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Greek & Roman Mythology
Myths are traditional stories that have endured many years. Some of them have to do with events of great importance, such as the founding of a nation. Others tell the stories of great heroes and heroines and their exploits and courage in the face of adversity. Still, others are simple tales about otherwise unremarkable people who get into trouble or do some great deed. What are we to make of all these tales, and why do people seem to like to hear them? This course will focus on the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as a few contemporary American ones, as a way of exploring the nature of myth and the function it plays for individuals, societies, and nations. We will also pay some attention to the way the Greeks and Romans themselves understood their own myths. Are myths subtle codes that contain some universal truth? Are they a window on the deep recesses of a particular culture? Are they entertaining stories that people like to tell over and over? Are they a set of blinders that all of us wear, though we do not realize it? Investigate these questions through a variety of topics creation of the universe between gods and mortals, religion and family, sex, love, madness, and death.
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Defenseman Al MacNeil played over 500 NHL games in the 50s and 60s. He was capable of taking the body in his own end and was fairly effective at passing the puck ahead to his forwards.
Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, MacNeil was a Toronto Maple Leafs prospect and played three years with the junior Marlboros. During his first four pro seasons he was mostly used as a injury replacement while seeing full time duty with the Rochester Americans of the AHL. The one exception was his 53-game tenure on the Toronto blueline in 1953-54.
In June, 1960, MacNeil was traded to the Montreal Canadiens who assigned him to the EPHL's Hull-Ottawa Canadiens for the entire 1960-61 schedule. The next season he played 61 games and provided grit and steady play in his own end for the Habs. With youngsters like Jacques Laperriere waiting in the wings, Montreal opted to send MacNeil to the Chicago Black Hawks in May, 1962. He went on to enjoy the finest stretch of his career as a regular for the next four years on one of the top clubs in the league.
In June 1966 he was claimed by the Habs then the Rangers in the Intra-League Draft. He played steadily in 58 games for the Blueshirts and helped them reach the post-season for the first time since 1962. The next summer the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Expansion Draft sought MacNeil's experience. He played 74 games for the first year club then spent two years in the minors before retiring in 1970.
After retiring as a player, MacNeil succeeded Claude Ruel as coach of the Montreal Canadiens 23 games into the 1970-71. He led them to a strong finish and an upset of the Boston Bruins in the quarterfinals on the way to the Stanley Cup. Unrest in the dressing room cost MacNeil a chance to return in 1971-72. He resurfaced as coach of the Atlanta Flames in 1979-80 and remained with the franchise when it relocated to Calgary. During his first year in western Canada, MacNeil led the Flames to an appearance in t semifinals but he was fired after the team finished below .500 in 1981-82.
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A highly intense fifth season of "Sons of Anarchy" came to an end on FX Tuesday night with a series of shocking twists. On Wednesday afternoon, series creator and showrunner Kurt Sutter took to the phone for a conference call with reporters to discuss the show's most-watched season finale ever, and plans for Season 6.
Here are some tidbits from the call:
On the mental state of Jax, in the wake of all his ruthless maneuvering:
"I really wanted to get to a place where perhaps Jax realizes he's better at being an outlaw than is being a husband and father," Sutter said. ",,, There's an allure that comes with power and prestige that he wasn't aware of (before) ...
As much as he has said he wants to leave, perhaps he's not ready to leave."
On Gemma's Season 5 journey:
Sutter acknowledged that Gemma hit rock bottom this season and still managed to crawl her way back up.
"She's just a (bleeping) cockroach, man. She's hard to kill."
"At the end, my intent was for her to sort of have her balls back," he added. "It's hard to cheer that on, but there's a sense of her always landing back on her feet. And her justification is that she's always taking care of her family."
On the impact of Opie's death on the season:
Sutter said he wanted Opie's gruesome demise to "knock the wind out of not only the audience, but the club as well."
"It gave me a life-altering circumstance for my hero (Jax) and allowed me to accelerate his journey," he noted. " ... It was a way we could organically push Jax to the edge to see what kind of leader he would become."
On the possible return of key guest stars:
Donal Logue will be "definitely" be back for Season 6, for seven or eight episodes, most likely even more. And he'll play a key role.
"His character will be a big character and probably the most dangerous weapon (from law enforcement) the club has faced," said Sutter, pointing out that because Logue's character is a retired officer, he won won't have the "morality hurdles."
