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Food Review: 2113 | Food and Drink | Style Weekly - Richmond, VA local news, arts, and events.
Bringing taste and flash at a good price to Shockoe Bottom.
Modern interior décor mixes well with the updated menu at 2113 in Shockoe Bottom; here, roasted chicken is accompanied by carrots, squash, mushrooms and zucchini in an herb sauce.
Shockoe Bottom keeps improving its restaurant game. While the bars and clubs that cater to roving packs of late-night revelers may create a hovering cloud of hormones, there's been a slow but steady improvement in the dining scene. Those who avoid the Bottom are missing out on creatively executed food in the grooviest of settings.
Billing itself as a bistro lounge, 2113 follows the trend of naming a restaurant after its street address. Beyond that, it isn't following many trends — at least for Richmond. The low-slung, brick building is painted a charming green, and the interior is, as a nearby shop owner opines, "very '60s, very cool."
It definitely isn't a very Richmond look. White light fixtures hanging from the ceiling resemble spheres of snowflake cutouts. The metal bar is inset with orange lights, with the orange-circle motif carried over to the long mirror on the nearby wall. Music and white lights produce the lounge vibe. But it's the bistro portion that's worth noting for thrifty food lovers seeking a talented kitchen. Chef Aaron Hoskins, working with chef John Maher, has created a menu that shows thoughtful execution and moderate pricing.
An inexpensive happy-hour menu ($2-$6) runs Tuesday through Saturday and offers simple pleasures such as banana-shallot hush puppies, fried oysters and pimento cheese fritters. A snack of duck confit with beets and smoked balsamic vinegar ($6) is notable not for its size but for the deeply flavored vinegar. Potato skins ($5) get an upgrade with aerated potato mousse, house bacon and cheddar.
The wine list, priced by the bottle from $24 to $36 with by-the-glass selections between $6 and $9, shows some variety with Portuguese and South African offerings. Wednesday is the night for a wine-and-dine deal of two appetizers, a shared entrée and a bottle of wine for $35. Expect to leave stuffed. On one of those Wednesdays, two of us begin with the blistered medjool dates — made even richer tasting with almonds, herbs, lardon and buttermilk dressing — and a generous serving of pan-fried sweetbreads with a grenobloise sauce of browned butter, capers, parsley and lemon. From a choice of three entrees, we select a roasted half chicken, the skin crispy and redolent of thyme, accompanied by carrots, squash, mushrooms and zucchini in an herb pan sauce.
You may be tempted to skip over the ubiquitous-sounding 2113 mac and cheese ($7), but then you'd miss out on the thick bottom layer of braised beef short ribs under the pasta. The beef tartare ($9) is just as creative, not for the quail-egg yolk sitting atop it, but for the grated, very hard-cooked eggs upon which the beef sits: a salty, unique and unexpected texture. Pacific sturgeon ($17) is delicately flavored and meaty, with accompaniments of smoked local tomatoes and black lentils.
The dessert menu (all $7) recently got a complete overhaul and the results are diverse, including sweetened beet parfait, Gorgonzola custard and mint panna cotta. Yeast doughnuts with cardamom crème fraîche atop coffee grains are appealing, even to this noncoffee drinker. Coca-branca cake is a sublime combination of delicately flavored Fernet Branca cake with airy vanilla meringues and a Coca-Cola sauce. Given the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control's recent decision to stop carrying the herbal Italian liqueur on shelves, it may not be around for long.
Given 2113's lounge designation, music is important, but seems to be a work in progress. Several times, I've arrived to electronic dance music, which feels exactly right given the décor and the intention of the place. Another time, it's overplayed Top 40, changed to classic rock before settling into a suitable contemporary lounge groove. During dinner on the plant-filled patio another night, there's no music at all. I've yet to be there and see a DJ in place — though I know there are some, including Maher at the controls — although it seems to be exactly what 2113 needs to read the crowd.
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Hope everyone had a good weekend! We had the whole weekend off from clinic!
In some exciting news we went to a wig shop on Saturday and I used some of the money raised by my dad's golf buddies (THANKS GUYS) to buy two wigs! (Men buying me wigs - somewhat ironic). Anyway, I had ordered a wig a LONG time ago and had some of Aunt Mary Beth's but I think I may be more prone to wearing the two I bought since I got to try them on and have professional help fixing them and things.
I am at the clinic now receiving both platelets and red blood cells. I have not received red blood cells in a while so hopefully this will give my energy level a bump. My white count dropped down from over 25 to 15.8, so it's still high but going in a better direction.
For reference, a "normal" person's white count should be between 3.2-9.8. A "normal" platelet count is between 150-450, and a "normal" Hemoglobin is 12-15.5 (Sorry to the scientist reading this post - I'm not sure what the units are). My platelets get down to the single digits and usually get up in the 40's after a transfusion. Okay, enough education for today.
They raised the dosage of my chemo last Thursday and unfortunately mouth sores have started to be a problem. As much as I love to eat I do not want to compromise my health just to help with mouth sores - we will learn the things I can and cannot eat. For a good laugh: right now I'm eating a lot of raw crescent roll dough! You just never know where you may have to get your nutrition from.
My only other complaint is that our apartment still isn't staying cool. Yesterday I don't think the living room got below 80! I know this is petty because some people do not have a/c but I am just not handling the heat well at all. Hopefully our landlord can do something about this soon.
Positives: No nausea and no pain other than the mouth. We also got some good news from the Duke financial office. I don't like to write about how much things cost/financial issues but lets all add a thank you in our prayers tonight for this.
I am sorry to hear about the mouth sores-sdo you use the magic mouthwash-I cannot imagine raw crescent roll dough but heck you eat whatever works!
I am so happy that the increased dose is working better-hang in there kid-you are a tough one!!
And they better get the air fixed soon!!!
I was so happy to find your blog on my new computer. I still don't have email service, but I'll get it if Shentel ever returns my call!
Hey Amy, I hope you don't get this post twice, I was so proud to be able to send one on my new computer, and it said it was posted, but it never showed. I still do not have email service, just waiting for Shentel to return my call.
I would love to have pictures of you in your wigs. I hope you enjoy those "golf" wigs, so very nice of the golfing buddies to be so thoughtful.
Also, thanks for the lesson on your counts, you just hang in there like you have been doing, you are so strong and such a sweet attitude. I hate those mouth sores, wish I could help with them.
I love you bushels, also Michael and Kathy.
I can't believe I'm posting this late, but I can't sleep! I'm sorry about the mouth sores, but so glad your white count is headed in the right direction. Hope your AC starts working better!
Good report Amy! Praise God. Keep it up and enjoy the cooler weather that will arrive tomorrow.
Praising God with you for answered prayers! God is GOOD!! And raw bread dough has been a favorite of my kids for years. (now grandkids)You really should post of picture or two of your new hairdos. We'd love to see your beautiful self. No matter the hair - you've always had a gorgeous smile. Wishing you cooler temperatures and good numbers. Love you and pray for you daily.
I am so happy about your white blood count -- that's encouraging! I'm also glad for your good financial news and no nausea or pain except for mouth. I will pray about that and that your AC will be fixed soon -- you're not being a complainer; that is important!
Once, I was in Ghana and one of their favorite foods is "fufu" which tastes like raw bread dough. Often, they use the fufu to scoop us what else is on their plate. So you might consider doing this. Hey, just tell everyone that you are "going international"!
May you know in your heart that God will take good care of you and your family!
Sorry it's been forever since I've posted anything. I check your blog often, but never write. What a horrible cousin I am.
You always seem to amaze me. I absolutely adore your strength & will.
I think about you every day and want you to know how much I love you. Take care of you and let me know if there is anything you need.
Kiss your mother for me. I love you guys!

