Joe on Mon, 09/29/2014 - 5:40am.
AConfederacyofDunces on Mon, 09/29/2014 - 10:26am.
I have here, and in other sites, posted the education level and matriculation venues of certain "responsible" players on the world stage. I feel this is an effective thing to do because I think that embarrassing these institutions is important as I happen to know, for a fact, that the level of rhetoric Cameron is using here is not "up to snuff" to the basic skill set required to graduate or keep from getting "sent down" or rusticated, if you will, from Oxford or Eton for that matter.
Peter ORourke on Mon, 09/29/2014 - 12:50pm.
I write this open letter to you in response to your recent speech at the United Nations calling for military intervention in Iraq and Syria over the threat of ISIL. In particular I would like to make mention of your reference to the so called threat to society of what you have termed non-violent extremists, including those who are attempting to bring forward information and evidence about 9/11 which contradicts the official version of events.
While you are labeling these people who bring this evidence forward about 9/11 as non-violent extremists, are you aware of what is currently happening in New York City regarding 9/11?
Are you aware that more than 100,000 New York residents have just signed the petition calling for a new investigation into the collapse of World Trade Centre Building 7 through the High Rise Safety Initiative?
Are you aware that through the fundraising efforts of public groups in the US, there is currently a massive digital screen in the centre of Times Square showing rolling video footage of the controlled demolition of World Trade Centre Building 7 to three million New Yorkers? This is footage of a collapse of a massive 47 story building (not hit by a plane) that most people have not even been aware of or seen before now. How can this level of information cover-up be possible in this day and age?
Are you aware that many members of US Congress are now demanding that President Obama release the 28 redacted pages of the 9/11 Commission Report because there is information in those pages that will shock the nation, according to the two members of Congress who have been authorised to view the pages?
But yet you have just stated to the world that you consider members of the public to be non-violent extremists and a part of the ISIL challenge if they merely wish that these facts, evidence, and information about 9/11 be made available to the wider public and that appropriate investigations are held.
I repeat my previous point. To make that statement to the world as you did, you are either extremely ignorant about this issue, or you are attempting to take a position which is so at odds with a decent, free society that it beggars belief. I find it difficult to believe that the Prime Minister of Britain would be unaware of what I have stated here, and therefore I have to believe that it is the latter scenario that is most likely.
The above list is just a very quick start, but gives a feel for the type of people who you are now labelling as non-violent extremists and a part of the battle against ISIL because of their views about 9/11 or the evidence they are bringing forward. According to your speech to the United Nations, we now need to bring in legislation that will be able to shut down internet sites that bring forward the information and the evidence that the people listed above have been trying to highlight for investigation. That to me sounds like extremist behaviour. In fact, that sounds to me like the words of someone who is supporting an attempted cover up of monumental proportions.
It seems that everyone now acknowledges that we were deceived and manipulated on the issue of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in order to take us to war. It also looks like we have been deceived and manipulated on a grand scale regarding the true facts about 9/11. So, on this basis, why should you or anyone else believe one word about what the United States is saying about the threat of ISIL?
You have already attempted to take the UK to war in Syria on the basis of alleged evidence against the Assad government that has since proven to be inconclusive at best. Now just a few months later you are once again attempting to take the UK to war with Syria, this time because you now have conclusive evidence of a new and different threat. Meanwhile, you consider anyone who holds views about 9/11 that are contrary to the official story to be non-violent extremists.
Putting aside the direct issue of ISIL, which seems to be clouded in uncertainties in terms of exactly who they are, who and how they have been created and supported, and what their wider threat is to the world, I find your comments at the United Nations about the other aspects of this issue to be quite incredible.
9/11 is the event that launched the so called global war on terror and military action in the Middle East. It is now incontrovertible that we have been deceived and manipulated on a large scale about the true facts of 9/11. Getting the true facts about 9/11 runs right to the heart of all the issues we currently see in the Middle East and the so called war on terror. For you to label ordinary, caring, and patriotic members of the public as non-violent extremists simply for asking these questions about 9/11 and bringing forward this evidence, and to state that these types of internet sites should be censored, then I have to say that it is you who are the extremist, in the extreme.
The truth facts and evidence about 9/11 are now coming forward and there is a tidal wave of growing awareness as people are now getting to see this information, as shown by what is happening in New York City as we speak. It cannot be covered up by any crude efforts by the UK government to censor the internet or to give these people an extremist label. It is far too late for that. For anyone in office to continue to support the attempted suppression of this information will simply result in them being positioned on the wrong side of history.
Joe on Tue, 09/30/2014 - 7:31am.
Who provides aid and comfort to the IS (the oh so scary terrorists du jour)?
Do they make shiny new Toyota trucks in their mud huts?
Do they have three-phase milling machines that produce thousands of AK-47 parts?
War Is a Racket by Smedley Darling Butler.
kawika on Tue, 09/30/2014 - 9:57am.
"We want to report a possible terror threat, we've got a bit of evidence and wonder if we could come in and report it," Kollerstrom said at Scotland Yard headquarters in London.
Joe on Wed, 10/01/2014 - 5:02pm.


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The Abbey of Santo Spirito d'Ocre (Italian: Monastero di Santo Spirito d'Ocre) was a Cistercian monastery located in Ocre, Province of L'Aquila, Italy.

History
The fortified monastery was built in 1226 on an ancient religious building, existing since 1222. In 1248 Santo Spirito became a Cistercian abbey, founded by the mother abbey of Casanova, line of Clairvaux, and it was ruled by the Cistercians until 1692.

Architecture
The monastery is a fortified building, with walls all around the abbey and a very small number of windows and doors.

Inside the walls, all the usual components of a monastery are still in place, with the church on the north side and the remaining rooms of the abbey in the two buildings on the west and east sides.

