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London – Elephant And Castle – Palace Bingo
This Club Is Closed Or Demolished
Exterior of the now closed London Palace Bingo - Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre
Entrance to the now closed London Palace Bingo in the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre
Interior of the now closed London Palace Bingo in the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre.
Date of closure: 31st March 2019
Address (for reference only):
The Palaces
Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre
SE1 6TE
Back in 2017 we reported the following: "Over the past couple of years there has been talk of the Elephant & castle shopping centre being demolished to make way for a new development. Palace Bingo however have a current lease, as do the Palace Superbowl. The lease may be broken by a compulsory purchase order, but the owners first have to provide plans for supporting the relocation of all businesses in the centre. As a result, it looks like Palace Bingo is safe until 2019."
Well, 2019 hit and news came of the closure of the club in March 2019. Based in the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre, the club had a great reputation from the comments that were left here for it. As the club page has gone, so have the comments. The club is relocating at some point, but as of yet we don't know where and when that's to be. When it does we will open a new club page, and this page will remain as a reminder of the old club.
Update: September 2019
The search for a new club continues, in June 2019 the Palaces had been in discussion to buy a club from Buzz Bingo – this was on The London Palace Facebook page –
"It has been closed since March 31st and everyone was given two months notice and sent a number of text messages. The shopping centre is due for demolition and an alternative club was agreed to be purchased from Buzz but they pulled out of the agreement so we were left high an dry. We are seeking another premises but it is a slow process."
As of now, September 2019 there is still no news as to this alternative venue.
Other Lost Halls In The Area
London Surrey Docks Buzz Bingo (Formerly Gala Bingo) – Teredo Street
London Camden Town Mecca Bingo – Arlington Road
London Bexleyheath Buzz Bingo (Formerly Gala Bingo) – Broadway
Below are a selection of photos of the now closed London Palace Bingo at The Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre. The photographer is unknown.
Main Stage at the Elephant and Castle London Palace Bingo.
Tombola time at the Elephant and Castle London Palace Bingo.
Interior view of the Elephant and Castle London Palace Bingo.


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Installing Steam on Mac OS with a Case-sensitive boot partition
So Steam has now been released for the Mac. Whilst this is a massive step forwards for the Mac as a platform – finally giving Apple a credible position regarding gaming (after the 2007 deal with Electronic Arts, which didn't even promise Mac native games but merely wrappers around Windows titles*, apparently went nowhere) – there are still clearly rough edges which makes Steam feel more like a late beta.
There are minor issues regarding connectivity, with logging in and especially downloads taking several attempts and with downloads randomly pausing themselves before completion. The application still needs to be made more Mac-like, since the white background of the "Updating" window is jarring and the main window can't be moved between Spaces by picking up the window and moving the active space with the keyboard. Mainly though, Steam needs to support case-sensitive filesystems.
Update: Whilst the connectivity improved with time, Steam on Mac still feels like a second-class citizen.
Installing to a case-sensitive filesystem is a standard OS X installation option. Especially for people coming from the UNIX world, opting for this filesystem brings many benefits. The only development house I'm aware of with the audacity to remain incompatible with this fully Apple-supported option are Adobe – and they're hardly a great example to follow. I really think that not supporting case-sensitivity on Mac would be entirely equivalent to not supporting FAT32 filesystems on Windows.
Update: Windows 7 now no longer supports installation to FAT32 😉
More interestingly, it's widely suspected that a Linux version of Steam is also imminent – and this can only support case-sensitive filesystems, as on Linux case-sensitivity is sacrosanct. Hopefully, the situation on the Mac is purely a reflection that Valve were struggling to meet their launch-deadline, and will soon be resolved.
Update: Steam on Linux never happened, Valve seem to have zero interest in robust Mac support.
In the meantime, here is a method to get Steam to run on a Mac which does have a case-sensitive boot partition without needing a reformat and reinstall(!) Steam tries to access the following paths, and may create the following directories:
~/Library/Application Support/steam
~/Documents/steam content
/volumes
Luckily, this can be relatively easily fixed without imposing too much of a performance penalty:
Launch Disk Utility.app and choose File > New > Blank Disk Image…. In the following dialog window, create an image named "Steam" with a Format of 'Mac OS Extended' (a journaled filesystem sitting within a journaled filesystem doesn't bring any benefits), no Partitions (this isn't a physical device, so there's no need), and an Image Format of 'sparse bundle disk image' (which means that the image can be of an arbitrary size regardless of filesystem space, but which is split into chunks of just over 8MB each so as not to cause fragmentation issues as the used size of the image expands). Now choose a Custom size with a sufficiently large value (I created a 1TB disk image) and name the new volume "Steam";
Download Steam and copy Steam.app to the mounted Steam disk image created above. 'Get Info' on Steam.app, click on the steam icon in the top-left of the information dialog and press Command-C to copy the icon. Likewise, 'Get Info' on the Steam disk image on the desktop, select the disk's icon, and press Command-V to replace the disk icon with the Steam icon. Repeat for the Steam.sparsebundle package created above, but also choose the 'Hide extension' option under 'Name & Extension';
Open Terminal.app, and run the commands:
mkdir -p /Volumes/Steam/Application\ Support/Steam /Volumes/Steam/Documents/Steam\ Content /volumes
ln -s /Volumes/Steam/Application\ Support/Steam ~/Library/Application\ Support/
ln -s /Volumes/Steam/Documents/Steam\ Content ~/Documents/
ln -s /Volumes/Steam /volumes/steam
If you have the developer tools installed, then you can now also run:
/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a V /volumes
/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a V ~/Documents/Steam\ Content
… in order to keep the Finder view tidy;
Update: Regardless of whether you have Developer Tools or not, you can instead run:
chflags hidden /volumes
chflags hidden ~/Documents/Steam\ Content
Now simply launch Steam.app, and everything should just work! All you have to do is to remember to unmount the Steam disk image when it's no longer in use.
Hopefully, a steam update will remove the need for this before too long – I'd be surprised if this is still an issue after the launch of Steam on Linux.