As for Jimmy Smits, Sutter would "love" to have him back, but it depends on the actor's availability. "He adds such a gravitas, and I loved bringing in that new sort of culture into the show," the producer said. "And I love the relationship with he has going with Gemma."
Sutter also wants to bring back Drea de Matteo, but again, it will depend on her availability. She's apparently in a pilot for the upcoming season.
On why he had Otto (a character played by Sutter) bit off his tongue:
Sutter apparently told his writers that he wanted Otto to lose his tongue so he (Sutter) would be spared of having to learn dialogue. The writers laughed it off, but then came an opportunity to make it happen.
"It was his way of sending a message to the club and the authorities that you're not going to get a word out of me," Sutter said. "If he does come back, it will be just grunts and scribbling (stuff) on paper."
On Clay's future role in the show, now that he's headed for prison:
"I want there to be a sense that he's essentially a dead man walking," Sutter said. "In other words, Jax was successful with his death-by-proxy plan ... For now, I'm not sure whether he'll make it through Season 6 or not ... Maybe can end up with Otto and they can bite off each other's body parts."
On the reappearance of the homeless lady in the finale:
"She's a little bit of my Shakespearean ode to magic," said Sutter, who warned fans not to expect some "big revelatory moment" between her and Jax, although she may continue to pop up every once in a while.
On whether he still plans to wrap things up in seven seasons:
Sutter said that remains his goal, but things could change. If he gets halfway through Season 6 and feels like he needs more time to complete the saga, he'll have a conversation with FX about either extending Season 7 or tacking on an eighth season.
"But I don't want to pad and fluff, and drag things out just for the sake of doing an eighth season," he said.
(Sutter and his writing team will reconvene in early February to begin penning Season 6).


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Favorite DU Photos: November 2013
Member photos of the day from the month of November
(photo by Alexandra King)
BlackJack sizing up the river. (photo by Jason Peak)
(photo by Jeffrey Gober)
(photo by Peter Giles)
Our British Lab - 3 yrs. old. (photo by Bill Davis)
This is a picture of my friend right after he shot his first Mallard this year. Mallard Down! (photo by Douglas Day)
(photo by Adam Sage)
Dawn over decoys. (photo by Scott Ellis)
Beautiful morning hunt! (photo by TJ Nuesse)
Taken in Canada of snows coming in. (photo by Edwin Seymore)
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1 Behind the blind. (photo by Nicole Jumper)
2 View from our duck blind at sunrise over the Broadkill River in Delaware. (photo by Nick Carter)
3 Deke waiting patiently for some birds. Ready for the hunt. (photo by Dustin Palmer)


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USC offensive line set to face improved Clemson front
Published: Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 9:55 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 9:55 p.m.
South Carolina's defensive line entered the season touted as perhaps the best in the country. While the Gamecocks have been solid, Clemson's defensive front has produced as well if not better than any in the nation.
No. 6 CLEMSON (10-1) at No. 10 SOUTH CAROLINA (9-2)
7 p.m., ESPN2, 93.3 FM, 97.1 FM, 104.3 FM, 1400 AM
USC probable offensive line starters
LT Corey Robinson (Sr., 6-8, 341)
LG A.J. Cann (Sr., 6-4, 314)
C Cody Waldrop (So., 6-2, 319)
RG Rondald Patrick (Sr., 6-2, 315)
RT Brandon Shell (Jr., 6-6, 323)
The Tigers lead the FBS in tackles for loss with 105, 14 more than any other team and 31 more than the Gamecocks. Of the 105 tackles for loss, 31 are sacks, compared to 19 sacks by USC.
Gamecocks head coach Steve Spurrier expects South Carolina's offensive line to have its hands full trying to block Clemson Saturday night at Williams-Brice Stadium.
"They're probably as good as about any defensive front we've faced," Spurrier said. "They are very good, and they're active. If we're going to have a chance we've got to run the ball some and pass block."
USC has had success running the ball this year, averaging 211 yards per game on the ground. USC has allowed 20 sacks on the season for an average of less than two per contest.
Spurrier said his line will need to play well again on Saturday for the Gamecocks to win their fifth straight over the Tigers.
"Every football game the line of scrimmage is crucial, and this is certainly one that will be crucial," he said. "Their D-line, it could be the strength of their defense. I don't know how they describe it over there, but they're very good."
Clemson defensive end Vic Beasley leads the way for the Tigers with 17 tackles for loss and 10 sacks, while fellow defensive end Corey Crawford has nine tackles for loss and three sacks. Defensive tackle Grady Jarrett clogs up the middle and has 62 tackles, with eight tackles for loss.
