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This fantastic green oolong comes from Fujian province, China and is not often seen outside the region. Ginseng Oolong tea offers a variety of aromas and flavors, is very aromatic and floral with hints of spice. The licorice root adds a sweet finish that licorice fans will love without being overpowering.
The tea leaf is sprinkled with ginseng and licorice root, and then folded many times so you will get many steepings from the same leaf.
Chinese Oolong Tea, Ginseng, Licorice Root
We've specially selected our Ginseng Oolong not only for the unique flavor of ginseng and licorice but because of the manufacturing process used. Like other balled oolongs this tea is rolled and folded very tightly. You will note that on the first steeping it will only begin to unfurl its leaves. Be sure to steep multiple times, noting how the large tea leaves relax with each infusion, continuing to release licorice and ginseng flavor each time. Expect at least three steeping. Be sure to use hot - around 190° water - but not boiling!
There is enormous variety among oolong teas. Many countries produce oolong teas today and the leaf style, oxidation and firing, and ultimately the flavor can vary dramatically. Oolong teas are actually some of the youngest types of tea. It is believed that the Chinese started to really understand and control oxidation of tea in the 17th century, leading to the first oolong teas. Given that the first teas in China where documented over 3,000 years earlier, a few hundred years old is still young. Highly regarded Taiwanese oolongs only began to make an appearance during the 1960′s, when the Taiwanese realized they were losing market share to Chinese and Japanese teas. Taiwan needed to do something different to distinguish themselves in the marketplace. Prior to the 1960′s, Taiwan was producing mainly green teas for consumption by the Japanese.
The name oolong literally means black dragon, which refers to the shape of the hand rolled oolong tea leaves. There are other theories that the name originates from the Wuyi Mountains in the Fujian Province of China where it is believed that the first oolong teas where made. There is an alternative theory that it is named after the man who made the first oolongs, Wu Liang, and was later corrupted to Wu Long before being anglicized into oolong. No matter where the name came from, this type of tea is worth exploring for every tea drinker.
The art of rolling tea leaves into balls came into being almost a thousand years before the partial oxidation that makes Oolong tea possible. Most modern drinkers of tea think of Oolongs when presented with balled tea leaves, but those were far from the first teas prepared in this fashion. Taiwan, which has the most famous balled Oolongs, did not apply this technique to commercial tea until well into the 1800s. Today Gunpowder Tea is not simply the domain of China as other countries, like Sri Lanka, also produce their own variations.


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The recreation center is a valuable asset that makes Cortez a more attractive place to live. That is important when recruiting health care professionals, highly qualified teachers, entrepreneurs, retirees and anyone else considering locating here. It's an affordable amenity in a town where many people are on tight budgets.
It's also a positive component in the parks and recreation portfolio of the community. It doesn't compete directly with local gyms and fitness centers because it's designed to provide opportunities for recreation, not just working out. Besides exercise equipment, the center has a walking/running track, a lap pool, a lazy river for resistance walking, racquetball and basketball courts, a climbing wall and meeting rooms. It offers space for youth and adult sports competitions and has also served as the venue for large community events such as the 9Health Fair and Heart & Soul gatherings.
It has always been important to the city that the recreation center be affordable for citizens at all income levels. If Ballot Issue 2A is not approved, the cost to access the center will more than double for every user, potentially pricing some out the door. That's contrary to the voters' purpose in approving construction in the first place. The city isn't asking for new money; it just wants to continue part of the support that taxpayers have willingly provided for many years.
Vote "yes" on 2A on the city mail-in ballot.
HHHAlso on the ballot are eight candidates vying for five seats on the Cortez City Council.
Two are incumbents. Jill Carlson and Orly Lucero both have done a good job, Carlson for one term and Lucero for three.
The crop of new candidates is strong. Among the newcomers, three – Mike Lavey, Lance McDaniel and Jonathan Walker have regularly attended council meetings and dedicated themselves to learning about the city's issues and objectives. They also have a history of being involved in the community, as does Geof Byerly. All four men have stated a clear, well-considered vision for the future of Cortez.
Sue Betts has not attended council meetings since announcing her candidacy, but her career with the Cortez Police Department provides a solid background in the workings of the city and the issues facing the community. The answers she and Gary Noyes provided to The Journal, while not as well researched or fully fleshed out, displayed a commitment to the community.
This is an election in which voters probably cannot go too far wrong, but only five of the eight can be seated. With that in mind, we thank Lucero lavishly for his many years of service and hard work, and we applaud Betts and Noyes for their willingness to step up.
With a view to the future, and after reviewing answers to the paper's questions and speaking with community leaders, The Journal's editorial board endorses Byerly, Carlson, Lavey, McDaniel and Walker.
Towns of Dolores and Mancos candidate endorsements will publish on Tuesday.