Update: <sigh>
* Although there is evidence that Steam on the Mac will be implementing a DirectX wrapper for non-OpenGL games. This is still an immeasurably preferable approach compared to having to run every API call through a translation layer. Potentially, just as adoption of the iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad has apparently started a transition away from Flash video towards HTML5/H.264 video, is it just possible that the rise of the Mac as a gaming platform could drive more developers to adopt OpenGL instead of DirectX. Whilst Microsoft's XNA allows code reuse between the PC and XBox360 platforms, the PC does appear to be in decline as a gaming platform and if the Mac is gaining gaming market-share then cross-platform development in this direction could become very attractive. There are many PC games whose complexity or control systems don't fit well in the more constrained environment a console provides, and it's possible that (possibly for novelty value alone, initially) Mac revenue on Steam will be higher in comparison to the platform's market-share then PC revenue. It's my impression that Mac owners will be more willing to spend more money on quality games than PC owners. In opposition to this, the Mac may just not be sufficiently accepted as a gaming platform for sales to significantly take-off.
Update: Just recently there has been press regarding the decline of consoles as game-playing platforms and the resurgence of the PC. On pay-what-you-want sites such as humblebundle.com the amount that people choosing to identify themselves as Mac users choose to pay is reliably half as much again as what Windows users pay. Linux users, on average, reliably pay twice what Windows users pay. Go figure…
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I'm unclear whether to open the steam on the disk image or the one on my desktop.
Once you've copied Steam to the disk image, any other copies can be removed. When you want to launch Steam you then double-click on the disk image file (which places a Steam icon on your desktop), then open this and run the Steam application from within).
Main post updated with Updates to note developments (or lack thereof) over the past ~18 months…
Thanks so much for these steps. I really want to play civ 5 and it will only work with steam.
From what I can tell steam is really just short for "steaming pile of…" with its requirements. Wish they would support the mac just a little better.
Your instructions worked like a charm though!
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The latest Federal Open Market Committee statement contained a lot more information than the Fed governors may have realized. The Fed may have thought it was keeping the status quo, but often silence is the most powerful form of communication. The market reaction may seem paradoxical to an economist, but it was perfectly logical to traders.
What the Fed said: "...economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace...Based on its current assessment, the Committee judges that it can be patient in beginning to normalize the stance of monetary policy."
What traders heard: The Fed is not going to raise rates for the next 6 months so it is safe to buy bonds.
What the Fed said: In determining how long to maintain this target range, the Committee will assess progress--both realized and expected--toward its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation.
What traders heard: With inflation expectations falling there is no shot of the Fed raising rates, which means the whole world will want to buy US bonds...and they will need U.S. dollars to buy our bonds. Hollah at the dollah!
What the Fed said: The Committee currently anticipates that, even after employment and inflation are near mandate-consistent levels, economic conditions may, for some time, warrant keeping the target federal funds rate below levels the Committee views as normal in the longer run.
What traders heard: Wow, the Fed thinks that the economy might be in trouble even if inflation ticks up and employment remains robust ... we better sell stocks. This market is going to trade like a barrel of oil wrapped in euros!
The market reaction to the Fed statement should be quite troubling for the Federal Reserve. The statement opened the door to a global rates convergence trade and revealed the Fed is painted into a corner. Since virtually every other central bank in the world is on a policy-easing path, global bond yields are falling toward zero. Most importantly, they are already near zero in Germany. The German bund market is one of the only markets large enough to handle the enormous holdings that insurance companies, bond fund managers, and sovereign wealth funds require. The only other choice are U.S. Treasurys - and the cherry on top is that U.S. rates are much higher than German rates. The 10-year U.S. Treasury bond currently yields 1.72 percent, while the German 10-year bond yield is at 0.35 percent. Global investors have viewed this differential as a gift ... and the Fed just assured it will be the gift that keeps on giving. The resulting capital flows will mean lower U.S. bond yields and a higher U.S. dollar.
To an economist, this conclusion is paradoxical, because text books suggest that falling yields will dissuade investors. However, when every central bank in the world is driving rates to zero, investors will prefer the bond with the highest relative yield. Moreover, the collective herd action will support the underlying currency and reduce the currency risk ... but this is not captured in the Fed's models ... and herein lies the problem.
Let's suppose the Fed remains dovish because it is worried about falling inflation expectations, primarily due to falling oil. The traditional econometric model would suggest that remaining dovish would weaken the dollar and by extension increase oil prices. However, the exact opposite happened. The dollar soared and oil prices dumped ... exacerbating the Fed's dilemma. The only tool the Fed has to weaken the dollar is more quantitative easing, but as the stock-market reaction illustrates, any hint of economic weakness and the asset bubble will pop.
The Fed has spent six years and trillions of dollars reflating the stock market in order to revive the economy -- the Fed calls this the wealth effect -- but now if they want to keep the party going they risk undoing all that work. I do not envy Fed Chair Janet Yellen and the task she has before her. She has inherited a bad trade from her predecessor and there appears to be no way out.
Brian Kelly is founder and managing member of Brian Kelly Capital LLC, a global macro investment firm catering to high net worth individuals, family offices and institutions. He is also the creator of the BKCM Indexes, benchmarks for multi-asset money managers. He's also the author of the upcoming book, "The Bitcoin Big Bang: How Alternative Currencies Are About to Change the World." Kelly, a CNBC contributor, often appears on "Fast Money." Follow him on Twitter @BKBrianKelly.


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From the Socialist Party of Canada monthly newsletter:
Once again with feeling - the poverty issue.
The Toronto Star launched an Anti-poverty campaign entitled, "Ask Why" to bring attention to the plight of the working poor in Canada.
It describes the life of a Sri Lankan woman who holds down two cleaning jobs (she was a teacher in her native land and holds a degree in the liberal arts)), and who has to leave her two children with others during the day and the night, and manages to bring home a grand total of $1,150/month.
The apartment rent is currently $850 and in eleven years in Canada she has never been able to afford real furniture but relies on plastic patio chairs. It should be noted the response that followed was tremendous with offers of better jobs, donations and gifts of furniture, a testament to the humane response of the populace, but, I think, even the hardliners would agree that this is no solution.
The Toronto Star is a liberal paper, perhaps just to the Left of Centre, and has along tradition of highlighting the injustices of our economic system. It has high quality reporters with a conscience producing very good and thorough articles. It perhaps could be compared to the Guardian. On page two, it printed articles from the end of the 19th. Century on poverty.
