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This Fashionisto is wearing a striped V-neck, flat-front shorts and Sperry Top-Sider shoes, accessorized with a pair of black sunglasses. Sperry Top-Siders are definitely the go-to shoe for beach weather. They're great for sailing (obviously), taking long walks on the beach and even dressing up an outfit. Boat shoes bring in the classic prep-style shoe that are timeless and perfect for spring break outfits. This Fashionisto's shorts are my favorite style for men. They're at a perfect length, right above the knee, accentuating that severe tan line. Additionally, rather than having an absurd amount of pockets as seen on cargo shorts, these shorts only have two main pockets and are perfect for a casual, warm weather occasion. A good flat-front short is a great way to look a bit less casual while still staying comfortable. Finally, you can never go wrong with a stripped crew or V-neck shirt. It's a simple pattern that goes with any solid color pair of shorts or pants.
This outfit is totally easy to throw together in a matter of minutes. The most important part of a spring break outfit is making sure it's comfortable. Mix and match a variety of colors and patterns with these basic shirts and shorts for a guaranteed effortless vacation outfit.
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Academy Sports + Outdoors, Katy, Texas, which operates 141 stores, ranks highest in customer satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Sporting Goods Retailer Satisfaction Report.
New York private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP said Tuesday that it plans to acquire a majority stake in Academy Sports + Outdoors, the Katy (Houston), Texas-based privately held sporting goods retailer with 131 locations throughout the Southeast.
Houston-area sports retailer Academy Sports + Outdoors announced Tuesday that it will enter the Atlanta market with a new store opening on April 1.

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So let me get this straight. A spigot ferrule is created by cutting a single piece blank and then adding the ferrule over what is the female section of the blank? That is what it sounds like. While a tip over butt ferrule is made by spinning, or building the space into the butt section of the blank?
If I have this right (?) please explain how the spigot is stronger if is indeed an added part to the blank rather than built into it. I don't get it.
I am confused!
Stronger... I don't know. The advantage is that the blank pieces match as they started out as one full length blank that was cut.
With tip over butt rods, each section of the blank was rolled separately then the sections are mated.
Personally, I've purchased 3 rod blanks that had sections that were mated incorrectly, but I'm sure that with proper quality control on factory rods this wouldn't happen as often.
Of course rods with spigot ferrules take more steps to build. Think about it. The blank need to be cut and the spigots fitted.
Those steps are eliminated on a tip over butt rod
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Southern Speed is out of Tuesday's Melbourne Cup after suffering a career-threatening leg injury at trackwork.
Trainer Leon Macdonald said the mare had worked well on Saturday morning but jockey Nash Rawiller had concerns when he was pulling her up.
"Nash said he wasn't happy with how she pulled up and when I went to look at her it was obvious she had a bad injury to a fore leg," Macdonald said.
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The local Elmhurst dealership is eager to help the German automaker push clean and efficient diesel engines.
To help Americans understand the clear advantages of diesel power in passenger vehicles, as an alternative to gasoline, Volkswagen has launched an informational website.
Diesel-powered passenger vehicles have traditionally been unpopular in the United States, for no clear reason. Americans have been used to cheap gas and haven't paid much attention to emissions until recent years when gas prices began to rise, so only now are cleaner, more efficient technologies being embraced by United States drivers. Diesel fuel is generally more expensive per gallon than gasoline, but a turbo diesel is efficient enough to make up the difference.
A turbo diesel from VW might be 18% more efficient than a similar gasoline engine. For example, a Volkswagen TDI with an EPA estimate of 43 mpg would save nearly $500 per year over a vehicle that has a 28-mpg EPA estimate. With higher efficiency, a turbo diesel vehicle will also have the advantage of being able to drive farther between fill ups. If one third of the population of the United States switched to a clean diesel vehicle, the country would save 1,400,000 barrels of oil.
Diesel vehicles have been steadily gaining in popularity in the United States for the last several years. In 2012, consumers bought 284,400 light diesel vehicles, up by 78% from 160,000 vehicles from only three years ago.
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HARVINGTON secured promotion to Worcestershire League Division Two next season by comprehensively defeating Stourbridge Social by 10 wickets.
But their efforts were not enough for the Division Three title after leaders Cookley also secured maximum points.
Stourbridge won the toss and elected to bat but never looked comfortable against the new ball pairing of Jo Venter and Ben Hawker.
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Merton Council will not introduce cuts to benefits for low income households despite a loss of government funding.
As a result, 14,000 families currently receiving financial support for their council tax will be spared cuts to their benefit.
From April 2013/14, the government will hand over control of council tax support schemes to local authorities which will mean a 10 per cent cut to the amount of funding local authorities receive to support low income families.
Funding will be cut by a further 10 per cent from April 2014 resulting in a total loss of £1.6m for Merton Council.
Instead of passing the cost onto hard up families, Merton Council has said it will absorb the cost and review the scheme 2014/15.
Councillor Mark Allison, cabinet member for finance, said: "We are committed to helping those residents who already receive Council Tax Benefit for the next financial year, unless their circumstances change.
"At a time when many people are facing financial difficulties, we did not think it was right to cut financial support and put up tax for lower income households.
"Making them pay more tax would have a significant and detrimental impact on their families.
"We want to keep Council Tax low for everyone, and have frozen Council Tax for two years, and this new scheme will mean no council tax rise for the 14,000 Merton households who sadly need financial assistance."
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Happy Anniversary Honey...
Today would have been our 16th wedding anniversary. We only had a chance to celebrate 11 years...almost made it to 12. We had such plans for our 15th anniversary. We were planning on renewing our vows...in the mountains, in the snow, in Gatlinburg, TN...where we spent most of our honeymoon. Well, last year I didn't even get out of bed the whole day...but in my mind I was in Gatlinburg with you and our family and special friends renewing our vows. When I closed my eyes I could see us standing there with our boys beside us as we told each other how much we loved each other. I pictured them looking at us and hoping to one day have a marriage like ours...
Well, today is/would have been 16 years for us Honey. I miss you with every breath I take...especially on days like this. I know I would have received roses at the door and a special card with a love letter just from you. You would have left me little messages all over the house...and in the car...like you always did. But, I think you did leave me a message...and I thank you...and I love you...still...forever and for always.
Today as I reflect, the thing that stands out the most is the love that was felt on our wedding day. I never had any doubts. I was never so sure about something in my whole life. As I walked down the aisle to become your wife, there was not a doubt in my mind that we were meant to be. I remember us grabbing each others' hand and just holding on tightly...as we gazed into each others eyes, we turned to face the preacher...and with a tug of the hand for each of us...as if to say..."I love you and I'm so happy"...that's what our hands said to each other...and our hearts too. I just so vividy remember our hands grasping together...and we never let go of each other through the whole service. We were ONE even before our vows were spoken.
I remember the look on your face after we were married. You were so happy...and so was I. You told me you wanted to skip the reception and get right to the honeymoon...lol. At the reception, as we slow danced, you wanted to leave and get to the honeymoon...lol. We finally did get to the honeymoon!!!
Every year that passed I only loved you more. I never felt that way about anyone before. I couldn't wait to become your wife and I couldn't wait for each year to celebrate being your wife. As I look back today, there are tears that flow because we had so many dreams that were left unfulfilled, but I smile too because we did have 11 wonderful years together; you gave me two wonderful sons that when I look at them I see you. You also left me Jeffrey, who was your stepson, but he was your son. He reminds me of you so very much. He has your mannerisms and your thought process. So, you see, I do still have you here with me. I have all three of your sons here with me and when I miss you the most I can go to them and hug them and get a feeling of you because you run through them in their veins. I will forever be grateful for the treasures you left me.
