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From #MeToo to 'Creating Our Own Tables': How High Is The Glass Ceiling in Vietnam?
The glass ceiling for women in Vietnam, to me, is as high as the sky for most.
Recent stories about sexual assault and other violent crimes against young girls and women not only caught the public attention but also gave observers glimpses of a patriarchal society which has remained – for centuries – the same in term of gender equality.
On May 28, 2018, Phụ Nữ (Women) newspaper published an online story, detailing a groping incident three days before, where the victim was one of the biggest music stars in Vietnam, Mỹ Tâm. As one of the most beloved pop singers in the country, known to many of her fans as the Queen of Ballads, Mỹ Tâm probably has one of the largest fan bases, if not the largest.
But none of that great fame was able to protect her from being a victim of sexual assault.
To add insult to injuries, Mỹ Tâm was assaulted while performing on stage at a private event in front of the whole audience, yet all she could do was to retreat to the backstage.
No one came to assist her; no one confronted the perpetrator who was mentioned in the article as an "important official." The only kind gesture to show some sympathy for Mỹ Tâm was the fact that someone dared to make a report to the press.
It is still a big taboo for women who accuse men of sexual harassment and assault in a country like Vietnam because there would always be the fear that the public may not be sympathetic toward the victims.
It is true that when compares to other East Asian countries like its neighboring Japan, Vietnamese society shows signs that it is catching on to the #MeToo movement where people publicly support the victims.
The recent alleged rape allegations made by an intern at Tuổi Trẻ newspaper helped demonstrated this point.
But in a culture where, for thousands of years, women have been taught and praised for being able to keep quiet of their sufferings while making sacrifices for the sake of others, victim-blaming in most cases should come as no surprise.
People may not defend the perpetrators, but they will judge the women if they don't fit the "proper" Vietnamese woman standard.
On April 27, 2018, dancer Phạm Lịch publicly alleged rocker Phạm Anh Khoa had made improper sexual advances at her. About a week later, another female dancer Nga My and an unnamed stylist also made public allegations against Pham Anh Khoa for sexual misconducts. And while Khoa eventually apologized for his behaviors on May 15, 2018, he only did so after UNFPA dropped him as one of its goodwill ambassadors, his appearances on TV were canceled, and a rock concert in Hochiminh City pulled the plug on him.
The public backlash against Khoa began after an NGO that works to promote gender equality in Vietnam, CSAGA, organized an event for him to explain his side of the story.
People quickly pointed out that CSAGA was given Khoa a platform to normalize improper and illegal behaviors against women because he was not acknowledging any faults, he was explaining that his conducts were "industry standards." Phạm Lịch recently told reporters that she could not find any work for the past month after making her allegations against Khoa public. It is not too far-fetched to infer that she is likely being punished by the industry for breaking the silence on sexual abuse.
Both Khoa and CSAGA apologized immediately after the backlash, but with his half-hearted attempt to explain himself, Khoa inadvertently opened the pandora box and revealed a culture of subtle victim-blaming in Vietnam.
Such a culture became even more vividly portrayed just last week when a nude model alleged that a famous artist had raped her at work. Many commentators online, including democracy activists and lawyers, shifted the burden of proof to the alleged victim and insisted that she must prove she had forcibly fought back during her ordeal or it would not be rape.
No means no simply was not enough.
The victim's credibility was questioned, and her job as a nude model took away a significant portion of public sympathy. People, women included, scoffed at her story when information surfaced that the perpetrator allegedly had used a condom.
Just this week, the case of alleged child abuse against Minh Tiệp, a sports newscaster at the national television broadcasting company VTV shows how victim-blaming extends to cases involving teenage girls as well.
When first asked about the alleged abuse, Minh Tiệp used the media to paint the victim, his 15-year-old sister-in-law, as a "bad girl." She was, according to him, someone who has been dating as early as in 6th grade and always talked back at him and his wife, her older sister, while they were trying to teach her right from wrong.
A member of Vietnam's National Assembly – Phạm Tất Thắng – played down the case as "one of those that should be dealt with by the family," even after the father of the teenager told newspapers that Minh Tiệp slapped his daughter. Mr. Pham is a Vietnamese congressperson who belongs to a committee which deals with culture, education, women, children, and teenagers matters.
These stories should not come as surprises once you realized that they all attempted to portray the victims as being "improper."
Because the "proper" Vietnamese woman only dresses and speaks in an approved manner, she will not work certain jobs, and above all, she endures her sufferings for the sake of others. She will not bring attention to herself and definitely keeps quiet about her injuries and her pains if they would bring shame to her family.
This proper woman thus is a virtuous one who would sacrifice all that she is for the well-being of her loved ones, and for that, she has been idealized, worshipped and expected to be placed on a pedestal throughout Vietnamese history for future generations of girls and young women to follow.
We were taught folklores like Quan Âm Thị Kính, a woman who was being misunderstood all her life, wrongfully accused of crimes she never committed and yet she never tried to explain herself. She would keep her mouth shut and endured the injustice until the day she died, and only after death that her name was cleared.
Then there was the story of Thiếu phụ Nam Xương, a lady wrongfully accused of infidelity by her husband who left for military service and returned home years later. Again, just like Thị Kính, talking back and explaining herself were not the options. And like the other story, our heroine could only use death to prove her innocence, so she killed herself.
Being demurred, forcing oneself to bite her tongue instead of speaking up, and learning the ability to suffer in silence and not complaining are virtues that aspiring young girl was told to keep.
I grew up in such a society for the first 12 years of my life, and despite being raised by parents who would raise other people's eyebrows for the way they let me speak my mind and shout back at them when I think they were wrong, I had mastered those virtues by the age of 5. I was often seen as a quiet girl, sitting properly and politely with a half smile on her face, whose voice was rarely heard when visiting homes of my parents' friends. I had convinced myself then, that conforming to societal norms would be the best and easiest way to save myself and my parents from unnecessary headaches.
For the next twenty years though, my life drastically changed as my family immigrated and I was growing up in the West, adapting to a new set of values. I have grown up to become a Westernized woman, one that my parents' old friends from Vietnam could no longer recognize as the same quiet and demurred child they have met back in the home country.
But who could believe that it only took less than 15 months of living in the old settings among Vietnamese people to morph my 30's something-year-old self back to my pre-teen's personality?
I work in the NGO sector, and one would have thought that I must be among comrades who promote the same values as mine – gender equality included – but I have found that I needed to put in twice the efforts compared to my male counterparts in most things that I do. I always felt the need to prove my self-worth to others, and I was constantly looking for approval. Even in my field of work – where people often believe they are somewhat more progressive than the rest of society – it still seems as if the "seats reserved at the table" are only offered to women who fit the "proper" descriptions.
So I bit my tongue instead of speaking back and letting others know how I felt, how I did not agree with them, and how I thought that they were wrong. I sacrificed my happiness to keep others happy. I had changed so much that I could not recognize myself when I stared at the woman in the mirror on the wall one day in the middle of Southeast Asia, and I broke down, completely.
