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Full title: Political Appointees Re-Write Commerce Department Report On Offshore Outsourcing; Original Analysis Is Missing From Final Version BY RICHARD McCORMACK richard@manufacturingnews.com The Commerce Department has responded to a half-year-old request by Manufacturing and Technology...

(WASHINGTON) U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) recently recognized the life’s work of outgoing Gallaudet President Dr. I. King Jordan. The tribute, given Sept. 20 and entered into the Congressional Record, highlighted Jordan’s personal and professional life. During her speech, the...

I got this piece from Nas (she loves 'good/nice' guys than anything else and she got it from one of her friends today). Here it is: Ode to the Nice Guys This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining...

That's what I'm afraid of. Here it is: Crude oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel Monday while the oil industry assessed damage from Hurricane Rita and traders worried that demand for heating oil could soar ahead of the winter months. The strength of the economy, showing up in...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The state Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities has ordered the closing of what it calls two unlicensed personal care facilities run by a Christian group that counsels gays to give up homosexuality. The state inspected two facilities in Memphis on...

A Message from John Cleese To the citizens of the United States of America: In light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen...

Before I say anything, my topic is just pure speculation. Not scientific topic. Even though, more and more studies revealed that "a calorie is a calorie" is just a myth (example: "A calorie is a calorie" violates the second law of thermodynamics by high-level scientists). I created this topic to...

This article was written by conservative, Thomas L. Friedman. Good stuff. Here it is: Singapore There is something troublingly self-indulgent and slothful about America today - something that Katrina highlighted and that people who live in countries where the laws of gravity still apply...

How can free will coexist with divine preordination? I'm reading this book, Mere Christianity and it hits me. I honestly don't have any opinion, thought or perspective to answer this question. Anyone?

You think "loading the dishwasher" means getting your wife drunk. You ever cut your grass and found a car. You own a home that is mobile and 5 cars that aren't. You think the stock market has a fence around it. Your stereo speakers used to belong to the Drive-in Theater. Your boat has...

I'd love to review this movie but I can't. The emotions that I felt prevented me but I want to let this review speak for me: Source: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00001NFC1/qid=1126579007/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-0084941-7767005?v=glance&s=video Nas and I watched the movie few...

Actually, I'm several days late... I'm a huge, huge fan of USC and Notre Dame. I'm thrilled that USC's record was pretty good last year. A 22-game winning streak and two national titles. They were unstoppable last year and I hope that they will be unstoppable this year as well which I believe...

Donate Housing http://www.hurricanehousing.org/ They offer more than 93,000 beds for these victims at this moment (new 1,000 beds per an hour). Nas and my uncle are two of them. Since Nas moved in with me, her apt is empty for several months now (one year-contract). So her place is perfect...

HOUSTON -- NEWSCHANNEL 5 crews were in Houston as some desperate refugees arrived in a stolen bus. HOUSTON -- Thousands of refugees of Hurricane Katrina were transported to the Astrodome in Houston this week. In an extreme act of looting, one group actually stole a bus to escape ravaged areas...

My Proposal Experience(Edited) I recieved several IMs & pms about 'certain' word in some of my posts and asked me to lay out the details. [Edited: I didn't realize how long this post is... sorry about it] - In approximately three months before Nas & I left for Sweden: Nas' father asked to...

There was something that happened during our road trip to our place that I'd like to share with all of you. You see, we were in Sweden for two months, possibly longer; we enjoyed our trip so much that we didn't even count the days. We had been eating swedish meals (and others like Italian) and...

I feel so sick when I read this... Read on (source): A Tennessee-based religious organization euphemistically called “Love in Action” is running a brainwashing camp for gay kids. Among the camp’s practices, posted on the blog of a youth whose parents are forcing him to attend: *...

From NYTimes: The Chase The Girls From Ipanema Are Not Impressed SO slow. American men are so slow. Late last year, nine months after she left Brazil, Camila Franca met a dark-haired, blue-eyed American hockey player at a party. They sat on the couch and talked for hours about...

Hiya everyone... Nas and I will be gone to Sweden then Japan (Japan trip is still in 'air') during this summer. It is my second time to visit Sweden (last year). I highly doubt that I will be surf or post around here, AD but I will try. However if anyone wants to keep in touch and such (as if...

LONDON - Some were baby-faced teenagers too young to grow facial hair. Others said they were snatched from their families and forced to work for Afghanistan's Taliban. The stories of the youngest detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, chart their journeys from childhood in the villages of...