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Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Area: 331,114 sq. km. (127,243 sq. mi.); equivalent in size to Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee combined.
Cities (2002): Capital--Hanoi (2.842 million). Other cities--Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon; 5.378 million), Hai Phong (1.711 million), Da Nang (715.000).
Terrain: Varies from mountainous to coastal delta.
Climate: Tropical monsoon.
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Vietnamese (sing. and pl.).
Population (2003): 80.7 million.
Annual growth rate (2003): 1.18%.
Ethnic groups: Vietnamese (85%-90%), Chinese (3%), Hmong, Thai, Khmer, Cham, mountain groups.
Religions: Buddhism, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), animism, Islam.
Languages: Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer, mountain area languages.
Education (2002): Literacy--91%.
Health (2003): Birth rate--19.58/1000 Infant mortality rate--30/1000. Life expectancy--65.5 yrs. male, 70.1 yrs. female. Death rate--6.56/1,000.
Type: Communist Party-dominated constitutional republic.
Independence: September 2, 1945.
New constitution: April 15, 1992.
Branches: Executive--president (head of state and chair of National Defense and Security Council) and prime minister (heads cabinet of ministries and commissions). Legislative--National Assembly. Judicial--Supreme People's Court; Prosecutorial Supreme People's Procuracy.
Administrative subdivisions: 59 provinces, 5 municipalities (Can Tho, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh).
Political party: Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) with over 2 million members, formerly (1951-76) Vietnam Worker's Party, itself the successor of the Indochinese Communist Party founded in 1930.
Suffrage: Universal over 18.
GDP (2003): $39 billion.
Real growth rate (2003): 7.24%.
Per capita income (2003): $483.
Inflation rate (2003): 3%.
External debt (2002 est.): 38.3% of GDP, $13.1 billion.
Natural resources: Coal, crude oil, zinc, copper, silver, gold, manganese, iron.
Agriculture and forestry (21.8% of GDP, 2003): Principal products--rice, maize, sweet potato, peanut, soya bean, cotton, coffee, cashews. Cultivated land--12.2 million hectares per year. Land use--21% arable; 28% forest and woodland; 51% other.
Industry and construction (40% of GDP, 2003): Principal types--mining and quarrying, manufacturing, electricity, gas, water supply, cement, phosphate, and steel.
Services (38.2% of GDP, 2003): Principal types--wholesale and retail, repair of vehicles and personal goods, hotel and restaurant, transport storage, telecommunications, tourism.
Trade (2003): Exports--$19.88 billion. Principal exports--garments/textiles, crude oil, footwear, rice (second-largest exporter in world), sea products, coffee, rubber, handicrafts. Major export partners—U.S., EU, Japan, China, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan, and Germany. Imports--$24.995 billion. Principal imports--machinery, oil and gas, garment materials, iron and steel, transport-related equipment. Major import partners—China, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Thailand. Exports to U.S. (2003)--$4.55 billion. Imports from U.S. (2003)--$1.32 billion.
Originating in what is now southern China and northern Vietnam, the Vietnamese people pushed southward over 2 millennia to occupy the entire eastern seacoast of the Indochinese Peninsula. Ethnic Vietnamese constitute about 90% of Vietnam's 80.7 million population.
Vietnam's approximately 2.3 million ethnic Chinese, concentrated mostly in southern Vietnam, constitute Vietnam's largest minority group. Long important in the Vietnamese economy, Vietnamese of Chinese ancestry have been active in rice trading, milling, real estate, and banking in the south and shopkeeping, stevedoring, and mining in the north. Restrictions on economic activity following reunification of the north and south in 1975 and the subsequent but unrelated general deterioration in Vietnamese-Chinese relations sent chills through the Chinese-Vietnamese community. In 1978-79, some 450,000 ethnic Chinese left Vietnam by boat as refugees (many officially encouraged and assisted) or were expelled across the land border with China.
The second-largest ethnic minority grouping, the central highland peoples commonly termed Montagnards (mountain people), comprise two main ethnolinguistic groups--Malayo-Polynesian and Mon-Khmer. About 30 groups of various cultures and dialects are spread over the highland territory.
The third-largest minority, the Khmer Krom (Cambodians), numbering about 600,000, is concentrated near the Cambodian border and at the mouth of the Mekong River. Most are farmers. Other minority groups include the Cham--remnants of the once-mighty Champa Kingdom, conquered by the Vietnamese in the 15th century--Hmong, and Thai.
Vietnamese is the official language of the country. It is a tonal language with influences from Thai, Khmer, and Chinese. Since the early 20th century, the Vietnamese have used a Romanized script introduced by the French. Previously, Chinese characters and an indigenous phonetic script were both used.
Vietnam's identity has been shaped by long-running conflicts, both internally and with foreign forces. In 111 BC, China's Han dynasty conquered northern Vietnam's Red River Delta and the ancestors of today's Vietnamese. Chinese dynasties ruled Vietnam for the next 1,000 years, inculcating it with Confucian ideas and political culture. In 939 AD, Vietnam achieved independence under a native dynasty. After 1471, when Vietnam conquered the Champa Kingdom in what is now central Vietnam, the Vietnamese moved gradually southward, finally reaching the rich Mekong Delta, encountering there earlier settled Cham and Cambodians. While Vietnam's emperors reigned ineffectually, powerful northern and southern families fought civil wars in the 17th and 18th centuries.
French Rule and the Anti-Colonial Struggle
In 1858, the French began their conquest of Vietnam starting in the south. They annexed all of Vietnam in 1885, but allowed Vietnam's emperors to continue to reign, although not actually to rule. In the early 20th century, French-educated Vietnamese intellectuals organized nationalist and communist-nationalist anti-colonial movements.
Japan's occupation of Vietnam during World War II further stirred nationalism. Vietnamese communists under Ho Chi Minh organized a coalition of anti-colonial groups, the Viet Minh, though many anti-communists refused to join. After Japan stripped the French of all power in March 1945, Ho Chi Minh announced the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on September 2, 1945.
North and South Partition
France's post-World War II unwillingness to leave Vietnam led to failed talks and an 8-year guerrilla war between the communist-led Viet Minh on one side and the French and their anti-communist nationalist allies on the other. Following a humiliating defeat at Dien Bien Phu in May 1954, France and other parties, including Britain, China, the Soviet Union, and the United States, convened in Geneva, Switzerland for peace talks. On July 29, 1954, an Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam was signed between France and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The United States observed, but did not sign, the agreement. French colonial rule in Vietnam ended.
The 1954 Geneva agreement provided for a cease-fire between communist and anti-communist nationalist forces, the temporary division of Vietnam at approximately the 17th parallel, provisional northern (communist) and southern (noncommunist) zone governments, and the evacuation of anti-communist Vietnamese from northern to southern Vietnam. The agreement also called for an election to be held by July 1956 to bring the two provisional zones under a unified government. However, the South Vietnamese Government refused to accept this provision. On October 26, 1955, South Vietnam declared itself the Republic of Vietnam.
After 1954, North Vietnamese communist leaders consolidated their power and instituted a harsh agrarian reform and socialization program. In the late 1950s, they reactivated the network of communist guerrillas that had remained behind in the south. These forces--commonly known as the Viet Cong--aided covertly by the north, started an armed campaign against officials and villagers who refused to support the communist reunification cause.