I guess through all this jumbled up mess of a blog...what I am trying to say is that I Love You and I wish you a Happy Anniversary. I miss you and I loved being your wife...it was an honor...and I will see you again in Heaven. I know you will greet me with your arms wide open and we can celebrate then...until then my love...I will always love you...
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Pittsburgh Symphony tackles Barber, Janacek, Mozart in latest Heinz Hall concerts
Programming concerts is sometimes compared to solving jigsaw puzzles. There are pieces that need to fit just right.
But, in music, those pieces are not in pre-determined shapes; it's sometimes a contrast, rather than a smooth fit, that works best.
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra music director Manfred Honeck will conclude his late summer and fall time with the orchestra, which began in August before the European tour, with a program that includes a performer debut, introduction of a new piece and a classic piece of musical Americana that's new to his repertoire.
Honeck will conduct the Pittsburgh Symphony, with Yulianna Avdeeva as soloist, at concerts Oct. 11 to 13 at Heinz Hall, Downtown.
The program will be Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber, Suite from the opera "Jenufa" by Leos Janacek, Piano Concerto No. 21 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Symphony No. 8 by Antonin Dvorak.
"I've never done Barber's Adagio, and I love this piece," Honeck says. The music originated in Barber's 1936 String Quartet. The next year, Barber arranged the Adagio for string orchestra, which was premiered in 1938 by Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony. It's not only Barber's most frequently performed music, it's recognizable outside of concert halls for its use in public memorials, not to mention film.
Honeck also picked the Barber because its romanticism is "a bridge to Dvorak's completely Czech romanticism, which is also very deep in its emotions."
Following the Barber piece, Honeck will lead the American premiere that he had a hand in creating from Czech late romantic composer Leos Janacek's opera "Jenufa." Sometimes compared to the operas of Giacomo Puccini, because of the heartrending situations into which the female lead is placed, the opera was first performed in 1904.
Honeck arranged the 24-minute suite, which he says is "like a one-movement tone poem," earlier in 2013, with guitarist and composer Tomas Ille.
The debut of Russian pianist Avdeeva will be the first opportunity for local music lovers to hear the winner of the 2010 Fryderyk Chopin Competition. She is the first women to take the competition's top prize since 1965. In addition to recital and concerto performances, she has performed chamber music with members of the Berlin Philharmonic and violinist Julia Fischer.
Avdeeva will play Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21, which has its own popular romantic associations, having been used extensively in the 1967 film "Elvira Madigan."
Honeck will conclude the concert with a return to Dvorak's abundantly melodic Eighth Symphony, which he conducted many times in 2009.
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The Department of Health ordered a review last year after the Health Service Ombudsman said some people had been unjustly denied financial support.
It pledged to sort out as many cases as possible by the end of March.
But Health Minister Stephen Ladyman announced on Tuesday that just 57% of cases had been resolved three months after the deadline.
However, more than 5,000 cases are still outstanding - a situation labelled as a disgrace by the Tories.
In total, the NHS expects to pay a total of over £180m when all the cases received by the end of March 2004 have been investigated.
Ann Abraham, the Health Service Ombudsman, was asked to investigate four complaints from the families of individuals who were billed for their care.
In each case, the individual had an underlying medical condition that required them to have round-the-clock care.
All were required to pay nursing home fees, despite Department of Health guidance and a 1999 court ruling stating that the costs of long term care must be met by the NHS if the needs of the patient are primarily health-related.
In her report, Ms Abraham concluded that there was evidence that the Department of Health's guidance has been misinterpreted and misapplied by some health authorities and trusts, leading to hardship and injustice for some individuals.
Following publication of the report, the Department of Health ordered strategic health authorities to investigate all possible cases of unfair treatment since 1996.
Where the case was proved, ministers promised that individuals would be recompensed for the cost of that care.
In a statement to the Commons, Mr Ladyman said: "The Department requested that investigations, as far as possible, were completed by 31 March 2004.
"The number and complex nature of new cases presenting themselves during the three months from January to March 2004 posed significant challenges to meeting that deadline, but the NHS has remained committed to completing investigations as accurately and thoroughly as possible.
"At the end of March the NHS had completed 57% (6,713) of all outstanding investigations."
Mr Ladyman said this was greater than the number of cases which the NHS was aware of at the end of December 2003.
He said the NHS was committed to resolving cases as promptly as possible.
"The Department will check that those cases outstanding at the end of March have been completed as of the end of July.
"From then onwards I will expect any cases to be completed within 2 months of all the information on the case being received by the SHA."
Shadow Health Minister Simon Burns called the announcement "a disgrace which highlights the government's abject failure in sorting out the fiasco."
He said: "The blunt fact is that the minister has failed those who have been charged wrongly for care that they should have received free of charge.
"This has caused considerable worry and distress to many elderly people and their families.
"Equally worrying is the fact that, in the light of past experience, the new deadline of completing the remaining 43% of cases from March 2004 within the next 5 weeks seems wildly optimistic."
Sandra Gidley, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for older people, called on Mr Ladyman to accept only 57% of his salary.
She said: "Stephen Ladyman's complacency beggars belief.
"The government wholly underestimated how many cases would need to be assessed. This shows that the Department of Health has no idea of the extent of the problem.
Ms Gidley said the fact that each individual authority had reviewed cases in its area had led to potential inconsistencies across the country.
"In Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA, no cases were eligible for recompense, while in other authorities up to a third of people in continuing care have been denied appropriate funding.
"Britain's elderly should receive free personal care, unrestricted by discriminatory criteria."
A spokesperson for the charity Help the Aged said: "Clearly far too many people have paid out thousands of pounds for care that they were entitled to receive free from the NHS.
"The problems with NHS continuing care are of the government's own making.
"By trying to create false distinctions between different types of care and arguing about who should pay, they have created nothing but confusion."


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Have the French brands had a bad press, or is it all true, asks Adrian Burford.
Read a driving impression of a French car on the internet and as surely as night follows day the brickbats fly thick and fast where there's a forum for reader responses. There's nary a good word to be said about anything automotive from the land of Paris, pastis and pan-bagnat.
Everyone has an opinion as to why service is so bad, expensive body (and other) parts take forever to arrive, and resale values are so low. But Citroen, Peugeot and Renault are working hard at addressing their image issues with the last-mentioned being particularly pro-active with a number of marketing and public relations exercises to address perceptions (and some unfortunate realities).
Renault South Africa recently did two remarkable things. Their provocative 'So You Wouldn't Buy A Renault' campaign certainly got people thinking about the brand and its products and they say it has had a very real, positive impact on customer perceptions.
They followed that up with the Satisfied or Reimbursed campaign, which they claim is the first of its kind in the local market. The premise is unambiguous: if, for whatever reason, a customer is not satisfied after purchasing a new Renault, they can return it within 30 days and Renault will reimburse the purchase price. Terms and conditions apply, but there are no hidden clauses, and the offer is discussed in detail with prospective buyers to ensure complete transparency.
Simultaneously, they've launched a product offensive which is impressive by any standards, and a couple of the latest Renaults have passed through my hands recently.
Starting with the smaller of the two, I spent some time with the Megane Coupe 1.4 TCe. Not only is it powered by an eager little turbocharged engine, but it is visually a seriously daring design.
Problem is, at the wheel it feels like my mother-in-law's Megane hatchback - in other words, not particularly exciting despite the promise of the sheet metal. As far as overtaking presence goes it is adept at clearing the fast lane, what with those angry headlights and the strongly defined metal-look 'shoulders' adding some menace.
