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Did you know...all of our programs are run by qualified staff who have completed background checks. All supervisors are First Aid and CPR certified.
Manderach Memorial Playground has been voted a top destination in the Philadelphia area! Mommy Poppins: 100 Things to Do With Your Kids in Philly
NEW! Check out our Facebook page here!
Register for a Program or Bus Trip- CLICK HERE to download the registration form. This form MUST be signed to register for a program.
**All programs must be paid for prior to the start date at the Township Building. We currently accept: cash, check, credit card (Visa, Mastercard, and Discover) and debit cards. Please see the "Municipay" sidebar to learn more about paying with a credit or debit card.
Nothing cancels a good program quicker than waiting until the last minute to register. If there are not minimum registrations by the assigned date, the program will be canceled. There are no walk-in registrations accepted at the program site, so register early!
If a receipt is needed for a program or camp, please request one upon registration. Receipts cannot be given at the end of the year for previous programs.
Director of Recreation:
Angela Russell x129
Event Coordinator:
Allyson Knight x150
Program Coordinator:
Ryan Yanchocik x151
Parks Crew Foreman:
Scott Croissette x320
Get outdoors and explore what Limerick and Pennsylvania has to offer! Do you know all the recreational opportunities within Limerick Township? Limerick Community Park, Veterans Park, Trinley River Park and Linfield Sports Park...Check them out!
Reminders when visitng Limerick Township Parks:
Limerick Township park facilities are open from dawn to dusk. Restroom facilities are open from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm daily from March 28th through October 31st.
Parking in designated parking spots only at all park facilities. Vehicle access is limited to the general parking areas - parking on grass is prohibited at all times. Vehicles may be ticketed.
Animals must be leashed at all times and the owner must clean up after them.
Limerick Community Park - LCP Map
Swamp Pike & Ziegler Road, Limerick, PA 19468
Home of the Manderach Memorial Playground
This 70 acre park includes: 2 pavilions, 3 softball fields, 2 little league fields, 1 baseball field, 2 sand volleyball courts, 2 basketball courts, 2 restroom facilities and a 1.1 mile paved walking/running track with 12 fitness stations.
*Manderach Memorial Playground is CLOSED on the first Monday of each month from 7 am - 2 pm so that inspections and maintenace can be performed to keep the playground in good working condition.
DIRECTIONS: From 422 - Take the Limerick/Linfield exit. From 422 WEST make a right onto Lewis Road. From 422 EAST make a left onto Lewis Road. Follow Lewis Road to Ridge Pike. Turn right onto Ridge Pike. At first light (Limerick Diner on right), turn left onto Swamp Pike. Follow Swamp Pike to Ziegler Road. Make a right onto Ziegler Road just past Waltz's Turf Farm.
Veterans Park - VP Map
646 West Ridge Pike, Limerick, PA 19468
This 7.5 acre park includes: pavilion with charcoal grills, 2 multi-purpose fields, playground area and 2 tennis courts.
From 422 - Take the Limerick/Linfield exit. From 422 WEST make a right onto Lewis Road. From 422 EAST make a left onto Lewis Road. Follow Lewis Road to Ridge Pike. Turn left onto Ridge Pike. Follow Ridge Pike to the Limerick Township Building which will be on your right hand side. The park is directly behind the Township Building.
Trinley River Park - TRP Map
Railroad Street & Trinley Road, Linfield, PA 19468
This 6 acre park includes: a walking trail along the Schuylkill River, pavilion with charcoal grills and boat ramp.
DIRECTIONS: From 422 - Take the Limerick/Linfield exit. From 422 WEST make a left onto Lewis Road. From 422 EAST make a right onto Lewis Road. At next stop light make a right onto Linfield Road/Main Street. Follow until Railroad Street and make a left and follow road down to park entrance and parking lot.
Linfield Sports Park - LSP Map
Longview Road, Linfield, PA, 19468
This 17 acre park includes: 1 softball field, multi-purpose fields and a pavilion.
DIRECTIONS: From 422 - Take the Limerick/Linfield exit. From 422 WEST make a left onto Lewis Road. From 422 EAST make a right onto Lewis Road. At next stop light make a right onto Linfield Road/Main Street. Follow until Longview Road and make a right and you will see the park entrance on your right.
Rental time periods are 10:00 am to 2:00 pm OR 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. These rental times include set-up and clean-up time. Pavilions are available to rent from March 30th through October 27th, 2013.
2015 Pavilion Rental Application
Limerick Community Park - Main Pavilion
*Electric is available at the Main Pavilion
*Section A & B includes 6 picnic tables each section for rent
*Section C is for community use on a first come, first serve basis
Limerick Community Park - Lions Den Pavilion
*No electric is available at the Lions Den Pavilion
*Includes 4 picnic tables under pavilion & 4 picnic tables outside pavilion
Veterans Park Pavilion
*Electric is available at the pavilions along with charcoal grills for use
*Includes 8 picnic tables
Trinley River Park - Thompson Pavilion
*No electric is available at the Thompson Pavilion
*Includes 4 picnic tables under pavilion & 2 picnic tables outside pavilion
Facilities available to rent: Softball/Baseball Fields, Multi-Purpose Fields, Sand Volleyball Courts, Tennis Courts, Basketball Courts
2015 Fee Schedule
2015 Seasonal Field/Court Rental Application
LTP&R in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Recreation and Parks Society (PRPS) are selling discount amusement park (summer) and ski lift tickets (winter) to participating theme parks and ski mountains. These are actual tickets not coupons and are good through the current season.
Buy your tickets now – save money and avoid waiting in long lines at the amusement park or ski mountain.Participating parks and ski mountains are listed below. Get your tickets early as supplies are limited (call ahead to confirm availability).
Discount Amusement
Park Ticket Flyer (available May - Sept.)
Discount Ski Ticket Flyer (available December - March)
NOTICE: Movie ticket prices have changed...see below.
Due to the company's increase of ticket prices, movie tickets prices have changed.
Regal Movie Theatre Tickets - Premeire Super Saver Tickets
Price is $9.00 per ticket and tickets are accepted anytime.
Movie Tavern Tickets - Price is $8.50 per ticket. Movie Tavern tickets are valid for all films. 3D films are an additional $2.00 - $3.00 surcharge (depending on location).
PLEASE CALL AHEAD FOR AVAILABILTY. CASH or CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED FOR TICKETS. NO REFUNDS.
The Parks & Recreation Committee meetings are on the first Thursday of every month at 7:00pm and are held at the Limerick Township Building.
Meetings are open to the community. Please come out an join us!
The Parks and Recreation Committee is a seven member committee whose members
are appointed to five-year terms by the Board of Supervisors along with an appointed student representative for a one-year term. The committee works
in cooperation with the Parks and Recreation Department as an advisory committee
in regards to different recreational projects, events and facilities.
Parks and Recreation Committee members:
Michael Connelly
Kris Bautsch - Chairman
Jim Crawford
Margaret Schweitzer
Tom J. Neafcy, Jr. - BOS Representative
2015 Meeting Schedule
January 8 (Reorganization)
March 5
April 2
May 7
June 4
July 2
August 6
September 3
October 1
November 5
December 3
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LTP&R Seasonal Recreation Employment Opportunities
Limerick Township Parks and Recreation Department hires seasonal, part-time summer camp staff for our (3) Summer Shamrock Camps: Lil' Shamrocks, Camp Shamrock and Shamrock Adventures.
Job Description- Summer Shamrock Camps
Seasonal Employment Application- Summer Shamrock Camps
Summer Shamrock Camp C.I.T. Program
The Counselor In Training Program is designed to train youths who have completed 8th-10th grades - who are too old for camp but too young for paid employment- to assist the Summer Shamrock Camp Staff with activities, games and crafts. C.I.T. positions are seasonal, non-paid, volunteer positions. Placements are limited. A recommendation letter from a teacher is needed along with the completed application to be considered for a C.I.T. position.
C.I.T Application- Summer Shamrock Camps
College Recreation Internship Opportunites
LTP&R offers college students Internship Opportunites, please look over the information and contact the Parks and Recreation office if interested in applying for an internship with the department. Spring, summer or fall interns are welcome!
Recreation Internship Information
NOTICE: Due to a change in schedule, Lil' Shamrocks, Camp Shamrock, & Shamrock Adventures will be held at Brooke Elementary for the 2015 summer.
Lil' Shamrocks ~ Camp Shamrock ~ Shamrock Adventures
& Shamrock Sports Adventure Camp
June 22-July 31
2015 Summer Camp Information Guide
Did you know...all of our camps are run by qualified staff who have completed background checks. All supervisors are First Aid and CPR certified.