American Assistance to the South
In December 1961, at the request of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, President Kennedy sent U.S. military advisers to South Vietnam to help the government there deal with the Viet Cong campaign. In the wake of escalating political turmoil in the south after a 1963 generals' coup against President Diem, the United States increased its military support for South Vietnam. In March 1965, President Johnson sent the first U.S. combat forces to Vietnam. The American military role peaked in 1969 with an in-country force of 534,000. However, the Viet Cong's surprise Tet Offensive in January 1968 deeply hurt both the Viet Cong infrastructure and American and South Vietnamese morale. In January 1969, the United States, governments of South and North Vietnam, and the Viet Cong met for the first plenary session of peace talks in Paris, France. These talks, which began with much hope, moved slowly. They finally concluded with the signing of a peace agreement, the Paris Accords, on January 27, 1973. As a result, the south was divided into a patchwork of zones controlled by the South Vietnamese Government and the Viet Cong. The United States withdrew its forces, although U.S. military advisers remained.
In early 1975, North Vietnamese regular military forces began a major offensive in the south, inflicting great damage to the south's forces. The communists took Saigon on April 30, 1975, and announced their intention of reunifying the country. The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (north) absorbed the former Republic of Vietnam (south) to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on July 2, 1976.
After reunification, the government confiscated privately owned land and forced citizens into collectivized agricultural practices. Hundreds of thousands of former South Vietnamese Government and military officials, as well as intellectuals previously opposed to the communist cause, were sent to re-education camps to study socialist doctrine.
While Vietnamese leaders thought that reunification of the country and its socialist transformation would be condoned by the international community, this did not happen. Besides international concern over Vietnam's internal practices, the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in 1978 and its growing tight alliance with the Soviet Union appeared to confirm suspicions that Vietnam wanted to establish hegemony in Indochina.
Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia also heightened tensions that already existed between Vietnam and China. Beijing, which had long backed the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, retaliated in early 1979 by initiating a border war with Vietnam.
Vietnam's tensions with its neighbors and its stagnant economy contributed to a massive exodus from Vietnam. Fearing persecution, many Chinese in particular fled Vietnam by boat to nearby countries. Later, hundreds of thousands of other Vietnamese nationals fled as well, seeking temporary refuge in camps throughout Southeast Asia.
The continuing grave condition of the economy and the alienation from the international community became focal points of party debate. In 1986, at the Sixth Party Congress, there was an important easing of communist agrarian and commercial policies.
A new state constitution was approved in April 1992, reaffirming the central role of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in politics and society, and outlining government reorganization and increased economic freedom. Though Vietnam remains a one-party state, adherence to ideological orthodoxy has become less important than economic development as a national priority.
The most important powers within the Vietnamese Government--in addition to the Communist Party--are the executive agencies created by the 1992 constitution: the offices of the president and the prime minister. The Vietnamese President, presently Tran Duc Luong, functions as head of state but also serves as the nominal commander of the armed forces and chairman of the Council on National Defense and Security. The Prime Minister of Vietnam, presently Phan Van Khai, heads a cabinet currently composed of three deputy prime ministers and the heads of 26 ministries and commissions, all confirmed by the National Assembly.
Notwithstanding the 1992 constitution's reaffirmation of the central role of the Communist Party, the National Assembly, according to the constitution, is the highest representative body of the people and the only organization with legislative powers. It has a broad mandate to oversee all government functions. Once seen as little more than a rubber stamp, the National Assembly has become more vocal and assertive in exercising its authority over lawmaking, particularly in recent years. However, the National Assembly is still subject to party direction. More than 80% of the deputies in the National Assembly are party members. The assembly meets twice yearly for 7-10 weeks each time; elections for members are held every 5 years, although its Standing Committee meets monthly and there are now over 100 "full-time" deputies who function on various committees. There is a separate judicial branch, but it is still relatively weak. Overall, there are few lawyers and trial procedures are rudimentary.
The present 15-member Politburo, elected in April 2001 and headed by Communist Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, determines government policy, and its Secretariat oversees day-to-day policy implementation. Although there has been some effort to discourage membership in overlapping party and state positions, this practice continues. Five of the Politburo members--President Tran Duc Luong, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh, and Defense Minister Pham Van Tra--concurrently hold high positions in the government, while another--Nguyen Van An--serves as Chairman of the National Assembly. In addition, the Party's Central Military Commission, which is composed of select Politburo members and additional military leaders, determines military policy.
A Party Congress, comprised of 1,168 delegates at the Ninth Party Congress in April 2001, meets every 5 years to set the direction of the party and the government. The 150-member Central Committee, which was elected by the Party Congress, usually meets at least twice a year.
Principal Government Officials
President--Tran Duc Luong
Prime Minister--Phan Van Khai
National Assembly Chairman-Nguyen Van An
Minister of Foreign Affairs--Nguyen Dy Nien
Ambassador to the United States-Nguyen Tam Chien
Ambassador to the United Nations--Le Luong Minh
Politburo (Ninth Party Congress Politburo, named April 22, 2001; listed in order of rank as of April 13, 2004)
General Secretary of CPV Central Committee, 9th Party Congress--Nong Duc Manh
President--Tran Duc Luong
Prime Minister--Phan Van Khai
Secretary, Party's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City--Nguyen Minh Triet
Executive Deputy Prime Minister--Nguyen Tan Dung
Former Minister of Public Security-- Senior Lieutenant General Le Minh Huong
Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee, concurrently Chairman of the CPV Central Committee's Council for Theoretical Affairs--Nguyen Phu Trong
Executive Member of the CPV Central Committee's Secretariat--Phan Dien
Minister of Public Security--Le Hong Anh
Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Economics Commission--Truong Tan Sang
Minister of Defense--General Pham Van Tra
Chairman of the National Assembly--Nguyen Van An
Vice Chairman of the National Assembly--Truong Quang Duoc
Chairman of the CPV Commission for Personnel and Organization, concurrently Director of the HoChiMinh National Political Academy, Secretary of the Party Central Committee--Tran Dinh Hoan
Chairman of the CPV Commission for Ideological and Cultural Affairs, Secretary of the Party Central Committee--Nguyen Khoa Diem
Vietnam maintains an embassy in the U.S. at 1233-20th Street, NW, #400, Washington DC 20036 (tel. 202-861-0737; fax 202-861-0917); Internet home page: www.vietnamembassy-usa.org/. There is also a consulate general located in San Francisco at 1700 California Street, Suite 430, San Francisco, CA 94109 (tel. 415-922-1707; fax 415-922-1848; Internet homepage: www.vietnamconsulate-sf.org.
Economic stagnation marked the period after reunification from 1975 to 1985. In 1986, the Sixth Party Congress approved a broad economic reform package called "Doi Moi," (renovation) that introduced market reforms and dramatically improved Vietnam's business climate. Vietnam became one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, averaging around 8% annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth from 1990 to 1997 and 6.5% from 1998-2003. Vietnam's inflation rate, which stood at an annual rate of over 300% in 1987, has been below 4% since 1997 (except in 1998 when it rose to 9.2%). Simultaneously, investment grew three-fold and domestic savings quintupled. Agricultural production doubled, transforming Vietnam from a net food importer to the world's second-largest exporter of rice.