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Tired of buying those bottles or even jugs of orange hand scrub? This is for all of you mechanics, plumbers, and other hard working people in a job ( or doing free lance) that requires you to get your hands dirty.
Don't pay for hand scrub! Make your own!
spoon into a jar, and boom. That expensive stuff mechanics use to clean their hands is now replaced with 3 simple ingredients. Add more oil if you want, skip the scent too! It's your hands, have them smell how you want!
*note* fragrance oils and essential oils are different. Essential oils come from actual plants, herbs, etc.a natural oil typically obtained by distillation and having the characteristic fragrance of the plant or other source from which it is extracted. Fragrance oils are scents that are fabricated such as melon, or fresh linen. Though a melon IS a real thing, extracting the oil from it kinda isn't. So sometimes you can get both, like in this case. Orange can be an essential oil because of the peel, but can be a fragrance oil also.
Now you have " gho-jo!" Well, close enough, and all from things from your kitchen at half the price!

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Contract Relating to the Exclusive Purchase Right of An Equity Interest - China Distance Education Ltd., Yin Baohong and Beijing Champion Hi-Tech Co. Ltd.
1 Party B has the ownership of 21% equity interest in Party C.
Party B hereby irrevocably delivers to Party A or one or more persons designated by Party A (the "Designated Persons") , under the laws of the PRC, an irrevocable sole authority ("Purchase Right of Equity Interest") to purchase (in accordance with steps decided by Party A or the Designated Persons and at the price specified in Section 1.3 hereof) at any time from Party B all or part of Party B's equity interest in Party C. Except for Party A and the Designated Persons, Party B shall not grant such right to any other party. Party C hereby agrees to the delivery of Purchase Right of Equity Interest from Party B to Party A. As specified in this Section and this Contract, "person" has the meaning of Natural Person, Corporation, Joint Venture, Partnership, Enterprise, Trust or Non-Corporation Organization.

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Our apologies with the confusion with the Initial Observations document. It is a new reporting document with a learning curve. You will note the envelope says please sign and return but the actual document has no parent sign-off or comments page. Parents are to keep the copy of the Initial Observations document sent home for their own records. Parents who have comments, concerns or questions can write them in their child's Communication book. Please use the envelope to return Parent-Teacher interview letters. Parent-Teacher interview letters should be going home on Monday, Nov.13th. The Kinder team will be doing its best to meet with all families. Please note if we have recently met with you, we will be using the time on designated interview days to meet with families we have not had the chance to meet with. If you are happy with your child's progress and communicate regularly with your child's teachers, you can choose not to meet at this time. Interviews will be held Thursday, Nov. 23rd during the evening and Friday, Nov.24th in the morning.
Winter is coming! How to dress for the cold weather.
We got a taste of winter last Friday. It was cold! Cubbie transitions are about to get REAL! Self-help and independence are the KEYS to success and happiness for you child. We ask that you practice at home and follow this sequence: snow pants, boots, jacket, neckwarmer, hat. mitts/gloves. This is how we teach our beginner independent dressers. Please reinforce these skills at home. We are seeing a lot of success in students using the flip trick and students proudly saying "I can do it myself!" Keep up the good work, Kinder fams!
Our red wrigglers are feelings a little out of balance. Their diet is high in apple cores and banana peels. We are looking for vegetable scraps. Please send in any veggie peels as well as egg shells and coffee grounds. Thanks!
We are looking for paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls and grocery flyers. Please send them in.
Both classes are looking for more playdough. Please send a note in your child's communication book or via Remind if you are able to help out.
There will be a School Council meeting this Tuesday, Nov.14th. All parents welcome. This Friday, Nov.17th also marks the first Hilson Movie Night in the gym. This is a fun event for families to enjoy with other Hilson families. Children often come in their pjs with a pillow or stuffy.
Every Friday is Lunch Lady day - Please note Lunch Lady no longer gives cutlery with your child's meal. Please keep a spoon in your child's lunch bag.

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text: Oscar de la Renta’s take on femininity is on display with this bold pair of gold hoop earrings. They're crafted from textured, braided metal and feature a black crystal detail attached to the hoop. Let them accent a classic black dress.


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When someone suggests The Smith, here's what you can suggest instead.
A dinner rolls around - maybe it's a last minute group dinner, maybe it's near Columbus Circle, maybe someone is bringing a small child or a difficult eater. Someone's going to recommend The Smith. And you're going to say, "Well... isn't there something else?"
We don't have anything against The Smith, per se, other than its ubiquity - there are four locations in Manhattan, each one bigger than the last, and those OpenTable reservations are always there for the taking, which means someone's inevitably going to recommend it. Like Westville, it's another one of those places that, when suggested in our Text Rex service, almost always results in a reply of, "Yeah, I'm looking for something like The Smith, but not actually The Smith."
In those cases, here's where to go.
You tried to get into Upland, and failed immediately. It's OK - remember, success in life is all about perseverance. You'll get that 8pm for 4 people someday. Anyway, naturally someone has probably pointed out that there's now an outpost of The Smith in Nomad (of course there is), and you could all just go there. But before you wind up eating your sorrows away in the form of a skillet of mac and cheese (it could be worse), consider trying Covina. It's essentially Upland-lite: nice pizzas and pastas and salads and vegetables and roast chicken and so on, in a very pleasant space.
There's a group dinner, it's less than a week away, and members of the party have varying needs. One person's gluten-free, while another is carb-loading for an upcoming marathon, and there's a general sentiment about keeping costs reasonable while still getting drunk. "Should we just get a big table at The Smith in the East Village? That'll probably be easy since Alison has to meet Sean in Soho later?" Well, Alison, what if you just have dinner at Galli in Soho? Sean will be so close by. The food here ranges from a totally solid kale salad to chicken parm with spaghetti, and a whole lot in between. And it's always lively, without being out of control expensive either.
What's that? The group dinner is now a brunch? Do it at Vic's. We still aren't wild about it here during dinner time, but it's a convenient daytime move, especially considering you can make reservations for a large party.
What's that? The group dinner that turned into a brunch has now turned into a meal that's taking place at 4am? Yeah, that probably didn't happen. But if it did, you could do it at L'Express, which is open 24 hours a day. This is a classic French brasserie in Gramercy that we recommend all the time to people who are like, "F*ck, I forgot to make a reservation for this dinner that is happening in two hours." Go for anything from a simple breakfast, to an onion soup on a cold afternoon, to a roast chicken for dinner, to a 3am burger.
"Yeah, so we should probably open our own version of The Smith, don't you think?"
"I agree. Where should we do it?"
"Maybe the Upper West Side?"