For example, "Families in dire want of food because the husbands and fathers have been unable to obtain work" (1894); "Nineteen thousand undernourished children attend Toronto schools" (1931); "Three hundred jobless sleepnightly along Don river's banks" (1931); "Shameful! Here is a very small boy with very large spectacles! They cover the whole eye and have little discs on each lens to correct an astigmatism. He can see better in a cellar than in the open sunlight because he works 6 hours of the day in almost Cimmerian darkness" (no date).
There are many similar articles. The shocking point is, for all the heartfelt desire that the editor and writers have put into this theme, which has covered two weeks, there is never any connection made to the fact that what the paper attacked in 1894 is still going on today as evidenced by the lead story. We are told facts such as there are 650,000 working poor in Canada, or that 40% of the country's poor have jobs but cannot make enough to make ends meet. One reporter actually cited the following, "Writing in the latest edition of the journal Healthcare Policy, University of British Columbia economist Robert Evans points out that over this period (25 years), most of the economic gains recorded in Canada were appropriated by the super-rich. Between 1976 and 1990, the average per capita income in Canada barely budged. But over the same period, the top 0.01 per cent of earners saw their incomes more than doubled."
The last 25 years! Just who the hell do they think was appropriating the workers' income for the last three hundred years and will continue to do so for the next three hundred unless the workers wake up! The editorials made the usual offerings - raise the minimum wage, raise the tax thresholds for the low earners, more language training for immigrants. Again, no connection to the nature of capitalism.
To me, it's all so very simple - wealth produced is split between wages and profits and because the capitalist class own the whole lot, they take the lion's share - that it seems or the whole world is daft.
For socialism,
John Ayers
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Valerie J. Simon
March 4, 1919 - October 8, 2011
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Monday 9:30 am until time of service at 11 am at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
SIMON, Valerie J., 92, of Wheeling WV, died Thursday, October 6, 2011 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born in London, England on March 4, 1919. Valerie was a retired employee of the former Leeds Furniture Company and WCPI Radio in Wheeling. She was a very active member of St Matthews Episcopal Church where she was a member of the Altar Guild and worked with the Food Pantry for more than 25 years. Valerie was a Flight Officer for the Women's Royal Air Force of England during WWII, a member of the Royal Air Force Association and worked for many years with the American Red Cross on blood drives. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Simon A. Simon in 1977; two sisters, Jean Rankin and Jennifer Lovell. Surviving are two daughters, Christine Goodwin and her husband David of Wheeling, and Gillian Baxter and her husband Zane of Nashville TN; two sons, Douglas Simon of Pawley's Island, SC and Mark Simon and his wife Lori of Sherrard WV; seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Altmeyer Funeral Home, 1400 Eoff Street, Wheeling WV on Sunday, October 9, 2011 from 2-4 and 6-8 pm and on Monday from 10:30 am until the time of the service at 11 am at St Matthews Episcopal Church in Wheeling with Fr. Mark E. Seitz as celebrant. Interment will be private and at the convenience of the family at Park View Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made to the St Matthews Food Pantry, 1410 Chapline Street, Wheeling WV 26003. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at altmeyer.com.
Tonya Cross
Chris and Dave – Please accept my condolences and prayers in this sad time. I always enjoyed talking to your mom when she attended church with you at Glen Dale. Another star has been added to the heavens. Tonya


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Following the initial training period, education and research is being continued at the Max Planck Institutes that the MaxNetAging students are affiliated with. Additionally, the MaxNetAging students are invited to an annual graduate workshop as well as an annual MaxNetAging conference together with former and current fellows of MaxNetAging and internationally renowned experts in aging research.
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The tumultuous life of Frida Kahlo is dramatized by Dawn Upshaw and SPCO.
Artistic Partner Dawn Upshaw took center stage again this week, as Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra presented a Latin- and Spanish-inspired program, heard Thursday night at the Ordway Center. She premiered a song cycle, "La centinela y la paloma" ("The Keeper and the Dove"), by 2009 Latin Grammy winner Gabriella Frank and sang two pieces by Spanish composer Manuel de Falla.
It is rare for an orchestra concert to showcase three women. (There was also Portuguese conductor Joana Carneiro.) This should not be such an unusual occurrence that it becomes worthy of note. But unfortunately it is.
Frank's cycle is the distillation of an opera-in-progress with a text by Pulitzer Prize-winning Cuban playwright Nilo Cruz. The setting is the Mexican festival Dia de los muertos (Day of the Dead), where Catrina, the Keeper of souls, releases her spirits. One of them is the Dove of the title, internationally famed artist Frida Kahlo.
The work is keenly dramatic, from the eerie and ethereal conjuring of the spirit realm to Frida's sensuous and earthy evocation of life.
Upshaw delivered a committed performance, but lacked a degree of mystery as Catrina. And the cycle's tessitura lay a little high for her. Her voice had a tendency to turn white in the upper reaches.
She was more successful as Kahlo, anticipating the carnality of the physical world. The tragedy of her not being able to embrace her husband, the artist Diego Rivera, was movingly expressed in a devastating a cappella lament.
Diminutive Carneiro is a very physical conductor, emphatic and forceful, all elbows with her baton. She emphasized the theatricality of the music, giving it a genuine warmth and passion.
The concert opened with Mexican composer Enrico Chapela's "Li Po," based on a Mexican poem about a Chinese poet. The work for chamber orchestra and tape belongs to the international school of over-intellectualized contemporary music.
Upshaw was also in her element with the Falla. The cosmopolitan "Psyché" is a perfect chamber miniature. His "Seven Spanish Folksongs" (of which Upshaw sang five) elevates folk melodies to the level of art song. Carneiro and Upshaw captured the sensuality of the brief pieces.
As the finale, the orchestra made the most of Aaron Copland's deeply melodic signature sound in "Latin-American Sketches."
William Randall Beard writes frequently about music.


On June 15 it was reported by Reuters that 1,995 children were separated from 1,940 adults at the U.S.-Mexico border between April 19 and May 31 because of the stricter border enforcement policies enacted by the Trump administration. As a result of this "zero tolerance" policy, parents were being criminally charged and therefore children were separated from their caregivers, the one constant in their young lives.
