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THE 31st meeting of the High-Level Task Force on Asean Economic Integration (HLTF-EI) convened on February 16 to discuss and recommend mechanisms that will support and strengthen the implementation of the AEC Blueprint 2025 toward greater regional cohesion and integration.
The 31st HLTF-EI meeting gathers Asean high-ranking trade officials in consultations on how the region can effectively address emerging challenges in a dynamic global environment. The Philippines will be represented by Dr. Ceferino S. Rodolfo, undersecretary for Industry Development of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and managing head of the Board of Investments.
"The Asean High-Level Task Force is considered a visionary group that assesses the progress of the region's economic integration and proposes measures that will be submitted to the ministers who, in turn, will discuss these at the Asean Economic Ministers' Retreat in March 2017. The meeting gives us the opportunity to consult each other on several matters to ensure that the benefits of integration are fully realized and shared by everyone in Asean. Strengthening compliance and monitoring our AEC commitments, and finding ways to deepen engagement with our stakeholders in designing and implementing regional strategies and initiatives are some of the topics we will focus on during the meeting," Rodolfo said.
In light of the substantial progress of Asean's economic integration, the AEC Blueprint 2025 requires a stronger undertaking in the presence of wider competition and vast opportunities in goods, services, skilled labor, investments and capital.
The meeting's agenda includes the presentation of the Philippines's economic priority deliverables for its Asean 2017 chairmanship, with the theme "Partnering for Change, Engaging the World", as well as the commemorative events and activities to celebrate Asean's 50th anniversary.
"For the Philippines, priority is in pushing for an Asean driven by inclusiveness and innovation," the Philippine HLTF-EI lead highlighted. "One measure of success for this hosting is in terms of how many Filipinos and Asean nationals are we able to lift out of poverty through the policies and cooperative projects that we are able to introduce, institutionalize and implement during the hosting year."
The Philippines's agenda fully supports Asean in its Golden Jubilee year with specific actions that promote deeper and meaningful engagement with stakeholders and provide steps toward regional integration and cooperation.
The HLTF-EI is composed of Asean's trade vice ministers from the 10 Asean economies, and functions primarily as an advisory body to the economic ministers of the Asean member-states.
Its primary responsibility is to ensure that the 10 Asean economies are on track and on time with the plans and programs intended to realize regional economic integration and achieve the vision of an Asean Economic Community. The 31st HLTF-EI meeting was held on February 15 and 16 in Manila.
Source: http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/asean-high-level-task-force-discusses-priority-measures-toward-aec-2025/
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Encompassing 11 acres overlooking a marina, this resort includes a private club on the white-sand beaches of nearby Lido Key; the galleries, shops, and restaurants of St. Armand's Circle in Sarasota are 2 miles away.
The resort's award-winning spa offers about 100 beauty and wellness treatments. The Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club, designed by Tom Fazio, is just 20 minutes away and accessible via complimentary shuttle.
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Four miles from the hotel, on the white-sand beaches of Lido Key in Sarasota, the Ritz-Carlton Members Beach Club is a 30,000-square-foot facility with private beach access, a beachside pool, a children's pool, children's programs, and a variety of dining options. Complimentary shuttle service is available to the club.
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This luxury resort offers 266 guestrooms, all with private balconies overlooking Sarasota Bay, the marina, or the city skyline. Rooms at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota have plush feather beds with down or foam pillows. High-speed Internet access is complimentary. Other features include desks, three telephones, CD players, complimentary premium channels, laptop-compatible safes, and minibars. Italian-marble bathrooms have telephones, European toiletries, handheld showers, scales, slippers, and bathrobes.

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"Sadly, Africa continues to face unprecedented challenges in terms of poaching, driven by the flourishing illegal trade in wildlife parts. Africa's Elephant population has crashed from 1,3000,000 in 1979 to approximately just 400,000 today.
The rangers face grave danger every day. Over the last 10 years over 1000 rangers have given their lives in the name of conservation.
We live in a sorry world where an Elephant requires the sacrifice of a human being for its own survival. But these people cannot face the bullets and the threats alone, it is up to governments and international bodies to unite behind them, to ensure that their efforts on the ground are fruitful."
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If you aren't up on Kyte - Get with it. It is basically the new Youtube, but the cool thing about Kyte is that it allows users to upload video from their video camera enabled cell phones. With this technology a great deal of celebs are using the medium to further connect with their followers. I follow a few Kyte channels and when I see a cool clip I will be posting them this year. Check out Kanye's artist, Consequence in the studio with 'Ye and Q-Tip. Kanye gives the exclusive on his new Louis Vuitton sneakers.
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Today is New Year's Day. Numerically, it's 1/1.
So what, you say.
So it's an auspicious day to talk about the Illuminati's penchant for the number 11.
I was introduced to Illuminati numerology by Captain Eric May, the Army Intelligence Analyst turned mainstream op-ed writer. I helped convince Captain May to come out publicly for 9/11 truth in 2005, and published his "coming out article" at MUJCA.com. Needless to say, that ended his career writing op-eds for NBC News.
When Captain May first told me it was no accident the Illuminati picked September ELEVENTH for their big human sacrifice, I thought he was out of his mind. He pointed out: "There are 911 days between 9/11 (2001) and 3/11 (the Madrid bombings), a notable fact, made all the more notable by the fact that 9/11 and 3/11 are numerically connected in another way: the first numeric digits. 9 is the square of 3, as 3 is the square root of 9."
It sounded like the John Nash character in "A Beautiful Mind." Captain May explained that the Illuminati had put out "A Beautiful Mind" in 2001 as a pre-emptive strike against people like him who might figure out their 9/11 codes.
Was Captain May crazy, a genius…or both, like John Nash?
When Captain May came down with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) not long after taking on the "Synagogue of Satan" I took it as an indication that he might be on to something.
Then I started looking seriously at the evidence that 9/11 was a human sacrifice, and that the perpetrators were linked to freemasonry – which apparently rules Washington DC in reality, not just in Dan Brown's imagination. I spoke with William Ramsey, author of a book arguing that the 9/11 perps were disciples of Aleister Crowley. I spoke with ex-Illuminati whistleblower Michael Adair and anti-Illuminati info-activist Henry Makow. And I did several interviews with Christopher Bollyn, who argues that the Jewish-Zionist freemasons of B'nai B'rith are the biggest force in freemasonry…and the logical suspects in the 9/11 coup d'état, a shock-and-awe operation that consolidated power over both the US government and the world of freemasonry. (The spectacular demolitions of Jachim and Boaz were obviously a message to masons everywhere signifying a hostile takeover of The Craft.)