For any Summer Shamrock Camp questions, contact Angela Russell at 610-495-6432x129.
Lil' Shamrocks 9:00AM-12:00PM- Brooke Elementary School
Lil' Shamrock Registration Form
Lil' Shamrocks Camp Activity Calendar
Lil' Shamrocks Parent Information Packet
Camp Shamrock 9:00AM-4:00PM - Brooke Elementary School
Camp Shamrock Registration Form
Camp Shamrock Field Trip Registration Form
Camp Shamrock Activity & Trip Calendar
Camp Shamrock Parent Information Packet
Shamrock Adventures 9:00AM-4:00PM- Brooke Elementary School
Shamrock Adventures Registration Form
Shamrock Adventures Activity & Trip Calendar
Shamrock Adventures Parent Information Packet
Extended Weeks Shamrock Camp 9:00AM-4:00PM- Limerick Twp. Bldg.
Extended Weeks Daily Activity Calendar
Extended Weeks Registration Form
Extended Weeks Trip Registration Form
LTP&R offers a variety of Volunteer Opportunities. Need Community Service hours for college resumes or National Honor Society? LTP&R is always looking for student volunteers to assist with a variety of community events and youth programs. Please contact Angela in the Parks and Recreation office at firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested in assisting at any of the LTP&R community events.
We also invite local brownie troops, girls scouts, cub scouts, boy scouts, school groups, church youth groups, and other groups to participate in community service opportunites through the Limerick Parks and Recreation Department. In the past local Cub Scouts made birdhouses for Limerick Community Park, Brownies cleaned up the Limerick Community Park, and Boy Scouts have helped beautify our parks by adding flag poles, bike stands, and message boards in the effort to earn their Eagle Scout award.
Please consider helping out LTP&R and the Limerick community!
Spring-Ford Youth Athletic Assoication website
Spring-Ford Youth Football & Cheerleading website
Spring-Ford Youth Lacrosse website
Spring Valley YMCA website
Royersford Public Library website
Limerick Historical Society website
Montgomery County Bookmobiles website
FC Providence Soccer Club website
Limerick Township now offers the convenience of accepting credit cards for payments. A third-party convenience fee will apply cardholders who wish to pay via credit card. This fee is required in order to allow Limerick Township the option to accept payments via credit card. Such fee will be disclosed to the cardholder at time of transaction with the option to decline the fee and make payment via cash or check. Nationwide Payment Solutions is an authorized Level 1 PCI-DSS thrid party processor of these regulated convenience fees. This fee will be 2.45% ($1.50 minimum).
A signed program registration/Hold Harmless form are required for participation in any LTP&R programs/trips and for your registration to be processed. These forms are a contract of understanding between you and LTP&R.
Cancellation & Refund Policy:
Limerick P&R reserves the right to cancel any program or activity due to insufficient registration. A full refund will be issued. Inclement weather may prompt cancellations. Sessions are made up at another date if possible.
1. Cancellation before the close of business on the printed registration deadline
date is without penalty.*
2. Cancellation after the printed registration deadline is handled on a case-by-case basis.*
3. Refunds are not possible once Limerick P&R has paid instructors.
*There is $10 per person administration fee for any cancellation processed by LTP&R.
LTP&R Mission Statement - LTP&R is committed to providing the personal,
economic, social and environmental benefits of parks and recreation! LTP&R
is here to assist you with making the best use of our services, programs and
facilities. Please let us know how we can help.
PHOTO INFORMATION: We may take your photo during programs and events. Photos may be displayed at the Limerick Community Park, on the Township web site, in P&R flyers or the Township Newsletter. Please let us know if this presents a problem.
Montgomery County Recreation Council
M.C.R.C. is comprised of various Recreation Departments throughout Montgomery County. Use M.C.R.C. as a resource to find additional recreation events and offings in your area.
"Pennsylvania Recreation Plan Focuses on Connection between Health, Outdoor Activities"
Pennsylvania's new five-year Outdoor Recreation Plan shows a need to change the way policy-makers and communities approach outdoor recreation in light of a changing population that is increasingly more urban, and whose children have been spending less time outdoors. To view the plan or for more information, visit www.paoutdoorrecplan.com ~press release from DCNR.
Get outdoors and explore what Limerick and Pennsylvania has to offer!


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Mileage - 8.8 (Diesel)
Audi Q7 Variants
Audi Q7 Mileage
|Engine Info
|Audi Q7 Diesel 3.0-litre 241bhp V6 TDI
|Audi Q7 Diesel 3.0-litre V6 245bhp
|Audi Q7 Diesel 3.0-litre 328bhp V6 TDI
Audi Q7 • Price, Variants & Specifications
The emblem of four overlapping rings and arresting looks makes an Audi. This German vehicle manufacturer presents car lovers with premium luxury cars that range from sedans and coupes to Sport Utility Vehicles.The Audi Q7- a SUV- has commodious seats and interiors which provide a comfortable ride to its passengers. It is also touted that Audi Q7 incorporates most of the high-end features that are available in the car line-up of Audi. Its performance is unparalleled as it is able to take on the city roads and the highways with equal grit. Thus the Audi Q7 understands and satisfies the needs of the Indian consumers splendidly. The Audi Q7 has the showroom price range of 54-67 lakh.
Engine & Performance
The Audi Q7 models are Quattro, i.e., they incorporate the permanent all-wheel drive system. There are three engine options that are provided to Audi consumers.Audi Q7 3.0 TDI Quattro has under its hood a V6 cylinder diesel engine that can churn out a power of 180 kW. The model has a peak torque of 550 Nm and has a top speed of 215 km/h. The car can accelerate from rest to a speed of 100 km/h 7.9 seconds.Audi Q7 4.2 TDI Quattro incorporates a V8 cylinder diesel engine that thrusts a power of 250 kW. The car has a maximum torque of 800 Nm. It has a top speed of 242 km/h. It can speed up from rest to 100 km/h in 6.4 seconds.Another model variant is Audi Q7 3.0 TFSI Quattro that is provided motivation by a V6 cylinder petrol engine. The car has a power output of 245 kW. Its peak torque is 440 Nm. It has a top speed of 243 km/h. It can reach a speed of 100 km/h from rest in 6.9 seconds.The Audi Q7 variants have an eight-speed tiptronic transmission.
The car is a seven-seater and thus has three rows of passenger seats. The second row has two single seats for added comfort. The first two rows of seats provide headrest and front/back adjustment to passengers. The seats are wrapped in cricket leather upholstery of three color varieties- cardamom beige, Black and Paranut brown. The steering wheel is also covered in premium leather fabric.The car incorporates Bang and Olufsen Advanced Sound system. An information system to provide assistance to the driver also features in the car. A MMI color display (a feature found in Audi only) of 6.5 inches is also integrated in the dashboard.The rear seats can be tilted to increase the space in the loading area to up to 2035 liters. Thus the car offers plenty of space. Several other storage compartments such as big pockets in the doors and other bottle holders and a single drawer placed under the front passenger seat gives additional storage space.
The façade has a large grille that is the most central feature of this car. The Xenon headlamps are curved and are equipped with daytime-running lights. The tail light cluster gives the car a distinctly different appearance. The accentuated bumpers provide the car with a sporty look. Panoramic glass roof is optional. The car is available in six colors- Ice Silver, Atlantis Blue, Teak Brown, Carrara White, Orca Black, and Graphite Grey.
Features & Specifications
This premium car provides first-class safety features to the occupants of the car. Some of the standard features include parking assist with reverse camera, anti-theft alarm system, anti-lock braking system, airbags, 'Servotronic' speed-sensitive steering and seat-belts with pre-tensioners. There are also sensors that are integrated unnoticeably on the bumpers of the car that provides parking aid for the front and rear of the car by displaying measurements on the MMI screen. Main beam assist helps in switching off the main beam when it detects too much of lights of onrushing traffic. This ensures greater visibility to the driver. Cruise control system is also effective at speeds of 30 km/h or above.
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A woman accused of hoarding dogs surrendered to authorities Thursday and was booked on a charge of animal cruelty and 117 counts of animal neglect, all misdemeanors in the state.
Shirley Gai, 51, of Gum Pond Road in Pearl River County, has been sought since Tuesday, when deputies, veterinarians and animal shelter volunteers along with representatives from the Humane Society of the United States went to a home she owns on Terry Cuevas Road and seized 117 mixed-breed dogs living there without food or water. Gai did not live at the home.
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Kuranda Scenic Railway Day Trip from Palm Cove
Read what other Viator.com travelers think about the Kuranda Scenic Railway Day Trip from Palm Cove. What they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved, it's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
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The tour was so well organised, the staff all lovely and the air rail something to be experienced. I'd recommend this to anyone.
