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The Reserves lost 2 - 1 in a hotly contested game with penalties for both sides and some interesting refereeing decisions.
Boston : Lee and Shepard, 1896.
2 preliminary leaves, vii-xiii, 1 unnumbered page, 343 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates. ; 19 cm.
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The transport policy of the European Union aims to enhance the operation of the internal market via providing safe, secure, efficient and environmentally friendly transport services.
EU transport policies aim at fostering clean, safe and efficient travel throughout Europe, underpinning the internal market of goods and the right of citizens to travel freely throughout the EU. Within this context, transport policy priorities are defined as follows: setting up balanced structures of transport among different modes, improving intermodality and interconnections and overcoming bottlenecks.
Since users constitute the focal point of the transport policy and there is a need for the sustainability of the transport services; common, uniform and mandatory implementations have been put into force through the adoption of new legislation in the area of road safety, passenger rights, social aspects and working conditions of the sector, decreasing negative environmental effects.
According to the Treaty of Rome, transport is one of the areas for which common policies have to be adopted (Article 3, paragraph (e) of the Treaty). Transport Policy is in the center of the idea of a fully liberalized internal market and of the idea of the freedom of travel.
The main principles of road transport policy are creating a sustainable, efficient, secure and safe road transport system via decreasing its negative environmental effects. In framework of these principles, the EU aims to promote efficient transport of passengers and goods via road, enabling fair competition, harmonizing safer and more environmentally friendly technical standards, providing a minimum level for financial and social harmonization, and non-discriminatory implementation of road transport rules of the Union. EU acquis in this field mainly deal with the issues such as; access to the market and pursuit of the occupation (Regulations (EC) 1071/2009, (EC) 1072/2008 and (EC) 1073/2009), working hours, driving and resting periods and usage of digital tachograph (Regulation (EEC) 3821/85), minimum annual taxation and road usage charging of vehicles (Directive 1999/62/EC), driver licenses (Directive 2006/126/EC), maximum weight and dimensions (Directive 96/53/EC), transport of dangerous goods by road (Directive 2008/68/EC), minimum safety requirements in road tunnels (Directive 2004/54/EC).
EU rail transport legislation regulates the areas of market liberalization, interoperability and institutional framework, rail safety, and access to infrastructure, internal market, freight transport, passenger rights, employment and working conditions of the sector. The main reference legislation regarding the market liberalization is Directive 2012/34/EU establishing a single European railway area. Due to the fact that rail transport was state monopoly during the 90’s, market liberalization in the rail transport sector followed a gradual opening started with the opening of freight market and followed by passenger transport since the beginning of 2000’s. Today, national rail passenger traffic is still not open to competition (opening of the national rail passenger traffic will come in to force after the enforcement of 4th railway package which is adoption process). Interoperability which aims at unhampered rail transport services among the Member States is regulated by Directive 2008/57/EC and Commission Decisions on Technical Specifications for Interoperability.
Due to global dimension of maritime transport, this mode is mostly regulated by participation to or transposition of international conventions adopted by International Labor Organization (ILO) in the area of working conditions or International Maritime Organization (IMO) in the other areas of maritime transport. Within the framework of EU maritime legislation the issues of market access conditions and fair competition, state aid in maritime sector, maritime safety and security, working conditions and protection of marine environment are regulated. Since 2000’s, especially after the ERIKA and PRESTIGE accidents, maritime safety has turned to be the number one agenda item of the Commission. Therefore three maritime safety packages has been adopted since 2000. The last maritime safety package was adopted on 23 April 2009 and this package regulates the rules regarding port and flag state requirements, class societies, accident investigation, liability of the carrier, insurance and traffic monitoring. The most recent document on maritime transport is the “Communication on Strategic goals and recommendations for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018”. In this Communication the Commission presents the main strategic objectives for the European maritime transport system up to 2018. The Strategy identifies key areas like competitive, safe, secure, clean and quality shipping, where action by the EU will strengthen the competitiveness of the sector while enhancing its environmental performance.