In the end, I had to admit that Captain May was right: The Synagogue of Satan that carried out 9/11 seems to have an affinity for the number 11.
So in honor of 1/1, here are 11 cases of Illuminati numerology.
1. The New World Order banksters introduced the Euro on 1/1 of 1999. Note that the digits "999″ are not just "666″ upside down, they also contain "99″ which is a multiple of 11…and not just any multiple! 1/1/1999 does seem to bear an uncanny resemblance to 9/11, which a few years later became the biggest, most emotionally powerful numeric symbol in human history.
2. On 1/1/1999 the Euro was introduced in exactly 11 countries.
3. As mentioned earlier, the Twin Towers were obviously the Twin Pillars of Jachim and Boaz, the primordial symbols of freemasonry…which together formed a gigantic number 11. This is probably the main source of Illuminati fascination with 11.
4. Since in the decimal system 10 represents transcendence (i.e. God), 11 one-ups transcendence. In other words, it fancies itself better than God. Hence the Satanic fascination with "going to 11."


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1. Mark your chosen position on the wall. Next, position the Hardwall Takker drill bit on the mark for drilling the hole (Fig.1). Hold the Hardwall Takker in one hand and push it firmly against the wall. Preferably the Takker should be positioned at shoulder height to provide maximum stability.
With your other hand, simply turn the drilling handle clockwise while applying firm pressure. Continue turning the handle firmly until the red floating base compresses until it touches the grey coloured body of the Hardwall Takker (Fig.2). When this happens you know you have drilled exactly the right depth of hole for the Hardwall Takk.
2. Empty the debris from the dust collector in the red floating base of the Hardwall Takker (Fig.3). Take a Hardwall Takk stored in the red lid on the handle (Fig.4) and place into the Takk inserter found on the side of the Hardwall Takker.
Align the Hardwall Takk with the hole and push firmly. You are now ready to attach the hook accessory and hang your object.
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Pet Shop Boys' highly anticipated new studio album, "Hotspot", will be released this on Friday, January 24th on x2 Records/Kobalt.
It's just over two weeks until "Musik", written by Jonathan Harvey with songs by Neil and Chris and starring Frances Barber as Billie Trix, begins a four-week run in London's West End
There's a five-star review of the new "Hotspot" album in the Mail newspaper today. Link below.
The latest issue of "Musik Express" magazine in Germany has a 12-page PSB feature and a cover-mounted 7-inch single. It's on sale now. More details at the link below.
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text: 23rd Apr 10:14 There are many highly topical issues surrounding the organisation and efficiency of work processes. Time-management is arguably the most common, but within this broad topic falls many similar skills such as prioritisation, delegation and communication, that all have an immediate effect on the efficiency of an organisation. The effectiveness of the workforce seems to be the main concern of companies analyzing and assessing their workers, but how can this efficiency be optimised when fundamentally it is often the processes themselves that are outdated and grossly inefficient? Of the many procedures that are undertaken in the back office on a daily basis, there is one that is remarkably inefficient, time-consuming and a large drain on a company's finances and resources: invoice processing. Removing Inefficiencies The reason that invoice processing is so inefficient is elementary: paper invoicing is labor intensive, uneconomical, error prone, outdated and expensive. In fact, paper invoice processing can cost between US$5 and $25 per invoice; in time lost due to postal delays, lost items, incorrect data entry on receipt, and multiple checks along the way. The subsequent delays mean that it can take weeks just to get the information into the buyer's computer system, leaving the buyer without a good view of commitments in the meantime, and with the supplier unlikely to be paid on time. The inefficiencies of paper based invoicing are clear, but why has it taken so long for electronic invoicing to evolve? There have indeed been many attempts to solve the inefficient nature of invoicing, but since there are no universal data standards and no uniform template, computers cannot communicate and the process is therefore hard to automate. For many years, business-to-business electronic commerce has been conducted through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and while this has been used for invoicing, it was proven to be expensive and difficult to implement. Few companies managed to automate more than 5 percent of invoice volumes. EDI was, however, an invaluable tool for demonstrating the benefits of paperless invoicing and set the foundations for the inception of electronic invoicing at a lower invoice processing cost. Traditional Solutions Another main obstacle preventing the adoption of electronic invoicing has been that, traditionally, e-invoicing wasn't allowed in all geographies; it was the E-Invoicing Directive in January 2004, which ruled that countries in Europe could legally accept invoices electronically. This was not, of course, without complications, however, as each member state chose to implement the directive in different ways, meaning that there are 29 different versions of the directive, making it extremely complicated for companies to navigate through the mine field themselves. Only a small number of solutions have emerged that enable businesses to send and receive invoices electronically -- without the need for hardware or software -- but, crucially, they are designed to operate across borders and enable all suppliers to participate. These are EDI, scanning and OCR (Optical Character Recognition). EDI is a point-to-point link that relies on standards and is expensive for suppliers. Scanning means documents are scanned and then entered into an accounts-processing system. This means that the paper is not eliminated at source and an additional touch point is created in the process. While OCR accuracy is improving, it is still not close to 100 percent -- which means that manual intervention is required to check data. Implementing electronic invoicing -- putting the theory in practice. OyezStraker's Story The OyezStraker Group is one of the UK's leading office products and business services companies, providing office supplies, furniture, litigation support and legal forms in order to help businesses maximize efficiency. By January 2005, following a growth in its business, OyezStraker Office Supplies UK (OSOS) noticed an escalation in the number of paper invoices that required processing. With this increased workload came the stress of trying to manage a growing number of supplier inquiries and reams of paper. It was clear that an alternative to paper processing was needed. OSOS had already successfully implemented EDI links with two key suppliers, but at a high cost, making this approach inappropriate for its supplier base of 1,500 vendors. In order to capture all 1,500 suppliers, OSOS needed an e-invoicing solution which was flexible and cost-effective. According to Andrew Mobbs, Financial Accountant, OSOS, "EDI is an expensive solution and requires significant IT resource to implement. It took OSOS three months to set up just one link -- so it was simply not scaleable." Having met with a number of solution providers, OSOS selected OB10 as its e-invoicing partner in March 2005. The OB10 service extracts invoice data directly from a supplier's billing system and sends it directly to OSOS' in-house ERP (enterprise resource planning) system -- eliminating the need to process, manually key-in, or store paper invoices. However, OyezStraker's decision to use OB10 was also largely based on OBIO's superior supplier enrollment capabilities, and its ability to work with suppliers of different size or technical sophistication. Positive Uptake by Month 3 Andrew Mobbs adds, "OB10 was the only vendor who