The Oswego Canal is a canal in the New York State Canal System located in New York, United States. Opened in 1828, it is 23.7 miles (38.1 km) in length, and connects the Erie Canal at Three Rivers to Lake Ontario. The canal has a depth of 14 ft (4.2 m), with seven locks spanning the 118 ft (36 m) change in elevation.

Locks

The following list of locks are provided for the current canal, from upstream (south) to downstream (north):

Note: There is no Lock 4 on the canal.

No Policy is the first and only release by State of Alert. It was released in March 1981 on Dischord Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Henry Rollins.

1. “Lost in Space” – 0:43
2. “Draw Blank” – 0:36
3. “Girl Problems” – 0:48
4. “Blackout” – 0:44
5. “Gate Crashers” – 1:03
6. “Warzone” – 0:51
7. “Riot” – 0:41
8. “Gang Fight” – 0:59
9. “Public Defender” – 1:12
10. “Gonna Have to Fight” – 0:43

A Guard Lock or Tide Lock is a canal lock located between a canal and a body of water of varying depth such as a harbor or a river. When the canal is at a different level than the open body, such a lock allows ships and boats to pass into and out of the canal regardless of the water level or tide.

D’Oyly Carte Island is a very small island in the River Thames, England, on the reach above Sunbury Lock and just below Shepperton Lock. It is located between Weybridge and Shepperton.

There is just one large house and garden on it. It has a small footbridge and offers mooring to small boats. The island was previously owned by Richard D’Oyly Carte, producer of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas in Victorian times, hence the name.

Pharaoh’s Island, owned by Admiral Nelson, is not far away just above Shepperton lock.

Goring

Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames at the Goring Gap in England. The lock is located between the twin villages of Goring-On-Thames, Oxfordshire, and Streatley, Berkshire, and is adjacent to Goring and Streatley Bridge. The lock is owned and managed by the Environment Agency.

Access to the lock

The lock is situated almost under the bridge and is easily accessible from both Goring and Streatley

Reach above the lock

The reach is only just over half a mile long. The Thames Path crosses the bridge to Streatley and continues on the western bank to Cleeve Lock.

A tubular lock pick is a specialized lockpicking tool used for opening a tubular pin tumbler lock. Tubular lock picks are all very similar in design and come in sizes to fit all major tubular locks, including 6, 7, and 8-pin locks.

The tool is simply inserted into the lock and turned clockwise with medium tension. As the tool is pushed into the lock, each of the picks is slowly forced down until they stop, thus binding the driver pins behind the shear line of the lock. When the final pick is pushed down, the shear plane is clear and the lock opens. This can usually be accomplished in a matter of seconds.

Most tubular lock picks come with a “decoder” which lets the locksmith know at what depths the pins broke the shear plane. By using the decoding key after the lock has been picked, the locksmith can cut a tubular key to the correct pin depths and thus avoid having to replace the lock.

In 2004 it was widely publicized that the barrel of a cheap ballpoint pen would act as an effective lock pick for many brands of tubular lock.

The Thai Student Association (TSA) or Thai Society (ThaiSoc) is an organisation of Thai student groups in many countries. They join together to assist newly arrived students and visiting scholars, to establish and support activities that will benefit Thai students, and to introduce Thai social, cultural, and traditional information to people in those countries.

Thai Student Association around the world

• Bath University Thai Association
• Cambridge University Thai Society (CUTS)
• Thai Society University of Essex
• Imperial College Thai Society
• Thai Students at Lancaster University
• Thai Society of Manchester (TSM)
• University of Nottingham Thai Society
• Oxford Thai Society
• Sheffield Thai Society (STS)
• Thai Society in Southampton
• Southampton Thai Society : Activity Forum
• University of Warwick Thai Society
• Thai Student Society in Glasgow
• Thai Society University of York
• Bradford College University Centre Thai Society

United States

Listed by cultural regions of the United States sorted by state and university names respectively

Fundy Cable was a Canadian cable television provider, which served all major New Brunswick communities except for the Sackville area at the time of its purchase by Shaw Communications in 1999. Its operations were later acquired by Rogers Cable.

Fundy was based in Saint John, which was the first city in which it provided cable services. During the 1980s and early 1990s it purchased other cable companies in New Brunswick, including Fredericton Cablevision, Cable Service Ltd. in Moncton, and Cable 2000 in the northern part of the province.

Beverly Municipal Airport is a public-use airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Beverly, a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. This airport is owned by City of Beverly.

It is designated by the FAA as a reliever airport, which means it is available to relieve Logan International Airport of small general aviation type aircraft during Logan’s peak traffic times.

