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People's Daily Online – Sep 8, 2005
“It’s a good opportunity to display China’s home-grown brands on the international stage,” he said. To cater to the needs of overseas customers, some steering wheels of the Haoqing (HQ) models are being shifted from the left to the right side, Liu said. “The new designs also maintain traditional Chinese features. For example, the China Dragon (CD) model makes its front part looklike the facial make-up pattern in the Peking opera,” Liu said. Vice President of Geely Group, Zhao Jie, who is in charge of the exhibition, said the German organizers are paying much attention to Geely cars because they believe economic cars might win the favor of growing number of consumers as oil price keeps rising.
Sending More Than Just a Check
Washington Post – Sep 8, 2005
Accompanying the cash has come a flood of clothing, toys and food, offers of housing, transport and entertainment, taken into the region by Good Samaritans with little or no experience in disaster relief. But from donated evacuation buses that come home empty, to the mountain of used clothing that disrupted food distribution in a Baton Rouge, La. , shelter, charities say home-grown aid is touching but often not helpful. “When nobody directs the effort [at the federal level], you end up with a ton of well-intentioned folks who want to help but have no idea how,” said Trent Stamp of Charity Navigator, a charity rating service. “That’s a recipe for disaster. We’ve been telling people since day one that the real way to help with this disaster is to write a check, because they’re just not prepared at the other end to receive goods…
Accompanying the cash has come a flood of clothing, toys and food, offers of housing, transport and entertainment, taken into the region by Good Samaritans with little or no experience in disaster relief. But from donated evacuation buses that come home empty, to the mountain of used clothing that disrupted food distribution in a Baton Rouge, La. , shelter, charities say home-grown aid is touching but often not helpful. “When nobody directs the effort [at the federal level], you end up with a ton of well-intentioned folks who want to help but have no idea how,” said Trent Stamp of Charity Navigator, a charity rating service. “That’s a recipe for disaster. We’ve been telling people since day one that the real way to help with this disaster is to write a check, because they’re just not prepared at the other end to receive goods. “Alan Courtemanche, a tae kwon do instructor from Leesburg, discovered that when he arrived in Gulfport, Miss.
Take-Two Is Off Its Game
BusinessWeek – Sep 8, 2005
“There are real tough business goals we are working to meet here. Eibeler wouldn’t say whether a new GTA title would be out by the end of 2006. For now, lacking a stable of home-grown blockbusters and confronting steep competition from EA in sports games, Take-Two will need to keep falling back on its GTA mainstay.
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Providence Journal – Providence Journal (subscription) – Sep 8, 2005
Over the years, Anderson, who grew up in Barrington and lives in East Providence, preserved them in plastic or kept others in a hope chest. But she decided hope is needed in a place where waters washed away the teddy bears, the toys that someday become totems of people’s memories. Yesterday, she and hundreds of others drove into the former Center Market parking area where they unloaded whatever they could for a home grown Hurricane Katrina relief effort aimed at children — an effort that blossomed into something bigger than organizers expected. “I felt so bad for the kids that lost everything,” said Anderson, who spoke through tears at times. “I have a lot of memories of my dad in my heart, so I can give the material things to the kids that really need them. An 18-wheeler, and, possibly, two smaller trucks, carrying full loads, were scheduled to leave this morning for Baton Rouge, La. , to deliver the supplies to 14,000 people from five Louisiana parishes — essentially, counties — who are apparently facing an especially dire situation.