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When road surfaces are below -5 degrees Celsius, with a forecast of colder temperatures, a sanding chip mixture (3% salt, 97% fine gravel) is used.
The City applies approximately 30,000 to 40,000 tonnes of road salts annually in order to keep Calgary on the move in difficult winter driving conditions.
How Does Salt Affect Asphalt?
Salt has no affect on asphalt. Of course, this is assuming that a professional asphalt paver installed hot-mix asphalt, which consists of sand, stones, and petroleum. This blend needs to be precise in order to prevent the road from freezing in the snow and in order to keep it from deteriorating when salt is applied.
Salt's Affect On The Environment.
Road salts pose a risk to plants, animals and the aquatic environment…Environment Canada Implemented a Code of Practice to minimize their effect on the environment and have been successful in minimizing the risk.
It is important to remember that salt is the best means of prevention as defined by Environment Canada. There have been changes in the ratio of sand to salt depending on the temperature, and the amount of snow. Currently, this is the best solution with minimal risk to the environment and it allows for safe driving on our roads.
It is a massive misconception that potholes are formed by salt. Potholes are caused by excess water or snow enters the cracks the road from the edges of the road. Over time, this goes through a scientific process called osmosis where the water expands and contracts as the water cools, and heats up. While water goes through this process, it weakens the asphalt. The road surface under the snow and ice will rise as the water freezes and eventually once it melts, the area under the surface remains hollow and separated. Now that the asphalt in this area is weakened, cars will drive over this area, applying pressure that causes the road in that spot to collapse, therefore creating a pothole.
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The information below is for general purposes only and does not constitute legal advice in any way. You should not act or refrain from acting on the basis of this information. Professional legal advice should be sought based on your particular circumstances.
Administrative Law in Australia
Administrative Law in Australia relates to the powers and responsibilities that are held by administrative agencies of government. Although it forms part of the common law system, it is an area of law that is largely governed by legislation, which codifies judicial review of administrative decisions.
Generally, judicial review is a process of reviewing or challenging an administrative decision or action of a public body or administrative agencies of government. Judicial review is codified in the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth), and section 75 of the Constitution of Australia provides that the High Court of Australia has original jurisdiction in such matters relating to Administrative Law.
As a term in Administrative Law, judicial review relates to the review of the legality of the administrative decision or action, not its merits. In contrast, merits review relates only to the merits or the decision.
Before initiating proceedings in Administrative Law, a party is also required to show standing, namely a sufficient interest in the matter.
Significant Areas of Administrative Law
Significant areas of Administrative Law include the following:
Ultra vires, or jurisdictional error, relates to a decision made outside of the powers that the administrative body possesses, by exceeding the jurisdiction, breaching natural justice, being wrongly constituted when making the decision, taking into account irrelevant considerations and failing to take into account relevant considerations
Abuse of power relates to administrative decisions that fail to achieve a purpose or object of the legislation that empowers the administrative agency making the administrative decision
Natural justice
Bias or apprehension of bias
Improper purpose
Considering irrelevant considerations
Not considering relevant considerations
Unreasonableness of the administrative decision, such as making a decision that is devoid of plausible justification, or giving excessive or inadequate weight to a relevant consideration, or making an erroneous factual finding on an important point, or failing to seek information readily available and centrally important, or failing to have proper regard to policy, or making a decision with an unnecessarily harsh effect, or making decisions that are inconsistent and discriminatory
Access to government information under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth)
Common remedies in Administrative Law include the following:
Certiorari
Administrative Law Tribunals
Part of the Administrative Law system in Australia on a federal level is the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), established by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth). It is an administrative agency similar to a court, and hears matters in Administrative Law, including review of the merits and the right to be provided with reasons for administrative decisions.
On a state level, the following administrative law tribunals have been established:
In Queensland, the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
In New South Wales, the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal
In Victoria, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
In Western Australia, the State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia
In South Australia, the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
In Tasmania, the state courts perform the functions of administrative law tribunals
Aside from administrative law tribunals, the ombudsman systems form a significant part of Administrative Law in Australia. On a federal level is the Commonwealth Ombudsman, established by the Ombudsman Act 1976 (Cth), has the role of considering and investigating complaints from people who believe that they have been treated unfairly or unreasonably by an administrative agency of the Australian Government, or investigating the compliance and auditing of an administrative agency of the Australian Government, including Australia Post, Centrelink, Child Support Agency, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Australian Federal Police, Australian Defence Force, Australian Crime Commission, Australian Commission for Law Enforcement. Although the Commonwealth Ombudsman can make recommendations to administrative bodies in relation to administrative decisions, it cannot override those decisions.
On a state and territory level, there are the following:
Australian Capital Territory Ombudsman
New South Wales Ombudsman
Northern Territory Ombudsman
Queensland Ombudsman
South Australian Ombudsman
Tasmanian Ombudsman
Victorian Ombudsman
Western Australian Ombudsman

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United States, Congress
The organization United States, Congress represents an institution, an association, or corporate body that is associated with resources found in Biddle Law Library - University of Pennsylvania Law School.