USC offensive lineman Ronald Patrick said all three stood out to him on film.
"They have a great front four," the senior said. "When you watch them on film they have Corey (Crawford) and Grady (Jarrett), they're playing with great motors. Vic (Beasley) has a quick first step. I know he's quick off the line. He has great moves."
Over the past four years, USC has outrushed Clemson in three of the four games. The Gamecocks have averaged 166 yards rushing during the four-game win streak, while Clemson has rushed for 81 yards per contest.
Patrick said establishing a solid running game will be key for USC's offensive line again on Saturday.
"It's really important. You want to be able to run the ball, control the clock," he said. "It's going to come down to will. We're both going to come out fired up and it's going to be who can win the line of scrimmage. If we're able to control the time of possession and dominate the line of scrimmage, it'll be a nice outcome."
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Long Rang Transportation Plan Amended
July 19, 2014
A Resolution to Amend the 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan (LTPR) for major projects, with funding, are presented. click here.
Addition of Financial Plan to LRTP
May 25, 2016
Addition to Chapter VII to demonstrate fiscal constraint for all funded projects thereby demonstrating the Long Range Transportation Plan reflects realistic assumptions about future revenues compared to project costs for all projects funded in the plan. Chapter VII - Complete LRTP
River Road Overlay District Ordinance
May 2, 2016
Final Draft Sec.2.5.23 of the River Road Overlay District Ordinance shall apply to all properties lying within the River Road Corridor, as shown on the official zoning map and the overlay district map. Single-family residential homes are excluded from this ordinance. No clearing or other disturbance of land shall occur, and no building, structure or use shall be established, except in compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance and the UDO.River Road Overlay District Ordinance [Final Draft]
River Road Buffer Map
Columbus-Phenix City MPO Releases UPWP Draft
March 25, 2016
As the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Columbus-Phenix City Metropolitan Area, Columbus-Phenix City Transportation Study (C-PCTS) is the lead agency responsible for administering and coordinating the activities of participants carrying out the required tasks of the transportation planning process. Participants in the transportation planning process include the C-PCTS, the Policy Coordinating Committee (PCC), the Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC), the Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC), public transit operators including METRA and PEX, counties, local officials, private citizens, and the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S.DOT).FY'17 UPWP DRAFT
Amendment to TIP and LRTP
March 25, 2016
Resolution to Amend the Columbus section of the FY'15-'18 TIP and 2040 LRTP to include projects on Miller Road, Kendall Creek, Weracoba Creek and Flatrok Creek.Read the Amendment
TAD District formation before council
November 17, 2015
The River District Redevelopment Plan, presents the rationale, boundaries, fiscal data and proposed projects that could result from the formation of the City of Columbus, Tax Allocation District #1: 6th Avenue/Liberty District, Tax Allocation District #2: Uptown and Tax Allocation District #3: 2nd Avenue/City Village. These three Tax Allocation Districts (TADs) are located within the larger redevelopment area and are complementary components of a comprehensive revitalization effort for Columbus' River District.
TAD River District - TAD Ft.Benning Tech.Park
Public Participation Plan
November 17, 2015
New update as of November 17, 2015. ... read more
NEW Interactive GIS Map for local demographics.
August 20, 2015
The new map displays county demographics when various census tracks are clicked on.
Help Name the New Multi-Use Trail
July 2, 2015
The Columbus Planning Department is reaching out to the community in order to name the latest multi-use trail going under construction this summer. The proposed trail which has temporarily been called the South Lumpkin Trail will run from Eagle Trace Apartments on Torch Hill Rd to Cusseta Rd and will be available to pedestrians and bicyclists. The South Lumpkin Trail is a Rails to Trails project which will utilize an abandoned railroad in order to create a multi-use path like the Fall Line Trace. The trail will link 7 schools, a park, restaurants, and residential areas; as well as various community organizations. This trail is proposed to one day link with the Riverwalk and Columbus' overall trail network. - take our survey
2015-2018 Public Participation Plan released
March 26, 2015
The Participation Plan (PP) is intended to provide a guideline for public involvement activities to be conducted by the Columbus Consolidated Government Planning Department. The plan is intended to identify a proactive public involvement process for the planning activities of the Columbus-Phenix City Transportation Study (CPCTS). It is also intended to enhance decision-making and to ensure that residents of Columbus, Georgia, Phenix City, Alabama and surrounding areas are invited and encouraged to participate in the transportation planning process.