See also
 List of Cistercian monasteries

References

Bibliography

External links

Santo Spirito d'Ocre
Buildings and structures in the Province of L'Aquila

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Editor's Note: This article originally appeared over at Lehigh Valley Vanguard, a new progressive visual and literary publication based out of Easton, PA. Marlana Eck is the founder and Editor of the Lehigh Valley Vanguard. Be sure to check out their full site and give them some love. The Lehigh Valley Vanguard is sponsored by Raging Chicken Press. Marlana originally published this interview on April 7, 2015, but we wanted to re-post it today given the number of actions happening around the region and across the country today in support of a $15/hour minimum wage.
Robert Reich's 2014 documentary, Inequality for All.
15now's Philly branch has recently organized a chapter here in the Lehigh Valley. Most working class people can attest to the abysmal disparity between the cost of living and wages. Robert Reich pointed out a few years ago, in his documentary Inequality for All, how cost of living has exploded, yet working class people are making about the same as the 1970s. I've heard estimated the living wage for working class individuals would be closer to $22 per hour.
Drew Mattei spoke with me after doing a significant amount of work in Philly for 15now and returning to the Lehigh Valley to organize a chapter for the ABE area.
Marlana: You are originally from Bethlehem. What was one of your first thoughts on what needed to be done back at your home base for 15now?
Drew: I was quite stunned, I hadn't really dug through the numbers, but I wasn't expecting to find that Allentown has a higher poverty rate than Philly, including a higher a deep poverty rate. Philadelphia looks like it's been bombed in many places (and indeed it actually has been at least once).
Marlana: Raising the wage is an important initiative going on across the U.S. right now. What are some important facts we should all know about the push for a higher minimum wage?
Drew: $15,080. Everyone should know that number, because that is the amount that a person working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year will make on the current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
Who really thinks that a person can support themselves, let alone anyone else on that kind of wage? That isn't a living wage for one person, for a single parent and child that will most likely have them living in poverty.
In fact, the living wage for Lehigh Valley cities is $17.95 for a single parent and child, and that's still someone who isn't saving for retirement or building financial stability.
Even $15 an hour is not going to support a single parent and their child! This is also an issue that affects a huge number of people in the Lehigh Valley.
Allentown has a poverty rate of 27.8%, more than twice the state poverty rate, and even higher than the poverty rate in Philadelphia. This is an especially troubling figure as Philadelphia is the poorest major city in America.
Easton's is 23.3%, and Bethlehem's is 19.7%, still well above the rest of the state.
There's a lot of facts that can be thrown around when it comes to discussions about the minimum wage, but I think we really need to look at the deeper problems here.
Working people have been systematically robbed of their voice, while the ruling class builds extreme power and wealth.
Advancing the issue of low wages is a direct challenge to politicians, exposing where their true interests lay; it is a direct challenge to unions and other "progressive" organizations to get radical or be left behind by the working class they are supposed to be uniting; and it is a direct challenge to the very serious inequality we face.
If working people rise up and demand a better world and they are denied, then it can expose for many the true nature of the system. Low wages are one of the more powerful and obvious ways that the working class is oppressed, but our current economic and political system is the root of this oppression.
Unlike SEIU's campaign, or most mainstream campaigns of this type, 15now is anti-capitalist. 15now began as a campaign by Socialist Alternative in Seattle, Washington, spearheaded by socialist city council person and Socialist Alternative member Kshama Sawant, and it carries the political perspectives of that organization.
A $15 an hour minimum wage is a transitional demand, aimed to unite working class people and create momentum for more significant change. We believe that revolutionary change can occur once we unite and build through fighting for evolutionary change. 15now seeks to build lasting momentum by giving workers an opportunity to uplift themselves and build connections that can last beyond just the fight for $15.
We are separate from Fight for $15, which is SEIU's campaign. As far as I can tell they are not active or interested in the Lehigh Valley, so it seems unnecessary to elaborate on the relationship between 15now and them for now.
Marlana: How can we actively help raise the minimum wage?
Drew: In Pennsylvania, this is tricky question. It's not a very straightforward process here, since we lack a ballot initiative process, for both municipalities and the state.
We'd love to vote ourselves a raise, but unfortunately we have to do things the hard way.
We also face a preemption in the state minimum wage law that effects how municipalities can change their minimum wage. The best thing that can be done is to build popular momentum that can actually threaten politicians, and to build with that organizations that can direct that momentum to maximum effect. We need to put pressure on the state government to repeal the preemption, and more strongly consider raising the state minimum wage, not just to $10.10.
To be honest, the area seems like it needs a pretty serious shift in the political climate for local action to be effective.
There seems a trifecta of apathy, prejudice, and backwardness holding people down. Most people in the area, even activists it seems, don't know their elected officials. Philadelphia has more openness for democratic participation than the Lehigh Valley. No one wants to be worse than Philadelphia at anything, especially democracy.
There is a need to challenge the extreme racism in the Lehigh Valley that is directed squarely at the latino/a population by the white working class. Considering that the Allentown is actually majority non-white, this represents a very serious (one could say successful) divide of the working class.
Marlana: In particular, what are some things your branch of 15now of Lehigh Valley needs to make a bigger impact?
Drew: This is a true grassroots organization, not some astroturf campaign, we don't have big money behind us, so what we need is working class, progressive and activist people in the Lehigh Valley to join us in this fight.
Spread the word, let supporting friends, family, and community know. Above all, we need people to contact us and get involved! We only work if people are willing to volunteer their time and energy. It will be hard to find a way to make a bigger difference in the world right now. A successful campaign in Pennsylvania will make a huge difference in the lives of millions of people in our state alone.
We are now familiar with Chris Rock's bit about how minimum wage is another way of saying "hey, if I could pay you less I would, but it's against the law." Let's change the law to protect those, who in their good naturedness, still believe in hard work and America.
Contact Drew to get involved with 15now and visit the Lehigh Valley branch website for more information.


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1.The civil rights movement was a struggle by African-Americans in the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve civil rights equal to whites, including equal opportunity in employment, housing, and education, as well as the right to vote, the right of equal access to public facilities, and the right to be free of racial discrimination. This movement wanted to restore to African-Americans the rights of citizenship guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.Leaders of the movement predicted, the movement was not only for African Americans but also for women, people with disabilities, and many others.However, with the end of Reconstruction in 1877, southern whites again took control of the South, passing a variety of laws that discriminated on the basis of race. These were called Jim Crow laws. 2.The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham was used as a meeting-place for civil rights leaders. On Sunday, September 15, 1963, white man was seen getting out of a Chevrolet car and placing a box under the steps of the church. Soon afterwards, around 10 a.m., the bomb exploded killing Denise McNair (11), Addie Mae Collins (14), Carole Robertson (14) and Cynthia Wesley (14). The four girls had been attending Sunday school classes at the church. Twenty-three other people were also hurt by the blast.Robert Chambliss, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, was arrested and charged with murder and possessing a box of 122 sticks of dynamite without a permit. On 8th October, 1963, Chambliss was found not guilty of murder and received a hundred-dollar fine and a six-month jail sentence for having the dynamite.In November, 1977 Chambliss was tried once again for the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. Chambliss was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Chambliss died in an Alabama prison on 29th October, 1985.
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Virtual Architectural Mockup is our proprietary invention that addresses the real estate sector. This is an innovative three-dimensional virtual tour of the model reflecting the realism of the building and the surroundings.


IRVINE, CA – May 31, 2018 – ShiftPixy, Inc. (NASDAQ: PIXY), a disruptive workforce engagement platform provider, today announced the opening of its Chicago location. ShiftPixy's fast-growing client demand continues to drive the Company's expanding national footprint. This announcement follows recent office openings in Orlando and Austin earlier this year.
ShiftPixy's innovative employment model and sophisticated technology platform for industries driven by part-time labor, such as restaurant and retail operators, has been quickly embraced as a solution to high turnover. Restaurant and retail operators are experiencing historically high turnover due to the growing competition from the Gig Economy, which is attracting a lot of the part-time workforce. Many of these operators also feel obligated to partner with these Gig Economy platforms for the purpose of third-party delivery offerings. Unfortunately, these partnerships sever control of the brand and customer experience, and force operators to pay a premium. ShiftPixy's cutting-edge platform is in the midst of releasing its driver management layer, which allows operators to compete against those gig platforms and self-deliver a brand-intended experience to consumers at a lower cost than other third-party deliverers.
Harnessing the Gig Economy concept, ShiftPixy matches employers seeking part-time employees, including delivery drivers, with qualified workers. Unlike others in the Gig Economy, ShiftPixy embraces employer status of the workforce, offering employment related benefits and protections, all while handling administrative and compliance burdens for the operators.