The Resource United States, Congress
122 Items by the Organization United States, Congress
Public and private laws of the United States
Constitution of the United States of America, with the amendments thereto : to which are added Jefferson's Manual of parliamentary practice, the standing rules and orders for conducting business in the House of Representatives of the United States, the joint rules in force at the close of the 43d Congress, and a digest thereof, and of so much of Jefferson's manual as under the rules governs the House, of precedents of order and usages of the House, with references to such portions of the Constitution of the United States and laws of Congress as relate to the rights, duties, and privileges of its members, compiled by Henry H. Smith
Contract management : small businesses continue to win construction contracts, report to congressional committees, United States General Accounting Office
Cumulative index of congressional committee hearings (not confidential in character) : from the Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935) through Eighty-fifth Congress (January 3, 1959) in the United States Senate Library, Indexed and compiled under the direction of Felton M. Johnston, secretary of the Senate, by Richard D. Hupman, librarian [and others]
Debates in the Congress of the United States on the bill for repealing the law "For the more convenient organization of the courts of the United States" during the first session of the seventh Congress : and a list of yeas and nays on that interesting subject
Defense infrastructure : actions taken to improve the management of utility privatization, but some concerns remain : report to Congressional committees, United States Government Accountability Office
Deschler-Brown-Johnson-Sullivan Precedents of the United States House of Representatives, Serial 13151-18, 94th Congress, 2d Session, House Document No. 94-661, Vol. 18, February 8, 2013, *
Digest and manual of the rules and practice of the House of Representatives : in which is also included the Constitution of the United States of America with the amendments thereto : and so much of Jefferson's manual of Parliamentary practice as under rule XLIV governs the house, the standing rules and orders for conducting business in the House of Representatives; tables showing commencement and termination of each session of Congress with name of Speaker and Clerk, of apportionment of representatives in Congress from 1787, and formation of states and territories, of the population of the United States under the ninth and tenth censuses, and list of members and delegates, and also of the committees of the House of Representatives of the first session of the forty-ninth Congress, compiled by Henry H. Smith
FLOYD SPENCE, LATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA... MEMORIAL ADDRESSES AND OTHER TRIBUTES
Final sequestration report for fiscal year ... : a Congressional Budget Office report to the Congress and the Office of Management and Budget
Freedom of Information Act guide & Privacy Act overview
Great debates in American history : from the debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the debates in Congress at the close of the Taft administration (1912-1913), edited by Marion Mills Miller, Litt. D. (Princeton), editor of "The Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln," etc
Great debates in American history : from the debates in the British parliament on the Colonial stamp act (1764-1765) to the debates in Congress at the close of the Taft administration (1912-1913), ed. by Marion Mills Miller
H.R. 3, omnibus trade and competitiveness legislation : comparison of House and Senate provisions
Highway research : the Second Strategic Highway Research Program addresses the four required areas, but some anticipated research was not funded : report to congressional committees
In search of consensus, Paris, 1979 : report on the fifteenth meeting of the members of Congress and of the European Parliament, April 17-19, 1979, pursuant to H. Res. 981
Index of congressional committee hearings (not confidential in character) prior to January 3, 1935 : in the United States Senate library, Edwin A. Halsey, secretary of the Senate ; revised by James D. Preston, Robert L. Baldridge, Harold D. Hantz, Senate Library
JACOB JOSEPH CHESTNUT AND JOHN MICHAEL GIBSON... U.S. CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS... MEMORIAL TRIBUTES AND ADDRESSES
JOHN JOSEPH MOAKLEY, LATE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MASSACHUSETTS... MEMORIAL ADDRESSES AND OTHER TRIBUTES
Judicial review of federal executive action : a compilation of cases that exhibit the extent of the power in the federal judiciary to review the acts of executive officers, boards, bureaus and commissions of the United States in proceedings for injunction and mandamus under the law in the District of Columbia, and in proceedings for those remedies under the general jurisdictional acts, in the District courts of the United States in the states, that have not been superseded by special statutory remedies, by Patrick H. Loughran
Legislative history of the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943
LexisNexis Congressional, Hearings
List of speeches, addresses, etc., on national defense as printed in the Congressional record, 1933-40, Compiled by Anne L. Baden under the direction of Florence S. Hellman, chief bibliographer
MEMORIAL TRIBUTES AND ADDRESSES
Major legislation of the Congress
Making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending ..., and for other purposes : conference report
Memorial addresses delivered before the two houses of Congress on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, prepared in accordance with concurrent resolution of Congress, and under direction of Joint Committee on Printing, by Charles Rowley Cushman
Memorial addresses in the Congress of the United States and tributes in eulogy of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, late a President of the United States
Memorial addresses in the Congress of the United States and tributes in eulogy of Sir Winston Churchill, soldier, statesman, author, orator, leader
Memorial addresses on the life and character of William H. Cole (a representative from Maryland) : delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Forty-ninth Congress, second session, published by order of Congress
Memorial tributes held in the House of Representatives of the United States : together with tributes presented in eulogy of Frank M. Tejeda, late a Representative from Texas
Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the ... session of the ... Congress
Military personnel : DOD needs to improve the transparency and reassess the reasonableness, appropriateness, affordability, and sustainability of its military compensation system : report to congressional committees, United States Government Accountability Office
Noteworthy statutes enacted at the first session of the Fifty-ninth Congress : annual address before the Bar Association of Tennessee ... August 8, 1906, by Edward T. Sanford
Nuclear order and human values, London, 1977 : report on the eleventh meeting of members of Congress and of the European Parliament, July 11-13, 1977, pursuant to H. Res. 313
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS,... REPORT AND FINDINGS... REVIEW NO. 10-8839... COM. ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT, U.S. HOUSE OF REPS... 111TH CONG., 2ND SESSION
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS,... RPT. AND FINDINGS... REVIEW NO. 09-9812... COM. ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT... U.S. HOUSE OF REPS... 111TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION
Official congressional directory, by W. H. Michael
Organization of the Congress : final report of the House members of the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress pursuant to H. Con. Res. 192, 102d Congress
Parole of aliens to attend the funeral of an immediate blood relative in the United States : report together with dissenting views (to accompany H.R. 3345) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
Patriotic studies : including extracts from bills, acts and documents of United States Congress, 1888-1905
Petition to the Congress of the United States
Philippine Islands : acts of Congress and treaties pertaining to the Philippine Islands in force and effect July 1, 1919 : comprising Organic Act--July 1, 1902, as amended or affected by subsequent legislation, Autonomy Act--August 29, 1916, Coinage acts, Miscellaneous acts pertaining to the Philippine Islands political divisions and subdivisions, executive departments and bureaus, salaries of officials, public lands laws, compiled in the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department
Constitution of the United States of America, with the amendments thereto : to which are added Jefferson's Manual of parliamentary practice, and the standing rules and orders for conducting business in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States
Rebooting the Government Printing Office : keeping America informed in the digital age, a report by a panel of the National Academy of Public Administration for the U.S. Congress, Congressional Research Service, and the Government Printing Office
Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr in conformity with the requirements of Title 28, United States Code, section 595(c) : communication from Kenneth W. Starr, independent counsel, transmitting a referral to the United States House of Representatives filed in conformity with the requirements of Title 28, United States Code, section 595(c)
Register of debates in Congress, comprising the leading debates and incidents of the ... session of the ... Congress
