and 2) whether McGowan willfully aided or assisted in the preparation of his tax return. 26 U.S.C. �7206. On the other hand, the issue in the tax court case was whether McGowan had the intent to evade when he under-reported his taxes. The jury in the criminal case found that McGowan did willfully make and assist in the preparation of a tax return, which he did not believe to be true, for all three years in question. The tax court acknowledged McGowan's conviction and collaterally estopped him from contesting that he filed false 1991, 1992, and 1993 returns and that an underpayment existed for those years. However, McGowan's criminal conviction did not dispel the Commissioner's burden to prove by clear and convincing evidence that McGowan intended to evade tax. There was no collateral estoppel arising from the criminal conviction on the intention to evade tax issue because there was no identity of issues between the criminal case and the tax case regarding intention to evade tax. Wright v. Comm'r, 84 T.C. 636, 639 (1985). In the criminal case, it was not necessary for the government to establish, nor did the government establish, that McGowan had the intent to evade tax when he under-reported his taxes. The tax court stressed that the intent to evade tax is never presumed or imputed; it must be proved by 6 independent evidence. T.C. Memo 2004-146 at 6 (citing Beaver v. Comm'r, 55 T.C. 85, 92 (1970)). The court found that the Commissioner's reliance on McGowan's criminal conviction was insufficient to prove McGowan's intent to evade taxes. As to the second issue, the tax court found that "the typical indicia of an intent to evade taxes [were] not present." Id. Furthermore, the court determined that the Commissioner failed to carry its burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence demonstrating that McGowan had the specific intent to evade taxes. The tax court's finding that McGowan lacked the intent to evade taxes is a finding of fact that will only be disturbed if clearly erroneous. See Korecky v. Comm'r, 781 F.2d 1566, 1568 (11th Cir. 1986). The Commissioner has not demonstrated to this Court that the tax court clearly erred. III. CONCLUSION Although criminal convictions under 26 U.S.C. 7206(1) & (2) are badges of fraud, they are not alone conclusive proof that McGowan intentionally evaded his taxes. The issue of whether McGowan intended to evade income tax was not litigated in McGowan's criminal prosecution. In the tax case, the Commissioner had the burden of establishing through clear and convincing proof that McGowan 7 intended to evade income tax. The Commissioner failed to meet this burden. Accordingly, the judgment of the tax court is AFFIRMED. 8


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Justia Patents Backwash Or BlowbackUS Patent for Inlet device for a vertical pump and an arrangement comprising such an inlet device Patent (Patent # 10,844,874)
Inlet device for a vertical pump and an arrangement comprising such an inlet device
Jul 19, 2017 - SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
An intake device for a pump includes an inlet section extending in a first direction for guiding a fluid, an outlet section for delivering the fluid to an inlet of the pump, the outlet section extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a diverting section for diverting the fluid from the first to the second direction, the diverting section connecting the inlet and outlet sections, and having a bottom wall opposing the an outlet opening and a back wall opposing an inlet opening, the inlet section tapering towards the diverting section to decrease a cross sectional area of the inlet section, the diverting section includes a splitter member arranged on the bottom wall that tapers in the second direction towards the outlet opening, and the outlet section includes an essentially bell shaped reducing part for decreasing a cross sectional area of the outlet section.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority to European Application No. 16184145.7, filed Aug. 15, 2016, the contents of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an inlet device for a vertical pump and an arrangement comprising a vertical pump and an intake device.
Vertical pumps are used for many different applications, for example, in the water industry for elevating water from a lower level to a higher level. Some specific applications are, e.g. the pumping of waste water, river, lake or sea water, irrigation water, cooling water in power generation plants or their use in firefighting systems, especially in offshore applications. A vertical pump comprises a casing with an inlet for the fluid to be pumped, an outlet for discharging the fluid, at least one impeller, but often a plurality of impellers arranged in series on a common shaft, for conveying the fluid from the inlet to the outlet, as well as a drive unit for rotating the shaft with the impeller(s). The impeller(s) may be designed in different types, for example as axial type, semi-axial type or radial type impeller(s). The designation 'vertical pump' indicates that in the normal orientation of use the shaft extends in the vertical direction. Usually the inlet is arranged at the lower end of the vertical pump and the outlet at its upper end.
In a typical application the lower end of the vertical pump comprising the inlet of the pump is suspended into the fluid to be pumped such that the inlet of the pump is completely submersed. The fluid to be pumped may be a clean or contaminated liquid, for example sewage, a fibrous slurry, or a liquid containing solids. The fluid to be pumped is contained in a sump into which the lower end of the vertical pump is submerged. Upon entering the vertical pump, the flow of the fluid should be as homogeneous and uniform as possible across the entire inlet of the pump. However, in practice there are usually adverse flow conditions at the inlet of the vertical pump in the sump, including swirls, vortices or turbulences causing rotation of the fluid adjacent to the inlet. These adverse flow conditions may considerably reduce the efficiency of the pump and may cause enormous mechanical stress acting upon the impeller(s). This results inter alia in high maintenance costs.
