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WASHINGTON — At 4 a.m. on Jan. 1, 1959, an hour when there never were commercial flights from Havana, David Atlee Phillips was lounging in a lawn chair there, sipping champagne after a New Year's Eve party, when a commercial aircraft flew low over his house. He surmised that dictator Fulgencio Batista was fleeing because Fidel Castro was arriving. He was right. Soon he, and many others, would be spectacularly wrong about Cuba.
According to Jim Rasenberger's history of the Bay of Pigs invasion, "The Brilliant Disaster," Phillips was "a handsome 37-year-old former stage actor" who "had been something of a dilettante before joining the CIA." There, however, he was an expert. And in April 1960, he assured Richard Bissell, the CIA's invasion mastermind, that within six months radio propaganda would produce "the proper psychological climate" for the invasion to trigger a mass Cuban uprising against Castro.
The invasion brigade had only about 1,400 members but began its members' serial numbers at 2,500 to trick Castro into thinking it was larger. Castro's 32,000-man army was supplemented by 200,000 to 300,000 militia members. U.S. intelligence was ignorant of everything from Castro's capabilities to Cuba's geography to Cubans' psychology.
Fifty-two years and many misadventures later, the invasion still fascinates as, in historian Theodore Draper's description, "one of those rare events in history — a perfect failure." It had a perverse fecundity.
It led to President John Kennedy's decision to demonstrate toughness by deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Rasenberger writes that three weeks after the April 1961 invasion, Kennedy sent Vice President Lyndon Johnson to Saigon: "Johnson's assignment was to deliver a message to (South Vietnam's President Ngo Dinh) Diem that the United States intended to fully support the South Vietnamese effort to beat the Communists." (Thirty months later, the United States was complicit in the military coup — regime change — in which Diem was murdered.) The Bay of Pigs led to Nikita Khrushchev's disdainful treatment of Kennedy at the June summit in Vienna, and to Khrushchev being emboldened to put missiles in Cuba.
In 1972, the Bay of Pigs made a cameo appearance in the Watergate shambles, which involved some Cubans and Americans active in the invasion. On the June 23 "smoking gun" Oval Office tape, Richard Nixon directs his aide H.R. Haldeman to urge the CIA to tell the FBI to back off from investigating the burglary by saying, "Look, the problem is that this will open the whole Bay of Pigs thing."
Surely this "thing" should be studied as deeply as possible. Unfortunately, the CIA, which you might think had made every mistake possible regarding the invasion, is now making another. It is resisting attempts to force the release of the fifth and final volume of its official history of it.
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April 12, 2010 7:43 PM
I have no idea. However, according to this website, she only made $2200 last year. Maybe that's why she filmed a commercial for…
Not sure if that paycheck number is accurate or not, but it just goes to show you that people who appear to be wealthy are not necessarily stackin 'dat paper.
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YIELD: 8 to 10 people
ACTIVE TIME: 20 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 1 hour
Ingredients8 oz. or approximately 2 cups of small elbow macaroni
4 t. salt
5 T. butter divided into 2 T. and 3 T.
1 C. italian seasoned bread crumbs
1 C. grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
1/2 C. chopped onion
2 T. all-purpose flour
2 C. milk
1 C. heavy cream
2 C. shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese divided into 1 1/2 C. and 1/2 Cup
2 C. shredded Gruyere cheese
1/2 t. ground mustard
1/4 t. ground red pepper
1/8 t. ground nutmeg
Preparation1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Prepare macaroni in a 6 quart saucepan according to package directions using 3 t. salt. Drain, set aside.
2. Melt 2 T. butter ina a medium skillet over low heat; add bread crumbs and Parmigiano cheese; remove from heat and set aside.
3. Cook onions in remaining 3 T. butter in large saucepan over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes. Whisk in flour; cook 1 minute.. Gradually whisk in milk, cream and salt; cook, stirring constantly 8 to 10 minutes until thickened. Stir in 1 1/2 C. of cheddar cheese, Gruyere cheese and spices. Stir in pasta. Pour into buttered 9 X 13 inch baking dish; sprinkle with 1/2 C. cheddar cheese and bread- crumb mixture. Bake 25 minutes until golden and bubbly.


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Written Answers - Local Government Policy.
Tuesday, 28 June 2005
Dáil Eireann Debate
35. Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the phenomenal growth in population in the Drogheda — south Louth — east Meath area (details supplied), he will grant Drogheda and district city status and thus allow this area to have full responsibility and control over its own future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22311/05]
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Roche): The Local Government Act 2001 modernises the legislative framework, supports community involvement with local authorities in a more participative local democracy and underpins generally the programme of local government renewal, including the position of county and city councils as the primary units of local government. Under the Act, there are five city councils and also five borough councils, including Drogheda, each of which is responsible for a significant range of legal and administrative functions in their respective areas as well as contributing to local development in co-operation with their respective county council.
The Act takes account of the recommendations of the 1996 report of the reorganisation commission, Towards Cohesive Local Government — Town and County, regarding improved accessibility, interaction and linkages for all boroughs and towns with their local county council areas as the way forward. A modernised legal framework and structures at both regional and local level are now in place which provide the necessary powers and flexibility to local authorities to work in partnership at local and regional level to co-ordinate the provision of integrated public services. In these circumstances, I have no proposals for amending legislation, which would be necessary to establish a new city council.
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Last September thieves broke into the Santa Monica home of financier Jeffrey Gundlach and stole, amongst his possessions, some very valuable paintings. Two weeks later, on the other side of Los Angeles County, with the cooperation of various law enforcement agencies, the paintings were recovered and the arrests began. By early January, six people had been charged in the theft and appeared in court to plead "not guilty" (this is called an arraignment). A preliminary hearing is scheduled for February 6 at 9 a.m. in Department 142 at the Airport Branch of the Los Angeles Superior Court. This appearance in court is a just a proceeding to determine if there is sufficient evidence to require a trial.
This theft and recovery of these multimillion dollar paintings seem less glamorous than art thieves portrayed in the media. You can read all about art thieves and the media in a piece by Katie Ogden (ARCA 2009) on the ARCA blog here.


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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
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LAWRENCEVILLE -- Gwinnett police want to hear your thoughts on them.
The public is invited to weigh in Aug. 16 at an information session in Lawrenceville. The meeting is a required step in the Gwinnett County Police Department's quest to retain a highly prized national accreditation, thought to be a benchmark of public safety professionalism and excellence.
Participants in the Aug. 16 meeting must keep their remarks under five minutes, and they must address the department's ability to comply with Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies standards.
Gwinnett police spokesman Cpl. Edwin Ritter said the department has been CALEA certified since 1993, the longest-running streak of national accreditation in Gwinnett.
Beginning Aug. 14, a team of CALEA assessors will examine all aspects of the department.
The test is stringent. Gwinnett police must prove they comply with about 460 standards that cover every area of law enforcement -- from hiring policies to discharging weapons.