If life was this difficult for me – a woman with an advanced degree from the West – imagine how it would be for those who have fewer opportunities and those who never had the chance to live outside of Vietnam.
While I was lucky to get out of that environment to save myself a trip to the emergency room for depression treatment, it dawned on me how high the glass ceiling is for most Vietnamese women. The #MeToo movement has brought many important issues about women's rights to the discussion table in Vietnam, and I hope gender equality will now receive the attention it deserves.
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With Economic Development Comes Greater Government Oppression: Why the EU Must Reconsider Its Free Trade Deal with Vietnam
The agreement threatens to legitimize a brutal regime unless greater human rights protections are incorporated.
On the same day in 2020 that Vietnam chaired its first Security Council meeting in New York, just a few hours earlier and some 8000 miles away near its capital, Hanoi, the Communist Party of Vietnam directly attacked Dong Tam village for refusing to give up its land.
The result? Police shot dead Dong Tam's beloved leader and former Party village chief, Le Dinh Kinh, an 84-year-old veteran who had been a Party member for 57 years; three police officers also died after falling down a sky-light, ostensibly pursuing "suspects" who resisted the authorities. Twenty two villagers have subsequently been arrested, with twenty being charged with murder. If convicted, these villagers could face the death penalty.
The Dong Tam land seizure event of last week is therefore a watershed moment in Vietnam's post-war history for many reasons. First, it marks for the first time in the age of social media an open and deadly clash between the Party and its once loyal support base: villagers in northern Vietnam. According to a 2015 Bloomberg finding, almost 70% of Party members live in the north, even though the north is home to less than half of the country's population of 96 million.
Second, it shows the Party's determination in ending the dispute, no matter the costs, and the great lengths it will go to muzzle public outcry afterwards, both on- and offline.
Just two days after the incident, the Ministry of Information, which controls and censors all media content in Vietnam, called for Facebook – by far the most popular social media platform in Vietnam, used by some 55 million netizens – to be punished for 'not following Vietnamese laws' in allowing 'distortion and fake news' to be spread on its platform.
Following official warnings and thanks to a large cyber-troop force the government employs, some users reporting on Dong Tam have been locked out of their accounts or had content taken down by Facebook, a fact Amnesty International has confirmed in recent days.
Offline, the Party's determination couldn't be more clear. Less than 24 hours after the incident, the most senior member of the Politburo and Vietnam's top leader, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, posthumously awarded the officers killed the title of "martyr", designating them as first-class heroes.
A week later, in an elaborate ceremony held at the State Funeral House, the Prime Minister himself along with other Politburo members, including the powerful Minister of Public Security, attended the funeral, noting that the officers 'sacrificed their lives to protect national security'.
It is, indeed, not surprising that the Party views the incident as a matter of significant national security. After all, though land disputes are common in Vietnam because the government does not recognize private land ownership, never before has an entire village dared to resist government seizure of its land at all costs and announce its intentions accordingly on Youtube and Facebook.
With Vietnam's economy expected to grow faster in the next decade, land designated for development purposes and seized by the government will likely exacerbate the security situation on the ground if not dealt with decisively. In the case of Dong Tam, the land seizure was for Viettel Group, Vietnam's military-run communications company. They had to act.
But the timing could not have been worse. In the coming days, the EU Parliament's Trade Committee is expected to vote on the EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, worth 42 billion dollars annually and described by the EU as 'the most ambitious free trade deal ever concluded with a developing country'. If passed, it will go to Parliament for a final vote on February 10.
According to Human Rights Watch, already there is significant concern among some EU MEPs regarding Vietnam's worsening human rights record. Just last month, they also discovered that the trade deal rapporteur, MEP Jan Zahradil, has institutional links with the Party, leading to his immediate resignation.
With the latest incident in Dong Tam, it is also important for the 751 MEPs to realize that while the deal will bring more economic benefits to Vietnam, without clear and concrete human rights benchmarks, the deal will likely provide more incentives for the Party loyal and powerful to grab more land from the poor for developments without proper compensation and recourse.
As a result, if passed in its present form, expect more land losses and tragic deaths in villages across Vietnam, not less. After all, 65% of Vietnam's population still lives in rural areas.
As for the Security Council of which Vietnam is the President this month, expect no resolutions on the matter. Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam's permanent mission in New York, is a Communist Party member himself.
Vietnam's Travel Bans Infringe on Activists' Rights And Violate Own Constitution
On November 20, 2019, Father Nguyen Dinh Thuc, a Vietnamese Catholic priest, posted on his Facebook page that he was not allowed to leave Vietnam to go to Japan to meet with the Pope during the papal visit to Asia. The immigration police gave Father Thuc a document explaining the reason why the government did not allow him to travel abroad. It stated that the priest was banned from leaving Vietnam because the authorities believed they were preventing possible crimes against "national security and public order" according to Article 21, Section 6 of Decree 136/2007/ND-CP. This decree was issued (link in Vietnamese) by Vietnam's executive branch on August 17, 2007.
This was not the first time Father Thuc was prevented from traveling overseas. About two years ago, he was also blocked from traveling to Taiwan to attend meetings with Taiwanese civil society organizations regarding an environmental disaster involving a Taiwan enterprise, the Formosa Plastics Corporation. In one of Vietnam's four central coastal provinces, Father Thuc had helped some of the victims of the Formosa incident voice their concerns over a legal fight and the aftermath of the disastrous environmental situation.
The case of Father Thuc again demonstrates how the Vietnamese government bans human rights activists from traveling in order to stop them from participating in international advocacy efforts. The Vietnamese authorities have confiscated the passports of more than 100 Vietnamese activists, banning them from traveling by citing the same legal section: Decree 136/2007/ND-CP. Activists are deemed by police as a threat to Vietnam's national security and public order when they go abroad.
This incident also explains why we seldom see activists from Vietnam taking part in international advocacy for human rights in Vietnam. And even when activists do travel, they may not want to expose themselves publicly during advocacy events for Vietnam's human rights because they could lose their passports upon returning home. Dinh Thao, an environmental and human rights activist, had her passport confiscated after being detained for several hours by police after returning to Vietnam this month. In the last three years, she traveled the world publicly advocating for human rights in Vietnam, and the confiscation of her passport was the price she had to pay for her actions.
The story of Dinh Thao is the same dilemma that almost all Vietnamese activists have had to deal with in the past five or six years. If they travel abroad and publicly advocate for human rights in Vietnam, they face the possibility of being blocked from traveling again after they return to Vietnam. When Vietnam underwent its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2014, activists accused the government of reprisals when it prevented activists from leaving the country to advocate for Vietnam's human rights. Among them, Paulo Nguyen Ho Nhat Thanh, Pham Chi Dung, and Nguyen Bac Truyen were not allowed to depart the country to go to Geneva, Switzerland in January and February 2014 when their passports were confiscated. Pham Le Vuong Cac was also detained and had his passport confiscated in August 2014 when he returned to Vietnam after attending the UPR in Geneva. During the last UPR in 2019, Nguyen Thi Kim Khanh, wife of political prisoner Truong Minh Duc, participated in advocacy activities to raise her husband's case in Europe and was detained for five hours upon her arrival in Vietnam. The police also took her passport without any judicial oversight, stating it was for national security.
