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Payroll Network, Inc. ( www.payrollnetwork.com) – a human capital management solutions provider that customizes payroll, timekeeping, tax filing and human resources services to address the unique requirements of employers in the Mid-Atlantic region – has opened a new office in Baltimore, Maryland.
The company's Baltimore office will be located on 400 East Pratt Street, Suite 800. Brian Barrett, vice president of sales for Payroll Network, Inc., is responsible for building, training and growing the Baltimore-area sales team. Barrett has more than 30 years of experience, working with organizations of all sizes to help them increase efficiencies, control costs and build more effective organizations. He has worked for Payroll Network for more than five years. Joining Barrett in the Baltimore office will be sales executives Chris Gsell and David Kaplan.
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Twilight Sleep Sofa from DWR
Sofa Sleeper of the Week
The Twilight Sleep Sofa from Design Within Reach shows up fairly regularly in our Scavenger posts and is a popular solution for Apartment Therapy readers furnishing a modern space. Designed for occasional use as a sleeper, Twilight has a bare-bones design — a minimal platform, 2 stacked cushions and a large adjustable bolster.
As a small armless sofa, Twilight Sleep Sofa is ok — the seat is comfy and firm but the lack of arms and the low bolster is not ideal for long-term lounging. But as an occasional sleeper, this design gets rave reviews as it is surprisingly comfortable.
With the options of using Twilight as a sofa, twin bed or queen-ish bed (a bit larger than a queen and a tad smaller than a king), versatility is key in this design. And while it may not be the best primary sofa, Twilight is a great solution for a secondary seating arrangement that doubles as a sleeping area for guests — especially in an office, nursery or other small room.
The simple and straightforward design make the transition process fairly intuitive. Small wheels on the rear legs make it fairly easy to move around. Once one is comfortable with moving the bolster into one of its 3 positions, the change from sofa to bed is as easy as moving and positioning a twin mattress. It's not nearly as smooth as some of the high-design beds like the Mostra from Ligne Roset, but good for occasional use. Delightfully, the sofa base and cushion line up precisely for a tight fit and minimal gap.
Currently Twilight Sleep Sofa is available in 2 frame options, Black ($1,880) and Aluminum ($1,680) and there are 5 choices of slipcovers: Autumn (orange), Dark Grey, Grass, Light Blue (aluminum frame) and Black & White Herringbone (black frame). The slipcovers are removable and should be dry cleaned but replacement slipcovers can also be purchased from DWR for $500 - $700 (Black & White Herringbone).
PRICE $1,680 (aluminum frame) - $1,880 (black frame) (replacement slipcovers $500 - $700)
DESIGNER Flemming Busk
DIMENSIONS 29"H x 79"W x 34.75"D Seat & Twin Bed height 17'', Queen Bed height 8.5"
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These are used as seating in the Microsoft Digital Workshops aboard certain Holland America Line ships...
...uncomfortable as all get out.
(Why they chose these, I'll never figure out)
yes, they're really uncomfortable :-(
but one side is significantly thinner than the other..
My wife & I have this sofa.
As a sofa, I find it to be a little uncomfortable to sit on for a long time, mostly because I like a straighter, higher back and arms on my sofas. My wife (who is much smaller than I am) however really likes it. For me, it's a little soft.
However, it's incredibly comfortable to sleep on, either as a twin or converted to queen -- the top part is much firmer than the bottom (which has a thinner foam pad & springs) -- which works out for mismatched couples like us, when we need to sleep on it. It's also really easy to convert, and the covers can be dry cleaned (we have a dog).
I don't think we'd have paid full price for one of these -- we got lucky and found one still in plastic on Craigslist from a guy who's girlfriend vetoed the purchase.
I find it to be fairly comfortable, but like above, not for long periods of time. I shift around on it constantly while watching tv. I discovered, if you roll the bolster all the way back, it's perfect for watching movies because it's like sitting in bed. I find it difficult to get comfortable enough to sit and read anything other than a magazine.
It's perfect for a nap, and the few times I've spent the night on it have been restful.
I was lucky and found one in great condition at Housing Works for 20% of the original price (including delivery). For that price, I can't complain.....it would be a different story had I paid full retail.
Besides looking uncomfortable, it just makes me think of Wile E. Coyote sitting on it and somehow ending up flat as a pancake.
a friend has this sofa and as Scott T. says, it's uncomfortable for seating but really comfortable for sleeping--too comfortable evidently as a guest sleeping on it lengthened his from a 1 week to 1 month stay, pronouncing that this was the only sofa bed he's ever slept well in & more comfortable than his regular bed.
I now cringe with fear when I hear the name of this sofa. Damn your eyes, Stephanie Meyer.
I was considering this for the guest room, but since our most frequent houseguests are my husband's 70 year old parents, I didn't want to subject them to sleeping that low to the ground. For older people, trying to get up from such a low bed can be ungainly and painful.
The Brick in Canada had one model that was identical to the Twilight for half the price.
it sold out earlier this year and they don't know when they'll be able to get it in stock again. i wanted one for my guest room/office space.
DWR has one of the most worthless websites possible. It's as if they don't want my money.
That odd squares inside circles bookshelfish thing behind the couch in the photo above caught my eye, but I couldn't find it on their site.
Oh, how I do lust for their Sapien bookshelf though. DWR's prices put most of their stuff out of my reach, but certain items there can't be beat, style wise.
I like the lines of it. However, the idea of sleeping on the floor has never been appealing. The two mattresses together create a rather large sleep surface, however one half uses springs and the other solid foam (not good). The bolster in back is a bit awkward when used as a sofa, a bit stiff. Great lines though but not my first pick for a sofa or bed. I would suggest blu dot for their sleeper designs (mainly because they don't look like sleepers).