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Gianluca Geloni,Evgeni Saldin,Evgeni Schneidmiller and Mikhail Yurkov
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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|[3] G. Geloni, E. Saldin, E. Schneidmiller, M. Yurkov, Opt. Comm. 276, 1, p. 167 (2007) and [4] G. Geloni, E. Saldin, E. Schneidmiller, M. Yurkov, Nucl. Instr. and Methods in Phys. Res. A, 588, 3, 463(2008)
In recent years, continuous evolution of synchrotron radiation (SR) sources has resulted in a dramatic increase of brilliance with respect to older designs. Among the most exciting properties of third generation facilities of today is a high flux of coherent X-rays [1]. The availability of intense coherent X-ray beams has triggered the development of a number of new experimental techniques based on coherence properties of light such as scattering of coherent X-ray radiation, X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy and phase contrast imaging. The interested reader may find an extensive reference list to these applications in [2].
Characterization of transverse coherence properties of SR at a specimen position is fundamental for properly planning, conducting and analyzing experiments involving above-mentioned techniques. These objectives can only be met once coherence properties of undulator sources are characterized and then propagated along the photon beamline up to the specimen.
Here we present a complete theory of spatial coherence for undulator radiation [3, 4]. First, we take advantage of Fourier Optics techniques to describe SR fields from a single electron in terms of a laser-like beam. Due to shot noise, electrons in the bunch have random offset, deflection and phase. Therefore, SR from an electron bunch is a random process that can be described as a incoherent superposition of many laser-like beams. Coherence properties are then quantified in terms of statistical correlation functions of the radiation field, providing simple semi-analytical expressions.
Our treatment constitutes the first comprehensive theory of coherence for SR from third generation light sources. Current estimations often assume that undulator sources are quasi-homogeneous, like thermal sources, and rely on the application of the van Cittert-Zernike theorem for calculating the degree of transverse coherence [2]. Such assumptions are not adequate when treating third generation facilities. Gaussian-Schell models [5, 6, 7], although interesting from a general theoretical standpoint, also turn out to be inadequate in the description of SR sources. For a detailed treatment we redirect the interested reader to [3, 4] and references therein.
Fourier Treatment of Near-Field Synchrotron Radiation Theory [ 3 ]
Fourier Optics (FO) [8] can be used to develop a formalism ideally suited for the analysis of any SR problem, including transverse coherence characterization, leading to establish basic foundations for the treatment of SR fields in terms of laser beam optics.
Using paraxial approximation, each polarization component of the slowly varying envelope of the electric field is represented in the space-frequency domain by a complex scalar function , where are the coordinates of the observer. Radiation from an ultra-relativistic particle can be described as radiation from a virtual source, which produces a laser-like beam. The concept of virtual source has already been proposed (see [9], [10] and [11]). In this paper we develop the idea up to an analytical description of the laser-like beam. The virtual source itself is similar, in many aspects, to the waist of a laser beam, and often exhibits a plane wavefront. In this case it is completely specified, for any given polarization component, by a real-valued amplitude distribution of the field. The laser-like representation of SR is intimately connected with the ultra-relativistic nature of the electron beam: paraxial approximation applies and, therefore, free space basically acts as a spatial Fourier transformation. Thus, the field in the far zone (where the direction from any electron position to the observer can be considered constant along the trajectory) is, aside for a phase factor, the Fourier transform of the field at any position z down the beamline. It is also, aside for a phase factor, the Fourier transform of the virtual source.
Once the field at the virtual source is known, the field at other longitudinal positions, both in the far and in the near zone, up to distances to the sources comparable with the radiation wavelength, can be obtained with the help of the Fresnel propagation formula. This is possible due to the use of the space-frequency domain and the exploitation of the paraxial approximation. On the one hand, the Fresnel formula can be used to recover the field up to longitudinal positions which are further than a wavelength away from the sources. On the other hand, due to the paraxial approximation, the wavelength of interest in SR emission is very short compared with the radiation formation length and with the linear dimensions of the magnetic setup. Thus, the far-zone field completely specifies, through the Fresnel integral, the near-zone field as well. In the case when the electron generating the field is not ultra-relativistic, though, the paraxial approximation cannot be applied. As a result, the radiation wavelength is comparable with the radiation formation length. It is then impossible to reconstruct the near-field distribution from the knowledge of the far-field pattern.
An arbitrary number of magnetic devices is equivalent to several virtual sources and can be modelled as a sequence of appropriately chosen sources inserted between the edges of each magnetic structure. The use of virtual sources provides conceptual insight regarding SR sources and should facilitate their design and analysis. To give an example of the applicability of our method we treat the case of undulator radiation. Working within the applicability region of the resonance approximation the field at the virtual source, located in the middle of the undulator, is given by
and is shown in Fig. 1. Here Lw is the undulator length, K the undulator parameter, (−e) the electron charge, AJJ a coupling factor depending on K. Eq. (1) is found with the help of the far-zone field distribution and is propagated to any distance of interest. Effects due to a given particle offset and deflection with respect to the optical axis are also accounted for. This constitutes a startup point to investigate transverse coherence properties of third generation light sources.