Without their passports, these activists are prevented from traveling abroad and if they leave the country without it, they risk being considered illegal immigrants or worse, being accused of taking part in human trafficking schemes.
The ban on activists traveling overseas is illegal, and it also directly violates Vietnam's 2013 Constitution. Article 23 of the Constitution guarantees that "citizens shall enjoy the freedom of movement and of residence within the country; and can freely travel abroad and return home from abroad." By issuing governmental decrees like Decree 136/2007/ND-CP in 2007, the Vietnamese government has violated the rights of its citizens.
These decrees were not introduced, debated, and passed by the legislative branch but were executive orders whose constitutionality should ideally be decided by a judicial review. Sadly, Vietnam's court system is not independent, and there is no constitutional court in the country. The government is able to issue unconstitutional decrees to suppress people's rights without having any form of checks and balances.
The right of movement has met the same fate as the right for peaceful assembly: both of these rights have been violated by governmental decrees with the people having no means at all to fight back. In Vietnam, the National Assembly's Standing Committee has the right to exercise the power to interpret the law, including constitutional law. This is the committee that can decide whether a law or a decree is constitutional. Unfortunately, the Standing Committee has never exercised that power.
The government also does not notify activists when it puts their names on a "no travel ban" list, and some of them only find out upon arrival at the airport, as was the case of Father Thuc. Some people, such as Dinh Thao, had their passports confiscated by the police immediately after they returned to Vietnam from overseas.
And yet, when the authorities infringe upon these activists' right of movement, the police do not even follow the prescriptions as stated in Decree 136/2007/ND-CP. Article 22, Section 1(d) of this decree states that if a person is prevented from traveling because he or she is suspected to be a threat to national security or public order, such a decision to ban travel must be issued by the minister of the Ministry of Public Security – the head of the national police. In reality, none of the documents banning activists from traveling are signed by the minister. In the latest case of Father Thuc, the decision was signed by an immigration police officer, Lieutenant Colonel Phan Huan.
Human rights activists in Vietnam face blatant violations of their rights by the government daily as reprisals for their work, but the government cannot stop the democracy movement from expanding. The activist community continues to grow and they willingly face harassment and imprisonment. In recent years, Vietnam has arrested more people for political dissent and handed down harsher sentences. Posting on Facebook with information that the government dislikes may land a person in jail for a decade, as we saw earlier this month. But at the same time, more people are willing to write and expose corruption and official wrongdoing in Vietnam. This is a time for political change and Vietnamese citizens want to be a part of this change. They are increasingly daring to face the consequences.
In all of the human rights dialogue that the West participates in with Vietnam, putting an end to the travel ban should be top priority. If that happens, then the world will be able to hear Vietnamese activists express their struggles on the international stage. The advocacy to improve the human rights situation in Vietnam should start with eliminating the travel ban now.
How Can The EU Parliament Convince Us That Vietnam Will Improve Its Human Rights Record When Dissidents Continue To Get Jailed For Exercising Their Rights?
The European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EV-FTA) is expected to be a comprehensive win-win deal for both sides, ambitiously seeking to improve trade and boost mutual economic growth. As with all free trade agreements to which the EU is a party to, a human rights clause is built into this FTA with Vietnam. Many EU officials and parliament members that I have met in the past two years through my advocacy for Vietnam's human rights situation earnestly believe that Vietnam will improve its record once the FTA takes effect.
In the past, these friends have asked me to have some faith in the current regime, assuring me that our Vietnamese human rights activists and defenders will have better days in the future. It is a very typical "give them more time" argument that they expect me to accept. Yet the record shows that Vietnam's aggression against human rights activists increases every year while government-controlled courts continue to hand out harsh sentences. I often wonder how EU officials still want to convince me to have such faith?
In March 2019, I met with an EU official who was participating in the negotiations of the EV-FTA. She expressed great sympathy for human rights defenders in Vietnam and even realized the situation for human rights there was worrying. And yet, towards the end of our conversation, she asked me what I thought about one of Vietnam's ministers, whose name I will not disclose. She seemed to be fond of the guy and praised him for belonging to a "progressive group in the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP)" that she said hopefully would one day push for an improvement in human rights in the country.
As a democracy activist, I personally think that regardless of whether a person is progressive or not, none of the VCP members right now would dare to inch away from the Party's political monopoly inside the country. And I frankly stated that the Ministry of Public Security – the national police – would never allow any official to raise his or her voice over the human rights situation in Vietnam. Asking for political pluralism, an improvement in the human rights situation, and democracy would place anyone in danger of being sent to prison for more than a decade, as the latest political trials have shown this year.
I met with the official right after attending the United Nations Human Rights Committee's 125th session in Geneva, Switzerland where the Committee completed its third periodic report on Vietnam's implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Vietnam submitted its report after a 13-year delay in December 2017–the original deadline was set for August 2004. The Committee sadly acknowledged that in Vietnam's review "less information was provided on the actual implementation of ICCPR and application of domestic laws in practice, where concrete data was crucially lacking."
Vietnam ascended to the ICCPR in 1982, but with regard to complying with the international covenant on human rights, it didn't actually provide any opportunities for people to learn and exercise their rights. More than that, the government did not allow the Vietnamese people to use the ICCPR in courts to defend themselves when such rights were being violated.
The point is that more than three decades after Vietnam joined the ICCPR, the human rights situation in Vietnam remains hopeless and people's rights are being violated on a daily basis. How can we believe that the EV-FTA will improve such a situation when the ICCPR has so far failed so miserably?
I began to write this article after receiving the news that a close friend, an activist from Vietnam, had been detained upon arrival at the Noi Bai International Airport, where she was put into detention by 10 security police. Dinh Thao is an environmental and human rights activist who left Vietnam to study and work abroad as an advocate for human rights more than three years ago. She was a medical doctor before becoming an activist and I am sure some of the EU parliament members must remember her because she advocated for Vietnam's human rights situation in Brussels a few years ago and may have met some of them.
Thao is non-violent and even created a project to educate people about peaceful demonstrations. Yet she was detained by the police immediately after her arrival in Vietnam. What crime did she commit to deserve such treatment? Or is it just simply the fact that the government violated her rights in retaliation for her advocacy internationally for more human rights in Vietnam?
On the same day that Dinh Thao was detained, November 15, 2019, another Vietnamese was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment and five years of house arrest. Nguyen Nang Tinh, a music teacher who also advocated for human rights and democracy for Vietnam, was accused by the state of "propagandizing against the government" via his Facebook posts. Tinh denied that the alleged Facebook account belongs to him, but if you read the posts in that account you'll see that there was nothing that called for a violent overthrow of the regime. If you search for him online, you will see videos of him teaching young children patriotic songs, songs that demand human rights for the people. How could his activities be called "propaganda against the state"?
