Bolivia’s Home-Grown President
The News Review:
- Bolivia’s Home-Grown President
- Most Australians link recent violence, racism
- All I want for Christmas are some decent schools
- NZ Knights turn to South Korea for help
- CHINA’S SICHUAN TO ESTABLISH ANTI-DUMPING WARNING SYSTEM.
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Bolivia’s Home-Grown President
The Nation – The Nation. – Dec 21, 2005
inset –>The symbolic value of a Morales victory cannot be overstated, in acountry where symbols represent the passions of a people mobilized tochange what they see as 500 years of state oppression. Thus thewiphala–the checkered rainbow flag of indigenousresistance–flew from every Morales campaign vehicle; technocraticeconomic policy proposals about how the nation should manage itsnatural gas industry became symbols of Bolivian “independence” and”self-governance”; and politicians called for the defense of Pachamama(Mother Earth) as they pressed their home-grown solutions for thiscash-poor but resource-rich country, urging the rejection of the NorthAmerican capitalistas. Massive support for that rejection fueled widespread protests lastsummer, when hundreds of thousands of Bolivians filled the streets ofEl Alto and La Paz, blocking roads, burning tires and throwing dynamiteuntil then-President Carlos Mesa finally resigned–the second presidentforced out of office in as many years. So for the popular former cocagrowers’ union president to have won the presidency by an overwhelmingand closely monitored vote suggests the vitality of Bolivian democracyand development of a new Latin American consensus. But will Evo Morales be able to live up to his promises?Evo’s campaign slogans promised “nationalization” of oil and gasreserves, “recuperation” of natural resources for Bolivians and arenewed respect for campesinos and workers around the country. “We willnationalize all of Bolivia’s natural resources,” the charismaticcandidate told hundreds of Quechua farmers who crowded into the mainsquare in the town of Cliza, showering him with confetti and drapingwreaths of locally grown produce and flowers around his neck.
Most Australians link recent violence, racism
Taipei Times – Dec 21, 2005
This has everything to do with culture and patriarchal attitude, and nothing to do with religion. ”
But there can be no doubt that recent arrests in Sydney and Melbourne of supposedly home-grown Islamic terrorists, nightly pictures of the mayhem in Iraq and the bombings in New York, Bali and London have heightened suspicion of all Muslims in Australia. This story has been viewed 1456 times.
All I want for Christmas are some decent schools
Seattle Times – Dec 21, 2005
We might as well get on the bus early. Oh, and green schools and orange water present a serious color clash, so water quality and safety ought to remain a strong budget priority. • Spread beyond high schools in Seattle the online home-grown technological tool dubbed The Source. Friends who are the parents of high-schoolers tell me this Web-posting of grades is the greatest invention since the microwave. Johnny can “lose” his progress reports and the teacher can be “too busy” to tell you your kid failed the big exam, but a quick online perusal gets parents the facts and places the ball firmly in their court. “Santa cutie, fill my stocking with a duplex and checks.
NZ Knights turn to South Korea for help
The Age – Dec 21, 2005
That included developing relationships with different ethnicgroups in Auckland, such as the Korean community. Other possibilities included bringing a K-League team toAuckland for winter training camps. However, the move to target Korean players will add fuel forcritics who believe the Knights should be looking at morehome-grown talent. The club’s original 20-strong squad contained five NewZealanders. The status of one of them, inaugural skipper Danny Hay, remainsunclear, with a club spokesman saying an announcement about thedefender’s future could be made this week. Hay, who has a three-year contract, was stood down from theKnights’ last two matches before the December break afterexpressing strong views about aspects of the club’s operations. The former Leeds United player is understood to be havingdiscussions with club management through the ProfessionalFootballers Association’s legal advisers.
CHINA’S SICHUAN TO ESTABLISH ANTI-DUMPING WARNING SYSTEM.
Free with registration – AsiaPulse News – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 21, 2005
–> COPYRIGHT 2005 Asia Pulse Pty Ltd CHENGDU, Dec 21 Asia Pulse – Southwest China’s Sichuan province is to build an early warning system to protect home-grown enterprises from anti-dumping accusations, sources from the provincial commercial department said. In the meantime, the province is to establish a WTO expert panel to study the international trade situation,.
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infoworld.com – Dec 21, 2005
Acxiom has a massive, in-house Linux Grid that they use to process more than 50 billion customer AbiliTec (their popular transactional processing application) transactions per month. Acxiom calls its Grid “Hive for Hire,” and even built a home-grown management tool called “Apiary” (an apiary is a place where bees are kept, for all you non-Apiologists out there). You can read more about Acxiom’s efforts in an Ian Foster.