Transverse coherence properties of X-ray beams in third-generation synchrotron radiation sources [ 4 ]
This paper is mainly dedicated to a description of transverse coherence properties of SR sources. Therefore, it constitutes the first step for tracking coherence properties through optical elements, which can be only done when the source is quantitatively described. Solution of the problem of evolution of radiation properties in free-space is also given.
Since SR is a random process, the description of transverse coherence properties of the source and its evolution should be treated in terms of probabilistic statements. Statistical optics [12, 13] presents most convenient tools to deal with fluctuating electromagnetic fields. However, it was mainly developed in connection with polarized thermal light that is characterized by quite specific properties. Besides obeying Gaussian statistics, polarized thermal light has two other specific characteristics allowing for major simplifications of the theory: stationarity and homogeneity (i.e. perfect incoherence) of the source.
SR obeys Gaussian statistics, but stationarity and homogeneity do not belong to SR fields. Thus, although the language of statistical optics must be used to describe SR sources, one should avoid a-priori introduction of an incorrect model. In contrast to this, up to now it has been a widespread practice to assume that undulator sources are perfectly incoherent (homogeneous) and to draw conclusions about transverse coherence properties of undulator light based on these assumptions.
In particular, in the case of thermal light, transverse coherence properties of the radiation can be found with the help of the well-known van Citter-Zernike (VCZ) theorem [12, 13]. However, for third generation light sources either planned or in operation, the electron beam (geometrical) emittance is such that the VCZ theorem cannot be applied in the vertical direction, aside for the hard X-ray limit at wavelengths shorter than 0.1 Å. Similar remarks hold for future sources, like Energy Recovery Linac (ERL)-based spontaneous radiators.
Studying spatial-coherence properties of undulator sources is not a trivial task. Difficulties arise when one tries to simultaneously include the effect of intrinsic divergence of undulator radiation, and of electron beam size and divergence.
A model to describe partially-coherent sources, the Gaussian-Schell model, is widely used in statistical optics [5, 6, 7]. The Gaussian-Schell model includes non-homogeneous sources, because the typical transverse dimension of the source can be comparable or smaller than the transverse coherence length. However it does not provide a satisfactory approximation of third generation SR sources. In fact, undulator radiation has very specific properties that cannot be described in terms of Gaussian-Schell model.
In the present paper we base our theory on the characterization of the cross-spectral density of the system. The cross-spectral density is merely the statistical correlation function of the radiation field at two different positions on the observation plane at a given frequency
bracket indicating an average over an ensemble of pulses. Based on cross-spectral density we developed a comprehensive theory of third generation SR sources in the space-frequency domain, where we exploited the presence of small or large parameters intrinsic in the description of the system.
First, we took advantage of the particular but important situation of perfect resonance, when the field from the undulator source can be presented in terms of laser-like beams described by analytical functions. A cross-spectral density can then be given at the virtual source position, and subsequently propagated anywhere. Second, we exploited the practical case of a Gaussian electron beam, allowing further analytical simplifications. Third, we took advantage of the large horizontal emittance (compared with the radiation wavelength) of the electron beam, allowing separate treatments of horizontal and vertical directions.
In general, the cross-spectral density function in the vertical direction at the virtual source turns out to be a simple convolution of an universal function S (see Fig. 2)
and Gaussian functions:
The normalization constant is chosen in such a way that with and the size and divergence of the electron bunch in the vertical direction. Eq. (4) can be easily propagated in free-space. We studied asymptotic cases of our theory for third generation light sources with their region of applicability. In particular, we considered both asymptotes of a small and a large vertical emittance compared with the radiation wavelength. In the case of a small vertical emittance the radiation is not diffraction limited in the vertical direction, an effect that can be ascribed to the influence of the large horizontal emittance on the vertical coherence properties of radiation. In the case of a large vertical emittance we described the quasi-homogeneous source in terms of a non-Gaussian model, which has higher accuracy and wider region of applicability with respect to a simpler Gaussian model.
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Fearless-ly STUPID Girl
Arturo Di Modica is attempting to nullify the femi-fascist movements' co-opting of his Charging Bull sculpture. Good for him.
Mr. Di Midicas' lawyer says:
"The statue of the young girl becomes the Fearless Girl only because of the Charging Bull:
"The work is incomplete without Mr. Di Modicas' Charging Bull, and as such it constitutes a derivative work."
I myself agree. The positioning, of the figure as well as the cast and "finish" of it makes it look an attempt at making it look like it goes with the Di Modica work.
