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Date Posted: 00:08:56 01/22/04 Thu
I was born on February 2, 1986, in Jalisco, Mexico. A very unique day for me and others in the Catholic religion which celebrates the fest of the Virgin of La Candelaria and the very day an uncle of my mother passed away, coincidentally, 12 hours before I was born and was deeply devoted to the Virgin of La Candelaria.
February 2, 1986
College Receives Grants
UCLA Awarded Grant for Plant Gene Study
The Los Angeles Times reported that UCLA was awarded a $750,000 grant from the McKnight Foundation to establish an onoing training program in the field of plant genes. J. Philip Thornber, chairman of the university's department of biology at the time,
said that the grant will enable UCLA to compete for the best plant molecular biology students in the world. McKnight is a foundation that supported human services, the arts, education and scientific research.
February 2, 1987
1987 Market Has a Tough Act to Follow
Dow Hit 30 Record Highs; Winners Led Losers 2 to 1 on NYSE
An article in The Los Angeles Times reported that Wall Street made an excellent performance in 1986, prolonging the market's life for a fourth straight year since 1982. But experts said it may be harder for stocks to retain their boom that year. Encouraged by lower interest rates and low inflation, Wall Street earnings were far higher than most analysts had expected as stocks generally outshone bonds, precious metals, housing and many other investments. From the success of the stock market during the early 80’s to recent years there are notable differences, whether it is the set backs because of recession or wars.
February 2, 1988
China, U.S. Sign Pact Holding Import Rate for Textiles to 3%
China and the United States signed a four-year agreement that limited to 3% the annual growth rate for China's textile exports to the United States. China, a qualified beginner to the textile export industry, became America's largest supplier of textiles and clothing in terms of volume. Chinese exports to the United States were estimated to be worth at least $2 billion annually. China has exported with the United States and has remained one of the most important trade partners to this day.
February 2, 1989
Housing Sales Edge Up; Strong Economy Credited
The Los Angeles Times reported that despite an upward trend in mortgage rates, sales of new single-family houses edged up nearly 1% in 1988 to 677,000 units, according to the Commerce Department. Economists, noted that the housing market is usually highly
sensitive to interest rate changes, attributed the increase to the strong U.S. economy, which created 3.7 million jobs and boosted personal income 7.5% last year. Now, thirteen year’s later, the situation is different, 10’s of thousands are losing there jobs and investors see a dull future in the economy.
February 2, 1990
Bank of Boston Splits Realty Unit
On my fourth birthday, The Bank of Boston Corp, battered by big losses in the region's drooping real estate market, announced a major reorganization that would eliminate its real estate group as one of five independent line businesses. Instead, the region's biggest banking company said its commercial and residential mortgage real estate activities would have been split and become part of the other existing units. Also, the company's New England group, which includes the five banks it owns in that region at the time, would reorganize along functional lines. The economy now has now been tried to be increase by having low interest rates in 30 years.
February 2, 1991
No Panic on Drought, Wilson Says
Water: Governor names special task force to examine 'all the options I can take.' He declines to use emergency powers to direct allocations.
Twelve years ago, California faced a near drought; counseling against panic, Gov. Pete Wilson moved to take a more active role in managing the California drought but declined to activate his emergency powers as long as there is enough water for health and safety. Instead, the governor named a special drought task force and directing it to report to him by Feb. 15 on all the options he can take, including the declaration of a drought emergency. Los Angeles has always had this problem since it was founded and became a rivalry between northern and southern California because of the scarce water supply.
February 2, 1992
Yes, the Nation Is Almost Broke; No, It Is Not Poor
After thinking that the U.S. and California had never had more difficult times with the budget crisis, 11 years ago the same problem was happening. The Bush Administration's budget proposals seemed one of growing debt and weakness, a $399-billion federal deficit that year and a projected $352-billion deficit for fiscal 1993, which began that year on October 1. The national debt was now at $2.7 trillion, equal to half the nation's annual output of goods and services, and rising much faster than the gross national product. The United States was last so deep in debt in the years after World War II, when the cost of waging and winning that war had raised the national debt to 117% of GNP. My observation of this is that problems like this are seen more from both of the Bush’s,
Like the old saying would say, “like father, like son.”
February 2, 1993
In a bid to play catch-up, EC nations are keeping a tight lid on Japanese car volume.