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The deputy was not hurt in the incident early Tuesday. The Duluth News Tribune reports that officers were called to a domestic disturbance with a report of gunfire at about 1:40 a.m. at a home in the Town of Gordon, about 40 miles south of Superior.
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The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act [opens in a new window] was passed in May 2008. The Act introduced important changes to the youth justice system. The main youth justice provisions in the Act are:
- purposes of sentencing for the youth justice system
- the Youth Rehabilitation Order
- extension to Referral Orders, early discharge for good behaviour
- Youth Conditional Caution
- anti-social behaviour measures
- Youth Default Orders
- 'spent' warnings, reprimands and cautions
- Sexual Offences Prevention Orders
Youth Justice: The Scaled Approach is a programme of work that, in developing a tiered approach to interventions based on risk of reoffending and risk of serious harm, supports the introduction of this new sentencing framework.
Diagram that illustrates the changes in sentencing structure [289Kb PDF, opens in a new window].
For any query or additional information on any aspect of the Act, please contact Bill Kerslake in the YJB's Effective Sentences Team.
Practice guidance
We have produced practice guidance for YOTs on the YRO and other youth justice provisions of the Act.
This guidance is non-statutory guidance for the Act. It outlines the YRO and other key youth justice related provisions of the Act to enable YOT practitioners and managers to understand these legislative changes and prepare for their implementation.
Purposes of sentencing
Note: This provision of the Act was due to be commenced on 30 November 2009. The Justice Secretary decided not to implement this provision as a result of concerns raised with him by the senior judiciary and the Sentencing Guidelines Council following responses received to their consultation.
The concern was that by not including the equivalent purpose of sentencing to the adult one of 'the reduction of crime' (including its reduction by deterrence) in those applying to under-18s, this could be interpreted as precluding courts from including an element of deterrence in sentences for under-18s. The Justice Secretary has said that he will seek to amend the legislation to confirm that an element of deterrence can be included in sentences given to under-18s when the opportunity arises.
The original provision within the Act
When sentencing a young offender under the age of 18 the Court must have regard to the following:
- the principal aim of the youth justice system (to prevent offending and reoffending)
- the welfare of the offender
- the purposes of sentencing, which are:
- punishment
- reform and rehabilitation
- protection of the public
- reparation to persons affected by offences.
Youth Rehabilitation Order
The Youth Rehabilitation Order (YRO) is a generic community sentence for children and young people who offend and combines a number of existing sentences into one generic sentence. It is the standard community sentence used for the majority of children and young people who offend. It aims to simplify sentencing for young people, while improving the flexibility of interventions.
The YRO came into effect on 30 November 2009. Read full details of the sentence and it's structure.
Extension of Referral Orders
Summary of changes
The Act extends the circumstances in which a court can make a Referral Order. These changes were introduced on 27 April 2009.
A brief presentation has been created [1.47Mb PowerPoint presentation; opens in new window] to provide a summary of these changes.
The Act makes changes to the discretionary conditions applying to referral orders. In addition to the existing provisions, where the Referral Order criteria are otherwise satisfied, the court will be able to make a referral order where:
- the offender has had one previous conviction but has not previously received a referral order or
- the offender has previously been bound over to keep the peace or
- the offender has previously received a conditional discharge.
In addition the court has the power:
- to make a second Referral Order, in exceptional circumstances, on the recommendation of the YOT
- to revoke a Referral Order early for good behaviour
- to extend the term of a Referral Order for up to three months on the recommendation of the youth offender panel (for example where non-compliance occurs through circumstances beyond the control of the offender, i.e. illness).
Increase in Youth Offender Panel hearings
These legislative changes will result in an increase in Youth Offender Panel hearings and increased demand for trained panel volunteers. The YJB has estimated that on average YOTs will need to increase their current volunteer capacity by 17% on average to cover the expected additional panel hearings, bearing in mind the statutory requirement for at least two volunteers to be on every panel.
YOT readiness checklist
View the YOT Readiness Checklist [83Kb Word document; opens in new window], created to help YOTs assess their readiness to implement the proposed changes in terms of:
- governance and management (section one)
- staffing and support services (section two).
Resources for delivering Referral Order best practice
- Panel Matters training programme for Panel volunteers
- Our guidance that sets out how volunteers should be managed and used
- Key Elements of Effective Practice - Restorative Justice and the full source document on which this was based.
- Reparation Guidance [80Kb PDF; opens in new window]
- Referral Order Action Plan [47Kb PDF; opens in new window]
Revised Referral Order guidance
Click to read the Referral Order Guidance, revised and published in May 2009 by the YJB, Ministry of Justice and DCSF.
Youth Offender Panel member length of service
Following a review of Youth Offender Panel volunteer service, Ministers have decided that:
- the tenure of current panel volunteers can be extended for a maximum of two years
- any new panel volunteer recruited in the next 12 months will be recruited for a maximum of six years.
This situation will be reviewed in April 2010.
Youth Conditional Caution
The Youth Conditional Caution (YCC) will be an additional, higher-tariff pre-court disposal which aims to reduce the number of young people being taken to court for a low-level offence.
The YCC is available for use by the Police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) if the offender has not previously been convicted of an offence, admits guilt and consents to the caution. The conditions may include provisions to support rehabilitation, effect reparation or punishment and can include a fine and/or an attendance requirement (which might include completion of a specified activity, but cannot exceed 20 hours).
YOTs will have the key role in assessing cases, recommending, supervising and delivering YCC conditions, subject to approval and oversight by the CPS.
The Act makes the Youth Conditional Caution available for 10 to 17-year-olds, although the Government will initially pilot for 16 and 17-year-olds only. The pilot began on 26 January 2010.
Anti-social behaviour measures
The Act features several measures on anti-social behaviour. These provisions became effective on 1 February 2009.
