Bloomberg.com: Latin America

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Bloomberg.com: Latin America: "Venezuelan 3rd-Qtr GDP Grows 9.8 Percent on Spending (Update1)

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela's economy grew for an eighth quarter in the July-through-September period as President Hugo Chavez boosted government spending, targeting the poor with subsidies on food and medical services and scholarships for literacy classes and job training.

Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of a country's production of goods and services, expanded 9.8 percent in the third quarter from the year-earlier period after growing 8.8 percent in the first half, the central bank said in a statement.

``The Venezuelan economy right now is like giving a kid money and he spends it,'' said Benito Berber, an analyst with HSBC Holding Plc in New York. ``It's a demand driven rebound from a very low base that depends on high oil prices.''

A 38 percent increase in government spending in the first eighth months of 2005 will probably help the economy expand 9.5 percent this year after 18 percent growth last year and contractions of 7.7 percent in 2003 and 8.9 percent in 2002, Berber said.

The oil industry grew 4.2 percent while non-oil GDP grew 10.4 percent, the bank said"
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Immigrant Resource Center in a Bind

Immigrant Resource Center in a Bind

Saundra Amrhein
St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
November 11, 2005
Copyright 2005 Times Publishing Company

A school that offers free English classes to adults might shut down if it can't come up with the money to apply for a zoning change.
SEFFNER - In their countries, they were dentists and business people.
But here in this breezy yellow brick house off Parsons Avenue, they are students seeking a path out of manual labor.
At the Multicultural Resource Center, more than two dozen adult immigrant students gather four mornings a week to study English in a house turned into a language school and computer lab.
Another 80 are on a waiting list.
But the popular school, which was started in the late '90s, might be shut down next month unless directors come up with $3,500 to apply for a zoning change. The county sought the change after a neighbor complained.
For many with night jobs or schoolage children to care for, the free morning classes are like a salvation.
"My daughter is studying in school, and how can I help her?" asked Carmen Moncayo, 45, originally of Peru. Her daughter is 9. "How can I help her if I don't know English?"
Seated next to her, 62-year-old Elsa Icaza, a dentist in her native country of Ecuador, can't return to her profession until she learns English. She cares for her two grandchildren in the afternoons and evenings.
"If it weren't for this (morning) class," she said, "I couldn't study."

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The Pledge of Allegiance

I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

and to the Republic for which it stands,
one Nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

"Juro lealtad a la Bandera de los Estados Unidos de América

y a la República que representa,

una nación al amparo de Dios, indivisible, con libertad y justicia para todos."

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Taekwondo Code of Conduct El Codigo de Conducta del Taekwondo
Be loyal to your country.Se Leal a tu Pais.
Respect your parents. Respeta a tus Padres

Be faithfulness to your spouse. Se leal a tu pareja.

Respect your brothers and sisters. Respeta a tus hermanos y hermanas

Be loyal to your friends. Se leal a tus amigos.

Respect your elders. Respeta a los ancianos

Respect your teacher. Respeta a tus Maestros

Be honest and always stand for justice. Se Honesto y siempre defiende la justicia.

Be courteous. Se cortes.

Never take life unjustly. Nunca tomes la vida injustamente.

Be loyal to your school. Se leal a tu escuela.

Finish what you begin. Termina lo que empiezes.

Never misuse Taekwondo. Nunca uses el Taekwondo erroneamente.