As I have worked to protect the human rights of activists in Vietnam for many years, I have often recounted their stories to many Western politicians and officials. The activists I have met are people who had the opportunity to learn about the concept of human rights and who then started to defend such rights for others and also sometimes for themselves. They are the people who believe in the spirit and the universal values of human rights and they also believe that international laws, such as the ICCPR, will protect them. They probably had hoped that the ICCPR would be implemented in Vietnam at their trials. But that hope was never realized because we have never seen arguments articulating any of the articles of the ICCPR, such as Article 19, which protects the freedom of expression, presented in Vietnamese courts.
And as a result, human rights activists and defenders have often typically been sentenced in rushed one-day trials without an independent judiciary. Sometimes the decisions handed down include lengthy jail sentences, as in the case of Nguyen Nang Tinh, which happened this month.
In response to the EU officials who asked me to "have faith" in the regime, I point to a database built by the independent civil society organization The 88 Project, which catalogues the arrest and detention of political prisoners in Vietnam. A representative of that organization informed me a few days ago that in 2018, the Vietnamese government had arrested 145 people. These arrests showed the authorities' blatant violation of the human rights of citizens. That number was greater than the number of arrests Vietnam made in 2017, 2016, and 2015 combined. In 2018, the number of arrests went up because the government detained and sentenced many people after large demonstrations happened in June 2018, in protest against the new cybersecurity law and the development of special economic zones with Chinese investment.
It is not only human rights activists who are being treated unfairly and who are suffering mistreatment in Vietnam. There are also other groups, such as the workers, for whom the EV-FTA probably has some aspirations to improve their work environment and living standards. Many EU Parliament members have urged the Vietnamese government to quickly ratify the remaining three International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions prior to EU voting on the trade deal. Vietnam has promised to ratify the three ILO conventions over a time period of five years beginning in 2018. However, ratification of international laws is one thing, while the reality of how the Vietnamese authorities have failed to improve workers' lives is another story.
In Taipei, Taiwan, legal migrant workers from Vietnam went on a protest this month to demand the abolition of broker fees that each of them had to pay to be able to work in Taiwan. These broker fees are considered to be part of the most exploitative system of all of the countries in Southeast Asia from which these workers come from. What does the Vietnamese government know about this system and why does it allow such a broker fee system to continue to exploit their people? Would the EV-FTA be able to eradicate that system to improve the lives of these workers? How can I have the faith to believe that the Vietnamese government will ever take care of these people?
Recently, Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia released 70 opposition activists in order to improve his country's human rights image after the EU threatened the withdrawal of special trade preferences. Cambodia's political system has many aspects that are far better than in Vietnam. That country at least has an opposition political party – the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP). On the contrary, the Vietnamese Communist Party has a political monopoly and we don't have a single other political party.
Running for office as an independent candidate will not lead to any success as the 2016 elections have demonstrated. Being a member of a political party that was formed overseas was the reason that Vietnam sentenced a 70-year-old Vietnamese-Australian man, Chau Van Kham, to 12 years in prison earlier this month.
And yet, the EV-FTA provides for a lot more benefits for Vietnam than compared the trade preferences that Cambodia would get from the EU. How can Cambodia demonstrate a greater willingness to improve its human rights record while Vietnam just keeps getting worse? How can I have faith that Vietnam will eventually improve?
During these days, police brutality in Hong Kong has increased dramatically as we see from the recent news coming out from universities there. And as we support and pray for young people there, I hope none of the international politicians and officials will say "give China more time" so that they can resolve their human rights problems.
In my personal capacity, despite all my efforts, I have yet to make Vietnam's human rights situation become more well-known in the world. However, I can not look at all of my human rights activists friends in Vietnam and tell them to be patient and to give the government more time.
We need to raise our voices and demand right now that the Vietnamese government make an effort to improve its human rights record. Should Vietnam make some improvements prior to the EU Parliament vote on the FTA trade deal? Yes, absolutely. Vietnam has to show its good faith by releasing the more than 200 political prisoners who are currently serving time and by allowing the emergence of political pluralism with fair and free elections.
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There will neither be loo breaks during coaching nor the gamers shall be allowed to hand over their caps or sun shades to the on-area umpires as worldwide cricketers shall be required to let go of a few of their intrinsic habits when play resumes within the put up-COVID-19 world. In its "back to cricket" guidelines issued for resumption of the sport, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has successfully barred gamers from handing over their private equipments (cap, towel, sun shades, jumpers) to the umpire or his teammates as a part of sustaining social distance.
"Players and umpires should maintain social distancing on the cricket field and that includes no handing over of player items (cap, towels, sunglasses, jumpers) to the umpire or teammates," learn the ICC enjoying guidelines.
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However there was no readability on who will maintain the gamers' objects? "Consider adopting a process that will assist the bowler in managing his/her items. Umpires may also be encouraged to use gloves when handling the ball," says the governing physique. The gamers are unlikely to maintain their cap or sun shades within the area of play as it will entice penalty runs similar to within the case of a helmet. The ICC additionally needs them to minimise their "time spent in the changing room before and after a match".
The ICC Cricket Committee has already beneficial ban on utilizing the saliva on the ball and now gamers have been suggested not to "touch eyes, nose, and mouth after making contact with the ball" and sanitise their palms after they arrive involved with the ball. Life may get even harder for them when they're coaching for the sport with no loo and bathe breaks inspired.
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Miami (AFP) - South Korea's seven-time major champion Park In-bee is playing this week's LPGA season-opening Tournament of Champions with an eye toward defending her Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
World number 16 Park will compete against 25 rivals at the Four Seasons Orlando starting Thursday as the LPGA launches its 70th anniversary season with winners from 2018 and 2019 playing alongside celebrities in their own event.
Park captured Rio Olympic women's golf gold by five strokes over New Zealand's Lydia Ko and hopes to repeat at Tokyo on August 5-8. She hasn't played in January since 2016 until now.
"I always start the season a little bit late, probably the end of February or early March," Park said. "This year I'm starting early because it's an important year with the Olympics in the summer."
But right now, the toughest Olympic squad to crack in women's golf doesn't include Park. She has to be among the top four from her homeland and be among the top 15 in the world rankings to reach Tokyo. Right now she's only second alternate.
"In women's golf, definitely is the toughest team to make," Park said. "It's definitely an important year for me. Whether I get an (Olympic) opportunity or whether I don't, I think I just want to have a season that I won't regret. I just want to give myself a lot of opportunities."
"It's definitely a goal for me," Park said. "The rankings cut off in June I want to play as many events as I can before and give myself some opportunities to play good golf before then so I feel like I'm in shape."
Olympic qualifications ends after June's Women's PGA Championship and as of now the South Korean four would be top-ranked Ko Jin-young, second-ranked Park Sung-hyun, fifth-ranked Kim Sei-young and seventh-ranked Lee6 Jeong-eun, the reigning US Women's Open champion.
Park, the youngest player ever inducted to the LPGA Hall of Fame, was a torchbearer at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea.
While 13 founding members played 15 events for just over $40,000 in the 1950 inuagural LPGA campaign, more than $75 million is at stake in 34 events for the world's top women's golfers.