Ana Maria A
It was a beautiful experience! The train ride allowed to enjoy the scenery but the sky rail was more exciting. In Kuranda was available buses to take us and bring us very good lunch and a ride on the amphibious Excellent!! Translated from Spanish.
James F
We took the railway up, and we returned by the sky tram. Kuranda has many tourist shops. The wildlife/cultural park offered by the Viator package is well worth the money.
Gregory P
My husband and I found the tour a great pleasure to go on and we have recommended it to all our friends and family. We have the greatest respect for the drivers and we could not fault them at all. I will say it again it was the best time we ever had and we will be doing it again when we go back up there.
Alan D
United Kingdom
Every thing went to plan, all aspects good, from pick-up to drop-off. Thanks.
Scott S
United Kingdom
Amazing way to see the rainforest in Cairns. By doing the sky rail and train you get to see so much more.
Malcolm R
United Kingdom
An experience and a half. The Sky Rail was very good. If you're in Kuranda, don't miss this. The Butterfly Museum we visited for very little cost was fantastic. The guide who conducted the tour was the most knowledgeable we had met, and was very passionate about the butterflies. The people of Kuranda were very friendly and warm.
What an excellent trip! We were picked up on time from hotel. We were fortunate enough to have a courteous and efficient driver for transfer to Freshwater station, which was a beautiful site. The Skyrail was an unforgettable experience. Kuranda station and the surrounding town were beautiful, with excellent tourist facilities. The trip back by vintage train was memorable, with extensive views of mountain and gorge. Pickup at Freshwater and return to my hotel were both done expeditiously, and as usual from the tour group - on time and courteously.
Skyride was great as we skimmed the tops of the trees. Kuranda was lovely and perfect for shopping and having a nice lunch. Having a picture holding a koala was priceless and the Butterfly Museum was also very interesting. Only downside was train tracks were wiped out in mudslide so it was only a quick back and forth.
Loreta M
United Kingdom
Very well organised, clean transport. A chance to see the real rainforest and combine that with a beautiful scenic railway trip.
Patricia K
Wonderful tour, will recommend to all my pals.
The train and skyrail were wonderful, surprised pleasantly by the 'travelogue' supplied by Queensland rail, and the attentiveness of the the staff on the train. A little disappointed in the village of Kuranda itself - the famous handmade markets now seem to be occupied by some aging hippies, selling imported goods. The Honey shop was good, and the shops selling Aboriginal art were also good.
Everything ran very smoothly and the scenic railway, rainforestation tour and the sky rail were great things to do for our kids and us alike. If anything the bus pickup at the end of the day could have been much earlier as we did not feel we needed as much time as allowed for in Kuranda or coming back down on the sky rail. Would suggest an hour earlier pickup.
Kimberly C
Would have liked more time in Kuranda. Went on a river boat ride and loved it. Thank you.
Sigrid W
All was well working, also the weather was fine.
This is a nice operation all around, but the schedule is rushed, as there is a lot to see and do. We asked to extend our train return, as more time is needed on this trip, and were accommodated. We had to wait to start due to crowds, and were not able to leave until ten in the morning, so time was lost. It would be worth staying over in Kuranda longer or even overnight.
Jerry T
Very nice to get picked up and delivered to our hotel by nice people. We did not have enough time in Kuranda to see and shop before having to return. We had no idea there would be such wonderful shopping. We would suggest making a later time available for return and clarifying the type and amount of shopping available.
Margaret C
In spite of the crowds, the wait, and the electrical problems on the train, this was a very memorable part of our Queensland trip! Our guide was great. He had a wealth of knowledge and an easygoing nature, and he took time to explain things to us and to talk about different facets of the rain forest. He was a credit to the Kurunda tour. He made our day!
United Kingdom
Tour was a great experience and would be a must do on anyone's itinerary.
United Kingdom
Everything ran very smoothly. Wish we had known just how lovely Kuranda was going to be, as we would have elected for the later train and spent more time there.
This tour was very good.
Great train trip, good information and loved that the train stopped for photos at Barron falls. Loved the town at Kurranda. The Butterfly House and the Bird House were good to visit. Enjoyed wandering through the old market area. I wasn't keen about travelling back on Skyrail, as I don't like heights, but the view from up there is amazing. The staff were great. Would have preferred an option of travelling back by train or bus.
Peter M
Due to a landslide, the train was not available for all the trip and there was a lot of confusion as to what was happening. Although nice to see Kuranda itself is far too small to spend 4 hours in and so this meant people wanted to leave on buses earlier than planned which just caused more problems.
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Port Authority benefits of Corbett transportation plan touted
Gov. Tom Corbett's plan to boost state transportation funding could put Port Authority of Allegheny County on the most solid financial footing it has had in years and possibly restore lost service and jobs, officials said Wednesday.
"It could move Port Authority away from its own fiscal cliff," County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said.
Corbett's plan, if approved, would provide Port Authority with an extra $9 million in the first year, growing to more than $56 million by the fifth year, based on current funding formulas for transit in Pennsylvania.
That's on top of an annual $30 million boost Corbett and PennDOT Secretary Barry Schoch first promised the financially troubled Port Authority last year. The state leaders agreed last summer to provide the boost to help Port Authority close a $64 million deficit and prevent deep service cuts in exchange for worker concessions and some additional local contributions .
"There will be no cut in that $30 million commitment," Schoch said during a news conference on Wednesday at PennDOT's district headquarters in Collier.
Not counting the $30 million, Port Authority's $372.1 million budget receives $155.6 million in state operating assistance. That's about 22.5 percent of the money Pennsylvania doles out for transit operations, the second-largest share behind Philadelphia's Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority. Port Authority is the only agency in Pennsylvania that receives state help beyond its operating subsidy.
When reached by phone, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 85 President Steve Palonis said he didn't know the $30 million allocation would be permanent and independent of any money that could come from a new transportation funding plan.
"That would be good news for Port Authority and the people of Allegheny County," Palonis said.
Corbett's transportation plan, revealed Tuesday, would generate an extra $5.3 billion for transportation funding over five years. Most money would derive from gradual elimination of the cap on a tax gasoline wholesalers pay.
Statewide, Pennsylvania would provide an extra $40 million for transit operations in the first year and an extra $250 million by the fifth, with the current distribution percentages applying, Schoch said.
"We wouldn't be swimming in money, not in any means," Fitzgerald said. "But there wouldn't be any additional cuts, and we'd be looking at the possibility of restoring service that has been lost in recent rounds of cuts."
The latest in a series of cuts reduced service 15 percent in 2011.
Schoch, joined at Wednesday's news conference by PennDOT District 11 Executive Dan Cessna and Allegheny Conference on Community Development CEO Dennis Yablonsky, touted Corbett's transportation plan.
Cessna said "hundreds" of local highway and bridge projects depend on the added funding, noting Corbett's plan could enable his PennDOT district to tackle at least 40 more projects a year during the next decade.
Corbett's plan would provide PennDOT an added $300 million for road and bridge projects in the first year and $1.2 billion more annually by the fifth year.
Among them, PennDOT could move forward with plans to rebuild an eight-mile stretch of Interstate 376 near Pittsburgh International Airport, an estimated $87 million project. Cessna said the highway is 22 years old and needs to be rebuilt, not simply repaved.
"We can keep it open and maintained for the next five years. If we're not (rebuilding the highway) there in five years, we've got serious issues," Cessna said.
Without increased transportation funding, Schoch said, "That project doesn't happen."
Cessna said other major local projects that depend on increased funding include a projected $34 million project to renovate the Birmingham Bridge and an $18 million project to improve a five-mile stretch of I-376 in Lawrence County. Schoch said PennDOT plans to create a website by March that will list all projects that would be done with extra money in Corbett's plan.
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Well-meaning policies can often have unintended consequences: trash taxes, for example, have been associated with backyard burning of trash in Ireland, trash dumped in the woods (in Virginia), and rat-infested sewers in Germany (thanks to flushed trash). Now, a family in Sharon Township, Ohio (where residents are charged for their trash), left behind a big mess when they moved out of their home. "When I opened the garage door, there was a year's worth of garbage stacked in the garage, and on top of that garbage was a rat that looked like a small cat to me," said a neighbor. (HT: Joe Haugen)[%comments]
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It seems that there is no good way to handle garbage. If you take it away for free people produce too much garbage. If you charge them to take it away they do stuff like this. However this is an extreme example of people unable to behave responsibly and is probably symptomatic of some other major issues. It wouldn't surprise me if this property ended up the same way even if there was free garbage pickup.0 0
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This isn't a problem of taxation, this is a problem of irresponsibility. Which, if you ask me, is a far greater problem in the United States than our rates of taxation.1 0
Perhaps all goods should be taxed at a rate commensurate with the cost of disposing. The revenues from this tax could then be used to haul trash away (at no marginal cost) to the disposer.1 0
They were just composting. We're supposed to be encouraging that, right?? (That was sarcasm.)0 0
did they not have a house inspection? Did the inspector miss it? I'm not terribly surprised that they decided to store garbage in the garage, but I am surprised that the new owners didn't know about it. It's not like a year's worth of trash is easily overlooked.0 0
I vividly recall perhaps my first introduction to economics.