Comparatively, state-certified agencies must meet 118 standards outlined by the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police.
The assessment team is composed of public safety personnel from similar agencies outside of Georgia. Their review will included studies of written material, interviews with police and office visits.
Based on the team's observations, CALEA will later decide if the agency will be granted accreditation or not. Accreditation lasts three years. About 5 percent of police agencies in the United States have earned the designation.
Elsewhere in Gwinnett, only Norcross police have achieved national accreditation. Suwanee police are self-assessed and are prepping for a comparable certification, according to CALEA.
County police departments in metro Atlanta with comparable populations, such as Cobb, DeKalb and Fulton, are also certified.
The Aug. 16 public input meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Conference Room (Second Floor) at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville.
Opportunities to weigh in aren't limited to folks who can attend the meeting.
To provide comments to the assessment team by phone, call: 770-513-5881 between 2 and 4 p.m. on Aug. 16.
Or to write CALEA with comments about the Gwinnett County Police Department's ability to meet accreditation standards, address letters to: Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Inc., 13575 Heathcote Blvd., Suite 320, Gainesville, VA 20155.
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TIMONIUM, Md. (WUSA) -- Several hundred fans were escorted out of the Maryland State Fairgrounds during a concert on Saturday.
As the fans were getting ready for The Band Perry, a country music group, to hit the stage fairground officials asked everyone to leave as storms moved in.
After an hour and a half delay the band took the stage but after four songs they got pulled off again due to lighting. The remainder of the show was cancelled.
Fans were disappointed but officials weren't taking any chances after the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair last year during inclement weather.


text: Johannesburg - The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) expects to increase its funding approvals for businesses more than fivefold in the next five years to aid economic growth and development."The IDC expects its loans and advances to increase to approximately R50bn in the next five years," wrote chief executive Geoff Qhena in the latest annual report. The figure in financial 2010 was R12.5bn, a 17% increase in disbursements and loans from the R10.6bn achieved in financial 2008. Its funding approvals of R9.4bn in financial 2010 were the second-highest in the organisation's history and was likely to create up to 32 000 jobs, said IDC acting chairperson Monhla Hlahla.The IDC also tried to aid economic development in rural areas by quadrupling its funding of investments in those areas to R4.6bn."The overall levels of approvals, at R9.4bn was the second-highest on record and is likely to result in the creation and saving of more than 25 000 jobs in South Africa and approximately 7 000 in the rest of the African continent," wrote Hlahla. Move to go greenThe R9.4bn was topped only by the R10.8bn funding approval of 2008, when the SA economy was in recession. Qhena wrote in the same report that 2009 was "unlike anything" the IDC had experienced. It "remained a critical port of call" for businesses struggling to keep their operations afloat under the extreme economic recession experienced two years ago, said Hlahla. Such companies received R1.4bn from the corporation's distressed companies' fund. The funding is estimated to have saved more than 8 800 jobs in a number of industries, including the clothing and textile sector.Hlahla said the IDC has also positioned itself to play a key role in the development of alternative sources of energy. "Our commitment to the development of green industries is reflected in the R11.7bn budgeted for investments in this area over the next five years," said Hlahla.A large bulk of the funding, R8.3bn, would be for feasibility studies into wind farms, solar thermal and photo-voltaic electricity generation. A total R33m has been approved for exploring the feasibility of several wind farms and solar thermal photo-voltaic plants in the Northern Cape. - Fin24


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Authorities are investigating a fatal crash on Interstate 95 early Wednesday morning.
55-year-old Vero Beach resident Scott McKallip was driving on southbound I-95 shortly before 5 a.m. when his vehicle began to drift into the median.
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Order of Business (Resumed)
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Dáil Éireann Debate
An Ceann Comhairle: There are no proposals to be put to the House today. I call Deputy Kenny on the Order of Business.
Deputy Enda Kenny: I wish to raise a number of matters on the Order of Business. The Taoiseach and the leaders of other parties have received a letter from the sole member of the Moriarty tribunal. This tribunal was set up by the Oireachtas for a particular purpose. The letter from the sole member indicates he is considering the drafting of an interim report dealing with what is known as the money trail, although he has not made up his mind finally in this regard. In view of the fact that this is a matter of considerable interest to the Oireachtas, could [384]I suggest to the Taoiseach that he call a meeting of the leaders of the parties to consider a response to the letter? It might not be helpful if the leaders of the parties were to have differing responses, in view of the fact the Oireachtas agreed to set up the tribunal.
I note the House has about 18 sitting days left before it rises for the summer recess. Is it the intention of the Government to bring forward the legislation giving effect to an extension of the remit of the elected members of Údarás na Gaeltachta? Elections are due this year and if they are not going to be held, there will have to be an extension of responsibility given to the members. In that case, is it expected this legislation will be brought before the House before the summer recess?
I refer to a matter which I know is of considerable interest to that redoubtable Deputy from Tipperary, Deputy Mattie McGrath. There seems to be some confusion about the bringing forward of the wildlife Bill. The Minister, Deputy Gormley's people seem to be very anxious to get this Bill through as quickly as possible while others do not. When is the wildlife Bill expected to stalk itself into the House or walk into the House, as the case may be?
In view of the announcement yesterday about the bringing forward of emergency legislation dealing with the number of children who have died in the care of the State, is the Taoiseach in a position to say that this legislation will be introduced during the next couple of weeks to give effect to the transmission of the documentation from the HSE to the review group?
Last week, the Tánaiste said she was of the view that a referendum on children's rights should be a stand-alone issue. Has the Taoiseach had a report from the Minister of State with responsibility for children and youth affairs in the meantime as to the progress on producing the Bill and giving effect to a wording which would be put to the people? Is this work in progress and what progress has been made in the past fortnight?
The Taoiseach: I brought this matter to the attention of the House last week and there has been no advance on last week with regard to that matter. It is still being considered and work is continuing. On the question of legislation being brought to the House, this was discussed at Leaders' Questions. It is now being prepared as a matter of urgency. It will be considered by the Government for approval and brought to the House as soon as possible thereafter, in a matter of weeks.
The wildlife Bill has been published. It was discussed at our parliamentary party meeting and the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, will bring back some of the views. We all know the issues in the programme for Government. The Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, has heard the views of some of our parliamentary party members and he is reverting to the Minister with regard to those views.
The purpose of the Údarás na Gaeltachta ( Amendment) Bill, which is a short Bill, will be to increase the maximum interval between the elections and this Bill will be brought forward during this term in time for the elections.
We have received correspondence from the sole member of the tribunal, Mr. Justice Moriarty and this will be considered and discussed in due course.