In order to improve the flow conditions at the inlet of the vertical pump it is known to modify the sump design by civil works, for example by dividing walls or guiding structures arranged in the sump. However, this results in a quite complex design of the sump requiring a considerable amount of civil work and thus causes additional costs.
It is also known to provide the vertical pump with an intake device attached to the inlet of the pump to improve the flow conditions at the inlet of the pump. U.S. Pat. No. 8,177,500 discloses, for example, an intake device that shall create a uniform flow of liquid entering a vertical pump. The intake device comprises an inlet section having an orifice and a decreasing cross section area seen in the direction from said orifice for gradually accelerating the flow of the fluid, a redirection section for redirecting the flow from a horizontal to a vertical direction, and an outlet section arranged to be connected to the inlet of a vertical pump. The intake device is characterized in that at least a part of a circumferential wall edge of the inlet section extending around the orifice comprises a bevel.
Starting from this state of the art it is an object of the invention to propose an improved and different intake device for a vertical pump, that may be connected to the inlet of the pump and which generates favorable flow conditions at the inlet of the pump by at least reducing turbulences and vortices. The device shall be simple in construction and cost efficient. In addition, it is an object of the invention to propose an arrangement comprising a vertical pump and such an intake device connectable to the inlet of the pump.
The subject matter of the invention satisfying these objects is characterized by the features disclosed herein.
Thus, according to an embodiment of the invention an intake device for a vertical pump is proposed, comprising an inlet section with an inlet opening for a fluid to be pumped by the vertical pump, the inlet section extending in a first direction for horizontally guiding a flow of the fluid, an outlet section with an outlet opening for delivering the fluid to an inlet of the pump, the outlet section extending in a second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, and a diverting section for diverting the flow of fluid from the first direction to the second direction, the diverting section connecting the inlet section with the outlet section, and having a bottom wall opposing the outlet opening as well as a back wall opposing the inlet opening, wherein the inlet section tapers towards the diverting section to decrease a cross sectional area of the inlet section, wherein the diverting section comprises a splitter member arranged on the bottom wall and designed to taper in the second direction towards the outlet opening, and wherein the outlet section comprises a reducing part for decreasing a cross sectional area of the outlet section, the reducing part designed in an essentially bell shaped manner.
Especially the combination of the tapering splitter member with the essentially bell shaped reducing part in the outlet section generates favorable flow conditions of the fluid at the outlet opening of the intake device and therewith at the inlet of the vertical pump. The generation of adverse vortices or turbulences is at least considerably reduced, so that the flow of the fluid is homogeneous and uniform. The tapering splitter member diverts the flow of fluid concurrently in two dimensions, namely in both directions that are perpendicular to the first direction. With regard to the normal arrangement during operation, the first direction is a horizontal direction. Thus, the splitter member diverts the flow of fluid moving from the inlet opening mainly in the first—horizontal—direction towards the splitter member both laterally, i.e. to the left and to the right, and into the vertical direction. Downstream of the splitter member, the essentially bell shaped reducing part of the outlet section smoothly guides the flow of fluid to the outlet opening avoiding or reducing vortices or swirls at the outlet opening through which the fluid reaches the inlet of the vertical pump.
The designation 'essentially bell shaped' shall indicate that the overall shape of the reducing part is at least pretty close to a bell shape. As will be explained later on in more detail, according to a preferred embodiment the intake device is fabricated from a plurality of metallic parts, e.g. metal sheets or plates and/or metallic bands which are joined preferably by welding. The bell shape may be realized by several adjacent metallic bands. By this fabrication, edges or corners may occur at the boundary of two adjacent metallic bands. Thus, the resulting surface is rather like a polygon face than like an ideal, constantly curved bell surface with no edges. 'Essentially bell shaped' shall be understood to comprise such embodiments, i.e. where the bell shape is approximated by a polygon face.
According to a preferred embodiment the inlet section comprises a bottom, a cover and two side walls each connecting the bottom with the cover, as well as a partition wall extending in the first direction from the inlet opening towards the diverting section, and extending in the second direction from the bottom to the cover. By providing the partition wall in the inlet section, the flow of fluid entering the intake device is divided into two partial flows which are guided parallel to each other in the inlet section and which are separated from each other by the partition wall. By this measure the probability of vortex or swirl generation is reduced even more. In addition, it is possible to break existing vortex structures or swirls before they reach the inlet of the vertical pump.
It is an advantageous measure when the partition wall is extending at the bottom wall of the diverting section and ending at or closely to the splitter member, because the two partial flows are then kept separated from each other at least until they reach the splitter member. This supports a uniform flow of the fluid.
Preferably, the partition wall divides the inlet opening into two orifices having the same cross sectional area perpendicular to the first direction. Thereby the two partial flows are essentially equal, i.e. the have essentially the same flow rate. This is a very symmetric arrangement which can contribute to a uniform flow at the outlet opening.
In order to keep the two partial flows separated at least until they reach the region of the splitter member and concurrently ensure a smooth diversion of the partial flows by the splitter member, it is preferred, when the partition wall has an ending edge adjacent to the splitter member, the ending edge starting at the bottom wall and being inclined both with respect to the first and the second direction. The chamfered design of the ending edge may help to reduce or to avoid turbulences when the flow of fluid is diverted by the splitter member
A further preferred option for the design is that the bottom wall of the diverting section extends with respect to the first direction beyond the outlet opening such that there is a displacement in the first direction between the back wall of the diverting section and the wall delimiting the outlet opening.