GDOT Updates Complete Streets Design Policy
November 19, 2014
It is the policy of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to routinely incorporate bicycle, pedestrian, and transit (user and transit vehicle) accommodations into transportation infrastructure projects as a means for improving mobility, access, and safety for the traveling public. Accordingly, GDOT coordinates with local governments and regional planning agencies to ensure that bicycle, pedestrian, and transit needs are addressed beginning with system planning and continuing through design, construction, and maintenance and operations. This is the ?Complete Streets? approach for promoting pedestrian, bicycle, and transit modes of travel in the State of Georgia.
The concept of Complete Streets emphasizes safety, mobility, and accessibility for all modes of travel (including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and motorists) and individuals of all ages and abilities. The design of transportation projects for multiple modes of travel requires the balancing of the needs of each mode. This ?balance? must be accomplished in a context sensitive manner appropriate to the type of roadway and conditions within the project and surrounding areas..
Columbus, Georgia Passenger Rail
April 12, 2013
Following a community meeting in November 2011, Mayor Teresa Tomlinson named a thirty person commission to study the feasibility of a passenger rail line from Columbus to Atlanta, Georgia. The Mayor's Commission on Passenger Rail is chaired by State Representative Calvin Smyre and Columbus attorney and rail enthusiast Edward Hudson and is comprised of business leaders, transportation officials, elected officials, and interested citizens.
Since its first meeting on January 4, 2012, the Mayor's Commission on Passenger Rail has made great strides by arranging to have the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) include Columbus, Georgia in its state rail plan. Also, the Commission was successful in gaining the GDOT's permission to access $300,000 in federal L230 transportation study funds to conduct a full feasibility study of the Columbus, Georgia intercity passenger rail line. The Commission expects the City to publish a Request for Proposal for a Rail Feasibility Study later this summer.
Meetings are on the first Wednesday of each month at 9:00 a.m. and are open to the public. There will be no July meeting.
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Manchester Expressway Overlay District Ordinance
March 4, 2014
For information on the Manchester Expressway Overlay District Ordinance click here.
County Line Road Detour
March 6, 2014
County Line Road has an Emergency Road Closure due to a failure of a road bed and culvert located about 0.4 miles west of Central Church Road. Engineering consultants have been engaged to determine the best method of repair and the duration of such. We do expect this road closure to be in place for several months. Please see the detour path here.
Columbus Alternative Transportation Study Final Report
March 31, 2014
To access the Alternative Transportation Study Final Report click here.
Information on Buena Vista Road Improvements
May 19, 2014
Information from the May 12, 2014 Public Information Open House on the proposed improvements for Buena Vista Road, may be found at the links below. There are two different projects being proposed for this roadway.
The handouts and maps for both of these projects given out at the meeting may be found here.
Wynnton Road to Illges Road - Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3 Combination Handout
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Parks & Recreation Master Plan Has Been Updated
June 2, 2014
This plan outlines the community's vision for the future of Parks & Recreation through descriptive texts and maps and provides a plan to implement that vision. The Plan is not a mandated requirement for Parks & Recreation but is a critical road map for the future. All of the recommendations displayed in the plan are conceptual and may or may not actually take place.
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The Draft Transportation Improvement Program is Available for Review
August 25, 2014
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Barnard News
Read two essays by Barnard psychology professor Alexandra Horowitz in The New York Times.
In The New York Times Sunday Book Review, political science professor Sheri Berman reviews The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism From Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin.
Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega '81, scholar Sonia Alvarez, and South African activist Mamphela Ramphele headline BCRW anniversary conference
In The Chronicle of Higher Education, the creator of "Reacting to the Past" comments on the most important aspects of general-education requirements.
A first look at a new, student-designed space on campus.
View photos and read a message from President Spar about new and refurbished spaces around campus.


text: The Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab will be the site for a workshop for teachers and informal educators on Saturday, Sept 28, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.. The workshop, Project WET and Aquatic Project WILD will be presented by the Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife and is sponsored by Reconnecting to Our Waterways (ROW). The workshop is also an event of the White River Festival. The Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab serves on the Education Committee of ROW which is responsible for coordinating this event. There are several super benefits of the workshop – each participant will receive the Project WET & Aquatic Project WILD curriculum guides; $50 stipend, lunch, and the opportunity to apply for a grant to conduct a water-related project with students.