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using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using TestCentric.Gui.Controls;

namespace TestCentric.Gui.Views
{
    using Elements;

    public partial class MainForm : Form, IMainView
    {
        public event CommandHandler MainViewClosing;
        public event DragEventHandler DragDropFiles;

        public MainForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            InitializeViewElements();
        }

        private void InitializeViewElements()
        {
            // File Menu
            FileMenu = new ToolStripMenuElement(fileToolStripMenuItem);
            NewProjectCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(newProjectToolStripMenuItem);
            OpenProjectCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(openProjectToolStripMenuItem);
            CloseCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(closeToolStripMenuItem);
            SaveCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(saveToolStripMenuItem);
            SaveAsCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(saveAsToolStripMenuItem);
            SaveResultsCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(saveResultsToolStripMenuItem);
            ReloadTestsCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(reloadTestsToolStripMenuItem);
            SelectRuntimeMenu = new ToolStripMenuElement(selectRuntimeToolStripMenuItem);
            SelectedRuntime = new CheckedMenuGroup(selectRuntimeToolStripMenuItem);
            ProcessModel = new CheckedMenuGroup("processModel",
                defaultProcessToolStripMenuItem, inProcessToolStripMenuItem, singleProcessToolStripMenuItem, multipleProcessToolStripMenuItem);
            DomainUsage = new CheckedMenuGroup("domainUsage",
                defaultDomainToolStripMenuItem, singleDomainToolStripMenuItem, multipleDomainToolStripMenuItem);
            RunAsX86 = new ToolStripMenuElement(loadAsX86ToolStripMenuItem);
            RecentProjectsMenu = new ToolStripMenuElement(recentProjectsToolStripMenuItem);
            ExitCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(exitToolStripMenuItem);

            // View Menu
            FullGuiCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(fullGuiToolStripMenuItem);
            MiniGuiCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(miniGuiToolStripMenuItem);
            GuiFontCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(guiFontToolStripMenuItem);
            FixedFontCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(fixedFontToolStripMenuItem);
            StatusBarCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(statusBarToolStripMenuItem);

            // Project Menu
            ProjectMenu = new ToolStripMenuElement(projectToolStripMenuItem);

            // Tools Menu
            SettingsCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(settingsToolStripMenuItem);
            AddinsCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(addinsToolStripMenuItem);

            // Help Menu
            NUnitHelpCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(nUnitHelpToolStripMenuItem);
            AboutNUnitCommand = new ToolStripMenuElement(aboutNUnitToolStripMenuItem);

            TestResult = new ControlElement(testResult);
            TestName = new ControlElement(testName);

            DialogManager = new DialogManager();
            MessageDisplay = new MessageDisplay();
        }

        #region Public Properties

        #region IMainView Members

        public bool IsMaximized
        {
            get { return WindowState == FormWindowState.Maximized; }
            set { WindowState = value ? FormWindowState.Maximized : FormWindowState.Normal; }
        }

        // File Menu
        public IToolStripMenu FileMenu { get; private set; }
        public ICommand NewProjectCommand { get; private set; }
        public ICommand OpenProjectCommand { get; private set; }
        public ICommand CloseCommand { get; private set; }
        public ICommand SaveCommand { get; private set; }
        public ICommand SaveAsCommand { get; private set; }
        public ICommand SaveResultsCommand { get; private set; }
        public ICommand ReloadTestsCommand { get; private set; }
        public IToolStripMenu SelectRuntimeMenu { get; private set; }
        public ISelection SelectedRuntime { get; private set; }
        public ISelection ProcessModel { get; private set; }
        public IChecked RunAsX86 { get; private set; }
        public ISelection DomainUsage { get; private set; }
        public IToolStripMenu RecentProjectsMenu { get; private set; }
        public ICommand ExitCommand { get; private set; }

        // View Menu
        public ICommand FullGuiCommand { get; private set; }
        public ICommand MiniGuiCommand { get; private set; }
        public ICommand GuiFontCommand { get; private set; }
        public ICommand FixedFontCommand { get; private set; }
        public ICommand StatusBarCommand { get; private set; }

        // Project Menu
        public IToolStripMenu ProjectMenu { get; private set; }

        // Tools Menu
        public ICommand SettingsCommand { get; private set; }
        public ICommand AddinsCommand { get; private set; }

        // Help Menu
        public ICommand NUnitHelpCommand { get; private set; }
        public ICommand AboutNUnitCommand { get; private set; }

        public IViewElement TestResult { get; private set; }
        public IViewElement TestName { get; private set; }

        public IDialogManager DialogManager { get; private set; }
        public IMessageDisplay MessageDisplay { get; private set; }

        public void OnTestAssembliesLoading(string message)
        {
            _messageForm = new TestCentric.Gui.Controls.LongRunningOperationDisplay(this, message);
        }

        public void OnTestAssembliesLoaded()
        {
            _messageForm?.Dispose();
            _messageForm = null;
        }

        private LongRunningOperationDisplay _messageForm;

        #endregion

        #region Subordinate Views Contained in MainForm

        // NOTE that these are available to the form as actual classes rather than interfaces.

        public TestTreeView TestTreeView { get { return testTreeView; } }
        public ProgressBarView ProgressBarView { get { return progressBarView; } }
        public StatusBarView StatusBarView { get { return statusBarView; } }
        public TestPropertiesView PropertiesView { get { return propertiesView; } }
        public XmlView XmlView { get { return xmlView; } }

        #endregion

        #endregion

        private void statusBarToolStripMenuItem_CheckedChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            statusBarView.Visible = statusBarToolStripMenuItem.Checked;
        }

        protected override void OnClosing(CancelEventArgs e)
        {
            MainViewClosing?.Invoke();
            base.OnClosing(e);
        }

        protected override void OnDragEnter(DragEventArgs drgevent)
        {
            if (drgevent.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop))
            {
                drgevent.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy;
            }
        }

        protected override void OnDragDrop(DragEventArgs drgevent)
        {
            base.OnDragDrop(drgevent);

            string[] files = (string[])drgevent.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop);
            if (files != null)
                DragDropFiles?.Invoke(files);
        }

        private void TabControlSelectedIndexChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            if (tabControl1.SelectedTab.Equals(tabPage2))
                XmlView.InvokeFocus();
        }
    }
}

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Upgrade your collection of Stanford Cardinal gear with this modish Apex Compressible quilted vest!
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Which nebulizer can be used by patients suffering from COPD?
Nebulizer is medical device used to deliver liquid medication in aerosol form via inhalation in various respiratory conditions such as asthma and COPD. Compressor driven jet-nebulizers, ultrasonic types, vibrating-mesh types are the types of nebulizers currently available in India. Among these, jet nebulizer is the oldest type. Noise is the disadvantage associated with jet nebulizer. Ultrasonic nebulizer utilizes ultrasonic vibrations to generate aerosol form of drug. They are expensive than jet nebulizers. Third type is vibrating mesh type nebulizer which is expensive than other two types.