could prove the effectiveness of previous supplier enrollment campaigns and who could guarantee a conversion rate of 70 percent of invoice volumes by month 12. We were also impressed by how easy OB10 made it for suppliers to participate." In March 2005, OSOS and OB10 began communicating the e-invoicing initiative with their suppliers. "We didn't make the use of e-invoicing compulsory," said Andrew Mobbs, "but we expect key trading partners to adopt the solution to maintain their 'preferred supplier' status. In some cases, and for new suppliers the use of OB10 is a condition of doing business with us. We also had a strong buy-in internally, which meant that our messaging to suppliers was consistent across the business." By month three of the campaign, OSOS began to see a positive uptake of OB10, which boosted the volume of invoices that were being received electronically to 20 percent -- an impressive result early in the campaign. When OSOS launched the e-invoicing campaign with OB10, the company had a number of key requirements. "Essentially, we were looking to increase control over our processes," commented Andrew Mobbs. "In the past we suffered from invoices getting lost or delayed in the post, which meant that we were dealing with a high number of supplier grievances. As we were handling large volumes of paper, we had poor visibility of invoices coming in to OSOS. OB10 provided an immediate solution to that challenge because we had guaranteed receipt of invoices and also there was complete transparency for suppliers. Simply put, receiving invoices electronically through OB10 is more manageable." The accounts payable team was the first to feel the benefits of e-invoicing. At the outset, OSOS had set a target refocus the purchase ledger team away from data entry and into more value adding roles. "By month three of the campaign, we were already receiving a large number of invoices electronically. This change freed up key members of the team to work in a more proactive way with suppliers, creating strategic relationships which would positively impact future purchasing. It fact, it created a real culture change," remarked Mobbs. Purchase Orders The second key driver of the campaign was to improve purchase order (PO) compliance. Previous attempts to encourage suppliers to use POs had achieved moderate success. With e-invoicing the process was significantly easier. Suppliers that are required to send POs are flagged in the system, and if they attempt to send an invoice without a PO it is immediately rejected and an error message sent to the supplier. "By kicking back invoices that don't contain POs, suppliers soon get the message that this is an important part of invoicing OSOS. We achieved PO compliance with OB10 users almost overnight," Mobbs stated. OB10 has also positively impacted procurement. "It's comforting for Procurement to know that invoices are guaranteed delivery and that suppliers can be paid on time," Mobbs continued. "This puts them in a strong position when it comes to renegotiating contracts. OB10 also provides a superior reporting capability which means that procurement can make more informed purchasing decisions." A deciding factor of OSOS' selection of OB10 was OBI0's track record in recruiting suppliers to the network. After nine months of the campaign, 50 percent of invoice volumes are being received electronically. This is expected to increase to 70 percent by month 12. Following the success of the campaign so far, OSOS has managed to reduce costs in its Purchase Ledger team by 30 percent, and is well on target to achieve return on investment (ROI) by month 11. OSOS is now promoting OB10 to a wider section of low volume suppliers, and the hope is to see paper invoice processing phased out almost completely in the coming months. The Way Forward Although many contributing factors conspired against e-invoicing (and certainly prolonged its adoption), it clearly represents the way of invoicing for the future. Buyers will benefit from an existing (and growing) global supplier network, as well as significant cost savings and rapid ROI gained through improved processes. Other benefits will include better reporting and forecasting, improved cash flow management, support for corporate governance, and the opportunity to leverage existing investments in ERP and EDI. 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When you or a loved one is in need of mental health support, treatment or services, it's difficult to know where to start. No doubt you have a lot of questions, bigger questions than what could possibly be answered by one person or one website. But the first step in a healthy direction is always worth taking.
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National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention – The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention is a nonprofit organization devoted to transforming health systems and reducing the number of suicides with innovative suicide prevention and care.
American Psychological Association – The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States.
National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems – The National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) offers advocacy as well as clinical, financial and administrative resources for psychiatric patients and providers.
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The auto collision repair field has become an increasingly complex industry. The changing design of the automobile has resulted in an increased application of ultra-sensitive high-strength steel parts and the expanded use of molded composition and plastics for exterior panels.
The increased use of sophisticated electronic systems has further mandated that repair technicians be skilled in a variety of areas outside of the actual collision repair phase. Electronics is playing a large role in the function of the vehicle and affects such areas as the brakes, suspension and steering. These areas are frequently damaged in a collision and must be dealt with in the repair of affected vehicles.
The repair ethics used in repairing collision-damaged vehicles have far-reaching effects as the legal system has played an expanded role in the negotiation and settling of customer claims and complaints. The Auto Collision program is certified in Automotive Service Excellence by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation.
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Employment of automotive body repairers is expected to grow by 19 percent over the 2010-20 decade. The number of vehicles on the road is expected to continue increasing over the next decade. This will lead to overall growth in the demand for collision repair services. Median yearly wages of automotive body and related repairers, including incentive pay is $38,130. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $22,990, and the top 10 percent earned more than $64,320.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
New Chandelier Set!
Just got this set at my LSS (local stamp store), Rubber Stamp Fantasy (the happiest place on Earth!!) on Saturday. It is 'Chandelier' by The Stamping Studio.
I made this card for THIS.
The card measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2.
There is a small self adhesive rhinestone at the top of the chandelier.
And the chandelier is outlined in clear spica and stardust sakura pens.
Here's a close up, a little dark, but you can see where the shimmer is:
Stamps: Chandelier set by the stamping studio
Paper: white, black, PTI Aqua Mist, PTI dp, Star fish and dreams Cellery
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: black ep, self adhesive rhinestones, rhinestone brad, clear spica, stardust sakura, PTI aqua mist twill, cb textile folder, dimensionals
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- Nicole said...
Beautiful card, color selection is perfect for that stamp, too! VERY ELEGANT!
- May 8, 2008 at 8:01 PM
- ~amy~ said...
Oooohhh...I love it!!! I'm partial to chandeliers...
- May 9, 2008 at 12:49 AM
- Unknown said...
Wow Jennifer! I love this stamp, this paper, everything...now off to visit this site!