According to a preferred embodiment, the intake device has a stopper wall arranged between the back wall of the diverting section and the splitter member. By the stopper wall, the space of the diverting section located behind the splitter member—as seen in the direction of the flow of fluid coming from the inlet opening—is divided in a similar manner as the inlet section is divided by the partition wall. Thereby the two partial flows remain essentially separated also in that space behind the splitter member. Thus, each partial flow of fluid is guided separately from the first (horizontal) to the second (vertical) direction. To maintain the separation of the two partial flows of fluid even in the space behind the splitter member may further improve the flow conditions of the fluid at the outlet opening.
Regarding the stopper wall it is preferred that the stopper wall extend in the first direction and is in alignment with the partition wall. Thus, the partition wall and the stopper wall form a common straight wall extending in the first direction and being interrupted by the splitter member. In other words, in this embodiment the stopper wall constitutes an extension of the partition wall in the space behind the splitter member.
For the same reasons as already explained with respect to the partition wall it is advantageous when the edge of the stopper wall facing the splitter member is chamfered, i.e. the stopper wall has a beginning edge adjacent to the splitter member, the beginning edge starting at the bottom wall and being inclined both with respect to the first and the second direction.
In order to realize a symmetrical design, that is advantageous for favorable flow conditions at the outlet opening, it is a preferred measure, that the splitter member is arranged to be centered with respect to the outlet opening.
Regarding the design of the tapering splitter member it is a preferred embodiment, when the splitter member is rotationally symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal axis extending in the second direction.
According to a preferred design, the splitter member is designed in an essentially cone-shaped or frustoconical manner.
The intake device may be manufactured by any method known in the art, for example by casting or by subtractive manufacturing processes like machining, metal cutting or milling or combinations thereof. In order to make the intake device particularly cost efficient and especially in view of low manufacturing costs, it is a preferred embodiment, that the intake device is fabricated from a plurality of metallic parts which are joined, preferably by welding. In this embodiment the intake device is assembled from a plurality of metallic parts that are prepared by cutting or machining to have an appropriate shape. The individual metallic pieces are then joined by welding to form the intake device.
Preferably the plurality of metallic parts comprises metallic sheets or metallic plates or metallic bands.
In addition, according to the invention an arrangement is proposed comprising a vertical pump and an intake device for the vertical pump, wherein the intake device is designed according to the invention, and wherein the outlet section of the inlet device is connected to an inlet of the vertical pump. Thus, the outlet opening of the intake device faces the inlet of the vertical pump. Preferably, the outlet opening of the intake device has the same diameter as the inlet of the vertical pump. The cross sectional area of the outlet opening is congruent with the cross sectional area of the inlet of the vertical pump and both areas are immediately neighboring.
The intake device according to the invention is also particularly suited for retrofitting existing installations of vertical pumps. By providing the vertical pump with an intake device according to the invention which is attached to the inlet of the pump the flow conditions at the inlet of the pump may be considerably improved. The flow of the fluid becomes more uniform, the occurrence of vortices or swirls at the inlet of the pump is remarkably reduced. This increases the efficiency of the pump and reduces the maintenance cost.
In particular, in such applications where it is not possible or too laborious or too expensive to modify the design of the sump by civil work, the intake device according to the invention is a cost efficient and effective solution to address adverse flow conditions at the inlet of the pump.
Further advantageous measures and embodiments of the invention will become apparent from description herein.
The invention will be explained in more detail hereinafter with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of an intake device according to the invention,
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 from the top side,
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 from the bottom side,
FIG. 4 is a perspective sectional view of the embodiment along section line IV-IV in FIG. 1,
FIG. 5 is a perspective sectional view of the embodiment along section line V-V in FIG. 4,
FIG. 6 is a perspective sectional view of the embodiment along section line VI-VI in FIG. 4, and
FIG. 7 is a schematic representation of an embodiment of an arrangement according to the invention installed in a sump.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
FIG. 1 shows a side view of an embodiment of an intake device according to the invention which is designated in its entirety with reference numeral 1. The intake device 1 comprises an inlet section 2 for a fluid to be pumped. The inlet section 2 extends in a first direction D1. The intake device 1 further comprises an outlet section 4 with an outlet opening 41 for discharging the fluid. The outlet section 4 extends in a second direction D2 being perpendicular to the first direction D1. The inlet section 2 and the outlet section 4 are connected by a diverting section 3 arranged between the inlet section 2 and the outlet section 4. The diverting section 4 diverts the flow of fluid from the first direction D1 to the second direction D2.
Relative terms like 'top', 'bottom', 'side', 'below', 'above' and so on are always referring to the normal arrangement of the intake device during operation, i.e. in the operational state. In this normal arrangement of the intake device 1 the second direction D2 is usually the vertical direction, i.e. the direction defined by the gravity and the first direction D1 is usually a horizontal direction, i.e. a direction perpendicular to the vertical direction.