Show biz doesn't stop just because your lawyers are nailing down the divorce settlement. Hence the news today that the soon-to-be-former Mr. Mariah Carey is currently writing a book of poems for children.
According to the publisher, "Neon Aliens" will feature black-and-white illustrations from several street artists and will reflect Cannon's desire to combine poetry and hip-hop. Cannon said in a statement issued through Scholastic that he has been writing poems and stories since he was 8.
"The first important writer in my life was Shel Silverstein—he made me fall in love with writing and seeing his whimsical sketches got me interested in art," he said in the announcement. So basically picture Where the Sidewalk Ends, but written by Nick Cannon.
If March just isn't soon enough for your shopping needs, worry not! This October he's due to release Roc and Roe's Twelve Days of Christmas. I don't even want to think about how elaborate that family's holidays are.


Options for Community Living, Inc. is a local not for profit organization whose mission is to assist individuals and families in need develop their fullest potential for independent living.
Options was formed in 1982 to respond to the need for supportive housing for people with serious mental illness. The Mental Health Residential Program grew rapidly, and in 1994 Options introduced case management services to Long Islanders living with HIV/AIDS. Soon after, a housing program for this population was started as well. More recently, Options has partnered with Long Island Health Homes to offer care coordination services to high need Medicaid users with chronic illnesses through the Access to Care Program. As of today, Options serves more than 1,800 adults and children annually through its programs and manages over 180 scattered housing sites across Nassau and Suffolk counties!
Options Mental Health Residential Programs provide supportive housing opportunities for Long Island residents recovering from serious mental illness under the auspices of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH).
health and specialty services for children, linkage to community groups and resources and more. Additionally, the agency offers Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) to help individuals recovering from mental illness and/or addiction.
Long Island has more AIDS cases than any other suburban community in the U.S. Options operates more than 50 scattered units of supportive housing for people living with HIV/AIDS and provides additional Ryan White funded case management services for this vulnerable population. Affordable housing linked to services – provides low-income, disabled and formerly homeless people with the help they need to stay housed and live more independent, healthy and fulfilling lives.
Their agency operates a thrift shop located at 392 Hawkins Avenue in Lake Ronkonkoma. This thrift shop is open Tuesday – Saturday and relies on donations and community volunteers. The shop can be contacted at (631) 676-4579 and is in need of volunteers to help with sorting, tagging, working the register and additional duties. Volunteers must be 18 or older.
Lastly, this organization is available to conduct presentations at schools or in the community regarding their programs and/or on matters pertaining to HIV/AIDS and mental illness.
If you wish to inquire about receiving help, want to volunteer/donate or are interested in getting more information on a presentation, please contact their Development Director, Denise Waterhouse, at DWaterhouse@OptionsCL.org.
Looking to give back this holiday season?
Kent Animal Shelter is a no-kill animal shelter located in Calverton. Their mission is to provide a no-kill haven for homeless, abused and abandoned animals until permanent homes can be found. Their programs include adoption, rescue, low cost spay/neuter and humane education. This shelter is running a Holiday Challenge this holiday season; any donation made to this shelter by December 31st will be doubled by a generous supporter, up to $10,000! They need to reach this goal by the end of the year to get the matching gift. For example, a gift of just $25 will become $50 if you donate by December 31st! Visit their website for additional information and make a donation!