The summer before I entered college I joined my wise and worldly older brother, who had begun studying this field, on trip to Europe. Needing a bathroom in Paris, I fumed and searched my pockets for change to pay the "dragon lady" that barred my entry. My brother calmly remarked that I should not be surprised to have to pay for a service. I remarked, less calmly, that he should not be surprised if I choose not to patronize these restrooms and instead chose to pee in the street!
My brother then suggested that I had the appropriate qualities for the study of economics: a firm grasp of incentives combined with utter indifference to decorum.0 0
If trash pick-up fees strongly discourage putting out the trash for pick-up, how does Freakonomics account for the large number of cities that have long had these fees, with the vast majority of residents cooperatively paying them?0 0
Simple solution. Find the cost for each product during all of it's cycles. From Raw material, to consumption to disposal/recycle. Charge a tax or fee embedded to the actual price of the product. For example, when you purchase a car you should be paying for the future disposal of that vehicle in the purchase price. That would allow the consumer to evaluate and be accountable for the true cost to society a given product poses. Right now companies sell cheap products and our tax dollars have to indirectly pay for the impacts cause by those products. This disconnect leads to uninformed/bad decision by consumers.0 0
Here in San Juan County, WA, a group of islands, we PAY $12 for the privilege of carrying a can of trash to the transfer station and dumping it ourselves into a bin.
We don't seem to have the problems noted in TFA, however.
There's a lot of green pressure here.0 0
This is why the Aluminum Can Tax remains useful, though imperfectly executed.
You tax people for the trash they will create on the front end (i.e. at purchase). You reward them for recycling by returning that deposit.
The collection centers also create jobs and help create "scavenger opportunities" for people cleaning up waste- their are some pretty wealthy people bagging cans in the tailgate lot after a football game.
Could this be replicated for items that come in cardboard boxes, plastic cartons, glass jars, etc.? What about food waste?0 0
making it socially acceptable to have small amounts of trash seems like a good strategy. What if neighborhoods competed for the largest volumes of recycling and composting along with the smallest volumes of trash?0 0
Every tax has a tax evasion scheme.0 0
There do appear to be solutions which work, but they're depressing. One of the dividing lines in the recent election here in the UK was between Labour favouring residents paying the tax on the landfill they generate, and the Conservatives favouring a scheme where people who produce less are given a reward.
The first depressing thing is that both schemes require fitting RFID tags to everyone's bin, but of course only Labour's version of this is seen as a "bloody liberty".
The second is that this is of course merely a relabelling of the money – in one case I pay a lower basic tax and have it increased if I generate landfill; in the other I pay a higher basic tax which is then reduced (but see the next point).
The third is that I don't actually get a council tax rebate with the Conservative's scheme – I actually have to register with a commercial company who send me vouchers to spend in local shops. I don't know about you, but I never end up spending those vouchers anyway – which translates into less of a rebate for me and more profit for the company operating the scheme!
The fourth depressing thing is that the Conservative's appeal to people's greed, even though it leaves them on average worse off, does actually appear to increase recycling rates and reduce the amount of landfill produced. At least in local pilot schemes.0 0
while not a conservative, appealing to people's greed is the one thing we can always count on–why not make it work to our advantage? It takes what it takes, so whether we're 'rewarding' or 'penalizing' trash pick up doesn't really matter. The truth is that the only fix to our problems is to do what nature does: integrate supply chains– have businesses support one another by using the waste from one to supply the other.
It would go something like this: I make those nifty little book 'safes' (the hollow books where you can hide stuff), a byproduct is the actual paper that gets cut out from the books, so in a flash of inspiration (they only happen very occasionally), I decided to add to my product line, and now I recycle the paper myself and sell hand made letter paper you can't get in retail outlets.
The real problem (addressed above by several readers) is getting people to see the real cost of things. It's always a zero sum game, and for every instance of 'savings' there is a cost– cheaper food through corn, for example, leads to higher medical costs for many because of the health problems that the cheaper food brings with it. So yeah, pay it now or pay it later, you're still going to pay–try getting that message across– especially here in the states.0 0
Those were crazy hoarders, not trash evaders. The "human waste" on the wall kind of illustrates that.
True story related by female friend in real estate rentals: She rents a small 2 bedroom one bathroom home to an adult mother and adult daughter. During the year they rented, they mailed the checks and would not let anyone in for say repairs. They'd only answer the door by cracking it open and telling the folks to go away. Finally they skip out after about 14 months with two months owed. Going to inspect the property our friend finds a garbage strewn house with abandoned furniture. The grossest thing was that the bathtub was completely filled with used tampons stacked up from being thrown in there. So the two women were 1. so gross not to throw out their female necessity trash 2. apparently didn't shower or bath at all. Our friend had to get a biohazard outfit to clean that bathroom out as it was so disgusting all around.0 0
A good intuitive economist approaches a practical problem by asking "What is the relevant scarcity hindering a better outcome?" If we haven't posed this query, and assembled at least the beginnings of an answer, we may founder. For instance, we might make the mistake of throwing more money at a problem, when money is not what is needed. By identifying the relevant scarcity, we learn where to direct the incentives.0 0
The example cited here proves nothing except that outliers exist in any system. In all the pay-as-you-throw systems enacted throughout this country, increased littering and flatout evasion are rare. These hoarders would have had this behavior pattern if collection had been free.
Freakonomics might consider a healthy regard for facts before it leaps to conclusions.0 0
"When I opened the garage door, there was a year's worth of garbage stacked in the garage…"
Maybe they just forgot?0 0
Just a reminder that the plural of anecdote is not data.0 0
There should be some extra measures for individuals moving out of a home. For instance their should be some sort of quarterly follow up to ensure that residents aren't leaving behind something such as the family from Ohio. Its a shame that something like sanitation has to be monitored at the home level. We do it to ourselves.0 0


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A. General juridical framework 32 - 36
B. Judicial, administrative and other competent authorities which have jurisdiction affecting human rights 37 - 43
C. Legal remedies 44 - 50
1. On 1 January 1995, the Azerbaijani Republic had 7,487,000 inhabitants, of whom 3,967,000, or 53 per cent, were urban dwellers and 3,520,000, or 47 per cent, lived in rural areas. Average annual population growth for 1990-1993 was 71,000, against 102,000 in the previous decade. The decline in the rate of growth is linked to increasingly heavy migration, with people moving beyond the Republic's borders.
2. The composition of the population by sex and age is as follows: 3,681,000, or 49 per cent, are men and 3,806,000, or 51 per cent, are women; 35 per cent are below working age (0-15 years), 54 per cent are of working age (men 16-59 years, women 16-54 years) and 11 per cent are of pensionable age. Some 33.4 per cent of the population are below 15 years of age and 4.9 per cent are over 65. The average age of the population is 27. Population growth in the country is due to a natural population shift, namely the birth rate. In 1994, there were 159,761 births. The birth rate in the Republic is quite high. In the context, however, of a worsening demographic situation, the birth rate has also fallen and is now 21.4 births per 1,000 inhabitants, compared with 24.2 in 1993. On average, a woman will have about three babies during her lifetime (general fertility 2.87). Thus present fertility levels maintain continuing modest population growth.
3. The death rate in the country is typically relatively low and stable. Nevertheless, in 1994, there were 54,921 deaths, or 7.4 per 100 inhabitants, representing a 0.1 per cent increase on 1993 (7.3 per cent). The level of mortality is reflected in the figure for life expectancy, which, in 1994, was 70 years, or 65 years for men and 74 years for women. Most acute is the problem of infant mortality, which is comparatively high, at 25.2 deaths before the age of one per 1,000 births in 1994. Altogether 4,180 children in the country died before the age of one in that year. Perinatal mortality was 43.8 women per 100,000 births.
4. The migratory balance has typically been negative for a number of years. In 1993, it amounted to a net loss of 49,000 people, of whom 1,600 went to countries beyond the former Soviet Union. The high level of migration in the Republic in recent years, as in the majority of countries of the former USSR, has been due to the growth of socio-economic tensions.