For a better understanding of the invention reference is first made to FIG. 7 showing a schematic representation of an embodiment of an arrangement according to the invention which is designated with reference numeral 100. The arrangement 100 is installed in a sump, in a tank or any other receptacle which is designated with reference numeral 200 in FIG. 7. The sump 200 is represented in a sectional view to make the arrangement 100 visible. The sump 200 contains a fluid to be pumped out of the sump 200, for example a liquid like water or contaminated water, sea water, sewage or a liquid containing solid matters. The level of the liquid is indicated by its surface 400.
The arrangement 100 comprises a vertical pump 300 having an inlet 301 and the intake device 1 for the vertical pump 300. The intake device 1 is designed to be mounted to the vertical pump 300, in particular, the outlet section 4 of the intake device 1 is connected to the inlet 301 of the vertical pump 300, such that the outlet opening 41 of the intake device is directly facing the inlet 301 of the pump 300. The intake device 1 improves the flow conditions at the inlet 301 of the vertical pump 300, e.g. by making the flow of the fluid to be pumped uniform, by preventing or reducing the generation of vortices and swirls at the inlet 301 of the pump 300, or by breaking existing vortices or swirls.
The vertical pump 300 comprises, in a manner known as such, a casing 304 with the inlet 301 for the fluid to be pumped, an outlet 303 for discharging the fluid, at least one impeller 302, but often a plurality of impellers arranged in series on a common shaft 305, for conveying the fluid from the inlet 301 to the outlet 303, as well as a drive unit (not shown) for rotating the shaft 305 with the impeller(s) 302.
The representation of the vertical pump 300 and especially the representation of the impeller 302 shall be considered as a symbolic representation only. The impeller 302 or the plurality of impellers may be of any type which is used in vertical pumps, e.g. axial type, semi-axial type or radial type.
A vertical pump is a pump in which the shaft 305 for driving the impeller(s) 302 is extending in the vertical direction during operation of the pump. Vertical pumps 300 are well known in the art in numerous embodiments and designs and therefore there is no need for further explanations here. The vertical pump 300 may be any kind of known pumps, e.g. a centrifugal pump, a single stage pump or a multistage pump. Regarding the design of the impeller 302 or the impellers 302 this may be for example a radial design, an axial design, or a semi-axial design. Each impeller 302 may be an open impeller, a closed impeller or a semi-open impeller.
The vertical pump 300 is suspended with respect to the sump 200 such that at least the inlet 301 is completely submerged in the fluid. During operation, the vertical pump sucks the fluid from the sump 200 through the intake device 1 to the inlet 301 of the pump 300 and conveys the fluid to the outlet 303. By the intake device 1, particularly favorable flow conditions are created at the inlet 301 of the pump 300. At the inlet 301, the flow of fluid is very uniform and the generation of vortices, swirls or pre-swirls in front of the impeller 302 is prevented or at least considerably reduced.
Referring now to FIGS. 1-6, the embodiment of the intake device 1 will be described in more detail. For the sake of a better understanding FIGS. 2-6 show additional and different views of the embodiment of the intake device 1 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 shows a perspective view from the top side, and FIG. 3 a corresponding view from the bottom side. FIG. 4-6 show different perspective sectional views, in particular to illustrate the inner structure and design of the intake device 1. FIG. 4 is a section along the section line IV-IV in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are sections along the section lines V-V and VI-VI, respectively, in FIG. 4.
The fluid to be pumped enters the inlet section 2 through the inlet opening 21 and is guided by the inlet section 2 to flow mainly in the first direction D1, i.e. horizontally, towards the diverting section 3. The diverting section 3 smoothly diverts the flow of fluid from the first direction D1 to the second direction D2 and guides the fluid to the outlet section 4 which delivers the fluid through the outlet opening 41 to the inlet 301 of the pump 300.
The diverting section 3 has a bottom wall 31 opposing the outlet opening 41 as well as a back wall 32 opposing the inlet opening 21 and delimiting the intake device 1 with respect to the first direction D1. According to the invention, the diverting section 3 comprises a splitter member 33 (e.g. FIG. 2) which is arranged on the bottom wall 31 of the diverting section 3. The splitter member 33 is designed to taper in the second direction D2 towards the outlet opening 41. The splitter member 33 diverts the flow of fluid in two dimensions. The flow of fluid is deflected laterally, i.e. to the right and to the left as viewed in the first direction D1 from the inlet opening 21, and vertically i.e. towards the outlet opening 41.
Preferably, the splitter member 33 is arranged to be centered with respect to the outlet opening 41. For this purpose, the splitter member 33 is arranged such on the bottom wall 31 that a central axis C of the splitter member 33 passes through the center of the outlet opening 41.
The inlet section 2 has a generally rectangular cross section perpendicular to the first direction D1 and tapers from the inlet opening 21 towards the diverting section 3. Thus, the cross section area available for the flow of fluid decreases from the inlet opening 21 towards the diverting section 3. The inlet opening 21 has a rectangular cross section perpendicular to the first direction D1.
According to the invention, the outlet section 4 comprises a reducing part 42 for decreasing a cross sectional area (perpendicular to the second direction D2) of the outlet section 4, and the reducing part 42 is designed in an essentially bell shaped manner. The bell shaped reducing part 42 considerably contributes to creating favorable flow conditions at the outlet opening 42.