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In Sweden, they celebrate the feast of St Lucia by sending the oldest daughter down to the kitchen to whip up some buns (with saffron and cardamom) and deliver breakfast in bed to all the adults in her white jammies with her head encircled with a flaming centerpiece. Sounds like fun, huh?
I have a 2 year old so flaming centerpieces are right out. She put the raisins on the buns and was happy to carry the tray, but that was about it. She looks adorable in her white flannel dress.
I could eat these buns all day.
Saint Lucia Buns
1 cup warm milk
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup sugar
3 beaten eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 strands of saffron
1 tsp ground cardamom pods
4-6 cups bread flour
1 package (2.5 tsp) dry active yeast
1/4 cup warm water
To top buns:
Swedish pearl sugar or 1 tablespoon granular sugar
pinch saffron
1. Dissolve yeast in warm water with 1/2 tsp salt and let foam until doubled. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Add butter to milk, heat until melted. Transfer to a mixing bowl and add salt, saffron strands, and 1 tsp ground cardamom.
3. Mix butter/milk with eggs, slowly, tempering the eggs.
4. Add sugar and 1 of the cups of flour.
5. Add the yeast and the rest of the flour, 1 cup at a time until dough is no longer sticky and wet. Knead for 5 minutes.
6. Sprinkle dough with flour and let rise until doubled (2 hours-overnight).
7. Turn out on floured board and shape into S shaped or }{ shaped buns and allow to rise again on baking sheets, 30 min-1 hour.
8. Brush with beaten egg, decorate with sugar and saffron (optional nuts and raisins).
9. Bake at 350 F for 10-20 min until golden.


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Proposition 32, a measure appearing on the November statewide ballot, is not what it seems. While it claims to be about "stopping special interests" the measure actually gives special exemptions to corporate special interests and Super PACs. It would do nothing to fix what's broken in Sacramento. Instead, Prop 32 would give even more power to the wealthy and well-connected to influence elections, control government and weaken our state's middle class.
The millionaire backers misleadingly call it "The Stop Special Interest Money Now Act," claiming it would rein in campaign contributions by both unions and corporations. In fact, the deceptive wording of the initiative specifically limits the voice of union members like our local teachers and nurses and the firefighters and police that keep us safe.
This one-sided measure would make our system even more imbalanced and it does nothing to stop the flow of money from the wealthy in politics.
Here's what leading newspapers say about the deceptive measure:
"...a fraud to end all frauds" - Michael Hiltzik, LA Times
"…dripping with cynicism" – Dan Morain, Sacramento Bee
"...a sham... wouldn't even begin to do what its backers promise" - Ventura County Star
"...would magnify the influence of wealthy interests while shutting out many middle-class voters" - San Jose Mercury News
"…a phony veneer of fairness…one-sided and biased" – Tom Elias, Long Beach Press Telegram
"...a deceptive sham...would make a bad system worse" - Contra Costa Times
"…would just expand unaccountable independent expenditure committees, the super-PACs" – George Skelton, LA Times
The Facts
Prop 32 was written to limit the voice of union workers and create special exemptions for corporate interests, giving the wealthy and well-connected even more political power to write their own set of rules.
Prop 32 exempts secretive Super PACs and corporate front groups, which can raise unlimited amounts of money from corporate special interests and billionaire businessmen to support their candidates or defeat their enemies. The measure does nothing to prevent anonymous donors from spending unlimited amounts to influence elections.
Prop 32 is NOT campaign finance reform, as its backers claim. The wealthy supporters of this initiative created exemptions for Wall St. hedge funds, real estate investors, insurance companies and other well-heeled special interests allowing them to continue contributing directly to the coffers of political candidates.
Prop 32 would severely restrict union members in both the public and private sector from having a voice in our political process. As a result, teachers, nurses, firefighters, police and other everyday heroes would be unable to speak out on issues that matter to us all—like cuts to our schools and colleges, police and fire response times, patient safety and workplace protections.
This measure would give corporate CEOs and their lobbyists even greater influence over our political system. Corporations already outspend unions 15-1 in politics. This measure would effectively clear the playing field of any opposition to big corporations' agenda, which includes outsourcing jobs, gutting homeowner protections, slashing wages and health benefits and attacking retirement security.