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Grid Ref UK and Ireland provides Mapping Grid References for both the GB National Grid and the Irish National Grid.
The app is designed for walkers and outdoor pursuit enthusiasts.
The GB Grid covers the Great Britain mainland, whereas the Irish Grid covers both The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. There is some crossover between the two systems, i.e. Belfast is listed on both coordinate systems.
The app also shows the current Latitude and Longitude of the device, in both OSGB36 and WGS 84 forms.
No internet connection is required to use the application.
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Whether you’re a rookie embracing adult life in all its glory, or perhaps already a decade or so into the adult game, now is a better time than ever to start thinking about your long term financial investments.
Perhaps you are working a cool new job that pays the bills with a tidy sum left over, moved into a sweet new house and are taking up a new craft to show that you are serious about this ‘adulting’ business (looking at you, KonMari). What now?
Next is to start thinking about the big picture. What is the best way to maximise your long term financial security whilst guaranteeing your hard earned dough empowers ethical business? The answer lies in how and what you choose to invest in.
While it is easy to imagine the “Australian Dream” of owning your own home, and the adage “there’s nothing safer than brick and mortar” instills a yearning to be a proud home owner, in reality, the opportunity to buy property is becoming increasingly unaffordable in most major cities. Unless you have amassed a considerable amount of savings (you will need around $100,000 for a Sydney house deposit these days), you may need to hold off on a piece of that property pie.
On top of that, we are living in an era where sustainability just can’t be viewed as an afterthought. With climate deniers posing a bitter threat to the planet and the US govs latest attempts to install dark-age era environmental policies, now is the time to question the underlying impacts of where you are investing your money and how you can invest in companies that are making a conscious effort to do no harm to the planet, if not bettering it (and smashing their performance targets at the same time).
This is where Goodments comes in. No longer do you need to worry about unwittingly putting your investments into funds who have stakes in oil (ugh!) tobacco (bleugh!) and firearm companies (no thanks!). Times have changed from the traditional ways of investing. As the legendary Keith Richards once said, “To make a rock ’n’ roll record, technology is the least important thing.” However, when it comes to investing, technology certainly has its advantages. These days, just about every man, woman and child has a smartphone. We no longer lug around phones the size of bricks and there’s an app to make life easier for just about everything these days. The rise and success of disruptive technologies (think Uber, Airbnb and Netflix) has given power to the consumer, so why shouldn’t it work for investing?
We believe that investing in sustainable business should be easy, and that investors should have the choice and knowledge of where they are investing their money. The best investors out there know that investing in companies that have sustainability built into their DNA are shown to do well in the long term. The first step is to recognise that you have the power to make your investments count towards what matters to you, and we’re pretty optimistic it will create a better future for your wallet, corporate culture and the planet.


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Museums have always been appealing to me, even as a boy. While other children were more interested in going to baseball games, my younger geek self was fascinated by looking into a window to the past, gazing at Indian arrowheads under a glass plate and hundred-year-old kitchen artifacts that showed how my grandmother must have prepared dinner.
I always enjoyed looking at displays of historical characters in period clothing, imagining what it would be like to, instead of blue jeans and sneakers, wear a waist coast and a top hat.
So it was natural for my wife and I to choose Washington DC for our annual long weekend trip, and to spend most of that time in the Smithsonian. One full day was devoted to the National Gallery of Art, where the artwork takes on that window-into-the-past quality I love so much. The high point was seeing da Vinci’s Ginevra de’ Benci, the only da Vinci in the United States on public display. I was especially looking forward to that one, having already seen da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine at the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow several years back.
We took hours to stroll through the impressionist exhibit and then enjoyed a late lunch at the museum’s Garden Café. I usually find museum cafes to be a little boring, with limited food selections that usually include burgers which have been under the heat lamp too long. But the Garden Café offered something a little more inspired than that. We sat at pleasant café tables instead of the usual hard plastic, right in the middle of the museum. I don’t know about anybody else, but when I’m at a café I like to have something to look at other than a checkout counter and a cooler full of drinks, and the Garden Café doesn’t disappoint.
A wonderful thing about vacations is that it gives us a chance to experience new restaurants – I’ve never understood the compulsion some people have to go out of town to an exciting destination, and then eat at the same fast-casual chains they eat at back home! Washington DC is a restaurant town, and there is every type of ethnicity imaginable in terms of restaurant cuisine on offer. Our favorite restaurant experience was right at our hotel – we stayed at The George on E Street, walking distance to the Smithsonian complex, and the Bistro Bis there offered a truly wonderful French dining experience, with perfectly prepared confit de canard for me, and boeuf bourguignon for my wife. As we always do, we sampled each others’ dinners, which makes it even more fun.
The George, besides being a great place for humans, is also a great place for dogs, and they had a special doggy treat bag ready and waiting for our Boston Terrier – who enjoyed, in what was perhaps his own little political statement, going for a walk and pooping at the same spot in front of the Capitol building every morning.