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Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
About GYEITI
Multi-Stakeholder Group
Final GYEITI Full Report – FY2017
GYEITI Report FY 2017 Vol 1 – Report
GYEITI Report FY 2017 Vol 2 – Annexes 1 – 9
GYEITI Report FY 2017 Vol 3 – Annex 10
GYEITI Report FY 2017 Vol 5 – Annexes 12 – 17
GYEITI Annual Progress Report 2017
GYEITI Candidature Application
GYEITI Work Plan
Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Roadmap
Exxon Contract
CGX Resources Inc. Contract
Repsol Contract
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
Tullow Guyana B.V. & Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Inc Contract
RATIO ENERGY LIMITED Contract
ON ENERGY INC. Contract
NABI Oil & Gas Inc. Contract
Laws of Guyana
Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Environmental Protection Amendment Act – 2005
Petroleum Act – 1992
Guyana Petroleum Commission Bill
Guyana Geology & Mines Commission (Amendment) Act – 1987
Mining Act – 1989
GYEITI Awareness
Tenders & Recruitment
RFP Independent Administrator
GYEITI Independent Administrator
Ministry of Natural Resources
Parliament of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Guyana Geology & Mines Commission
Guyana Revenue Authority
EITI 2016 Standard
EITI Guidance Notes
EITI Code of Conduct
EITI countries progress on path to transparent and accountable extractive sectors
Posted on March 10, 2019 April 25, 2019 by webadmin
SOURCE: www.eiti.org
EITI Board assesses implementation in eight countries
The EITI Board assessed the status of eight implementing countries, including Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Norway and Trinidad and Tobago at its meeting in Kyiv on 27-28 February. The Board agreed that Nigeria and Norway had achieved satisfactory progress overall in implementing the EITI Standard. In the other cases, the Board noted progress and outlined the corrective actions needed to meet this Standard.
Why the EITI Validates countries
The status of an EITI implementing country is determined through Validation, the EITI's quality assurance mechanism. The process assesses the country's performance against the requirements of the EITI Standard by reviewing documentation and consulting with government, company and civil society stakeholders. A Validation outlines and identifies a country's weaknesses and strengths and prescribes a set of corrective actions that must be addressed within a 12 to 18 month period, after which a country will undergo a second Validation to assess progress. The Validation scorecard provides an overview of a country's results. The EITI Board makes the final decision on a country's EITI status.
"Over half of all EITI countries have now undergone Validation against the EITI Standard," said EITI chair Fredrik Reinfeldt. "The overall travel of direction is positive and governments, companies and civil society across regions are demonstrating strong commitment to bringing transparency and accountability to the management of their natural resources and using EITI data to instigate reforms. Validation has shown that many EITI countries are going beyond the EITI Standard, with innovative disclosures related to extractives contracts, licensing and sales of the state's share of oil, gas and minerals."
Validations: Mapping the sector, assessing strengths, recognising impact and diagnosing weaknesses
Ethiopia, Guinea, Malawi and Trinidad and Tobago have recently undergone their first Validations and have all achieved meaningful progress against the EITI Standard.
The Board welcomed Ethiopia's effort to report on issues of national importance such as artisanal and small-scale mining and socio-environmental issues. The Board commended ongoing reforms to shift the mandate of government agencies from control and monitoring, to supporting and enabling civil society to contribute to public debate. Going forward, the EITI can play a key role in improving the relationship between companies and affected local communities. Validation has also shown that work remains to ensure comprehensive disclosures on state participation in the sector and reporting at the subnational levels of government. This will be important as the country embarks on the development phase of oil and gas projects in the Ogaden basin and pursues efforts to formalise the mining sector. In taking this decision, the Board took note of the government's efforts to repeal or amend laws that restrict civil society's freedom of expression, operation and association, which have had an impact on their ability to engage in the EITI process. Nonetheless, the Board commended the efforts to include civil society groups in ongoing reforms.
Guinea, which has a rapidly developing bauxite sector and is rich in iron ore reserves, made improvements in the comprehensiveness and quality of its EITI reporting. The Board outlined eight corrective actions, including disclosing more information on infrastructure agreements, direct subnational payments and quasi-fiscal expenditures. The Board noted that the EITI should play a role in overseeing the new Local Economic Development Fund (FODEL).
Malawi has established its multi-stakeholder group as a platform for fact-based debate and allowed its production and export data to be scrutinised through the publication of its second EITI Report. While the country has significant deposits of bauxite, coal, limestone, phosphate and uranium, the extractive sector is still in development, with few large-scale mining operations in place and a petroleum sector in exploration phase. To ensure terms of operations are accessible to the public, Malawi has published all contracts in line with the encouragements in the EITI Standard. These contracts have been used by civil society to create financial models and clarify the precise terms associated with the agreements. More work remains to be done to ensure clarity surrounding Malawi's off-budget petroleum funds, a gap in an otherwise transparent environment. There are also concerns regarding data quality and who receives social contributions.
Trinidad and Tobago was acknowledged for having built a dynamic platform to collect, publish, and debate information about how the country's natural resources are managed. EITI Reports have identified gaps in revenue collection, production and cost monitoring and cadastre information. Moving forward, there are opportunities to strengthen oversight of mining licence management to ensure that information on beneficial owners are made publicly accessible, and to enhance public trust in official production and export data. Victor Hart, chair of the TTEITI steering committee, said the country will "continue innovating through the EITI by promoting contract transparency, environmental reporting and reaching out to midstream and downstream companies to participate in EITI implementation."
Second Validations: deepening transparency and strengthening government systems
"Several EITI countries are now going through their second Validations and have made significant progress in bringing transparency to their oil, gas and mining sectors," said Mark Robinson, executive director of the EITI International Secretariat. "These second Validations have shown that countries are successfully reforming their sectors and making noteworthy advancements in systematically disclosing EITI data, strengthening government systems."
Ghana, Mauritania, Nigeria and Norway have undergone their second Validations and were evaluated based on the prescribed corrective actions.
Ghana was found to have made meaningful progress and fully addressed six out of the eight corrective actions. Ghana's implementation of EITI recommendations contributed to reforms that have increased the government's revenues from the sector, a priority for the government that wants to decrease its reliance on foreign aid. The country was lauded for publishing all its mining, oil and gas contracts and making these accessible through online portals. Yet work remains to ensure comprehensive disclosure by the country's largest oil and gas companies.
Several large oil and gas projects are being developed in Mauritania, a leading producer of iron ore. The country has achieved meaningful progress against the EITI Standard, having made improvements in the oversight of EITI implementation by the government, industry and civil society. The Board recognised Mauritania's efforts in using EITI reporting as a diagnostic tool to drive reforms in the management of extractives licences and state participation in the mining sector. A set of corrective actions were assigned to enhance disclosures of licence allocations and the licence register, improve disclosures on state participation in the mining sector, and strengthen the evaluation of the EITI's impact. The Board welcomed ongoing efforts to ensure systematic disclosure of EITI data, which will strengthen government systems and make EITI implementation more meaningful moving forward.
Norway, which has supported the EITI since its inception, has achieved satisfactory progress. Widely lauded as a success story in the management of oil wealth, it was the first OECD country to implement the EITI, publishing eight EITI Reports from 2008 to 2015. In 2017, Norway was the first country to make an application to the EITI Board to mainstream EITI implementation. Timely, comprehensive and reliable information is published through the government's Norwegian Petroleum website and in companies' country-by-country reports. Accordingly, the EITI Board agreed that standalone EITI Reports were no longer necessary and Norway applied to disband its EITI multi-stakeholder group. Transparency and inclusive governance are safeguarded through a range of forums that industry and civil society are using to promote good governance, including annual stakeholder meetings that address progress with EITI implementation.
Overview of Validation decisions and documentation pages
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EITI's Validation process
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Only recently departed for Sydney, painter Helen Shelley returns to Canberra this month with Death Proof. Readers may recall her previous solo exhibition, Immortality With Out The Assistance of God, as one of the standout shows of 2009. Now, leaving figuration for er..dead, Shelley has thrown herself into a series of chunky psychedelic abstractions, boasting fit-inducing colour and lashings of glitter to boot. The work references perception, illusion and the altered state, never straying far from the artist's preoccupation with all that is morbid and macabre. Deliciously dark stuff.
Next post:Melbourne Art Safari #1: we're not in Canberra anymore.