Trauma lasts a lifetime. As a result of a traumatic experience children can suffer into adulthood and suffer cognitively, emotionally and physically.
The patron saint of immigrants and first American saint, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, said "the impressions of childhood are never obliterated." In my work researching the impact of trauma on children, this statement hangs heavily on those who have the responsibility and moral obligation to protect and serve our children.
When trauma is experienced, the impact on a child's development is significant and negative, and the younger the child the greater the negative impact. Young children, those who were separated from their caregivers and/or subjected to "tender-age" shelters, are some of the most vulnerable.
While the treatment of these young children is certainly heartbreaking and inhumane, it also has long-lasting impacts and reunification does not guarantee that the effects of trauma will end.
The increasing awareness of the effects of trauma on the brain has offered great insight into the role trauma plays in childhood development. During extreme stress our bodies respond via a heightened state of alertness known as the flight, fight or freeze response. Children experiencing trauma will be on a heightened state of alertness at all times. This can cause dramatic consequences for their body.
In her book, "The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity," Dr. Nadine Burke Harris explains that the brain is so sensitive that elevated levels of stress hormones can significantly disrupt the development of the brain, which in return causes a weakened foundation in learning, mood, relational skills and aspects of executive functioning, even into adulthood.
The American Public Health Association (APHA) has noted that trauma from the separation experienced by these young children could lead to alcoholism, substance abuse, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders, obesity and suicide.
Furthermore, other available research shows consistently increased levels of psychological issues among refugee children, especially post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety disorders.
While we know that supportive relationships will buffer or protect young children from the effects of trauma, what happens when a child was removed from their supportive adult as a result of government legislation?
What we now know as a result of trauma is that these young, innocent, vulnerable children need support and must be reunited quickly with their loved ones and family separation must not happen again.
Colleen Lelli, Ed.D., is director of the Jordan Center for Children of Trauma and Domestic Violence Education and is associate professor of education at Cabrini University. She is an expert who works with school districts, administrators, educators and advocates to provide critical insight into the intricacies of educating children who have witnessed trauma and domestic violence.


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Joyce McConnell was officially confirmed as Colorado State University's first female president on Friday.
CSU's Board of Governors voted unanimously to hire McConnell, who is currently the provost and vice president for academic affairs at West Virginia University. She was chosen by the university earlier this month following a national search.
McConnell will begin her new gig leading CSU into its 150th year on July 1. The board and McConnell have settled on a five-year employment agreement in which the new president will earn an annual base salary of $550,000.
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The only variable I have set in my environment is NX_EXPORT_MAX_FETCH_ROWS = 5000.
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If you want no chance of a duplicate, both need to be the same. You can try 5000 and if exports start failing, lower both.
Did the information provided by Anthony address your issue with duplicate records when exporting from CA SDM?
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Olympia Loses To 3rd-Seed Addison Driscoll
By Steve Robinson | December 28, 2007 - 2:22 pm
Posted in Category: Olympia HS, Pekin Daily Times
BLOOMINGTON – Those Times-area basketball fans looking for a dream matchup at the championship game of the Class 1A-2A Boys bracket at the State Farm Bloomington-Normal Holiday Tourney could have one more shot at the seeing the two sides face off.
But after the team's third day winds down Thursday, Olympia and Hartem will be looking to conquer fifth place, not first place as hoped, when the tournament began Wednesday.
That's because both teams lost key matchups Thursday, with sixth seed Olympia falling to third seed Addison Driscoll Catholic, 59-44, at the Shirk Center on the Illinois Wesleyan campus.
The game was close by the end of the first quarter, with Olympia (6-3) owning the only lead it would have at the end of a period, 9-8.
The lead would change hands five times from the beginning of the second quarter, with the pivotal moment coming at 4:10 before halftime when Spartans junior guard Brady Cremeens fouled Highlanders junior guard David Schwabe.
Officials gave Cremeens a technical on top of the original foul, enraging the Spartans' fans in attendance. The technical gave Schwabe four foul shots. Of those, he made three, giving Addison Driscoll (10-2) an 18-15 lead.
It was an advantage they never surrendered, owning a 25-15 halftime lead. Olympia trailed 39-24 at the end of the third quarter.
During the fourth quarter, the Highlanders' lead extended as high as 19, leading 49-30, following a trey by senior guard Kevin Bain with 5:01 left in the contest.
Olympia did demonstrate an effort to make the game close, primarily on deuces by sophomore guard Spencer Pratt and senior center Colt Stroud, and a trey by junior forward Matt Frahm.
Senior forward Jake Lindfors led all scorers, contributing 22 points for the Highlanders, followed by junior guard Austin Baker's 14 points.
Frahm led Olympia's scoring with 15 points, followed by 13 from Stroud.
"When the ball doesn't go in (the basket), that's a tough game," Oly head coach Gerry Thornton said afterward. "By our count, we had five missed layups in the first half.
"You know, if the ball doesn't go in, you get frustrated," Thornton continued, adding he thought the officials would allow both sides to play in a "really physical" game.
"(Addison Driscoll) didn't score on our half-court defense," Thornton reminded. "I thought our half-court defense was sound.
In the final assessment, Thornton said, "We just didn't make enough shots."
"(Olympia) played hard and tough and physical, which I thought was just two teams battling," admitted Addison Driscoll head coach Nick Latorre.
Olympia will meet Downs Tri-Valley on Thursday morning in an 11:30a.m. game to start their path toward a fifth place finish here.
Richwoods Victory Sends Morton Into 3rd Place Game
Posted in Category: Morton HS, Pekin Daily Times
NORMAL – Morton High's girls' basketball team became acquainted with another version of "Murphy's Law" Friday at the Class 3A-4A semi-final at the Bloomington-Normal State Farm Holiday Tournament.
In this case, the Murphy in question was Peoria Richwoods sophomore forward Katie Murphy, whose game-high 23 points helped the Lady Knights breeze to a 60-26 victory over the Potters in a contest played in the Normal Community High gym.
Lady Knights junior guard Amber Metzger hit a trey increasing her team's lead to 11-6 over Morton at 3:30 in the first quarter.