Foreign trade and foreign direct investment improved significantly. The shift away from a centrally planned economy to a more market-oriented economic model improved the quality of life for many Vietnamese. Per capita income, $220 in 1994, had risen to $483 by 2003 with a related reduction in the share of the population living in acute poverty. However, average income is widely disparate--$483 for whole but $1,640 in Ho Chi Minh City and much lower than average in poorer provinces of the central and northern highlands.
The Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s slowed the pace of economic growth that marked the earlier part of the decade. While returning to pre-crisis levels of growth and development has been slow, the pace has picked up in recent years, primarily as the result of ongoing economic and trade liberalization. Vietnam's economic stance following the East Asian recession first emphasized macroeconomic stability, then shifted its focus toward growth. While the country has moved toward a more market-oriented economy, the Vietnamese Government still continues to hold a tight rein over major sectors of the economy, such as the banking system and state-owned enterprises. The government has plans for reforming key sectors and privatizing state-owned enterprises, but implementation has lagged. Greater emphasis on private sector development is critical for job creation. Urban unemployment has been rising in recent years, and rural unemployment, estimated to be between 25% and 35% during nonharvest periods, is already at critical levels. Layoffs in the state sector and foreign-invested enterprises combined with the lasting effects of an earlier military demobilization further exacerbate the unemployment situation.
The December 10, 2001, entry-into-force of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) between the U.S. and Vietnam is a significant milestone for Vietnam's economy and for normalization of U.S.-Vietnam relations. Implementation of this agreement, which includes provisions on trade in goods, trade in services, enforcement of intellectual property rights, protection for investments, and transparency, is fundamentally changing Vietnam's trade regime and helping liberalize its economy. The BTA gave normal trade relations (NTR) status to Vietnamese imports in the U.S. market. Bilateral trade between the two countries has expanded dramatically, reaching $5.88 billion in 2003.
Agriculture and Industry
Land reform, de-collectivization, and the opening of the agricultural sector to market forces converted Vietnam from a country facing chronic food shortages in the early 1980s to the second-largest rice exporter in the world. Besides rice, key exports are coffee, tea, rubber, and fisheries products. Despite this unquestioned success story, agriculture's share of economic output has declined, falling as a share of GDP from 42% in 1989 to 16.7% in 2003, as production in other sectors of the economy has risen.
Paralleling its efforts to increase agricultural output, Vietnam has sought with some success to invigorate industrial production. Industry contributed 34.1% of GDP in 2003. State-owned enterprises are marked by low productivity and inefficiency, the result of a command-style economic system applied in an underdeveloped country. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a new and dynamic feature of Vietnam's industrializing economy. Billions of FDI dollars from countries around the globe are helping to transform the industrial landscape of Vietnam.
Of late, Vietnam has achieved some success in increasing exports of some labor-intensive manufactures. Subsidies have been cut to some inefficient state enterprises. The government also has repeatedly stated its intent to "equitize" a significant number of state enterprises. However, only a relatively small percentage of remaining state enterprises have been equitized in recent years.
Trade and Balance of Payments
From the late 1970s until the 1990s, Vietnam was heavily dependent on the Soviet Union and its allies for trade and economic assistance. To compensate for drastic cuts in Soviet-bloc support after 1989, Vietnam liberalized trade, devalued its exchange rate to increase exports, and embarked on a policy of regional and international economic re-integration. Vietnam has demonstrated its commitment to trade liberalization in recent years, and integration with the world economy has become one of the cornerstones of its reform program. So far, Vietnam has locked in its intention to create a more competitive and open economy by committing to several comprehensive international trade agreements, including the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) Free Trade Area (AFTA) and the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA). Also, Vietnam aspires to accede to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by 2005. The Government of Vietnam first submitted its application to join the WTO in 1995 and has since participated in seven meetings of the working party on Vietnam's accession, the most recent of which took place in Geneva in December 2003.
As a result of these reforms, and implementation of the U.S.-Vietnam BTA, exports expanded significantly, growing by as much as 20%-30% in some years. In 2003, exports accounted for 51% of GDP. Efforts to control Vietnam's import growth have achieved limited success. In the last 2 years, import growth has outpaced export growth. Vietnam's total external debt, accounting for 38.3% of GDP in 2002, was $13.1 billion.
During the second Indochina war (1954-75), North Vietnam balanced relations with its two major allies, the Soviet Union and China. By 1975, tension began to grow as Beijing increasingly viewed Vietnam as a potential Soviet instrument to encircle China. Meanwhile, Beijing's increasing support for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge sparked Vietnamese suspicions of China's motives.
Vietnamese-Chinese relations deteriorated significantly after Hanoi instituted a ban in March 1978 on private trade, mostly affecting Sino-Vietnamese. Following Vietnam's December 1978 invasion of Cambodia, China launched a retaliatory incursion over Vietnam's northern border. Faced with severance of Chinese aid and strained international relations, Vietnam established even closer ties with the Soviet Union and its allies in the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon). Through the 1980s, Vietnam received nearly $3 billion a year in economic and military aid from the Soviet Union and conducted most of its trade with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R., or Soviet Union) and other Council for Mutual Economic Assistance countries. However, Soviet and East bloc economic aid ceased after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Vietnam did not begin to emerge from international isolation until it withdrew its troops from Cambodia in 1989. Within months of the 1991 Paris Agreements, Vietnam established diplomatic and economic relations with ASEAN as well as most of the countries of western Europe and Northeast Asia. China reestablished full diplomatic ties with Vietnam in 1991, and the two countries concluded a land border demarcation agreement in 1999.
In the past decade, Vietnam has recognized the increasing importance of growing global economic interdependence and has made concerted efforts to adjust its foreign relations to reflect the evolving international economic and political situation in Southeast Asia. The country has begun to integrate itself into the regional and global economy by joining international organizations. Vietnam has stepped up its efforts to attract foreign capital from the West and regularize relations with the world financial system. In the 1990s, following the lifting of the American veto on multilateral loans to the country, Vietnam became a member of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Asian Development Bank. The country has expanded trade with its East Asian neighbors as well as with countries in western Europe and North America. Of particular significance was Vietnam's acceptance into the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) in July 1995. Vietnam joined the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) in November 1998 and hosted the ASEAN summit in 2001. Vietnam currently holds observer status in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and is applying for full membership.
While Vietnam has remained relatively conflict-free since its Cambodia days, tensions have arisen in the past between Vietnam and its neighbors (especially China). Vietnam and China each assert claims to the Spratly Islands (as does Taiwan), an archipelago in a potentially oil-rich area of the South China Sea. Conflicting claims have produced over the years small-scale armed altercations in the area; in 1988 more than 70 people were killed during a confrontation between China and Vietnam. China's assertion of control over the Spratly Islands and the entire South China Sea has elicited concern from Vietnam and its Southeast Asia neighbors. The territory border between the two countries is being definitively mapped pursuant to a Land Border Agreement signed December 1999, and an Agreement on Borders in the Gulf of Tonkin signed December 2000. Vietnam and Russia declared a strategic partnership March 2001 during the first visit ever to Hanoi of a Russian head of state, largely as an attempt to counterbalance the People's Republic of China's (P.R.C.) growing profile in Southeast Asia.