- May 9, 2008 at 1:02 AM
- Linsey R said...
oh, I love this chandelier, but I have yet to see it so sparkling and lit up! Your card is absolutely beautiful!
- May 9, 2008 at 12:47 PM
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The other day, we were lucky enough tospend a whole day playing it in a room full of journos, top players and Capcom folk. Most notable ofthose Capcom folk? Yoshinori Ono, the game's Producer, and he had a few interesting things to say (once he was done with the Hadokens).
Above:Super IVis as vibrant and eye-popping as the series has ever been
First up, you might have heard recently that Super Street Fighter IV will be the last game in the SFIV series. It now looks like that might not necessarily be the case. Having previously let slip the fact that a SSFIV coin-op cabinet is on the way (something else that was previously denied), Ono-san spoke a little more of his plans, and revealed that it's still possible that the arcade unit could spawn yet another upgraded version of the game:
"We're happy that we can finally get on with it. What should be in it, I have absolutely no idea. What kind of characters would you like in it?
Honestly, I don't quite know what to do with the arcade version, whether to straight port it or whether to add anything else in. What you want to do is buy Super Street Fighter IV, play it, and then let us know what you think about it, by e-mail, letter, anything"
So it seems things are a little less clean-cut than previously thought.Whether the arcade SSFIV is just that or a so-far unimagined Super Turbo Hyper Mega Ultra X Reload version seems to be in the hands of the fans. And we'd assume that'll also be the case for any sort of home port. But please Capcom, if you do decide to addone or two more newcharacters, DLC this time, seriously.
Above: Turkish oil-wrestler Hakan is one of the seies' most ridiculous additions
He also commented on Street Fighter's long history of using blunt and cartoonish racial stereotypes in its character roster. Rather than being offensive, Ono-san seems to feel, as many Street Fighter fans do, that every country is treated equally, and with a sense of fun. Discussing new oil-wrestling comedy Turk Hakan, he said:
"Don't you think in the classic Street Fighter roster there have been some crazy characters, like Dhalsim and Blanka? My inspiration for Hakan was basically to revive the wacky, very Street Fighter-esque characters back into the roster. So like Dhalsim and Blanka, I see Hakan standing next to them.
Why Turkey, I don't know. We'd been researching into alltheir various fighting styles, and it was very inspiring. Perhaps he looks quite normal to Turkish people (big laugh) but to me he looks quite bizarre, so he's a good fit for Street Fighter IV.
On the other hand, E. Honda is a ridiculous character to a Japanese person. No-one like that exists. In the same way, Hakan perhaps would be accepted anywhere but Turkey. If you could tell your Turkish friends, if anyone asks, just say someone in Japan decided to do that, and they're just playing with it"
Above: Ono's constant giddy enthusiasm just doesn't come across in text, unfortunately
And speaking of the roster, he also let slip who the game's development team currently sees as the best:
"When it hits half past five, the dev team put their battle chips out on the table and start playing. And the moment the top winner is usually Akuma, then Juri and then Dudley. Those three are at the top of our table. Though as you know if you've played with me already, the developers aren't actually very good. So when you play it, obviously the top three, top five will be so different"
And on the all-important,much-argued, lunchtime-ruining debate of whether any tactic in Street Fighter can ever be considered cheap? (Justin says yes, Dave H says no. Usually while winning). Ono-san's philosophy is simple. Unless something is broken, everything is fair game:
"We've left Super Street Fighter IV an open-ended game, so obviously you might find some special combos where you have to find a particular frame, but if you can actually find that and pull it off... Anything that's possible in the game isn't cheap, because if it's possible then it's doable"
Can't argue with that. If everyone has access to the same tools, then no-one can complain about them being used.
But what's your feeling on Super Street Fighter IV? As excited as you were about the first one? Moreso? Do you begrudge an upgrade appearing at all? Or did you always prefer Pitfighter anyway? Let us know in the comments, or through our portals onFacebookandTwitter.


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The NPPR charge has not been deductible for landlords against rental income for income tax purposes. However, a recent High Court case has determined that the NPPR charge is an allowable deduction.
Revenue has lodged an appeal against the High Court decision. Repayment claims made to Revenue, within the 4-year statutory time limit, will be retained until the outcome of the appeal is known.
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We are pleased to offer post-surgical instructions for our patients who have received oral surgery. We encourage you to contact our team at 602-788-2008 if you have any questions on this information. Dr. Angel will do her best to provide instructions during your treatment, but here a few guidelines to which you may refer before or after your visit. These recommendations, of course, depends on the type of dental care you receive.
- Apply pressure on the wound by biting on the gauze. This will help to control any bleeding. Changing the gauze every few minutes for the first few hours and applying a cold compress will also help immensely.
- Eat soft foods. The surgical site will be sore for the first few days. We recommend eating soft foods until your surgical site has time to begin healing.
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The discipline of Old Testament theology continues to be in flux as diverse approaches vie for dominance. Into the stream Paul R. House sends this student-friendly offering that should prove useful to a wide audience. Following introductory chapters on the history of the discipline and his own method, House discusses the theological emphases of each book in the order of the Hebrew canon. Readers with little prior background will find House's thematic surveys particularly helpful for coming to grips with basic biblical content as well as for probing the theological nuances of individual parts of the canon.
The book concludes by forging a set of summary statements concerning God and his character, the people of God, and links between the Old and New Testaments that suggest avenues for the exploration of a full biblical theology.
Paul R. House is Associate Dean and Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University in Alabama. He is also the author of Old Testament Survey, available from Logos in the Hebrew History Collection (3 Vols.), and Unity of the Twelve, available from Logos in the History of Israel Collection (19 Vols.).


text: Some experts think that the overly aggressive marketing of HPV vaccine Gardasil and the lobbying of Gardasil manufacturer Merck has led to the vaccine's potential over-prescription. According to the New York Times, "Some experts worry about the consequences of the rapid rollout of the new vaccines without more medical evidence about how best to deploy them. They say that because of the aggressive marketing, even parents of girls who are far from being sexually active may feel pressured into giving them a vaccine that is not yet needed and whose long-term impact is still unclear." Merck, of course, has already made big buckies with their zealous Gardasil-selling. Gardasil has "a projected sales of $1.4 billion to $1.6 billion outside Europe this year, and more from sales in Europe, where Merck sells the vaccine through a joint venture with Sanofi Aventis," the Times reports. [NY Times]


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Originally Posted: 20 September 2009
11th Hour For California's Wild Burros And Horses
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Contact President Obama, Senator Feinstein and Senator Boxer to intervene and stop The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from continuing what has been called "America's Summer of the Wild Horse and Burro Wipe-Out."