5. There are around 47,000 marriages annually in Azerbaijan and 6,000 marriages are dissolved. In 1994, there were 6.3 marriages per 1,000 people, and 0.8 divorces. According to the 1989 census, 644 men were married per 1,000 inhabitants of 16 years or over, and 309 had never been married; the figures for women were 594 and 227 respectively.
6. According to census data, there were 4,241 illiterates in the age group 9-49 years (0.1 per cent of this age group), the majority of whom had been unable to attend school because of physical handicaps or chronic illness. Of those aged 15 years or over, 2.7 per cent are illiterate, the majority being elderly.
7. Azerbaijan is a republic of many nationalities. The 1989 census recorded 5,805,000 (82.7 per cent) Azerbaijanis, 392,000 (5.6 per cent) Russians, 391,000 (5.6 per cent) Armenians, 171,000 (2.4 per cent) Lezgins, 44,000 (0.6 per cent) Avars, 32,000 (0.5 per cent) Ukrainians, 31,000 (0.5 per cent) Jews, 29,000 (0.4 per cent) Tatars and 126,000 (1.7 per cent) members of almost 90 other nationalities. The last census showed that 97.3 per cent of the population considered that their native tongue was the language of their own nationality and 2.7 per cent considered it to be the language of another people. In the census, 291,000 non-Azerbaijanis, or 23.9 per cent, named Azerbaijani as their native language or as a second language which they spoke fluently and 2,302,900 non-Russians, or 34.8 per cent, named Russian.
8. In the Republic there are now more than 200 working mosques, 5 Russian Orthodox churches, 3 synagogues, 1 Georgian Orthodox church, 1 New Apostolic church and 38 houses of prayer.
9. GDP in 1992 at current prices was 1,676 billion manats, or 70.1 per cent of the 1993 level. Per capita expenditure on goods and services was 201,900 manats, 16.3 per cent less than the previous year. The fall in GDP is linked with declining output in the productive sector, which accounts for the bulk of gross domestic product.
10. As a result of social welfare measures necessitated by rising prices for consumer goods and services, nominal monetary incomes of the people of the Azerbaijani Republic in 1994 amounted to 1,185.9 billion manats, 8.8 times more than in the previous year. However, taking into account the influence of the composite price index on consumer goods and services, real monetary incomes were only half their 1993 levels. In 1994, per capita income in the Republic was 159,800 manats. In 1993, the consumer price index rose by a factor of 8.8, and in the first eight months of this year by a factor of 1.6.
Consequences of the armed aggression by the Republic of Armenia against the Azerbaijani Republic
11. The country has suffered serious material losses as a result of the war of aggression by Armenia against Azerbaijan. The aggression by its neighbour brought Azerbaijan considerable losses of human life, and thousands of peaceful citizens were seized as hostages and used for forced labour (including women, old people and children); the homes of peaceful inhabitants and social facilities and State enterprises have been destroyed and burned, and irreplaceable damage has been caused to the flora and fauna.
12. Since the start of the aggression, 876 population centres have been pillaged and destroyed: 215 in the Nagorny Karabakh region, 123 in Lachin region, 127 in Kelbajar region, 59 in Agdam region, 71 in Fizuli region, 85 in Zangelan region, 96 in Djebrail region, 93 in Kubatly region, 6 in Kazakh region and 1 in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic. Armenia's aggression against Azerbaijan and the destruction of population centres have been accompanied by barbaric pillaging and removal of property and valuables from the occupied Azerbaijani territories to Armenia. The goods and valuables removed are used for sale to third countries, with the proceeds being used to finance the continuation of the war.
13. During the war Armenian armed forces have plundered 113,000 homes with a total area of more than 9 million square metres. All the property in these buildings has been removed. The total value of the destroyed houses and the property removed from them, by the most modest calculations, amounts to no less than $10 billion.
14. It should also be borne in mind that in the context of the transition to a market economy,the non-State sector developed intensively in the occupied regions, as in the whole of Azerbaijan, with the creation of small enterprises, cooperatives and private firms, which received fixed capital and working capital on credit. All this property was also systematically removed to Armenia. The destruction of the private sector in the occupied lands by force on the part of Armenia is a gross violation of the citizens' economic rights and freedoms.
15. The Armenian occupying forces took a huge quantity of State property away into Armenia. In the occupied territories there remained 173 industrial plants, 122 construction facilities and 3,225 trading establishments. According to some estimates, annual output in the occupied territories (excluding the Nagorny Karabakh region) was $12.1 billion. The use of this capacity by Armenia (with subsequent removal of the goods produced to Armenia) is a substantial blow to the Azerbaijani economy. In addition to buildings in factories, plants, storage facilities and grain elevators, infrastructure -roads, power plants and power lines - has been destroyed.
16. It must be pointed out that the occupied territories generally specialized in farming. In the occupied zone (excluding the Nagorny Karabakh region) there remained 90,700 head of cattle (21,400 in the Nagorny Karabakh region), 349,500 sheep (53,700 in the Nagorny Karabakh region) and 51,800 goats (10,200 in the Nagorny Karabakh region). Azerbaijani refugees were able to remove no more than 10 per cent of these herds from the occupied areas; the remainder was systematically shipped to Armenia. The occupied zone produced cereals to the value of $9.4 million, tobacco $2.3 million, cotton $1.3 million, potatoes $150,000, vegetables $224,000, berries $62,000, fruit $63,500, grapes $12,600, meat $5 million, milk $2.3 million, wool $235,000 and silk cocoons $181,000 - a total of $34 million. The use of this land plus the value of stored produce removed thus adds up to an impressive sum.
17. A large quantity of agricultural equipment (cereal-harvesting machines, combine harvesters, tractors), workshops and around 10,000 State-owned cars and lorries remained on the occupied lands. All this property was removed to Armenia by the Armenian occupying forces by one means or another.
18. Nor did the Armenian army spare social facilities. The zone of occupation contained 3,647 social and cultural facilities, including 315 health units, 799 schools, 288 kindergartens, 808 clubs, 927 libraries, 85 music schools, 22 museums, 4 theatres, 2 concert organizations, 4 art galleries, 268 cinemas and 10 parks of culture and rest. Almost all the equipment in these facilities was taken away to Armenia or destroyed.
19. The natural resources of the occupied zone have suffered irremediable damage. The zone contains 260,000 hectares of category 1 forest in which felling is prohibited (nature protection status). Aerial observation indicates that 20 per cent of the forests are being busily felled and transported to Armenia, producing an increase of more than 25 per cent in erosion processes, which now affect more than 60 per cent of the occupied territory. In addition, there were two State parks and three State reserves in the territories occupied by Armenia. There is evidence that the State reserve in Kelbajar district that protects 968 hectares of natural groves of Turkish filbert, which is listed in the Red Book for Azerbaijan, has been reduced in area by 50 per cent. As for the wildlife, valuable species of wild animals have suffered reductions of 50 per cent. Their skins are intensively exported to Armenia.
20. Dozens of well-developed deposits of ores with commercial reserves have passed into Armenian hands in the occupied zone. Some of them are now being exploited in a predatory manner, while the rest are under threat of being plundered. For example, at Kelbajar Armenia is intensively exploiting the Azerbaijani part of the Zod gold deposit, in which over 70 per cent of the commercial gold reserves of the deposit are to be found. Between 1976 and 1990, 27.6 tons of gold were mined at the deposit, including the Azerbaijani part. The predatory exploitation of the deposit intensified after the occupation of the Kelbajar district, and 1.5 to 2 tons are now mined each year.
21. The unique sources of mineral and curative waters at Isti-su, which until the Armenian invasion provided the basis for the operation of a famous health and resort complex and a medicinal water bottling plant, are being intensively exploited under Armenian occupation, and the water is shipped to Armenia in large quantities. The annual capacity of the bottling plant was 25 million bottles.
22. At the same time, the threat of predatory plundering hangs over two deposits of gold, four of mercury, one of antimony, two of chromite, large deposits of high-quality facing and construction materials, perlite, obsidian and ornamental and semi-precious stones. In Lachin district two deposits of mercury, one of chromite, two of vermiculite and three of high-quality ornamental marbles and gabbro, a number of deposits of construction materials and unique sources of mineral and curative waters were seized; in Kubatly district two deposits of facing travertines and marbles and a number of deposits of high-value stones suitable for cutting; in Zangelan district one gold deposit, large reserves of marble, unique reserves of raw materials for the chemical industry and five deposits of various natural construction materials.