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GT Academy
From a crowd of 135,000 Competitors, Mexico's Hamui Crowned 2016 GT Academy Champion
TOKYO, Japan (October 31, 2016) – The winner of the GT Academy International Race Camp was decided last week, and the man who stood on top of the podium was Mexico's Johnny Guindi Hamui.
The contest, which lasted for eight intense days, featured a format that differed from previous race camps. This year, drivers representing territories from all around the world were assembled; they included hotfoots from Mexico, Indonesia, Australia, North Africa (Algeria/Morocco/Egypt), Thailand and the Philippines. Each finalist had to advance through qualifying rounds that took place at various venues in their respective territories, including Nissan dealerships, shopping malls and event halls. More than 135,000 people took part at the onset, testing their skills on a challenging new special Gran Turismo time-trial race. Only the top 20 advanced through to the regional finals. From there, only six were chosen to represent their territory. The final 36 drivers traveled to Silverstone, one of racing's hallowed race tracks, in an all-out contest to see who was the best of the best. On October 26, that person was 22-year-old Johnny Guindi Hamui.
Among the finalists were the first female driver in the GT Academy, Elysse Menorca from the Philippines, and contest's oldest participant to date, 46-year old Kanokphan Wathanakitanan from Thailand.
Beginning on October 19, the race camp featured a range of tests and challenges, each designed to evaluate and analyze the potential of each contestant—if he or she had what it took to be a professional racecar driver.
The winners of GT Academies in the past were almost always decided on the final day, and this year's contest was no different. Unlike previous years, two drivers from each territory went at each other in this 16-lap race instead of one, so the drivers had to be more than just quick, they had to work as a team.
From pole position, Team Mexico led the rest of the pack into the first corner, but was reeled in by Team North Africa, who took the lead and steadily distanced itself from the competition. With its back against the wall, Team Mexico switched drivers early, replacing Enrique Manjarrez with Johnny Guindi Hamui, who quickly set the fastest lap of the race and closed the gap with Team North Africa.
By the time the North Africans pitted for their driver change, Hamui had completely caught up, and the two cars went into Turn 1 side-by-side. Hamui was the aggressor here, braking later than his opponent and putting his car into the lead. Once he was ahead, he didn't look back until he took the checkered flag several laps later. After the race, the judges made their decision, and former GT Academy winner Jann Mardenborough declared Johnny Guindi Hamui the overall champion.
Johnny Guindi Hamui:
"I can't believe it. What I've just achieved is going to take a while to sink in. It's been an unbelievable experience with some seriously tough competitors, and I've had the best time of my life. In the race, I was just so concentrated on doing a good job that my 11 laps in the car flew by. I was alone for five laps, and I was just looking for consistent lap times. And then on my sixth lap I saw the North Africa car coming out of the pits. I was in a great rhythm and overtook him on the outside. After that it was all about holding it together and luckily, I did that, I can't describe the feeling when Jann read out my name as the winner!"
Hamui's career as a professional racing driver will start immediately, as he joins Nissan's RJN Motorsport team for a national event at Brands Hatch this weekend. He will then join the Nissan Driver Development Program to train for the 2017 Hankook 24 Hours of Dubai race.
Matthew Simmons from Australia crowned 2015 GT Academy International Champion
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Indian Patents. 206384:IMPACT TYPE PARTICLE SEPARATOR MADE OF MUTUALLY INVERTED U-SHAPED ELEMENTS.
IMPACT TYPE PARTICLE SEPARATOR MADE OF MUTUALLY INVERTED U-SHAPED ELEMENTS.
Apparatus for separating solids from flue gas in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler 5 comprises plural vertical, impact type particle separators made of a plurality of hung elements which are supported from at least one cooled support tube. The plurality of hung elements cooperate with one another at adjacent ends thereof to form a collecting channel which opens toward a flow of flue gas along the length of the support tube. Each hung element includes two mutually inverted U-shaped parts; the first U-shaped part opens towards the oncoming flow of 10 flue gas, the second U-shaped part embraces the support tube, and the first U-shaped part is shifted relative to the second U-shaped part by some fraction of a height of the hung element. The hung elements may be made of metal or ceramic.
The present invention relates, in general, to an apparatus for separating solids from a flow of flue gas in circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers and, in particular, to improved impact type particle separator constructions comprised of individual impact type particle separator elements.
CFB boiler systems are known and used in the production of steam for industrial processes and/or electric power generation. See, for example, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,799,593, 4,992,085, and 4,891,052 to Belin et al.; 5,809,940 to James et al.; 5,378,253 and 5,435,820 to Daum et al.; and 5,343,830 to Alexander et al. In CFB reactors, reacting and non-reacting solids are entrained within the reactor enclosure by the upward gas flow which carries solids to the exit at the upper portion of the reactor where the solids are separated by impact type particle separators. The impact type particle separators are placed in staggered arrays to present a path which may be navigated by the gas stream, but not the entrained particles. The collected solids are returned to the bottom of the reactor. One CFB boiler arrangement uses a plurality of impact type particle separators (or concave impingement members or U-beams) at the furnace exit to separate particles from flue gas. While these separators can have a variety of configurations, they are commonly referred to as U-beams because they most often have a U-shaped configuration in cross-section.
beams in one row is aligned with a U-beam in a preceding or following row of U-beams to present a tortuous path for the flue gas/solids to navigate. The U-beams in each row collect and remove particles from the flow of flue gas/solids, while the flue gas stream continues to flow around and through the U-beam array.
These types of collection elements are generally relatively long in comparison to their width and depth. The shape of the collection elements is usually dictated by two considerations: namely, the collection efficiency of the U-beams themselves and the ability of the U-beams to be self-supporting. When these elements are used, they are generally placed at the furnace exit and not cooled. Their placement at the furnace outlet is to protect the downstream heating surfaces from erosion by solid particles. Thus, the U-beams are exposed to the high temperatures of the flowing stream of flue gas/solids, and the materials used for the U-beams must be sufficiently temperature resistant to provide adequate support and resistance to damage.
Long, self-supporting stainless steel plate channels have been successfully used in CFB boilers for the primary solids collector, but the "creep" strength of the commercially available and suitable alloys limits the length of the collection elements.
By breaking up the long collection channel into short segments, the required strength of each short segment is much less than for the long channel due to the series of intermittent supports and the small amount of weight of any individual segment or element.
Collection elements which are cooled or supported off a cooled structure are known. See, for example, U.S. Patent Nos. 6,322,603 B1 to Walker, 6,500,221 B1 to Walker et al., and 6,454,824 Bl to Maryamchik et al., the texts of which are hereby incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein. These collection elements are well-suited to the environment and task of separating solids particles from flue gas, and are easier to maintain or repair than conventional U-beams comprised of self-supporting stainless steel plate channels.
particle separator. Further, each individual element can be easily locked in the assembled position to prevent its accidental disassembly during operation.
While the impact type particle separators are typically U-beams, the particle collecting portion facing the oncoming flow of flue gas particles and entrained solids can also be formed into W-, E-, V- or other shapes. Such impact type particle separators find particular use in CFB boilers or reactors.
Accordingly, one aspect of the present invention is drawn to an apparatus for separating solids from a flow of flue gas in a CFB boiler. The apparatus comprises a plurality of vertical, impact type particle separators located within the CFB. The impact type particle separators are adjacently positioned and horizontally spaced from one another in a plurality of staggered rows. Each impact type particle separator includes at least one vertical cooled support tube for conveying a cooling medium therethrough, and a plurality of hung elements which are supported from the at least one support tube. The plurality of hung elements cooperate with one another at adjacent ends thereof to form a collecting channel which opens toward the flow of flue gas along the length of the support tube. Each hung element includes two mutually inverted U-shaped parts; the first U-shaped part open towards the oncoming flow of flue gas and the second U-shaped part embracing the support tube, and the first U-shaped part is shifted relative to the second U-shaped part by some fraction of a height of the hung element.