But you won't necessarily get to do a lot of overtaking, as it only has 90 kW and 190 Nm, so performance isn't truly serious even if it feels brisk around town. For R250 000-odd you can get a lot more punch and arguably as much street-cred - along with more practicality - from the likes of a Citroen DS3.
The same issues face the Laguna coupe. For a car with styling which has been compared to the likes of the Aston Martin Vantage, its sporting ability doesn't really go beyond the looks. You get 177 kW and 330 Nm (which isn't a lot for a 3,5-litre V6), deployed in a manner which can best be described as subtle.
Modest tyre and brake dimensions confirm its status as a car which is more about the show than the go, and I can't help but feel that it is aimed at Sandton mummies who no longer want the SUV (probably a Discovery), or well-to-do hairdressers. Despite its generous wheelbase the cabin is surprisingly tight - most of the car is dedicated to the engine compartment, it seems. And those poorly positioned inner grab handles? Man, those doors are soon going to look distinctly ratty around the trailing edges... as will the flanks of cars you park alongside. It's a problem common to the Megane too and while long doors are a function of a coupe, you need to be able to open them in a controlled manner!
Or have I missed the point with both cars? Maybe buyers don't want rip-snorters. So many modern cars are about looking the part, and if they meet that objective then that's enough. And both these Renault's are hard to fault when it comes to avante-garde styling and the ability to make heads turn. As well as clearing the fast-lane of dawdlers when called upon to do so.


text: It felt before the match as though another defeat in a major final would be too much for Murray to take; as if this was a vital point his career. The pressure of becoming the first man to lose his first five Grand Slam finals could have been too much to recover from. Now, the tennis world expects further majors from a man who no longer feels inferior to anyone.


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NEW YORK (Jun. 25)
George Backer, president and editor of the New York Post and president of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, arrived here on the Dixie Clipper after a seven-and-a-half week visit to England.
Interviewed by the JTA at LaGuardia Airport, Backer reported that Britain had begun to forge ahead of Germany in the air and was taking the offensive in the air war. He warned against any flagging of American aid to Britain as result of the German invasion of Russia.
Backer criticized the action of the State Department in barring visas for refugees with relatives in German territory. He expressed the opinion that the action was not warranted by the situation. At any rate, he said, there are only about 6,000 refugees of all sorts in Lisbon now. The U.S. action came as a great blow to them, he stated.
The reaction in Portugal to the German invasion of Russia was one of "relief," Backer declared, since it was taken as meaning that Portugal was safe from invasion for the time being.
Told that Senator Wheeler had used the Russian invasion to argue against American intervention, the publisher said that "Wheeler displays enormous ignorance of what actually took place. If he is not disingenuous, then he is corrupting the facts." Backer declared that the Nazis had invaded Russia not because Moscow rejected any demands, but because they were determined not to permit the Russian army to remain on the east. "Russia had no desire to fight," he said.
Speaking of England, Backer praised the morals of the British people and said they had become almost "complacent" in the face of the air-raids. London's East End, which he visited, has suffered particularly from the raids, largely because the buildings are not as strong as in other parts of the city.
Backer praised the work of the ORT in England, declaring that its schools were "doing beautifully." He said 29 ORT students had been accepted in the British military forces, the largest group of them in the Pioneer Corps.
Backer, who left Lisbon yesterday, brought back with him a fragment of a bomb which had hit the London Daily Express building on Fleet Street. He said he had no personal experiences with bombings, except for almost falling into a bomb crater. He was met at the at the airport by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Schiff Backer, and their young daughter.


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Lt Paul W Lingrel, Commissioned Bombardier for the 321st Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Squad flew across the Atlantic in the [now famous] Gen Bob Knapp Flight-Over, Feb. 1943. An Atlantic crossing, the Southern Route in MASS without loss.
Lt Lingrel waas a BIG guy, perfectly made, just huge so his nich name was "Big Moose" which was painted under the Bombardier's window on his B-25, the "Alley Cat" #41-13176.... Shot-up and shot-down on Combat Mission __ July, 1945 and her Pilot, Lt John "Buster" Burns managed to limp his stricken ship (with one casuality, Turret Gunner James Woody who was KIA after he got a ME 109!) back to a friendly area and belly landed on the beach at Bone (N. Africa) There were over 200 holes counted in this ship....
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D.C. United Advances to Giants Cup Semifinals; Crew Eliminated by Saprissa
The Columbus Crew and CD Saprissa of Costa Rica played to a 1-1 tie in the second leg of quarterfinals series, which to send Saprissa through to the tournament semifinals, 3-1, on aggregate goals. The Costa Rican side defeated The Crew, 2-0, last Wednesday (April 4) in the first leg, in San Jose, Costa Rica.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Wednesday, April 11, 2001) - Arnett Gardens came into the match tonight needing a four-goal victory over United to advance to the next round, after the Black-and-Red took the first leg 3-0 on Jamaican soil on April 4. With the comfortable goal differential, United head coach Thomas Rongen opted to start a youthful squad this evening, giving his regular starters an off day in preparation for Saturday's MLS fixture against league runner-up Chicago.
Arnett Gardens opened the scoring on a goal by Byron Earl in the 23rd minute. United 'keeper Mike Ammann made an initial save on a shot by Kevin Wilson from the right, but the rebound went directly to Earl for an easy finish.
United equalized the contest seven minutes later on a penalty kick by Carey Talley. The spot kick was awarded after 16-year-old Santino Quaranta, making his first professional start, was taken down by Gerald Neil.
Lisi struck again for United in the 86th minute, four days after recording the game-winner late in the match in a 3-2 victory over Kansas City Saturday night. Bryan Namoff played a ball to Quaranta on the right, who sent a curling cross to Lisi to the near post for a clinical finish with his head.
United had scoring chances throughout the game but came up empty on numerous occasions. Abdul Conteh missed a clear breakaway in the 5th minute after receiving a nice combination from Quaranta. In the 73rd , Chino Alegria shook a defender on the left flank and sent a bending ball to Conteh near the six-yard box. Conteh's header was deflected by the keeper and the ball bounced off the crossbar. Three minutes later, Alegria slammed the crossbar with a 40-yard rocket. The ball bounced to Mark Watson, but the Canadian's short bid was denied by Arnett Gardens netminder Selvin Collins.
Amman had an impressive debut for United, saving Fabian Davis' penalty kick in the 14th minute with a deflection to his right. The penalty kick was awarded after Talley was called for a shirt pulling foul inside the box by Mexican referee Armando Archundia.
Arnett's best opportunity in the second half was in the 62nd minute when Denton Shedden hit the far post after receiving a nice thru ball from Earl.
D.C. - Mike Ammann; Judah Cooks, Mark Watson, Carey Talley (Capt.), Eric Denton (Goodlett, 80'); Mark Lisi, Jose Alegria, Brian Kamler (Nelsen, 46'), Bobby Convey (Namoff 62'); Santino Quaranta, Abdul Thompson Conteh.
Arnett Gardens - Selvin Collins; Eugene Barnes (Capt.), Shane Stevens, Kevin Eldemire, Cornel Chin-Sue; William Richards (Richardson, 84'), Gerald Neil, Fabian Davis (McLeod, 90'), Denton Shedden; Kevin Wilson, Byron Earl.
Scoring Summary:
A.G. - Earl (Wilson), 23.
D.C. - Talley (penalty kick), 30.
D.C. - Lisi (Quaranta, Namoff), 86.