Defending champion Ji Eun-hee, ranked 34th, will be pushed to repeat by a field that features six of the world top 10 -- third-ranked Nelly Korda and fourth-ranked US compatriot Danielle Kang, fifth-ranked Kim, Japan's sixth-ranked Nasa Hataoka, Canada's eighth-ranked Brooke Henderson and American number 10 Lexi Thompson.
Henderson has won at least twice in four consecutive years and wants to extend that run.
"I'd love to keep that streak alive. It has been pretty important to me the last few years, especially with how dense the field is in terms of talent," Henderson said.
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Personal Financial Planning
Financial planning is a branch of financial management that deals with the analysis of the cash flow management. The analysis entails a careful outlook of the cash inflows sources and cash outflows movement. There is the calculation of the various financial ratios such as profitability and gearing ratios. Budgeting is an essential tool in financial planning as it gives an outlay of the future requirements. It is also through budgeting that financial control is achieved. Resources are scarce, and that is why financial planning is an essential tool of financial management.
Risk management is a critical area of concern in the process of financial planning. All risks require to be analyzed fully and a clear report issued. The risk may vary from inherent to financial one depending on the locality and industry. In analyzing all the available alternatives, the paper gives the recommendations.
Short and long term goals situational analysis
The student is considering buying a car in the short term which is a liability. It will not be advisable for this decision to be undertaken, but in the long term it will be reasonable. This is because of the financial stability and work schedule (Gitman, 2013). A branch manager is someone with a vast experience in the field of their expertise. The student, therefore, considering working as a branch manager at an early age of the career will not be a reasonable decision. In the long term when the student gain the proper work experience may apply for the position of a branch manager.
Family is the unit comprising of two married people and children. It will be advisable for the student to have a family in the future when the financial stability will be guaranteed. Taking a holiday to the mainland should also come as a long term goal and not a short term one. The level of risk analysis by the student should be comprehensive of all the factors prevailing (Gitman, 2013). The income level of the student should not be less than $ 10,000 for the financial goals to be easily achieved.
Action plan
Financial planning requires discipline and, therefore, for the student to achieve the stated goals, a lot of discipline will be required. Proper action plan should be implemented for the realization of the goals. The student should increase the level of savings and lower the expenditure level (Gitman, 2013). The student should be engage only in healthy lifestyle activities other than indulging in luxury. It is also paramount to carry out an in depth risk analysis program and weigh out all the available alternatives.
In analyzing all the available alternatives, the paper gives the recommendations. There are also the viewpoints of the various professionals. For the career counselor, the advice would be to put more effort in activities that enrich one`s career. There will also be the idea of career path and advancement for the student to realize the goals. The investment broker will expose all the available alternatives for investment so as to raise the income levels. This would entail the analysis of the expenditure trends of the student and measures to lower them. The insurance agent will provide a clear outlay of the future insurance plans available and the benefit of each. The financial advisor will take the mantle of offering the comprehensive financial advice including all matters of taxation.
Gitman, L. J., Joehnk, M. D., & Billingsley, R. S. (2013). Personal financial planning. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.
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A Passenger Title File (PNR) is a report within the database of a pc reservation system (CRS) that incorporates the itinerary for a passenger or a bunch of passengers travelling collectively. The idea of a PNR was first launched by airways that wanted to alternate reservation data in case passengers required flights of a number of airways to achieve their vacation spot ("interlining"). For this objective, IATA and ATA have outlined requirements for interline messaging of PNR and different information by means of the "ATA/IATA Reservations Interline Message Procedures – Passenger" (AIRIMP). There isn't a normal business customary for the format and content material of a PNR. In observe, every CRS or internet hosting system has its personal proprietary requirements, though widespread business wants, together with the necessity to map PNR information simply to AIRIMP messages, has resulted in lots of normal similarities in information content material and format between the entire main techniques.
When a passenger books an itinerary, the journey agent or journey web site consumer will create a PNR within the laptop reservation system it makes use of. That is sometimes one of many giant World Distribution Programs, reminiscent of Amadeus, Sabre, or Travelport (Apollo, Galileo, and Worldspan) but when the reserving is made immediately with an airline the PNR will also be within the database of the airline's CRS. This PNR is named the Grasp PNR for the passenger and the related itinerary. The PNR is recognized within the specific database by a report locator.
When parts of the journey are usually not offered by the holder of the Grasp PNR, then copies of the PNR data are despatched to the CRSs of the airways that might be offering transportation. These CRSs will open copies of the unique PNR in their very own database to handle the portion of the itinerary for which they're accountable. Many airways have their CRS hosted by one of many GDSs, which permits sharing of the PNR.
The report locators of the copied PNRs are communicated again to the CRS that owns the Grasp PNR, so all information stay tied collectively. This enables exchanging updates of the PNR when the standing of journey modifications in any of the CRSs.
Though PNRs have been initially launched for air journey, airways techniques can now even be used for bookings of accommodations, automotive rental, airport transfers, and prepare journeys.
From a technical level, there are 5 elements of a PNR required earlier than the reserving will be accomplished. They're:
The title of the passenger
Contact particulars for the journey agent or airline workplace.
Ticketing particulars, both a ticket quantity or a ticketing time restrict.
Itinerary of at the very least one section, which should be the identical for all passengers listed.
Title of the particular person offering the knowledge or making the reserving.
Different data, reminiscent of a timestamp and the company's pseudo-city code, will go into the reserving routinely. All entered data might be retained within the "historical past" of the reserving.
As soon as the reserving has been accomplished to this stage, the CRS will difficulty a novel all alpha or alpha-numeric report locator, which can stay the identical no matter any additional modifications made (besides if a multi-person PNR is break up). Every airline will create their very own reserving report with a novel report locator, which, relying on service stage settlement between the CRS and the airline(s) concerned, might be transmitted to the CRS and saved within the reserving. If an airline makes use of the identical CRS because the journey company, the report locator would be identical for each.
A substantial quantity of different data is commonly desired by each the airways and the journey agent to make sure environment friendly journey. This consists of:
Fare particulars, (though the quantity could also be suppressed, the kind of fare might be proven), and any restrictions that will apply to the ticket.
Tax quantities paid to the related authorities concerned within the itinerary.
The type of cost used, as it will normally prohibit any refund if the ticket will not be used.
Additional contact particulars, reminiscent of company telephone quantity and handle, extra telephone contact numbers at passenger handle and supposed vacation spot.
Age particulars whether it is related to the journey, e.g., unaccompanied kids or aged passengers requiring help.
Frequent flyer information.
Seat allocation (or seat sort request).
Particular Service Requests (SSR) reminiscent of meal necessities, wheelchair help, and different comparable requests.
"Elective Providers Instruction" or "Different Service Data" (OSI) – data despatched to a selected airline, or all airways within the reserving, which permits them to raised present a service. This data can embrace ticket numbers, native contacts particulars (the telephone part is proscribed to just a few entries), airline workers unload and improve precedence codes, and different particulars reminiscent of a passenger's language or particulars of an incapacity.