Deputy Eamon Gilmore: With regard to the correspondence we have received this morning from the sole member of the Moriarty tribunal, I welcome the fact that this letter has been sent to us. It arises from the suggestion that I made here on 11 May that the House might request Mr. Justice Moriarty to make an interim report to the House. While he draws a distinction between what would constitute an interim report I think he has set out for us some explanation as to why at least some of the delays in the working of the tribunal have taken place. He reminded us of the successive legal actions which were taken, including those by the late [385]Mr. Haughey, which have delayed the progress of the tribunal. He has said he is breaking the remaining matter into two separate reports, one dealing with the money trail and a second dealing with the other matters. He is suggesting he is considering issuing a separate earlier report on the money trail and a later report on the other matters.
A number of points in this letter will need to be considered. Deputy Kenny has suggested to the Taoiseach that there might be a meeting of party leaders to discuss the letter. This is a good suggestion and I recommend it to the Taoiseach. I also think there needs to be a means by which the House itself can consider the letter as it is a letter addressed to the House on the tribunal established by the House and we need some means of addressing it. I appreciate we have just received the letter this morning but it does have to be considered. It is not something we can just simply note and move on.
With regard to the legislation which the Government has promised to allow for the transfer of the files from the HSE to the Gibbons-Shannon investigation, the Taoiseach has said this legislation will be before the House in a matter of weeks. The problem is that the House will only sit for a matter of weeks before the summer recess. Is it the Government's intention to have that legislation enacted so the investigation is not delayed further? If that legislation is not through before the summer recess, for example, the logic would be that these files cannot be transferred until the autumn and then there will be another delay. Or would the Taoiseach consider the suggestion that I made on Leaders' Questions that the investigation might be established under the commission of investigations legislation, which would allow it to proceed?
May I ask the Taoiseach about the comments that were made by the Financial Services Ombudsman? The latter is seeking power to exercise discretion to identify financial institutions he is investigating where the public interest so requires. Will the Government consider agreeing to that request in the context of the Central Bank Bill, which is before the House?
The Taoiseach: As regards the tribunal issues, I have brought to his attention and have at all times kept the member informed of any developments or issues that were being suggested here. I have conveyed that to the member in writing. As regards any further contact, I can keep Deputies informed in addition to whatever consideration I wish to give to the letter before us at the moment.
It is our intention to bring forward that legislation as a matter of urgency during this session and get it enacted before we rise. That is the intention. It is important that the legislation would be brought forward in that way, so we are seeking to achieve that as a matter of urgency.
As regards the Financial Services Ombudsman stating that he should have the power to name institutions where it is in the public interest, that matter has been notified to the Minister for Finance. The Department of Finance has been in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General and the Ombudsman to see in what way that issue can be progressed. The Office of the Attorney General has confirmed that primary legislation would be required if the decision was to proceed along those lines. The matter will have to be considered in more detail in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, following which the Minister can then consider the issues.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yesterday, the Taoiseach indicated that he was willing to schedule statements and questions on the crisis in child protection. He said this would be facilitated to address the progress being made and the implementation of the recommendations in the Ryan and Monageer reports, as well as the recent report by the Ombudsman for Children. The value of the commitment was lost, however, when the Taoiseach said it would not happen next week or the week after.
[386]An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy is drifting. There is a serious overrun on the Order of Business this morning.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In light of the serious situation that has pertained for a considerable period, when the Taoiseach is ordering business will he allow time in the coming week to address these issues properly on the floor of the House? I ask him not to defer it all into the month of July, as seemed to be the sub-text of his answers yesterday. I am asking him to give that commitment.
On promised legislation, I note that on Monday the Minister of State with responsibility for children, Deputy Barry Andrews, indicated that legislation was not required to compel the release of the necessary information, including reports, to the inquiry team which has now been established concerning the deaths of children in the care of the State.
An Ceann Comhairle: We cannot have detailed statements on inquiries about legislation.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am talking about promised legislation.
An Ceann Comhairle: I accept that, but the Deputy should confine his remarks to a brief framework.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would ask the Ceann Comhairle to apply his rulings equitably. He constantly holds me to particular requirements and standards, but does not apply them to others in this House. That is in evidence every day in this Chamber. I will finish what I have started. Given the fact that the Taoiseach indicated yesterday that legislation would be required, is such legislation now being prepared? Given the seriousness of what is involved, will he ensure that this emergency legislation — as it must now be described — will be accommodated by setting aside other planned work in ordering the Dáil schedule over the coming weeks, so that the legislation can be brought before the House expeditiously and that we can deal with it effectively and speedily?
An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy's co-operation is needed.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As regards the information that gave rise to the difference of opinion between the Minister of State's position on Monday and the Taoiseach's views yesterday, was it the report of the Attorney General that indicated that legislation would now be necessary?
An Ceann Comhairle: Please, Deputy.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Why has it taken such a time for the Attorney General's report to be received? If that is not the guidance and steer, will the Taoiseach explain why there is a difference of opinion?
An Ceann Comhairle: We cannot have question time on the Order of Business.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am asking about promised legislation.
An Ceann Comhairle: There is far too much detail.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am asking why on one day this week we were told legislation was unnecessary, but the following day we were told that it was.
An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy can pursue the matter some other way, but not on the Order of Business.
[387]Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am trying to get an understanding of the genesis for the change in opinion and attitude by the Minister of State and the Taoiseach over a 24-hour period. Will the Taoiseach avail of the opportunity to explain this to the House? Will he speed up the processing of that legislation for the reasons I have outlined? Will he accommodate an opportunity for Members of the House to address progress — although there is a question mark there — on the recommendations contained in a series of reports that I have already mentioned?
An Ceann Comhairle: I call the Taoiseach on promised legislation.
The Taoiseach: I am happy to deal with any misrepresentations of the facts through the Deputy's assertions. I have explained all morning that the Minister was notified of the HSE's legal concerns on Monday. On Tuesday morning, the Government made a decision as to what would be required. On Tuesday afternoon, there was a meeting between the Attorney General's office, the HSE and the Minister for Health and Children's legal officials to decide what could be brought forward or passed in the absence of that in the meantime. There is no question of delay. The minute the matter was brought to our attention, we dealt with the issue.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The inquiry team had been set up.
The Taoiseach: I am sorry but I have listened to the Deputy and I am now answering the questions.
An Ceann Comhairle: Please Deputy Ó Caoláin.
The Taoiseach: The Deputy is not entitled to interrupt other Deputies when he is getting an answer. He spent ten minutes asking the question and the minute I open my mouth to give an answer he has something to say about it.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Not at all.
The Taoiseach: If he wants factual information, but if he does not like what he is hearing he should take it up somewhere else. He cannot take it up here.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I can take it up here and that is what the Taoiseach does not like. I will continue to take it up here whether or not the Taoiseach likes it or, indeed, his front man in the Chair.
The Taoiseach: He cannot do so because he is constantly interrupting.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If the Taoiseach cannot answer----
The Taoiseach: The Deputy does not have much graciousness.
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Ó Caoláin, please.
The Taoiseach: It is out of order to refer to the Ceann Comhairle in that way.
Deputy Arthur Morgan: The Taoiseach is not the Ceann Comhairle.