Morton senior forward Jaimie Buckman sank two free throws after that, having been fouled by Richwoods senior forward Janise Dismuke, cutting the Lady Knights' lead to 11-8 at the 3:09 mark.
From there, Murphy went on a one-woman 9-0 run, aiding her team toward its 20-8 lead going into the second quarter.
And although Richwoods head coach John Gross gave Murphy a rest during most of the second quarter, her teammates continued the barrage, behind free throws by freshman guard Mariah Smith and Metzger, which increased the lead to 24-11.
Morton could only manage to score five points in the second quarter – a trey by junior guard Brooke Bisping and a deuce by Buckman.
Murphy returned in the last two minutes of the second quarter and contributed one bucket, helping Richwoods achieve a 30-13 halftime lead.
Morton (10-4) was outscored in the third period, 11-6. Only baskets by junior guard Sarah Hendricks and Buckman scored in the quarter in an effort to keep their team as close as they could.
But Murphy would add four more points to her stats, joined by a trey from Smith with 4:09 in the third, helping give Richwoods (15-3) a 41-19 lead going into the fourth quarter.
Morton would only score seven points in the fourth quarter – a deuce from Hendricks early on in the quarter, and back-to-back buckets, including a trey, from senior guard Devan McMenamin with the quarter halfway through.
Morton had no players in double-figures. Hendricks' team-high 8 points was as close as they came.
The two teams played the last minute of the game using IHSA's "Mercy Rule" – use of a continuously-running clock once the score has a 30-point difference, which can only be stopped for team time-outs and injury time-outs.
"Richwoods was pretty good today…We were poor," Morton head coach Bob Becker said. "That combination is like putting gas on a fire. They played pretty well, so give Richwoods a lot of credit.
"Obviously," Becker said, "We've got some things to work on."
"We obviously didn't defend Murphy very well," Becker said. "She had a great game. We didn't come up with an answer (to defend against her) but we're going to have to in a few weeks because we're going to play them again."
Becker called his team "a work in progress. We're going to get better. We've been playing pretty well, and this is a bump in the road."
He said he hoped that his team will regroup and be ready for one of two teams they will face as they now shoot for third place in the tourney – the winner of the contest between Chicago John Hope High and Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin. Morton will face one of those two teams beginning at 9a.m. at the Shirk Center on the Illinois Wesleyan campus.
Olympia, Hartem Have Positive Starts At B-N Tourney
NORMAL – Both boys' basketball squads from Hartsburg-Emden High School and Stanford Olympia High School find themselves in the championship bracket in Class 1A-2A as day one of the State Farm Bloomington-Normal Holiday Tournament concluded Wednesday.
Both teams battled their respective opponents at Normal Community West High School.
Hartsburg-Emden 68, Minonk Fieldcrest 64: Hartem senior forward Dakin Bolen put up near-record numbers against Minonk Fieldcrest in the nightcap of the tourney's first day, scoring 40 points and retrieving 20 rebounds, as the Stags, seeded 8th entering the tournament, outpaced 9th seed Minonk Fieldcrest, 68-64.
Those stats are not bad for a guy who exited the game halfway through the third quarter due to an ankle sprain that forced him to sit out for four minutes.
And of the 40 points Bolen scored, he only registered one three-point shot – which allowed Hartem to tie the score at 7-all with 3:46 left in the first quarter.
"Dakin was just pretty unbelievable tonight," said Hartem head coach Josh Nauman. "That's probably his fifth game he has played (with those kinds of numbers), but we knew Fieldcrest would bring pretty good guard play, and that all the pressure would be on our guards."
Even two scoreboard malfunctions in the fourth quarter seemed to do the Stags a favor, Nauman said. Each time, the scoreboards on each end of the court shorted, going dark until officials could correct the problem. The were finally able to get one of the devices to work properly and be able to use it to finish the game with roughly two minutes left.
Nauman said the downtime from the problem with the scoreboard served as extra resting periods for his team as they continued to stay in front of the Knights.
"I've been scoring at will, but I've been missing free throws, time after time," the modest Bolen said. Bolen said that because he needed to brush up on free throws, Nauman had him working on those before the tournament.
The practice must have worked: He was 13-for-17 from the free throw line to complete his night. Bolen's first free throws, at 6:06 in the first quarter, cut the Knights' lead to 5-2 after the Knights began the game scoring five unanswered points.
Not even a slight ankle sprain seemed to keep Bolen down. Although he was out of the game in the second half for no more than four minutes, he made the scoring barrage he was on seem painless, not to mention effortless.
Treys by Bolen and junior guard Jordan Folkman helped push the Stags in front, 18-15 at the end of the first quarter.
Coming into the Minonk Fieldcrest game, Bolen has been averaging 24 points and 12 rebounds a game.
The Knights bounced back on three baskets, including one trey by senior forward Jordan Krone. Krone scored seven points in the quarter on his way to his team-high 29. He was followed in double-figures by sophomore guard Nathan Ropp's 11.
Threes by Krone and Ropp helped Minonk Fieldcrest keep pace with Hartem as they trailed the Stags, 34-32, going into halftime.
The Stags lost their lead with 6:04 left in the third quarter on back-to-back threes by Minonk Fieldcrest from Krone and junior forward Jake Bane, aiding the Knights during a 10-0 run midway through the quarter.
From there, the score would be tied twice in the quarter, including the 48-all tangle going into the fourth quarter.
Bolen would contribute two unanswered baskets early in the fourth quarter to give Hartem a 56-50 lead as part of a 6-0 run, with 4:07 left in the game. Another Bolen basket at 2:48 gave Hartem its widest lead of the quarter, 60-54, on the way to the victory.
Hartem will face off against Bloomington Central Catholic Thursday in a second round game at the Shirk Center on the Illinois Wesleyan campus in Bloomington, with tip-off set for 4:30p.m.
Stanford Olympia 59, St. Joseph Ogden 49: A 14-0 run by 6th seed Stanford Olympia, which ran the last six minutes of the second quarter into the first minute of the third quarter allowed Olympia (6-2) to beat St. Joseph-Ogden in their opening round game.