Non-partisan groups like the California League of Women Voters, California Common Cause, Public Citizen and Public Campaign, who advocate for policies that curb special interest influence, are urging voters to REJECT Prop 32. Public Citizen calls it "an attack on labor masquerading as campaign finance reform". California Common Cause says it "will do more harm to California's democracy than good."
- The primary financial backers are retired CEOs and millionaires associated with the extreme right-wing Lincoln Club of Orange County. All of the primary funders of the measure would benefit personally from the exemptions created for certain companies and organizations.
Despite the proponents' claims that this initiative is geared toward "getting special interest money out of politics," the truth is Prop 32 is a deceitful measure designed to silence working people while giving big CEOs and the very wealthy free rein to exert limitless influence on our political system.
Prop 32 is misleading, deceptive and full of consequences that hurt all of us. It does absolutely nothing to limit special interest influence on politics while severely curtailing working people's ability to stand up to powerful corporate interests. The result would be a devastating tilt in power to big banks, corporate CEOs and billionaires that would further undermine California's middle class.
Join the fight to Stop Prop 32!
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Prop 32 in the News
Newspaper editorials:
- LA Times: "No on Proposition 32: It purports to take aim at special interests in politics but in reality targets unions"
- Sacramento Bee editorial: "Prop 32 power play deserves a 'no' vote"
- Contra Costa Times/Oakland Tribune (Bay Area News Group) editorial: "Proposition 32 is deceptive and should be rejected"
- San Franclsco Chronicle editorial: "Prop. 32 an unbalanced 'reform' plan"
- Ventura County Star editorial: "Prop. 32 a sham, deserves to lose in Nov. 6 election"
- San Jose Mercury News editorial: "Deceptive Prop. 32 would worsen campaign finance mess"
- La Opinion editorial: "No en la Proposición 32"
- Chico News & Review editorial: "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"
- Woodland Daily Democrat editorial: "Prop. 32 would worsen state's financing mess"
- Santa Cruz Sentinel: "Prop. 32: Unfair, and flawed Measure would ban using payroll deductions for political purposes"
- Merced Sun Star editorial: "Prop 32 goes after unions, not big money"
- The Reporter editorial: "No on Prop. 32 -- It disrupts checks and balances"
- Lompoc Record: "Slogging through the ballot"
- Press Democract editorial: "No on Prop. 32: A deceptive anti-union reform plan"
- Stockton Record: "Prop. 32 isn't what it seems"
- Marin Independent Journal: "IJ recommendations on state Propositions 30-33"
- Fresno Bee: "Prop. 32 is not the reform that California requires"
Op-eds and opinion articles:
- LA Times: "Proposition 32- A Fraud to end all frauds"
- LA Times: "Prop. 32's real purpose is to cripple labor unions politically"
- San Bernardino Sun: "Proposition 32 is phony reform"
- Record Searchlight: "Prop 32- Do-gooder billionaire may cause real harm"
- Sacramento Bee: "A stealth attack seeks to drain labor money"
- San Francisco Chronicle: "Prop 32- Bad for California and Democracy"
- Sacramento Bee: "Viewpoints: Prop. 32: Union-bashing in a goo-goo wrapper"
- East Bay Express: "If You Liked Citizens United, You'll Love Prop 32"
- Salinas Californian: "Prop 32: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"
- San Mateo Daily Journal: "Keep the Voice of Labor Alive"
- San Leandro Patch: "Prop 32: Deceptive and Dangerous"
- UK Guardian: "California's Prop 32 on political funding is a bill of rights for billionaires"
- The Hill: "California's Prop. 32 would be Citizens United on steroids"
- Sacramento Bee: "'Reform' initiative wears a soiled white hat"
- Ventura County Star: "Reform SuperPACs- by empowering them?"