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Dear President Obama, Senator Feinstein, and Senator Boxer:
The Bureau of Land Management has been on a rampage many call "America's Summer of the Wild Horse and Burro Wipe-Out."
BLM has misused the Wild Horse and Burro Program for years, managing for extinction rather than preservation. Instead of protecting our beloved wild horse and burro herds, BLM caves to pressure from special interests such as big game hunting, mining, oil drilling, development, and ranching.
On September 29, 2009, BLM will permanently erase California's last wild burro herds from the Mojave Natural Preserve -- unless you stop it.
Since last month alone, BLM eliminated 12 horse herds, along with 1.6 million acres of legally designated land in Ely, Nevada. These historical bloodlines are lost forever. In Wyoming, BLM seized 300 horses. In Challis, Idaho, a roundup of 400 horses left six dead and six foals orphaned.
BLM recently reduced Cloud's Herd, famously documented on PBS Nature series, to 120 horses -- too few for genetic viability. And they removed the herd's "elders," horses crucial to herd survival.
But BLM is not finished. In upcoming weeks, 270 wild horses will vanish from Caliente, Nevada. Over 200 others will be confiscated from ranges in Idaho, 450 in Tobin, Nevada, nearly 500 in Oregon, and 650 in California. Wyoming's Red Desert Complex will lose 700 wild horses, including 250 foals.
Taxpayers shell out an annual $25 to $49 million to sustain more than 30,000 captured wild horses and burros in federal compounds. Despite BLM denial, it is believed surplus American horses are commonly sold to "killer buyers" and shipped to foreign slaughterhouses.
During these hard economic times, the fiscally responsible solution is to return the 19 million acres that BLM illegally stole from these animals and manage herds on the land, not in holding pens.
Please call for an immediate stop to removal of wild burro herds in the Mojave Desert on 9/29/09. I hope you will do everything within your power to terminate more roundups and hold BLM and DOI accountable for their non-compliance with laws meant to shield our treasured herds.
President Obama's administration promised government transparency and accountability. I call upon you to fulfill that promise with the Bureau of Land Management, an agency that acts as a law unto itself.
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CategoriesAll | Mystery / Crime | Suspense / Thriller
by Robin Cook
The New York Times–bestselling author and master of the medical thriller returns with a top-notch fusion of groundbreaking medical science and edge-of-your-seat suspense.
George Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. The smartphone is poised to take on a new role in medicine, no longer as a mere medical app but rather as a fully customizable personal physician capable of diagnosing and treating even better than the real thing. It is called iDoc.
George's initial collision with this incredible innovation is devastating. He awakens one morning to find his fiancée dead in bed alongside him, not long after she participated in an iDoc beta test. Then several of his patients die after undergoing imaging procedures. All of them had been part of the same beta test.
Is it possible that iDoc is being subverted by hackers—and that the U.S. government is involved in a cover-up? Despite threats to both his career and his freedom, George relentlessly seeks the truth, knowing that if he's right, the consequences could be lethal.
Book Details
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult (February 4, 2014)
Language: English
About the Author
Dr. Robin Cook is the author of thirty previous books, most recently Nano, and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his wildly successful first novel, Coma. He divides his time between Boston and Florida. His most recent bestsellers include Death Benefit, Cure, and Intervention.


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Many rental company owners are managing two businesses at once. For some folks it's because they have a more "full-time" business they were doing before entering the rental industry. For others it's that they began with one company and that company gradually evolved into two distinct offerings. For example, in the event industry, it's
Storing & Cleaning Your Vintage Rentals
Starting a vintage decor rental business is an exciting time; you make the decision to begin, choose a name, design a logo, and begin gathering inventory. You see so many beautiful designs on social media, and can't wait to get to that point! You start to build a collection and soon notice a problem:
How to Make Your Rental Business Stand Out
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It's no secret that the US wedding industry is worth a lot of money; in fact, the value of the wedding industry in 2016 was an estimated $72 billion, according to MarketResearch.com. There are a lot of opportunities to make money in this industry, and therefore, many competitors.
How to Start a Vintage Rental Business
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With his squad severely depleted by injury and international call-ups, Mark Anscombe rang the changes for the Ulster starting XV to face the Warriors, handing full debuts to Neil Walsh on the wing and Conor Joyce in the back row. Among the backs, both Andrew Trimble and Paddy Wallace lined up in unfamiliar roles - centre and out-half respectively, while a new-look pack saw Callum Black, Nigel Brady, Neil McComb and Ali Birch make rare starts.
The Warriors escaped unscathed from an early Pienaar penalty attempt after collapsing a second-minute scrum, but the Springbok made no mistake on five minutes, nailing a central kick from distance as Tongan prop Ofa Fainga'anaku was pulled up again, this time for illegally killing the ball. Glasgow responded well with sustained pressure from the restart, but failed to capitalise when Horne's 11th-minute penalty fell short of the posts.
The hosts continued to press, however, and were well worth the 14th-minute overlap try touched down by second row Tim Swinson from Mark Bennett's pass. Horne's conversion effort veered wide, however, which enabled Ulster to edge back into the lead three minutes later as Pienaar kicked over from close range after Josh Strauss had illegally impeded Birch off the ball metres from the try-line.
The teams roughly shared possession and territory as the half progressed, but a mix-up at an Ulster scrum on 27 minutes, where Pienaar seemed to take his eye off the ball for long enough to allow his opposite number Nikola Matawalu in to pilfer, saw Tommy Seymour scoot into the corner for his second try of the 2012/ 13 campaign against his former province. Horne's miserable night from the boot continued, however, as his conversion again spun wide, and the score stood at Glasgow 10 Ulster 6.
Ulster offered up a spirited reaction, with several phases of rapid attack eventually forcing the Glasgow defence into another infringement on the '22'. Pienaar's kick uncharacteristically spiralled wide of the left-hand post, however, to ensure the visitors ran off four points adrift at the break.
Half-Time Score Glasgow Warriors 10 Ulster 6
The second period got off to a nightmarish start for Ulster, as Peter Murchie charged down Wallace's clearance attempt metres from the try-line, and was quickest to react as the ball dropped for the simplest of tries. Horne missed his conversion once more, but with the Warriors now overflowing with confidence, it took assiduous defending from every Ulsterman to resist the blue tide as it surged forward once again straight from the restart.