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Under both SIF DEBT and SIF EQUITY, financing or investment proposals will only be eligible if the projects that organizations or companies are pursuing are accredited as Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Initiatives (SISEI).
A SISEI is a project aimed at directly or indirectly intervening in one or several social problems in an innovative and effective manner to generate positive social impact. SISEI ACCREDITATION consists in the acknowledgement of the submitted project as a SISEI by the Portugal Social Innovation Mission Unit (PSIMU).
PSIMU will issue a formal accreditation in a pdf format once the information submitted in this questionnaire is satisfactorily aligned with the concept of SISEI.
i. It must be identified the eligible region(s) to which the entity wants to implement the project under the investment/financing sought.
An SISEI can intervene directly or indirectly, or both, to solve social problems.
DIRECT INTERVENTIONS: Direct intervention projects intervene directly with the target group in a vulnerable situation.
INDIRECT INTERVENTIONS: Indirect intervention projects contribute indirectly through other organizations or projects to reduce vulnerabilities.
Examples of indirect interventions: social innovation incubators/accelerators, projects that aim to boost citizenship skills through volunteering activities oriented to social innovation interventions.
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1941 Graph (P715) The German submarine U-570 was captured by Britain in the North Atlantic south of Iceland after being damaged by a British aircraft. She was towed to Thorlaks-hafn, Iceland and salvaged.
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1941 Urge (N17) Urge attacked a Merchant Vessel and the 4,791 ton Italian Tanker AQUITANIA in position 38`11'N 12`07'E. The tanker was hit and sank.
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The Asian financial crisis that broke out in July 1997 in Thailand, and its subsequent global reverberations, dominated the IMF’s work in 1997/98, absorbing an unprecedented amount of time of the Executive Board, management, and staff. The crisis—whose global consequences continued after the end of the financial year—also prompted a record level of IMF lending in 1997/98, adding immediacy to the need to strengthen the financial resources of the institution to enable it to continue playing a fully effective role in the globalized world economy. The crisis also led to the creation of a new lending facility (the Supplemental Reserve Facility); stepped-up work on strengthening the conduct of IMF surveillance; and, more generally, led to the elaboration of a framework for strengthening the architecture of the international monetary system. Separately, the Executive Board undertook an extensive review—drawing on both internal and external assessments—of the IMF’s concessional lending facility for low-income countries (the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility) and continued its work aimed at ensuring the uninterrupted availability of financial resources for the ESAF. Together with the World Bank and other creditors, the IMF made important headway in implementing the initiative to reduce the external debt burden of a number of heavily indebted poor countries (the HIPC Initiative).
The Asian financial crisis had a major impact on the scale of IMF financial assistance in 1997/98. During the year, member countries drew SDR 19.0 billion ($25.6 billion)1 from the IMF’s General Resources Account in the credit tranches—nearly four times the level of the previous year. The IMF approved nine new Stand-By Arrangements, with total commitments of SDR 27.3 billion, and four new Extended Arrangements, with total commitments of SDR 2.8 billion. The largest Stand-By Arrangements were for Korea (which also made use of the new Supplemental Reserve Facility), Indonesia, and Thailand; the largest Extended Arrangement was for Argentina. In addition, the IMF approved eight new ESAF Arrangements with commitments totaling SDR 1.7 billion. As of April 30, 1998, 14 Stand-By Arrangements, 13 Extended Arrangements, and 33 ESAF Arrangements were in effect with member countries. Net of repayments of previous drawings, total IMF credit outstanding rose to a record SDR 56 billion ($75.4 billion) as of April 30, 1998, compared with SDR 40.5 billion ($55.3 billion)2 a year earlier.
In December 1997, the Executive Board established the Supplemental Reserve Facility to provide additional financial assistance to members facing exceptional balance of payments difficulties attributable to a large short-term financing need resulting from a sudden and disruptive loss of market confidence.
As a result of the large new demands on the IMF’s resources in 1997/98, its net uncommitted usable resources (adjusted to meet the requirement to maintain adequate working balances of currencies) declined to SDR 22.6 billion at the end of April I99S from SDR 43.5 billion a year earlier. Over the same period, the IMF’s liquid liabilities rose sharply—reflecting an increase in members’ reserve tranche positions—and its liquidity ratio fell to 44.8 percent as of April 30, 1998, from 120.5 percent a year earlier.
In January 1998, the IMF’s Board of Governors adopted the Executive Board’s recommendation that total IMF quotas be increased by 45 percent (to SDR 212 billion from SDR 146 billion) under the Eleventh General Review of Quotas. The increase will take effect after members having not less than 85 percent of total quotas as of December 28, 1997, have consented to their quota increases.
The IMF’s work on surveillance issues intensified following the outbreak and spread of the financial crisis to other Asian economies and the subsequent pressures on other emerging market economies. Surveillance was also intensified in recognition that promoting good governance, making budgets more transparent, improving data collection and disclosure, and strengthening financial sectors are increasingly important if countries are to establish and maintain private sector confidence and lay the groundwork for sustained growth.
effective surveillance depends fundamentally on the willingness of members to take the IMF’s advice.
In July 1997, the Executive Board adopted guidelines clarifying the IMF’s role in governance issues. The guidelines call for a more comprehensive treatment, in the context of both bilateral consultations with members under Article IV and IMF-supported programs, of governance issues within the IMF’s purview and expertise; for evenhanded treatment of member countries; and for enhanced collaboration with other institutions—notably the World Bank—to make better use of complementary areas of expertise. The guidelines identify two areas in which the IMF can make a particular contribution: improving the management of public resources and supporting the development and maintenance of a transparent and stable regulatory environment conducive to efficient private sector activities.
Similarly, in an effort to enhance the accountability and credibility of members’ fiscal policies, the Interim Committee, at its April 1998 meeting, adopted a Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency: Declaration on Principles.
In December 1997, the Executive Board reviewed members’ progress in providing data to the IMF for surveillance and saw scope for improvement. Recent experience also suggested the need to complement traditional “core” indicators with data on reserve-related liabilities, central bank derivative transactions, private sector external debt, and prudential banking system indicators.
To guide members in disseminating data to the public, the Executive Board endorsed a two-tier approach: the Special Data Dissemination Standard, established in March 1996 for countries that have or might seek access to international financial markets, and a less ambitious General Data Dissemination System, approved in December 1997, for all member countries.
The importance of strengthening members’ financial sectors was a recurring theme of Board discussions in 1997/98—including the importance of enhancing IMF and World Bank collaboration so that emerging financial sector problems are promptly identified, each institution takes the lead in its own areas of responsibility, and the IMF’s macroeconomic analysis and the Bank’s sectoral policy recommendations are fully coordinated.
To enhance the transparency of its surveillance, the IMF in May 1997 introduced Press/Public Information Notices—following the conclusion of Article IV consultations. PINs summarize the Executive Board’s assessment of member countries’ economic policies and prospects. Of the 136 Article IV consultations in 1997/98, 77 resulted in the issuance of PINs. PINs appear on the IMF’s website, http://www.imf.org, and are published three times a year as IMF Economic Reviews.
At the Annual Meetings in Hong Kong SAR in September 1997, the Interim Committee issued a Statement on the Liberalization of Capital Movements Under an Amendment of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement. The statement invited the Executive Board to complete its work on a proposed amendment to make the liberalization of capital movements one of the purposes of the IMF and extend, as needed, the IMF’s jurisdiction in this area. In 1997/98, the Board considered various aspects of such an amendment and, to help inform its work, sponsored a high-level seminar in March 1998 to elicit views from a wide range of private and official observers outside the IMF. At its April 1998 meeting, the Interim Committee noted the progress made thus far and the provisional agreement reached by the Executive Board on that part of the amendment dealing with the IMF’s purposes. The Committee asked the Board to pursue with determination its work on other aspects, including policy issues, with the aim of submitting an appropriate amendment of the Articles for the Committee’s consideration as soon as possible.
introducing more effective procedures for involving the private sector in forestalling or resolving financial crises.
The Interim Committee, at its April 1998 meeting, endorsed these objectives and asked the Executive Board to report on its work in these areas at the Committee’s next meeting in October 1998.
Since the mid-1980s, the IMF has provided concessional financing through the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) and its predecessor, the Structural Adjustment Facility (SAF), to respond to the balance of payments difficulties confronting many of the world’s poorest developing countries. As of April 30, 1998, SDR 6.4 billion ($8.6 billion) had been disbursed under 71 ESAF Arrangements to 48 countries, and SDR 1.8 billion ($2.4 billion) disbursed under SAF arrangements. For the continuation of the ESAF—and to finance the IMF’s contribution to the HIPC Initiative—the Executive Board took steps in 1997/98 to mobilize financing from bilateral contributions and from the IMF’s own resources. In April 1998, Uganda became the first country to reach its completion point under the HIPC Initiative. Uganda will receive from its creditors the equivalent of about S350 million in net present value terms, which is estimated to reduce its nominal debt service by nearly $650 million; the IMF’s assistance will reduce the present value of its claims on Uganda by about $70 million. Five additional countries (Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guyana, and Mozambique) also became eligible for assistance that would reduce their nominal debt service by about $5 billion.
Two in-depth evaluations of the ESAF were undertaken in 1997/98 (both of which have been published): an internal review by IMF staff of the record of 10 years of ESAF-supported programs, and an evaluation under the guidance of the Executive Board by outside experts—the first of its kind—of certain aspects of ESAF-supported programs. Both assessments confirmed the value of the ESAF in assisting low-income countries, while identifying areas for improvement and further consideration.
Member countries’ demand for IMF technical assistance and training remained strong in 1997/98. Assistance provided by IMF staff and external advisors averaged about 300 person-years and accounted for about 17 percent of total IMF administrative expenses.
In December 1997, the IMF opened a Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo.
In December 1997, the Republic of Palau became the IMF’s 182nd member.
As of April 30, 1998, SDR 1 = $1.34666.
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major issue for most institutions is not just that they want to avoid lawsuits.
It's just, maybe we're just on a more basic basis.
Most people want to have really high quality care.
The question is how do you measure it.
outcomes are the way we're going to be doing this.
You do have a bed, do you have electricity, do you have water?
Processes where we are looking at recommended services.
that I might have the risk for going blind for diabetic retinopathy, so check that.
alive, but did I get better.
did I get better and do it clinically is a challenge.
did the cancer go away or not at that clinical detail that's required.
that could actually tell us things that we need to go back and check in outcomes.
there's still some art in terms of what's going on.
And there's a lot of unknowns that remain.
Patient safety is a little more technical, but very important.
injuries stemming from the process of health care.
Basically, it's to not hurt somebody while you are trying to help them.
people can get hurt in the care setting and lead to death unnecessarily.
we've talked about this before in terms of labor.
The production of hospital services is actually extremely complex.
there's not much about it that's and then the labour market is also very complex.
All this folks contributing to the production of hospital services.
And so, where errors can happen, they can really be a problem.
wrong time, or errors of omission.
Rogers, et al, basically talks about the diffusion of different technologies.
your error rate is going to go up enormously.
a lot of discipline and process needs to be put in place to keep quality.
improvement in health services, to really keep these medical errors down.
we should avoid injuries to patients as much as possible.
is there to support why we're doing particular technology.
Now this keep in mind, scientific knowledge is a moving target.
it's a pretty big of 25 years.
newborns in 1990 that we do quite commonly in 2015, and just think about that.
really good mental health therapy whereas today it's considered almost barbarism.
responsive to the patients, particularly for elderly folks.
just them just not really understanding what's going on with the technologies.
on the personal attributes where they be income, attitude, culture.
that they need given their situation.
so is the Leapfrog Group.
if we're going to spend this money, we want to see computers in healthcare.
We want to see this evidence based system in place.
very complex medical procedures, always available at hospitals.
partly because there's only so far one can do in terms of pushing the contracts.
if we do all this, who is going to pay for it, number one?
actually what you're putting down as essentially health policy?
reconsider how they were going about their agenda.
great article coming out in 2008, what are physician/hospital concerns?
So we distinguish here by the survey information.
near miss, [LAUGH] and it sounds pretty bad.
to what extent were these things discussed with colleagues privately?
Which is something that's done quite a bit.
talk about what they can learn from in terms of their mistakes.
in terms of reporting it to the actual hospital risk management Less.
Actually, in near misses, not really done much at all.
And then reporting it to your patient safety program officers, barely there.
letting folk know, but they don't necessarily reveal everything.
in the terms of how physicians interact with hospitals.
quality in the provider market space.


