Working Parent Stress-Catalyst Study

According to a Catalyst study, about one-third of the U.S. labor force is less productive at work because they are concerned about what their children are doing after school. The study estimates these worries cost businesses between $50 billion and $300 billion a year in productivity. This article discusses viable solutions.

Britney Spears' Famous Locks

According to a recent BBC report in February, 2007, it said that the hair studio owned by an Esther Tognozzi, has now set up a website to auction off Ms Britney's famous locks...

6 a.m., 2nd August 1990, Kuwait

My personal experience of the first day of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

Drug Addiction Steals The Life Of A Young Man, The Second Chance Program Gives Him His Life Back

Having lost his dreams early in life, this man now finds he can rebuild his existence and create the life he envisioned before his days of drug abuse and crime.

Social Evolution: Who Will Win The Battle For Your Mind?

Discusses the nature of sectarian violence and its solution. Practical advice for the individual.

Taking the Neighbor Out of Neighborhoods

Having just recently returned to my childhood neighborhood in Baltimore, I couldn't help but notice how much things have changed since I left. Growing up in the early 60's, I recall a much different neighborhood. Back then, much of Baltimore consisted of poor working class neighborhoods that were self contained units...

Antique Market Has Become Very Popular In The Last Couple Of Years

Many people are now finding antiques as a great way of making their rooms look that little bit more special.

Avoid Mistakes When Filing a VA Disability Claim

Common mistakes that hold up veterans disability claims

Untapped - The Scramble For Africa's Oil

Since 1990 alone, the petroleum industry has invested more than $20 billion in exploration and production activity in Africa. A further $50 billion will be spent between now and the end of the decade, the largest investment in the continent's history - and around one-third of it will come from the United States. Three of the world's largest oil companies - the British-Dutch consortium Shell, France's Total, and America's Chevron - are spending 15 percent, 30 percent, and 35 percent respectively of their global exploration and production budgets in Africa. Chevron alone is in the process of rolling out $20 billion in African projects over a five-year period.

Child Prostitution is Horrific, Brutal and Evil and What You Can Do To Stop It

Child prostitution is horrific, brutal and evil and what you can do to stop it! The first thing to do is to be aware that this dreadful disease of the mind is spreading worldwide and the only way to stop it is to gather all the good forces available from the world leaders, billionaires, and people who care enough to take action to stop the atrocities and senseless destruction of innocent children's lives!

Society and Culture - The Informational Age

Information technologies demand strong ethics and morality from citizens of this new global empire

2007 Poll - Group Seeks US Intervention in Nigeria's Affairs

A United States-based Council for Foreign Relations, has called for an urgent intervention in the political affairs of Nigeria to prevent a collapse of the country's renascent democracy.

An Increasing Need for Nurses

The following article discusses the increasing need for nurses. Nurses serve as an integral part of the medical system and in years to come America will suffer a shortage of these professionals unless something is done to reverse the situation.

Senior Citizen Woman Columnist Told It Like It Was

Eighty-year-old Newspaper Woman's Weekly Columns Described Life and Events of the Early and Mid-Twentieth Century