Finally, acquis on air transport covers the issues such as; access to the market (Regulation (EC) 1008/2008), air traffic management (Regulations (EC) 549/2004, (EC) 550/2004, (EC) 551/2004, (EC) 552/2004, (EC) 730/2006, (EC) 219/2007, (EC) 255/2010), aviation safety (Regulations (EC) 216/2008, (EC) 996/2010, Directive 2003/42/EC), aviation security (Regulation (EC) 300/2008), environment (Regulations (EC) 71/2008, (EC) 1702/2003), Directive 2002/30/EC), ground handling (Directive 96/67/EC), protection of consumers (Regulations (EC) 261/2004, (EC) 80/2009, (EC) 1107/2006). With these legislation, the EU aviation sector became a free and harmonized market.
Although there are provisions for the Common Transport Policy in the Treaty of Rome, it took about 30 years to shape European Transport Policies after the Treaty. The Policy’s political, institutional and budgetary fundamentals were strengthened with the Treaty of the EU (Treaty of Maastricht, 1993) and the Treaty presented the concept of ‘Trans-European Networks”, and all these made Europe-wide transport infrastructure planning possible.
Articles 90-100 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Treaty of Lisbon, 2009) are containing the provisions about transport, and via these provisions Member States accept the legislative prerogative of the Union.
1992 White Paper of the Commission mainly deals with the issues about liberalization of transport market and within a ten years period, the market has almost fully been opened to competition. The only sector in which fully liberalization could not be realized in this period is railway sector.
With the development of the Common Transport Policy, the consumer prices decreased while the quality of service and the number of options increased. On the other hand, the policy did not developed in a fully harmonized and regular manner and problems like congestion on main roads, airports and main rail corridors, damages on human health and environment, accidents etc. could not have been eliminated.
The second White Paper was published by the Commission in 2001 and a ten-year perspective for Common Transport Policy was created. Within the White Paper, proposals for setting up balanced structures of transport among different modes, improving intermodality and interconnections and overcoming bottlenecks were developed, resource constraints were addressed. After the White Paper, compulsory and harmonized legislation was adopted for aviation safety, safety agencies were established for railway, aviation and maritime transport, passenger rights and social aspect of transport policy developed. Besides, after 11 September 2001 attacks security policies for different types of transport modes and critical infrastructure were created.
The last White Paper published in 2011 presents the proposals for a sustainable development of transport systems of the EU until year 2050. It is predicted that the greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced 60 % in 2050 compared to 1990, and rate of oil-based transport and the congestions will be decreased.
The explanatory meetings of this chapter were held on June 26-29, 2006 and the Country Sessions were held on September 25-28, 2006. The opening of this chapter to negotiations with Turkey is still under discussion at the European Council and the screening report of this chapter has not been sent to Turkey. On the other hand, this chapter is one of the eight chapters which have Ankara Agreement Protocol issue as opening benchmark.
Chapter of Transport Policy involves the adoption and implementation of the EU acquis in the fields of road transport, rail transport, air transport and maritime transport. Information will be given about the studies and developments carried under these fields.
In the field of road transport, the objective is to have reputable and strong road transport carriers, which are at the same time financially and professionally competent, in order to institutionalize road transport in Turkey. Important progress has been achieved in alignment in this field and efforts to strengthen the implementation capacity are continuing. In order to improve road traffic safety, the legislative alignment to the EU acquis on social, technical and safety conditions is ongoing. In this respect, the digital tachograph system became obligatory on January 1, 2011 for vehicles registered after June 16, 2010 with a mass of more than 3,5 tones (for trucks) and carrying more than 9 persons (for buses) used in international transport. Turkey achieved its adaptation to the system via completing required legal and structural harmonization. For the vehicles used in national transport, relevant legislation enforcing the system obligatory has been issued and will be fully adapted in five years period.
Additionally, Turkey became a party to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) on 22 February 2010. By-law on Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road which contains provisions with regards to the implementation of this Agreement was published in the Official Gazette number 28801 on 24 October 2013.
Regarding the alignment of driver licenses with EU standards, Turkey became party to the Convention on Road Traffic and the European Agreement supplementing this convention and realized the required changes in the Law on Road Traffic (No. 2918) and the By-Law on Road Traffic. The new Turkish driving licences harmonized with the EU acquis were started to be issued with the very beginning of the year 2016. Besides, a new circular was issued on 17.11.2012 (OG No: 28470) for scrapping commercial vehicles manufactured before 1990 till the end of 2013.