One-year reviews for Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) are now mandatory for those issued to persons under 17-year-olds, and are applicable to any ASBO (stand alone or on conviction) that has been granted or varied nine months prior to 1 February and applied for from this date.
Individual Support Orders (ISOs) must be issued with every ASBO (stand alone or on conviction) where a magistrates' court considers it would help to prevent further anti-social behaviour. Magistrates must justify their decision making if an ISO is not granted. An ISO can be applied for at any time during the ASBO (even if it was not applied for at the initial hearing) as long as:
- an ASBO has been applied for in the first instance
- the application is from the original applicant
- the subject is still considered a young person
- the ASBO is still in force.
An ISO can be applied for more than once and subsequent to the initial hearing with no limit as to the number of applications made. There is a six month maximum limit for each application as long as the ISO does not exceed the length of the ASBO.
District councils have been added to the list of local authorities in England that may enter into a parenting contract or apply for a parenting order.
Youth Default Orders
Youth Default Orders will enable a court to impose an unpaid work requirement (if 16 or 17), curfew requirement or attendance centre requirement on a young offender in lieu of an unpaid fine. The length of the order will be dependent on the amount which the offender has failed to pay.
This provision of the Act has yet to be commenced.
'Spent' warnings, reprimands and cautions
The Act amends the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 to bring warnings, reprimands, simple cautions and conditional cautions within the scope of that Act. Reprimands and warnings are spent at the time they are given; conditional cautions are spent after three months. Once such warnings and cautions become 'spent', an ex-offender is generally not obliged to declare them when applying for a job, but the disposals are recorded on the Police National Computer and will continue to be disclosed where required for Criminal Records Bureau enhanced and standard checks. Note that these provisions apply retrospectively to all reprimands and warnings given prior to December 2008.
This provision was commenced on 19 December 2008.
Amendments to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 will mean that some young people convicted of offences listed in schedule 3 of the Act will become eligible for a sexual offences prevention order; this is expected to affect only a small number of young people, for example those convicted of a Section 3 sexual assault.
These amendments were commenced on 14 July 2008.


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|Unions get 'Cadillac Plan'
|Written by Joel McGuire
|Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:35 PM
The city pays the first $797 of each employee's monthly health insurance premiums and half of any amount beyond that, which exceeds $8,500 per employee.
Before July 2012, 29, city employees paid $85.79 per month and 45 employees paid nothing.
After July 2012, 54 employees pay $12.16 - $293.14 per month and 20 employees pay nothing.
Until February 2013 the City pays the first $1,000 of the $2,000 deductible and has a contractual duty to pay the remaining $1,000. After February 2013, union employees pay the first $1,000 of a $5,000 deductible and the City pays the remaining $4,000.
If my "constituents" are those that pay around $1,000 a month for premiums and pay all of their $5,000 - $10,000 deductible, I have an awful lot of constituents and I doubt they're sympathetic.
It's fine to argue the city health care plan is what everyone should have, or that it's the fault of city elected officials for agreeing to pay so much, but it's ridiculous to argue that it's not a Cadillac Plan that greatly exceeds what private sector employees receive.
City directors got a raise because they deserve it. The directors are top-notch professionals whose efforts are the reason the City has done well in a recession.
I challenge anyone to find another set of directors who achieved the results ours have, which makes them the only ones associated with City government that are not easily replaceable.
The unions didn't get a raise because union leaders asked the city not to give them one. Fearing that Senate Bill 5 would cause their wages and benefits to go down, union leaders asked the city to extend their current contracts with a wage freeze. It had nothing to do with city finances.
The 2009 – 2012 city budgets didn't have cuts but had small increases. We have budget cuts next year, though, and a primary cause is the 44.5 percent increase in health insurance costs last summer that is likely to happen again next summer since we can't get competing quotes on the Cadillac Plan.
The performance audit confirmed that city salaries and benefits are higher than in similar communities and predicted that the current situation would happen if they're not adjusted downward.
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The Asian Highway (AH) project, also known as the Great Asian Highway, is a cooperative project among countries in Asia and Europe and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), to improve the highway systems in Asia. It is one of the three pillars of the Asian Land Transport Infrastructure Development (ALTID) project, endorsed by the ESCAP commission at its 48th session in 1992, comprising Asian Highway, Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) and facilitation of land transport projects.
Agreements have been signed by 32 countries to allow the highway to cross the continent and also reach to Europe. Some of the countries taking part in the highway project are India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, China, Japan, South Korea and Bangladesh.[1] Most of the funding comes from the larger, more advanced Asian nations like Japan, India and China as well as international agencies such as the Asian Development Bank.
The project aims to make maximum use of the continent's existing highways to avoid the construction of newer ones, except in cases where missing routes necessitate their construction. Project Monitor, an Asian infrastructure news website, has commented that the:
|early beneficiaries of the Asian Highway project are the planners within the national land transport department of the participating countries [since] it assists them in planning the most cost-effective and efficient routes to promote domestic and international trade. Non-coastal areas, which are often negligible, are the other beneficiaries.[1]
However, in the mid-2000s some transportation experts were sceptical about the viability of the project given the economic and political climate in both South and South-East Asia.[1]
The AH project was initiated by the United Nations in 1959 with the aim of promoting the development of international road transport in the region. During the first phase of the project (1960–1970) considerable progress was achieved, however, progress slowed down when financial assistance was suspended in 1975.
ESCAP has conducted several projects in cooperation with AH member countries step by step after the endorsement of ALTID in 1992.
The Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network (IGA) was adopted on November 18, 2003, by the Intergovernmental Meeting; the IGA includes Annex I, which identifies 55 AH routes among 32 member countries totalling approximately 140,000 km (87,500 miles), and Annex II "Classification and Design Standards". During the 60th session of the ESCAP Commission at Shanghai, China, in April 2004, the IGA treaty was signed by 23 countries. By 2013, 29 countries had ratified the agreement.[2]
India is hopeful that the mega project will continue to bring it and Pakistan closer, as a furtherance of the earlier resumption of bus and train services between the two countries after decades of hostilities.[1]
The advanced highway network would provide for greater trade and social interactions between Asian countries, including personal contacts, project capitalizations, connections of major container terminals with transportation points, and promotion of tourism via the new roadways.[1]
However, rights groups in Southeast Asia monitoring the North-South Corridor segment were concerned with the remote area's rapid development resulting in significant increases to exposure of HIV/AIDS, human trafficking and the possible exploitation of the surrounding forests and wildlife resources.[3]
Regional perceptions of the project[edit]
According to Om Prakash, an advisor in New Delhi: "It's an excellent step taken by ESCAP to gather all the Asian countries under one crown but the problem with this project is political disputes between some countries, notably Pakistan and Myanmar, which is delaying the project".[1]
India views the project favourably since it would increase trade with its neighbours, especially Pakistan and Myanmar.[1]
Sanjoy Hazarika of the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research commented: ""The [2003] agreement between Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand needs to be considered by India as an international link for trade, while retaining the presently designated AH route through Tamabil, Bangladesh, and Imphal, India." As well, he also stated: "Given its extensive geographical coverage and the recent move to integrate it with other means of transportation, the Asian Highway project requires collective effort and close collaboration among the Asian countries."[1]
Route AH1 is proposed to extend from Tokyo to the border with Bulgaria west of Istanbul and Edirne, passing through both Koreas, China and other countries in Southeast, Central and South Asia. The corridor is expected to improve trade links between East Asian countries, India and Russia. To complete the route, existing roads will be upgraded and new roads constructed to link the network. US$ 25 billion has been spent or committed as of 2007, with additional US$ 18 billion needed for upgrades and improvements to 26,000 km of highway.[4]
Numbering and signage[edit]
The project new highway route numbers begin with "AH", standing for "Asian Highway", followed by one, two or three digits.[5] Single-digit route numbers from 1 to 9 are assigned to major Asian Highway routes which cross more than one subregion.[5] Two- and three-digit route numbers are assigned to indicate the routes within subregions, including those connecting to neighbouring subregions, and self-contained highway routes within the participating countries.[5] Route numbers are printed in the Latin script and Hindu-arabic numerals and may simply be added to existing signage, like the E-road network.[5]
The actual design of the signs has not been standardized, only that the letters and digits are in white or black, but the color, shape and size of the sign being completely flexible. Most examples feature a blue rectangular shield with a white inscription (similar to German Autobahn signage) with further examples of white on green and black on white rectangular shields.[1][3][5]
First car crossing[edit]
What is believed to be the first car crossing of the full extent (East to West) of the new Asian Highway was achieved by Britons Richard Meredith and Phil Colley in 2007 driving an Aston Martin.
Following the AH1 and the AH5 from Tokyo (the Highway grid's furthest point East) to Istanbul (furthest West), they drove a total of 12089 km (7512 miles) before joining the European motorway network for another 3259 km (2025 miles) to London.
Including ferry trips and customs clearance delays, the journey took 49 days and crossed 18 countries.
The completed route was verified by Aston Martin[6] and the UN's Asian Commission (UNESCAP) in Bangkok, whose director of transport and tourism Barry Cable confirmed "I can warrant that, to my best knowledge, this was the first car to undertake this journey".[7][8]
Eurowatch in London provided independent corroboration by tracking the car's location from satellite position reports and plotting the vehicle's location throughout the journey.[9][10]
Meredith, a travel author and veteran of distance-driving events, agreed to make the attempt after attending the Asian Highway Treaty's "coming into force" ceremony in Bangkok on July 4, 2005.
He was lent an Aston Martin v8 Vantage which had previously been the personal transport of the company's chief executive Dr Ulrich Bez and recruited Phil Colley, a linguist and travel expert from Kennington, South London, to be his co-driver. The car was shipped out to Tokyo by the company and they set off on June 25.[11]
Although the trip was facilitated by UNESCAP through its member nations, there were still extensive problems[12] including enforced detours and interminable customs clearance delays in China, pot-holed roads in Kazakhstan and leaded-only fuel in Uzbekistan. In Tbilisi, Georgia, the journey car crashed after being left on a hillside with its handbrake unsecured.
