Realize what causes hearing loss and use common sense. If you're exposed to loud sounds, use ear protection.

Realize what causes hearing loss and use common sense. If you're exposed to loud sounds, use ear protection.

[Sotero kept quiet, worrying that her family would be targeted. But she found comfort in numbers at last week's rally, read more

[Sotero kept quiet, worrying that her family would be targeted. But she found comfort in numbers at last week's rally, organized by Tucson's Border Action Network. In August 2004, BAN hosted a community forum where anger simply erupted.] People had been afraid to speak out, ... They fear repercussions; they fear being targeted, because (the Border Patrol) is so dominant and so imposing in their communities, where they're told they don't have any rights.

Sometimes, they just get afraid to leave, and they will do things that don't always make sense, like run, even read more

Sometimes, they just get afraid to leave, and they will do things that don't always make sense, like run, even though they were going to be out within a short period of time.

We had to either prevent or slow down their counters by keeping our front court active and making them play read more

We had to either prevent or slow down their counters by keeping our front court active and making them play defense. We knew they were going to run, and we were going to stick with our defensive plays. But the breakdowns added up and they cost us the game.

We want to urge all system builders ? indeed, all Partners ? not to supply naked PCs. It is a read more

We want to urge all system builders ? indeed, all Partners ? not to supply naked PCs. It is a risk to your customers and a risk to your business ? with specifically 5 percent fewer opportunities to market software and services.

Gossiping doesn't belong in the office. Most of us don't want to hear somebody else's personal drama. If there's good read more

Gossiping doesn't belong in the office. Most of us don't want to hear somebody else's personal drama. If there's good news ... graduation, a new house ... but the negative stuff doesn't have a place in the office.

Sooner or later we've got to beat them. We rushed a few shots and that's when the lead spreads from read more

Sooner or later we've got to beat them. We rushed a few shots and that's when the lead spreads from seven or eight to 14 or 15.

The last, lonely trailing indicator of the business cycle.

The last, lonely trailing indicator of the business cycle.

We hesitated to do it last year, but finally decided we need to.

We hesitated to do it last year, but finally decided we need to.