The various features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and specific benefits attained by its uses, reference is made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated.
element illustrating that portion thereof which can engage a pin provided on the cooled support tube to permit the individual element to be hung from the tube.
As used herein, the term CFB boiler will be used to refer to CFB reactors or combustors wherein a combustion process takes place. While the present invention is directed particularly to boilers or steam generators which employ CFB combustors as the means by which the heat is produced, it is understood that the present invention can readily be employed in a different kind of CFB reactor. For example, the invention could be applied in a reactor that is employed for chemical reactions other than a combustion process, or where a gas/solids mixture from a combustion process occurring elsewhere is provided to the reactor for further processing, or where the reactor merely provides an enclosure wherein particles or solids are entrained in a gas that is not necessarily a byproduct of a combustion process. Similarly, the term U-beam is used in the following discussion for the sake of convenience, and is meant to refer broadly to any type of concave impingement members or impact type particle separators used to collect and remove particles from a particle laden flue gas. Particularly, the particle collecting portion of the impact type particle separators facing the oncoming flow of flue gas particles and entrained solids may be U-shaped, V-shaped, E-shaped, W-shaped, or any other shape as long as they have a concave or cupped surface which is presented to the oncoming flow of flue gas and entrained particles which will enable the members to collect and remove particles from the flue gas. For a general description of CFB reactors, the reader may refer to the aforementioned U.S. Patent No. 5,343,830 to Alexander et al., the text of which is hereby incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein.
particle separator element 10 (hereinafter, element 10) comprises two mutually inverted U-shaped parts (i.e., the bottom of the "U" of each is back-to-back), with one (the first) U-shaped part 12 open to the oncoming flow of flue gas and entrained particles 14, and another (the second) U-shaped part 16 embracing the tube 20. As shown, the first U-shaped part 12 is "shifted" relative to the second U-shaped part 16 by some fraction of the overall height of the element 10.
In order to form an uninterrupted impact type particle separator (U-beam) collecting channel which prevents solids particles from escaping between the elements 10, a lower end 30 of the first U-shaped part 12 of a given element 10 in the assembled position is inserted into an upper end 40 of the corresponding part 12ofalower adjacent element 10. In addition, to prevent solids accumulation in the second part 16 of the elements 10, and also to provide for ease of assembly, an upper end 50 of the second U-shaped part 16 of a given element 10 in the assembled position is inserted into a lower end 60 of the corresponding part 16 of an upper adjacent element 10. This is accomplished by making the walls of the upper end 40 of the first U-shaped part 12 thinned from an inside region of the element 10, while the walls of the lower end 30 of the first U-shaped part 12 are thinned from an outside region of the element 10. Similarly, the walls of the upper end 50 of the second U-shaped part 16 are thinned from the outside region of the element 10, and the walls of the lower end 60 of the second U-shaped part 16 are thinned from the inside region of the element 10.
Each element 10 is preferably supported on the associated tube 20 by means of support pins 70 attached, such as by welding, to opposite sides of the tube 20. While at least one pair of pins 70 is preferred to support each element 10, two pairs of support pins 70, spaced vertically from one another, may be employed for each element 10 to provide a more stable arrangement. The second part 16 of each element 10 is advantageously provided with an indent 80 on an inside portion of the side walls forming the second part 16 which cooperate with the pins 70 provided on the tube 20, allowing each element 10 to hang from the one or more pairs of pins 70.
disassembly process, while still providing the aforementioned cooperation of the ends of the adjacent elements 10, the first U-shaped part 12 of a given element 10 is shifted lower than the second U-shaped part 16 of the same element 10.
Since disassembly will not occur unless a given element 10 is lifted off its associated support pins 70, preventing such vertical movement or lifting secures the assembly of an uninterrupted impact type particle separator (U-beam) collecting channel. Such vertical movement or lifting is prevented by means of a metal locking pin 90 which is inserted into ahole 100 provided in the body of the element 10, just below the indent 80. This structure is illustrated in Fig. 3, where it will be seen that if any attempt to lift the element 10 with the locking pin 90 in place, the locking pin 90 will be pressed against the support pin 70, thereby preventing the indent 80 from disengaging with the support pin 70.
Accidental falling of the locking pin 90 out of the hole 100 is prevented by both the shape and weight distribution of the locking pin 90. A head 110 of the locking pin 90 in the "locked" position is fully passed through the hole 100. The head 110 has a diameter which is larger than that of a body portion 120 of the locking pin 90. The locking pin 90 has a center of gravity 130 which is located outside (beyond) the hole 100, thus securing such a position of the locking pin 90 within the hole 100 such that moving the locking pin 90 out of the hole 100 would be prevented by the step change in diameter of the locking pin 90 formed between the head 110 and the body 120 pressing against an edge 140 of the hole 100. It will thus be seen that the only way to take the locking pin 90 out of the hole 100 is to manually position the locking pin 90 coaxial with the hole 100 and then remove the locking pin 90.
Various materials may be employed for the individual U-beam elements 10, including metal or ceramics.
While specific embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in detail to illustrate the application of the principles of the invention, those skilled in the art will appreciate that changes may be made in the form of the invention covered by the following claims.without departing from such principles. For example, the present invention may be applied to new construction involving circulating fluidized bed reactors or combustors, or to the replacement, repair or modification of existing circulating fluidized bed reactors or combustors. In some embodiments of the invention, certain features of the invention may sometimes be used to advantage without a corresponding use of the other features. Accordingly, all such changes and embodiments properly fall within the scope of the following claims.
wherein each particle separator element has two mutually inverted U-shaped parts, the first U-shaped part open towards the oncoming flow of flue gas and the second U-shaped part embracing the support tube, and wherein the first U-shaped part is shifted relative to the second U-shaped part by some fraction of a height of the particle separator element.
2. The apparatus as claimed in claim ]., wherein the first U-shaped part is shifted lower relative to the second U-shaped part.
3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein walls of an upper end of the first U-shaped part are thinned from an inside region of the particle separator element, walls of a lower end of the first U-shaped part are thinned from an outside region of the particle separator element, walls of an upper end of the second U-shaped part are thinned from the outside region of the particle separator element, and walls of a lower end of the second U-shaped part are thinned from the inside region of the particle separator element.
4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one support tube has at least one pair of support pins for each particle separator element, the pins in each pair being attached to opposite sides of the tube, and wherein the second U-shaped part has indents formed on an inside portion of the side walls for engaging the at least one pair of support pins provided on the tube to allow each particle separator element to hang from the at least one pair of support pins.
5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein each particle separator element is provided with a hole located just below the indents for the at least one pair of support pins and a locking pin inserted into the hole to prevent disengagement of the indents from the at least one pair of support pins.
fully through the hole, the head portion having a larger diameter than a body portion of the locking pin which is located within the hole in the locked position, and wherein the locking pin has a centre of gravity located outside (beyond) the hole when the locking pin is in the locked position.
7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the particle separator element is made of one of metal and ceramic.
8. An apparatus for separating solids from a flow of flue gas in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler, substantially as herein described, particularly with reference to the accompanying drawings.
3 CONNORS TIMOTHY F 15 LANSING AVENUE WATERVLIET, NEW YORK 12189, U.S.A.
6 HAHN JEFFREY J 414 W TRIUMPH ST., EBENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 15931, U.S.A.
1 10/447, 688 2003-05-29 U.S.A.