After a 20-year hiatus of severed ties, President Clinton announced the formal normalization of diplomatic relations with Vietnam on July 11, 1995. Subsequent to President Clinton's normalization announcement, in August 1995, both nations upgraded their Liaison Offices opened during January 1995 to embassy status. As diplomatic ties between the nations grew, the United States opened a consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City, and Vietnam opened a consulate in San Francisco.
U.S. relations with Vietnam have become deeper and more diverse in the years since political normalization. The two countries have broadened their political exchanges through regular dialogues on human rights and regional security. They signed a Bilateral Trade Agreement in July 2000, which went into force in December 2001. In 2003, the two countries signed a Counternarcotics Letter of Agreement, a Civil Aviation Agreement, and a textile agreement.
As of April 27, 2004, the U.S. Government had 1,862 Americans unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, including 1,420 in Vietnam. Since 1973, 721 Americans have been accounted for, including 501 in Vietnam. Additionally, the Department of Defense has confirmed that of the 196 individuals who were "last known alive" (LKA), fewer than 40 of those cases remain unresolved. The United States considers achieving the fullest possible accounting of Americans missing and unaccounted for in Indochina to be one of its highest priorities with Vietnam.
Reflecting the growing diplomatic relations between the two nations, economic relations between the United States and Vietnam have changed dramatically over the past decade. In July 1993, subsequent to the opening of the U.S. repatriation office in Ho Chi Minh City, the U.S. dropped its objections to bilateral and multilateral lending to Vietnam. In February 1994, following substantial Vietnamese cooperation on prisoners of war/missing in action (POW/MIA) issues, President Clinton removed the longstanding trade embargo on Vietnam. In March 1998, President Clinton granted a Jackson-Vanik waiver to Vietnam, which has been renewed annually ever since. (A Jackson-Vanik waiver is required along with U.S. congressional approval of a bilateral trade agreement in order to grant Vietnam normal trading rights. This waiver must be renewed annually and is based on Vietnam's cooperation on emigration issues.) In October 2000, President Clinton paid the first visit of a U.S. President to Vietnam since the end of the war. He was met by enormous crowds of well-wishers lining the routes of his visits in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. On December 10, 2001, the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement entered into force.
Since entry into force of the BTA, increased trade between the U.S. and Vietnam, combined with large-scale U.S. investment in Vietnam, evidence the maturing U.S.-Vietnam economic relationship. In 2003, Vietnam exported $5.55 billion of goods to the U.S. and imported $1.32 billion of U.S. goods. Similarly, U.S. interests continue to invest directly in the Vietnamese economy. During 2003, the U.S. private sector committed more than $45 million to Vietnam in foreign direct investment.
Another sign of the expanding bilateral relationship is the signing of a Bilateral Air Transport Agreement in December 2003. Several U.S. carriers already have third-party code sharing agreements with Vietnam Airlines. The U.S. Government is working closely with the Government of Vietnam to prepare for safety and security assessments that will enable two-party code shares and direct flights between the U.S. and Vietnam to begin.
Principal U.S. Embassy Officials
Ambassador--Michael W. Marine
The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam is located at 7 Lang Ha, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam (tel. 84-4-772-1500; fax 84-4-772-1510).
Principal U.S. Consulate General Official
Consul General--Seth Winnick
The U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City is located at 4 Le Duan, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Socialist Republic of Vietnam (tel. 84-8-822-9433; fax 84-8-822-9434).
Short URL: http://m.state.gov/md40732.htm


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TUCSON--Long Beach State sent 15 batters to the plate in the third inning, collecting eight hits and 12 runs, to blow past Hawaii, 17-2, in Saturday afternoon action of Arizona's Hillenbrand Invitational softball tournament.
The 49ers had four players score twice in the inning, plus a two-run homer by Cassie McCarty and a grand slam by Nicole Spencer. Four Hawaii errors made nine of the runs unearned.
Long Beach State started fast, collecting five runs on six hits in the bottom of the first. Long Beach State (16-7) had 16 hits in the game, to four by the Rainbow Wahine (10-8). Hawaii scored its runs in the top of the fourth on a two-run home run by Stacey Porter.

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The New Yorker Is Working on Its Blog Humor
Comedian Andy Borowitz is now onboard.
Satirist Andy Borowitz has moved his Onion-style fake news site, the Borowitz Report, to the website of The New Yorker, where the legendary fact-checkers will be spared. "The Borowitz Report will be as inaccurate as always," the current-event-riffing comedian promised. "David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, has assured me that I can write whatever I want as long as I don't make fun of Malcolm Gladwell." The magazine's "Shouts & Murmurs" column is also getting a new web presence with the Daily Shouts blog, with NewYorker.com editor Nicholas Thompson telling Paid Content, "We're adding writers, we're adding categories, we're doing all kinds of small things to make the site better." Get ready, serious magazine readers: All Internet roads lead to cute animal listicles.


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Late last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Aleve (naproxen), manufactured by Bayer AG, appears to have less risk of a cardiovascular event than other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs; e.g., ibuprofen (Motrin and Advil) and celecoxib (Celebrex), which is a prescription medication manufactured by Pfizer Inc. However, on February 11, the agency reversed its opinion that Aleve was safer than other NSAIDs.
An FDA advisory panel voted 16-9 against the conclusion that Aleve and generic equivalents pose a lower risk of heart attack and stroke than similar NSAIDs. The decision includes over-the-counter medications such as Aleve and Motrin as well as stronger prescription medications such as Celebrex to treat arthritis. All NSAIDs contains a warning on their labels that they can increase the risk of heart attack and other life-threatening cardiovascular events. However, controversy has existed for more than a decade whether one type of NSAID is actually safer than another.
This week, the FDA convened a two-day meeting to review the latest evidence, including a meta-analysis published last year that suggested that Advil has less cardiovascular risk than other NSAIDs. (A meta-analysis is a complication of data from several studies to clarify a point.) However, a majority of panelists asserted that the evidence was not conclusive and did not warrant changing the drug's label. The panelists who voted in favor of Aleve being safer conceded that the evidence is not definitive; however, they also noted that they had a "duty to inform the public."
The study that suggested that Aleve was safer was conducted by Oxford University researchers who combined the results from more than 700 NSAID studies (approximately 350,000 patients); the study concluded that Aleve had less cardiovascular risk. However, the majority of panelists noted that the results were difficult to interpret. Despite the panel's opinion against relabeling Advil and generic equivalents, the assembly did suggest that the safety language of all NSAIDs should be updated. The current labeling suggests that cardiovascular risks only appear after 10 or more days of continuous use. However, a recent Danish study found that heart attack and stroke can occur within less than a week of treatment. Thus, a majority of the panelists recommended that the FDA should consider revising the label to warn of this short-term risk.