In the embodiment described herein the reducing part 42 of the outlet section is connected to the diverting section 3. The outlet section 4 further comprises a cylindrical part 43 of constant diameter which is arranged adjacent to the reducing part 42. Thus, the reducing part 42 is arranged between the diverting part 3 and the cylindrical part 43. The cylindrical part 43 constitutes the wall which delimits the outlet opening 41 and may be used to connect the intake device 1 with the pump 300.
The inlet section 2 comprises a bottom 22, a cover 23 and to side walls 24 each of which extends from the bottom 22 to the cover 23 and thus connects the bottom 22 with the cover 23. As can be best seen in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 the bottom 22 is designed as a plate having a trapezoidal shape wherein the longer of the two parallel edges of the trapezoid is at the inlet opening 21 and the shorter of the two parallel edges is adjacent to the diverting section 3. Each of the two inclined edges of the trapezoid is connected to one of the side walls 24. Each side wall 24 is designed as a plate extending vertically between the bottom 22 and the cover 23 and in the first direction D1 from the inlet opening 21 to the diverting section 3.
The bottom 22 is arranged horizontally, i.e. parallel to the first direction D1. The cover 23 is arranged to be inclined with respect to the first direction D1 such that the distance between the bottom 22 and the cover 23 decreases from the inlet opening 21 towards the diverting section 3.
Preferably, the inlet section 2 comprises a partition wall 25 (see in particular FIG. 4) extending in the first direction D1 from the inlet opening 21 towards the diverting section 3 and extending in the second direction from the bottom 22 to the cover 23. The partition wall 25 is connected both to the bottom 22 and the cover 23. Within the inlet section 2 the partition wall 25 has a rectangular shape. The partition wall 25 divides the incoming flow of fluid into two partial flows which are guided through the inlet section separated from each other.
It is advantageous that the partition wall 25 divides the inlet opening 21 into two orifices 211 and 212 (see FIG. 2) having the same cross sectional area perpendicular to the first direction D1. Thus, both orifices 211, 212 have essentially the same rectangular shape and the same size. The partition wall 25 then extends centrally in the middle between the side walls 24 having the same distance from each of the side walls 24
It is preferred, as shown in FIG. 4, that the partition wall 25 protrudes from the inlet section 2 and also extends into the diverting section 3. At the bottom wall 31 of the diverting section 3, the partition wall 25 ends at or closely to the splitter member 33 which is arranged at the bottom wall 31 of the diverting section 3. Thus, the two partial flows into which the flow of fluid is divided by the partition wall 25 at the inlet opening 21 are guided to the splitter member 33 separated from each other.
Adjacent to the splitter member 33 the partition wall 25 has an ending edge 251 (see FIG. 4 and FIG. 5) starting at the bottom wall 31 of the diverting section 3 and is inclined both with respect to the first direction D1 and with respect to the second direction D2. The ending edge 251 is backwardly inclined towards the inlet opening 21, such that the distance between the splitter member 33 and the ending edge 251 increases with increasing distance from the bottom wall 31 of the diverting section 3. This design enables a very smooth redirection of the flow of fluid.
The bottom wall 31 of the diverting section 3 extends with respect to the first direction D1 beyond the outlet opening 41 such that there is a displacement E (FIG. 1) in the first direction D1 between the back wall 32 of the diverting section 3 and the wall delimiting the outlet opening 41, i.e. the cylindrical part 43 of the outlet section 4. This means that the entire outlet opening 41 is closer to the inlet opening 21 with respect to the first direction D1 than the back wall 32 of the diverting section. By this measure, the flow of fluid coming from the inlet opening 21 is guided in the diverting section 3 not only upwardly in the second direction D2 but also backwardly with a flow component directed towards the inlet opening 21.
In the space between the back wall 32 of the diverting section 3 and the splitter member 33, a stopper wall 34 is arranged to keep the partial flows essentially separated from each other also in the space behind the splitter member 33—as viewed in the flow direction of the fluid. Thus, the partial flows are reunified essentially only in the reducing part 42 of the outlet section 4. The stopper wall 34 is extending in the first direction D1 and in alignment with the partition wall 25. Thereby the stopper wall 34 is like an elongation of the partition wall 25 on the other side of the splitter member 33. The maximum height of the stopper wall 34, i.e. its maximum extension in the second direction D2 is preferably the same as the height of the partition wall 25 in the second direction D2 at the end of the ending edge 251 facing away from the splitter member 33.
Analogously to the ending edge 251 of the partition wall 25, the stopper wall 34 has a beginning edge 341 adjacent to the splitter member 33. The beginning edge 341 starts at the bottom wall 31 of the diverting section 3 adjacent to the splitter member 33 and is inclined both with the respect to the first direction D1 and with respect to the second direction D2. Preferably the angle of inclination of the beginning edge 341 is the same as the angle of inclination of the ending edge 251. Thereby the flow conditions around the splitter member 33 are very symmetrical.