Report by Caucus Co-Chairs Senators Christopher S. Bond and Patrick J. Leahy on National Guard and Army Reservists on Medical Hold at Ft. Stewart, Georgia, United States One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session
Report to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Secretary of Energy, from the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Report to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Secretary of Energy, from the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, (electronic resource)
Republican report on the 85th Congress : together with achievements of the Republican administration, January 1953 to August 1958, by Senator William F. Knowland of California, Minority Leader. Supplement. Summaries of major legislation, January 1957 to August 1958
Rules of procedure of the Joint Committee on the Organization of the Congress. Eighty-ninth Congress, first session, adopted pursuant to S. Con Res. 2 agreed to March 11, 1965
SONNY BONO... LATE A REPRESENTATIVES FROM CALIFORNIA... MEMORIAL TRIBUTES AND ADDRESSES
Schedule of serial set volumes
Senators from Pennsylvania. : Memorial addresses delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in memory of Philander C. Knox, Boies Penrose, William E. Crow, late senators from Pennsylvania. Sixty-seventh Congress. Proceedings in the Senate, January 28, 1923. Proceedings in the House, February 18, 1923
Sequestration update report for fiscal year ... : a Congressional Budget Office report to the Congress and the Office of Management and Budget
Story of a tariff (the Tariff Act of 1909) : (parts of Congressional record)
Supporting Congressional oversight : framework for considering budgetary implications of selected GAO work, United States General Accounting Office ; report to the Congress
THOMAS : legislative information on the Internet
The Congressional globe, United States Congress
The Mayor, aldermen and citizens of New-Orleans, to the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled
The Reconstruction amendments' debates : the legislative history and contemporary debates in Congress on the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, Alfred Avins
The Trading with the Enemy Act : as enacted and amended, with annotations : addendum and appendix comprising data relating to the Act, by Iredell Meares ; introductory chapter by Charles H. Lefevre
The United States Congressional Directories, 1789-1840, edited by Perry M. Goldman & James S. Young
The debates and proceedings in the Congress of the United States : with an appendix containing important state papers and public documents, and all the laws of a public nature : with a copious index, compiled from authentic materials
The forgotten Ninth Amendment : a call for legislative and judicial recognition of rights under social conditions of today, by Bennett B. Patterson
The status of the nation's highways, conditions and performance : report of the Secretary of Transportation to the United States Congress, pursuant to section 3, Public Law 89-139
Token of a nation's sorrow : addresses in the Congress of the United States, and funeral solemnities on the death of John Quincy Adams, who died in the Capitol at Washington, on Wednesday evening, February 23, 1848
Treaties and acts of Congress relating to the Isthmian Canal
United States attorneys' written guidelines for the declination of alleged violations of Federal criminal laws : a report to the United States Congress, U.S. Department of Justice
United States code congressional and administrative news
United States code congressional service
United States legislation on foreign relations and international commerce : a chronological and subject index of public laws and joint resolutions of the Congress of the United States, compiled and annotated by Igor I. Kavass and Michael J. Blake
A Biographical congressional directory : with an outline history of the national congress, 1774-1911 : the Continental Congress, September 5, 1774 - October 21, 1788, the United States Congress , from the first to the sixty-second congress, March 4, 1789 - March 3, l9ll
A Descriptive catalogue of the government publications of the United States, September 5, 1774-March 4, 1881, comp. by order of Congress by Ben: Perley Poore
A biographical congressional directory, 1774 to 1903 : the Continental Congress: September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, inclusive; the United States Congress: the First Congress to the Fifty-seventh Congress, March 4, 1903, inclusive, compiled under authority of Congress [by O.M. Enyart]
A compilation of the messages and papers of the Presidents, by James D. Richardson
A descriptive catalogue of the government publications of the United States, September 5, 1774-March 4, 1881
A remonstrance to the Congress of the United States on the subject of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the occupying claimant laws of Kentucky
A reprint of some of the speeches on the distribution of the Geneva award, first session, XLIII Congress
A second Federalist ; : Congress creates a government, Selected from the Annals of Congress by Charles S. Hyneman and George W. Carey
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 : from Gales and Seatons' Annals of Congress ; from their Register of debates ; and from the official reported debates, by John C. Rives, by the author of the Thirty years' view
American state papers
American state papers : documents, legislative and executive, of the Congress of the United States ..., selected and edited under the authority of Congress by Walter Lowrie and Matthew St. Clair Clarke
American state papers: Indian affairs
An act to amend Title 18, entitled, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and Title 28, entitled, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, of the United States Code, and for other purposes
An act to outlaw the Communist Party : to prohibit members of Communist organizations from serving in certain representative capacities, and for other purposes
An act to revise, codify, and enact into law Title 28 ot the United States Code entitled Judicial Code and Judiciary : be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that Title 28 of the United States Code, entitled Judicial Code and Judiciary is hereby revised, codified, and enacted into law, and may be cited as title 28, United States Code, section ..., as follows : Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
An act to revise, codify, and enact into positive law, Title 18 of the United States Code entitled Crimes and criminal procedure : be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled that Title 18 of the United States Code, entitled Crimes and criminal procedure is hereby revised, codified, and enacted into positive law, and may be cited as Title 18, U.S.C
Annals of the Congress of the United States
Appropriations, budget estimates, etc
Appropriations, budget estimates, etc : statements for the ... Congress ... session
Appropriations, budget estimates, etc. : statements for the ... Congress, ... session
Assessing the new political trends, Dublin, 1976 : report on the ninth meeting of members of Congress and of the European Parliament, April 21-23, 1976, pursuant to H. Res. 1062 authorizing the Committee on International Relations to conduct thorough studies and investigations of all matters coming within the jurisdiction of the committee
BRUCE F. VENTO, LATE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MINNESOTA... MEMORIAL TRIBUTES
Banking and currency : report of the Committee of Conference of the two houses of Congress on the bill (H.R. 7837) to provide for the establishment of federal reserve banks, to furnish an elastic currency, to afford means of rediscounting commercial paper, to establish a more effective supervision of banking in the United States, and for other purposes : Sixty-third Congress, second session
Bills and debates in Congress relating to trusts, prepared for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives
A sample of Items that are about the Organization United States, Congress See All
"Fast track" parliamentary procedures of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Chrisopher M. Davis
"REINS Act of 2013" : promoting jobs, growth and American competitiveness : hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, on H.R. 367, March 5, 2013
'Grand Obstructionist Party' Continues Efforts To Block Progress, While Democrats Move America in a New Direction
'Grand Obstructionist Party' Continues To Block Progress, While Democrats Move America in a New Direction
... annual report : state of the Congressional workplace, (electronic resource)
...Congressional investigating committees, by Marshall Edward Dimock
108th Congress-Small Business Record
1970 Joint Economic Report
1990 census of population and housing : technical documentation, Congressional districts of the United States, 103rd Congress on CD-ROM (summary tape file 1D), (summary tape file 3D), prepared by the Bureau of the Census
2000 section 102(b) report : communication from the Chair of the Board of Directors, the Office of Compliance, transmitting a report on the applicability to the legislative branch of federal law relating to terms and conditions of employment and access to public services and accommodations, pursuant to section 102(b) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995
2002 section 102(b) report : communication from the Executive Director, the Office of Compliance, transmitting the fourth biennial report on the applicability to the legislative branch of federal law relating to terms and conditions of employment and access to public services and accommodations, pursuant to section 102(b) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995
2020-10-28.CBM Clyburn RK to Azar- HHS re advertising campaign contract, (electronic resource)