Instead of a symbol of what Mr. Di Modica intended, "The strength of America, the strength of the market." The statue was originally installed in front of the New York Stock Exchange in 1987 after the stock market crash of that year.
Now it looks like a tableau of a stupid little girl taunting a large animal and about to get pounded into the dirt and not what its plaque says about "the power of women" (They spelled it wrong! Shouldn't it be "the power of WOMYN"?).
Well I guess two can play at that game.
Hows' about a statue dubbed "Sneering SS Guard" in front of the National Holocaust Museum?
Or "Defiant KluKKer" on the sidewalk in front of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church?
Maybe "Sword Swinging Jap Fanatic" near the National World War II Memorial on the mall in Washington, D.C.?
Ridiculous ...
Yes, there's nothing like "the power of WOMYN(!)" by rubbing someone elses' nose in it.
We don't do it. There's no reason the "left" should either.
Maybe the matter can be settled by just re-naming it "Stupid About To Be Gored, Flung and Stomped Into the Ground Girl".
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TACOMA, Washington – A trio of errors proved to be costly as the Puget Sound baseball team lost to Willamette, 6-0, on Logger Field Sunday afternoon.
Half of the Bearcats' (23-12, 15-6 NWC) runs were unearned, tarnishing an otherwise solid outing by Puget Sound (11-18, 7-13 NWC) starting pitcher Joe Brennan.
Brennan turned in a quality start by allowing just two earned runs through six innings. He matched his season-high in strikeouts with six.
Another Logger freshman – Hunter Riley – had a solid day. Playing second base and batting second, Riley went 2-for-4 at the plate for his second multi-hit game of the season.
Ian Hughes smashed a one-out double in fourth inning, but he was left stranded on third base. Hughes – who had a walk-off RBI single against the Bearcats on Saturday – has five hits in his last three games. Three of those hits are doubles.
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Happy New Year
It being that time of year may I wish you all the very best for 2009. In view of the rather depressing economic news from Britain I thought it would be cheering to look a little further ahead to see what the future decade might hold for its citizens.
The news that Zimbabwe has offered financial assistance was welcomed by the man suspected of being in charge of the British government. He said that the nation was well placed to weather the financial crisis and pointed out that Britons had never had it so good. Rarely have so few had to get up and go to work in the morning, a clear indication of the value of a welfare state.
On the other hand, Bangladesh had declined to assist, saying they doubted Britain's ability to repay a loan and President Obama vetoed the idea of incorporating them within the United States, suggesting however that Cuba might be interested in colonising the islands.
From a military point of view, Britain remained a formidable force. The Royal Navy's one remaining ship, the former Isle of Wight ferry, was back in service, having had her boilers scraped and was patrolling the narrow seas once more.
Regrettably, the army, last heard of in Afghanistan, must by now assume to have been lost, but the air defence of Great Britain, now in the safe hands of the Southend on Sea Aero Club, was once more taking to the skies. Whenever they could afford the petrol, their Piper Cub could be spotted zooming through the wild blue yonder as the crews honed their skills with practice bombing runs on the whelk stalls on the sea front, evoking memories of the proud days of the Battle of Britain.
On the domestic front, considerable economies have been made. All Job Centres have been closed due to lack of available work and the NHS has been outsourced to a call centre in Mumbai where callers are greeted with an attractive jingle entitled: 'Take two aspirins and call me in the morning.' All A and E casualties are now redirected to the Red Cross caravan located near Eastbourne pier.
In place of the old banking system, households have now been issued with a plastic model donkey having a slot for coins in its saddle. The conventional piggy bank was vetoed by the Muslim majority of the population and, on reflection, it was agreed that a donkey was probably a more appropriate symbol to reflect the fiscal policies of government.
The man who is thought to be in charge of the nation's coffers said that the nation was well placed to weather the financial crisis.
'Jobsworth' has now been recognised as a professional qualification with degree status and members are asked to wear their badge with pride. Some 85 per cent of the population are now official 'Jobsworths.'
CCTV cameras are now in every home to monitor the domestic alcohol consumption and other valuable statistics for government use, and garbage collections are now made on an annual basis. The Immigration Service has been done away with as being of no value and a number of illegal immigrants, apprehended trying to leave the country, have complained that their Human Rights are being breached by making them stay.
The proposed takeover of the rail system by Hornby was rejected in that it would be taking miniaturisation too far but a dramatic improvement for travellers was made when it was discovered that, by removing all the seats from trains, more passengers could be carried. The cost of the removal of the seats was easily covered by an increase in fares.
The police are to be congratulated on their ruthless pursuit of old age pensioners who are assaulting the flower of Britain's youth. This has had a salutary effect on this dissident section of society and means that youngsters can now roam the streets, safe in the knowledge that their human rights will be protected at all times. To encourage a community spirit amongst the young, knife sharpening classes are being held in the more deprived areas.