Olympia fell behind 11th seed St. Joseph-Ogden, 19-13 at the end of one quarter, as head coach Gerry Thornton's team defense could not prevent St. Joseph-Ogden, also nicknamed the Spartans, from going on a 9-0 sprint, highlighted by a trey from senior forward Mike Bialeschki, giving St. Joseph-Ogden an 11-7 lead.
Two deuces by Olympia senior center Colt Stroud kept his team within 6, 19-13, going into the second quarter.
Olympia outscored St. Joseph-Ogden 22-7 in the second quarter, starting with a 6-0 run to open the quarter on baskets by Stroud and junior forward Matt Frahm.
A trey by Stroud at 4:14 lit the fuse that sparked Olympia's 14-point drive.
With Olympia up 35-26 at the start of the third quarter, St. Joseph-Ogden's offense pushed back after that, with Olympia outscoring St. Joseph-Ogden by just one point – 15-14 – by the end of the third quarter and hanging onto a 50-40 lead going into the fourth quarter.
Olympia opened the fourth quarter on a 6-0 run, going up 56-40, on baskets by junior forward Trevor Strubhar, Frahm, and junior guard Brady Cremeens.
Stroud led Olympia with 18 points. He was followed in double-figures by Cremeens' 13 and 12 from Frahm.
Bialeschki was St. Joseph-Ogden's leading scorer, with 20 points, followed by senior guard Tad Worley's 11.
"Our goal is to try to get the ball to our big people and we finally did as the game wore on," Thornton said, in describing the effort his team put into the successful outcome.
As reward for advancing into the championship bracket, the Spartans will get a state-ranked opponent for its 9p.m. game at Shirk Center when they face the tournament's third seed, Addison Driscoll Catholic.
Normal Council Approves Developer's Church Purchase
NORMAL – The Normal Town Council unanimously approved the purchase and redevelopment of property located at 206 North St. in Uptown Normal. That location is the current site of the University Christian Church.
The church is disbanding and was looking for a buyer for the building. The main sanctuary of the church was built in 1911. An education building was added to the structure in 1962.
The church established a minimum purchase price for the building of $1.25 million. Two developers submitted proposals, and the Town awarded the project to Champaign-based One Main Development.
Don Aldrich, a member of the church who served on a committee reviewing the proposals, addressed the council at Monday's meeting, saying the church would use the money made from the sale of the church to "start another church in a neighborhood setting."
Understanding that the building is in an area surrounded by other Normal businesses, One Main Development will consult publicly on its planning process with business leaders and owners, as well as with Illinois State University, the town, and the Normal Public Library.
Unit 5 Referendum Discussed: Dr. Gary Niehaus, superintendent of Normal's Unit 5 School District and Board President Jay Reece addressed the council, giving council members an update on the referendum ballot initiative which would, if passed, help Unit 5 raise the money needed for the building of a new middle school, two new elementary schools, and help with renovations to eight current elementary schools.
The eight elementary schools which would receive renovations are: Carlock, Hudson, Towanda, Brigham, Fairview, Glenn, Oakdale and Colene Hoose Elementary School.
If the Feb. 5 referendum passes, a property tax increase could be used to raise the $96.7 million needed for the construction and renovations to be completed. Of the $96.7 million to be spent, $82.1 million would be strictly building construction costs. The remaining $14.6 million would be equipment costs.
New Airport Authority Member Announced: Mayor Chris Koos announced the appointment of Alan Sender to the Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority Board of Directors.
The Board recently voted to increase its membership from five to seven members. Sender becomes the sixth member of the group. The Bloomington City Council will appoint the seventh member of the group at a future meeting.
Sender was a member of the Town Planning Commission until stepping down last Summer.
Council OKs BroMenn Expansion Plan: Council members approved a plan submitted by BroMenn Regional Medical Center for construction of a new building which would house a critical care facility.
The critical care facility would be built at the corner of Franklin and University Streets, where currently a parking deck is situated. The parking deck would be demolished to make room for the new medical addition.
Main St. Moratorium Extended: Council members voted unanimously to extend a moratorium on development within the Main St. corridor. The City of Bloomington approved a measure specific to Main Street in 2006. The moratorium is now set to expire on March 31, 2008.
Liquor Commission Issues Fines, Suspensions: The Normal Liquor Commission met prior to the Council meeting, handing down fines and license suspensions for liquor code violations to six establishments – two of which will not be allowed to sell liquor for two days as a result of repeated violations of Town code.
Among the establishments fined were:
• Mac's Convenience Stores, LLC, doing business as Circle K #150, 1606 N. Main St., received a $2,500 fine and will be prohibited from selling liquor on Jan. 3 & 4, 2008.
• Tri-Star Marketing, doing business as Super Pantry #22, 610 W. Raab Rd, received a $2,500 fine and will be prohibited from selling liquor on Jan. 3 & 4, 2008.
• Schnuck's Markets, Inc., 1750 Bradford Lane, $250 fine for first offense.
• Tri-Star Marketing, doing business as Super Pantry #21, 402 N. Main St., fined $1,000 for second offense.
• Swingers, Inc., doing business as Swingers, 1304 Cross Creek Dr., fined $1,000 for second offense.
• Express Mart, 108 N. Linden, fined $1,000 for second offense.
Omnibus Agenda Approved: Among the omnibus agenda items the council approved was:
• Approval of the minutes of the Council's regular meeting of Dec. 3, 2007.
• A motion to award a bid in the amount of $18,686.27 from Camp Point, Ill.- based B & B Livestock Supply, Inc. for a tilting flatbed trailer for the Public Works Street Maintenance Division.
• A motion to waive the formal bidding process and to authorize Staff to negotiate a design/build agreement with The Cleary Group for the renovation of the Ironwood Golf Course Club House.
• A motion accepting a proposal from Carol Stream, Ill.-based Williams Aquatics for architectural and engineering services for the Fairview Family Aquatic Center Slide renovation project and authorization of staff to negotiate a professional services contract.
• A resolution authorizing the execution of an Intergovernmental agreement with McLean County for centralizing booking services. The Town of Normal and the City of Bloomington have participated in such an agreement with the county for the past 12 years.