Pienaar closed the gap to six points courtesy of a 50th-minute penalty to keep his side in contention, and with Darren Cave, Paul Marshall and Rob Herring all entering the fray at this juncture, Ulster then enjoyed their best period of possession in the entire match. Frustratingly, however, they failed to register any further points during this 10-minute purple patch, which ended with the overruling of a Robbie Diack touchdown by referee Nigel Owens for a very marginal forward pass.
With the clock sitting at 65 minutes, Ulster's dominance finally translated into points with a well-executed overlap on the wing, which saw Cave find Olding wide on the right for the youngster's first senior try. Pienaar's acutely-angled conversion missed the posts, leaving the encounter hanging precariously in the balance at Glasgow 15 Ulster 14.
Man-of-the-match Matawalu proved to be the difference on 73 minutes, finishing off a move he himself had started with a flicked sideways pass to Graeme Morrison, and outpacing the Ulster defence as he retrieved the ball to ground behind the posts. Inexplicably, Horne's elementary conversion somehow screwed wide of the upright, giving Ulster a brief glimmer of hope, as a converted try would have won them the match by a solitary point.
The visitors gave it their all as the clock wound down, but as Walsh ran out of space on the right wing with only 60 seconds remaining, their faint chance evaporated into the chilly Glaswegian air, with the only consolation the losing bonus point which ensures that the league leaders go into Round 17 with a three-point lead over the Warriors.
Full-Time Score Glasgow Warriors 20 Ulster 14
Glasgow Warriors
(15 - 9) P Murchie; T Seymour, M Bennett, A Dunbar, DTH van der Merwe; P Horne, N Matawalu
(1 - 8) O Fainga'anaku, P MacArthur, E Kalman, T Swinson, T Ryder, J Strauss, J Barclay, R Wilson (c)
Replacements (16 - 23) F Brown, L Pettie, G Mountford, N Campbell, J Eddie, S Kennedy, S Wight, G Morrison
(15 - 9) R Andrew; M Allen, A Trimble, S Olding, N Walsh; P Wallace, R Pienaar
(1 - 8) C Black, N Brady, J Afoa (c), N McComb, D Tuohy, C Joyce, A Birch, R Diack
Replacements (16 - 23) R Herring, R Lutton, A Warwick, A O'Connor, M McComish, P Marshall, D Cave, C Cochrane
|Glasgow Warriors Score Card
|Peter Murchie
|Tommy Seymour
|Tim Swinson
|Nikola Matawalu
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Oops, I said I'd do the '5 Tips to be a Loser' today, but I'll do that after I've got this current idea out of my head.
I was listening to ABC Radio National the other day and there was an interesting programme on about design, I think the programme is called In Design. There was discussion about underground stations in America and how the designers realised that there were different locations where crowds and groups of people would congregate. A 'choking effect' was happening within the rabbit warrens that make up larger stations. I don't remember the detail, however if we think about this practically, these could turn into areas where problems of rubbish, loitering and petty theft could increase, not to mention the inherent safety of large groups of undirected people.
The solution to these problems was found in signage. If people knew where they were going clearly then they would keep moving.
I have a model (currently) called the 3 Cs. I believe to get in to the activated part of our flow, the deep and powerful part, we need just three things. The beauty of this model is that you already do it in areas important to you; I'm not teaching you anything you don't already know. I just feel this model is a simple way to help us in any moment to achieve the best outcome.
Confidence: Part of the source of being in flow is believing in ourselves. I believe in the art of goal setting and I love planning, however I feel that if we create these plans and set these goals, we are helpless if we don't believe we can achieve them. Building our inner confidence by reflecting on how far we've come in life and what we have learned. Re-membering and valuing our natural talents we (nearly always) undervalue and giving ourselves a bit of a metaphorical, proverbial, well-deserved pat on the back. Well done You! You're pretty Awesome! But sometimes you might forget that. I believe inner confidence is swollen with inspiration so there are ways to bring that out. External confidence is also important and there are simple steps to follow to build this … a natural upward spiral.
Clear direction: This is where the Choke Effect comes in. Not knowing where we're going is like trying to come back from somewhere we've never been. If we don't have clear indication of the next few steps we can loiter and take up time-filling activities. This is fine, but we can implement the skills we already have to look around, use the tools we have, ask for help and set a course… any course, just a clear one and move towards it.
Communication: In our station analogy, this is simply to get to where we want to go we may have to navigate around people and objects and our interaction, our communication with those event, is what can steer us when we need it. Remember communication isn't just external spoken communication, how we communicate with ourselves, people we care about and even technology are important skills to be aware of.
Well I wasn't expecting that, but I have been finding that when I train people at work, I do follow these steps and I seem to get good results.
Can you see how you may be 'choked' in some areas of life? If you want that to change something in that area, simply focus on it and look around – I'm sure there are people and resources around you could communicate with to help you get clear direction.


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For World FM day this week, Geoff Wren, Soft FM Operations Manager went Back to the Floor as a Cleaning Operative on one of his FM sites in Hartlepool.
Geoff Wren, Soft FM Operations Manager, went Back to the Floor as a Cleaning Operative on one of his FM sites in Hartlepool. Robertson Facilities Management recently started this contract on 1st May, which involved a TUPE transfer of existing employees. It was a fantastic opportunity to bond with the team and gain an understanding of their strengths and weaknesses so that Geoff can assist them with training, development, and industry best practice.
As the team start at around 4:30am, they are often working in areas of the building alone or in their small team of four, so they also really enjoyed having Geoff onsite to see first-hand how dedicated they are and understand their workload. Employees described it as 'refreshing' as it was not something they have been involved in before with their previous employer.
Geoff said, "After a busy morning and to thank them for letting me get involved, it was great to catch up over a well-deserved coffee and bacon roll. The feedback from the team has been fantastic, I also really enjoyed the experience. We have identified additional equipment which will help the team to clean quicker and more efficiently. All in all a really positive experience and I welcome the opportunity to do this again in the future!".
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Economic growth
The 6th National Party Congress in 1986 of the Communist Party of Vietnam marked a historical turning point in renewing thinking and economic development orientation, and replacing the centrally-planned economy with bureaucracy and a subsidy mechanism by a socialist-oriented market economy. After 20 years of reform, there have been impressive economic results.