The splitter member 33 which is designed to taper towards the outlet opening 41 is preferably rotationally symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal axis extending in the second direction D2. In the embodiment described here this longitudinal axis is the central axis C. The splitter member may be designed for example as a paraboloid, a truncated paraboloid, a hyperboloid, or a truncated hyperboloid.
In particular, the splitter member may be designed in an essentially cone-shaped or fructoconical manner.
Of course, a lot of variations are possible for the specific embodiment or the specific design of the intake device 1. Just to mention one possible variation, the inlet section 2 of the intake device 1 may also be designed with the cover 23 extending horizontally, i.e. parallel to the first direction D1, and with the bottom 22 being arranged to be inclined with respect to the first direction D1 such that the distance between the bottom 22 and the cover 23 is decreasing from the inlet opening 21 towards the diverting section 3. Such a variation would result in a design similar as shown in FIG. 1, however with the inlet section 2 rotated 180° around the first direction D1 and with the diverting section 3 as well as the outlet section 4 maintained as shown in FIG. 1
The intake device 1 may be manufactured by any method known in the art, for example by casting or by any suited subtractive manufacturing processes like machining, metal cutting, milling or combinations thereof. In order to make the intake device particularly cost efficient and especially in view of low manufacturing costs it is preferred to fabricated the intake device from a plurality of metallic parts which are joined, preferably by welding.
The preferred manufacturing to fabricate the intake device from a plurality of metallic parts is indicated in FIG. 3 where the individual metallic parts are designated with the reference numerals P. The intake device 1 is assembled from the plurality of metallic parts P. Each individual part P is brought to the appropriate shape before the individual parts are joined to each other to form the intake device 1. The preparation of the individual parts P to bring them in the desired shape may be done by different methods, for example by cutting, machining, bending, kinking and so on. The individual metallic parts P are then joined by welding to form the intake device 1.
The number of individual parts P for assembling the intake device 1 may be chosen in an appropriate manner according to the specific application. One possibility is, for example, to assemble first the inlet section 2, the diverting section 3 and the outlet section 4 each as separate component and afterwards assembling these three components to form the intake device 1. However, it is also possible e.g. to fabricate the diverting section 3 and the outlet section 4 as a single component or piece by appropriately shaped individual parts. It is no problem for a skilled person to determine a suited way how to fabricate the intake device 1 from individual parts P.
As feedstock material for the preparation of the metallic parts P for example metallic sheets, metallic plates or metallic bands may be used.
The intake device 1 according to the invention is also particularly suited for retrofitting existing pumps or pump installations to improve the flow conditions at the inlet of a vertical pump. Instead of performing laborious civil work in a sump 200 of such a pump installation, an intake device 1 designed in accordance with the invention may be connected with its outlet section 4 to the inlet of the vertical pump 300. It is also possible to connect the inlet section 2 together with the diverting section 3 to an already existing inlet bell of a vertical pump in order to realize an intake device in accordance with the invention.
1. An intake device for being mounted to a vertical pump, the intake device comprising:
an inlet section with an inlet opening for a fluid to be pumped by the vertical pump, the inlet section extending in a first direction for horizontally guiding a flow of the fluid;
an outlet section with an outlet opening for delivering the fluid to an inlet of the vertical pump, the outlet section connectable to an inlet of the vertical pump, the outlet section extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and
a diverting section configured to divert the flow of fluid from the first direction to the second direction, the diverting section connecting the inlet section with the outlet section, and having a bottom wall opposing the outlet opening and a back wall opposing the inlet opening, the inlet section tapering towards the diverting section decreasing a cross section area of the inlet section,
the diverting section comprising a splitter member arranged on the bottom wall and tapering in the second direction towards the outlet opening,
the outlet section comprising a reducing part decreasing a cross section area of the outlet section, the reducing part being essentially bell shaped, and
the inlet section comprising a bottom, a cover, and two side walls each connecting the bottom with the cover, the inlet section comprising a continuous partition wall extending in the first direction from the inlet opening into the diverting section, and extending in the second direction from the bottom to the cover, the continuous partition wall including an end disposed in direct contact with the splitter member.
2. The intake device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the partition wall extends at the bottom wall of the diverting section and ending at or adjacent to the splitter member.
3. The intake device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the partition wall divides the inlet opening into two orifices having the same cross sectional area perpendicular to the first direction.
4. The intake device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the partition wall has an ending edge adjacent to the splitter member, the ending edge starting at the bottom wall and being inclined both with respect to the first and the second direction.
5. The intake device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the bottom wall of the diverting section extends with respect to the first direction beyond the outlet opening such that there is a displacement in the first direction between the back wall of the diverting section and the wall delimiting the outlet opening.
6. The intake device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a stopper wall arranged between the back wall of the diverting section and the splitter member.
7. The intake device in accordance with claim 6, wherein the stopper wall extends in the first direction and the stopper and the partition wall are aligned along an axis.
8. The intake device in accordance with claim 6, wherein the stopper wall has a beginning edge adjacent to the splitter member, the beginning edge starting at the bottom wall and being inclined both with respect to the first and the second direction.
9. The intake device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the splitter member is arranged to be centered with respect to the outlet opening.
10. The intake device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the splitter member is rotationally symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal axis extending in the second direction.
