Olympic Torch Today in SF

San Francisco is the only stop for the torch in North America. The city was chosen to host the relay, in part, because of its large Chinese-American population. Read more...

I had a meeting in the city at 3:30 but decided to cancel rather than get caught in the chaos. Every city visited so far has encountered quite a bit of protest.

20 Ways the World Could End | Health & Medicine | DISCOVER Magazine

This is a fascinating, if not dark, article about potention doomsday scenarios. It's long but worth the read:

20 Ways the World Could End Health & Medicine DISCOVER Magazine

Thought for the day

Knowledge has long been recognzied as a key component to success:

“Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.” — Joseph Addison in the Guardian, no. 111, Letter of Alexander to Aristotle

Read More...(7 traits of successful people on Get Rich Slowly)

Another Statistic

cakemusic.com NEWS: "Nearly two-thirds of Africans have no access to a toilet." Yikes!