The woman who is rumoured to be in charge of home security has stated that the nation is well placed to weather the current crisis. She recommends that flak jackets be made mandatory for those who wish to venture out.
One continuing source of concern is the exchange value of the pound sterling to that of the euro, or for that matter, to the Zimbabwean dollar.
One solution would be to make the smallest denomination, say fifty pounds which would reduce the number of zeros to a manageable amount.
But Britons should take heart. The nation is well placed to weather the current financial crisis. And you know it must be true, for the people who are thought to be running the country all say so.
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Kids & Optimus Prime Explain Transformers: The Last Knight #Transformers
Kids love sharing their thoughts. On everything. So what would happen if you asked them about super cool robots who turn into vehicles? TRANSFORMERS!
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Then get ready for then Paramount Pictures rolls out TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT on June 23, 2017
After the battle in Hong Kong, Optimus Prime faces a new threat which he can't fight on his own. So he must search for new recruits to help save Earth and the universe!
While Optimus leaves Earth, Bumblebee, Drift, Hound, Trailbreaker, Blurr and the Dinobots must stop Galvatron from using the rebuilt space bridge to bring the new threat to Earth. Meanwhile the humans are trying to build more human-made transformers to help our Autobot heroes!
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Paris is the major European railway hub. 8 train stations connect Paris with major European destinations.
Paris Gare du Nord:
Eurostar and Thalys trains departs from Paris Gare du Nord.
The Paris Nord Train Station was originally built in 1846. Shortly after, it was rebuilt three times larger due to increasing traffic. The new and improved station was fully functional by 1864. The name was decided with the notion that travelers would be able to travel to Belgium, Netherlands, Northern Germany and the Scandinavian countries. And of course that is just what happened, and with the ever-growing high-speed rail network, more and more destinations are reachable from the Gare du Nord.
Address: 18 Rue Dunkerque. Paris. 75010 112, rue de Maubeuge 75010 Paris
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Paris Gare Lyon:
The day time trains from Paris to Milan departs from Paris Gare Lyon.
The Paris Lyon Train Station was built for the World Exposition of 1900. The architecture used in the construction of the Gare de Lyon is a classic example of the architecture of that time period. Despite the classic architecture, the station has been modernized to accommodate the high-speed TGV trains that whisk travelers throughout France.
Address: 20 boulevard Diderot, 75012 Paris
View location on map: Google map
Hours of operation: 3:30 am to 1:30 am
Paris Est Train Station- Gare de l'Est
The Paris Est Train Station represents the Belle Epoque generation of railway buildings. The west wing is the original building built in 1847 and In 1854, due to increased rail traffic, the east wing was built. The Paris Gare de l'Est station now provides train transportation to major cities in Central Europe such as Zurich, Switzerland; Munich, Germany and Vienna, Austria.
- Address: Place du 11 novembre 1918 75010 Paris
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- Hours of operation: Open from 5:30am to 1:00am
Paris Montparnasse Train Station first opened in 1840 and this Paris train station provides service for intercity TGV trains traveling west and south-west of Paris. The Gare Montparnasse also houses a metro station and is credited with having the fastest moving walkway in the world.
- Address: 17, boulevard Vaugirard (15th "arrt")
- View location on map: Google map
- Hours of operation: 4:30 am to 1:15 am
Paris Austerlitz Train Station was named after the famous Napoleon battle fought in the region that is now the Czech Republic. This Paris station was originally built in 1840 with the purpose of serving the Paris-Corbeil line. Today, the Paris Austerlitz station serves over 25 million rail passengers annually.
- Address: 55, quai d'Austerlitz (13th "arrt") 85 quai d'Austerlitz 75013 Paris
- View location on map: Google map
- Hours of operation: 5:30 am to midnight
Paris Bercy Train Station was originally designed for the departure and arrival of sleeper trains on overnight routes. Today, it still provides service for overnight trains, but also focuses on transporting vehicles to other stations. Paris Bercy station is located near the heart of Paris and is just a short walk from the Paris Lyon Train Station.
- Address: 48 bis boulevard de Bercy 75012 Paris
- View location on map: Google map
- Hours of operation: Open from 6:00am to 11 pm
Paris Charles de Gaulle Train Station is connected to the main airport in Paris; the Charles de Gaulle Airport. This airport has the second highest traveler traffic in Europe, the first being London's Heathrow airport. This Paris train station provides both international train service and local RER trains into central Paris.
- Address: BP 35042 Tremblay 95716 Roissy CDG
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- Hours of operation: 4:50 am to 1:00 am
Paris Saint-Lazare is a station on the Paris Métro serving lines 3, 12, 13 and 14 located on the border of the 8th and 9th arrondissements. It is the second busiest station of the metro system after Gare du Nord with 39 million passengers annually and is the western terminus of line 14.