As regards rail transport, the main purpose is to achieve the gradual liberalization of the rail transport market by opening it to the international competition and separating the functions of infrastructure managers and railway undertakings. In this context, Law on Liberalization of Turkish Rail Transport Sector was issued on 01.05.2013 (OG No: 28634). With this law, Turkish State Railways (TCDD) was reorganized as the infrastructure operator and a new state-owned company named TCDD Taşımacılık A.Ş. was established as a train operator.
Directorate General of Railway Regulation which was established by the Decree Law numbered 655 and published on the Official Journal dated 1 November 2011 on the Organization and Responsibilities of the Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication is the main authority responsible from the equitable and sustainable operation of this new liberalized structure of the sector.
By-law on Access to the Railway Infrastructure and Capacity Allocation was published in the Official Gazette No. 29343 of 2 May 2015. By-law on Registration of Railway Vehicles, By-law on Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail and By-law on Investigation of Railway Accidents and Incidents were published in the Official Gazette No. 29418 of 16 July 2015. By-Law on Railway Safety was published in the Official Gazette No. 29537 of 19.11.2015.
As regards maritime transport, remarkable progress was achieved, which is the outcome of continuous efforts for the improvement of the safety record of the Turkish fleet. Placement of the Turkish flag from high risk black list category to low risk white list in the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control is a clear indicator of improvements in the area of maritime safety.
Maritime surveillance is an indispensable component of maritime safety and security. Turkey has been expressing her intention in taking part in EU’s Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) Data Centre, AIS (Automatic Identification System) and Network for Mediterranean and Vessel Traffic and Monitoring System (VTMIS). In the sub-committee meeting in 2009 in Ankara, Commission informed the Turkish side about the Council decision of December 11, 2008 on LRIT. The Decision is based on politically motivated criteria (Additional Protocol). However, Turkey would like to reiterate that she is expecting a positive response to her cooperative efforts in this area. During the last year the Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs (UMA) has prepared a Pre-Accession Sector Strategy and identified priority policy areas for short-term actions. The Directorate General for Coastal Safety and Salvage Operations established a long range identification and tracking system (LRIT) and the Turkish national LRIT data center is integrated with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO).
During the EU alignment process, Turkey has become party to most of the international conventions in the area of maritime transport. Turkey became a party to Protocol on Limitation on Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC 1996). Laws regarding becoming party to SOLAS-78, MARPOL Annexes III and IV, the 2000 Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances and the International 2001 Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage was enacted. In 2014, Turkey became party to the Ballast Water Management Convention, the Convention on the Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, and Annex VI of the International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships. The Decision numbered 2016/8498 on Participation to the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic was published on the Official Gazette numbered 29652 and dated March 13, 2016. Turkey also successfully completed its voluntary International Maritime Organization member audit in 2014, resulting in minor findings.
Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication (with the Decree Law 655, Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs has been reorganized as three directorate generals within the Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication) also initiated a comprehensive annual training program on oil pollution preparedness and emergency response. Constructions of Emergency Response Centers began in 2006, funding from national financial resources. Within this framework, building works have started for a National Response Centre in Tekirdağ and a Regional Response Centre in Antalya. It is expected that National Emergency Response capacity will be operational by the end of 2017.
Regarding air transport, full harmonization with EU legislation has the perspective of full membership. On the other hand, regulations on occurrence reporting, on rating of air traffic controllers, on licensing of maintenance staff, on safety assessments of domestic and foreign aerial vehicles, on carriage of liquids on airplanes, on computerized reservation systems and on passenger rights have been implemented in accordance with the acquis.
The EU-Turkey Horizontal Aviation Agreement, which will constitute a new legal basis for relations in the aviation field has been initialed on March 25, 2010 and the procedure regarding the signing of the agreement is ongoing. Turkey has declared its willingness to be integrated in the aviation architecture that will emerge from the Single European Sky (SES) initiative and the studies for a better understanding of the SES are continuing. In this respect, in order to sign a comprehensive aviation agreement between Turkey and the EU, aviation dialogue meetings are being hold between Turkey and the Commission. With this regard Turkish Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications hosted “Turkey-EU Aviation Dialogue” meeting on April 19-20, 2012 in Istanbul. During the meeting, Turkey’s full membership and aviation relations between Turkey and the EU were discussed. Also, studies are continuing regarding signing a comprehensive air transport agreement between Turkey and the EU which will especially provide Turkey to be represented in the EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency).