23. Eleven deposits of walling stones, building sand, alm, building stone, gravel-sand mixture, etc. in Djebrail and Fizuli districts, some of which were being exploited before the occupation, have been transformed into a source of raw materials to meet the requirements of the Republic of Armenia. The plundering and removal to Armenia are being carried out on the pretext of supplying the allegedly ruined economy of the former Nagorny Karabakh Autonomous Republic, whereas on its territory alone there are five deposits of facing materials, three of sawing stones, two of building stone, four of gravel-sand mixture, as well as one deposit of lead and zinc, one of copper and one of gold. The reserves in part of the above-mentioned deposits were intensively exploited, and essentially satisfied the entire demand of the former region and were even delivered to various regions, including Armenia. According to available information, Armenia is now removing gold-bearing ores from the Kyzylbulag deposit in the former Agderin district to its enrichment plants without hindrance.
24. Added to the above is the fact that with the broadening of the aggression and the occupation of further Azerbaijani territories, the scale of the economic damage is continuing to grow, manifesting itself in the destruction and removal outside the Republic of property, valuables and mineral and raw material resources from the Azerbaijani lands seized by Armenia.
25. A clear confirmation of the vandalism of the occupying forces is the war they have declared on the Azerbaijani cultural heritage in the occupied territories, where unique cultural, historical and architectural features have been completely or partially destroyed. Moreover, a large number of works by painters and sculptors, costly decorations, decorative and applied art objects, valuable manuscripts - both from museum exhibits and from private collections - are being taken away to Armenia by the occupiers as trophies.
26. The fate of the destroyed sites and plundered treasures was placed on record by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijani Republic in November 1993 at the twenty-seventh session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Paris. In November 1994 a UNESCO mission visited Azerbaijan to identify the state of preservation of the educational, cultural and architectural facilities on the territory occupied by armed forces of the Republic of Armenia, and confirmed the existence of serious damage to educational institutions and the Azerbaijani cultural heritage as a result of the war.
27. The Museum of Stone Monuments in Zangelan district and the Museum of History in the town of Shusha continue to be destroyed in the occupation. The Kelbajar Museum of Local History, which contained rare historical exhibits, articles made of gold, silver and precious stones, hand-made carpets and other valuable items, has been completely looted. The museum in the house of the founder of the first opera in the Muslim East (1908), the musician and public figure Uzeir Gadzhibekov, is in danger of disappearing. Sculptural representations of Uzeir Gadzhibekov, the famous poet and vizier (Prime Minister) of the Azerbaijani Karabakh khanate, Vagif, one of the rulers of the Karabakh khanate, the poetess Khurshid-Banu Natavan, and the outstanding tenor who studied at La Scala in Milan, Biul-Biul, have been destroyed or damaged. Many thousands of rare printed works and priceless manuscripts have been destroyed in pillaged and burned libraries. The costly furniture of the palaces of culture and four State theatres also failed to escape the vandals of the twentieth century.
28. Over 20 per cent of the territory of Azerbaijan has been occupied as a result of aggression by armed forces from Armenia. The following is the chronology of the seizure of Azerbaijani towns and districts:
28 February 1992 - Khodzhaly
8 May 1992 - Shusha
18 May 1992 - Lachin
3 April 1993 - Kelbajar
28 June 1993 - Atdere
23 June 1993 - Agdam
23 August 1993 - Fizuli
26 August 1993 - Djebrail
31 September 1993 - Kubatly
28 October 1993 - Zangelan and Goradiz.
In this context it is particularly important to point out that the Agdere and Agdam districts of Azerbaijan were seized by armed forces from Armenia after the adoption of resolution 822 (1993) by the United Nations Security Council on 30 April 1993, condemning the occupation of Kelbajar district; Fizuli district was seized after the United Nations Security Council, in resolution 853 (1993) of 29 July 1993, condemned the seizure of Agdam district; Djebrail and Kubatly districts were seized after the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of resolution 874 (1993) of 14 October 1993. In resolution 884 (1993) of 12 November 1993, the United Nations Security Council condemned the occupation of Zangelan district and the town of Goradiz, the attacks on peaceful inhabitants and the shelling of the territory of the Azerbaijani Republic. In all the above-mentioned resolutions the Security Council reaffirmed respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of the Azerbaijani Republic and the inadmissibility of the use of force for the acquisition of territory, and demanded the immediate cessation of hostilities and hostile acts, as well as immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of all the occupying forces from the occupied districts of Azerbaijan. Despite the unambiguous demands of the United Nations Security Council, the Republic of Armenia continues to this day to hold occupied Azerbaijani territory and build up its military capability there.
29. The Constitutional Act on the State Independence of the Azerbaijani Republic states: On 28 May 1918, the National Council of Azerbaijan passed the Declaration of Independence, thereby reviving the Azerbaijani people's centuries-old tradition of statehood. The Azerbaijani Republic enjoyed complete political authority within its territory and pursued independent foreign and domestic policies. Institutions characteristic of an independent State - the parliament, Government, army and financial system of the Azerbaijani Republic - were created and began to function. The Azerbaijani Republic was recognized by many foreign States and established diplomatic relations with them. But on 27 and 28 April 1920, in flagrant violation of international law, the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic, without declaring war, moved units of its armed forces into Azerbaijan, occupied the territory of the sovereign Azerbaijani Republic, overthrew by force the lawfully elected government bodies and put an end to the Republic's independence, won at the cost of enormous sacrifices by the Azerbaijani people. Subsequently, Azerbaijan, as in 1806-1828, was annexed by Russia. The Treaty of Union of 30 December 1922, establishing the USSR, consolidated the annexation. For the next 70 years a colonial policy was applied to the Azerbaijani Republic, its natural resources were ruthlessly exploited, its national riches plundered, the Azerbaijani people was subjected to persecution and repression and its national dignity violated. In spite of this, the Azerbaijani people continued its struggle for independence. The outcome of this struggle was the Declaration on the Re-establishment of the State Independence of the Azerbaijani Republic, passed by the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijani Republic on 30 August 1991.
30. The people of Azerbaijan are setting up an independent, secular, democratic, unitary State, whose sovereign power in internal affairs is limited only by law and in external affairs only by the provisions of treaties and agreements to which the people of Azerbaijan have freely expressed their consent. The sovereignty of the Azerbaijani Republic is indivisible and extends over the whole of its territory. The Azerbaijani Republic does not cede in any way whatsoever those sovereign rights which it exercises within its territory to any other State or union of States.
31. State power in the Azerbaijani Republic is based on the principle of the separation of powers. Legislative power is exercised by the Parliament of the Azerbaijani Republic and supreme executive power by the President of the Azerbaijani Republic, the head of the Azerbaijani State. Judicial power is exercised by the independent courts and, in the highest instance, the Constitutional Court of the Azerbaijani Republic, the Supreme Court of the Azerbaijani Republic and the High Court of Arbitration of the Azerbaijani Republic, each within the limits of its authority. The limits of legislative power are defined by the Constitution of the Azerbaijani Republic, those of executive and judicial power by the Constitution of the Azerbaijani Republic, its laws and statutes.
32. In its report, the Government of the Azerbaijani Republic will try to give a general picture of the legal framework within which human rights are protected in Azerbaijan.
33. Article 19 of the Constitutional Act on the State Independence of the Azerbaijani Republic states:
34. Chapter 6 of the Constitution of the Azerbaijani Republic is devoted to the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens of Azerbaijan. There follows a summary of the chief articles of this chapter.
Article 37. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall enjoy all the socio-economic, political and individual rights and freedoms proclaimed in and guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the Azerbaijani Republic.
Article 38. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall have the right to work - that is, to a secure job paid according to the quantity and quality of work performed, but at not less than the minimum level fixed by the State -including the right to free choice of profession, type of occupation and work in keeping with their vocation, capabilities, vocational training and education, taking into account the needs of society.
Article 39. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall have the right to leisure.
Article 40. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall have the right to health care.
Article 41. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall have the right to material provision in old age or in the event of illness, full or partial disablement, or loss of the breadwinner.
Article 42. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall have the right to housing.
Article 43. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall have the right to education.
Article 44. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall have the right to enjoy the benefits of culture.
Article 45. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall be guaranteed freedom of scientific, technological and artistic creation.
Intellectual property shall be protected by the State.
Article 46. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall have the right to take part in the conduct of public and social affairs and in the discussion and adoption of laws and decisions at local and national level.
Article 47. Every citizen of the Azerbaijani Republic shall have the right to submit to State agencies and public organizations proposals for improving their operations, and to criticize deficiencies in their work.
Officials shall be obliged to examine citizens' proposals and statements within the established period and take any necessary measures.
Persecuting citizens for voicing criticism is forbidden, and anyone doing so shall be brought to account.