The U.S. and European car makers have a common enemy that goes by various names: Nissan, Toyota and Honda, to name the biggest. And Europe, imitating the United States, is blocking the competition on the borders. In the United States, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler were considering whether to formally charge Japanese car makers, and European ones too, with dumping their cars at below cost in an unfair effort to build market share. Such charges, if supported by the Clinton Administration, could lead to higher duties on Japanese imports.
February 2, 1994
EARTHQUAKE: THE LONG ROAD BACK
Seismic Safety Bill Loses Supporter
Education: Chancellor says state's community colleges will not try to keep alive measure to relax standards. Quake caused $35 million in damage.
The Los Angeles Times reported that among the estimates that Southern California community colleges suffered at least $35 million in damage in the Northridge earthquake on January 12 of that same year, the head of the college system said that it will stop pushing state legislation to relax seismic safety standards for its buildings. More community colleges reported damages and improved there safety system.
February 2, 1995
Teachers Urged to Be Defenders of Bilingualism
Education: Speaker at state conference says challenges await proponents of multiculturalism in the wake of Prop. 187.
Ruben Martinez, the keynote speaker at a statewide conference of bilingual teachers urged thousands of educators to fight new movements produced by Proposition 187 that seek to end bilingual and multicultural instruction. An estimated 6,000 bilingual teachers attended a four-day conference were encouraged to mail form letters to their state legislators opposing such measures. A workshop trained teachers how to argue more effectively for bilingual education and answer questions about Proposition 187. With a growing number of Spanish speaking students, the state government had to do something about it. Proposition 187, wanted reforms on the immigration system in California, which I considered unfair and racist.
February 2, 1996
Embattled Student Files 2nd Suit Against School District
The Los Angeles Times reported that a 17-year-old former student at Los Alamitos High School, who sued his school district the year before for blocking his ascension to student body president because of his grades, made another lawsuit against the district for revealing his grade point average. The lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court by 17-year-old Albert Nguyen and his father accused the Los Alamitos Unified School District, the school and activities director Jerry Halpin of invading Nguyen's privacy by revealing the teen's grade point average to a reporter. Nguyen's grades were the central issue in the school's decision to block him from assuming his elected seat as student body president. According to the school, a student must maintain a 3.0 grade point average each semester to be eligible to hold that office. But Nguyen's former attorney argued in a lawsuit filed last year that the student only needed to maintain an overall 3.0 grade point average.
February 2, 1997
A Bigger Picture in Santa Ana
An article by Juan Carlos Savales in published in The Los Angeles Times, wrote a three-part articles about the fact that Santa Ana suffers from a high homicide rate when compared to other Orange County cities. This interpreted by many that Latinos are more prone to violence than Anglos. Violence in this country cannot be only a minority issue. It must be pointed out, however, that not all Anglos are of the social economic level of Orange County. Nor all Latinos were of the social economic level present in Santa Ana. There is no greater area of segregation and economic disparity between Anglos and Latinos than Orange County at the time. Long generations of Latino middle-class background are now residing in the San Gabriel Valley. Thousands of Anglos residing in Bakersfield, Riverside and San Bernardino, reflect similar economic conditions like those present in Santa Ana. There is no excuse for the violence present in Santa Ana. Still, thousands of Latinos work in carwashes, clean their houses, take care of their children, serve at almost all of the area's restaurants. Even dough some races have the same social status, crime and stereotype will still be among American societies.
February 2, 1998
Americans Back Military Strike Against Hussein
Five years ago, Americans by a large margin supported the use of force against Iraq in the conflict over weapons inspections and dismissed the suggestion that President Clinton is preparing a move against Saddam Hussein to distract attention from his own problems, a nationwide poll showed. While the poll indicates the Clinton administration can count on considerable public deference for whatever moves it takes against Iraq, it contained one cautionary note. By 68% to 24%, those surveyed said they believed airstrikes against Iraq should be designed to remove Hussein from power, not just to force him to cooperate with weapons inspectors. During that time, secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and other Pentagon officials have publicly said that airstrikes cannot accomplish the broader goal of bringing down the Iraqi regime and may not even be able to accomplish the goal of ensuring compliance with weapons inspections. As a result, much as the public viewed of the Persian Gulf War eventually soured somewhat because of Hussein's survival. For now, the poll indicates nothing but the support. By 71% to 22%, the public approved of U.S. to launching an airstrike against Iraq if that country did not allowed U.N. inspectors to inspect suspected sites for nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. Five years later, the polls opinion came true, however, no weapons of mass destruction were ever found and as a result huge budget cuts were made to fund the war.