The advisory panel's recommendations mark the latest review regarding the safety of NSAIDs. The first sign of trouble occurred in 2004, when Merck & Co Inc. removed Vioxx off the market because of links to heart attack and stroke. The medication had been heavily advertised as a new kind of NSAID that was supposed to cause less gastric upset; however, its withdrawal ushered in a new era of drug safety at the FDA. In 2005, the agency added boxed warnings to all prescription NSAIDS, including Celebrex and stronger versions of Aleve and ibuprofen. Celebrex is the only drug that is of the same class as Vioxx, which remains on the market. The prescription NSAIDs are primarily used for long-term chronic pain control for conditions such as arthritis. In addition, the FDA added similar warnings to lower-dose, over-the-counter NSAIDs. The labeling on those drugs warn patients to take the lowest dose possible for as short a period as possible.


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Nov. 10, 2011
UW Weekly Notes
Huskies Are Overdue For A Block Party
Huskies' Next Challenge: Defending Barkley
Huskies Break Ground on Stadium Renovation
UW-OSU Game Set For 12:30 Start On ROOT Sports
Apple Cup To Kick Off At 4:30 p.m.; Air On Versus
By Gregg Bell
UW Director of Writing
SEATTLE - It is a measure of how white-hot the Huskies' quarterback was over the first half of his initial season as the starter that people are now asking following two, cooler games: What's wrong with Keith Price?
Nothing another one of his smiles - not to mention some patience and some pass protection - can't fix as he leads the Huskies (6-3, 4-2 Pac-12) into Saturday's 12:45 p.m. game at 18th-ranked USC (7-2, 4-2).
"I think I've had too much emotion. I've just got to get back to just having fun. And just playin'," the usually unflappable, fun-loving Price said this week -- with a smile, of course. "Stop worrying about everything that's happening around me, and focus on what I need to do each and every snap.
"I can't control what everybody else is doing. I just need to settle down - so everybody else can settle down."
Since completing 21 of 28 passes with four touchdowns early last month against Colorado, leaving him atop the nation's leaders in touchdown passes with 21 (against just four interceptions), Price has four scoring passes in the last three games combined. He's thrown six interceptions in those three games, two of them losses.
He has been sacked 10 times in the last three games, including a season-high six times last week while the Huskies managed a season-low 17 points in a loss to No. 6 Oregon.
Coach Steve Sarkisian has opened competitions for jobs across his offensive line this week, and hinted after Thursday night's practice the lineup may change Saturday.
But Price hints those sacks and his decrease in productivity is not solely the line's fault.
"I just haven't been checking the ball down, because I didn't feel I've been needing to. But now we are playing against good teams and they are covering the deep guys," Price said. "So I've just got to get used to checking the ball down when things are not there."
Of course, Price is the polar opposite of terrible.
He is tied for eighth in the country with 25 touchdown passes - and tied with Brock Huard with second-most in any year in the 120-season history of UW football. He is three behind Cody Pickett's school record from 2001.
If Price maintains his current pass efficiency rating of 156 over the final four games - at USC, at Oregon State next week, versus Washington State Nov. 26 and in the bowl game the Huskies for which the Huskies have already qualified - he will break Huard's school record from 1997 of 153.8. And with a completion rate of 66.8 percent this season, he is far ahead of Steve Pelluer's UW record of 65 percent from 1983.
All that, despite a sprained knee in the opener Sept. 3, another sprained knee two weeks later at Nebraska, then a sprained ankle at Utah two weeks after that - and now a bruised left, non-throwing shoulder last week that he says is sore but no big whoop.
His excellence in his first season replacing Jake Locker is why Price's game against Oregon last week - 16 for 30, 277 yards, one touchdown, three interceptions - was so remarkable, in the opposite sense. He looked anxious while over-striding on throws, and balls often sailed high incomplete or as interceptions.
"Keith operates extremely well within the system. He's grown up in the system since the day he stepped into college," Sarkisian said of the quarterback from St. John Bosco High in the Los Angeles suburb of Bellflower, one that he re-recruited with a phone call the day he took the UW job in January 2009. "He understands the nuances of the system, and that's why he's been so successful.
"I think that's also one of the reasons why he didn't play one of his better games (last) Saturday night, because he got away from those nuances of the system and tried a little too hard. So we have to get back to that, and get back to that quickly."
As in this Saturday, in front of what promises to be another swarm of Price's friends and family. Keith's Korner, as it were, has been showing up at games home and away wearing purple Huskies T-shirts with their man's jersey number 17 and "The Price is RIGHT" printed on them.
Price is headed back to the site of his first college touchdown pass. Last Oct. 2 at the Coliseum, he entered as a raw, redshirt freshman in his backyard after Locker got knocked woozy and momentarily out of the game early in the fourth quarter. Cold off the bench on first and goal, Price threw a 1-yard touchdown pass out of shotgun formation. It proved to be key to the Huskies' last-play, 32-31 victory over USC - the second time in two seasons Washington beat the Trojans with a last-second field goal.
It was his first time ever at a game in the Coliseum, even though the fabled stadium is just a couple miles north of his home in Compton.
"Oh, that was fun," Price said. "My first touchdown pass came back at home. So I had a ball."
Sarkisian now says that moment helped define Price's 2011 debut season as UW's starter. And it was somewhat by design.
"First thing I remember, I didn't want to put him under center. I think so many times you put in a new quarterback, one of the biggest issues is getting the snap from center," Sarkisian said. "So the first thought is let's put him in the `gun because that's the easiest exchange to take for a quarterback. "I said, `Hey do you feel good about this?' And he said, `Sure coach!' -- smiling like he always does. And he went in and threw a touchdown pass." Now Price returns to L.A. He says "I just need to settle down, especially in big games," as this one against another ranked team is. Plus, he says "I can't even imagine" how many people he will have in the Coliseum this time now that he is the Huskies' starting quarterback instead of an unexpected fill-in. Yet Price doesn't think his latest return to Los Angeles will be extra special. "It's nice to play at home, but it's not like I can go home and hang out with all my friends," he said. "It's just going to be another game. We are just going to treat it like another game, and hopefully bring a win back home. "Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I am going to bounce back. I'm not worried about that. I've just got to get back to ... completions. Easy completions."
QUICK HITS: This will be the third time Price has started against USC quarterback Matt Barkley. The first two were in Price's junior and senior seasons at St. John Bosco, when Barkley was in the same league as an all-everything, four-year starter at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana. How'd Price fare against Barkley in those other two meetings? "Oh, we lost," Price said, chuckling. ... Sarkisian said WR James Johnson, third on the team with 26 catches, three for touchdowns, has a chance to play Saturday in a limited role. Johnson was out last week with a sprained ankle. ... Asked how good the Huskies' practice week was following the disappointing loss to Oregon, Sarkisian said: "It was an intense week. I always find out what good is on Saturday."


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Now for Part 3 of the Budget Saving Strategy that Works. Over the past few weeks, I've been sharing a simple strategy that I use to radically reduce and reset my budget when I'm going through a period of overspending. In Part 1 I introduced you to a imaginary over-spender named Sarah. In Part 2 I showed you the outline of the strategy. For Part 3 I want to really walk you through how I go about implementing this strategy in greater detail. Let's revisit this through the lens of the hypothetical budget that we created in Part 1:
As you can see, our subject is overspending her monthly income of $6,000 by $54 and is on the brink of financial trouble. I say this because Sarah isn't a retiree drawing down her savings, she's a young urban professional with $2,000 in the bank. She makes a great income but she's barely able to pay her bills. Her finances are a constant source of anxiety and bewilderment.
