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The Schengen Agreement (English: / ˈ ʃ ɛ ŋ ə n / SHENG-ən, Luxembourgish: [ˈʃæŋən] ⓘ) is a treaty which led to the creation of Europe's Schengen Area, in which internal border checks have largely been abolished.
Providing that the visa application is admissible and there are no issues with the application, a decision must be given within 15 calendar days of the date on which the application was lodged. [84] The standard application fee for a Schengen visa is EUR 90. There is a reduced fee of EUR 45 for children aged 6 to 12, and no fee for children ...
Participating countries are required to apply strict checks on travellers entering and exiting the Schengen Area. These checks are co-ordinated by the European Union's Frontex agency, and subject to common rules. The details of border controls, surveillance and the conditions under which permission to enter into the Schengen Area may be granted ...
In contract bridge, the Law of total tricks (abbreviated here as LoTT) is a guideline used to help determine how high to bid in a competitive auction. It is not really a law (because counterexamples are easy to find) but a method of hand evaluation which describes a relationship that seems to exist somewhat regularly.
The uncertainty of the bridge in the background of the Mona Lisa takes another turn as an Italian historian claims to have evidence of the true bridge.
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In some bridge tournaments, players may first approach an official 'screener', who will take details and advise them, based on that information, if they may have possible grounds for an appeal. This does not affect a contestant's right to an appeal; however, it helps ensure that the Appeal committee hear appropriate cases.
Josef Melan studied civil engineering at TU Wien from 1869 to 1874 and thereafter was an assistant to Emil Winkler at the Chair of Railway Engineering and Bridge-Building. . Melan wrote his habilitation thesis on the theory of bridges and railways at the same university in 1880 and remained on the teaching staff there until