Unravelling the mystery of home-grown hatred
The News Review:
- Unravelling the mystery of home-grown hatred
- ‘Build a sustainable nutrition system’
- The enemy within
- Seed company ready for a new wave of gardeners
- The Changing Face of Dupont Circle (washingtonpost.com)
- Big 3 struggle to keep pace
- Home networking – the easy, Israeli way
Unravelling the mystery of home-grown hatred
The Age – Aug 13, 2006
Photo: Reuters The question is why – why were so many “normal” menprepared to betray the society that had nurtured them?THE British people again find themselves divided over an awfulconundrum. Where would a well-loved young man from a supportive family,having lived all his life in a land of opportunity, find thereserve of hatred necessary to fuel an attack on hundreds, perhapsthousands, of his countrymen?For the Muslim community, the conundrum is more acute. How is it that a young man who grows suddenly more devout inword and deed — apparently absorbed in the Koran — canhave growing in him a murderous rage that even his parents do notrecognise?The families and neighbours of 24 young Britons arrested earlyon Thursday are asking these questions in a climate of hope andfear: hope that it’s all been an terrible mistake; fear, because ithas happened before to other families just as nice and otherclose-knit communities.
‘Build a sustainable nutrition system’
Times of India – Aug 13, 2006
“It is sad that
malnutrition and under-nutrition still exist in our country. This has not only
impacted the lives of those affected by it but is also acting as a deterrent to
the country’s social and economic progress,” Swaminathan
said. “We must also pledge to
promote growth of home grown food. Our nutrition security system should be based
on home grown and not imported food,” he
remarked. At the same time,
attention should be given to improving farm and non-farm employment
opportunities, Swaminathan said. According to him, the country
has rightly given emphasis to irrigation and new technologies, which has
resulted in agricultural progress. However, unemployment remained a serious
problem, which needs to be redressed quickly.
The enemy within
Times Online – Aug 13, 2006
Whatever the outcome of the police investigation into a conspiracy that seems to have been stopped just in time, we should praise the alertness of Britain’s often criticised and overstretched intelligence services. Peter Clarke, deputy assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard, says at least three other serious plots by home-grown terrorists have been disrupted since last year’s July 7 attacks on the London Underground. The danger seems ever present. It is now self-evident that there is an enemy within Britain who wants to destroy our way of life. Most of this relatively small group of fanatics are British-born Muslims who have been educated here and brought up within our tolerant democracy. Those looking for the outward signs that identify them as full of hatred would be hard-pressed to find them.
Seed company ready for a new wave of gardeners
San Diego Union Tribune – Aug 13, 2006
During a tour of the main trial garden, Lee points out a grape tomato variety named Napa. Breeders have been scrambling to produce a small grape tomato to match a sweet, petite variety named Santa that became widely available, and popular, in supermarkets about 12 years ago. This is an amusing twist on the home-grown ideal – invariably, supermarket varieties are considered inferior to those raised in the garden. But Santa is sweet enough to sell as a snack food and yet is unavailable in seed catalogs. Napa, Lee says, has been tested even sweeter and stays desirably smaller. It will be available in January for next season. She stops along one of the long, sun-beaten rows of tomato plants to point out Golden Roma, a plum type that can be made into a bright orange spaghetti sauce.
The Changing Face of Dupont Circle (washingtonpost.com)
Washington Post – Aug 13, 2006
2006 Panoramic Composite: Alexandra Garcia and Abigail Pheiffer – washingtonpost. comSweeping changes are underway in one of Washington’s most distinctive neighborhoods, driven by trends in the commercial real estate market. Since 1991, a proliferation of national chains along Connecticut Avenue, Dupont’s main commercial strip, has taken the spot of independent shops and home-grown businesses. For example, the 1600 block of Connecticut Avenue is now home to Cosi, Potbelly Sandwich Works, Cingular Wireless and clothing retailer United Colors of Benetton.
Big 3 struggle to keep pace
Denver Post – Aug 13, 2006
, told The New York Times. “Toyota and Honda have certainly been the beneficiaries of that. ” Customer satisfaction surveys suggest Americans aren’t just turning away from home-grown vehicles because they’re less fuel-efficient, but because of quality issues. Of the 19 categories in a 2006 J. Power quality survey, only two spots were awarded to American companies. To their credit, Ford and GM both are axle-deep in revival efforts, bidding to return the companies to profitability.
Home networking – the easy, Israeli way
Israel 21C – Aug 13, 2006
That’s why Israeli company Enure Networks has developed Service Shield, a new software capable of completely automating the setup, configuration, repair and total management of home networks and broadband services (the Internet, Internet TV, and Internet telephony) – essentially, all of the technical mumbo jumbo that everyday user finds so difficult to do. “In the last few years much has been done to solve the management issues of complex business networks, but the home owner was ignored,” says David Sayag, VP of marketing and founder of the Herzliya-based company. “Home networks have become increasingly complicated, but for the most part the home owner was left to install and troubleshoot these complex new services by themselves. What we see is that consumers don’t want to deal with technicalities, they want simplicity.