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This recipe from reader Karin Pereira is simple as can be and a delicious way to use our Oz blend. The coffee and lemon myrtle add great depth to the sweet earthiness of winter carrots.
2. Season carrots with melted butte, salt, and pepper.
3. On a sheet pan lined with foil, toss the carrots with the brown sugar, crushed cookies and Oz, then cover with another sheet of foil.
4. Bake for 15 minutes, then uncover and bake for 15 minutes more.


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Abuse investigation re-opened after audio clip
Jori Epstein
Published 4:51 PM EDT Apr 26, 2019
Two days after a district attorney announced he would not press charges against Kansas City Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill in a child abuse case, the investigation into Hill has been re-opened, Chiefs coach Andy Reid confirmed Friday.
This comes after Kansas City TV station KCTV5 on Thursday night aired segments of an 11-minute audio clip they say is a conversation between Hill and fiancée Crystal Espinal. In the clip, the two allegedly discuss how their 3-year-old son broke his arm. USA TODAY Sports is attempting to confirm the authenticity of the audio and the identities of the people in the recording.
"I didn't do nothing," says a man the TV station identifies as Hill in the clip.
"Then why does (redacted son's name) say, 'Daddy did it'?" asks the woman presumed to be Espinal. "Why? Why does (son's name) say, 'Daddy did it'?"
The man responds: "I don't know. He says Daddy does a lot of things."
In the audio clip, Hill allegedly tells Espinal she needs "to be terrified of me, too, (expletive)." Espinal allegedly says their son says, "Daddy punches me" and that Hill has him "open up his arms and you punch him in the chest. And then if he gets in trouble, you get the belt out."
AUDIO CLIP EMERGES: Chiefs' Tyreek Hill accused of hitting son, threatening fiancee in audio
OPINION: NFL must ban Tyreek Hill if audio found to be legitimate
The Overland Park, Kansas, police department received an anonymous call Thursday night after the audio was released, and police visited Hill and Espinal's home around 8:30 p.m. A police spokesperson told USA TODAY Sports "she was fine." The spokesperson also said Hill and the child were not present, and the caller wished to remain anonymous. Police did not file a report from the visit.
Hill's attorney, Trey Pettlon, declined comment to USA TODAY Sports when reached Friday afternoon by phone, citing confidentiality reasons. In multiple calls Friday to Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe, a member of Howe's office declined comment and said he was unavailable.
The Chiefs issued a statement Thursday night that they learned of the audio that night, along with the public.
"We were deeply disturbed and concerned by what we heard," the statement read. "We have great concern for Crystal, we are greatly concerned for Tyreek, but our main concern is with the young child."
Hill "will not take part in any team activities" while the Chiefs gather more information to "make the right decision," the team said. General manager Brett Veach reiterated that stance in a Friday afternoon news conference introducing defensive end Frank Clark, whom Kansas City traded for this week.
Hill caught 162 passes for 2,662 yards and 19 touchdowns the last two seasons in Kansas City.
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It's perhaps a documentation shortcoming.
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the detail that there was an ambiguous prefix has been lost.


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WHERE: Austin History Center, 810 Guadalupe St.
The Austin History Center invites you to join the authors of Miles and Miles of Texas to celebrate the rich and innovative history of Texas roads. The three authors will share stories about how the project was developed and read selections from the book. A signing will follow the presentation.
On the eve of its centennial, Carol Dawson and Roger Allen Polson with photo editor Geoff Appold, present more than 100 years of history in words and images that track the development of the Texas Highway Department in a new book, Miles and Miles of Texas: 100 Years of the Texas Highway Department, published by Texas A&M University Press.
Dawson's sprawling narrative starts with Neolithic game trails that have evolved into our major highways and interstates, though the book focuses in particular on the 100 year history of the Texas Highway Department (now known as TxDOT). From its infant struggles through the snarls of political corruption, to the challenges facing its engineers as they tackled the largest and most difficult tracts of roadless territory in the lower forty-eight states, to the present day of conflict, controversy, and magnificent achievement, the Texas Highway Department has proven its integrity, ingenuity, and innovative intelligence on an international scale. The story of a civilization's roads is essentially the story of the civilization, and Texas is no exception.
Engineered by Polson and researched and written by renowned author Carol Dawson, Miles and Miles of Texas covers more than four centuries of Texas history through the lens of the land, the trails, the road development and infrastructure. Included are over 350 photographs, many never before published. Polson, who worked for TxDOT as Deputy Director of Public Communications and was the TxDOT Commission Coordinator, conceived the initial vision and production approach. Texas icon Willie Nelson wrote the foreword.
Dawson is a native Texan who has lived and written in a number of states in the U.S. and other countries around the world, including two separate multi-year stints in New Zealand, where she worked on a revisionist history documentary about the mid-nineteenth-century New Zealand Wars between native Maori tribes and the British Crown. She grew up in Corsicana, attended The Hockaday School in Dallas, then the University of Texas in Austin, and is the mother of three. She is the author of four critically-acclaimed novels (The Waking Spell, Body of Knowledge, Meeting the Minotaur, and The Mother-in-Law Diaries) and the award-winning House of Plenty, a book that tells the story of Luby's Cafeterias and the cafeteria industry. Having set all her books in Texas, she returned home to Austin a few years ago.
Polson spent more than 20 years working with the Department of Transportation as a writer, editor and publication designer. His experiences with the 75th and 80th anniversary observances have brought a broad curiosity and knowledge about the historical development and wide-ranging achievements of the Texas Highway Department and the modern-day Texas Department of Transportation. He has traveled across Texas, visiting every highway district and writing feature articles and coordinating video productions about many department employees and accomplishments at all levels. He was Executive Editor of the department's internal newspaper Transportation News from 1994-1997.
Appold was the audiovisual director for the Texas Department of Transportation for more than 20 years. In that role he was responsible for managing, scheduling, and overseeing the production of the department's video and photography, supervising an extremely talented group of photographers and producers. Appold also managed the department's extensive image library which contains thousands of historic and contemporary images. For his wide-ranging contribution to the department, he was presented the Raymond Stotzer Award, the most prestigious recognition given to non-engineers by the agency.


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As I sit in Mod B across from a Tinder match that I only know by first name and self-written bio (he's a vegetarian and into Jane Austen – English major, maybe? I'm not sure), I wonder what happened to the ability to flirt at Kenyon. At other schools, bars and various dining halls provide a perfect setting for snappy conversation and occasional eye contact across the room. Now, without Olin, Kenyon students are left to flounder at the hands of the mods.


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Kiefer Sutherland Stars In New Pilot By HEROES Creator; PRISON BREAK's Haywire Goes GRIMM
By Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
Can't keep Jack Bauer off your television – Kiefer Sutherland (The Confession, 24) has signed on to star in the Fox pilot for Heroes creator Tim Kring's new series, Touch. Sutherland, pictured above at left, plays a man whose autistic [...]
Jason Isaacs To Star in REM; GRIMM Finds Lead
NBC pilots REM and Grimm have been busy casting their lead roles. Jason Isaacs (Brotherhood, Harry Potter), pictured above at left, has taken the lead role and will also be a producer for a new show from Lone Star creator [...]
The CW Looks To Add Zombies To Line-Up, NBC Greenlights Grimm Fairy Tale Police Procedural
Zombies may be invading the CW. The network has recently bought a spec script called Awakening about "two sisters who come of age and face off against one another amidst the beginning of a zombie uprising." The script was written [...]