In order to get Sarah's expenses on track with reality, I set a goal of reducing her expenses by $1500 a month. If she's able to do this, this plan will help her generate a one month emergency fund in the next three months — and she'll be well on her way to a healthy cash cushion of six to eight months expenses in a few years. While $1500 is a lofty goal, I believe that by leveraging your innate creative ability anyone can make a radical transformation in their spending if necessary.
Here are the step by step instructions that I outlined in Part 2, but this time I'm going to walk you through how I would approach this exercise for tackling Sarah's expenses, so it's as clear as possible.
The budget saving strategy that works:
Step 1: Download the Excel template below and enter in your monthly budget and actuals by category.
For reference, I updated the budgeting spreadsheet to improve usability. You can download it here:
(Will open links to GoogleDoc where you can save to Excel or print)
Budget Saving Strategy Worksheet (Blank)
Budget Saving Strategy Worksheet (with Sarah's inputs)
I've updated the spreadsheet with Sarah's average monthly expenses. Sarah doesn't have a budget so I didn't input anything in that column. I'm avoiding the yellow cells which are summing up all my inputs:
Step 2: Once you've assembled your budget, print it out.
Step 3: Brainstorm. With a pen, go category by category and brainstorm ideas on the ways that you can reduce your expenses. Write down every idea that comes to mind, no matter how ridiculous. Do this until you get to the end of the list and you're satisfied that you've given adequate consideration to each category.
As you can see, I've gone through and jotted down all the ideas I had on each category. Some are unrealistic. Some are unpractical. But Sarah is in need of a serious budget overhaul so no idea is too ridiculous to consider. This next piece is a really important thing to remember. This strategy relies on your brain's inherent ability to generate lots of ideas rapidly…. if you're shooting everything down you think of you won't make any progress.
Step 4: Converge. Highlight all the ideas that you'd be willing to pursue. Go ahead and enter in how much you think that you can save each month. The results will total at the bottom.
The results
Now that we've generated ideas, it's time to choose the best ones and quantify the potential savings. I've identified some sacrifices and savings that I think could be made if Sarah were committed to overhauling her expenses. All in all, I generated $2369 in expense saving ideas based on my estimates. This should provide a healthy cushion in case some of the ideas fall through. That brings her net income from a deficit of $54 per month to a surplus of more than $2000. That means she's well on her way to securing an emergency fund and a 20+% savings rate if she follows through and executes Step 5.
Step 5. Execute. Chase after the big opportunities.
This is the easy and the hard part. This strategy has just given you awareness of a potential problem but it's up to you to do something about it. You can do it! If you need some more motivation check out these related posts:
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Let $(a_n)$ and $b_n$ be bounded sequences of real numbers. Prove that $$\limsup _{n\to \infty}(a_n+b_n)\leq \limsup _{n\to \infty}a_n + \limsup _{n\to \infty}b_n$$
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Oct. 9, 2012
PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University will hold its annual A Night with Cougar Basketball, featuring WSU men's basketball head coach Ken Bone and women's basketball head coach June Daugherty, Friday, Oct. 12 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the CUB Senior Ballroom on WSU's Pullman campus.
Cougar supporters will have the opportunity to do so, while interacting with members of the men's and women's basketball teams, including the coaching staffs. A silent auction will be held with proceeds going to the Cougar Athletic Fun and student-athlete scholarship fund. Additionally, there will be student-athlete introductions, game highlights, autographed items and basketball giveaways. Drinks and heavy hors d'oeuvres will be provided at the event.
The cost to attend is $50 for Cougar Athletic Fund members and $60 for non-members. There is a reduced rate for children under 12 years old. Those that are interested in attending can contact Michelle Snyder at firstname.lastname@example.com or via phone at 509-335-0218.
Following the event, both teams will be on display at ZZUMania at 9 p.m. at Bohler Gym. Admission is free for ZZUMania, which will feature scrimmages, 3-point contests and a dunk contest by the men's team, as well as prize giveaways.


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Talib Kweli, Angela Davis Talk PBS' 'Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975'
*On Thursday (Feb. 9), PBS will premiere "Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975," a documentary that follows America's black power movement and features interviews with many of its major players – including Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis, Eldridge Cleaver and Elaine Brown. Armed with 16 millimeter cameras, Swedish television journalists flew to America in the mid-60s to document … Continue reading Talib Kweli, Angela Davis Talk PBS' 'Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975'
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*Activist and university professor Angela Davis – the former Communist Party associate and Black Panther Party member whose afro and raised fist alone personifies the black power movement of the 60s and 70s – says she isn't 100 percent satisfied with the current occupant of the White House. "Of course there are critiques that I would … Continue reading Audio: Angela Davis Critical, Yet Supportive of Obama


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Organizers at KAZR announced last week that they are moving their signature event, LAZERfest, from the Central Iowa Expo in Boone to the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines because of potential severe weather issues this year. The announcement, just 12 days before this year's event was set to take place (on Sunday, May 11), has a lot of ticketholders up in arms, especially those that had hotel and campground reservations. However, officials at KAZR felt that the move would make for a much safer environment for this year's LAZERfest based on the information they had at the time. All previously purchased tickets will still be honored, including all VIP tickets. Here is a look at what the venue change will mean for the average ticketholder:
- Half of the festival will now be inside Wells Fargo Arena, with the second stage being set up in the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center parking lot.
- Set times for many of the bands will now overlap a great deal
- Parking in the main Wells Fargo lot and on the streets is free
- There will be dedicated smoking areas
- Food, soda, beer, and water will be available for purchase indoors and outside
- Gates open at noon for the outside stage
- Doors open at 4 p.m. for the inside performances
- All tickets are general admission
- Refunds are available at the point of purchase prior to Sunday's event
Here is the updated list of set times and locations for this Sunday's LAZERfest:
Outside Stage
12:10 - 12:40 p.m.: Green Death
1:00 - 1:30 p.m.: Chelsea Wolfe
1:50 - 2:20 p.m.: Escape the Fate
2:40 - 3:10 p.m.: Powerman 5000
3:30 - 4:00 p.m.: J. Roddy Walston and the Business
4:20 - 4:50 p.m.: We Came As Romans
5:10 - 5:45 p.m.: Thousand Foot Krutch
6:05 - 7:05 p.m.: Machine Head
Inside Stage
4:30 - 5:00 p.m.: The Pretty Reckless
5:20 - 5:50 p.m.: Pop Evil
6:10 - 6:40 p.m.: Adelitas Way
7:00 - 7:30 p.m.: Theory of a Deadman
7:50 - 8:30 p.m.: Skillet
9:00 - 10:00 p.m.: Queens of the Stone Age
10:30 p.m. - ???: The Offspring
For more information on LAZERfest 2014 and to get questions answered about the venue change, you can go to the KAZR website, LAZERfest website, LAZERfest Facebook page, KAZR Facebook page, or you can call the LAZER 103.3 FM offices. Tickets for the festival are still available for $49.50. If the festival does not sell out in advance, ticket prices will go up to $60 at the door.