The station offers connections to the following other stations:
Gare Saint-Lazare (SNCF)
Haussmann – Saint-Lazare on RER line E
Saint-Augustin on line 9
The station is named after the mainline railway station, which is situated in the Rue Saint-Lazare. It is in the commercial centre of Paris, near the major department stores.
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SNCF Assistance
If you encounter service disruptions or major delays, SNCF Assistance canimprove your travel experience during peak periods. Our volunteer staff are attentive and service-oriented, with an added guarantee of assistance should you need it.
- In stations: staff members greet you and keep you informed during delays. If problems continue, they provide simple boxed meals.
- On board trains: the conductor arranges for onboard staff to assist you.
If your train arrives in Paris after metro and RER lines have shut down for the night, you'll be transported safely to your home under a special agreement between the city and Paris taxi companies.
Accès Plus, Accès TER and Accès Plus Transilien services provide special assistance to travellers with disabilities or limited mobility. Available in nearly 360 stations throughout the French rail network, in five regions and in 51 stations in the Paris region, these services cost absolutely nothing. To take advantage of them, contact your Accès Plus adviser.
And then? Relax!
- On your day of departure, go to the station 30 minutes before your train is scheduled to leave. An SaachenNCF staff member will accompany you to the train, carry your luggage (up to 15 kilos) and get you settled on board.
- When you reach your destination, an SNCF staff member will meet you and take you to your meeting point in the station. If you're changing trains, he'll help you board your new train.
- For travel between Lille, Lyon and Rennes, our Accès Synchro pilot program can assist you from your home to your destination
To Reserve:
Call +33 (0) 890 640 650 and press 1 (€0.11/minute incl. tax from a landline, plus any surcharge) or call 36 35 and say "Accès Plus" (€0.34 incl. tax the first minute and €0.11 for each additional minute from a landline, plus any surcharge). From outside France, call +33 892 35 35 35
Eurostar Assistance
Eurostar Assistance: call on 08432 186 186, or +44 1233 617 575 if you're currently outside the UK.
Available 7 days a week from 8am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm Saturday, Sunday and UK Bank Holidays.
If you've already taken your journey and found something didn't go to plan, please email firstname.lastname@example.com. Include details of what happened and your six-letter booking reference, and our Customer Care team will get on the case.
When you travel in a wheelchair with Eurostar, we'll reserve one of our dedicated wheelchair passenger spaces for you, which are in our Standard Premier and Business Premier carriages. You'll also be able to take a companion with you at a discounted rate.
We'll set up a ramp for you and one of our team will help you board the train and get you settled comfortably. It's a good idea to arrive at the station at least 45 minutes before departure to give you plenty of time, and let a member of our team know you'd like a helping hand.
If you have restricted mobility and need a little help walking but you're not confined to a wheelchair, we'll be happy to arrange assistance for you to get to the platform, on the train and off again at your destination. You don't have to arrange this in advance. Just ask at Eurostar ticket desk when you arrive at the station – we'll take care of everything for you.
Hannover Hauptbahnhof (German for Hanover main station) is the main railway station for the city of Hanover in Lower Saxony, Germany. The railway junction is one of the 21 stations listed as a railway Category 1 station by DB Station&Service. It is also the most important public transport hub of the region of Hanover and it is served regional and S-Bahn services. The station has six platforms with twelve platform tracks and two through tracks without platforms. Each Day it is used by 250,000 passengers and 622 trains (as of November 2008) and about 2,000 people work here.
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ICE - DB Bahn Assistance
Passengers with reduced mobility can now order Deutsche Bahn's Mobility Service even more easily. Whoever needs assistance with boarding, alighting or changing trains during their journey - for example a wheelchair platform lift - can do so conveniently with immediate effect on the Internet as well.
The local service staff will be pleased to assist you when boarding, alighting or changing trains. Owing to the short stopping times however, they are unable to accompany you to your seat.
To order, please fill out the form at: http://www.specials-bahn.de/_pdf/english/antrag_hilfeleistung.pdf and send it to us by 20:00 (MET) one working day before your departure at the latest.
Will be required your coach and seat number on long-distance trains so that we can make sure you receive the assistance you require. On local trains, please indicate where you will be sitting instead of the reservation - e.g. 1st coach/front of train.
You can book your tickets and make reservations for you and, if you wish, also send them to you. You can order those by telephone on +49 (0) 1806/512 512 (calls charged). You can contact us every day from 06:00 to 22:00 (MET).
For any further information, send them an e-mail at: firstname.lastname@example.com or contact us them the telephone number given above.
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Ticketless - How use your etickets:
As soon as your booking have been processed, you will receive a booking confirmation, including a PNR number (reservation code) , by email.
How retrieve your etickets at train station:
Proceed to the self-service kiosks available in the German train stations.