• A resolution authorizing execution of an agreement with Mr. Craig Onsrud for the operation of the Ironwood Pro Shop and Private Golf Lessons.
• A resolution providing for a feasibility study on the designation of a portion of the Town of Normal (Proposed Main/Osage redevelopment project area) as a redevelopment project area and to induce development interest within such area.
• A resolution providing for a feasibility study on the designation of a portion of the Town of Normal (Proposed Crowne Plaza redevelopment project area) as a redevelopment project area and to induce development interest within such area.
• A resolution accepting a warranty deed from Gregory M. Shepard and Tracy M. Shepard for Lot 18 within the Ft. Jesse Road Office Complex and to authorize the name of such lot as "Shepard Park."
• A resolution authorizing the execution of an Amendment to the Annexation Agreement with Twin City Developers, LLC.
• A resolution accepting a dedication of easement grant for sanitary sewer purposes for the property located at 124 W. North St. owned by Gerald & Deborah Taylor and Russell & Ann Peterson (Solid Gold Jewelers).
• A resolution removing Lot 30 from the One Normal Plaza PUD.
• An ordinance rezoning property in the Town of Normal – One Normal Plaza PUD and Savannah Green PUD.
• An ordinance amending the Town Purchasing Manual to include language encouraging Green purchasing.
• An ordinance amending the Smoking Regulatory Act of 2006 and Section 17.2-1 of the Municipal Code. Exemptions for places like private residences, hotel & motel sleeping rooms, and outdoor patios are spelled out in detail thanks to the changes.
Public Given Their Say – But Doesn't – At Unit 5 Hearing
By Steve Robinson | December 13, 2007 - 12:05 pm
NORMAL – With a referendum on the February calendar to decide if property taxes should be increased to help build a middle school and renovate eight elementary schools, a public hearing needed to be held at Oakdale Elementary School Wednesday.
Public notice was given about the hearing. Media outlets promoted it.
It lasted 60 seconds.
Just long enough to make sure those in attendance at the regularly-scheduled meeting of Normal's Unit 5 School Board who wanted to have their say about the proposed tax increase, which would pay for construction and renovation at a cost to taxpayers of $96.7 million.
Of that figure, a total of $82.1 million would be strictly building construction costs. He said the remaining $14.6 million would be equipment costs.
But no one stepped forward when Board President Jay Reece made the formal announcement for input when the hearing started.
If the Feb. 5 referendum passes, owners of a $300,000 home would see their real estate taxes increase annually by $285. Owners of a $100,000 home would see a $185 jump in their current tax bill.
The board held this meeting at Oakdale Elementary so that citizens could tour a first grade classroom which had been updated with updated technology, including a SmartBoard, adjustable modular furniture, and new carpet.
The room was a model for how the rooms in the eight elementary schools will look if voters approve the tax increase which will pay for such renovations.
SchoolReach Notification System Gets First Use: Tom Eder, Normal West High's principal said his staff had received training on the SchoolReach Notification system on Dec. 10, then found themselves having to put it to the test the next day when a Normal West student brought a starting gun-type weapon to school.
The student was arrested by Normal Police, and the parents of the school's 1,663 students were notified of the incident via SchoolReach.
Eder was at the board meeting, but was not formally on the agenda, but did speak to the board when asked by board members how he thought SchoolReach performed.
"It was a great tool, and the feedback I get is very positive," Normal West Principal Tom Eder told board members at the meeting. "The product delivered as advertised."
Some parents, like Unit 5 Board Member John Puzauskas, a Normal West parent himself, said SchoolReach did its job, contacting him simultaneously notifying him at all five of the contact numbers he gave the high school.
In November, the Board voted to purchase the SchoolReach notification system at a cost of roughly $3.50 per student. Using either telephone or e-mail, the SchoolReach system can send messages to up to 6,000 recipients per minute.
"Good News" Times 6 Schools Equals…: Six Unit 5 schools received honors from the Illinois State Board of Education for having provided what IBHE considered "high quality education" to their students.
Brigham Elementary and Fairview Elementary were mentioned among schools IBHE designates as "Spotlight Schools" for, among other things, having at least 60 percent of students who met or exceeded standards in both reading and math in 2006; and having at least 50 percent of students who met or exceeded standards in both reading and math in 2004 and 2005.
IBHE gave its Academic Improvement Award to four Unit 5 schools – Pepper Ridge Elementary, Fox Creek Elementary, Fairview Elementary, and Chiddix Junior High – for showing an upward trend in state test results.
NCHS Provides Four "Good News" Items: Normal Community High School provided four separate items of "Good News" for the Board at Wednesday's meeting. First, Dr. Jeanette Nuckolls, principal of Normal Community High School, introduced NCHS senior Brad Kessler, son of Michael and Susan Kessler, to the Board, praising him for a presentation he gave to teachers at a recent Teachers' Institute session on the subject of how they could integrate technology into their classrooms.
Kessler was asked to speak at the Oct. 25 session because he has been speaking professionally since he was about 10-years-old.
The three other "Good News" items Nuckolls relayed to the Board were:
• Two NCHS juniors, Rachel Kimmerling and Madison Salisbury, traveled to Washington, D. C. to attend a student-led youth summit on Capitol Hill in October which discussed how students and schools could further students' understanding of driver's education. NCHS' driver's education instructor Chuck Fisher also attended the summit, as did students from Bloomington Central Catholic High School and Bloomington High School.
Students at this summit were encouraged by organizers of the Washington gathering to take what they had learned there about such subjects as licensing laws and solutions for cutting down on distracted driving back to their own communities.
Kimmerling and Salisbury have formed a group called Teens Steering Teens. They plan to distribute posters with driving tips, and to do presentations on driver safety at the local junior high schools.
The two juniors suggested to the Board that they would like to see more speed bumps put in place in the NCHS parking lot as well as another chapter of Students Against Destructive Driving started within Unit 5. The district has one SADD chapter already.
Kimmerling is the daughter of Michael and Beth Kimmerling and Jim and Julie Cooper. Salisbury is the daughter of Meryl Salisbury.
• NCHS teacher Nicole Maurer was recognized for having received a $10,000 grant to fund a teacher excellence program at NCHS. The money will be used for a professional development program for the teachers called, "Building Bridges: The Living Library."