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Saprissa scored first in the second leg, on Raynor Robinson's 16th-minute looping volley over charging Crew goalkeeper Tom Presthus. Columbus got one back just before halftime, when Robert Warzycha found fellow midfielder Brian Maisonneuve's head with a corner kick from the right flag in the 45th minute. Despite constant pressure from The Crew, which resulted in a 21-13 edge in shots and a 14-4 corner kick margin, it was unable to further dent Saprissa's goal. Only a spectacular goal line save by Saprissa defender Vladimir Quesada kept what appeared to be a sure Jeff Cunningham goal out of the net in the 63rd minute.
The Crew returns to MLS action on Saturday, when it travels to Tampa Bay to take on the Mutiny at Raymond James Stadium at 7 p.m. Saturday's game against the Mutiny will be televised live on WSYX (ABC-6). The Crew return home to Crew Stadium on Saturday, April 21, to face last year's MLS Cup Champion, the Kansas City Wizards at 7:30 p.m.
Saprissa - GK-Erick Lonnis, Victor Cordero, Randall Row, Gilberto Martinez, Daniel Torres, Vladimir Quesada, Jeaustin Campos, Walter Centeno (Douglas Sequeira, 83), Kervin Lacey, Alonso Solis (Juan Esquivel, 57), Rayner Robinson (Gerrold Drummond, 66).
Crew - GK-Tom Presthus, D-Ansil Elcock, D-Tenywa Bonseu, D-Todd Yeagley (Mike Duhaney, 66), M-Brian Maisonneuve, M-Robert Warzycha, M-Roland Aguilera (Mike Mucino, 52), M-John Wilmar Perez, F-Edson Buddle, F-Dante Washington, F-Brian West (Jeff Cunningham, 19).
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CREW - Brian Maisonneuve (Robert Warzycha), 45.
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The Lincoln Conspiracy: A Novel
by Timothy L. O'Brien
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Two diaries that reveal the true scope of an American conspiracy
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A nation shattered by its president's murder
Two diaries that reveal the true scope of an American conspiracy
A detective determined to bring the truth to light, no matter what it costs him
From award-winning journalist Timothy L. O'Brien comes a gripping historical thriller that poses a provocative question: What if the plot to assassinate President Lincoln was wider and more sinister than we ever imagined?
In late spring of 1865, as America mourns the death of its leader, Washington, D.C., police detective Temple McFadden makes a startling discovery. Strapped to the body of a dead man at the B&O Railroad station are two diaries, two documents that together reveal the true depth of the Lincoln conspiracy. Securing the diaries will put Temple's life in jeopardy--and will endanger the fragile peace of a nation still torn by war.
Temple's quest to bring the conspirators to justice takes him on a perilous journey through the gaslit streets of the Civil War-era capital, into bawdy houses and back alleys where ruthless enemies await him in every shadowed corner. Aided by an underground network of friends--and by his wife, Fiona, a nurse who possesses a formidable arsenal of medicinal potions--Temple must stay one step ahead of Lafayette Baker, head of the Union Army's spy service. Along the way, he'll run from or rely on Edwin Stanton, Lincoln's fearsome secretary of war; the legendary Scottish spymaster Allan Pinkerton; abolitionist Sojourner Truth; the photographer Alexander Gardner; and many others.
Bristling with twists and building to a climax that will leave readers gasping, The Lincoln Conspiracy offers a riveting new account of what truly motivated the assassination of one of America's most beloved presidents--and who participated in the plot to derail the train of liberty that Lincoln set in motion.
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Nothing else in Washington did, especially in early summer, when the heat started coming on and dirt in the streets began the slow broil that led into August. Fiona would hate that rain was already lashing the leather on his new boots. She was practical in these matters. But even Fiona would admit that rain kept the dust down. Temple would rather be with Fiona now, instead of gimping toward a train to fetch Augustus and Pint. ... view entire excerpt...
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Sêrtar County
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Sêrtar County (or Serthar County; Tibetan: གསེར་ཐར། ; pinyin: Sèdá Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is one of the 18 counties under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, covering some 9340 square kilometres. Sêrtar, which means "golden horse" in Tibetan, lies in the southeast of the Tibetan Plateau and in the historical region of Kham. The vast majority of the population is Tibetan, followed by Han Chinese.
Sêrtar comprises 17 towns and 66 villages. It is home to the Larung Gar Buddhist Institute, the largest Tibetan Buddhist institute in the world. The institute, which was founded by lama Jigme Phuntsok in 1980 and started off with just a few monks, now houses tens of thousands of monks and pilgrims from around the world,[1] which constitute the vast majority of the Sêrtar population. Most monks spend six to 13 years completing their training. The institute, divided into two main segments and spread over just a few square kilometres, is located in a valley and around 15 kilometres from the town of Sêrtar. A permit is occasionally required for non-Chinese nationals to enter the institute.
Sêrtar is remotely located and requires more than half a day's driving if travelling from Chengdu via Maerkang. It is also possible to travel from Xining, the capital of Qinghai. Sêrtar is at an altitude of around 4,100 metres above sea level. Temperatures range from 30 degrees Celsius in the summer and -25 degrees Celsius in the winter.
In 2001, some houses in Larung Gar were demolished and hundreds of monks and nuns were expelled.[2]
Sêrtar is one of the places in Sichuan that witnesses occasional acts of self-immolation, usually carried out by Tibetans. For instance, in February 2012, three herders set themselves on fire, purportedly in protest.[3] On 26 November 2012, a monk allegedly self-immolated in front of the golden horse statue in Larung Gar.[4] The supposedly political motivation behind these acts, however, has always been disputed by the Chinese government.[5]
As many of the houses in Larung Gar are made of wood, they present a constant fire hazard. On the evening of 10 January 2014, a fire broke out in Larung Gar, burning down more than a dozen structures and requiring 450 rescue workers to respond to the scene; however, there were no serious casualties.[6]
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- ^ http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/tibetan-nun-dies-self-immolation-attempt-reports-20130620
- ^ http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/fire-01102014181943.html
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/world/asia/three-tibetan-herders-self-immolate-in-protest.html?_r=0
- ^ http://static.reuters.com/resources/media/global/editorial/interactives/tibet/v2-tibet-self-immolation-locat.html
- ^ http://www.chinaconsulatechicago.org/eng/zt/humanrightsissue/t1017875.htm
- ^ http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1402100/fire-hits-massive-buddhist-complex-sichuan
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Cablegate: Vietnam Should Remain On the 2008 Special 301 Watch List
1. (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam recommends continued placement of
Vietnam on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR)
Special 301 Watch List for 2008. One year after acceding to the
World Trade Organization, Vietnam has continued efforts to put in
place an effective legal regime to protect intellectual property
rights (IPR), taken some positive steps to reduce IPR violations and
worked to raise awareness of this issue. Despite these efforts,
however, enforcement remains weak, piracy and counterfeiting
rampant, and several key obligations unfilled -- most notably the
failure to provide criminal remedies for commercial scale copyright
and trademark violations. With additional time to improve its human
resource capacity, joined by strong incentives such as Vietnam's
expressed goal of participating in the Generalized System of
Preferences (GSP) program and desire to continue to attract record
levels of foreign direct investment, Vietnam should improve its
enforcement record. In the meantime, Vietnam should remain on the
Special 301 "Watch List". End Summary.
IPR Situation in Vietnam - Achievements and Challenges
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2. (U) Vietnam's rapid economic development and integration into the
world economy continued in 2007, highlighted by its January 11, 2007
accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Government of
Vietnam (GVN) also took noticeable strides in 2007 to provide
adequate and effective protection for intellectual property rights
and provide market access to U.S. persons who rely on IP protection.