If retrieving from a kiosk at a Regional-Station (S-Bahn) (example: Frankfurt Airport) please click on the "DB" button and then select "long distance" from the following menu in order to get to the correct prompts to retrieve your ticket.
- In the selection menu on the screen, please press "Pre-booked tickets".
- On the next screen, select "Collection of Pre-booked tickets".
- On the following screen, select "Identification with Order Number".
- Enter your e-ticket # or PNR, which is a 9-digit number combination uniqueto your trip, and is included in the email confirmation you receive from Euro Railways.
- On the next screen, select "Confirm". This screen shows all the information related to the order you have selected.
- Then, select "Print Now" and retrieve the ticket(s).
Important: Arrive at the train station at least 20 minutes prior to your departure time to allow ample time to print your tickets and board your train.
Also, the etickets retrieve instructions are sent attached with the booking confirmation email
a) Seat Reservations: The train tickets include the seat reservations.
b) Promotional Fare: No refundable. Exchangeable at train station prior the booked trip date.
c) Adult Full Fares and Children Fares: Children fare are valid for persons under 12 years old. Children under 4 years old travel free. 80% refundable up to 3 days before the travel date. When printed tickets should be returned to our office. *Exchangeable at train station.
d) Seat Reservations, Passholder fare: Requires a valid rail pass. We only can book it for travelers who have purchased their rail passes through our company. No refundable. No exchangeable.
e) All tickets are subject to confirmation. The tickets have a variable horizon for booking, normally 60 to 90 days within trip date. A booking confirmation will be sent as soon as the booking have been processed.
f) All fares are per person in US Dollars, subject to to change before the booking processing
g) E-tickets: The way for retrieve or use instructions will be sent with the booking confirmation by email. The tickets should be retrieved and printed at train station or printed at home as instructed in booking confirmation.
h) Physical Tickets (optional): The tickets are sent by FedEx, with the selected shipping option to the informed shipping address.
i) Tickets Protection: An good option for you travel in peace in mind. Reimbursement and General rules as described at General Terms and Conditions.
j) Handling fee: all bookings are subject to US$ 8 handling fee


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Monthly Archives: February 2014
The Morning After
Here's what I've learned in 20 years of being a Peyton Manning fan.
There will be unbelievable wins and there will be unbelievable losses. Shoot, last night wasn't even the worst one of the bunch. Every win is pure joy. Every loss is heartbreaking. Despite some people's opinions of him, he is the consummate professional no matter the outcome, which I saw again in his post game press conference. He is a teammate and a fighter. He doesn't give up just because someone thinks he should. I remarked late in the 4th quarter that I don't know how he has the strength of mind to walk out on that field knowing how big the deficit is, but that's what a competitor does. He walked out on that field because in his mind he felt like he could find a way. Every one of those men in orange believed they would find a way no matter what the scoreboard said. And that's the kind of team that has earned and deserves my support.
I spent 4 years of my life as a quasi UT fan cheering on Peyton in college with great teammates like Peerless Price. I spent 14 years of my life as a Colts fan cheering on Peyton and a multitude of professional football players and coaches who still make me smile with the simple mention of their name. Memories flood back to me from people like Tony Dungy, Tarik Glenn, Bob Sanders, Marvin Harrison, Cato June, Joseph Addai, Adam Vinatieri, and Dwight Freeney…just to name a few. I have spent the last 2 years of my life as a Broncos fan cheering on Peyton and some of the greatest men to ever play this game. Men who battle day in and day out because they are a part of something that matters. Guys like Nate Irving, Omar Bolden, Terrance Knighton, Champ Bailey, Duke Ihenacho, Mitch Unrein, Danny Trevathan, Wesley Woodyard, Mike Adams, Orlando Franklin, Manny Ramirez, Zane Beadles, Wes Welker, Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker, Jacob Tamme, Knowshon Moreno, Montee Ball, Julius Thomas, and Matt Prater…again, just to name a few. I have prayed for Coach Fox to survive open heart surgery not so he could return to coach the team but so he could see his teenage daughter grow up and walk her down the aisle some day at her wedding.
These are people whose lives matter to me. Whose successes and failures matter to me. And so here we are 20 years after the first time I laid eyes on Peyton Manning throwing the football around in the front yard with his father, Archie. I have been through a lot of successes and a lot of failures over the years, and lived to tell about it. But, if you told me that game last night could have ended differently if I just gave back any one of those successes, I would've said, "NO DEAL." It's about the journey. It's about the body of work. It's about being a fan in good times AND in bad. No one success or failure is more important than another. I am just grateful that in all of this I can say the good outweighs the bad.
In fact, with as heartbreaking as it ended, this season has been, without a doubt, the most fun I have had in these 20 years. These men made me believe in loyalty, again. They reminded me to never say never. They taught me that no matter how old you get, there's always someone who will give you a second chance to prove your worth. Most importantly, I learned the color orange isn't really all that bad, John Elway's actually a pretty cool dude, and the Denver Broncos have my eternal gratitude, love, devotion, and support for as long as I live!