February 2, 1999
Deal Reported for India to Sign Nuclear Test Ban
India has offered to sign a nuclear test-ban treaty in return for the lifting of economic sanctions imposed last year after it held nuclear tests, U.S. and Indian officials reported. The officials, speaking on conditions of secrecy, stopped short of declaring a breakthrough in their negotiations. India's offer came as rival Pakistan said it was willing to talk about its nuclear program with the U.S. The U.S. official said India's signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the lifting of sanctions could take place by the middle of that year. But as years go by, more nations are entering the race for nuclear missiles. Events like this can led to suspicions of nuclear threats and even war such as the one happening in Iraq.
February 2, 2000
CAMPAIGN 2000
McCain Swamps Bush as Gore Edges Bradley
Primary: New Hampshire voters hand Texas governor an embarrassing setback and ensure that Democratic contest will travel on to California.
John McCain scored a stunning landslide victory over George W. Bush in the New Hampshire presidential primary, Bush’s first serious setback in his front-running bid for the Republican nomination. On the Democratic side, Al Gore won a narrower victory over Bill Bradley, making their race continues to California. The results came close to those just eight days before in Iowa, where Bush and Gore walked away as winners, with a chance to put their races away. Instead, the outcome fortified McCain. McCain's nosh-up, in particular, represented a huge embarrassment for Bush, who had raised more money than any presidential candidate in history. In the end, Bush won most of the minoratie votes promising reforms in immigration, a more strong diplomatic foreign affairs with Latin-American nations(mainly Mexico), and even made a cheap gesture by sitting down with a group of Hispanic people while eating chilies and tortillas.
February 2, 2001
A Cowering United States Gives Terrorism a Free Ride
Almost 7 months before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Los Angeles Times wrote article about threats of terrorist attacks that could be perpetrated by Osama bin Laden. After 85 court sessions and nearly $90 million in legal costs, one Libyan suspect was found innocent of the destruction of a Pan American Flight. Another suspect Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi, was found guilty. A vast and costly intelligence effort was made to find legally valid evidence for the trial. Those resources would have been better used for intelligence against today's international terrorism, much of it imputed to one man, Osama bin Laden and his organization, al Qaeda. At the time, sudden closures of U.S. embassies around the world were made in response to threats received or detected of attacks made by Bin Laden. Seven months later, the unexpectable would happen, terrorist attacks would happen here in the U.S, this would change the way we see security today around the world.
February 2, 2002
RESPONSE TO TERROR
Abducted Reporter Slain in Pakistan, E-Mail Claims
An e-mail message believed to have been sent by the kidnappers of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl claimed Friday that he had been killed because their demands for the release of Pakistani terror suspects had not been met. the message read. The claim about Pearl, who disappeared last week in the port city of Karachi, could not be verified.
By this morning, police said, officers had searched about 300 cemeteries and had turned up nothing. Police sources in Karachi early today confirmed that they had raided a house in the city and seized a computer that they believed were used to send some of the e-mails. They declined to elaborate on the development, and there was no immediate indication that the raid had shed any light on Pearl's fate.
February 2, 2003
The World
Bush, Blair Turn Up Pressure on Iraq
U.S., British leaders discuss diplomacy and war at White House. But they also reveal differences over extent of Hussein's threat.
President Bush said Friday he would welcome a second U.N. resolution on Iraq but only if it led to the prompt disarming of Saddam Hussein. Pushing more forcefully for the measure, British Prime Minister Tony Blair called confronting Iraq "a test of the international community." Both leaders dismissed Iraq's offer to host U.N. weapons inspectors before their next interim report. Bush called the invitation a charade meant to "string the inspectors along." Showing little patience for the Iraqi leader or for allies trying to slow his pace toward war, Bush said, "Any attempt to drag this process out for months will be resisted by the United States." Buffeted by criticism both at home and abroad, the staunch allies met for three hours in Bush's private White House quarters to review their plans for diplomacy and war -- and to turn up pressure on Hussein. Standing side by side outside the ornate Blue Room, the leaders conducted a news conference without revealing any deadlines for war or new strategies for curbing stiff international resistance to their views.
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