South Africa has the highest rate in the world of women killed by an intimate partner. At least 3 women are killed by a partner every day in S.Africa, according to the SA Medical Research Council.

Sacrifice your pawn to take the king.

If it was easier for international students to work in the US after graduation the shape of the economy might be quite different.  I'm one of the very few internationals from my college class working in the US.  U.S. Immigration Policies Are Sabotaging the U.S. Economy

If you have to look up the meaning of "Broseph" you are not cool.

Chernobyl.  The largest (and unintentional) wildlife sanctuary in Europe

Star Trek paved the way for the cell phone and floppy discs. What we really need are phasers to replace guns -- phasers that are permanently set to stun.

Chinese have an average household savings rate of 38% compared with about 4% for Americans (BloombergBusinessweek)

There are 181,000 Social Media 'Gurus,' 'Ninjas,' 'Masters,' and 'Mavens' on Twitter (AdAge)

2% of employees admit their top work-related resolution for 2013 is to get their boss fired (Glassdoor)

The US has 5% of the world’s population and 50% of the world's guns (Washington Post)

Coffee is "stress in a cup" (Dr David Posen)

Coming soon to Facebook - video ads on your news feed.

According to Adam Bryant, who interviewed 200+ CEOs, there are 5 key traits of world-class leaders: passion, confidence, team smarts, simple mindset, and bias toward action.

JWTIntelligence - 10 Trends for 2013 in 2 minutes

According to Google, 17% of US shoppers will visit a store and then buy online.  51% who buy in-store researched online first.

30 years ago the average person in China had never spoken on a telephone. 

Happy Diwali! Diwali celebrates the return of Rama from 14 years of exile. By coincidence, I’ve been living in the US for 13 years and next year I’ll return to living in Asia.

The average round-trip domestic airfare this Thanksgiving is $386, which is up 9% from last year according to Travelocity.

Ryanair CEO: 'Seat Belts Don't Matter'

Climate change is like steroids for weather (paraphrasing Jonathan Foley, director of the Institute of the Environment). Try to reduce your carbon footprint.