don't you ever wonder why people moved out of the cities? high cost of living, high crime rates, failing schools, endless political corruption ring a bell? If cities were competitive with the suburbs in terms of affordability of housing and safety, people would flock back to the cities. Sadly, this is not the case.

The first link is from the white house website, and says: Solar's robust growth in the past years has been the result of [...] most importantly, a strong commitment from the Obama Administration and other policymakers in Washington. So this means it's taxpayers dollars that are paying for this? This is not news, but propaganda. Once we run out of money after hitting the debt ceiling, all this "robust growth" will effervesce into thin air.

... is exoskeletons: http://berkeleybionics.com/exoskeletons/

did you put forward the capital needed to get the company off the ground? If not, then you missed your chance to have any claim to equity in the company. The original investors took all the risk, they get to take home all the reward. If the company needed money to expand and was looking for new investment, then perhaps you might have a chance. But you would have to have large sums of cash on hand, and be willing to risk it. Since you said the company has a very significant revenue already, I'm afraid you'll have to be happy with your contractor rates.

questions: does she actually want a geeky ring herself, and would such a ring suit her tastes? don't want to rain on your parade, but she's going to be the one wearing the thing, and it will be around her friends, family, professional associates, and so forth. As much as she loves you, it might her feel uncomfortable wearing a geeky ring at times, like at business meetings, or ten or twenty years in the future, when your/her tastes might be different. And no matter what she says beforehand, if you choose to go non-traditional here, you're always going to be at risk for the "you're actually giving me THIS for an ENGAGEMENT RING??!!" reaction from her. While it's tempting to get something that reflects the kind of person you are, it's very important to get something that reflects her tastes and the kind of person she is. A geeky ring might make a good Christmas or birthday present, but with the engagement ring, prefer the standard to the offbeat and eccentric.

these are the holdover missions that NASA will have to be content with until there is an administration that is serious about space exploration. i'll be excited when they start planning to set up manned space stations on the moon.

Aside from the other problems that have been mentioned, the article is poorly titled. It should read Japanese guts are made for *seaweed*. To say sushi is very misleading. My fiance and I eat sushi minimum once per week, and of the fifteen different pieces that we regularly order, only 2 or 3 of them have seaweed. Sushi is primarily seafood (fish, shrimp,eel) and rice. In the pieces that have it, the seaweed acts as a garnish.