21st century Congress : hearing before the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House of the Committee on Rules, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, on legislating in the 21st century, May 24, 1996
50th Anniversary Committee on Government Operations, U.S. Senate
A Question of balance : the president, the Congress, and foreign policy, edited by Thomas E. Mann
A Second report of the Renewing Congress project, directors, Thomas E. Mann, Norman J. Ornstein ; jointly sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution
A bill to divide the state into districts for choosing representatives in Congress
A century of lawmaking for a new nation : U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1873, the Law Library of Congress
A collection of the speeches of the President of the United States to both houses of Congress, at the opening of every session, with their answers : also, the addresses to the President, with his answers, from the time of his election: with an appendix, containing the Circular letter of General Washington to the governors of the several states, and his Farewell orders, to the armies of America, and the answer
A confederate in congress : the Civil War treason trial of Benjamin Gwinn Harris, Joshua E. Kastenberg
A digest of parliamentary law : also, the rules of the Senate, and House of Representatives of Congress : with the Constitution of the United States, the amendments thereto, and their history, by O. M. Wilson
A digest of parliamentary law : also, the rules of the Senate, and House of Representatives of Congress : with the Constitution of the United States, the amendments thereto, and their history, by O.M. Wilson
A digest of parliamentary law ; : also, the rules of the Senate, and House of representatives of congress; with the Constitution of the United States, the amendments thereto, and their history, By O. M. Wilson
A first report of the Renewing Congress Project, jointly sponsored by The American Enterprise Institute and The Brookings Institution
A guide to training programs for Congressional staff, prepared by the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, One Hundred Third Congress, first session
A manual of legislative practice and order of business in deliberative bodies, by Joel B. Sutherland
A political text-book for 1860 : comprising a brief view of presidential nominations and elections, including all the national platforms ever yet adopted: also a history of the struggle respecting slavery in the territories, and of the action of Congress as to the freedom of the public lands, with the most notable speeches and letters of Messrs. Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, Cass, Seward, Everett, Breckinridge, H.V. Johnson, etc., etc., touching the questions of the day; and returns of all presidential elections since 1836, compiled by Horace Greeley and John F. Cleveland
A remedy for the defects of the Constitution, by Andrew J. Wilcox
A research guide to Congress : how to make Congress work for you, by Judith Manion, Joseph Meringolo, Robert Oaks
Abolishing the Joint Committee on Navajo-Hopi Administration
Accelerated Reforestation of National Forests
Access by the Congress to information from regulatory boards and commissions
Access to U.S. government information : guide to executive and legislative authors and authority, compiled by Jerrold Zwirn
Activities of non-diplomatic foreign principals : report [to accompany S. Res. 26], from the Cmte. on Rules and Administration, U.S. Senate, 88th Cong., 1st sess., March 11, 1963
Activities of the Committee on Government Operations
Activities of the Committee on Government Operations, 91st Congress
Activities of the House Committee on Government Operations, Ninety-Second Congress
Activities of the Senate Committee on Goverment Operations. : 82d- Congress
Activities of the Senate Committee on Government Operations : report of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate and its subcommittees for the Eighty-seventh Congress
Activity of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 91st Congress
Activity of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 92d Congress, First Session
Activity of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; 91st Congress, First Session
Adjustments in Foreign Service and Congressional annuities. : Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, second session on H.R. 14701 ... March 14 and 19, 1968
Administration of Federal Employee Leave System
Administrative Practice and Procedure
Adopting and continuing for the 92d Congress the provisions of the first section of House Resolution 1293, 91st Congress, relating to positions on the U.S. Capitol Police Force under the House of Representatives
Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress : (established under authority of Public Law 101-509, November 5, 1990) : fourth report, December 31, 2006, compiled by the Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, under the direction of Karen L. Haas, chairman, Jeff Trandahl, chairman, and Emily J. Reynolds, vice-chairman
Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress : (established under authority of Public Law 101-509, November 5, 1990) : second report, December 31, 1995, prepared under the direction of Kelly D. Johnston, chairman
Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress : (established under authority of Public Law 101-509, November 5, 1990) : third report, December 31, 2000, compiled by Karen D. Paul under the direction of Gary Sisco, chairman and Jeff Trandahl, vice-chairman
Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress : Fourth Report
Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress : first report, December 31, 1991
Age Requirements for Appointments to Positions in Executive Agencies and Competitive Service
Agencies' annual performance plans under the Results Act : an assessment guide to facilitate Congressional decisionmaking, United States General Accounting Office, General Government Division, [and] Accounting and Information Management Division
Airport and Airway Development and Revenue Acts of 1970
Airport and Airway Trust Fund Amendments
Alleged threats to influence testimony concerning the Administration's farm legislation. : Hearing ... Eighty-seventh Congress, first session, August 15, 1961
Alleged threats to influence testimony concerning the Administration's farm legislation. : Report of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, made by its Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Alternate Plan Postponing Adjustments in Federal Statutory Pay Systems, Message from the President
Amending Clause 19 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives with respect of lobbying practices and political campaign contributions affecting the House of Representatives
Amending Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate
Amending Rule XXIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate with Respect to the Nomination and Appointment of Committee Members
Amending Rule XXV Relative to Open and Closed Sessions of Committees
Amending Rules of the House of Representatives Relating to Financial Disclosure
Amending Section 40b of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 68(b)) to Remove the Restriction On Change of Salary of Full-time Referees
Amending the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees
Amending the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964, for Certain Employees, As Amended
Amending the D.C. Cooperative Association Act
Amending the International Economic Policy Act of 1972
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to Strengthen the Requirement that Committee Proceedings be Held in Open Session
Amendment to Constitution relative to the making of treaties : hearings before Subcommittee No. 3 of the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives, seventy-eighth Congress, second session on H.J. Res. 6, H.J. Res. 31, H.J. Res. 64, H.J. Res. 238, H.J. Res. 246, H.J. Res. 264, and H.J. Res 320, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the making of treaties, March 8, November 29 and 30, December 1 and 2, 1944
Amendment to the Constitution requiring two-thirds majorities for bills increasing taxes : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, on H.J. Res. 159 ... March 6, 1996
Amendment to the Constitution, 1933
Amendments to the Defense Production Act of 1950
Amendments to the Food Stamp Act of 1964
Amendments to the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970
Amendments to the Request for Appropriations for FY73 for the Legislative Branch, Communication from the President
Amendments to the Service Contract Act of 1965
America's Congress : actions in the public sphere, James Madison through Newt Gingrich, David R. Mayhew
America's choice 2000, edited by William Crotty
America's legislative processes : Congress and the states, Fred R. Harris, Paul L. Hain
America's political inventors : the lost art of legislation, George W. Liebmann
American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
American legislative behavior, a reader, Editor: Samuel C. Patterson
American legislatures : structure and process, George S. Blair
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Martin Barry, ASLA, is a landscape architect at W Architecture and Landscape Architecture where he fills multiple roles for projects of various scales for public and private clients around the world. As an urban design advocate, he founded reSITE in the Czech Republic while he was a Fulbright Scholar teaching landscape architecture and urbanism in Prague in 2011-2012. reSITE is a collaborative platform to exchange ideas about livable, resilient and competitive cities. Martin holds a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola College and a Master of Landscape Architecture from Syracuse University.