Upon the completion of the five year plan in the 1986-1990 period, basic successes were the conversion of mechanism of the management and economic development, the restoration of production and trade, and the control of inflation. The average GDP growth is 4.4% per annum.
After the five year period from 1991 to 1995, the economy basically overcame the sluggishness and depression and achieved high and comprehensive growth rate with average GDP growth rate of 8.2% per annum. In the 1996-2000 period, despite impacts of the financial-economic crisis in the region, the economy still maintained the economic growth rate of 7% per annum. The economy continued to achieve a positive rapid growth in the five year period of 2001-2005 with the average GDP growth of 7.5% per annum. In the years 2006-2007, with the available foundations and international economic advantages, Vietnam's economic growth rate continued to rank 2nd in Asia (the GDP growth rate is 8.2% in 2006 and 8.5% in 2007, equivalent to about 71.2 billion USD) The GDP per capita has ceaselessly risen from 289 USD in 1995 to 1.168 USD in 2010.
In these recent years, accumulation-consumption balance has been improved in the orientation of increasing the accumulation ratio for development investment with the average increase rate of the total accumulation fund of 9.5% in the 1996-2000 period, 11.2% in the 2000-2005 period and 11.8% in the 2006-2010 period. The national finance has been improved. The mobilization rate for State budget rose from 15.1% in 1990 to 24.4% in 2005, which is higher than the economic growth rate and price increase rate and reached approximately 28% in the 2006-2010 period. The ratio of development investment in GDP increased rapidly from 17.3% in 1990 to 38.9% in 2005 then 41% in 2007 and 41% in 2010, in which the highest growth rate was in the private sector. This shows the internal potential and the improvement of the business environment.
Infrastructure has also been considerably improved. To 2010, the total length of national roads was 17,300 km, and that of railway was 3,400km. The total capacity of ports has been increased by 880 million tons in the 10 year period from 1996-2005. The total capacity of air transportation reached 12 million pessengers per annum. Electricity sources and transmission systems achieved a comprehensive development with the total source capacity of 11,440MW, in which hydroelectricity accounts for 38%, thermoelectricity occupies 62%. The commodity electricity output reached 85,69 billion kWh in 2010. The irrigation systems have been upgraded in regions, which helps increase agricultural productivity. The rural infrastructure has been improved. Till now, almost 100% of communes have got grid electricity, roads to the center, telephones, health clinics, house of culture, and education system from nursery to secondary school. Material facilities for services such as tourism, postal service, telecommunication, transportation, finance, banking, insurance, retail distribution has developed rapidly.
Inflation has been relatively high in recent years (2007:12.6%, 2008:24% and 2010: 11.7%). This is mainly due to the fact that the Government has been pursuing growth objectives by large scale investment and has increased the monetary supply and that Vietnam's economy is rather more open in comparison to the development level. As most of Vietnam's imported goods are inputs for production (about 60%), the rising prices of production materials lead to considerable increase in the domestic price.
Foreign investment has drastically increased. Sines 1988, there have been 13,544 foreign investment projects with a total registered capital of 213 billion USD. The implementation capital of 77.5 billion USD, accounting for about 20% of the annual total social investment capital. The foreign investment sector which occupied about 17% of GDP, 43.4% of Industrial product value and attracted 1.7 million direct labors and millions of indirect labors. There has been a non-stop increase in the commitments of aid to Vietnam. To 2010, the international sponsorship community has commited to provide Vietnam with the ODA of 40 billion USD. 26.2 billion USD has been contracted and 17.9 billion USD has been disbursed. Besides, every year, there has been an increase in the amount of overseas national currency exchange officially transferred to the country from 285 million USD in 1995 to 8 billion USD in 2010. These capital sources have made great contribution to the development of the economy, the improvement of living standards and the increase investment among citizens.
Economic structure
The economic sector structure has been gradually transformed towards industrialization, modernization. Comparative advantages of each sector, each region have been developed to improve the efficiency and quality of development. The ratio of agriculture, forestry and fishery to GDP has dropped from 38.7% in 1990 to 27.2% in 1995, 24.5% in 2000, 21% in 2005 and 20.2% in 2007, whilst that of the industry and construction has been up from 22.7% in 1990 to 28.8% năm 1995, 36.7% in 2000, 41% in 2005 and 40.24% in 2009. The service sector has changed from 38.6% in 1990 to 44% in 1995, 38.7% in 2000, 38% in 2005 and 39.10% in 2009.
Agricultural sector still plays an important role in Vietnam's economy. Though there has been a non-stop decrease in the ratio of agriculture to GDP, 60% of population still works in this sector. The growth rate of agriculture, forestry and fishery was 2.4% in the 1991-1995 period, 4.3% in the 1996-2000 period, 3.8% in the 2001-2005 period and 3.34% in the 2006-2010 period. The greatest success of this reform is the reduction in the rate of poor households to below 15% by shifting rural economic structure, concentrating on diversifying sectors of high added and export value, and applying advanced science and technology. The productivity of plants and livestock has ceaselessly increased. Vietnam is now one of the world's leading countries in exporting agricultural products such as rice, coffee, tea, pepper and cashew.
Industry has growed drastically in recent years with the average growth rate of 11.3% in the 1991-1995 period, 10.6% in the 1996-2000 period, 10.2% in the 2001-2005 period and 7.94% in the 2006-2010 period. With this growth rate, industry has made a very important contribution to the general economic growth. This results from the fact that Vietnam has mobilized resources to develop industries with high potential and competitive advantages like agricultural and fishery product processing, textiles, footwear, shipping buiding, mechanic-electronic device assembling, means of transportation and wooden products, and so on, concentrated on developing infrastructure and energy industries such as electricity, oil, and coal, and so on, constructed a comprehensive system of industrial zones, export processing zones as well as encouraged different economic sectors to develop industry, attracting foreign investment.
Vietnam's service sector has had some obvious changes in terms of both quality and quantity. Its growth rate was 7.2% in the 1991-1995 period, 5.8% in the 1996-2000 period, 7% in the 2001-2005 period and 7.73% in the 2006-2010 period. Being endowed by the nature, Vietnam concentrates on developing tourism as a key economic sector. Despite certain objective difficulties, the average growth rate of foreign tourists to Vietnam was 10.7% in the 2001-2005 period. Tranportation and telecommunication and postal services have developed at high pace. In recent years, with a suitable legal framework in line with the roadmap of integration and market opening commitments finance, banking, insurance and stock market has thrived.