I hope I can be a fan they're proud to have cheering for them.
United In Orange
The Man In The Mirror
Take those boots off the shelf
Wipe that dust off yourself
Even if you've been through hell
You're back
The stories have been out there for a couple years now…the process through which Peyton Manning returned to the playing field from the ugly to the triumphant. They're all there. The most striking ones to me have always been that he couldn't sit himself up in bed after the final surgery and that he watched himself in a mirror throw footballs to re-learn how to pass the ball. There are millions of stories about athletes rehabbing their way back to play the sport they love. In fact, there are plenty on the Denver Broncos roster alone. Peyton's story is just one of them.
As I watched him walk the sidelines in a polo shirt and khaki pants in Indianapolis during the 2011 season, I wondered if this was the final image we'd ever have of him as a player. As we learned everything he'd gone through to try to get back on the field just for that season, I wondered if this was the last image we'd ever have of HIM. Was this going to be what sidelined him for life not just for career? It was scary. Anytime you mess with the neck, it's scary, and I don't mind telling you there was a part of me who wanted to say "just stop. You have a beautiful wife and two amazing children. Live for them. You've done enough." But saying that to Peyton Manning would be like telling the sun not to rise.
And so it began…his long road back to the top of his game…not just the game of football…but to HIS game of football…the way he plays it. I love football in all its forms, but if you told me I could only watch one person play football for the rest of my life, I'd ask for a reel of Peyton's games because I just LOVE the way HE plays football…even in the bad games. As he was rehabbing and fighting with his nerve damage everyday, I was hoping and praying he'd just be able to play the game, again. I wanted to see him run out of that tunnel, buckle that chin strap, take that snap, pass that ball. That's what I hoped for, dreamed of, wanted. He wanted more.
He wanted to be a part of a team, again. He wanted to walk up to the line of scrimmage, cast his vision on the defense, smile to himself, call the perfect play, and eat that opponent alive. That's what a competitor does when faced with the challenge of a lifetime. You stand up and say, "You're not gonna beat me today." So that's how he found himself in front of a mirror watching himself throw a football because he knew what he was doing wasn't right, and he needed to see it for himself in order to fix it.
Since his return, I've been afraid the last image I would have of him on the football field would be of him lying there unconscious, his fate unknown. I tried to remind myself that the only thing I wanted after all the surgeries and all the rehab was to see him play football. The fear gets a little less each step of the way like the half-life of a chemical element, and now I worry about him getting hurt on the average play just like any other player on the field not because of anything in his medical history. At the same time, these last two seasons have brought me more joy than I ever imagined, and while watching him play is an amazing thrill, learning about his new team has been the icing on the best cake you've ever tasted. Foxy, Champ, DT, Woodyard, Julius, Pot Roast, Manny, Unrein, Knowshon, Bruton, Welker, Prater, Zane…just to name a few…these guys go into battle with Peyton every week. They each have their own goals and dreams…their own legacies to build, but they each play for the Denver Broncos, and that means something to me…something that came as a great surprise to me this deep into my NFL fandom. This team…this franchise…this is what it's meant to be…this is what it's supposed to feel like. And I, for one, am grateful to the Broncos for letting me be a fan of it all on their journey to the Super Bowl.
Now don't get me wrong. I WANT that Super Bowl tomorrow. You put a chance at winning the holy grail of the NFL in front of me and I suddenly turn into one of Pavlov's dogs…one of the more rabid of the litter, in fact. Still, there have been a lot of articles in recent weeks about Peyton's legacy and about how winning or losing this game is what his entire career hinges on as if to say his body of work over the entirety of the last 16 seasons has meant nothing. They're frustrating to read for someone like me who's been a fan of his for 20 years. But wanting that Lombardi Trophy and believing its the only thing that matters when defining a successful career are two completely different things. In the history of sports, no trophy or championship has made a player or a coach a better player or coach than they were before the game. They are each the same person with the same talent and competitiveness. They just happen to have some hardware on the shelf. But in this day and age of over-analyzing, we pay people to tell you that Peyton Manning is a failure or hasn't accomplished anything if the Broncos don't win tomorrow night.
Don't believe that. Instead, consider this. His legacy, to me, is only further cemented every single time he runs out of that tunnel because this is a man who could've been one surgery away from not being able to walk, again, much less be able to produce the single greatest statistical season for a quarterback in NFL history. But proving anything to anyone was never why Peyton worked so hard to get back to the game. Proving he wasn't done. Proving he was up to the challenge and could exceed expectations. Proving he gets to decide when he's done. All of that is and was for the man in the mirror. He's got one more thing to prove to that man, and he gets to do that tomorrow night in Super Bowl XLVIII.


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