Since the Mission's 2007 Special 301 submission (reftels B and C),
Vietnam has: (1) continued to strengthen its IPR legal regime; (2)
largely met its commitment to implement the Trade Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement upon its January 2007
WTO accession; (3) modestly improved IPR enforcement and
coordination of enforcement efforts; (4)signed a landmark agreement
for GVN agencies to use only licensed software; (5) stopped the
broadcast of unlicensed content by VTC, the state-owned digital
terrestrial cable company; (6) stepped up training, public awareness
and capacity building efforts for GVN officials and the general
public; (7) joined the Rome Convention for the Protection of
Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations;
and (8) enhanced IPR cooperation with the United States and other
international donors.
3. (SBU) Despite this recent progress, many of the problems
identified in the 2007 Special 301 Review persist. The Mission has
reviewed industry and public comments submitted as part of the 2008
Special 301 review process, and finds that they portray a broadly
accurate picture of Vietnam's IPR situation. Enforcement in Vietnam
remains weak, inconsistent and unreliable, while IPR violations are
rampant. Piracy and counterfeiting are of particular concern, with
industry estimates placing music, software and book piracy rates
around 90 percent. Anecdotal evidence supports these estimates.
Market access barriers, including censorship of "cultural products,"
continue to limit the availability of legitimate products, further
complicating efforts to combat piracy. Although the GVN conducted a
commendable public outreach campaign in 2007, including public
television programs focused on IPR issues, awareness remains low.
From the police to the courts, officials in Vietnam's enforcement
system, especially at the local level, are poorly informed about the
rights of IPR holders or how to prosecute, adjudicate and enforce
those rights. With additional resources and more time to implement
its relatively new legislative framework, we expect that Vietnam
will develop a more consistent track record of IPR enforcement. In
the meantime, we do not recommend a change in Vietnam's "Watch List"
Optical Media and Book Piracy
4. (U) Despite improvements in Vietnam's legal regime and a growing
understanding of optical media and book piracy among enforcement
agents, the GVN has made little progress at reducing the amount of
counterfeit and pirated goods available in Vietnam. Hanoi, Ho Chi
Minh City and most other major cities in Vietnam are rife with music
CD, VCD, DVD and video shops. Virtually 100 percent of U.S. and
foreign products (and most domestic products) for sale or for rent
are pirated. Where legitimate media products and books are
available, they are typically up to five times more expensive than
pirated versions. While most pirated goods are still manufactured
in other countries, locally-produced pirated CDs, VCDs and DVDs are
becoming more prevalent, and present a growing problem.
5. (U) The Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism's (MOCST)
Copyright Office of Vietnam (COV) has commenced drafting new
legislation on optical disks. In 2007, COV officials attended a
seminar organized by IFPI and USAID's Support for Trade AcceleRation
(STAR) program to review model optical disk laws and best practices
adopted by other countries. COV reports that it continues to
discuss this regulation with other GVN agencies, and hopes to submit
a draft for government approval in 2008.
Software Piracy
6. (SBU) Software industry members estimate that nearly 90 percent
of software in Vietnam is pirated. Several events in 2007 indicate
that this situation could improve in the near future, however.
Following the Prime Minister's July 2006 Decision 169 requiring
government agencies to strictly comply with copyright laws, a
February 2007 Prime Minister's Instruction laid out the functions,
tasks and budgetary means to meet this goal. In May 2007, the GVN
signed a landmark software copyright agreement with Microsoft, under
which Vietnam will purchase an estimated 300,000 licensed copies of
Microsoft Office for government workers, provincial officials and
many university faculty and staff (reftel E). In a recent meeting,
Microsoft officials informed the Embassy that they are pleased with
the GVN's compliance with this agreement, although "implementation
could be faster." Reportedly in an attempt to avoid copyright
infringements, the Communist Party of Vietnam announced in October
2007 that it would switch its 20,000 computers nationwide to open
source software. In December 2007 the Ministry of Information and
Communication (MIC) issued a list of open-source software products
that it recommended other GVN agencies use to avoid copyright
7. (SBU) American software companies report growing cooperation with
enforcement authorities to reduce the incidence of software piracy.
In 2007, for example, Microsoft cooperated with the Economic Police
to conduct five end-user raids (up from only two in 2006), three of
which were Vietnamese-owned firms. Microsoft credits this growing
cooperation to its capacity-building work with MOCST Inspectorate
and Economic Police staff. Software companies continue, however, to
bemoan enforcement authorities' lack of resources and the low level
of fines, which do not serve as an effective deterrent. Microsoft
reported that several penalties from the 2007 end-user raids are
still pending, but the infringers from these five cases have only
been forced to pay USD 15,000 in compensation, "a fraction" of the
value of the infringed software.
Signal Piracy
8. (SBU) In a significant sign of Vietnam's growing will to meet
international IPR commitments, continued industry and USG engagement
finally convinced the state-owned digital terrestrial provider
Vietnam Multimedia Company (VTC), formerly known as the Vietnam
Television Technology Investment and Development Corporation, to
cease its unauthorized re-broadcast of U.S.-owned content in
September 2007 (reftel F). Consequently, industry members estimate
that losses to rights holders due to signal piracy in Vietnam
reduced from $38 million in 2006 to $10 million in 2007. Despite
VTC's shift to a more legitimate business model, copyright
violations continue in Vietnam's television industry. Smaller
provincial cable operators are the most common violators. The
Mission continues to hear occasional complaints of national cable
operators airing DVDs and U.S. movies without authorization.
Data Protection
9. (U) In compliance with its U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement
(BTA) and WTO TRIPS commitments, Vietnam included a provision
(Article 128) in its 2005 Intellectual Property Law and the Ministry
of Health issued a 2006 Regulation on Data Protection Applied to
Drug Registration Dossiers, providing data protection and
non-reliance. To date, Post is not aware of any cases of U.S. firms
attempting to avail themselves of data exclusivity as provided in
these regulations. We understand that industry members are working
to engage and build capacity for GVN officials on how other
countries approach this topic.
WTO and BTA Compliance - Lack of Criminal Remedies
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10. (U) Chapter Two of the BTA, which entered into force on December
10, 2001, codified Vietnam's commitment to bring its IPR legal
regime and enforcement practices up to international standards, to
protect intellectual property consistent with WTO TRIPS standards,
and in some cases, to provide protection stronger than TRIPS. The
BTA covers the fields of copyright and related rights, encrypted
satellite signals, trademarks (including well-known marks), patents,
layout designs of integrated circuits, trade secrets, industrial
designs and plant varieties. Vietnam also agreed to implement the
WTO TRIPS agreement immediately upon its January 2007 WTO accession.
11. (SBU) In recent years, Vietnam has undertaken significant
efforts to promulgate a legal framework to provide for adequate and
effective protection of IP rights. As reported in recent years'
Special 301 submissions, the 2005 Intellectual Property Law, its
implementing decrees and circulars, as well as a number of other
related laws and guidance have largely brought Vietnam's legal
system into compliance with its BTA and TRIPS obligations. Some
legal documents, however, remain outstanding or are not yet
adequately detailed to implement in practice. Most notably, Vietnam
has not yet issued provisions for criminal remedies for willful
trademark counterfeiting or infringement of copyrights or related
rights on a commercial scale. Vietnam agreed to issue this circular
by the time of its WTO accession as a stop-gap measure until it can
complete required revisions to make its Criminal Code consistent
with the new IP Law and Vietnam's BTA and TRIPS commitments.