Article 48. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall be guaranteed freedom of speech and of the press and freedom to attend assemblies, rallies, parades and demonstrations.
Article 49. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall have the right to form political parties, trade unions and other public organizations.
Article 50. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall be guaranteed freedom of conscience, that is the right to profess any religion or none, to lead religious worship and to engage in atheistic propaganda. Incitement to religious enmity or hatred is forbidden.
Article 51. The family is protected by the State. Marriage is based on the free consent of the man and the woman; the spouses have equal rights in family relations.
Article 52. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall be guaranteed inviolability of the person. No one may be arrested other than on the basis of a judicial decision or with the sanction of the public prosecutor.
Article 53. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall be guaranteed inviolability of the home. No one has the right to enter another's home against the will of those living there except on legal authority.
Article 54. Citizens' private lives and the confidentiality of letters, telephone conversations and communications by telegraph shall be protected by law.
Article 55. It is the duty of all State agencies, social organizations and officials to respect the individual and to protect his rights and freedoms.
Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall have the right to the protection of the law against attacks on their honour and dignity, life and health, personal freedom and property.
Article 56. Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall have the right to lodge complaints against the actions of officials and of State and public bodies. Such complaints must be examined under the procedures and within the time limits established by law.
Appeal against actions by officials in breach of the law or exceeding their authority that infringe upon citizens' rights may be lodged with the courts according to the procedure established by law.
Citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic shall have the right to compensation for damage caused by the unlawful actions of government organizations, political parties, trade unions and public organizations, or officials in the course of their duties.
Article 18 (chap. 2 - The economic system) of the Constitution emphasizes that the Azerbaijani Republic protects labour in all its forms. Working people have the right to remuneration which corresponds to the quantity and quality of their labour and is sufficient to provide for an existence in freedom and dignity.
Article 19 (chap. 3 - Social development and culture) defines the purpose of the social policy of the Azerbaijani Republic, which involves ensuring the well-being of each person and society as a whole, the achievement of social justice through the creation of equal opportunities, and the development of a system of State-run social services.
Article 20. The Azerbaijani Republic shall ensure respect for the rights and freedoms arising from the law in accordance with the interests of the individual, the family and the group.
Article 21. The Azerbaijani Republic shall encourage and coordinate all types of social activity, ensuring harmony among the interests of all citizens on the basis of the law and creating equal conditions for the free development of each individual.
Article 22. The Azerbaijani Republic shall provide support to citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic in securing comfortable living accommodation in State and public housing and the permanent enjoyment of it, in individual housing units.
Article 23. The Azerbaijani Republic shall see to the improvement of the position and social welfare of groups of the population that are in the least favourable conditions, and shall strive to provide them with a standard of living which is in keeping with human dignity.
Article 24. The Azerbaijani Republic shall, on behalf of the interests of the present and future generations, take the necessary steps to ensure the effective use of land and the subsoil, water resources, the plants and animals of the country, without damaging the environment, to protect the purity of air and water, and to conserve and enhance the natural environment.
Article 25. The Azerbaijani Republic shall see to the protection of the health of its citizens, and shall protect the family - the basic cell of the State - as well as mothers and children.
Article 26. The Azerbaijani Republic shall pursue a humane demographic policy.
Article 27. The Azerbaijani Republic shall create the necessary conditions for the development of the cultural sphere, and shall encourage the development of professional art and the artistic creativity of the people.
The proclamation of these rights in the Constitution means that their applicability arises directly from the country's basic law, and this reinforces the guarantees of their protection.
35. Violations of the human rights and freedoms stipulated by the Constitution are forbidden in national legislation and are severely punished. A whole chapter of the Criminal Code is devoted to crimes against citizens' political rights, setting forth the penalties under criminal law for obstructing equality of rights for women (art. 131), violations of the inviolability of the home (art. 132), violations of the confidentiality of letters, telephone conversations and communications by telegraph (art. 133), obstruction of citizens' right to vote (art. 134), forgery of electoral documents, irregularities in the counting of votes or violations of the principle of the secret ballot (art. 135), infringement of labour legislation, i.e. the unlawful sacking of workers for personal motives or failure to carry out court orders on reinstatement, and other infringements of labour legislation by officials of State or public enterprises, institutions and organizations (art. 136), violations of industrial safety regulations by officials, if these put the life and health of workers at risk or result in injury (art. 137), violations of the labour rights of pregnant women or nursing mothers (art. 138), persecution of citizens for voicing criticisms (art. 138-1), violations of the rights of trade unions (art. 139), violations of intellectual property rights (art. 140), and interference with religious ceremonies (art. 142). Furthermore, the Criminal Code contains many provisions punishing attempts on or any other kind of infringements of the physical inviolability of individuals (chap. 3 - Crimes against the individual), as well as offences against the private property of citizens (chap. 5).
36. The protection of human rights is provided for in various fundamental legal documents and in various branches of law, in particular: the Criminal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Correctional Labour Code, the Code on Marriage and the Family, the Housing Code, the Code of Labour Legislation, the Land Code, and laws on freedom of religion, the mass media, political parties, citizenship, property, education, trade unions, employment, labour protection, leave, pensions, privatization of housing , protection and use of nature, and so on.
Judicial system
37. In accordance with article 163 of the Constitution: "Justice shall be administered in the Azerbaijani Republic only by the courts." These are the Supreme Court of the Azerbaijani Republic; the Supreme Court of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic; the Baku City Court; the district (town) people's courts; military tribunals; the High Court of Arbitration. The Constitutional Court envisaged in the Basic Law has not yet been created. A bill on the Constitutional Court is currently in preparation.
38. The organization and operating procedures of courts in the Azerbaijani Republic are defined in the Law "On the judicial system of the Azerbaijani Republic" of 26 June 1990. The Law "On the judicial system of the Azerbaijani Republic" defines the tasks of the courts, requiring them in administering justice to defend against any infringement the social order and political and economic systems laid down in the Constitution of the Azerbaijani Republic; the sovereignty of the Azerbaijani Republic; citizens' socio-economic, political and personal rights and freedoms as proclaimed in and guaranteed by the Constitution, and the laws passed in accordance with them; the rights and legal interests of enterprises, institutions and organizations, amalgamations of such enterprises, institutions and organizations, and public organizations.
39. Everything the courts do is intended to strengthen by all possible means the legal institutions of the State, legality and law and order, to uphold the principle of social justice, to ensure democracy and continued development of popular self-determination, to prevent infringements of the law, to inculcate in citizens strict and unswerving compliance with the Constitution of the Azerbaijani Republic and the laws passed in accordance with it, and to respect citizens' rights, honour and dignity (art. 3).
40. The Constitution of the Azerbaijani Republic enshrines the principle of an independent judicial system. Judges and people's assessors are independent and are answerable only to the law. Judges and people's assessors are guaranteed conditions such that they may exercise their rights and fulfil their responsibilities effectively and without hindrance. Any interference with the administration of justice by judges and people's assessors is inadmissible and punishable by law.
41. Justice is administered in the Azerbaijani Republic on the principle that all citizens are equal before the law and the courts (art. 168), irrespective of birth, social, professional or property status, race or nationality, sex, education, language, religion, type and nature of occupation, place of residence and other factors (art. 6). Justice is administered in the Azerbaijani Republic in the following ways:
(a) Civil cases, involving the defence of the rights and legal interests of citizens, enterprises, institutions and organizations, are examined and settled at judicial hearings;
(b) Criminal cases are examined at judicial hearings, the accused are judged, then those guilty of a crime are sentenced to the punishments fixed by law, or the innocent are acquitted (art. 4). People's judges and judges in administrative and executive matters at district (town) people's courts deal with administrative infringements of the law assigned to their jurisdiction by the legislation of the Azerbaijani Republic (art. 5).
Administrative authorities
42. The head of the Azerbaijani State - the Azerbaijani Republic - is the President of the Azerbaijani Republic. The President of the Azerbaijani Republic exercises supreme executive power in the Azerbaijani Republic and presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijani Republic (art. 121-1 of the Constitution). The Cabinet of Ministers is an executive and decision-making body of the Azerbaijani Republic subordinate to the President of the Azerbaijani Republic (art. 122). The Cabinet of Ministers consists of the Prime Minister, his deputies, ministers and the heads of other central bodies of the State administration of the Azerbaijani Republic (art. 123).
43. The Office of the Public Prosecutor of the Azerbaijani Republic ensures that its laws are followed strictly and uniformly by the organs of the State administration, enterprises, institutions and organizations, local authorities, public organizations and officials and citizens within the territory of the Azerbaijani Republic (art. 176).