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PROFESSOR Emeritus at the University of the West Indies Edward Baugh was hailed as the people's voice during a ceremony in his honour last Tuesday.
The event took place at the Amphitheatre of the Edna Manley College of the Performing Arts in St Andrew, and was staged by the Poetry Society of Jamaica.
"Twenty-five years ago when we were looking around (for) the voices to kick off this process, Edward Baugh was one such," said Tommy Ricketts, a founding member and president of the Poetry Society of Jamaica.
Dr Michael Bucknor, senior lecturer and head of the department of literature and English at the UWI, also praised Baugh.
"On a night like this, how does one introduce a person such as Professor Edward Baugh, except to say, notwithstanding Tessanne Chin's enormous accomplishment in the music domain this past year, that in the world of Jamaican poetry, Edward Baugh is The Voice."
In her tribute, poet Ann-Margaret Lim recalled her experience with Baugh while she was a first-year UWI student.
"I saw the legend, the magic of Baugh. Saw how animated he got; how delighted he was to be in front of a class of students talking about what he loved," Lim said.
After tributes from Professor Carolyn Cooper, M Bala and Raymond Mair, the guest of honour took centre stage, quipping: "There is no need for any more poetry on a night like this."
Baugh then journeyed into his extensive archive, delivering pieces such as The Carpenter, Complain, The Ice Cream Man, Monumental Man, Choices, Out of Stock, True Love, Black Sand and the amusing The Obituary Page.
"People don't dead anymore. Them gone in transition, departed. You'll hear so and so passed. So, why him didn't stop. I was here," mused Baugh to much laughter.
Asked by the Observer what the occasion meant to him, Baugh replied: "In one word: Joy."
The open mic segment featured promising spoken word artistes including Peta Gaye Williams, Jell Watson and Kacy West.