"Here's looking at you, kid." Your journey through Morocco begins in the famous city of Casablanca. From here, let the vibrant contrast of the orange clay architecture against electric blue skies awaken your senses and draw you further into Morocco's lively yet ancient culture. Marvel at the splendour of a desert sunrise from the back of a camel. Immerse yourself in the history and archaeology of Rabat's museums. Savour local cuisines both unexpected and familiar. Although you might fall in love with the culture of Morocco, the sights, sounds, and tastes of your journey will sustain you until your next visit.
Enjoy a private car ride to the airport. Guests departing from the Toronto airport are assisted with their check-in. Meet your Journey Manager and fellow travellers and board your flights to Casablanca, Morocco.
With a name meaning "Land of God," it's no surprise that the city of Marrakesh is filled with luscious gardens, ornate palaces, and vibrant marketplaces. Look out at the still waters of the basin from the pavilion in Menara Garden. Relish the history and architecture of the Saadian Tombs. Mingle in the bustling crowds of Jemaa el-Fna Square. Much like Morocco itself, Marrakesh is a place of passion and colour, inviting you to become a part of its history and excitement.
The Sahara Slumber is an experience unlike any you've ever had. Journey into the desert to the town of Midelt, enjoying 360° views of the surrounding mountains, valleys, and canyons. At Midelt, which is situated between the Middle Atlas and High Atlas mountain ranges, transfer to 4x4 as you head from Erfoud to Merzouga. Here, spend the night in a desert camp where the sand is cool and the sky is filled with stars - a truly an unforgettable experience.
Known as the "blue pearl of Morocco," Chefchaouen is an ancient Moorish/Jewish village nestled in the Rif Mountains. Its buildings are awash in blue, just slightly lighter than the electric blue skies that surround it, creating an atmosphere both vibrant and calming. Wander through the winding alleys, explore the Kasbah Museum, and visit the wash houses where locals hand-wash their laundry. No matter where you go in Chefchaouen, the iconic blue walls, often peppered with colourful flower pots or baskets for sale, provide the perfect backdrop.
The imperial city of Fez is the second largest city in Morocco, after Casablanca. The city has a lively modern vibe, but the constant hum of its 12-century history is ever present as you wander through ornate gateways and down narrow streets. Visit the Medersa Attarine, Nejjarine fountain, and Moulay Idriss mausoleum before dining on local fare in the heart of the medina. Then, take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the souks, marketplaces that form a labyrinth of culture—luckily, you'll have a local expert to guide you through the maze of stalls.


Hollow fiber membranes were prepared from TEGMC (TriEthylene Glycol Monoesterified Crosslinkable) 6FDA-DAM:DABA (3:2) polyimide and shown to retain their stability and permselectivity under aggressive sour gas feed conditions. The H2S/CH4 and CO2/CH4 permselectivities of these cross-linked fibers exceeded those of dense-film membranes, which is attributed to polymer-chain alignment induced during the spinning process. Morover, when the crosslinked fibers were post-treated to deposit a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) layer on the skin, high-pressure performance under mixed-gas feeds improved even further. We hypothesize that the PDMS layer healed subtle morphological imperfections in the chain-oriented fiber skin even under challenging feed conditions. The high-performance membranes showed CO2/CH4 and H2S/CH4 permselectivity values as high as 55 and 29, respectively for a 5% H2S, 45% CO2, and 50% CH4 feed at 35 °C. An even more aggressive 20% H2S, 20% CO2, 60% CH4 mixed gas feed with 500 psig feed pressure was also used and showed CO2/CH4 and H2S/CH4 permselectivity values of 47 and 22, respectively.
Development of dense film carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membranes for ethylene/ethane (C 2H 4/C 2H 6) separation is reported. A commercial polyimide, Matrimid®, was pyrolyzed under vacuum and inert argon atmosphere, and the resultant CMS films were characterized using pure C 2H 4 and C 2H 6 permeation at 35 °C, 50 psia feed pressure. The effects on C 2H 4/C 2H 6 separation caused by different final vacuum pyrolysis temperatures from 500 to 800 °C are reported. For all pyrolysis temperatures separation surpassed the estimated 'upper bound' solution processable polymer line for C 2H 4 permeability vs. C 2H 4/C 2H 6 selectivity. C 2H 4 permeability decreased and selectivity increased with increasing pyrolysis temperature until 650-675 °C where an optimum combination of C 2H 4 permeability ∼14-15 Barrer with C 2H 4/C 2H 6 selectivity ∼12 was observed. A modified heating rate protocol for 675 °C showed further increase in permeability with no selectivity loss. CMS films produced from argon pyrolysis showed results comparable to vacuum pyrolysis. Further, mixed gas (63.2 mol% C 2H 4 + 36.8 mol% C 2H 6) permeation showed a slightly lower C 2H 4 permeability with C 2H 4/C 2H 6 selectivity increase rather than a decrease that is often seen with polymers. The high selectivity of these membranes was shown to arise from a high 'entropic selection' indicating that the 'slimmer' ethylene molecule has significant advantage over ethane in passing through the rigid 'slit-shaped' CMS pore structure. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Using a process-guided approach, a new 6FDA-based polyimide - 6FDA-DAM:DABA(4:1) - has been developed in the form of hollow fiber membranes for CO 2 recovery from post-combustion flue gas streams. Dense film studies on this polymer reveal a CO 2 permeability of 224 Barrers at 40°C at a CO 2 feed pressure of 10psia. The dense films exhibit an ideal CO 2/N 2 permselectivity of 20 at 40°C, which permits their use in a two-step counter-flow/sweep membrane process. Dry-jet, wet-quench, non-solvent-induced phase inversion spinning was used to create defect-free hollow fibers from 6FDA-DAM:DABA(4:1). Membranes with defect-free skin layers, approximately 415nm thick, were obtained with a pure CO 2 permeance of 520GPU at 30°C and an ideal CO 2/N 2 permselectivity of 24. Mixed gas permeation and wet gas permeation are presented for the fibers. The CO 2 permeance in the fibers was reduced by approximately a factor of 2 in feeds with 80% humidity. As a proof-of-concept path forward to increase CO 2 flux, we incorporated microporous ZIF-8 fillers into 6FDA-DAM:DABA(4:1) dense films. Our 6FDA-DAM:DABA(4:1)/ZIF-8 dense film composites (20wt% ZIF-8) had a CO 2 permeability of 550 Barrers and a CO 2/N 2 selectivity of 19 at 35°C. Good adhesion between the ZIF and the 6FDA-DAM:DABA(4:1) matrix was observed. CO 2 capture costs of $27/ton of CO 2 using the current, "non-optimized" membrane are estimated using a custom counterflow membrane model. Hollow fiber membrane modules were estimated to have order-of-magnitude reductions in system footprint relative to spiral-wound modules, thereby making them attractive in current space-constrained coal-fired power stations. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Improvement in the efficiency of CO 2 separation from flue gases is a high-priority research area to reduce the total energy cost of carbon capture and sequestration technologies in coal-fired power plants. Efficient CO 2 removal from flue gases by adsorption systems requires the design of novel sorbents capable of capturing, concentrating, and recovering CO 2 on a cost-effective basis. This paper describes the preparation of an aminosilane-functionalized cellulosic polymer sorbent with enhanced CO 2 sorption capacity and promising performance for use in postcombustion carbon capture via rapid temperature-swing adsorption systems. The introduction of aminosilane functionalities onto the backbone of cellulose acetate was achieved by the anhydrous grafting of N-(2-aminoethyl)-3- aminoisobutyldimethylmethoxysilane. The dry sorption capacity of the modified cellulosic polymer reached 27 cc (STP) CO 2/cc sorbent (1.01 mmol/g sorbent) at 1 atm and 39 cc (STP) CO 2/cc sorbent (1.46 mmol/g sorbent) at 5 atm and 308 K. The amine loading achieved was 5.18 mmol amine(nitrogen)/g sorbent. Exposure to water vapor after the first dry sorption cycle increased the dry sorption capacity of the sorbent by 12% at 1 atm, suggesting its potential for rapid cyclic adsorption processes under humid feed conditions. The CO 2 sorbent was characterized in terms of chemical composition, density changes, molecular structure, thermal stability, and surface morphology. © 2011 American Chemical Society.
A 6FDA based polyamide-imide, 6F-PAI-1, is compared to Pebax®, a commercially available rubbery polyether/polyamide block copolymer, for the simultaneous separation of CO2 and H2S from CH4. Feed streams of 20/20/60 and 5/45/50H2S/CO2/CH4 were used to compare the effect of acid gas concentration on the separation efficiency of 6F-PAI-1 and Pebax® under industrially relevant conditions. 6F-PAI-1 showed CO2/CH4 selectivities at 850psia total feed pressure of 30 and 40 for the 20/20/60 and 5/45/50 feed streams, respectively, while selectivity for H2S/CH4 was approximately 20 for both feeds. Pebax® showed selectivities of 40 and 10 for H2S/CH4 and CO2/CH4, respectively. Both selectivities were mostly independent of acid gas concentration in the feed, an unsurprising trend considering the non-glassy nature of this material. The selectivities in 6F-PAI-1 translated to less than 6% CH4 lost in the permeate stream for both feeds, while for the 5/45/50 feed, CH4 fraction in the permeate at 850psia was less than 4%. These promising results suggest that glassy polymers possessing favorable intrinsic plasticization resistance, such as 6F-PAI-1, may be appropriate for the typical case of natural gas sweetening where CO2 concentration in the feed is higher than it is for H2S. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
Separation of high-pressure carbon dioxide from fluorocarbons is important for the production of fluoropolymers such as poly(tetrafluoroethylene). Typical polymeric membranes plasticize under high CO2 partial pressure conditions and fail to provide adequate selective separations. Torlon, a polyamide-imide polymer, with the ability to form interchain hydrogen bonding, is shown to provide stability against aggressive CO2 plasticization. Torlon membranes in the form of asymmetric hollow fibers (the most productive form of membranes) are considered for an intended separation of CO 2/C2F4. To avoid safety issues with tetrafluoroethylene (C2F4), which could detonate under testing conditions, safer surrogate mixtures (C2H2F 2 and C2H4) are considered in this paper. Permeation measurements (at 35 °C) indicate that the Torlon membranes are not plasticized even up to 1250 psi of CO2. The membranes provide mixed gas CO2/C2H2F2 and CO 2/C2H4 selectivities of 100 and 30, respectively, at 1250 psi partial pressures of CO2. On the basis of the measured separation performances of CO2/C2H 2F2 and CO2/C2H4 mixtures, the selectivity of the CO2/C2F4 mixture is expected to be greater than 100. Long-term stability studies indicate that the membranes provide stable separations over a period of 5 days at 1250 psi partial pressures of CO2, thereby making the membrane approach attractive. © 2009 American Chemical Society.