Despite continued U.S. engagement with the GVN, this commitment
remains unfulfilled. While Vietnam reports that it will begin to
revise its Criminal Code in 2008, Post and USTR continue to press
urgently for the GVN to meet its commitment on this important
IPR-Related Legislative Reforms in 2007
12. (U) The Government of Vietnam issued the following IPR-related
regulations in 2007:
-- Instruction 04/2007/CT-TTg, dated 22 February 2007, on
strengthening copyright protection for software. The Prime Minister
required government officials and agencies to provide adequate
protection of software copyrights and to gradually cease the use of
illegitimate software;
-- Decision 51/2007/QD, dated 12 April 2007, on the Development Plan
for Vietnam's Software Industry, 2007-2010;
-- Decision 08/2007/QD-BTTTT, dated 24 December 2007, on the List of
Open Source Software That Meets the Requirements for Usage by State
Agencies and Organizations;
-- Circular 01/2007/TT-BKHCN, dated 14 February 2007, guiding the
implementation of Decree 103/2006/ND-CP detailing the procedures for
registering rights of intellectual property;
-- Decree 172/2007/ND-CP, dated 28 November 2007, concerning the
revision and supplementing some Articles of Decree 57/2005/ND-CP on
Administrative Penalties for the Violations in the Field of Plant
-- Decision 56/2007/QD-BNN, dated 12 June 2007, from MARD
supplementing the list of protected plant species;
-- Decision 103/2007/QD-BNN, dated 24 December 2007, from MARD
supplementing the list of protected plant species
-- Decision 3957/QD-BNN-TT, dated 13 December 2007, on use of
guidelines to conduct tests for Distinctness, Uniformity and
Stability of Plant Varieties.
Legal Updates Expected in 2008
13. (U) Relevant GVN agencies continue to draft circulars and
implementing documents for Vietnam's IPR Legal framework. These
agencies report the following expected updates in 2008:
-- A Government Decree on Administrative Remedies for copyright and
related rights infringement;
-- A joint circular drafted by the Supreme People's Court, Supreme
People's Procuracy, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Public
Security guiding the criminal prosecution for IPR infringement under
the Criminal Code (see para. 11);
-- A joint circular drafted by the Supreme People's Court, Supreme
People's Procuracy and other concerned agencies guiding civil
prosecution for IPR infringement;
-- A COV Decree on Management of Optical Disks;
-- A circular issued by MOST concerning administrative remedies for
industrial property infringement;
-- A joint circular drafted by MOCST, MOST, MOF and the Ministry of
Planning and Investment concerning financial support for the
purchase of legitimate software as well as guiding the collection
and distribution of royalties;
-- A circular issued by MOST guiding the issuance and revocation of
certificates for examiners and qualified industrial property
assessment organizations.
14. (U) Agencies also report the following expected amendments and
revisions in 2008:
-- Revision of the Criminal Code;
-- Revision of Article 8.2 of Decree 154/2005/ND-CP detailing some
provisions of the Customs Law concerning customs procedures, customs
investigations and supervision which require applicants to specify
trademarks of declared goods;
-- Amendment of Decree 106/2006/ND-CP on administrative remedies for
IP infringement (The amendment reportedly will note that for
Customs-related issues, the General Department of Customs'
Department of Anti-Smuggling will have responsibility for applying
-- Amendment of the IP Law assigning ex-officio powers to Customs
officials in the enforcement of intellectual property rights;
-- Revision of Article 214.3.b of the IP Law concerning
allowance/disallowance of re-export of IPR infringing goods;
International Agreements
15. (SBU) As reported in reftels B and C, in 2006 Vietnam fulfilled
its BTA obligation to join five key international IP conventions.
After completing procedures to join the Rome Convention for the
Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting
Organizations in 2006, Vietnam officially joined the Convention on
March 1, 2007. National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP)
contacts report that the GVN is working on procedures to accede to
the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of
Industrial Designs. COV also claims that it hopes to join the 1996
WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms
Treaty (WPPT) once it has met all requirements for these agreements,
but no specific target date has been set.
Growing Coordination on IPR Enforcement...
16. (U) As outlined in reftels B and C, in 2006 six GVN Ministries -
MOCST (then the Ministry of Culture and Information), the Ministry
of Science and Technology (MOST), the Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development (MARD), the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the
Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), the Ministry of Public
Security (MPS) and the Ministry of Information and Communications
(MIC) - jointly signed a "Plan of Action on Cooperation in
Preventing and Fighting against IPR Violations during the period of
2006-2010," commonly referred to as Program 168. The program has
helped to address one of Vietnam's glaring shortfalls - poor
coordination among the country's varied enforcement agencies - by
codifying information sharing, enforcement cooperation and joint
training. Agencies in Ho Chi Minh City report they are using
Program 168 to facilitate inter-agency cooperation at the city
level. There are also signs of growing enforcement coordination at
the provincial level, including in the infringement-rich China
border province of Lang Son (reftel D).
... But Enforcement Mechanisms Remain Weak
17. (SBU) Vietnam's IPR enforcement structure, however, remains
overly complicated and bureaucratic, with no less than seven
ministries involved. Multiple agencies are tasked with overlapping
functions, but there are also gaps in coverage. Institutional
experience on IPR enforcement is extremely limited across the board,
and local law enforcement personnel in particular remain uninformed
on Vietnam's IP laws and procedures. Government agencies rely
heavily on administrative enforcement of IPR laws and typically only
issue administrative findings or warnings either by letter or orally
to small retailers of pirated material. Very few cases have been
referred for civil or criminal prosecution. Some rights holders
have told the Embassy that they often pursue only administrative
remedies due to the uncertainty over the outcome of civil or
criminal proceedings, given the lack of experience with IP issues
among Vietnam's judges and prosecutors.
18. (SBU) Under the new IPR regulations, to provide impartiality,
experts at NOIP, MOST and the provincial Departments of Science and
Technology (DOST) no longer have the lead in assisting enforcement
agencies to assess trademark and other infringements (although in
practice they are still consulted regularly). Instead, Vietnam
created in 2007 an Intellectual Property Research Institute, which
among other tasks, is to provide expert consultations and
independent assessments on suspected infringement cases. The
Institute is headed by former NOIP Director General Dr. Pham Dinh
Chuong, but it is unclear who will comprise the rest of the staff of
experts. The creation of this new body of expertise will likely
delay dispute resolution. Since its creation in May 2007, The IP
Research Institute has not yet provided any independent assessments.
The Director of the HCMC Market Management
Bureau described the curtailment of technical advice from HCMC DOST
as the primary reason fewer violations were processed in HCMC in
2007 than in 2006.
Enforcement Efforts in 2007
19. (U) MOCST: According to GVN data, MOCST officials fined 4,952
businesses for infringing upon IP rights in 2007. Of that total,
cultural inspectors issued warnings to 267 business (down from 519
businesses in 2006), suspended the operations of 148 businesses
(down from 289 in 2006), and revoked the business licenses of 43
businesses (down from 169 in 2006). Additionally, MOCST officials
suspended two websites, ordered companies to cease broadcasting
three movies due to copyright infringement and revoked three
copyright certificates in the field of applied arts. MOCST also
confiscated more than 3.8 million pirated tapes and disks, 1.8 tons
of semi-final pirated books, 28 VCD and DVD readers and 13 computers
used to burn illicit disks. MOCST inspectors collected fines of
12.3 billion VND (USD 766,000) in 2007 (approximately equal to 2006
totals), and forwarded one case for criminal prosecution.