The Taoiseach: I did not say I was. I am just bringing to the Deputy's attention that what he had to say was discourteous. Luckily the Ceann Comhairle did not hear it.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If the Taoiseach would answer the questions we would not have these exchanges.
[388]The Taoiseach: The Ceann Comhairle is a far better man in that position than the Deputy would be in any context, including football and politics. I can assure the Deputy of that. I will proceed with an answer.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am not going to be over-ruled by him.
The Taoiseach: That is it. Sin é. There is absolutely no point in continuing.
An Ceann Comhairle: Tá go maith. We will now move on to Deputy Ruairí Quinn.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, the Taoiseach does not have the facility to ignore a Deputy's question. He is making snide remarks.
An Ceann Comhairle: This is completely disorderly. I ask the Deputy to resume his seat.
Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is what the Taoiseach resorts to.
An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy should resume his seat. He is spreading disorder in the Chamber. I call on Deputy Quinn.
Deputy Ruairí Quinn: Is it safe to get up?
Deputy Eamon Gilmore: Mind the crossfire.
Deputy Ruairí Quinn: By my calculations we have about six weeks left before the House rises on 9 July. Under normal circumstances, a period of two weeks is given before a Bill is moved on Second Stage in the House. Against that background, when are we likely to see the legislation to provide a proper statutory basis for the community national school model, which is under the patronage of the Minister for Education and Skills? It has been promised for the past two years.
The Taoiseach: I understand it is expected in two weeks.
Deputy Joan Burton: Given the presence of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern, I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the tens of thousands of people who are subject to management companies in terms of the homes they are purchasing. What is the position and does the Government have a timeline to bring the Multi-Unit Developments Bill back from the Seanad to complete it? Is there any hope for the tens of thousands of people who are mired in difficulty and must pay very high service charges? Developers are in liquidation and are living in Spain.
An Ceann Comhairle: The Bill is in the Seanad.
Deputy Joan Burton: Developers are responsible for the management companies and the poor people who bought very expensive homes that are now in negative equity, who have 35 year and 40 year mortgages, have no recourse.
An Ceann Comhairle: Please, Deputy. We cannot have detailed statements on inquiries about legislation.
Deputy Joan Burton: The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern, is present.
An Ceann Comhairle: I advise the Deputy that the Bill is in the Seanad. We are awaiting its arrival in this House.
[389]Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: It has been there for the past year.
Deputy Joan Burton: The Bill has been promised for seven years. Fianna Fáil is 13 years in power today. The Bill was promised by the former Taoiseach and the current Taoiseach.
An Ceann Comhairle: If other Deputies are out of order on the Order of Business, Deputy Burton will be also if she continues along those lines.
Deputy Joan Burton: Could the Taoiseach please give us a timeline of when the Bill might be completed in the Seanad and brought to this House? The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is present. Does he have a timeline or a time plan for the legislation? People are in desperate situations. We have seen the television programmes about the ghost estates. They are all held by management companies.
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy, please. Could the Taoiseach clarify the position on the legislation?
The Taoiseach: I understand Report Stage of the Bill will be taken in the Seanad next week. Redrafting of the Bill in many respects has taken place on foot of the good suggestions that were made in the Seanad and elsewhere to try to ensure we get the legislation right. Having progressed in the Seanad the Bill will come into the House as soon as possible. I do not know whether it will be possible to get beyond Second Stage before the term ends. We are all anxious to move the Bill along as quickly as possible.
Deputy James Reilly: I wish to inquire about a number of pieces of legislation. The Taoiseach has clarified today that he had a meeting yesterday with the Attorney General but there appears to be confusion. The Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, told us there was no planned legislation but the Taoiseach told us today there would be.
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Reilly.
Deputy James Reilly: I wish to inquire on this important matter which has already been raised by Deputy Gilmore. Deputy Shatter raised the problem in March 2009.
An Ceann Comhairle: On the Order of Business inquiries about legislation do not provide for long dissertations on the matter.
Deputy James Reilly: I would be much shorter if I was not interrupted.
The Taoiseach: The Deputy would not be interrupted if he was in order.
An Ceann Comhairle: I urge Deputy Reilly to bring his contribution to a conclusionsoon.
Deputy James Reilly: I will. I wish to ask the Taoiseach when the legislation will come before the House. Is it really credible that the Health Service Executive, renowned for being full of bean counters, cannot tell us how many children are in its care or have died in its care?
The second question is on Loughloe House which I visited only two days ago. I met a gentleman with the same name as myself who is so stressed out through being coerced into moving out of that institution that he is now in hospital with a serious medical condition.
An Ceann Comhairle: That is not an inquiry about legislation.
[390]Deputy James Reilly: I am inquiring about the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill and whether patients will be protected under the legislation?
An Ceann Comhairle: We are going to find out when the legislation will materialise.
Deputy James Reilly: If patients do not wish to leave what they consider to be their home, will they be harangued and harassed into ill health in order to remove them?
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Reilly. I call on the Taoiseach to respond on promised legislation.
The Taoiseach: There is no date for the second piece of legislation on which the Deputy inquired. The first piece of legislation is being drafted as a matter of urgency and it should be in the House this session.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: You will be glad, a Cheann Comhairle, to hear that I will be very orderly this morning.
Deputy Emmet Stagg: You always are.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: I will not go over the points raised previously other than to ask in the context of the issue raised by all the party leaders and by Deputy Reilly whether the Taoiseach can indicate who in the HSE raised in the first instance the question of legal difficulty in terms of the release of information.
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Durkan, we cannot have a debate about promised legislation on the Order of Business.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: This will only take a second. It is a simple question. It is relative to the points raised on the Order of Business already and to yesterday's Order of Business.
An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy is merely prolonging the debate on the issue.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: I would have finished by now if you had not interrupted me. The next part of the question is whether the Taoiseach has been given that information. Were the deaths of the children who died while in care published in the national newspapers at the time? If so, why is there such a difficulty in releasing the information now?
An Ceann Comhairle: All these questions would be much more appropriate to the line Minister.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: All right.
Deputy Emmet Stagg: The line Minister does not answer questions.
An Ceann Comhairle: This is totally inappropriate for the Order of Business.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: The Minister is very reluctant to answer questions.
An Ceann Comhairle: We cannot have a full-scale debate.
The Taoiseach: Members are getting away with murder.
[391]Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: Is it not true that all the information requested has already been compiled and collated within the Health Service Executive going back for as long as is necessary?
An Ceann Comhairle: I call the Taoiseach to reply to the question on promised legislation.
The Taoiseach: The promised legislation will be in the House in two weeks.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: That is not an answer.
The Taoiseach: The question was not in order.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: A Cheann Comhairle, hold on a second——
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy, please. We cannot have Question Time on the Order of Business. The Deputy is a long time in this House and he knows its rules.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: This is an issue that affects us all.
An Ceann Comhairle: We fully accept that but there are other ways of raising it.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: What other ways?
An Ceann Comhairle: The matter can be raised with the line Minister.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: The line Minister does not answer.