The regional structure transforms towards promoting comparative advantages. Regional economic role has been given more attention and there have been mechanisms to encourage the economic structural transformation within each region. Three key economic zones including the North, the Central and the South have initially developed their potential and advantages and have achieved a rapid growth. The contribution of key economic zones to the country's GDP has risen from about 50% in the 1996-2000 period, to 63.2% in 2005. They have also contributed about 70% of the export turnover and 73% of State budget revenue. Difficult economic zones have little by little risen with the support from more developed zones.
The labor structure transforms towards reducing the labor rate in pure agriculture and increasing labor rate in industries and services. The ratio of labor in agriculture, forestry and fishery to the total social labor has dropped from 73.1% in 1990 to 71.3% in 1995, 65.1% in 2000, 57.2% in 2005 and 48.2% in 2007. Industrial labor has increased from 11.2% in 1990 to 11.4% in 1995, 13.1% in 2000, 18.2% in 2005, 19.6% in 2007 and 22.4% in 2010. Labor in services has risen from 15.7% in 1990 to 17.3% in 1995, 21.8% in 2000, 24.6% in 2005, 25.9% in 2007 and 29.4% in 2010. According to the preliminary report of 2010, the unemployment rate in urban areas stays at 4.43%.
Trade and payment balance
From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Vietnam's trade largely depended on Soviet Union and East European counterparts in the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (SEV). When SEV separated, Vietnam started to carry out the trade liberalization process. International economic activies have gained some achievements especially opening export market to many regions around the world, participating in ASEAN, AFTA and APEC, normalizing the relations with the USA, signing the bilateral trade agreement with the USA and joining WTO, and so on.
The total export turnover has risen rapidly. The average annual growth rate was 17.8% in the 1991-1995 period, 22.1% in the 1996-2000 period, 17.9% in the 2001-2005 period and 15.8% in the 2006-2010 period. The total export turnover was 17.2 billion USD in 1991-1995, 51.8 billion USD in 1996-2000, 110.8 billion USD in 2001-2005, 88.4 billion USD in 2006 and 2007, 62.9 billion USD in 2008 and 70.8 billion USD in 2010. Vietnam's main export goods are crude oil, rice, processed seafoods, rubber, coffee, ready-made garments, footwear, and so on. Some of Vietnam's agricultural products have taken leading positions in the world. In recent years, many industrial and handicraft products have been mentioned in the list of products with high export turnover such as wooden products, electronics, electric wires and cables, bicycles and spare parts, arts and handicraft products . The ratio of export value to GDP has risen from 18.9% in 1988 to 68.2% in 2007.
Together with the economic growth rate, the import value is also at a high growth rate. However, Vietnam has achieved certain success in controlling the import growth. The average annual growth rate of the total import turnover has dropped from 24.3% in the period of 1991-1995 to 15% in the period of 1996-2000, 19% in the period of 2001-2005 and risen to 30.8% in 2006 and 2007. The total import turnover was 22.7 billion USD in the period of 1991-1995, 61.6 billion USD in the 1996-2000 period, 130 billion USD in the 2001-2005 period, 107.6 tỷ USD in the 2006-2007 period, 80.7 billion USD in 2008 and 82.6 billion USD. Vietnam's main import goods are machines and equipment, petrol and oil, iron and steel, fertilizers, cars, motorbikes, plastic, fabrics, garment and textile accessories, leather, chemicals and medicine, and so on. The deficit of Vietnam's trade balance was 5.5 billion USD in the 1991-1995 period, 9.8 billion USD in the 1996-2000 period, 19.1 billion USD in the 2001-2005 period. There has been an increase in the deficit of the two recent years, making it equivalent to that of 5 years ealier (19.2 billion USD).
According to statistics, since 2009 the total foreign debts of Vietnam was about 28 billion USD and the ratio of debt to GDP was 39%. Both the absolute debt and the rate between debts and GDP have decreased in comparison with the year 2000 as reimbursement is being done by the Government. At present, about 90% of these debts is ODA, the commercial debts are very low.
Economic management
The renovation in the State's economic management in the last 20 years started with the change in perceptions and application of economic rules, awareness of developing economic models for the transitional period, i.e, the socialist-oriented market economy, the delopment of an open market, and the State's managing role. During the 20 years of renovation, the State of Vietnam has gradually perceived and implemented the tasks of orientating development, providing and sustaining the legal framework for the economy, providing services and infrastructure for economic and social activities, sustaining the stability of macro-economy, doing re-distribution to ensure the combination of economic growth and social equality, the economic development and ecological conservation, and supervising to ensure the legal obedience and encouraging a healthy development of the market.
With a sound orientation in the social stability and economic development plan in 1991-2000, Vietnam basically overcame the socio-economic crisis which last for years. The economy has gradually been changed from being centrally-planned to being planned based on value added measures, trade balance, foreign investment, international payment balance, budget deficit solution and market demands. State owned enterpsises take initiative in developing business plans. Development programs for sectors and regions are comprehensively created with detail objectives and implementation sources.
Being aware of the role of the legal system on the economic development and international economic intergration, after 1986, the Law on Foreign Investment was enforced in 1988. Especially after the enforcement of the new Constitution (1992), a number of important legal documents were enacted including Labour Code (1995), Civil Law (1996), Cooperative Law (1996), State Budget Law (1996), State Bank Law (1997), Credits Organization Law (1997), Trade Law (2005), Enterprise Law (2005), and Investment Law (2005) and so on.
One of the basic changes that the reform has brought about is the guidline and policy to develop a multi-sector economy, in which the private ownership is legally acknowledged (together with state and collective ownership), to restructure the economy with many equally-developing sectors, to reorganize and reform state-owned enterprises, to encourage the development of the private sector in many forms, to create good conditions to attract foreign investment, to encourage the joint-venture between domestic and foreign investors. The sectors that used to restrict the participation of individuals or foreigners have been lessened. To date, every economic component can do business in almost all agricultural, industrial and service sectors.
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Unfortunately here in Spain we do not get many Christmas weddings, such a shame as today here it is over 20 degrees, clear blue skies and beautiful.
It does not stop us creating ideas and searching for inspirations, here on Not On The High Street.Com we found this beautiful rose heart with a festive touch, we are loving the touches of holly and ivy with the berries and those gorgeous ribbons. A fabulous idea for decorating a festive wedding.