20. (U) MOST/NOIP: In 2007, MOST reported it investigated 600
businesses, settled 136 industrial design infringement cases, 606
trademark infringement cases, 16 patent infringement cases and three
geographical indication infringement cases and imposed fines
totaling VND 2 billion (USD 125,000), up from VND 170.2 million (USD
10,640) in 2006. NOIP also provided expert consultation for
enforcement bodies, local and overseas organizations and individuals
when requested.
21. (U) Market Management Bureau (MMB): According to the MMB, in
2007 the agency handled a total of 2,423 cases (over 10 percent more
than 2006), of which there were 256 industrial design violations,
2,156 trademark infringements, three commercial name violations, two
patent infringement cases and six unfair competition cases. MMB
imposed fines totaling VND 3.514 billion (USD 220,000), 20 percent
below 2006 totals.
22. (SBU) Customs: In 2007, Customs received 27 requests to monitor
potential IPR infringing goods at Vietnam's borders, including from
companies such as Honda, Nokia, Gucci, Nike, Chanel, Louis Vuitton
and Wilson. (Note: Customs officials have claimed they can only
take action against products where the rights-holder has filed a
monitoring request. End Note.) Customs confiscated infringing
goods in 13 cases with fines totaling VND 970 million (USD 60,625).
Confiscated goods included cell phone batteries, cell phone
chargers, cell phone headsets, laptops, calculators, USB drives, and
computer parts. Customs provided the following examples:
-- Haiphong Customs confiscated counterfeit CASIO and NOKIA cell
phone batteries, chargers, headsets and calculators in a shipment
from Hong Kong. The total value of the infringing goods is VND 10
million (USD 625). Officials destroyed the goods and applied
administrative remedies.
-- Quang Ninh Customs confiscated goods from a customs-bonded
warehouse including 2,109 KG of cell phone batteries, chargers,
headsets and calculators. Authorities destroyed the goods and
applied administrative remedies.
-- Ho Chi Minh City: Customs confiscated 98 motorbikes that
infringed the industrial design of SAPPHIRE motorbikes with the
total value of USD 47,481.
23. (U) Courts: According to data provided by NOIP, the court system
settled 15 of 16 civil IPR-related cases it received (14 cases
concerned disputes over copyrights, one related to contractual use
of artistic works and one related to technology transfer). The
courts also settled eight of ten criminal cases with six offenders
sentenced to less than three years prison time and two sentenced to
three-to- seven years in prison.
24. (U) The Economic Police: MPS reports receiving 128 IPR
infringement cases (down from 156 last year), including: 18
trademark counterfeiting cases, 67 cases of geographical indication
infringement, 11 trade name infringement related cases, five
industrial design related cases and 27 unfair competition cases.
The Economic Police have settled 86 of these cases. Confiscated
goods include 9000 bottles of wine, 10 tons of cosmetics and 3790
bottles of perfume.
25. (U) MIC: MIC settled 1 case related to copyright infringement
over the broadcast of SEAGAME soccer matches, warned three press
organizations for not referencing copyrighted source material, cited
35 press organizations for the unauthorized use of copyrighted
information, and fined 22 organizations for domain name use without
MIC's permission (the domain names were reportedly similar or
identical to registered domain names). Fines totaled VND 230
million (USD 14,375).
Growing Costs of IPR Infringement
26. (U) Vietnam's average per capita GDP, while still relatively low
(approximately 840 dollars in 2007 according to the General
Statistics Office of Vietnam), continues to rise rapidly,
particularly in the larger cities. Vietnam's middle class is
growing and a culture of consumerism is taking hold - increasing the
losses to U.S. firms from piracy and counterfeiting. Industry
estimates show that the cost of pirated business software to U.S.
firms in 2007 was more than USD 80 million, while pirated books cost
U.S. companies an additional USD 17 million. In addition, some
items deemed "cultural products," (e.g., music, movies, books) are
still subject to censorship and control regulations that impede
access to this growing market.
Public Awareness
27. (U) Public and private awareness of the value of IPR protection
is low but continues to grow. Public television aired a number of
IPR-related programs, including a game show on IP rights. According
to COV, Vietnamese media carried over 1,000 news articles on
copyright in printed newspapers and a significantly higher number of
copyright related articles in online newspapers. Vietnamese IPR
agencies, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and
other business associations organized workshops, panels and public
forums to help increase awareness of IPR. The COV website regularly
updates information on copyright legislation and news, as well as
provides a database on copyright registration. The GVN also
designated November 29 as "Anti-Counterfeit Day," and held IPR
related activities in conjunction with the event.
28. (U) With growing awareness of their rights, individuals and
businesses are becoming increasingly active in self-protection. COV
issued 3,231 copyright certificates in 2006, a slight increase over
2006. NOIP received more than 3,080 applications for registration
of inventions (28 percent higher than 2006), 1,908 applications for
registration of industrial designs (19 percent higher than 2006),
almost 32,000 applications for registration of trademarks (39
percent higher than 2006), four applications for registration of
geographical indications and one application for registration of
layout designs of integrated circuits.
29. (U) Copyright associations continue to expand their operations.
The Vietnam Literature Copyright Centre (VLCC) increased its
membership to more than 500, up from only 350 two years ago. Total
royalties of VLCC members in its first three years were VND 500
million (USD 31,250). The Vietnam Center for Protection of Music
Copyright (VCPMC) has also grown; it now represents 1,200 members
(up 20 percent from last year). VCPMC members' total revenues
reached VND 10 billion (USD 625,000) in 2007, up 233 percent from
2006. In 2004, the Record Industry Association of Vietnam was
established and its membership has now grown to 45.
Technical Assistance helps Build Enforcement Capacity
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30. (U) (U) In 2007, Vietnam continued to receive considerable
IPR-related technical assistance from a number of NGOs and foreign
donors, including multiple U.S. Government agencies such as USAID,
Customs, the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA), the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Department of Justice.
This assistance included conferences, seminars, study tours and
review of draft legislation. For example, the USG funded a two-week
study tour for 20 senior prosecutors, judges and IP officials to
understand better how law enforcement agencies and the courts in the
United States protect intellectual property.
31. (U) Other examples of IPR technical assistance conducted in 2007
-- COV worked with the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association
of Asia (CASBAA) to organize a workshop on "Regularizing Vietnam's
Pay TV Market" in Ho Chi Minh City. The U.S. Embassy also
participated in the seminar;
-- Together with IFPI and STAR, COV held a workshop on "Optical disk
regulation and enforcement";
-- NOIP worked with USPTO to organize a workshop on "Trademark and
Domain Name Registration";
--NOIP held workshops on "The Role of Automation in Management and
Service Provision in IPR Organizations" and "IP Strategy for
Universities, Research and Development" with the assistance of WIPO;
--Vietnam hosted an APEC Seminar on "IP in the Digital Era" and a
seminar on well-known trademarks and brands with the assistance of
the Government of Japan;
-- NOIP reported also receiving other training from the United
States, the EU, Switzerland, Japan and WIPO;
-- The Supreme People's Court, in coordination with STAR, USPTO and
DANIDA's Business Sector Programme Support (BSPS) hosted 2 training
courses for 175 judges;
-- Customs receiving training from organizations and governments
from the United States, the EU, the UN, Japan, China, Belgium,
France, the UK and Indonesia.