Dense film membranes of the copolyimide 6FDA-DAM:DABA (3:2) are studied for simultaneous removal of CO2 and H2S from sour natural gas streams. Pure and mixed gas permeation as well as pure gas sorption data are reported at 35°C and pressures up to 62bar. The H2S partial pressures used are representative of highly aggressive field operations. Penetrant-induced plasticization effects are evident at feed pressures below 1bar in pure H2S feeds; sub-Tg thermal annealing is used to effectively mitigate this effect, and these annealed films are used throughout the study. Surprisingly, H2S/CH4 selectivity nearly doubles for mixed gas testing in comparison to the pure component ideal selectivity values and approaches the level of a state-of-the-art glassy polymer, cellulose acetate (CA), at H2S partial pressures above 2bar. Furthermore, permeation experiments using a 9.95% H2S, 19.9% CO2, 70.15% CH4 mixture at low feed pressures give CO2/CH4 selectivity of up to 49-over 30% greater than the pure component selectivity for 6FDA-DAM:DABA (3:2). The overall sour gas separation performance of this polyimide is comparable to high-performance rubbery polymer membranes, which have been reported for only moderate H2S partial pressure feeds, and is superior to that for CA based on a practical combined acid gas separation efficiency metric that we introduce. Finally, methods for continued development of the current polyimide membrane material for aggressive sour gas separations are presented. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
The effects of supercritical CO2 (scCO2) conditioning on high-performance cross-linked polyimide membranes is examined through gas permeation and sorption experiments. Under supercritical conditions, the cross-linked polymers do not exhibit a structural reorganization of the polymer matrix that was observed in the non-cross-linkable, free acid polymer. Pure gas permeation isotherms and mixed gas permeabilities and selectivities show the cross-linked polymers to be much more stable to scCO2 conditioning than the free acid polymer. In fact, following scCO2 conditioning, the mixed gas CO2 permeabilities of the cross-linked polymers increased while the CO2/CH4 separation factors remained relatively unchanged. This response highlights the stability and high performance of these cross-linked membranes in aggressive environments. In addition, this response reveals the potential for the preconditioning of cross-linked polymer membranes to enhance productivity without sacrificing efficiency in practical applications which, in effect, provides another tool to 'tune' membrane properties for a given separation. Finally, the dual mode model accurately describes the sorption and dilation characteristics of the cross-linked polymers. The changes in the dual mode sorption model parameters before and after the scCO2 exposure also provide insights into the alterations in the different glassy samples due to the cross-linking and scCO2 exposure. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
Diffusion of water and ethanol in silicalite has been studied in large crystals (70 μm × 30 μm × 15 μm) synthesized via a fluoride mediated route. The near-perfect hydrophobic silicalite (F-) crystals have very few internal silanol defects and, as a result, display water and ethanol transport behavior that is uncontaminated by these defects. The transport diffusivity (Dt) of ethanol is higher than that of water at the same sorbate activity. However, this difference is due to the difference in the shape of the isotherms. The thermodynamically corrected diffusivity (D o) of water is almost an order of magnitude higher than that of ethanol reflecting the difference in molecular size. Estimates of the permeability/permselectivity/separation factors for ethanol/water separation based on the present kinetic and equilibrium data for the fluoride synthesized crystals are compared with the values observed for traditional silicalite membranes. The present diffusivity values for fluoride synthesized silicalite are similar to the values for regular silicalite (OH-) derived from uptake rate measurements but much smaller (by more than four orders of magnitude) than the self-diffusivities derived from PFG-NMR measurements. This result is consistent with the results of other measurements of the diffusion of small molecules in silicalite which suggest that, in macroscopic measurements, the rate of intra-crystalline transport is controlled by the sub-structure (extensive twinning), rather than by diffusion in the ideal MFI micropores. In this situation microscale measurements such as PFG-NMR will lead to erroneously high estimates of transport rates and therefore of permeability and permselectivity. © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


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England Hockey head coach Bobby Crutchley insists the New Year comes with preparation and results far ahead of expectation on the road to the Rio 2016 Olympics.
As England head coach Crutchley led the men's team to a series of successful finishes in a busy year that saw a World Cup take place in the Netherlands and a Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
England's men placed fourth at the World Cup, only losing to Argentina in the bronze medal match, but ensured there was no such miss at the Commonwealth Games as they defeated New Zealand to finish third.
The year-ending Champions Trophy in India produced a disappointing seventh-place finish but Crutchley remains happy with the year that has been with 2015 set to be equally as important.
Both the Olympic qualifying tournament and the European Championships in London are on the calendar next year and head coach Crutchley is excited to get going.
"2014 has been a big improvement from the previous year," Crutchley told the official England Hockey website. "I feel that the whole group have made significant strides.
"If you take into account the fourth place finish at the World Cup and a bronze at the Commonwealth Games I think we are slightly ahead of the curve of success we have been working towards as we continue to build up to the Olympic Qualifiers next year and Rio in 2016.
"Finishing seventh at the Champions Trophy was obviously disappointing, but as a coach I am looking at the quality of play and I've been really encouraged by some of the hockey we produced during the tournament.


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Police probe couple seen having sex in park in broad daylight in Bangkok
General News ViralPress February 24, 2021
Video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/57cjz2m3bisqqip/VRP13400.mp4?dl=0
Police were today (Wed) investigating a couple seen having sex in a park in broad daylight.
The pair shocked onlookers when they pulled aside their shorts and began making out in Bangkok, Thailand, before Valentine's Day (February 13).
Gobsmacked parkgoer, Rattana, said she watched as the woman straddled her boyfriend in a 'cowgirl' position.
Footage shows how the pair continued the public romp for more than four minutes – with the woman's legs wrapped around her partners on the ground.
At one point, her naked bottom could be seen as the man lifted her into his lap while they rocked back and forth under the tree.
Shockingly, people were walking through the Vachirabenjatas Park, near the city's Chatuchak Weekend Market.
Police officers interviewed Rattana and visited the park today after the footage caused outrage among locals. They also found a condom packet near the tree, which they believe was used by the couple.
Lieutenant Colonel Somchit from the Phahon Yothin district police station said they officers had watched the video and opened an investigation.
He said: 'There are CCTV cameras in the area so we are checking those to try to find where the couple went to after the park. We're also checking to see if there are any in the park that recorded them.
'A condom wrapper was found in the park and from the video evidence and the witness, we believe a crime has been committed so we want to interview the two young people.'
Outraged filmer Rattana said she wanted to capture what was happening 'so the authorities could investigate'.
She said: 'It was worse before I started the recording because they were in a cowgirl position, like they would do in a bedroom. They totally forgot that they were in a public area.
'These people have no sense of basic decency. There were children around us and families were walking all over the park.'
The stunned onlooker added that the spot was near a playground where there were several children playing, but the exhibitionist pair still continued their indecent act.
Rattana added: 'The couple did not budge even after people started to walk right next to the fence behind them.'
The couple in the video have not yet been identified but there have since been calls for the police to take action against them
Public indecency in Thailand is punishable with a fine not exceeding 5,000 Baht (117GBP).


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Gruner + Jahr's Indian arm Networkplay launches augmented reality mobile app ARplay
Sonam Gulati	12 Nov, 2013
Gruner + Jahr's (the publishing division of European media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG) Indian arm Networkplay has launched ARplay, an augmented reality application. The app has been developed by Networkplay and distributed through Seventynine (a business unit of Networkplay).
ARplay is meant for Gruner + Jahr's brands to distribute multimedia content and build interaction with users. The app will be distributing ads, advertorials, links to web content and contests and enable social sharing among consumers.
Gruner + Jahr entered the Indian market in 2011, with its acquisition of the publishing house, MaXposure Media Group, followed by Networkplay last year. More recently, Networkplay acquired yoCAPTCHA which also in effect has become part of the Bertelsmann group.
"We have thought hard about where ARplay actually adds value and we are working to ensure that each augmentation brings something new to our customers. This app is just the beginning to our technological development showcase of how the future of magazine will look in the era of convergence," said Ampreet Singh, CEO, Networkplay.
Gruner + Jahr is one of the world's leading media groups and its Electronic Media Sales (EMS) division is a leader in the digital advertising space in Europe. With over 300 magazines and 150 websites in more than 30 countries, Gruner + Jahr is a market leader in many segments. In fiscal year 2010, Gruner + Jahr generated revenues of €2.55 billion and employed around 13,300 people worldwide. As much as 74.9 per cent of Gruner + Jahr is owned by Bertelsmann AG and 25.1 per cent by the Hamburg publishing family Jahr.