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Portable Backdrops Improve Portraits
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is paying careful attention to the surroundings and subsequently moving
in for a closer, more detailed view of the subject. The latter improved
camera technique is accomplished by using a telephoto lens, or simply
moving closer to the subject. One simple method of producing a less
distracting background is to use a special background that you provide
rather than attempting to find something at the local where you plan
to shoot. Portrait subjects in particular practically demand a plain,
simplified background to permit the individual and their clothes to
predominate in the picture. This type of isolated background also helps
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The Film Independent Spirit awards (as they are now known) traditionally give us a chance for some of the lesser known films on Hollywood's fringe to receive recognition they would otherwise not get. Problem is, after the last decade or so, with the expansion of the list of nominated films, and the increased scarcity of good parts for even the greatest of actors in Hollywood mainstream, with each passing years, the Spirit awards seem more and more like a dress rehearsal for the main event the next day.
One couldn't shake the impression for much of the night that this was the Spirits dancing a little too close to the flame. With 12 Years A Slave, Dallas Buyers Club and Nebraska leading the nominations, one wonders if we might be entering yet another redefinition of the term. 12 Years A Slave dominated the proceedings, winning Best Feature, Best Director for Steve McQueen, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong'O. The male roles, were as were the case at The Golden Globes and the SAG awards given to Matthew McConaughey (winning for the second consecutive year) and Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club. Best Actress went to Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine, which hardly seems fair, considering she's won over a dozen of these prizes so far, and one couldn't help feeling sorry for Julie Delpy (nominated for acting and writing Before Midnight) and Greta Gerwig (ditto, for Frances Ha) considering that they have toiled for years in this field, and Blanchett just had the lead in Woody Allen's latest film. (Allen, despite being nominated for Best Screenplay and having received multiple awards from the Spirits in past years wasn't in the tent. Neither was Robert Redford, despite being nominated for Best Actor in All Is Lost.)
Increasingly, the Spirits are taking on more of a Hollywood feel, even though they're still half as long, have no time delay, and give fewer tributes. This years, however, they paid homage to three major talents who passed away in the last year--- Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won three Spirit Awards, James Gandolfini, nominated for Supporting Male for his pleasing comic performance in Enough Said, and Roger Ebert, who spent the better part of his career tirelessly promoting and celebrating independent films.
It's not that none of the winners didn't deserve their prizes, but what are the makers of films like Fruitvale Station and The Spectacular Now supposed to, being given limited recognition compared to Hollywood icons like McConaughey and Brad Pitt (co-producer of 12 Years A Slave)? Or is there genuine solace in the cliché "It's an honor just to be nominated?


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In 1972 to 1974 Glushko proposed lox/kerosene engines for the RLA series launch vehicles and the UR-700M Mars booster with a lift-off thrust of 300 tonnes per chamber. The UR-700M version would use two chambers for a total thrust of 600 tonnes. Following rejection of the RLA and the adoption of the Energia design, this chamber design was 'down-sized' to 200 tonnes thrust for Energia and Vulkan.
Chambers: 2.
Status: Design 1972.
Thrust: 6,370.00 kN (1,432,030 lbf).
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Treasures 2004
Robert Louis Stevenson would have been proud.
And why not? An early edition of his "Treasure Island" was among the bounty from seven of Cleveland Public Library's Special Collections on display for its inaugural "Treasures 2004" fund-raiser. Other items included a 14th-century manuscript on chess, "The Birds of America" from original drawings by John James Audubon and an edition of "Two Rivulets" with an autographed photo of Walt Whitman.
Louis Stokes, Mary Louise Hahn and Robert P. Madison served as honorary chairs for the event, which was held in the Main Library's John G. White Special Collections area. More than 200 guests helped raise $22,000 to benefit the library's summer and winter reading clubs, "Children's Book Week," children's programs and Special Collections.
Ladies in Red
The American Heart Association's Go Red For Women campaign invites you to a very special breakfast Feb. 3. Starting at
7 a.m. at the Downtown Cleveland Marriott, the event features a heart-healthy breakfast, free health screenings, health education and a fashion show. Corporate tables and individual tickets are available by calling (216) 791-7500. Start your day off right and get the facts about women and heart disease. Guests are encouraged to wear red to show their support. Cleveland Magazine is a sponsor of the breakfast.
Think Spring
The season for planting and remodeling is in sight. Join Cleveland Magazine at the National City Cleveland Home & Garden Show Feb. 5 though 13. Stop by our booth and pick up a complimentary issue of Cleveland Magazine, plus additional copies of the essential "Home & Garden" section found in this month's issue.
Be My Valentine
The North Coast Men's Chorus invites you to a romantic evening that's sure to shake the wintertime blues. This year's NCMC benefit, "Hearts on Fire: My Funny Valentine," features dinner by the Cleveland Play House Club, silent and live auctions, dancing and, of course, the vocal offerings of the NCMC. Mark your calendar for Feb. 12 and get ready for a spectacular evening. Individual tickets are $75. For an invitation, contact NCMC at pr@ncmchorus. Cleveland Magazine is a sponsor of the event.
A Knight To Remember
Knights and maidens celebrate in Renaissance style at Playhouse Square Partners' 14th-annual Jump Back Ball. This black-tie event is one of Cleveland's most exciting and creative benefits, boasting a sell-out crowd of more than 800 guests five years running. The 2004 Jump Back Ball, "Mobsters & Molls," raised more than $106,000 for Playhouse Square Center. Support Playhouse Square Partners Feb. 26 as they transform the State Theatre into a medieval masterpiece. It's a night of dining, dancing and revelry you won't want to miss. For tickets or more information, call (216) 348-5267. Cleveland Magazine is an event sponsor.
Here Comes the Bride
Cleveland Magazine's Bride To Be is a must-have resource for all engaged couples. From the area's best reception sites and photographers to the most affordable spas and DJs, Cleveland Magazine's Bride To Be has it all. Pick up a copy on newsstands now throughout Northeast Ohio, including all Borders Books & Music locations. Or visit the Bride To Be booth at upcoming bridal shows, including the Bertram Inn Bridal Show Jan. 30, Midway Mall Feb. 5 and 6, Shoppingtown Great Northern Feb. 19 and 20, Summit Mall Feb. 26 and 27 and the Women's Expo at the Convention Center March 12 and 13.
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Vespres d´Arnadí
Sunday 7 June, 6.00 p.m.
The Queen's Six
Wednesday 10 June, 9.30 p.m.
Lautten Compagney
Thursday 11 June, 9.30 p.m.
Anne Kaasa
Friday, June 12, 9.30 p.m.
Su Cuncordu ´e su Rosariu
Saturday 13 June 13, 6.00 p.m.
Accademia Hermans
Sunday 14 June, 6.00 p.m.
On the 24th October of 1884, the first stone was laid for the building of the future Baltazar Dias City Theatre.
A decisive step was thus being taken to make an old dream of Funchal come true: to have a theatre up to its status of third biggest Portuguese town. As a matter of fact, since the demolition of Teatro Grande (Large Theatre), a fact occurred in 1833, local amateurs and continental companies under contract were confined to improvised rooms and stages, such as the Teatro do Bom Gosto (Theatre of Good Taste) and the Teatro Esperança (Theatre of Hope) which didn't meet the minimum requirements for an adequate performance.