Vendor Remarks. VRs are feedback made by the airline, sometimes generated routinely as soon as the reserving or request is accomplished. These will usually embrace the airline's personal report locator, replies to particular requests, and recommendation on ticketing deadlines. Whereas usually despatched by the airways to an agent, it's also potential for an agent to ship a VR to an airline.
In newer occasions, many governments now require the airline to offer additional data included aiding investigators tracing criminals or terrorists. These embraces:
Passengers' gender
Passport particulars – nationality, quantity, and date of expiry
Date and place of origin
Redress quantity, (if beforehand given to the passenger by the US authorities).
All accessible cost/billing data.
The elements of a PNR are recognized internally in a CRS by a one-character code. This code is commonly used when making a PNR by way of direct entry right into a terminal window (versus utilizing a graphical interface). The next codes are customary throughout all CRSs primarily based on the unique PARS system:
zero Section (flight) data, together with a variety of seats booked, standing code (for instance HK1 – confirmed for 1 passenger) and fare class
1 Associated PNR report ids.
2 PNR proprietor identification (airline, CRS consumer title and position)
three Different airlines Different Service Data (OSI) or Particular Service Request (SSR) objects
four Host airline OSI or SSR objects
5 Remarks
6 Obtained from
7 Ticketing data (together with ticket quantity)
eight Ticketing time restrict
9 Contact telephone numbers
The vast majority of airways and journey companies select to host their PNR databases with a Laptop Reservations System (CRS) or World Distribution System (GDS) firm reminiscent of Sabre, Galileo, Worldspan and Amadeus.
Privateness considerations
Some privateness organizations are involved in the quantity of private information {that a} PNR may include. Whereas the minimal information for finishing a reserving is kind of small, a PNR will sometimes include far more data of a delicate nature. This may embrace the passenger's full title, date of beginning, house and work handle, phone quantity, e-mail handle, bank card particulars, IP handles if booked on-line, in addition to the names and private data of emergency contacts.
Designed to "facilitate simple international sharing of PNR information," the CRS-GDS corporations "perform each as information warehouses and information aggregators, and have a relationship to journey information analogous to that of credit score bureaus to monetary information.". A cancelled or accomplished journey doesn't erase the report since "copies of the PNRs are 'purged' from residing to archival storage techniques, and will be retained indefinitely by CRSs, airways, and journey companies." Additional, CRS-GDS corporations keep internet sites that permit virtually unrestricted entry to PNR information – typically, the knowledge is accessible by simply the reservation quantity printed on the ticket.
Moreover, through billing, assembly, and low-cost eligibility codes, PNRs include detailed data on patterns of affiliation between travellers. PNRs can include spiritual meal preferences and particular service requests that describe particulars of bodily and medical situations (e.g., Makes use of a wheelchair, can management bowels and bladder) – classes of data which have particularly protected standing within the European Union and another nation as "delicate" private information." Regardless of the delicate character of the knowledge they include, PNRs are typically not acknowledged as deserving the identical privateness safety afforded to medical and monetary information. As a substitute, they're handled as a type of business transaction information.


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Griddled salmon with green asparagus 'gazpacho' and smoked almonds
For the salmon
- 4 x 175g/5oz salmon fillets, skin on
- olive oil, for brushing
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the asparagus 'gazpacho'
- 250g/9oz asparagus spears, woody ends trimmed
- 75ml/2½fl oz extra virgin olive oil
- 50ml/2fl oz sherry vinegar
- 75g/2½oz good quality white bread, day old
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled, chopped
- ½ cucumber, peeled, seeds removed, chopped
- 1 green chilli, chopped
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh tarragon
- salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 125g/4½oz smoked almonds, roughly chopped, to serve
Preheat the oven to 180C/355F/Gas 4.
Heat a griddle pan until smoking. Brush the salmon with the olive oil, season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and griddle for 2-3 minutes on both sides, or until golden-brown all over. Place into the oven to finish cooking for 3-4 more minutes, or until just cooked through.
For the gazpacho, cut off the tips of the asparagus spears and blanch in a pan of boiling water for one minute, then drain and refresh in iced water. Set aside.
Boil the asparagus stems in a pan of boiling water for 8-10 minutes, or until very soft. Allow to cool in the liquid.
Mix the extra virgin olive oil, sherry vinegar, bread and garlic together in a large bowl and set aside for ten minutes.
Transfer the bread mixture to a food processor along with the asparagus stems, cucumber, chilli and tarragon and blend until smooth. Add enough of the asparagus cooking liquid to thin out the gazpacho to your desired consistency, and blend again. Season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
To serve, ladle the gazpacho into four serving bowls and gently place a salmon fillet on top of each. Scatter over the chopped smoked almonds and asparagus tips and serve.
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Office Politics Is Killing Us
Our youthful Iranian era are people who find themselves of their 30s right now. In the 1670s, the Lords of Commerce and Plantations, a royal committee established to implement the mercantile system on the colonies, moved to annul the Massachusetts Bay charter, as a result of the colony was resisting the government's financial policy.
Yet, its cultural and political mode of thought and apply- its assertive posture, robust rhetoric and uncompromising critique-completely altered the political panorama of America in addition to the identity of African People. What happened subsequent – though an remoted event in American history – offers a vivid window into the social and psychological world of Puritan New England.
The colonial assemblies, aware of events in England, attempted to assert their "rights" and "liberties." By the early 18th century, the colonial legislatures held two important powers similar to these held by the English Parliament: the correct to … Read More
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Being requested to offer a public presentation will be each gratifying and frightening. Subsequently, other New England colonies – similar to Connecticut and Rhode Island – also succeeded in changing into self-governing just by asserting that they had been past any governmental authority, and then establishing their very own political system modeled after that of the Pilgrims at Plymouth.
Within the lead as much as the 12 March elections, many opposition candidates publicly demanded that President Uribe do one thing to purge the lists of political candidates, removing these people considered in close cooperation with paramilitary leaders.
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This third article in this series about being politically savvy in the workplace builds upon the foundational insights of the prior two articles.
Office Politics I addressed the issue of neutralizing a toxic person at your workplace instead of committing either of the two fatal errors of trying to make them a friend or treating them like an enemy. Instead, we want to neutralize their toxic effect upon the work environment.
Office Politics II showed you how to use public displays of camaraderie to neutralize "behind your back" toxic communications.
This article looks at another technique for neutralizing a dangerous colleague in the workplace.
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I'm not very good at either but have had lessons and advanced a ways into the rainbow of belts in both judo and karate. I know enough to really make a dangerous opponent even madder at me than they were before. But I … Read More
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Kyle began our phone call by sharing his frustration. "I hate the politics at my company," he said. "The only projects that get done are the ones sponsored by the company president's 'pets.' The worth of the project doesn't matter; it's all about who you know. I do great work, and that should be enough." I could hear the anger in his voice. "I'm not good at playing the game – and I won't!"
By far, one of the biggest challenges my clients face is office politics. People constantly ask me, "How can I influence decisions in my workplace when I don't have the clout or authority to get done what I need to get done?"