(Edited by Joby Puthuparampil Johnson)
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How to Vist: Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour Near Krakow
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When I planned a trip to Poland for my mother and her siblings, I knew that Karkow would be the first stop on our itinerary. I had a few things in mind when my Poland travel research began, and I reached out to a friend who visits the country regularly. The first thing he told me was, "You have to do a Wieliczka Salt Mine tour!".
This got me intrigued, so I began down a rabbit hole of learning about the site and various tour options for visiting. I wasn't sure what to expect – on its surface, the salt mine doesn't seem very exciting. Boy was I wrong about that! Once I learned about the Wieliczka Salt Mine and different tour options I was sold. I booked tickets for mom, Mike, and myself and we were soon off to the excursion.
1 What is the Wieliczka Salt Mine?
2 Options for Booking a Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour
3 The Tourist's Route
3.1 What You Experience
3.2 Practical Information
3.3 Booking Options
4 The Miner's Route
5 The Pilgrim's Route
6 The Graduation Tower
7 Final Thoughts on Booking Wieliczka Salt Mine Tours
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What is the Wieliczka Salt Mine?
Wieliczka is a small town in Poland about 30 minutes southeast of Krakow. For millennia, the Polish people have been utilizing salt deposits in the area for preserving meat and fish. In prehistoric times, water from the salt spring was gathered in clay pots and boiled down on a hearth to obtain salt.
The methods were passed down through the generations and specialization in salt production occurred. It became a valuable resource that was traded and used as a means of payment. However, the brine of the salt springs eventually dried up by the 11th century.
In the 11th through 13th centuries, wells were dug to continue salt gathering efforts. Eventually, in the 13th century, these saltwater wells were dug deeper and the first salt rocks were surfaced. The discovery revolutionized the process of gathering salt and mines were dug with four profitable shafts existing by the end of the 15th century.
The Wieliczka mines continued to produce salt and soon became a popular tourist attraction with Nicolaus Copernicus becoming one of the early visitors in 1493. In the centuries to come, the mine grew with new shafts and levels of digging. New salt extraction methods emerged and tourism at Wieliczka continued to expand.
Today the mines are no longer used for salt production, which peaked in the 1970s. Wieliczka Salt Mine is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is preserved as an important cultural and historical attraction in Poland.
Options for Booking a Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour
When it comes to booking a Wieliczka Salt Mine tour, there are three options to consider. Each one is a guided tour and the public can only visit the mines with a guide – you don't want to get lost down there! The three guided tours are:
The Tourist Route
The Miner's Route
The Pilgrim's Route
As you'd expect, each tour covers a different path beneath the ground.
The Tourist's Route
The Tourist Route is by far the most popular Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour and it's the option we went with when we visited the site.
Most guidebooks recommend this tour for first-time visitors and it makes sense because you get all the highlights of the mines and the physical activity is mild. As the name suggests, it's best for tourists looking to experience the mines and learn about their place in history.
What You Experience
When you begin this route you are given an audio headset to listen to your guide as you descend over 100m below ground. The entry mineshaft is the Danilowicz shaft and each one has a unique name. Most are named for Polish Saints, Kings, and historical figures.
The descent is 380 wooden steps, but you can ease your mind knowing that you will take an elevator back up to the ground level after the tour ends.
The total tour route is over 3 km and the underground temperatures are cool, so bring long sleeves or dress in layers, even in the summer months.
Along this route, you learn about the history of the mine and the mining techniques used within its mineshafts. The highlights include intricate salt sculptures, underground saline lakes, and the stunning chapel of Saint Kinga – Europe's only underground church.
Tour Length: 2 Hours
Distanced Covered: 3.4 kiolmeters
Temperatures: 17-18 °C or 62-64°F
We booked using GetYourGuide, and if you've followed us at all, you know that GYG is our go-to source for booking online tours and tickets. This was another case where I'm glad we booked with GetYourGuide because once we arrived in Karkow, my aunt and uncle decided not to join Mike, my mom, and me for this tour. It was simple and easy to cancel their booking and we weren't charged for their tickets since we canceled 24 hours before the tour.
There are a few options for the Wieliczka Salt Mine Tourist Route of which you can find more information with these links:
Most Popular, Skip the Line Guided Tour
Guided Tour with Transportation and Hotel Pick Up
Half-Day Combination Tour with Schindler's Factory Tour
Half-Day Combination Tour with Auschwitz Tour
The Miner's Route
An alternative to the popular Tourist Route is the Miner's Route, a guided tour that focuses on the life of workers in the mine. If you decide to go with this option it does not cover any of the same ground as Tourist Route.
On this tour, you will enter the Miner's Route from the Regis shaft in the city center of Wieliczka. The tour starts with visitors suiting up in coveralls and equipping themselves with headlamps and other mining tools. After descending 100+ meters beneath the surface, guides take visitors into the lives of salt miners.
Those who embark on this tour navigate the dark untouched mineshafts and test the air in various chambers and search for salt. The point of this route is to have an authentic experience. Visitors carry out the daily tasks of a miner for a truly unique tour.
Keep in mind, this tour involves physical activity and isn't for every traveler, especially those with mobility issues. You will experience more temperature changes in this tour as well as exert physical energy – so dressing in layers is advised.
There are fewer options for this tour because it requires more resources – equipment and an experienced guide with knowledge of mining. Therefore, it is strongly suggested that you book ahead for this one. The link below is for booking the Miner's Route with transportation from Krakow.
Miner's Tour with Transportation from Krakow
The Pilgrim's Route
The "God Bless" Pilgrim's Route is a specialized journey beneath the surface to experience the faith of the miners. As a devoutly Catholic nation, the miners of Poland expressed their faith throughout the chambers and shafts of the Wieliczka Salt Mines.
You can book this version of the Wieliczka Salt Mine tour on their official website, as it takes some special arrangement.
The Graduation Tower
Now, if you're worried about going underground and a little creeped out by the thought – you can experience the mines from above. Sure, it's not quite the same, but if you visit the Graduation Tower near the Danilowicza shaft (start of the Tourist's Route) you can climb the observation tour and breath in the salt air.
Believed to be therapeutic, locals constructed the tower above the deep salt mines to collect the rising air. It's a fun way to experience this authentic tradition, even if you do journey below the surface.
Final Thoughts on Booking Wieliczka Salt Mine Tours
Now that you know all about the Wieliczka Salt Mine tours and how to book them, all you need to do is make it happen. Discover how this offbeat destination in Poland shaped the history and culture of Central Europe and the people who've lived there over the centuries.
There is no shortage of things to do in Krakow, but booking one of these salt mine tours will make your trip truly special. When I first heard of these salt mines near Krakow I really didn't know what to expect. After the tour, it's one of my favorite things to recommend anyone visiting the region.
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