In order to overcome the lack of the DGCA in following the pace of growth and developments in the sector, an EU-funded project aiming to strengthen the institutional and administrative capacity in all working areas of the DG, especially in emission trading system (EU-ETS) and supervision of air navigation services (ANS) has recently begun and another project regarding construction of a civil aviation training center in İstanbul also begun in 2015.
During his visit to Turkey in 2012, Vice President Siim Kallas proposed to establish a High Level Turkey-EU Transport Dialogue mechanism. In this framework, it was decided to continue High Level Turkey-EU Transport Dialogue as working group meetings at kick-off meeting in Brussels on 9 December 2013. In order to reach some solid results on different aspects of transport sector it is decided to form three working groups: First is the working group on rail transport together with Trans-European Transport policy, the second is the working group on road transport and last one is the working group on maritime transport.
Ministry of EU Affairs hosted the first working group meeting on rail transport together with TEN-T. During the meeting Turkish and European Commission side shared their opinions and relevant information on the areas of Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and rail transport with the common objective of enhancing the cooperation. The second working group meeting on road safety, intelligent transport systems and maritime transport was held in Brussels on 17 October 2014.
Though David Neal stood alone in front of Terrebonne's top educators, politicians and business people Saturday night, all his students were there in spirit.
"It means a lot to me because my students — they deserve this a lot," said Neal who has taught for 45 years. "I feel like they made me."
Neal was named the Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence in Public Education's Inspirational Teacher of the Year.
He teaches special education at South Terrebonne High School and is a longtime basketball coach in the parish.
The award is considered the highest local honor teachers can receive. It recognizes public school educators who do outstanding work for their students.
"When I walk into the classroom, these kids give me a speech. I look into their eyes, they want to learn. I look into their heart, they love everyone. They are a utopia for teachers. They made me; I surely haven't made them," Neal said while accepting the award.
Neal was given the award at a banquet held to honor the hard work of the parish's teachers. Last year's Inspirational Teacher of the Year Award went to Geraldine Seymore Patterson of Greenwood Middle School.
"This honor can be given for anything, but it is to recognize those teachers who go above and beyond to educate their students," said Yolanda Trahan, the foundation's executive director.
Neal was one of five finalists for the award. All were nominated by current or former students and their parents. A panel of judges made up of local business and community leaders decide the winner by looking at nomination letters without knowing the name of the nominee, Trahan said.
The other finalists were Kathleen Benoit of East Houma Elementary, Sheri Ledet of Lisa Park Elementary, Evey Trosclair of Montegut Middle and Alison Seeber of Boudreaux Canal Elementary.
Though she missed out on the top spot, Seeber said it was an honor to have her hard work recognized.
"Anything like this is very special because all of us (teachers) should be recognized because we put a lot of ourselves and work into teaching the students," Seeber said.
The ceremony also honored a teacher of the year at each school.
"Recognizing teachers of the year is certainly a worthwhile endeavor," said Philip Martin, superintendent of Terrebonne Parish schools. "I continue to be in awe of our teachers when I go in classrooms, and what I see them doing is nothing short of magic."
The ceremony also honored three district teachers of the year — one for each school level.
Elementary School Teacher of the Year was Natalie Pittman-Lirette, who teaches fourth-grade at Point-aux-Chenes Elementary.
"It is really quite astonishing to see all the leaders of the parish here tonight to recognize teachers," Pittman-Lirette said after being recognized. "It really shows Terrebonne cares a lot about education."
Middle School Teacher of the Year was Tamara Melancon, who teaches eighth-grade at Montegut Middle.
"It really does help and to notice and see what it takes to do the work we (teachers) do," Melancon said after being recognized.
The High School Teacher of the Year was Tricia Corbin of South Terrebonne High School, who now serves as the educational technology facilitator for the district. After being recognized, Corbin said her mother was on her mind.
"She was a teacher for 30 years, and I remember her always putting her students first," Corbin said. "(She is) a role model in teaching and in everything."
The event also recognized the Terrebonne Parish School District's Principals of the Year — Mary Aucoin of Mulberry Elementary School and Sharon Henry of Village East Middle School.
Bayou Blue Elementary Teacher of the Year Krista Pertuit emphasized that teaching is a team effort.