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riches in televisions first global treasure hunt.
requiring brains, stamina, passion, and teamwork.
They also placed a notice in Marine Corps News and held more open casting calls in various cities, including Boston and San Francisco. I was suckered-- er, I mean, invited to join a team as their third (does that make me Ender? would anybody at NBC get that reference?), but I'm still skeptical about the show actually happening-- and pretty sure they'll never call us back.
Hey, I'm a realist. I'm not interesting on camera. Why do you think I wanted to be a voice actor? And even though they claim they want intelligent people who can solve more difficult puzzles than the fluff found on "The Amazing Race," they're not going to want Gamers who can burn through any clue in minutes. That's not good television.
When lay people think the junior-grade riddles in National Treasure "are so difficult that no sane forefather could have conceivably believed that anyone could actually follow them," I have no confidence that a silly reality show will ever be able to challenge real Gamers.
Which is fine. We'll make our own fun, as we always have. Nobody does it better.
As long as they have something quotable, like "Treasure! I'll show you MY treasure!", stupid Americans will watch. Many Australians too, and all the Welsh.
what's going on with this show? are they still going to do it? they kept extending the deadline and then seemed to be "recruiting" certain types. the concept sounds great so I hope it's a go!
I'm looking forward to the online game portion of the show. I'll keep you posted.


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The average American goes through 137 plastic water bottles each year.
As of 2007, the population of America is 301,139,947.
Think!BLUE is an organization created by two Oregon State University students in the spring of 2008. Think!BLUE's goal is to discourage the use of bottled water and encourage sustainability and reduction of personal carbon footprint by selling reusable, sustainable water bottles to the general public. All profits go to a nonprofit project working to educate children within the United States in sustainable lifestyle skills.
Think!BLUE's mission is to encourage everyday changes to reduce personal carbon footprints and promote a sustainable lifestyle.
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Virginia residents should absolutely get in touch with the Virginia Citizen’s Defense League. VCDL is a phenomenal organization, and in addition to fighting daily to preserve and expand your rights, they can help you keep track of important local and national legal changes, provide advice on which businesses are second amendment friendly, refer you to knowledgeable lawyers should you ever need one, and they even host events where you can meet other like-minded citizens. Gadsden Guns frequently offers discounts to VCDL members, but we think you’ll find your membership valuable far beyond that.
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It's been a while since I posted and even longer since I posted a lesson for young brokers. I am hopeful that I get back into a regular rhythm, and appreciate you reading, as always.
It’s hard to look beyond where we are at any specific moment in time. It’s even harder to look beyond ourselves, especially when things are really good or really bad.
Wherever you are at a given time is only a moment in time. Sometimes, we are so busy and wrapped up in the events of the day that we don’t take notice of where we stand or where we are going.
Life isn’t always easy, but what we typically don’t remember is that it’s not easy for everyone. There’s always someone we think has life figured out or has no problems. We all have our moments. Some more than others.
I have three amazing kids, a great job, the best family anyone could ask for and a girlfriend who is simply above my level in every way. When people ask me how I am doing, my typical response is, “awesome”, and I truly believe it. Not every minute of the day is awesome, but I try my best to focus on the great parts of life.
That said, I get down too. We all do.
We rarely know what other people are going through. Did the person we just spoke to have a fight with their spouse this morning? Do they have a sick kid at home? It's not always about us. Not only that, they have no idea what's going on with you at any given moment. Right?
If you can find some friends who you can really be honest with and really share with, it helps when things aren’t awesome. I promise, there will be times when they lean on you too, and that’s the magic of a great friendship.
Therein lies the magic of this song and the lesson. We’re all making our way through life, doing the best we can. Sometimes what helps more than anything else is providing empathy and understanding to those who may be going through something about which we have no idea. . Everyone’s tank hits empty, and simply knowing that I am not the only one gives me some reassurance that it will be full again in short order.


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We all know that dedicated hosting is better than VPS while VPS hosting is better than shared. However, why shared hosting being an outsider remains to be one of the most popular web hosting solutions today? It is not only about price. It is also about the things that are better for you. For your project and your needs. Sometimes dedicated hosting can be just a waste of resources and money. Your goal is to determine which hosting plan suits you the most.
Everything depends on the size of your project and the aims you want to achieve. For a static website with articles shared hosting will be enough. Your site will be hosted with several other sites located on the same server. You will have Limited options to appreciate such as disk space and bandwidth. However, it won’t influence your static website greatly.
The other thing is if you want to create a large website with community that will grow. In this case you need to choose dedicated server hosting. Thus, you won’t worry about the limitations and have absolute control over the server.
VPS hosting is just a solution for the projects when shared hosting plan features are not enough but dedicated hosting seems to be superfluous. Such type of hosting provides you with your own virtual server. It means that your site is located on the same server with other sites like in shared hosting, but in this case the server is separated into independent parts that work like standalone servers. It makes VPS hosting similar to dedicated web hosting. They both give you the full control over the server and provide you with a fixed amount of server resources. However, there are some differences to consider.
Let’s look through the main features offered by shared, VPS and dedicated hosting plans that make them unique. Compare and choose the best options to choose host and manage your web site easily for appropriate price.
The main disadvantage of shared hosting is that your site can be influenced by other sites hosted on the same server. Downtime and security issues are the main things you need to consider choosing this type of hosting. However, shared hosting is the best solution for small websites. In this case, with UnLimited hosting plan you won’t be influenced by any of the above mentioned things.
Unless you want to maintain a grandiose email campaign, security problems also should not bother you. To switch to a dedicated server or VPS hosting is a necessity only when your site expands or you are going to build a large community portal with plenty of visitors and various data added all the time.
Talking about UnLimited shared hosting plans that offer you such options as UnLimited disk space or UnLimited bandwidth, you need to consider that such plans still have limitations depending on the server, number and size of other sites hosted. Such plans just allow you not to count how much disk space you need in particular and rely on your host to provide you with the best service. Of course, the more websites you are going to host with shared hosting solution the more problems can occur (e.g. downtime).
When your site becomes something bigger when shared hosting options are not enough you can choose VPS hosting. It is cheaper than dedicated server hosting and provides you with quite the same features to take advantage of. The main difference between dedicated and VPS hosting is that VPS hosting offer you smaller amount of resources. The reason is simple.
When you choose dedicated hosting the whole server is yours. With VPS hosting you have only a part of physical server when the resources are split between its virtual parts. So, choosing this type of web hosting you need to pay attention to the resources provided. Usually, VPS hosting offers you about 512 MB of RAM. On the whole, most middle-sized websites need VPS hosting plans that provide you with flexibility, scalability and security for affordable price.
Dedicated Hosting – Is It Time to Buy It?
Dedicated hosting offers you wider bandwidth, faster internet connection, UnLimited data transfer and bigger memory. On the whole, dedicated server hosting is the best if we are talking about the features provided. It is the best except the price. That’s why it is so important to consider that all its benefits are worth the money you will pay monthly.
When your site becomes really profitable project or you intend to create something breathtaking with plenty of videos, pics, with numerous visitors who create your community and bring you profits. In this case you need dedicated web hosting. Thus, you will be sure in your site performance and security.
Of course, sometimes it is not so easy to switch from $10 per month to $120 per month. However, the benefits are obvious if you really have a large project with email campaigns and shopping carts. With up to 2GB of RAM, several dedicated IP addresses, plenty of disk space you can host several domains forgetting about downtime issues.
You also have complete control with root access to manage your site, set cron jobs and change configuration. There are also special offers for those who have no vast experience in web site programming. In this case you can choose managed dedicated hosting when you should not worry about configuration and monitoring of various services.


text: This is a nice looking little gun. It is the gun known to collectors as the .32 caliber Whitney Model No. 1-1/2 revolver. These were made from 1871 until 1879. According to Flayderman’s guide they only made about 15,000 of this model. This one has the serial number of 424 on the bottom of the handle. The 2-piece rosewood grips are intact and they have a great look. The brass frame still retains some of the original silvered finish in the protected areas. The barrel is full-length at 2-5/8ths inches and across the top you can read the "WHITNEYVILLE ARMORY CT. U.S.A. PAR. MAY 23, 1871”. The action works just as it should. This is the version that fires five shots. This is a lot of gun from the famous Whitney Company.


