"DOCTORS should ask their teenage patients what type of music they prefer to determine if they are at risk of developing a mental illness or committing suicide, researchers say." read here

I received the link below from my son at ASU. It is written by Martin Wolf and posted on Bill Gates Creative Capitalism blog. It contains some very challenging ideas on the relationship between shareholders, companies, and employees in various countries around the world. The article nicely (although a little ponderously) provides a logical framework for some concerns about the evolving relationship between companies and employees that I had been feeling, but could never quite solidify into a cau… Continue

One of the things that drives people learning English as a second language (and for some of us who learned it as a first language) is that the same word can have very different meanings. One of the words that has always perplexed me is "revolution." Dictionary.com defines revolution as: 1) a procedure or course, as if in a circuit, back to a starting point, or 2) a radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, esp. one made suddenly and often accompanied by violence. How co… Continue

Just what you need when you need it. Sign me up for $100 in Venti Vouchers "(2008-07-02) — Democrats in Congress today plan to introduce a bill to halt the recently-announced closing of some 600 Starbucks coffee stores, noting that the displacement of 12,000 Starbucks baristas would overwhelm government aid offices not prepared to handle so many clients for whom English is a second language. Read More.

"A global consolidation of the coal industry is shifting into overdrive. Mining giant Teck Cominco said Tuesday it will buy up all of the Fording Canadian Coal Trust for close to $14 billion in cash and stock. The deal is just the latest in a growing string of giant acquisitions centered on coking coal, a key raw material for certain steel mills." read more here