The Baltazar Dias City Theatre opened his doors in 1888. It was built on a Italianate base-plan, with a capacity for hosting 250 people in a variety of seats differing in comfort standards and distance from the stage: front and rear stalls; 21 places in the upper circle; an equal number of boxes and, at last, 150 places in the "gods". So began a long fruitful career interspersed with some less happy moments, but above all, boasting many seasons of the highest artistic quality.
It is physically impossible to mention here all the events that have taken place in the auditorium, the foyer or even the Great Hall (Salão Nobre) of the Baltazar Dias Theatre in the course of an existence that stretches over a hundred years: there were initiatives coming from the Funchal Municipality (Câmara Municipal do Funchal) Madeira Secretariat for Tourism and Culture (Secretaria Regional do Turismo e Cultura) and other regional institutions (some extinct, others extant) - such as the Academia de Música da Madeira, the Cine-Clube do Funchal, the Sociedade de Concertos da Madeira, the Cine-Forum do Funchal, etc.. It would also have been an unfeasible task to name all theater companies, both national (from Companhia Dramática de Justino Marques in 1895, to the present Teatro Experimental do Funchal) and foreign ones like Italia Vitaliana and Carlo Duse's Great Italian Dramatic Company (1913) or the Prague Black Theatre. However, it is impossible to overlook some of the great figures of Portuguese theatrical world that have appeared on our stage along all these years: António Sacramento, Maria Matos and Mendonça de Carvalho, Alves da Cunha and Berta de Bivar, Holbeche Bastos, Luisa Satanella and Estêvão Amarante, Nascimento Fernandes, Lucília Simões and Erico Braga, Chaby Pinheiro, Aura and Adelina Abranches, Brunilde Júdice and Alves da Costa, Amélia Rey Colaço and Robles Monteiro, and Vasco Santana. It is also fitting to remember great elocutionists such as João Villaret, Barbara Virgínia, Carlos Wallenstein, Dulce de Oliveira and Mário Viegas.
We should also recall the 20s and the 40s, the golden age of local amateurs and Madeiran authors such as João dos Reis Gomes, Eugénia do Rego Pereira, Frederico Calado Nunes, Francisco Bento de Gouveia and Teodoro Silva.
In addition, the Baltazar Dias City Theatre has been the proud host to many great soloists, both lyrical and instrumental, and welcomed national and international orchestras of undisputed prestige. Their names would make too long a list, so we quote at random: conductors and composers Ruy Coelho, Victorino de Almeida and Jorge Cage; pianists Jorge Peixinho, Sequeira Costa, Varela Cid e Viana da Motta; violinists Luís Barbosa and Antonino David and so many others we unfairly leave unmentioned. Formations like Gulbenkian, Swiss and Munich Orchestras, Salzburg Festival and Amsterdam Baroque Orchestras along with I Solisti Veneti, Hesperion XX and Cologne Musica Antiqua have equally been our guests. Further, Baltazar Dias City Theatre has staged ballet performances and mounted painting exhibitions, thus establishing an artistic and cultural tradition, which we are all proud of and should feel responsible for.
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A 13-year-old Maine girl was injured while starting class on Friday after her iPhone caught fire while in her back pocket.
According to Seacoast Online, the 8th grader was on her way to her first class for the day at The Middle School of the Kennebunks when she heard a loud pop come from her back pocket. Classmates said they saw smoke coming out of her pants pocket.
Several classmates were quick to respond however the teen did sustain first and second degree burns.
Kennebunk Fire Rescue responded to the bizarre incident and took the teen to Southern Maine Health Care Center where she was treated for "moderate" injuries and was later released.
The students were commended on their quick response to the situation, prompting the teen to "stop, drop and roll" as she attempted to remove her burning pants. The quick thinking students also grabbed a fire extinguisher and blankets to help put the fire out.
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The SBA honors small businesses with the Tibbetts Awards and presents the award to those small businesses and individuals judged to exemplify the best in the SBIR program. The award is named for Roland Tibbetts, acknowledged as the father of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, and is presented to companies and individuals that promote the mission and goals of the SBIR program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program.
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Going into a store today we see many pets and beloved caretakers of our hearts with four legs around the store. However, many have not been trained as 'service animals'. There is a specific certification for the service animals which are allowed inside the different venues.
The rights of a people with a certified service animal are being abused. And as such the Americans with Disabilities Act is being rewritten or added to so the animals allowed inside stores, restaurants and so forth will be certified. In many ways this can be held side-by-side with the parking placard for disabled parking. These laws were revisited in 2010 www.ada.gov/service_animals and it appears will be looked into again, due to the misuse.
Now due to complaints and misuse there will be new laws and standards to provide for this use. Certainly, there is a right for those having a certified animal to move through their life with the independence provided by having that animal. However, the cost of a certified service animal is far more expensive than most can afford, and the medical insurance is not going to pay for it.
We need to begin looking at our disabled in a new light. We all know it is far less expensive to have a person remain in their own home and live independently than to be placed in a nursing facility. Perhaps we need to put some thought into less expensive ways to certified animals and just as with the registration for rabies inoculation, there is a less expensive tag for service animals.
**quick note regarding my last article of 5/2/2014 titled 'Safe Places for Children'. There was an error in the location of http://www.animalcenter.org it should have read Rancho Santa Fe, CA. I apologize for the error and encourage anyone thinking about summer activities for children or for the Parks and Recreation Departments of local governments to see the benefits of this program.


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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Roberto Di Matteo, the Interim-Manager has galvanized the Chelsea team, reinstalling the established old guard of Drogba, Lampard, Terry & co.
It certainly seemed to have worked as Matteo's Chelsea have won 9 of their last 12 games under the new Manager, accumulating 57 points, 2 behind Newcastle United & Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
But from a Liverpool point of view I want them to play badly against us in the FA Cup Final on 5th May, we will need to play at our very best to defeat them at Wembley as they are firing again.
Given a choice between beating them in the FA Cup Final and losing to them in the Premier League the following Tuesday, I would pick the FA Cup Final win, maybe we can beat them twice, that would be nice!
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- Pat (Pat's Football Blog)April 19, 2012 at 1:42 AM
Well, we have nothing to play for now in the Premier League, and, once again, Kenny should rotate between Doni and Brad Jones in goal until the end of the league season as there is nothing more to achieve there, and also because Reina will probably end up in goal for the Cup Final. Drogba looked as though he was on a biology field-trip, he was spending so much time on the ground. The only thing missing was a sleeping-bag.. I agree with your choice of win against Chelsea; I still think we will see a Barca : Bayern Chumpions' League final. We shall see, but two cups in one season would be a very good platform to build on for next season, not to mention something very welcome!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 19, 2012 at 6:56 AM
bellamy,maxi and kuyt shld start..danglish shld not Praise andy carol 2 much.....the final game needs exPerience...Di mateo is using de same old Players and look @ the team...AvB got things undone by droping the old men....danglish use dis fomula b4 trouble comes next ...ReplyDelete
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