Brazil Future Economic Super Power?

Nov 19, 2009 - After decades of political instability, poverty and uncertanty has Brazil finally hit her stride?  We all know that Brazilians know how to party and play (football) but can they roll with the G8 and give them a run for their money?  In 2001 Goldmen Sachs placed Brazil with Russia, India and China as the economies that would come to dominate the world.   Some may find it queer to place a country with a growth rate as skimpy as its swim suits, an economic fragility that consistantly suffered with any financial crisis, chronic political instability and a history of squandering economic potential could have so effectively put those wose behind them to pave the way for such a prosperous future.  China is said to lead the world out of our currant economic down turn with Brazil hot on their heals.  Brazil did not avoid the down turn but was among the last in and the first out.  Their economy is growing at a rate of 5% annualy and will pick up in the short term as new deep sea oil fields come online.  Brazil also enjoys a food and mineral trade with many Asian countries. Sometime after 2014 Brazil is scheduled to become the worlds 5th largest economy saying to Great Britan and France uhm excuse me I beleive that's my seat.  In many ways Brazil is said to outclass the other up and comers (Chine, India and Russia).  Unlike China and Russia it is a democracy.  Unlike India it has no insurgent, ethnic, religious hostility or unfriendly neighbors.  Unlike Russia it exports more than oil and arms and treats it's investors with respect.  Is that code for arss kissing? - 4 Comments

2 Amazing Guys, Can't Decide!

Nov 16, 2009 - I'm stuck in a silly predicament.  I have two great guys persuing me and I'm not sure which way to go. Boy # 1 is a year younger than me.  He has been a friend of mine through high school and has just come out of a relationship that ended badly 4 months ago.. (ie his ex slept around with some of his best friends the day after they broke up)  I don't want to date anyone who is still getting over another girl, I don't deserve that. - 11 Comments

May be obvious to others but not to me

Nov 15, 2009 - I met this guy when I was in high school and the feelings have yet to go away. I am 24 and was 15 when we met.  We had dated briefly in high school and later when I had graduated high school and he was a junior in college we again spent our summer casually dating each other. - 5 Comments

Proposed 9/11 Memorial In Kent Causing Stir

Nov 11, 2009 - It is a bright, Indian summer afternoon in the Litchfield Hills, and the downtown streets of this tourist mecca look invitingly peaceful. But the communication lines connecting First Selectwoman Ruth Epstein to the outside world have been anything but peaceful for two weeks as the passions aroused by the 9/11 tragedy have turned Kent into a national lightning rod over terrorism, Islam and the role towns should play in memorializing the dead. Epstein, a former journalist who is stepping down after two terms as first selectwoman, was approached more than a year ago by Peter Gadiel, the father of James Gadiel, a young Kent native who worked as a trader in the World Trade Center and perished in the 2001 terrorist attacks. - 81 Comments

I know he's a jerk but I can't get over him!

Nov 09, 2009 - Soooo This is a bit of a confusing story but I'll try to explain it well. This past summer I met this guy through work. The job was coaching a sports camp and it was only a week-long overnight camp. - 12 Comments