An Ceann Comhairle: It is entirely inappropriate for the Order of Business. Deputy Durkan should resume his seat please.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: A Cheann Comhairle——
An Ceann Comhairle: It is now 12.30 p.m. and we are still on the Order of Business. I call on Deputy Durkan to please resume his seat.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: I am sorry that your attitude——
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Durkan is spreading disorder in the House.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: This is either a House of Parliament or it is not.
An Ceann Comhairle: It certainly is, but we have Standing Orders.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: Let us have information.
An Ceann Comhairle: The House must be run on the basis of Standing Orders which should be respected.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: The information is available——
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Durkan should resume his seat, please.
[392]Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: It is the same old story. You need to look at that yourself, a Cheann Comhairle.
Deputy James Bannon: I note that the publication of the geothermal energy Bill is expected in 2010. Will the Taoiseach indicate whether it is still on course and if it will be taken before the summer recess?
The Taoiseach: I understand the earliest the Bill will be ready is later in the year.
Deputy Joanna Tuffy: Ms Kathleen O'Toole, the head of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate, was reported in the newspaper the other day as saying that the role of Garda Reserve members needed to be expanded. It appears that many members of the Garda Reserve are applying for jobs with the PSNI because of the recruitment embargo in the Garda Síochána. That is one of her suggestions. Does the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform have legislation planned in that regard?
An Ceann Comhairle: Is legislation promised?
The Taoiseach: No legislation is promised.
Deputy Alan Shatter: On the issue that was previously raised and the legislation to facilitate the Health Service Executive to provide documentation to the review group, what consideration has been taken to ensure the matter is finally addressed correctly? What consideration is being given in the context of the promised legislation to giving a statutory function to the review group that has been formed to investigate the number of child deaths in care? Has consideration been given to the fact that if information is finally furnished by the Health Service Executive that requires the two individuals, Geoffrey Shannon and Norah Gibbons, to conduct inquiries about it, they have no statutory powers and they cannot compel any additional information to come from the Health Service Executive? They cannot require people within a managerial position nor social workers working within the Health Service Executive to clarify anything contained in documents they receive. This inquiry is going to run into obvious difficulty.
An Ceann Comhairle: We cannot have a debate on the matter at this stage. Deputy Shatter should be asking a question.
Deputy Alan Shatter: What I am asking, Sir, is in the context of the legislation that has been promised — the Taoiseach has truthfully told the House that until Monday of this week he was given no indication, nor was the Government given any indication — that there was a difficulty on the part of the Health Service Executive in co-operating with this group. We now know that the Government will be alerting staff on Monday——
An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy will have to find a different time to raise this matter, not on the Order of Business.
Deputy Alan Shatter: I wish to signpost the Taoiseach that other difficulties will arise. If we are going to get to the root of what occurred, which has resulted in an unspecified number of children dying in care, there will be a necessity to give Norah Gibbons and Geoffrey Shannon a statutory role to ensure that further inquiries they need to make are responded to and we get to the bottom of what has occurred, namely, the scandal within our child care system. Instead of us dealing with this on a piecemeal basis, would the Taoiseach please take this matter back to Government——
[393]An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy, we will be teasing out this issue in the House in two weeks.
Deputy Alan Shatter: ——because it is quite clear that when Geoffrey Shannon and Norah Gibbons were appointed no thought was given to what difficulties——
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy, please.
Deputy Alan Shatter: ——might be encountered by them in carrying out the functions——
An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy should please resume his seat.
Deputy Alan Shatter: ——with which they have been bestowed?
An Ceann Comhairle: We have been teasing out this issue for weeks here.
Deputy Alan Shatter: Quite clearly, when Mr. Shannon and Ms Gibbons were appointed, no thought was given to the difficulties they might encounter in carrying out the functions bestowed on them.
Deputy Enda Kenny: That is correct.
The Taoiseach: As I have said, I cannot get into the detail of the legislation now being prepared. I remind the House that the review group has been asked to examine existing information on all deaths of children in care over the past ten years. It will produce an overall report for publication which includes, on an anonymised basis, key summary information regarding each child and the circumstances leading up to his or her death. That is what the review group has been asked to do. We will ensure that amending legislation gives a legal basis to the exchange of information between the HSE and the Department, the sharing of which might otherwise be legally restricted. We will ensure that all the necessary information is available to the review group, so that those who have been asked to carry out this task can do so in a manner that is fit for purpose.
Deputy Alan Shatter: The important thing is——
An Ceann Comhairle: We cannot debate this matter on the Order of Business.
Deputy Alan Shatter: I am trying to be helpful, rather than obstructive. The important thing is that the review group gets the information.
An Ceann Comhairle: I ask the Deputy to resume his seat.
Deputy Alan Shatter: The inquiry arising from that information needs to get the co-operation of those in managerial positions in the HSE and the social workers who have been involved in individual cases.
An Ceann Comhairle: I call Deputy Broughan on the Order of Business.
Deputy Alan Shatter: That is the gap. That is the lacuna that has to be addressed.
Deputy Thomas P. Broughan: I have two brief questions for the Taoiseach. The State Airports Act 2004, which provides for the separation of Cork, Shannon and Dublin airports, has not been implemented. Is it intended that the Act will be implemented? Is new legislation needed in that regard? Will Aer Rianta, which still exists, be restored?
[394]I am a member of the Committee of Public Accounts, which is currently beginning an investigation into the failures of the Department of Finance, the Financial Regulator and the Central Bank in the period from 2002 to 2010. I wonder if the Taoiseach would be available to attend, or interested in attending, a meeting of the committee to brief members on his period as Minister for Finance?
An Ceann Comhairle: Does the Deputy have an inquiry about promised legislation?
Deputy Thomas P. Broughan: Is the Taoiseach interested in briefing the committee on the events of that era?
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: It is a great idea.
The Taoiseach: I look forward to the opportunity.
Deputy Thomas P. Broughan: If the Taoiseach wants to come down to the committee, he will be very welcome.
Deputy Eamon Gilmore: It is a very good idea.
The Taoiseach: Deputy Broughan is sharpening his knives.
Deputy Joe McHugh: I thank the Taoiseach's office for getting back to me last week on the Adoption Bill 2009. The information was appreciated. On March 22 last, the Minister for Foreign Affairs indicated that he intended to do everything possible to deal with the 40,000 unprocessed passport applications in Molesworth Street.
An Ceann Comhairle: This is entirely inappropriate to the Order of Business.
Deputy Joe McHugh: I will be brief.
An Ceann Comhairle: It is an important issue, but there are other ways of raising it.
Deputy Joe McHugh: I will be succinct.
An Ceann Comhairle: It should not be raised on the Order of Business.
Deputy Joe McHugh: As of today——
An Ceann Comhairle: No, I cannot allow it.
Deputy Joe McHugh: This is a matter for the Department of Foreign Affairs.
An Ceann Comhairle: I cannot allow this.
Deputy Joe McHugh: There are 63,000 unprocessed applications in Molesworth Street.