44. Any resident of the Republic of Azerbaijan who suffers an infringement of his basic rights has at his disposal a whole range of means allowing him to resolve this situation, irrespective of whether the infringement was committed by private individuals or resulted from the actions of State officials.
45. Article 50 of the Code of Criminal Procedure states that an injured party, i.e. anyone who has suffered damage to his reputation, person or property as a result of a crime, or his representative, has the right to: submit evidence; petition the court; examine all documents relating to a case once the preliminary investigation has been concluded; take part in the court examination; raise objections, lodge a complaint against the person leading the inquiry, the investigator, the public prosecutor or the court; and appeal against the verdict or judgement of the court and the decisions of people's judges. Anyone who has suffered material damage as a result of a crime is entitled in the course of the criminal hearing to bring a civil action against the accused or those persons materially responsible for the actions of the accused, and this civil action will be examined by the court at the same time as the criminal charges (art. 51).
46. A criminal case may be brought in response to:
(b) Information provided by a trade union or other public organization;
(c) Information provided by an enterprise, institution, organization or official;
(d) Information published in the press;
(e) A confession;
(f) The direct discovery by a prosecutor, investigator, agency leading an inquiry or court of circumstances indicating that a crime has been committed (art. 104).
Other measures taken to ensure the realization of human rights
47. In the very brief time since the adoption of the Constitutional Act on the State Independence of the Azerbaijani Republic on 18 October 1991, significant moves have been made towards democratic reform, the safeguarding of human rights and freedoms by the State and the construction of a democratic, law-based State. All sections of society are actively involved in the reform process, through numerous political organizations and associations of a non-political character which enjoy complete freedom of speech and association.
48. Work is under way in the Republic on a large number of new laws. In addition to the laws on political parties, social organizations, mass media, education, freedom of religion and the official language already passed, the numerous amendments to other Azerbaijani legislation and various laws of the former USSR which have remained in force within the territory of the Republic, new bills on health and freedom of entry to and exit from the Azerbaijani Republic have been presented to the Parliament of the Azerbaijani Republic, and work is under way on a new Constitution (Basic Law).
49. The Azerbaijani Republic has also acceded to a number of international human rights instruments. These include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children, the Geneva Conventions for the protection of the victims of war, the Convention on the Political Rights of Women, the Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice, and Conventions of the International Labour Organization. The National Assembly of Azerbaijan is considering proposals from various organizations, enterprises, ministries, departments and public associations for accession to a large number of international legal instruments.
50. In spite of the fact that the processes of building a democratic society and implementing economic reform have been beset by fundamental difficulties, the Azerbaijani Republic reaffirms its commitments: it will make every effort within its power to carry out democratic reforms, enable basic human rights and freedoms to be ensured and respected, and construct a democratic, secular State.


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Archadeck is proud to be North America's leading designer and builder of outdoor living spaces. We are the only national brand in outdoor living design and construction, with the most locations, the largest geographic footprint, the most experience and the largest client base in the industry. No other firm can approach the number of outdoor living projects we have designed and built, and it's not even close!
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You'll soon discover that your growth potential with Archadeck can be as vast as the great outdoors itself. Since our inception, we have designed and built outdoor living projects for well over 100,000 clients across North America. Our business model is focused on much more than just decks! In fact, decks represent only a portion of the types of projects that are designed and built under the Archadeck Outdoor Living brand. Screened porches, sunrooms, three-season rooms, patios, hardscapes, outdoor kitchens, shade structures, pergolas, gazebos and other categories of outdoor living structures are all important parts of our business mix.
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At Archadeck, we fully understand that your success leads to our success. So our team is fully committed to whatever it takes to support you and your goals as a business owner. And by being part of the Outdoor Living Brands family of franchise companies, this support system expands exponentially. You'll have access to responsive support from a team of business professionals in all the key disciplines you'll need.
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Ron Washington set on starter for Game 7: 'Matt Harrison earned it'
Sunday's strong showing by left-hander Derek Holland won't change Rangers manager Ron Washington's pitching plans for a Game 7, nor would a postponement before then. Left-hander Matt Harrison would get the ball.
"That's Harry's game," Washington said Monday. "I'm going to stay consistent."
Washington said Holland, who pitched 8 1/3 innings Sunday, probably would be available in the bullpen for a Game 7. Rain is in the forecast for St. Louis when the Series resumes Wednesday, but Washington said a postponement would not change his plans.
"Matt Harrison earned it," Washington said. "That's the way we roll."
Harrison is 1-1 with a 5.02 ERA for four appearances during the postseason. Holland has never started on three days' rest in his major league career.


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You're looking for Cottages for rent in Cornwall Ontario, this is the one you should consider, Ponderosa ranch resort. We are located appproximately 1 hour from Montreal / Ottawa and 20 minutes from the U.S.A. This Cottage rental is located in Eastern Ontario in the Township of South Glengarry in the Village of South Lancaster near Cornwall and Williamstown. This is a vacation home tucked away in a wooded lot facing the Raisin River which opens up to Lake St-Francis which is part of the St-Laurence River. This is the area where the bass fishing tournament are held every year. We have accommodation for up to 10 people and lots of room outdoors to play. If golf is your interest there is 4 golf courses in the area. Hope to see you here.
There are nature trails on the property to enjoy, wild life to see and great fishing to be had.
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Gremlin The DragonGremlin The Dragon (1980) - The New Adventures of Flash Gordon Cartoon Episode Guide by Dave Koch
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- The New Adventures of Flash Gordon Cartoon Episode Guide
- Filmation Associates, King Features
- Distributed by: National Broadcasting Company
- Cartoon Characters: Flash Gordon, Dr. Zarkov, Ming, the Merciless, Prince Barin, Princess Aura, Queen Fria, Dale Arden, Thun, Vultan, Gremlin.
- Originally Released in 1980.
- Technicolor
- Running Time: 30 minutes.
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Flash and Dale rescue a baby dragon from the beast men. The beast men retaliate and a battle ensues. After the battle is over, Flash and Dale tell the little dragon that he is free to go, but the dragon wants to stay with Flash and Dale. They then name him Gremlin and he becomes a part of our series.
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Spanish Springs, NV (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -- A 22 month old bay gelding is up for adoption after too much human contact in the Granite Peak Herd Management Area.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is offering Zippy for adoption after people allowed it to access a hay stack at a private residence. Zippy was removed from the urban interface north of Reno.
"Once they get used to people and they lose some of that fear factor then it becomes a problem," says Chad Hunter, the acting manager at the Palomino Valley Adoption Center.
Hunter added, "Even though they think they're doing a good thing, it actually means that we have to remove those horses."
For more information about the criteria you need to meet to adopt a horse visit: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/prog/wh_b/palomino_valley_national.html
If you are interested in adopting Zippy please contact John Axtell at 775-885-6146 or Palomino Valley Center at 775-475-2222.
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Texas v. California: This Ain't Over When Toyota Leaves
About the only things they have in common are severe drought and the blessings of high-tech-industry havens in really cool cities. So, long-simmering tensions between Texas and California are breaking into the open over the poaching of Toyota's North American headquarters.
The tone has been set at the top by battling governors. Barbs read »Dale Buss, Contributor


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M25 update: Man dies after four-vehicle crash
Posted: February 13, 2013|
A MAN died today after his car was involved in a multi-vehicle collision on the M25.
He was pronounced dead at the scene following the accident between a lorry and three cars between junctions 4 and 5 on the clockwise carriageway.
A woman remains in a serious but stable condition after being taken to a London hospital by the air ambulance.
Kent Police and two fire crews from the Kent Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene after 10.15am.
The lorry driver has since been arrested in connection with the incident.
The clockwise carriageway remains closed between junctions 4 and 5 while officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit carry out an investigation at the scene.
The road is due to be reopened at about 5pm.
A diversion route is in place via the M20 and M26, back on to the M25 at junction 5, where there remain delays following earlier carriageway repairs in lane one between the Clackett Lane services and junction 6 for Godstone.
Anyone with information should call the Serious Collision Investigation Unit appeal line on 01622 798538.


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Spotted this owl hanging out during the middle off the day. I was able to get to within 15 feet of him. WOW what a majestic animal. Hope Adam will share it with everyone during the weather tonight.
Great Gray Hanging Out.
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A critical analysis of David Bowie's crotch bulge in Labyrinth
Besides the subject mentioned in the headline, today's "Postal Apocalypse" includes a historical look at butt-wiping technologies, how Cobra gets its funding in G.I. Joe, the worst Star Wars prequel quote, and more. It is possibly my favorite "PA" ever. Please, please keep those awesome questions comin' to … »