Traduction de «Distance de lignes » (Français → Anglais) :

EADTU is an institutional network of Europe’s ten open and distance/online universities, 14 national associations of conventional universities organising distance/online education for off-campus students, and two 'dual mode' – campus-based and online – universities.

They wanted distance delivery so they could do it online, because they work in remote areas, and so on.

Commencing at the point of intersection of the Southerly side of the old Champlain road with the line parallel to and thirty-five feet (35’) distant, North Westerly, from the centre line of the new Champlain road, the said point of intersection being hereinafter referred to as point A; thence in a South Westerly direction along a straight line, distant twenty feet (20’) and parallel to the edge of the pavement of the new Champlain road, a distance of three hundred and forty feet (340’) more or less, to a point hereinafter referred to ...[+++] as point B; thence in a South Easterly direction along a straight line at right angle with the preceding line a distance of seventeen feet (17’), more or less; thence in a South Westerly direction along a straight line, in the same direction as the line joining points A and B hereinbefore mentioned, a distance of one hundred and forty feet, (140’) more or less; thence in a South Westerly direction along a straight line making a deflection angle of 20° 45’ to the left with the preceding line a distance of ninety feet (90’), more or less; thence in a Southerly direction along a straight line parallel to and distant twenty feet (20’) Westerly from the Western edge of pavement of the new Champlain road, a distance of two hundred and twenty feet (220’), more or less, to the Eastern side of the old Champlain road; thence in a general North Easterly direction along the said Eastern side and Southern side of the said old Champlain road to the point of commencement.

As the Commission has indicated, the mere number of leased line termination points does not take into account the different types of leased lines that are available on the market - ranging from analogue voice quality to high-speed digital leased lines, short distance to long distance international leased lines.

(18) Information society services span a wide range of economic activities which take place on-line; these activities can, in particular, consist of selling goods on-line; activities such as the delivery of goods as such or the provision of services off-line are not covered; information society services are not solely restricted to services giving rise to on-line contracting but also, in so far as they represent an economic activity, extend to services which are not remunerated by those who receive them, such as those offering on-line information or commercial communications, or those providing tools allowing for search, access and retrieval of data; information society services also include services consisting of the transmission of in ...[+++]formation via a communication network, in providing access to a communication network or in hosting information provided by a recipient of the service; television broadcasting within the meaning of Directive EEC/89/552 and radio broadcasting are not information society services because they are not provided at individual request; by contrast, services which are transmitted point to point, such as video-on-demand or the provision of commercial communications by electronic mail are information society services; the use of electronic mail or equivalent individual communications for instance by natural persons acting outside their trade, business or profession including their use for the conclusion of contracts between such persons is not an information society service; the contractual relationship between an employee and his employer is not an information society service; activities which by their very nature cannot be carried out at a distance and by electronic means, such as the statutory auditing of company accounts or medical advice requiring the physical examination of a patient are not information society services.

Our members include class ones, short-line and regional railways, and commuter and intercity passenger railways.