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In almost every working environment we are faced with office politics. It seems to find a way of involving us and usually not by choice. The key to coping with these circumstances without crossing any ethical boundaries is to first and foremost decide what is of importance to you- the short term chance of promotion or the long term value of your professional development, which can take a life time to build but can serve as inspiration for life times to come.
Some people think that they should avoid office politics all together, but statistics have shown that those who understand and use these politics are more likely to succeed than those who dismiss it all together.
As Andrew DuBrin once said "to ignore office politics is to ignore those underlining forces that account for the differences in success between equally talented people".
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Office Politics: The Taboo You Cannot Ignore
So, you held your breath, prayed to the higher power and struggled to fit in during high school. The popular and the arrogant got it all, whilst the nice ones merged in the background. Regardless of what happened, you graduated from high school. You escaped the close bound circumference of the seven deadly sins and went to college, worked harder than most. Alas! After those grueling hours of hard work and sleepless nights, you bagged your dream job. And what happens when you are finally there? It is high school all over again. The picture perfect sycophant, the inevitable office head cheerleader, the gloat and of course, the Quarterbacks.
Long story short, office politics is where there is a tension among the co-workers like back-biting, egoism, conflict in interests, difference in each other's opinion and pure nepotism at times. Office politics is very persuasive. No matter how many times you … Read More
Understanding Office Politics in the 21st Century Workplace
Office Politics: The Art Of The Possible
Playing politics is like having sex. Almost everybody does it, but nobody is comfortable discussing exactly what they do. We will talk for hours, however, about what other people might be doing. Typically, we use the term "playing politics" only to describe our colleagues' behavior – never our own. They are sucking up, scheming, and manipulating, but we are building relationships, developing strategies, and opening communication channels.
The above paragraph was quoted from Dr. Marie McIntyre's recent book, "Secrets to Winning at Office Politics". And it's true! When people are placed together in a corporation (or in a family, or a reality TV island), it is human nature to compete for power, influence, rewards, and recognition. How people carry out this competition, and the value individuals place on the spoils, are what we call office politics.
Ignore politics at your peril! A sure … Read More
4 Common Causes of Office Politics
"Office Politics" can be defined as using real OR perceived power and control to get what you want – be it tangible (a raise, corner office, etc.) or intangible (a promotion, visibility, influence over others) sometimes at the expense of others. This definition brings home the fact that office politics is inevitable.
What organization doesn't have a hierarchy of some type? What company does not have managers, supervisors, presidents, CEOs, etc. that exert some authority? 90 percent of our newsletter recipients and other respondents to a survey about the subject admitted to being aware of office politics in their organization. Many of them also admitted that they knew of conflicts in the organization caused by office politics.
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1. Scarcity of Resources – Not enough resources to go around and everyone wants to get "their share". This often causes back-stabbing and manipulation at varying … Read More


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CHESHIRE PHOENIX fell to their first defeat in six matches as the Glasgow Rocks got the better of them in their final BBL Cup group game.
The Rocks prevailed 88-78 at the Cheshire Oaks Arena with the Phoenix never recovering from a disastrous opening period which saw them trail by 16 points at 29-13.
Glasgow had extended their lead by half time with the Scottish side finding themselves 47-28 ahead in Ellesmere Port.
Phoenix began to come back into it in the third period, reducing the deficit back to 16 points as they went into the final period 68-52 behind.
The difference proved to be too much for Cheshire to recover as they eventually lost out by ten points.
Parker Jackson-Cartwright top scored for the hosts with 25 points, while Ben Mockford (19) and Jalen Hayes (14) also contributed heavily.
But ultimately, Cheshire were unable to contain a constant stream of points from Glasgow's Alastair Fraser who scored 28 points and Greg Pryor with 24.
Prior to the defeat, Cheshire Phoenix's place in the quarter finals of the BBL Cup was already mathematically secured with Leicester's previous victory over Glasgow.
Phoenix will now face London City Royals for a place in the semi-finals.


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Just like fantasy and creativity have no cap on them, following the same principle and people's ever-growing demands for something new has led to manufacturing a distinct variety of beds to sleep on. When one speaks of sturdy furniture, it has to be wooden based as wooden beds not only give your bedroom the modish touch but could give you the opportunity of carving your own customized design. Wooden carving is a great skill and getting it done from a professional could turn your dreams to reality. A raw piece of wood may not be very appealing but how this wood is treated to tailor it to our needs is what makes it look extremely elegant.
Wooden beds in UK are normally made from either Scandinavian pine wood or Oak wood. The exuberant finishes given to them while making wooden beds is way beyond comparison and gives customers a flawless wooden bed range to choose from. The finishing process normally includes fine sanding, distressing, then staining and then sanding between top coats. Following this would be waxing and finally polishing.
Let us look briefly at a variety of finishes one gets to choose from.
Tung Oil and Danish oil finish is considered to seep into the wood. They are colourless and are also available in the variety of wooden colours you. Wooden beds with this finish, though not very durable but yes bring with it an easy maintenance system of re-polishing to camouflage scratches.
Varnish combined with polyurethane has been one of the simplest ways of giving your wooden bed a classic gloss and shine. It not only protects the wood but is also an excellent durable finish.
Latex paint finish is a simple environment friendly product that could give a double wooden bed a great look. They are non-inflammable and less prone to fade easily.
The Linseed oil finish comes from the age of the kings and queens and it is this elegant finish that leaves an antique touch to wooden beds.
Lacquer finish is mostly done through spray polish. This dark hue could adorn your bedroom with an outstanding bold ambience.
These finishes are further customized with the engravings you choose and of course the kind of wood design and wood colour you want for your wooden bed. One can be convinced that there is nothing as strong and long lasting as wooden beds. It is indeed more of an investment than just a piece of rich looking furniture.


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|Industry: Banks
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|Company Contact
| 140 Fullarton St Suite 2002
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|Key People
| Thomas A. Hockin
Independent Chairman of the Board
| Scott Andrew Mizzen
Vice President - Real Estate Finance
| David R. Taylor
President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
| Maurizio Bevilacqua
Vice Chairman of the Board
| R. Shawn Clarke
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer
| Nick Kristo
Senior Vice President - Credit, Chief Risk Officer
| Jonathan F.P. Taylor
Senior Vice President - Deposit Services & Human Resources
| Maurice A Danis
Senior Vice President - Structured & Corporate Finance
| Ross P Duggan
Senior Vice President - Lending
| Stephanie Anne Francis
Vice-President - Finance and Accounting
|Business Overview
|VersaBank, formerly Pacific & Western Bank of Canada (the Bank,) is a Canada-based chartered bank, which operates using an electronic branchless model. It sources deposits, consumer loans, commercial loans and leases electronically. The Bank also makes residential development and commercial mortgages as its sources through a network of brokers and direct contact with its lending staff. It operates through Banking segment. The Bank provides financing in the form of commercial and consumer loans, and lease receivables sourced through the Bank's bulk purchase program. It also finances real estate developers in Southwestern Ontario and provides consumer lending through its private label credit card program. Its loan portfolio includes residential multi-family mortgages, commercial and consumer loans and leases, commercial mortgages, government financings and credit card receivables. Its commercial and consumer loans, and leases consist of commercial loans to investment grade corporations.