When the record-setting car returned[13][14] a welcome-home reception was staged by Aston Martin at the Park Lane Hotel in London and Meredith later received a civic award from his home town of Milton Keynes.[15][16][17]
The car was sold at auction in December 2007 by Bonhams[18][19] and the proceeds donated to UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund. In March 2008 a total collection of 83,000 euros was presented to UNICEF China for a campaign to reduce child deaths on the roads of Beijing.[20]
Route log[edit]
Single-digit routes run across the whole continent:
- AH1, 20,557 km (12,848 miles); Tokyo, Japan to border between Turkey and Bulgaria (with AH5)
- AH2, 13,177 km (8326 miles); Denpasar, Indonesia to Khosravi, Iran
- AH3, 7,331 km (4582 miles); Ulan-Ude, Russia (on AH6) to Tanggu, China; and Shanghai, China (on AH5) to Chiang Rai, Thailand and Kyaing Tong, Myanmar (both on AH2)
- AH4, 6,024 km (3765 miles); Novosibirsk, Russia (on AH6) to Yarantai, Mongolia; and Ürümqi, China (on AH5) to Karachi, Pakistan (on AH7)
- AH5, 10,380 km (6488 miles); Shanghai, China (on AH3) to border between Turkey and Bulgaria (with AH1)
- AH6, 10,475 km (6547 miles); Busan, South Korea (the start of Jungang-no Road) to border between Russia and Belarus
- AH7, 5,868 km (3667.5 miles); Yekaterinburg, Russia to Karachi, Pakistan (on AH4)
- AH8, 4,718 km (2949 miles); border between Russia and Finland to Bandar Emam, Iran
10-29 and 100-299 are assigned to Southeast Asia:
- AH11, 1,588 km (992.5 miles); Vientiane, Laos (on AH12) to Sihanoukville, Cambodia
- AH12, 1,195 km (747 miles); Nateuy, Laos (on AH3) to Hin Kong, Thailand (on AH1)
- AH13, 730 km (456 miles); Oudomxai, Laos (on AH12) to Nakhon Sawan, Thailand (on AH1/AH2)
- AH14, 2,077 km (1298 miles); Hai Phong, Vietnam to Mandalay, Myanmar (on AH1/AH2)
- AH15, 566 km (354 miles); Vinh, Vietnam (on AH1) to Udon Thani, Thailand (on AH12)
- AH16, 1,032 km (645 miles); Đông Hà, Vietnam (on AH1) to Tak, Thailand (on AH1/AH2)
- AH18, 1,042 km (651 miles); Hat Yai, Thailand (on AH2) to Johor Bahru Causeway, Malaysia
- AH19, 459 km (287 miles); Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand (on AH12) to Bangkok, Thailand (on AH2)
- AH25, 2,549 km (1593 miles); Banda Aceh, Indonesia to Merak, Indonesia (on AH2)
- AH26, 3,517 km (2198 miles); Laoag, Philippines to Zamboanga, Philippines
- AH111; from Loilem (on AH2) to Thibaw (on AH14)
- AH112; from Thaton (on AH1) to Kawthaung and AH2
- AH123; from Dawei to AH2 in Thailand
- AH140; from Butterworth, Malaysia to Gerik, Malaysia
- AH141; from Klang Valley, Malaysia to Kota Bharu, Malaysia
- AH142; from Yong Peng South, Malaysia to Gambang, Malaysia
- AH143; Buangkok East Drive, Singapore to Senai South, Malaysia
- AH150; along the Pan Borneo Expressway
30-39 and 300-399 are assigned to East Asia and Northeast Asia:
- AH30, 2,739 km (1712 miles); Ussuriysk, Russia (on AH6) to Chita, Russia (on AH6)
- AH31, 1,595 km (997 miles); Belogorsk, Russia (on AH30) to Dalian, China
- AH32, 3,748 km (2342.5 miles); Sonbong, North Korea (on AH6) to Khovd, Mongolia (on AH4)
- AH33, 575 km (359 miles); Harbin, China (on AH6/AH31) to Tongjiang, China
- AH34, 1,033 km (646 miles); Lianyungang, China to Xi'an, China (on AH5)
- AH368; from Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong to Sha Tin, Hong Kong
- AH374; from Guangzhou, China to Kennedy Town, Hong Kong
40-59 and 400-599 are assigned to the Indian Subcontinent:
- AH41, 948 km (592.5 miles); border between Myanmar and Bangladesh to Mongla, Bangladesh
- AH42, 3,754 km (2346 miles); Lanzhou, China (on AH5) to Barhi, India (on AH1)
- AH43, 3,024 km (1892 miles); Agra, India (on AH1) to Matara, Sri Lanka
- AH44, 107 km (67 miles); Dambulla, Sri Lanka (on AH43) to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
- AH45, 2,030 km (1269 miles); Kolkata, India (on AH1) to Bangalore, India (on AH43/AH47)
- AH46, 1,967 km (1,222 miles); named Great Eastern Highway within India from its East Coast to West Coast - Hazirah-Surat-Jalgaon-Howrah(Kolkata) till AH2.
- AH47, 2,057 km (1286 miles); Gwalior, India (on AH43) to Bangalore, India (on AH43/AH45)
- AH48, 1 km (.625 miles); Phuentsholing, Bhutan to border between Bhutan and India
- AH51, 862 km (539 miles); Peshawar, Pakistan (on AH1) to Quetta, Pakistan (on AH2/AH7)
60-89 and 600-899 are assigned to North Asia, Central Asia and Southwest Asia:
- AH60, 2,151 km (1344 miles); Omsk, Russia (on AH6) to Burubaital, Kazakhstan (on AH7)
- AH61, 4,158 km (2599 miles); Kashgar, China (on AH4/AH65) to border between Russia and Ukraine
- AH62, 2,722 km (1701 miles); Petropavl, Kazakhstan (on AH6/AH64) to Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan (on AH76)
- AH63, 2,434 km (1521 miles); Samara, Russia (on AH6) to Guzar, Uzbekistan (on AH62)
- AH64, 1,666 km (1041 miles); Barnaul, Russia (on AH4) to Petropavlovsk, Russia (on AH6/AH62)
- AH65, 1,250 km (781 miles); Kashgar, China (on AH4/AH61) to Termez, Uzbekistan (on AH62)
- AH66, 995 km (622 miles); border between China and Tajikistan to Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- AH67, 2,288 km (1430 miles); Kuitun, China (on AH5) to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan (on AH62)
- AH68, 278 km (174 miles); Jinghe, China (on AH5) to Ucharal, Kazakhstan (on AH60)
- AH70, 4,832 km (3020 miles); border between Ukraine and Russia to Bandar Abbas, Iran
- AH71, 426 km (266 miles); Dilaram, Afghanistan (on AH1) to Dashtak, Iran (on AH75)
- AH72, 1,147 km (717 miles); Tehran, Iran (on AH1/AH2/AH8) to Bushehr, Iran
- AH75, 1,871 km (1169 miles); Tejen, Turkmenistan (on AH5) to Chabahar, Iran
- AH76, 986 km (616 miles); Polekhumri, Afghanistan (on AH7) to Herat, Afghanistan (on AH1/AH77)
- AH77, 1,298 km (811 miles); Djbulsarcj, Afghanistan (on AH7) to Mary, Turkmenistan (on AH5)
- AH78, 1,076 km (672.5 miles); Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (on AH5) to Kerman, Iran (on AH2)
- AH81, 1,143 km (714 miles); Larsi, Georgia to Aktau, Kazakhstan (on AH70)
- AH82, 1,261 km (788 miles); border between Russia and Georgia to Ivughli, Iran (on AH1)
- AH83, 172 km (107.5 miles); Kazakh, Azerbaijan (on AH5) to Yerevan, Armenia (on AH81/AH82)
- AH84, 1,188 km (742.5 miles); Doğubeyazıt, Turkey (on AH1) to İçel, Turkey
- AH85, 338 km (211 miles); Refahiye, Turkey (on AH1) to Merzifon, Turkey (on AH5)
- AH86, 247 km (154 miles); Askale, Turkey (on AH1) to Trabzon, Turkey (on AH5)
- AH87, 606 km (378.75 miles); Ankara, Turkey (on AH1) to İzmir, Turkey
Distance by country[edit]
The planned network runs a total of 87,799 miles (140,479 km).