An Ceann Comhairle: I ask the Deputy to resume his seat.
Deputy Joe McHugh: I need to know——
An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy should submit a question to the Minister.
[395]Deputy Joe McHugh: Those who are about to apply for a passport——
An Ceann Comhairle: I ask the Deputy to resume his seat.
Deputy Joe McHugh: What does the Minister for Foreign Affairs intend to do? Will he speak to the CPSU? Will he provide additional staff?
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy, will you resume your seat?
Deputy Joe McHugh: Will he provide overtime? What will he do about the 23,000 extra unprocessed passports?
The Taoiseach: The Deputy is being succinct.
Deputy Joe McHugh: We are coming into the summer. People are going on their holidays and travelling for commercial reasons.
An Ceann Comhairle: There are other ways of raising the matter.
Deputy Joe McHugh: This morning, a man who was going to Abu Dhabi was turned away.
An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy will be asked to leave the House if he does not resume his seat.
Deputy Joe McHugh: He was going to Abu Dhabi on business, but he was turned away.
An Ceann Comhairle: Resume your seat, please.
Deputy Joe McHugh: There are 63,000 unprocessed applications.
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy, will you resume your seat?
Deputy Joe McHugh: A Cheann Comhairle, I am sure you will be going on holiday this summer.
An Ceann Comhairle: I am going to ask you to leave the House unless you resume your seat.
Deputy Joe McHugh: I am not leaving. I want to get my message through to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Deputy Joe McHugh: I want to warn those who may be going on holiday this summer that they might not be able to get their passports.
An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy is being disorderly. I ask him to resume his seat.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: Even the Taoiseach might want to go on holidays.
Deputy Joe McHugh: We might as well leave the House open because nobody will be going on any holidays this summer.
The Taoiseach: So much for succinctness.
Deputy Dermot Ahern: It is a holiday home.
Deputy Joe McHugh: Passports must be provided.
[396]The Taoiseach: Dún na nGall.
Deputy Alan Shatter: The only way the Government can keep people in the country is by stopping them from getting passports.
Deputy Jan O'Sullivan: I think my question relates to the previous issue in some ways. Many people use sunbeds before they go on holidays, to get what they call a base for their tan.
An Ceann Comhairle: Sunbeds are not appropriate to the Order of Business.
Deputy Jan O'Sullivan: I am asking about promised legislation.
Deputy Willie Penrose: If one goes out an a bog, one will get plenty of sun.
Deputy Jan O'Sullivan: There is a promise to introduce legislation to control the use of sunbeds and to ban their use by people under the age of 18. Can the Taoiseach tell the House when that legislation will be introduced? Will it be in the House before the summer? It has been proven that sunbeds can cause serious damage, including skin cancer.
The Taoiseach: There is no date for that legislation at the moment.
Deputy Jan O'Sullivan: Can I raise a second issue? Many other Deputies have spoken about the Government's belief that special legislation is needed to transfer files to the relevant people, with regard to the number of children who have died in care.
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy, please. We are into serious repetition yet again.
Deputy Jan O'Sullivan: We all want the legislation to be expedited as quickly as possible. The Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 is due to come to this Chamber from the Seanad.
An Ceann Comhairle: We have been discussing the introduction of legislation to deal with this general area all morning.
Deputy Jan O'Sullivan: The legislation to which I refer will come here from the Seanad. It might be more expeditious to amend that legislation to provide for what the Government believes is needed. The Bill in question has been passed by the Seanad and is due to come before this House. We all want this legislation to be introduced as quickly as possible. I wonder if the Bill in question could operate as a vehicle to enable the Government to do what it considers necessary, so the entire community can find out how many children died in care and why they died.
The Taoiseach: We will give consideration to all of these matters and avail of the quickest way of doing it.
Deputy Jan O'Sullivan: The Taoiseach's enthusiasm is really encouraging.
The Taoiseach: I have been here for two hours.
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The links below discuss general marking conventions to help understand device markings similar to those in the examples to the right.
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Unit Date Code:
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A small sample of packaging codes found within the device description marking is given in the table below:
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IN THE case of Isla Verde, if the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) will certify that it is an area with high susceptibility to geohazards like storm surges and liquefaction then the LGU must try to relocate these people.
I would prefer to prioritize the citizens of the city because I have been told that a number of these migrants have never fully integrated into our LGU. There are a number of them who stay in the area for economic reasons but still vote in their home provinces.
I do not think it is being heartless for an LGU to prioritize its own citizens for relocation and financial assistance.
If the LGU decides to allow locals to go back to the same area then it would be best to first put in place the policies and infrastructures to guide it's development.
I would recommend that the public property not be distributed as lots to the informal sector to own but will instead be designated as a transitional housing area where the community will be allowed to build temporary shelters but will have to vacate that area after a period of ten years. This ten-year period I think will be enough for the LGU to purchase and develop new land for their eventual permanent resettlement.
To make the community safe during their ten-year stay, proper infrastructure must be put in place. Roads for internal traffic circulation plus access for fire trucks and ambulances will be a must. The buffer zone from the shoreline of 30 meters must be respected by immediately planting mangroves in that buffer zone to clearly delineate the area. Lots for their transitional houses must be spaced to prevent congestion and become another fire hazard.
The LGU can perhaps now try to solve the health and sanitation issues of the community by setting up the necessary infrastructure for that.
Imagine a communal facility for the community's bathing and toilet purposes with standard septic tanks. I am talking about a building that can accommodate at least 20 persons at a time. This will of course take into account some cultural considerations to be successful.
Rainwater catchment facilities can be installed so that these can be used for flushing toilets. Proper roof and window designs will allow natural light and air to enter the building during the day and maybe solar panels can be used to light the facility at night.
The building will be well lit as well as provide separate facilities between sexes. The facility will be a safe haven for the women and their children who are constantly exposed to sexual harassment or worse rape whenever they take a bath or leak in an open area.
In India, the urine and waste have separate compartments because urine will be collected by trucks to be further processed as fertilizer for farms while the human wastes go to bio-digesters to produce methane for cooking purposes of the surrounding houses.
Cenro can use the adulterated urine to water the plants and gardens of the city while CHO or CSSDO can teach families to cook nutritious and inexpensive meals.
To make this facility sustainable, a minimal users' fee can be charged while strict enforcement of sanitation ordinance will be imposed – those who resort to open defecation and other unsanitary practices will be fined and required to volunteer to clean the community facility.
The local government can subsidize the operation owing to the saving derived from benefits of better community health and sanitation practices.
Is the proposal expensive? Engineering and architecture classes and their professional associations can draw up cost-effective designs for such facility.
Considering the facility's environmental benefits, the community health benefits, social and security benefits and aesthetic benefits, I would say that the city government, Local Water District and the service oriented private organization can all share in building such facility in our informal communities.
The long term solution will always be waste water and septage treatment plants but we can start with communal sanitation facilities for our informal communities.