11. The intake device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the splitter member is cone-shaped or frustoconical.
12. The intake device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the intake device is formed from a plurality of metallic parts which are joined.
13. The intake device in accordance with claim 12, wherein the plurality of metallic parts comprises metallic sheets or metallic plates or metallic bands.
14. An arrangement comprising:
a vertical pump; and
an intake device for the vertical pump, the intake device being designed according to claim 1.
15. The arrangement in accordance with claim 14, wherein the outlet section of the intake device is connected to the inlet of the vertical pump.
16. The intake device in accordance with claim 12, wherein the metallic parts are joined by welding.
17. The intake device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the the intake device is configured to be retrofitted onto the vertical pump.
18. The intake device in accordance with claim 1, wherein an end of the bottom and an end of the cover define the inlet opening, and the end of the continuous partition wall is a first end and the continuous partition wall includes a second end, the second end being disposed at the inlet opening and the first end being disposed in direct contact with the splitter member.
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Filed: Jul 19, 2017
Patent Publication Number: 20180045222
Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG (Winterthur)
Inventor: Arnaldo Rodrigues (Winterthur)
Primary Examiner: Kevin R Steckbauer
Current U.S. Class: Backwash Or Blowback (210/108)
International Classification: F04D 29/54 (20060101); F04D 29/70 (20060101); F04D 29/42 (20060101); F04D 29/44 (20060101); F04D 29/60 (20060101); F04D 29/66 (20060101); F16L 43/00 (20060101); B23K 31/02 (20060101);


On September 5, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova met with Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Russia Polad Bülbüloğlu.
The parties discussed the human rights agenda, including protection of Russian citizens' rights abroad. The High Commissioner highlighted the importance of diplomatic relations between Russia and Azerbaijan and the attitude towards compatriots living in Azerbaijan: all the prerequisites are in place in Azerbaijan to bring up and teach children in the Russian language. According to estimates, 70 percent of Azerbaijani residents speak Russian.
Tatiana Moskalkova has also informed that she is to assist Azerbaijani citizen G. who has appealed to her to obtain a passport. The staff of the High Commissioner's Office is to visit the Ulyanovsk Region to participate in the passport handing ceremony together with the representatives of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the Russian Federation.
In conclusion, the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation invited the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to participate in the Conference, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that was to be held in early November.


My friend Mike and I recorded our next two Growing in Grace programs this past Sunday, and I thought it was kind of interesting that some of the stuff we briefly talked about (tune in this coming Sunday and the following Sunday!) coincided with some of the things that Frank Friedman had apparently taught about, and that In Christ Alone had mentioned.
I did a quick little 'experiment' before recording our programs. I searched for all forms of the word atone in my PC Study Bible. In the New King James Version of the Old Testament, forms of the word atone are found 100 times (Atoned appears once; Atonement appears 99 times). The New Testament results for any and all forms of the word atone: Zero. Zip. Nada. None. Zilch. 0.
To borrow a quote from In Christ Alone's post, with my own emphasis on the first word: "No atonement in the New Covenant Economy. Jesus did not cover our sins. He took them away."
So... if you're a Christian who has sinned and if you're looking for some way to atone for your sins, I'm very sorry - your sins cannot be atoned for. They have been TAKEN AWAY!
25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another — 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
There is no longer an offering for sin because the sacrifice of Jesus took away sin! The blood of bulls and goats provided a temporary covering for sin, but could not take sin away.
The sad thing is... Not only are many Christians today living with a fear that their sins are not completely atoned for, and that they need to do something more to atone for their own sins, but they don't even realize that atonement is never what was needed. What was necessary for us to have the perfect righteousness that was needed to be in right standing with God (justified) was for our sins to be taken away. Christ has taken away sin by the sacrifice of Himself, and we have become the righteousness of God in Him! What can we add to that or take away from it?!
I've always just accepted the word atonement as a new covenant word. I decided to check after you so I looked up atonement in my KJV concordance and found atonement used once in the NT. It was in Romans 5:11. However, when I looked at a more modern translation, I found the word is really reconciliation.
That's really what we've been given. As you said, our sins have been totally dealt with and taken completely away so now there is nothing separating us from God. We're fully reconciled to him.
Aida... same here... I've always accepted the word atonement as a new covenant word. In fact, I've heard it preached as meaning "at-one-ment." In other words, that it means we're "at one" with God. We'll we are "at one" with God, but it's not because of this word! The English words "atone" and "atonement" don't meant "at one" and the Hebrew (Old Testament) word doesn't mean "at one" either.
In fact, when the two Greek words are used elsewhere in the NT (and it's rare), they're not translated as "atone" but rather "mercy seat," "be merciful," "propitiation" and "reconciliation."
Anyway, not that I'm an expert in Greek, but I think the overall point is that the "atonement" in the Old Covenant is not what Jesus did for us in the New Covenant. If He had simply atoned for our sins, as the blood of bulls and goats did in the Old Covenant, our sins would still remain. But He took them away, and through it we were reconciled to God and we were able to be made the righteousness of God.
What can we add to that or take away from it?!
Add walking down the aisle!