- Afghanistan, 4,247 km
- Armenia, 958 km
- Azerbaijan, 1,442 km (901.25 miles)
- Bangladesh, 1,804 km (1127.5 miles)
- Bhutan, 1 km (0.625 miles)
- Cambodia, 1,339 km (837 miles)
- China, 25,579 km (15,978 miles)
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), 1,320 km (825 miles)
- Georgia, 1,154 km (721.25 miles)
- India, 11,432 km (7,145 miles)
- Indonesia, 3,989 km (2,493 miles)
- Iran, 11,152 km (6,970 miles)
- Japan, 1,200 km (750 miles)
- Kazakhstan, 13,189 km
- Kyrgyzstan, 1,695 km (1,059 miles)
- Lao PDR, 2,297 km (1,436 miles)
- Malaysia, 1,595 km (997 miles)
- Mongolia, 4,286 km (2,678.75 miles)
- Myanmar, 3,003 km (1,877 miles)
- Nepal, 1,321 km (826.6 miles)
- Pakistan, 5,377 km (3,360.6 miles)
- Philippines, 3,517 km (2,198.1 miles)
- Republic of Korea, 907 km (566.9 miles)
- Russian Federation, 16,869 km (10,543.1 miles)
- Singapore, 71.5 km (44.428 miles)
- Sri Lanka, 650 km (406.25 miles)
- Tajikistan, 1,925 km (1203.1 miles)
- Thailand, 5,112 km (3195 miles)
- Turkey, 5,254 km (3,283.75 miles)
- Turkmenistan, 2,204 km (1,377.5 miles)
- Uzbekistan, 2,966 km (1,853.75 miles)
- Vietnam, 2,678 km (1,673.75 miles)
See also[edit]
- International E-road network
- Arab Mashreq International Road Network
- Trans-Asian Railway
- Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel
- Eurasian Land Bridge
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Kamat, Rahul The Great Asian Highway, Project Monitor website, 31 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-05-05
- ^ [1].
- ^ a b McCartan, Brian Roadblocks on the Great Asian Highway, Asia Times website, 23 January 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-05;
- ^ "Priority Investment Needs for the Development for the Asian Highway Network", accessed July 14, 2007
- ^ a b c d e Newswire, Tourism Commission of the International Geographical Union website. Retrieved 2009-05-05;
- ^ Letter 2007-07-09 Janette Green, Director Brand Communications, Aston Martin, Gaydon CV35 0DB, England
- ^ Letter 2007-18-10 Barry Cable, Director Transport & Tourism Division, United Nations ESCAP (Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific), Bangkok 10200, Thailand.
- ^ (2008) Driven Together Published by Mercury Books on behalf of Word Go Ltd. Page vi (ISBN 9780954143244)
- ^ Tracking and map log Letter and data 2007-28-09 Dr Sebastian Archer, Solutions ARchitect, EurowatchCEntral Ltd, London EC4Y 0HB.
- ^ Driven Together - Outside Back Cover.
- ^ Aston Martin on the Asia-Pacific Highway AutoRacing.com, 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2010-01-01
- ^ Driven Together - Various
- ^ Reuters Aston Martin drivers set Asian Highway record NZ Herald, 2007-15-08. Retrieved 2010-01-01
- ^ Wilkinson, Stephen Hammer Down on Asia's Interstate Highways Concierge.com, 2007-23-08. Retrieved 2010-01-01
- ^ British Pair Drive Aston Martin into the Record Books Aston Martin, 2007-14-08. Retrieved 2010-01-01
- ^ Milton Keynes Citizen 2007-13-09 "Aston adventurer safely home" Page 26
- ^ MK News 2007-12-09 "Records shattered on drive home from Japan" Page 22
- ^ Record-Breaking Aston Martin to be Sold Bonhams, 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2010-01-01
- ^ 103-year-old Rolls Royce sells for a record £3.5m at auction Mail Online, 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2010-01-01
- ^ Milton Keynes Citizen 2008-11-03 "Aston adventure" Page 2
External links[edit]
- The project homepage[dead link]
- Asia signs up to 'new Silk Road' BBC News report (April 26, 2004)
- UNESCAP press release announcing treaty
- 2003 Asian Highway Handbook[dead link] (PDF)
- Pakistan's Gwadar to Afghanistan, China road declared Asian Highway
- Driven Together, Historic first crossing of Asia's new Highway to the West
- Asian Highway Network Details


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Eyes light up when my posse strolls in on a recent weeknight. None of us knows anyone on the payroll, but the staff treats us as if we're regulars and appears glad to see us. Long and narrow, this location has always been an awkward one, but the transition from Bistro Bernoise to Et Voila! was accompanied by a makeover that lends warmth and style to the digs. Place mats and banquettes are a cheery orange; photos of Brussels and framed mirrors perk up soft yellow walls. A high, pressed-tin ceiling gives the illusion of more space, and a raised group table in the back is the perfect place to scope out the crowd while remaining partly removed from the scene. Chances are, you'll wait if you don't have a reservation. The word is out: Et Voila! is a hot ticket in a part of town where the pickings are slim.