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Representatives from KME Fire Apparatus show you what the company had on display at FDIC 2012.
Hi this -- Jason Wiemer continue fire apparatus. We're here -- FDIC 2012. Cheney has seven apparatus on -- -- FDIC. And if you miss the show we want to introduce you to three of the key products that we have featured at this shell. First what is -- -- rescue package this year's engine rescue has an all new digital control pump panel on. This simplifies the controls for the firefighter lowers the cost because you win one controller on the vehicle now is that of seven individual controllers. And it just makes it very intuitive to operate he simply touch. And the valve opens the position need to go to. It works for the gloved hand it works in all of the elements. And it provides a nice simple solution. Using all digital electronics for today's market but also helps lower the space on the panel you'll notice -- pump -- only 34 inches wide. That keeps the -- down so they can take a full engine rescue that is 496. Cubic feet of storage capacity. And put on a 187 -- so still very maneuverable for the fire industry -- -- in those tight streets. So the new -- engine rescue features 496. Cubic feet of storage capacity leader in the industry. Full -- full -- compartments on both sides of the apparatus. 29 inches deep 72 inches tall -- can store any rescue equipment or -- -- equipment they are looking to carry. This package which is only 31 feet six inches overall length. Has -- thousand gallon capacity in the tank. 975. Council water 25 gallons -- fault. With all this storage capacity. A large -- bed and that water tank it's unrivaled in the industry. Now I'd like to show you the back of the apparatus. Rescue customers -- -- have a lot of storage capacity but they also -- -- some unique items. Up on the right side we have some extra storage space for hose -- can hold 12150 feet at three -- -- -- there. In the center -- a nice -- hosted keeping the firefighter from having to crawl up on to the apparatus. Thousand feet of fighting -- fifth set a height that I can reach from ground level. Latter storage. Waist -- sitting right on top of the frame rails fully enclosed. Latter compliment including your 24 foot two section extension ladder in your fourteen foot roof we've also thrown into space for backwards storage. Because your -- rescue company needs to carry all those different pieces of equipment. The pre connected -- -- there's also storage up top for stokes and a little giant. Another feature like to show you -- came these exclusive lock and load those that cover the lock and load -- to -- -- cover. In a very small space. Allows -- -- -- the cover forward and then lifted up keeping it at a low height for stations that don't have a lot of clearance. But providing a good solid walking surface about. Hi I'm Jason Bay overcame me and I like to introduce you to our brand new 123 -- -- mount aerial at latter. A lot of our features across the border from -- -- nine always that 123 -- consistent featuring like they want a two and a half to one structural safety factor. 500 pounds of load on restricted of angle. Also we feature the widest in the deepest hand rails in the industry. Giving you the capability to pass the stokes basket from the tip the latter to the base. And also creating a nice comfortable climbing path for the firefighter. Also you can notice the monitor has the capability going twenty to thirty degrees above horizontal featuring art came -- storefront but. This gives you the power to get the water more -- -- need it whether it's through -- first floor window. Of warehouse or a soft -- of burning building giving you the flexibility. Put our -- energy and water weight to its best use. You can see our body is full height or depth compartment Haitian featuring over 296. Cubic feet of storage space for you to store your store -- carrier. Positive pressure fans -- saws and things of that nature. Our new body design also features full depth compartments giving -- ability to store saws. Positive pressure fans. That body design actually has over 296. Cubic feet of storage space. Are out -- for this 123 for latter Horry for -- down -- system through the front to the back with eighteen foot senator senator Jack stance. All of our aerial devices feature hand held -- giving -- the ability to get up to fourteen feet away from the truck. To really see are out murders of motion to make sure there's no obstructions with cars or different polls. You'll take notice also. Our ground letters are pulling close within the two with a torque box. This truck actually features over 183 feet of ground matters which is well above the -- so standard complement. I am and the answer product manager for rescue trucks. -- -- fire apparatus. And I'm like thank -- around myrtle beach south Carolina's. Heavy duty rescue truck walk around. Features they predator. Cabin chassis. Produced by came in. This is and it's going through entry through excel at the cab. Inside has custom storage designed specifically for the Myrtle Beach fire department. As well as 44 -- faith and seats. The cat -- large or -- in the highest expansion. With 500 horsepower. One of the features that became me rescue truck. -- formed body design. In this case it's aluminum bodies we do offer. Staying with dealing Galvin the -- bodies additionally. That can be rescued body comes standard with when he nine inch deep compartments which is the largest with conventional frame rails in the industry. This struck in particular features a hill 1850. That -- -- With that 500 gallon water tank. As you can see by our pump panel design it's nice and compact it only takes up the room which we need for all the -- and valves. The rest is left this open storage space where the fire department to use at their discretion. Gave -- custom designs -- fire truck. For each individual fire department's needs as you can see in this compartment itself it's designed with -- slide out -- its storage above. And also our rollout dropped down -- Which feature automatically latches. Picking up all the compartment space this struck also features a six bank cascade system with -- to position -- station. Again all the controls -- user friendly locations. As well as customized storage. Specifically designed for the fire department. I appreciate you taking the time to walk around with me. Please visit our website at WWW back of match dot com -- -- -- -- to YouTube channel outside as well on the Internet.


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Programs in Salem, W.Va.; Pocahantas, Ark.; and Lewisville, Texas Recognized for Literacy Efforts
WASHINGTON, January 30, 2009—Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the nation's oldest and largest children and families' literacy nonprofit organization, has named its three Programs of the Month award recipients for January 2009. These three programs are: the Doddridge County CEOs Council (Salem, W.Va.), Walnut Ridge Head Start/Early Head Start (Pocahantas, Ark.), and Lillie L. Jackson Early Childhood PTA (Lewisville, Texas).
"These three RIF programs have done outstanding jobs at motivating children to read," said Carol H. Rasco, president and CEO of RIF. "Studies show that children who read for pleasure do better in school. RIF is proud to recognize the work of these RIF programs for their achievement in helping children discover the joy and value of reading."
Doddridge County CEOs Council serves a rural population in the heart of West Virginia's Appalachia, where 65 percent of the children enrolled in the consolidated school system qualify for free and reduced-price (F/RP) meals. This RIF program distributes books to more than 180 children through three sites—the Doddridge County Head Start program, the Doddridge County Library, and the Center Point Outpost Library.
Walnut Ridge Head Start/Early Head Start serves 92 children ages 0-5, all of whom qualify for F/RP meals. This RIF program was recently highlighted in a full-page article for their Fall Festival book distribution. The local fire and police department, as well as the mayor and other community organizations, took part in the festivities. Walnut Ridge Head Start/Early Head Start has great community participation and support for their Family of Readers program, which engages families to make reading a priority in their homes.
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High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measure 999 square feet (90 square meters). This business-friendly hotel also offers barbecue grills, coffee/tea in the lobby, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. An area shuttle within 5 mi and a shopping center shuttle are complimentary for guests. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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Here at MIEN, we adore the summer and the good weather that the season brings (or at least, what we hope for - the weather in the British isles does keep one on their toes). Few foods scream English louder than a good old Eton Mess. Pure heaven!