• Mr. Kelly Keogh, who teaches AP Government, Regional World Studies, and International Relations at NCHS, was recognized by the Board for having recently published an article in a publication published by the National Social Studies Supervisors Association (NSSSA).
Keogh's article, titled "Don't Ask, Don't Tell…Unless It's The White Sox," appeared in NSSSA's publication called NSSSA Leader. The article dealt with the "advisability of teachers disclosing their own views on controversial topics in the classroom."
"Good News" For Both High Schools: Nuckolls reported that every student at both her school and Normal Community West High School received a free copy of the "Unit 5 Secondary English Department's Writing Tools and Rules," a laminated notebook-sized publication to assist students with their English studies. The book was assembled by NCHS' Susan Harrington and West's Lee Ann Thompson.
"Good News" About Newly-Certified Teachers: Eleven Unit 5 teachers were honored by the District for recently receiving certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards.
The teachers and their schools are: Kathy Berberich, Kingsley Junior High; Mary Douglas, Normal West High; Barbara Fisher, Grove Elementary; Remy Garard, Normal West High; Kary Hennenfent, Kingsley Junior High; David Hirst, Normal Community West; Kathryn Kalina, Prairieland Elementary; Kelly Keogh, NCHS; Jama Lindahl, Normal Community West; Keith Rice, Kingsley Junior High; and David Witzig, NCHS.
Prior to these 11, 33 other Unit 5 teachers have received this same certification.
In 1997, the state legislature passed a law called the Illinois Teaching Excellence Act which mandated that the only way teachers could receive an Illinois Master Teacher Certificate was by achieving National Board Certification.


God's narrative on Earth includes each and every one of us. God is inviting you to be a part of the story He is writing in the world today as well as tomorrow.
Life at Lipscomb Academy is a daily, personal process of growing more aware of God's presence and becoming more like Christ, through the Spirit. Members of the Lipscomb community strive to live in right relationship with God, ourselves and others, in every dimension of life.
Spiritual formation is woven into everything we do, including academics. Science experiments become an opportunity to recognize the power and activity of God on earth. Historical events become a chance to discuss relevant issues and topics in society today. Journaling on literature becomes your child's doorway to see how their life is a part of God's bigger story. Faith is integrated into Lipscomb's curriculum through foundational standards that teachers use to teach students how to engage the world with Kingdom vision, how to encounter God's presence, how to see all people as created in God's image, and more.
Spirit-filled students have set the tone for 2018-19. Each year, it is Lipscomb's students who choose a spiritual theme for the year. This year the academy is exploring the many ways God empowers us to pursue a life that is filled with purpose and a pursuit of God's coming Kingdom. Throughout the year, we ask ourselves, what does it look like when our lives reflect God's desire for our world and when we are filled with God's spirit to meet the particular demands of the day.
Lipscomb Academy worship services are more than traditional "chapel." They are an experience where your child can encounter Jesus. A group of high school students spends time everyday planning chapels that are about formation, not entertainment, and in the elementary grades, students are routinely involved in presenting chapel messages through drama, facilitated discussions, interactive games and performances.
The best kind of life to live is one focused on loving God through loving others. We foster a spirit of service by providing opportunities for your child, at any age, to serve our local community, and all seniors are placed in nonprofit organizations across the city to carry out capstone service-learning projects. These experiences prepare your child to live out their faith into adulthood in a complex world.
One of the core values instilled by our spiritual formation program is that all people on earth are created in God's image. National and international mission opportunities are one of the most impactful ways we equip your child to respond to others in different circumstances with love and respect. This year more than 100 students will participate in mission trips to as many as eight locations.
Your child is a spiritual leader in the making, and everything we do is designed to equip them to be ready to go where the Lord leads them. Specifically designed programs across all grade levels prepare students to become positive change agents through opportunities to minister to and serve the Lipscomb community, to build unlikely relationships with students and teachers across grade levels, and to serve as peer models for other students.
Relationship. Presence. Image. Relevance. Giftedness. Service.
Spiritual formation should be displayed in the life of your child in real and meaningful ways. Our strongest desire is to see our students live more like Jesus and become disciples with an active, living faith. Check out our Reflect blog to see ways that Lipscomb Academy partners with families to nurture their most important investment — their children.


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Vietnamese, Dutch PMs hold phone talks
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc talked over the phone with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte on November 30.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc
Lauding and appreciating the Dutch Government's provision of an aid package worth 2 million EUR for flood victims in Vietnam's central region, Phuc affirmed the two nations will continue working closely and effectively implementing cooperation programmes within the framework of their strategic partnership in response to climate change, water management, and natural disaster risk mitigation.
Both leaders expressed their delight at the robust growth of the Vietnam – Netherlands comprehensive partnership, which was established during Rutte's visit to Vietnam in 2019, despite COVID-19 impacts. The bilateral trade now reaches 6.2 billion USD, up 2 percent on-year.
They said they believe the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, which took effect in August this year, will be the driving force of and create opportunities for expanding cooperation between Vietnamese and Dutch enterprises.
They said they are pleased with the development of the comprehensive partnership across fields such as politics-diplomacy, economy, and collaboration in agriculture and climate change adaptation.
Phuc stated Vietnam always values the growth of its friendship and multifaceted cooperation with the Netherlands, considering the country its top partner in climate change adaptation and sustainable farming development. He hoped for the European country's further assistance for the agricultural transformation plan in Vietnam's Mekong Delta for 2020 – 2023 and other cooperation programmes in the region.
Rutte, for his part, lauded Vietnam's measures and efforts in COVID-19 prevention and control. Phuc stated Vietnam is willing to work with other nations in the work, as well as in trade reconnection and economic recovery.
On the occasion, the Vietnamese leader briefed on outcomes of the 37th ASEAN Summit and related summits. He welcomed the Netherlands' proposal to join the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), considering it an important basis to further promote the ASEAN-Netherlands and ASEAN-EU collaboration.
Phuc said he hopes to soon host Rutte in his future visit to Vietnam./.
Vietnam, Singapore bolster security cooperation
Ground-breaking ceremony organized for administrative center and public service housing in Bau Bang district
Vietnam-Laos annual meeting reviews border management