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Federal Government | Chancellor | German government supports "contract for the web"
German government supports "contract for the web"
Every individual should be able to use the internet – freely, safely, and without fear. That is the intention of the contract for the web which Federal Government Commissioner for Digitalisation Dorothee Bär and Federal Justice Minister Katarina Barley have signed on behalf of the German government in Berlin.
By signing the contract, the German government undertakes to comply with the principles of the contract for the web. These include ensuring that every individual has access to the internet at any time and that the right to privacy is respected.
"The internet is the backbone of digitalisation. The German government protects it as a public good and a fundamental right. We are thus happy to support the principles of this contact," said Federal Government Commissioner for Digitalisation Dorothee Bär.
Federal Justice Minister Katarina Barley stressed, "The internet is a public good. Everybody must have access. That is why it is important that the German government has committed to precisely this today." It is up to politicians and civil society to define the pertinent legal framework and discuss the ethical questions involved.
The German government agreed at its digital retreat in Potsdam in mid-November to sign the contract. The coalition agreement laid the foundations – for instance the plan to create a legal entitlement to across-the-board access to fast internet by 2025.
The idea of a contract for the web came from the father of the world wide web, and founder of the World Wide Web Foundation, Tim Berners-Lee. In November 2018 at the Web Summit in Lisbon he called on citizens, companies and governments to enter into a global social contract for the digital space to ensure an open and free web.
Publication is scheduled for May 2019 – a symbolic date, since by then more than half of the world’s population is to be online. The French government has already announced its support along with numerous organisations and individuals, including Google, Facebook and the former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Federal Government Commissioner for Digitalisation Dorothee Bär and Federal Justice Minister Katarina Barley sign the contract for the web.
What does the contract for the web say?
Respect people’s right to privacy.
Anyone wishing to help create the new contract or support the project can become involved as a company or an individual. There is also a social media campaign #ForTheWeb.

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Elaine Monaghan posted videos of the escape to Twitter, but says it was her daughter and her partner who shot the footage. She wrote that one of the animals came close to her grandchildren, with "Belfast Zoo trying to make out it wasn't a big deal."
Zookeeper Alyn Cairns said trees in the chimps' enclosure had been weakened by recent storms, allowing the animals to break them and fashion a ladder to escape. He told the BBC, "They're intelligent primates and know they're not supposed to be out of their enclosure, so got back in themselves."

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George Tiller was one of the most infamous physicians in the pro-life world. The Kansas abortion provider regularly aborted fetuses, both disabled and healthy, in their final trimester, which few others are willing to do. He further stoked religious ire by retaining a chaplain who offered cremated ashes to parents and baptized aborted remains. But his practices do not fully explain his murder at Wichita’s Reformation Lutheran Church on Sunday.
Violence in the pro-life movement has emerged relatively late in the abortion conflict, only recently claiming the lives of abortion providers. To really understand Tiller’s death, therefore, we need to look beyond his own biography to some of the peculiar historical developments that have made abortion politics in America so distinctive and tragic. Why, when tensions over abortion seem to be at an all-time low, have we seen a spike in anti-abortion violence?
When conflict over abortion gained steam in the 1960s, it was not marked by much stridency despite the political convulsions of that decade. Instead, both sides worked through normal electoral channels, especially by lobbying state legislatures. Pro-choice reformers quietly won incremental victories in states such as California, New York, and Colorado. Pro-life forces, meanwhile, counter-mobilized by lobbying state legislatures and won some notable victories in states like Michigan. Notably, however, there were no street protests, much less clinic bombings or physician murders. As James Risen and Judy L. Thomas depict in Wrath of Angels: The American Abortion War, prior to Roe v. Wade, the pro-life movement was dominated by Catholic doctors and suburban housewives who lobbied their state representatives.
Viewed in this context, the radicalization of the pro-life movement was in many ways a rational adaptation to the shifting political landscape. Roe guaranteed that electoral politics would bring only marginal victories for the pro-life movement, such as parental consent laws and a ban on partial-birth abortion. As Risen and Thomas conclude, “Roe led almost inevitably to revolution and sent opponents out into the street.” The court decision birthed one of the largest campaigns of civil disobedience since the anti-war movement, even as other ’60s movements were dying. According to the National Abortion Federation, there were more than 33,000 arrests and 600 blockades between 1977 and 1993.
Though a tradition of Christian pacifism held sway over the first generation of activists in the rescue movement, some grew exasperated by the late 1970s by the small, ineffectual clinic blockades in cities such as Washington D.C. and St. Louis. Activists such as Joan Andrews began attracting headlines for vandalizing abortion clinics. Once caught, her dogged refusal to cooperate with the criminal justice system earned her solitary confinement and fame as a pro-life martyr. Midnight bombings began. Radicals orchestrated 28 bombings between 1977 and 1993. Some of the perpetrators were Catholic leftists who had cut their political teeth on the anti-war movement. In their destruction of abortion clinics and equipment, for example, such radicals were trying to consciously imitate the “Plowshares” anti-nuclear movement.
Yet as combustible as these circumstances were, abortion providers were not in real jeopardy until recently. Other than the kidnapping of abortion doctor Hector Zevallos by the Army of God in 1982, the radical fringe of the rescue movement largely limited its violence itself to property damage throughout the 1970s and ’80s. Bombings were timed successfully to avoid human casualties.
By the late 1980s, the movement had grown bigger and more aggressive from an influx of evangelical fundamentalists. Unlike the small sit-ins orchestrated by leftist Catholics, Operation Rescue orchestrated large clinic blockages in cities from New York to Los Angeles. The promise of this campaign--and the influence of Operation Rescue--actually controlled violence-prone extremists. Throughout the 1980s, for instance, there was an inverse correlation between abortion-related violence and the success of civil disobedience. As Christopher Keleher found in the DePaul Law Review, “the drop in the number of violent incidents correlated with increase in the number of nonviolent protests.” The nonviolent, civil disobedience seemed to control violence-prone radicals by providing them with an outlet for their pro-life zeal.
But this institutional restraint largely disappeared when Operation Rescue imploded in 1992, partly because of the autocratic management style of its leader, Randall Terry. And perhaps more importantly, many activists simply exhausted their energy and vacation time in jail. These internal failures were greatly compounded by the passage of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act under the Clinton administration, which made it a federal crime to participate in clinic blockades. The collapse of Operation Rescue released violent radicals from any institutional constraints, leaving them to their own darkest desires. As Risen and Thomas explain, “Within two years of [the collapse of rescue], what was left of the movement was dominated by extremists who refused to place any limits on direct action to stop abortion.” Fueling radicalism even further, the Supreme Court upheld Roe just months after the collapse of Operation Rescue.
Violence soon followed. In March of 1993, the first abortion provider, David Gunn, was shot to death. The next year, four more lives were taken on the heels of the publication of A Time to Kill, a murderous manifesto authored by Michael Bray. In 1998, two others died at the hands of pro-life extremists. It was this radical wave of violence, which most observers believed had already crested, that took George Tiller’s life.
After seven deaths in the 1990s, the editors of the Harvard Law Review argued that the crackdown on clinic blockades by the federal government closed one of the only remaining “safety valve[s]” for democratic dissent. The consequence, according to its editors, is that as we have “foreclosed nonviolent outlets of dissent, violence has increased.” First Roe pushed activists out of electoral politics and into the streets, and then the federal crackdown on civil disobedience pushed many others off the streets as well--into even darker corners. So while pro-life activism is declining on a broader level, the lives of abortion providers have never been more imperiled by extremists in the right-to-life movement.
It is, of course, impossible to rerun history without the intervention of the Supreme Court and a federal crackdown on civil disobedience. We don’t really know if the passions this issue excites could have been channeled in a more constructive and peaceful direction, and it is likely that violence would have increased without the government’s involvement. Nonetheless, it is ironic that turbulent 1960s was the decade in which the coolest heads prevailed in abortion politics--and that the lack of radical institutions today may be what has bred the latest round of violence.