"My principal, she pushes me really hard and keeps our standards high," Pertuit said of her secret to success.
The banquet also recognized Clifford Smith, chairman of the board at T. Baker Smith, with the James J. Buquet Jr. Award of Distinction. The award is given annually to recognize an outstanding graduate of a Terrebonne Parish public high school.
The Courier and Whitney Bank sponsored the banquet.
It's very clear that the Prime Minister's announcement today is one all about narrow interest of her own party, not the interest of the country overall. Yeah, clearly she sees the opportunity, given the total disarray in the ranks of the Liberal party, to crush all opposition to her, to get rid of people that disagree with her, and to give herself a free hand to take the country in the increasingly right wing direction that she wants to take it in.
And that would mean, not just the hardest possible Brexit, but more dexterity and deeper cuts. So, now is the time for Scotland's voice to be heard and people in Scotland to stand up for the kind of country we want Scotland to be and that's the campaign I would follow to lead any other side.
Have you noticed how sometimes you are in this kind of state and then sometimes you are in another entirely different kind of state, feeling great and positive one moment, uncertain or confused at another moment and then clear and focused. People often ask me why these fluctuations occur. Sometimes they even think it always has to be that way. Yet, I have learnt we can actually have a lot of control over these kind of changes, we can actually chose and switch states at will and programme ourselves to be in certain states at certain times, places or situations, or while doing certain things.
As well as learning how to feel totally relaxed and confident in every interview you can use NLP to be persuasive, inspiring and captivating.
You use the good state you are in and then build on it with persuasive verbal and non-verbal communication. You learn how to get in rapport with the interviewers, so they are already on your side.
Then you continue to use every form of expression to convince the interviewers. You use the right kind of non-verbal communication, you put the interviewers into a good state, you maintain their interest and you use words and phrases with skill, because you will know which words will have the desired effect.
The truth is we all communicate unconsciously as well as consciously. What we say with our words, phrases, voice tone, body language, facial expression, even with our breathing usually occurs outside of our consciousness and is received outside of the listener's consciousness. You can use this knowledge to be persuasive and convincing, to maximise your chances of getting that job offer.
2. Be honest and show progress. Sometimes, bad credit isn't a reflection of bad money management. You may have lost your job, suffered from medical problems, or experienced another financial setback that was out of your control. If this is the case, be upfront about it — before the landlord even runs your credit check. Your willingness to admit and own up to your bad credit is a point in your favor. It also gives you the opportunity to talk about the steps you've taken, and are currently taking, to improve your credit score. Whether it's a proven track record of paying your bills on time or references from recent landlords, this will show your prospective property manager that you're responsible and committed (even if your credit is less than perfect).
4. Get a roommate. Willing to share your living room and kitchen? Find a roommate. If the landlord will allow just one person to sign the lease, see if your roommate is willing to sign it solo. (Alternatively, try to move in with a roommate who is midlease and can add you without a credit check.) This way, the person on the lease is the one with more solid credit. Roommates come with another benefit: you'll be able to share the bills. By reducing your financial burden, you can continue to pay down debt and repair your bad credit faster — a true win-win!
International keynote speaker Paul Greenwood worked for 22 years as the San Diego County Deputy District Attorney and was the lead prosecutor of elder abuse cases. Since retiring from the role last year, Paul has become an expert witness, consultant and educator on elder abuse.
Paul has conducted extensive criminal prosecutions work for elder abuse crimes. He was involved in the prosecution of over 600 felony cases of both physical and financial abuse of older and dependent adults.
Paul served as the Co-chair of California’s District Attorney Elder Abuse Committee and helped draft elder abuse legislation for the California Evidence Code. He testified before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging in 2001, 2007 and 2012.
Paul’s work has been recognised with numerous awards including the Visionary for Change Award at the 2005 San Diego Dementia Care Conference and the 2007 Professional Leadership Award from the Elder Financial Protection Network. He was inducted into the Elder Rights Advocacy Hall of Fame in 2011 by National Association of Legal Services Developers.
Ingredients. Chocolate as seen in photo melted.
Toffees melted and form rice krispies into a bar.
Melt the chocolate down and put about a quarter into a small dish and add the rice krispies.Then melt the toffee and spread over the top of the krispies which have been in the fridge to set.

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