One of life's greatest pleasures is sharing food. And it seems that no matter how old we get, dessert (or shall I say pudding?) seems to be even more sinfully delightful in the company of others - especially when the creation is a group effort.
Here is our very own simple recipe for the Eton Mess, a quintessentially English dessert that traditionally features strawberries, cream and meringue. A glass of bubbly or tea will be the perfect accompanying beverage - all depends on your mood.
The recipe is not only easy, but a fantastic hit at any picnic or dinner party.
10-12 meringue shells (store-bought is perfectly fine or try making them on your own at home)
Mixed berries - a lovely combination of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries is ideal (2 or 3 punnets - the more the better)
One pint of double cream for whipping
- Crush meringues in a bowl
- Whip the double cream until stiff and then fold into bowl with crushed meringues (leave a few good table spoons)
- Wash and cut the berries into small bite-sized chunks
- Mix with meringues and cream until you get a lovely mess of flavours (you'll know the perfect amount of berries once you start the mixing process - leave a few berries to decorate the top of the dessert
- Once your mixture is complete, then take the leftover cream and neatly spread on top of your mess
- Decorate the top with the rest of your berries (we made a beautiful heart shape on ours)
- Serve in small clear glasses (so pretty) or even more delightful in vintage tea cups
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newbie, need some advice, 6.0 excursion, 165k
new guy here looking for some help. i have a '03 6.0 ex with 165k. i purchased the vehicle new and as a result of being completely clueless regarding anything mechanical i have done little to this vehicle. i realize that i have been lucky beyond belief and have begun to get on the road to paying attention.
routine maintenance has been done on this vehicle though i will admit that some of the time intervals have been longer than are acceptable to the expert advice i have read recently.
hpop was recently replaced and while having that done the ford diesal expert advised to have the oil cooler replaced as well. after his internal inspection he advised that i was even luckier than i thought. he said i had the 'good' oil cooler and that i had almost no indication of casting sand buildup in the degas bottle or even inn the old cooler.
i did not go with the egr delete (maybe a mistake) but replaced the egr valve.
as for the typical issues with the 6.0, at 165k this is all i have experienced.
flushing the system has been done, new batteries, fuel pump, alternator, a hose here or there.
so now that i am the luckiest 6.0 owner ever i would like to continue my streak. i need to get the edge insight and the egt probe, i know. cs or cts? do i need any other probes or pressure sensors for the edge?
i should add a secondary oil filter and a coolant filter. what do you recomend?
i need to do the fuel spring mod. is their a kit for that with intructions that i can order?
believe it or not i still have the original brakes and pads. i know it is going to be time soon though. should i go with all ford parts or are there aftermarket parts that are better?
it will be time to upgrade the suspension, both front and rear soon. the rear end has always sagged a bit, did tie rod ends at 110k and i was told they have a little play so need to do them again, went for a front end alighnment and was told there is too much play in the steering box so i need to do that as well. so bring on your recomendations for the suspension upgrades.
the vehicle runs about 1000 miles a week now that i am using it for work and got my wife a car. stock everything at this point and i am not looking to lift or do anything to the vehicle to make it crazy. i am hoping that it will be my dependable work vehicle for the next 200k. i do tow occasionally well within the limits of the vehicle and the vehicle is usually loaded with about 5-700 lbs of tools and other things.
this was moms soccer van for the first 135k. it was probably started and shut off outside of the parameters of proper diesal handling but the past is the past. i will currently drive it 100 miles one way stop do a job for 1 hour and then drive back home stopping for 3-4 addtl jobs on the way home.
starts right up perfect but does have some turbo lag especially in the first 10 mins of running. on the highway it seems to get up and go but there does seem to be some turbo lag. i am buying some rev-x which i have never used and hope it might help a little??
what say you? thanks in advance for your help.
Sounds like you got a good or you are just lucky if you are going to stick with the Ford Gold coolant flush evert 2 years why it lasted this long don't know the only way to check the oil cooler is with gauges may be he hooked up his PC to it and took it for a drive for 1/2 an hour but the Edge Insight CTS will tell you how good your cooler are going 60mph set the cruise after 5min on flat ground take your reading 15* or more your cooler are toast 10* they are getting plugged from the silicates that drop out from the Ford Gold junk it can't take the heat. Here is the fuel reg kit and you should have a fuel pressure gauge.
Here you go this is a good post by Band Member on the fuel pressure reg spring install.
Fuel Regulator Upgrade w/ Pictures - Diesel Forum - TheDieselStop.com
Get a coolant filter on to remove any casting sand
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I must know why everyone thinks it is just unimaginable that their 6.0 doesn't break like all of the threads they see on the boards online. Fortunately trouble free 6.0's out number the problematic ones as far as I know.
Just keep up the maintenance as far as oil changes every 5k, fuel filters every 15k, etc... and you'll be good to go. You may end up replacing the oil cooler at some point as it works as a coolant filter if you don't have one installed already. That is a great mod that comes highly recommended.
I'm also on original brakes at 95k and when it comes time to replace mine I'll be replacing them with parts in a Ford box, that's for sure.
The most popular coolant filtration kit is the dieselsite kit. It is the most versatile as far as mounting locations, since the hoses are not pre-assembled to a determined length. If you go with bypass oil filtration, the spot where that goes is the same spot that many of the other coolant filtration systems use. You will then have to find a way to move the bypass oil filtration somewhere (which would cost you more in the long run) than mounting the coolant filtration elsewhere. I mounted my coolant filter under the truck, mounted on the frame. It is real cheap to add rubber heater hose, not so much to add braided steel line for oil filtration.
Keep that dealership as a link. Tousley Ford sells Ford factory parts for 10% over dealer cost. You will not find Ford parts any cheaper, and whenever you need parts for your rig, start there.
CLICK HERE to read an EXCELLENT thread for installing this kit.
The kit comes with directions, but the thread linked gives many more visual references.
Remember that dealer I talked about earlier???
thanks a bunch to all who replied with very useful info. it is enormously appreciated and i will get to work!
I just installed the BPD system in my truck and when I removed my EGR cooler it was clean as a whistle, as well as the cooling system at 160K. I have not cut open my oil cooler yet, but I know it has some clogging because the EGR cooler was on its way out. If you plan on keeping the truck, then you might want to consider the BPD system.
I think a majority of the problems with the 6.0 stem from tuning. I really don't think a properly maintained, stock truck will experience that many problems.
The blue spring kit is pretty straightforward. Also, upgrade to the 6.4 Banjo bolts while you are at it.
I just replaced my brakes and went with the Heavy Duty version from the dealer since I will be towing a good bit. They work just fine.
Think about replacing the sway bar bushings with Energy Suspension. I bet that is where most of your sway is coming from - it helped allot on my truck. However, I have some Bilstein shocks coming in this week to tighten the truck up.
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