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Five seconds of cadenza in Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate would be enough to tell you that there's no more magical stylist among sopranos than Lucy Crowe. In an evening of Allelujas, Glorias and heartfelt Amens beautifully modulated by director of sprightly La Nuova Musica David Bates - henceforth David Peter Bates - hers was the central spot, and you wanted it to go on for ever.
Even as much as she gave - five consecutive movements in Bach's Cantata Jauchzet Gott for soloist, trumpet (the brilliant David Blackadder) and string/continuo ensemble before the interval, four in the Mozart after it - might have killed a lesser singer. But Lucy Crowe still keeps the coloratura light and seemingly effortless, despite knowing how to inject weight and extra radiance when the silvery voice needs it. There's far more colour here than you might expect from an ostensibly light lyric.
Her stage presence is irresistible - even if she was a touch more score-bound in the Bach - and the singular vibrato which is so much part of her vocal personality came into play during stretches like Bach's Chorale "Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren", where Crowe was the radiant centre while two violins and cello held an angelic conversation around her, and the pure opera aria at the core of "Exsultate, jubilate".
When it comes to holding an audience, the soloists who stepped out of the eight-strong La Nuova Musica chorus could have learnt a thing or two: look happy, you're announcing good news! But while the awkward depths of the first aria in Bach's Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland posed some problems for light tenor Simon Wall - it's really baritonal in register - Augusta Herbert had far more vocal personality and strength than her three soprano counterparts from the Monteverdi Choir in the previous Monday's Bach. The novelty in this early Weimar cantata - BWV1, no less - is the celestial pizzicato door-knocking to illustrate the bass's recitative.
Admirable continuity here from Bates (pictured right), whose gestures are a bit more restrained than they used to be, but always make a point you actually hear in the playing. Which was super-refined from first violins sounding as one, the two cellos and bass splendidly resonant in St John's, the oboes and horns added for the later 18th century works cutting characterfully through the textures (a moment when first oboist Leo Duarte duetted with Crowe in the Mozart brought smiles all round).
Haydn's blessedly brief Missa Sancti Nicolai rounded off a light-filled evening. There isn't a lot of individuality beyond the rococo church cliches here - only the "Amens" of the Gloria, perhaps, and the affirmative unity of voices against more elaborate instrumental writing in the Sanctus - but the brevity is a joy in itself, and the buoyant flow of movements, a Bates speciality, kept us on our toes. The gentle icing on the cake was the team's Bach-chorale contribution to an admirable Facebook project, Carols for Cancer. If they'd been able to follow the German model and produce a CD of the entire concert, I'd have bought one on the way out.
The only time I've ever encountered it in action was at a Cologne performance of Mahler's Eighth Symphony - the CDs were pouring out of the machines as the audience left. Never come across it here, but there are a few occasions where I wish I could go away with that specific performance, and this was one of those nights.


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Richmond City Council is asking Transport Canada to reject or amend an application from the Vancouver Airport Authority for significant changes to federal Airport Zoning Regulations within Richmond. Instead, the City is calling for the Vancouver Airport Authority to undertake public consultation on the proposed new regulations and make other key changes to the proposed new regulations in order to protect the interests of Richmond residents and property owners.
Transport Canada sets Airport Zoning Regulations for areas under airport runway flight paths, which supersede local zoning regulations. Richmond City Council is opposed to the application and has raised its concerns with Transport Canada.
Of significant concern to the City is the Airport Authority’s decision to proceed with its application to Transport Canada without direct public consultation with the impacted residents, property owners and the City. The City is also concerned that the proposed changes do not limit use of the proposed third runway to landings only and that the application seeks reductions of building heights within parts of Richmond City Centre, which are contrary to existing local and regional plans.
The City is also seeking adjustments to the Airport Authority’s proposed new building height limits beneath the flight path of the new runway. The proposed new building height limits would disrupt well established land use plans adopted by local and regional authorities. They would create considerable deviations from the planned land use density patterns and building forms which are currently permitted under the existing Zoning Bylaw and envisioned in the Richmond Official Community Plan. It would impact many proposed developments that are already well advanced in the planning and development stage and negatively impact property owners who’ve made significant investments based on existing policies.
The City made its best efforts to reach an agreement with the airport Authority on the proposed regulations that would have protected the needs and interests of our community, and minimized the negative impacts on development while also supporting the continued evolution of the airport. However, the Airport Authority has rejected the City’s proposed amendments and is proceeding unilaterally to seek approval from Transport Canada for its plans.
Richmond City Council is committed to ensuring that the public is adequately consulted about any significant changes impacting on Richmond before considering support for the Airport Authority’s application to Transport Canada. The City has expressed its concerns to Vancouver Airport Authority and has raised its concerns with Transport Canada and the federal Minister of Transport.

industry_corpus2: Transportation