Along with wine bars and pizza joints, Belgian restaurants are among the trends Washington has embraced with gusto in recent years. The appeal is simple: We love steamed mussels, double-cooked fries, beers of distinction and chocolate mousse. And, aside from a designer brew or two, the prices at Belgian outposts tend to be agreeable. (Among the draws here is a lunch special: two courses and coffee or wine for $17.95.)
The eyes feast first at Et Voila!, where every dish gets the beauty treatment. Belgian endive takes on a new personality when it's chopped, teamed with pecans and two cheeses (crumbles of sharp blue and dices of nutty Chimay), tossed in white balsamic vinegar and served in a deep, oval bowl. The balance of textures and colors is pitch perfect. The salad's equal in the entree department is the rib-eye steak, as mouthwatering a piece of meat as you'll find for a mile. Cool pats of herb-green butter rest atop the steak, which is cooked the way you ask and delivered with dark, golden french fries that taste truly of potatoes and with a pompom of watercress, a refreshing bit of punctuation. Even the side dishes show attention to detail. It's hard to make stoemp look enticing, but the Belgian mash of vegetables (potatoes and carrots when I ordered it) appears camera-ready, staged in a small black casserole with precise ripples on its surface.
The men behind these fetching compositions are Claudio Pirollo and Mickael Cornu. Pirollo came to the city a decade ago and cooked at Montmartre on the Hill and at the Irish embassy before launching a catering company, A Modo Mio. Cornu, his business partner, is trained as a pastry chef (and plays that role here).
At Et Voila!, steamed mussels are transported in traditional double-decker pots (the top doubles as a container for empty shells). The vessels make nice advertisements for the seafood, which is served as an appetizer spiked with saffron or as a main course flavored with garlic cream and completed with fries. As tasty as these mussels are, lots of restaurants do mussels well. My suggestion is to gravitate to traditional Belgian dishes, which are about as good as they come here. One route offers chunks of beef in a dark, beer-infused sauce -- Flemish beef stew, of course -- garnished with a piece of grilled bread spread with mustard. Comfort food, sexed up. Another path finds juicy chicken pieces, strewn with threads of carrot, leeks and celery in a light cream sauce. An enlightened waterzooi.
You won't find a lot of bells and whistles on the plates; the chefs' cooking runs to the subtle. Thus a cake of tuna tartare gets a little spark from fresh ginger; sea bass, sauteed to a fine crunch, is dressed with a delicate saffron sauce. Yet the dishes stand out. One of the best, and richest, pates in town is served here. Named for a former chef at the French embassy and a friend of Pirollo's, "Papi's" pate gets its lush decadence from a combination of (don't tell your cardiologist) pork belly, chicken livers, foie gras, cognac and eggs. A little dab will do you, but if you're anything like me, you'll polish off the goods.
Cornu whips up an intense chocolate mousse, which he serves in a martini glass and sprinkles with cocoa nibs that add a welcome crunch. Lighter, and finer, is his apple tart -- thin slices of fruit treated to a scoop of ice cream laced with white beer and honey. Most unusual is "Miserables," a biscuit made from almond flour and egg whites, poised on a sheer pink sheet of strawberry gelatin. The arrangement catches the eyes more than the taste buds.
Here and there, the newcomer reminds us that as good as it is, there's room to improve. Is the restaurant storing its wine near an oven? Every wine I've ordered has had to sit in an ice bath for a few minutes before I've been able to drink it. Waiters are relaxed about who is responsible for which table; more than once, I've been greeted twice by different servers. And a few dishes appear to be the work of another kitchen: Spongy scallops, endive that managed to be both harshly bitter and cloyingly sweet and a gray beer sauce resembled nothing I had seen here before. French fries are usually, but not always, delicious.
My litmus test after most meals on the clock is to ask a question of my guests: Would you come back on your own dime? Vigorous nods followed the query every time at Et Voila!, which waves a proud Belgian flag -- and lives up to its punctuation.


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Families will ride along the Mississippi River this weekend for an annual Father's Day event. River Action's 29th Annual Ride the River gives families the chance to bike along the nearly 60 miles of riverfront trails.
River Action executive director, Kathy Wine, says there are a couple of reasons the event has lasted so many years.
"The fact we have these unique trails on the river that most cities would like to have is on reason," said Wine. "People do celebrate that, and want to support the trails and be out there and support River Action, which does so much on the trails. I think also because it's a family event and it's a tradition. Memories are made."
Ride the River will have several new additions this year. A photobooth will be set up for families to take a picture in the middle of their ride. Forty-eight canvases of river art will also serve as picnic blankets outside the Colonel Davenport Home on Arsenal Island.
And at the Bass Street landing in downtown Moline, local artists will create a sculpture garden out of used bicycle parts.
"We've always worked with art along with environmental issues because we feel that's a way to teach and delight at the same time," said Wine. "Kind of insprie stewardship. So the themes that we've worked with on our art have something to di wht the river, clean water, recreation, and the kind of thing."
Proceeds from the event will go toward River Action's efforts to maintain and improve trails in the Quad Cities.
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Planning to sell your old car? Here are some tips to get the best deals and turn your used car into cash. But before you jump to any conclusions, ask these questions to yourself: Is your car going to be easy to sell? Is it a hot seller? Or will you have to drop your price and search out additional locations to sell it? If yes, then here are a few general rules to answer these queries.