History

Beverly Municipal Airport was built in 1928 through the efforts of the Beverly Aero Club and the Beverly Chamber of Commerce. The U.S. Navy operated the airport during World War II under a joint-use agreement. Ownership of the airport was transferred back to the City of Beverly in 1950.

Facilities and aircraft

Beverly Municipal Airport covers an area of 470 acres (190 ha) which contains two runways: 9/27 measuring 5,001 x 150 ft. (1,524 x 46 m) and 16/34 5,001 x 100 ft. (1,524 x 30 m).

For 12-month period ending September 1, 2006, the airport had 42,601 aircraft operations, an average of 116 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. There are 113 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single engine, 4% multi-engine, 1% jet aircraft and 5% helicopters.

References

The Veterans’ Glass City Skyway, formerly known as the Maumee River Crossing, is a Cable-stayed bridge on Interstate 280 in Toledo, Ohio.

Information

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the city of Toledo began planning the bridge in April 1999, and construction began in spring 2001. The project consisted of building an 8,800 foot (2,700 m) span across the Maumee River low-lying land. The main span over the Maumee River is a cable stay-type bridge with a single pylon and two spans 612′-6″ (200 m) on each side of the pylon. The main span approaches are approximately 4,000 feet (1,220 m) north of the river and 3,350 feet (1,020 m) south of the Maumee. The bridge opened to traffic on June 24, 2007.

The bridge carries three lanes of traffic in each direction. The road surface reaches a height of 130 feet (40 m) above the surface of the Maumee River. The bridge is the most expensive project ever undertaken by ODOT, costing approximately US$237 million.

The main attraction of the bridge is the single pylon which contains 384 light emitting diodes (LEDs) that are capable of creating 16.7 million potential color combinations. The LEDs shine through all the glass facing on all four sides of upper 196′ feet of the main pylon. These lights should be visible from up to 3 miles (5 km) away.

The community selected a “glass” theme for the bridge design, choosing to honor the region’s heritage in the glass manufacturing industry. The bridge was designed by FIGG (Figg Bridge Engineers, Inc.) for the Ohio Department of Transportation.

The bridge is one of the first of two installations of a new cable stayed cradle system that eliminates anchorages in the pylon by carrying the stays from anchorages in the bridge deck, through the pylon and back to anchorages in the deck. The cradle system provides many benefits during construction and over the 100+ year service life of the bridge. Each strand acts independently, allowing for the selective removal, inspection and replacement of the strands.

Naming

The bridge replaces the Craig Memorial Bridge, one of the last remaining drawbridges anywhere on the Interstate highway system. The Craig Bridge was named in memory of Second Lieutenant Robert Craig, World War II veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor. Veterans’ groups originally opposed any name for the new Maumee River crossing that did not memorialize Lt. Craig. The name “Veterans’ Glass City Skyway” was selected for the new bridge, honoring all veterans, while the Craig Bridge will remain in place, albeit carrying local traffic only.

Gantry crane collapse

The original timeline put the completion date in May 2006, but that became impossible when the gantry truss responsible for construction of the main span collapsed on February 16, 2004. The collapse killed four workers and injured four others. On top of that, main line production was all but halted for 16 months after the accident. Though two new cranes were quickly brought in, testing them took months and operations were slower than expected due to increased oversight of the project by OSHA following the accident. An investigation revealed lapses both in contractor engineering practices and in the Ohio Department of Transportation’s safety oversight function.

Failure of work platform

At around 9:15 a.m. EST on April 19, 2007, Andrew Burris of Curtice, Ohio, a member of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 1138, died when the construction platform he was on became detached and fell from the bridge. The platform was anchored to the northbound side of the bridge, and broke off, falling about 95 feet to the ground, where the platform, still carrying Burris, landed on the east side of the roadway. Authorities from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have not determined why the platform broke free from the bridge, and the Toledo Police Department does not suspect foul play.

“On behalf of Director Beasley and the Ohio Department of Transportation, we extend our deepest sympathy to the family of Andrew Burris,” said ODOT District 2 director, Dave Dysard. “We also extend our condolences to his relatives, friends and his fellow workers who have made us proud through their commitment and dedication to their work. Andrew was a part of the team that took the pylon to the top back in 2005. For four-and-a-half years, he was an integral part of the team that worked to complete this vital link for our community.”

Mr. Burris was from a line of carpenters, and kept a scrapbook of the project. His mother, Ruth, was quoted as saying “I think he felt closer to heaven there.”