Training needs
32. (U) In 2008, the GVN will continue to require detailed legal
consultations and technical assistance as it completes and "fine
tunes" its IPR legal framework. Two specific areas for further
engagement are with the Ministry of Justice as it begins revisions
to the IP-related portions of the Criminal Code and working with COV
as it works to draft an Optical Disk regulation. Continued
cooperation with the various enforcement agencies will be essential
to raise awareness and build enforcement capacity as these
organizations seek to take advantage of Vietnam's strengthened
enforcement provisions. English language abilities are an oft-cited
concern among the IPR enforcement agencies, and in-country training
activities conducted in Vietnamese, when possible, would greatly
benefit these organizations.
Conclusion and Recommendation
33. (SBU) Vietnam will continue to grapple in the near future with
the challenge of reducing the massive scale of IPR violations. GVN
authorities, including at the highest levels, have publicly
demonstrated their understanding of the problem and expressed their
resolve to protect and enforce IP rights. With a strong legal
foundation already in place, it will be important to work closely
with the GVN on its Criminal Code revisions in 2008 to provide
rights holders with the full cadre of remedies for IPR violations -
administrative, civil and criminal. The real challenge, however,
lies in building the capacity and improving the efficacy of
Vietnam's enforcement and judicial systems. While training of
judges and enforcement officials will be a longer-term fix,
increasing fines to a level which would deter future violations and
reversal of the GVN's decision no longer to empower NOIP, MOST and
provincial DOSTs to provide technical advice to enforcement agencies
could immediately and visibly reduce IPR violations.
34. (SBU) Vietnam's BTA and WTO/TRIPS commitments provide us with
strong tools for engaging the GVN on IPR enforcement, and the
recently-signed Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA)
provides a useful forum under which to do so. Vietnam's expressed
aspirations to be considered for the U.S. Generalized System of
Preferences (GSP) program and its strong desire to continue as a
popular destination for foreign direct investment will help
strengthen our push for the GVN to fulfill its IPR-related BTA and
WTO commitments.
35. (SBU) The Mission believes it is important to maintain
consistent engagement with Vietnam to enhance the protection and
enforcement of IPR. Vietnam has shown a willingness to cooperate
with the United States and other trading partners to address its
serious problems with IP violations. It must now take demonstrable
and concrete steps to follow through on that commitment. Given the
great number of tools available, including the Special 301 process,
continued pressure from the USG and industry members, and
capacity-building and training, we expect that Vietnam should
improve its ability to enforce IP rights. For 2008, we recommend
USTR maintain Vietnam on the Special 301 "Watch List."
36. (SBU) This message was coordinated with ConGen Ho Chi Minh


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Among the wounded soldiers, 2 had their limbs chopped off and 2 others were in critical conditions when being rushed into C17 Military Hospital.
All of them had multiple injuries caused by shrapnel lodging in all over their bodies, said Nguyen Huu Binh, director of the hospital.
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Leipzig (Aug. 30)
Charges of discrimination against Jews levelled against the management of the Leipzig Fair were repudiated today in a statement issued to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
The reports of discrimination against the Jews were branded as invented by Sigmund Haber, a leading official of the Fair for the last ten years.
Among the twenty-one officials of the Fair, six are Jews, Herr Haber pointed out, which is a goodly proportion.
Asked the meaning of the question on employment blanks as to the religion of applicants, Mr. Haber stated that this question was introduced because several of the firms exhibiting their merchandise at the Fair require Jews or non-Jews specifically. The Fair management itself is officially uninvolved in this connection, Herr Haber stated.
The alleged discrimination against Jews has been the subject of complaint by the Central Union of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith.
When informed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency of the statement of Herr Haber, the Central Union stated that its complaint is not affected by it. A new statement will be issued by the latter organization at some time in the near future, it was indicated.


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Mild, tangy Chicken Adobo is one of the national dishes of the Philippines.
The meat stews in a vinegar sauce cooked slowly over low heat.
When University of Miami author and creative writing professor Evelina Galang asked me, "Why aren't there more Filipino restaurants," I decided to create this quick dinner.
This shortened version has the flavors without the hours.
The chicken is cooked in the sauce, removed and sauteed a few minutes.
This meal contains 553 calories per serving with 29 percent of calories from fat.
Use a small saucepan so the sauce will cover the chicken.
Saute the chicken on a low flame so that it browns and does not burn.
Start the chicken.
While chicken cooks, make the rice.
When ready, sauté the chicken.
Fred Tasker's wine suggestion: The chicken adobo is a little sweet, so an extra-fruity white viognier would be nice with it.
¾ pound boneless, skinless chicken legs
½ cup sliced onion
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons minced garlic
2 teaspoons olive oil
Add chicken, onion, vinegar, soy sauce, honey and garlic to a small saucepan.
Bring to a simmer, do not boil, and cook covered 10 minutes. Turn chicken over and cook covered another 5 minutes. Meanwhile make the microwaved rice. Remove chicken from the saucepan. Raise heat to high and reduce the sauce. Meanwhile pat chicken dry. Heat olive oil over medium-low heat in a nonstick skillet and add chicken. Brown on one side 1 minute, brown on second side 1 minute. Divide between two dinner plates and serve sauce on top. Makes 2 servings.
Nutrition per serving: 339 calories (31 percent from fat), 11.6 g fat (2.5 g saturated, 5.8 g monounsaturated), 162 mg cholesterol, 35.5 g protein, 22.9 g carbohydrates, 0.8 g fiber, 678 mg sodium.
1 package microwaveable brown rice to make 1½ cups cooked rice
½ cup diced red bell pepper
2 scallions, sliced
2 teaspoons olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Cook rice according to package instructions. Measure 1½ cups and set aside the remaining rice for another dinner. Add the red bell pepper, scallions, olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste. Makes 2 servings.
Nutrition Per serving: 214 calories (25 percent from fat), 5.9 g fat (0.9 g saturated, 3.8 g monounsaturated), no cholesterol, 4.3 g protein, 36.1 g carbohydrates, 3.5 g fiber, 11 mg sodium.


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PARENTS are being offered advice on how to keep their cool during the long, hot summer holidays.
Relate Cheshire and Merseyside says calls to its team often increase dramatically after the school holidays, as family tensions simmer during the long summer break.
Family counsellor Susie Woods said: "Most of us look forward to the summer holidays, but sometimes it can end up feeling like a very long time to keep the children entertained.
"Tempers can get frayed and families can end up counting down the days until September begins.
"But summer is actually a good time to reconnect with all the important relationships in your life – from your children and your partner to your friends and wider family."
Here are six top tips for six weeks of summer survival:
- Planning together
Whether you're going on holiday or staying put, it's important to plan together as a family. Make everyone feel involved in plans and keep a chart with everyone's wishes on it.
2. Make hay while the sun shines
Make the most of what's special about summer. Go for family walks during those long warm evenings, or arrange a barbecue. Look out for free or cheap music events and summer schools arranged by local authorities.
3. Turn down the heat
Arguments are often a part of family life, but take care to diffuse tensions before things get too heated. If your children are arguing, ask them to go into separate rooms and take five. You can do this too if you're getting wound up.
4. Switch off
If you have time off work, try to make sure it's really time off. So long as your boss is understanding, try not to check emails or work phones and really focus on enjoying time with your family.
5. Reconnect
It's common for parents not to see their friends as much, especially when children are very young.
But summer provides a chance for reconnecting as there are lots of activities, like picnics and barbeques where parents and children from different families can get together.
6. Keep things sizzling
During the summer, older children are often out doing their own thing, so this is a good opportunity for investing some time in your relationship with your partner.
- For more information about relationships and counselling, visit relatecm.org.uk