|Financial Overview
|For the six months ended 30 April 2020, VersaBank interest income increased 4% to C$44.9M. Net interest income after loan loss provision increased 3% to C$27.8M. Net income applicable to common stockholders increased 5% to C$9.2M. Net interest income after loan loss provision reflects Interest Income - Loans increase of 4% to C$43.2M, Cash and securities increase of 6% to C$1.6M.
|92 as of Oct 31, 2019
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|Enterprise value:
|$174.15M as of Apr 30, 2020
|Annual revenue (TTM):
|$90.08M as of Apr 30, 2020
|$29.89M as of Apr 30, 2020
|Net annual income (TTM):
|$18.47M as of Apr 30, 2020
|Free cash flow (TTM):
|$234.57M as of Apr 30, 2020
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|Shares outstanding:
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Completes Sale of HOTSHOT
HOUSTON, July 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Salarius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLRX), a clinical-stage oncology company targeting the epigenetic causes of cancers, today announced it completed the sale of HOTSHOT, a novel consumer beverage formerly marketed by Flex Innovation Group LLC, a subsidiary of Salarius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (f/k/a Flex Pharma, Inc.), pursuant to an asset purchase agreement with Cliff-Cartwright Corporation. HOTSHOT is used by endurance athletes who drink it before, during, and after exercise to prevent and treat Exercise Associated Muscles Cramps (EAMCs).
Prior to completing the merger with then privately-held Salarius Pharmaceuticals LLC, Flex Pharma announced its intent to sell its consumer division as part of a broader effort to seek strategic alternatives to enhance stockholder value, including the potential sale of certain assets of Flex Innovation Group LLC.
David Arthur, President and CEO of Salarius Pharmaceuticals, stated, "Salarius Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage oncology company with a differentiated epigenetic therapy targeting areas of high unmet medical need including Ewing sarcoma and advanced solid tumors. We are focused on advancing our products through clinical development and we are pleased that HOTSHOT has found a home with Cliff-Cartwright Corporation. This transaction allows us to focus on clinical development."
Matthew Wohl, President and CEO of Cliff-Cartwright Corporation, commented, "Since its founding by two endurance athletes, who also happen to be highly acclaimed scientists, HOTSHOT has been helping athletes perform and compete at every level. We are thrilled to continue building the HOTSHOT brand and believe in its mission of preventing muscle cramping and soreness for endurance athletes and fitness enthusiasts alike."
About Salarius Pharmaceuticals
Salarius Pharmaceuticals, LLC is a clinical-stage oncology company targeting the epigenetic causes of cancers and is developing treatments for patients that need them the most. The company's lead candidate, Seclidemstat, is currently in clinical development for treating Ewing sarcoma, for which it has Orphan Drug designation and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Salarius believes that Seclidemstat is one of only two reversible inhibitors of the epigenetic modulator LSD1 currently in human trials, and that it could have potential for improved safety and efficacy compared to other LSD1-targeted therapies. Salarius is also developing Seclidemstat for a number of cancers with high unmet medical need, with an ongoing clinical study in Ewing sarcoma and a clinical study in advanced solid tumors, including prostate, breast and ovarian cancers. Salarius receives financial support from the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation to advance the Ewing sarcoma clinical program and is also the recipient of an $18.7M Product Development Award from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). For more information, please visit salariuspharma.com.
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This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release are forward-looking statements. Examples of such statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to: the potential for Seclidemstat to target the epigenetic dysregulation underlying Ewing sarcoma and advanced solid tumors including, but not limited to, prostate, breast, ovarian, melanoma, colorectal and other cancers; expected timing and results of clinical studies; the nature, strategy and focus of the company; and the development and commercial potential of any product candidates of the company. Salarius may not actually achieve the plans, carry out the intentions or meet the expectations or objectives disclosed in the forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results and performance to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: the ability of the company to raise additional capital to meet the company's business operational needs and to achieve its business objectives and strategy; the company's ability to project future capital needs and cash utilization; future clinical trial results; that the results of studies and clinical trials may not be predictive of future clinical trial results; the sufficiency of Salarius' intellectual property protection; risks related to the drug development and the regulatory approval process; and the competitive landscape and other industry-related risks. Salarius disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.
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Hold onto your hats, ladies, and gentlemen, Miley Cyrus' new mini-album She is Coming is here, and her music is absolute fire. Are you surprised? We're not. Back in 2017, Cyrus released Younger Now, which featured a more rock-infused sound that was new for the songstress. Naturally, fans were obsessed. She is Coming features yet another new sound, while still remaining classic Miley. She rocks a cropped white t-shirt on the album cover, with the words "NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS" across her chest. (Presumably inspired by the so-called song from the English Punk Rock band, Sex Pistols back in 1977.) And that's truly a sentiment everyone should live by. She isn't coming…she's arrived, people!
This album is reportedly the first of three, six-song EPs the 26-year-old singer plans to release before the end of 2019. The three-part-collection is titled SHE IS: MILEY CYRUS. The next two in the series are titled, SHE IS HERE, (expected by the end of summer) and SHE IS EVERYTHING, (by the end of the year). Cyrus took to Instagram to promote her new work with a series of black-and-white videos. She can be seen lying on a bed in a black ballgown and dancing around in her Gucci lingerie while her songs play. It's a MOOD.
This EP, or extended play, record is a shorter album—featuring just six songs. It includes collaborations with drag star Ru Paul and rappers Swae Lee and Ghostface Killah.
In the Editor's Notes of the album, Cyrus' tone and intention with the songs is discussed. "Miley is back in the club—wiser, but still with a thirst to party," they began. And this is definitely evident in her music, particularly with the first three tracks: "Mother's Daughter," "Unholy," "D.R.E.A.M (Drugs Rule Everything Around Me)." The Editor's Notes continue explaining, "Her tone across the six tracks strikes a balance between cause and effect. Miley processes feelings of confusion when partying isn't fun anymore on "unholy," while producer Andrew Wyatt…gives the track a nocturnal R&B vibe."
The fourth track on the EP, "Cattitude," has received a lot of attention for her lyrics about Cardi B and Nicki Minaj: "I love you Nicki, but I listen to Cardi." Some thought she was adding fuel to the reported fire (AKA feud) between the two rappers. But Cyrus said the opposite.
"I don't think there is beef now anymore," Cyrus explained, discussing the rappers. "I think that you're allowed to enjoy two artists who fill a similar lane."
While "D.R.E.A.M." and "Cattitude" have been the hottest topics of discussion, our personal fav is "The Most." It returns to a sound that is more reminiscent of Cyrus' core vibe. It feels slightly more country-infused, and really highlights the singer's pure, raspy vocals. In the Editor's Notes, they said this song is the "Wrecking Ball" of the album, "a beautiful track that highlights her Nashville roots." We love it.
Fans are living for this album, check out some Twitter reactions below:
Also, probably doesn't mean anything but check out this tweet from the account that tracks Taylor Swift's Spotify activity:
Wonder what that means…
Listen to the album yourself here.


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