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For a quick sale, the most vital thing is to find the current market price for your car. The internet is the easiest medium to do so. Also pay a visit to the nearest used car dealer and check for similar models on sale, to get a fair idea about how to price your car.
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We meet the 4th Saturday of the month, January through November (no meeting in December) at 3:30, alternating between classics or things we should have read in school and more contemporary titles. We try to read at least one juvenile book a year. See our older selections in the Bookspace area of the Hennepin County Library web site.
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On The Rocks
Returning to the tiny Croatian island of Lokrum more than 15 years after war forced her family abroad, a native leaves the sandy beaches for a better way to take in the Adriatic.
Sand is for tourists.
If you're Croatian, you ditch the sandy beaches and hit the country's traditional pebbled or rocky areas instead, where it is less crowded, the sea is clearer and the cliffs lend themselves to endless views of the Adriatic Sea.
So when I went to the tiny Croatian island of Lokrum this summer, it didn't take long for me to get to the rocks. Of course, there was not much choice – like most Croatian islands, rocks frame this green islet.
I was there with my sister and several friends from Romania. When the Romanians saw the rocks, they lost no time in leaving the island in search of a sandier beach.
"Stijene, stijene!"
My sister was running around yelling the Croatian word for "rocks."
I couldn't help but share some of her relief that now it was just the two of us. We no longer had to worry if it would be too tricky to get in the water, if the rocks were too steep or if they faced the open sea – all things that intimidate tourists but thrill Croats.
We found a section where the rocks were flat enough to lie down, sharp enough to keep the tourists away and close enough to the sea that a swim was only a few steps away.
It was my first time on Lokrum in more than 15 years but soon memories of growing up in Croatia started flowing. Not much seemed different – lush greenery, clear Adriatic, hot August sun, crickets, pine trees, salt-covered rocks.
Mrtvo more – or Dead Sea – the island's 32-foot-deep salt lake, was just as I remembered it. A few skinny boys were climbing the cliffs surrounding it, while several middle-aged women took a dip, preferring the shallow, warm water of an enclosed lake to the open sea hugging the island.
Of course, things are also different. Lokrum, like its surroundings, saw shelling in the early 1990s during the civil war that broke up Yugoslavia. About 50 projectiles hit the island's botanical garden, which was established in 1959.
Croatia, with more than 1,000 islands dotting its coast, is no longer a part of Yugoslavia, but a country of its own. And I am no longer a kid worrying about whether my classmates would make fun of my bathing suit during a class trip to the island.
Lokrum is only a 15-minute boat ride away from the coastal city of Dubrovnik, where I grew up. The island has always been a popular destination for school excursions because of its proximity as well as the educational component – it was declared a natural forest reserve in 1976.
Lokrum's name comes from the Latin word "acrumen," meaning sour fruit, and indicating plants have been grown here since ancient times. Reflecting Dubrovnik's tradition as a trade city with many sailors, it is believed that men have brought plants to the island from voyages around the world. It is said to have some 500 plant species, including about 70 types of eucalyptus, the most outside the Australian continent.
Like Croatia, Lokrum is small but filled with history – the Benedictines built a monastery with a church there in 1023. The island covers only about a third of a square mile, but many locals go there to cool off during the hot, dry Croatian summers. Boats from the old town leave as often as every 15 minutes during season.
Peacocks walk around unfazed by photo-snapping tourists and the local children who chase them. Like typical Croats, they seem stubborn and refuse to spread their tails when you want to capture that perfect Kodak moment. I'm still impressed by their blue and turquoise colors, just as I was as a child, perhaps because I so strongly associate those shades with the Adriatic.
But instead of a juice box in my backpack, this time I sit down for coffee in a stylish new café steps away from the ferry dock. Instead of a homemade sandwich, my sister and I share octopus salad and perfectly grilled squid with vegetables in the island's outdoor restaurant.
After swimming and climbing the rocks some more, we take a walk around the island. We appreciate the familiarity of the constant cricket sounds, the feel of the pine needles covering the island's trails and views of the Adriatic.
Having grown up in Dubrovnik, I can see how locals may take Lokrum for granted – it is so visible from many points of the old town, you feel you can reach out and grab it. And while pretty, it can hardly be compared to the much larger, inhabited islands that are also a boat ride away and offer shopping and nightlife in addition to swimming. But perhaps because of my years living in New York, or because I'm on the island for the first time as an adult, I soak in its tranquility and isolation.
My sister can't stop talking about the beautiful rocks. As an obsessive amateur photographer, I can't help but marvel at a photo I captured of a small white boat, with only the rocks and cliffs keeping it company in the blue sea. It reminded me of growing up in Croatia, when my family would go away for several weeks at a time, jumping off the boat in the sea during the day and going for walks on the islands in the evenings. Often times, my two sisters and I would sleep in the cabin while our dad drove the boat and by the time we emerged outside, we were near a new island.
At one point, we encounter a trail littered with condoms that leads to views of naked backsides. We realize we stumbled on a nudist beach so we have a quick laugh and speed off to another part of the island. We throw our stuff on the rocks and seconds later we are cooling off in the Adriatic again.
At this point, I have spent more of my life in North America than in Croatia. But there is something about a place you come from that always pulls you back. And when you come from a medieval, walled seaside city best known as the "Pearl of the Adriatic," you get sucked in.
I expect this from Dubrovnik, but I was surprised to also feel it from Lokrum – there are many Croatian islands that I have more fond memories of. I'm not sure if it was the smell of the pine trees, the taste of the sea salt or those stubborn peacocks.
There is just something about those rocks: Maybe it was the sound of the Adriatic Sea hitting them, which used to ease me to sleep at night. Maybe it was the comfort of the heated rocks underneath my feet, which reminded me of running around during countless trips to the islands. Maybe it was the feeling of adventure that comes with standing on a rock when nothing but blue sea surrounds you.
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