Those are some Jesus missed!
Oh.. give me a break!
Christ died on the cross to take away all sins. He did this so that we might also die to sin, that we will feel dead inside when we sin in this world, so that we might recognize sin when it acts against our Spirit, which loves Christ. So that we might repent from this evil flesh that consumes us every day. And become alive in him, who gives us Eternal Life.
A couple of thoughts come to mind. The first one is that we have already died to sin (Rom 6:2). The rhetorical question that Paul asks is, since we have died to sin, why should we live any longer in it?
The second thought is that we have also already become alive in Christ (Ephesians 2:1,5, Colossians 2:13, etc).
All of this has happened supernaturally, simply when we believed and were born again of incorruptible seed. Romans 6:11 reminds us to reckon (regard as fact) that we are dead to sin and alive to God in Christ.
The old nature - the old person who we were in Adam - died and is gone forever. Our new nature - the new creation that we are in Christ - is alive to God and is dead to sin.
I'll be honest and say that your statement, "this evil flesh that consumes us every day," disturbs me. Christian preachers and teachers have not taught that it is Christ and His life who consumes us! If we think we're consumed by the flesh, then we'll always live in defeat, because there's absolutely no way we can "defeat" the flesh. But if we're consumed by Christ and our new nature that is incorruptible and is alive together with Him in righteousness, peace, joy, and so on and so on, then we need not be consumed with the flesh because the life of Christ overcomes all.


The patient in same-day surgery one recent Friday was getting a little anxious about the procedure she faced.
Enter Charley – 85 pounds of dog coated in masses of luxurious white fur. So much a part of Providence Tarzana, Charley, a golden doodle (golden retriever and poodle) has his own official badge complete with a mug of his undeniably sweet, albeit hairy, face.
"Isn't he beautiful?" the woman cried. "That's the most gorgeous dog I've seen in my life!" The timing of Charley's visit was perfect, her husband said, noting his wife was a little on edge.
Accompanied by his mistress Ellen Morrow, Charley is specially trained and certified as a therapeutic dog. He takes his responsibilities quite seriously, spending a few hours each visit comforting patients, performing tricks, even climbing in their beds to cuddle at a time when those we care for are at their most vulnerable.
He stepped to the mark on the floor when Ellen beckoned and responded with a "high five." He did keep a close eye on the break room, apparently recalling the day he found cake in there. But he knows he's on the job and continues his trek about the hospital, cheering the staff and comforting the patients, bringing enormous smiles to even the most seriously ill.
Patients, staff and visitors along their route pet Charley and share with Ellen their own dog stories and grooming tips. Ellen asks all to sanitize their hands with the Purell anti-bacterial wash she keeps to ensure Charley carries no germs as he makes his way through Providence Tarzana.
"Thank you for coming. You made my day," says a nurse.
"What a handsome fellow you are!" says a man, heading in to visit an ICU patient, the visible worry melting from his face.
The gentle giant follows Ellen into the infusion room where three patients are undergoing chemotherapy treatments. One woman wants to visit from afar, smiling at Charley's antics. Another pets him and laughs, speaking in Spanish to Charley. A third patient is on the cell phone: "They've brought a dog in here! Now I've seen everything," she relays.
Brianna, just 2 1/2, was laid up in Pediatrics fighting an infection. A head full of dark brown curls and a smile that sparkles, the toddler fell in love with the "doggie" named Charley. Most children that young are hesitant, Ellen said, but Brianna was thrilled when Charlie hopped in her bed and let the little girl cuddle him.
For case manager Robin Thompson it's the unconditional love of a pet that makes Providence Tarzana's canine star such a comfort not only to patients, but to those who care for them.
Ellen starts the visits in the hospital lobby where Charley is a rock star. It's often a half-hour before she's able to move on for all the people who want to meet this wonder dog.
There's no denying Charley's charm. Experts have studied the bond between people and pets for decades and it's widely held that interaction with therapeutic dogs releases oxytocin and other hormones in humans believed to contribute to healing, Ellen said.
In 1980, a team of scientists at the University of Pennsylvania found that the bonding between humans and pets resulted in lower levels of blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, anxiety and tension.
In stairwells between flights, Charley takes brief breaks. And he gets a few moments to "act like a dog" when he plays with ICU nurse Nicole Morrow, R.N., daughter of Ellen and staff cardiologist Douglas Morrow, M.D.
Charlie began his career at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center five years ago at age 2. He pioneered pet therapy at Providence Tarzana a few months later. He's recognized on Valley streets more for his distinct look than for his 15 minutes of fame in a cameo appearance in the movie "I Love You Man." He and Ellen partnered as a look-alike couple in the movie – yes, she has the same golden blond hair.
At Tarzana, he's known on every floor for his magic – the pediatric patient having a bad day breaks out in smiles; the patient depressed from days in the hospital lets Charley in bed and holds him close; and the dying man feeds this hero a dog cookie as his family gathers for his final days.
His instinct, she said, is uncanny. He has a way of leaning up against someone when he senses stress and is always on target. His groomer calls him one in a million.
Charley is calm but eager to start his day and is exhausted at the end. He loves the sense of purpose, his mistress explains.


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