- San Jose Mercury News: "Special interest ballot measure is really just anti-union"
- North County Times: "'Paycheck protection' push returns"
- The Sun: "Prop. 32 an attempt to silence voice of workers"
News articles:
- Mercury News: "Who's who of rich and powerful behind Proposition 32"
- New York Times: "California Is Latest Stage for Election Battle Over Unions"
- Ventura County Star: "Proposition 32 promises reform, but critics call that promise a ruse"
- Sacramento Bee: "Ad Watch: Prop 32 Spot's Shadowy Images Benefit Its Sponsors"
- Santa Barbara Independent: "Prop 32 Called Misleading"
- Contra Costa Times: "New Poll: Hope Fades for Measure Barring Political Contributions"
- Ventura County Star: "Poll Shows Support for Prop 32 Dropping as Unions Sound Alarm"
- Hollywood Reporter: "SAG-AFTRA Mobilizing Members Against Prop 32"
- San Franicsco Chronicle: "Group w/ties to Koch Bros drops $4 million on Prop 32"
- California Watch: "GOP backers of Citizens United now seek ban on special-interest money"
- LA Times: "Good-government groups call Proposition 32 deceptive"
- San Francisco Chronicle: "Prop 32 in unions' crosshairs"
- LA Times: "California voters leaning against campaign finance initiative"
- PR Watch: "Battle for Worker Rights Moves from WI to CA, Prop. 32 Spun as Campaign Finance Reform"
- Associated Press: "California wades into national labor debate"
- Sacramento Bee: "Unions say Prop. 32 campaign is hiding its expenses"
- California Watch: "GOP activist leads Ariz. group pouring millions into Calif. ballot fight"
- LA Times: "California watchdog sues Arizona group over secret donors"
- Sacramento Bee: "Ad Watch: Pro-Prop. 32 ad misleads on impact of campaign finance measure"
- Vacaville Reporter: "No on Prop 32, It Isn't What it Claims to Be"
- Eureka Times-Standard: "Vote No on Prop 32"
- Marysville Appeal-Democrat: "Prop 32 Not a Good Measure"
- North County Times: "Thank God we live in a democracy"
- North County Times: "Proposition 32: Silencing the middle class"
- Desert Dispatch: "Proposition 32"
- Marysville Appeal-Democract: "Reject Prop. 32 and its phony reform"
- North County Times: "Don't be fooled by Prop. 32"
Labor's Edge blog articles:
- "President Clinton Urges Californians to Vote No on Proposition 32"
- "Small Business Action Committee: The Latest Shady Front Group Throwing Millions Behind Prop 32"
- "Prop. 32 Campaign Having Trouble with the Facts"
- "Classic Koch: How Prop. 32 Could Enrich Two Billionaires"
- "Uprising! What We Can Learn from Wisconsin to Defeat Prop 32"
- "'Stop the Greed Agenda' Bus Tour Exposes Koch Brothers' Link to Prop 32"
- "Koch Brothers' Spending Exposes Real Agenda Behind Prop 32"
- "'The Fraud to End All Frauds'"
- "Behind the Prop 32 Curtain"
- "To Win in November, Young People Must Be 'Fired Up and Ready to Go!'"
- "Proposition 32: Corporate Billionaires' Quest to Force Workers to Shut Up"
- "Like the TEA Party? You'll love the Special Exemptions Act!"
- "Stop the Special Exemptions Act -- It's Not What it Seems"
- "A Crystal Ball to the Post-Special Exemptions Act Future in California"
- "National Federation of Independent Businesses: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing on Prop 32"
- "A Better San Diego Coalition Hosts Community Forum to Stop Prop 32"
- "Proposition 32: Anti-Teamster & Anti-American"
- "Why I'm Speaking Out Against Prop 32"
- "Prop. 32: Labor Fights New Attack on Unions and the 99% in California"
- "A Nurse's Care Plan for California"
- "No on Proposition 32: Let's Make It Strike Three"
- "Boo on Prop 32: Fighting Cash with Comedy"
- "On Her Birthday, Eleanor Roosevelt's Fight for Labor Rights Lives On"
- "Environmentalists, Scientists and Academics Unite Against Proposition 32"
- "L.A. Latino Leaders, Workers & Community Urge Voters: 'Voten NO en la Proposición 32'"
- "Why Defeating Prop. 32 is a Patient Safety Priority"
- "Tom Hiltachk, Master of the Prop 32 Deception"
- "The Shadowy Figures Trying to Permanently Steal our Elections"
For more information, visit www.StopSpecialExemptions.org.


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The Knowledge of the Holy by popular evangelical author and Christian mystic A.W. Tozer illuminates God's attributes—from wisdom, to grace, to mercy—and in doing so, attempts to restore the majesty and wonder of God in the hearts and minds of all Christians. A modern classic of Christian testimony and devotion, The Knowledge of the Holy shows us how we can rejuvenate our prayer life, meditate more reverently, understand God more deeply, and experience God's presence in our daily lives.
This classic of Christian testimony and devotion explores the attributes of God in words that fly straight to the heart. A superb aid to strengthening and deepening the spiritual life, each chapter begins with a prayer, lucidly discusses a divine aspect -- from God's infinity to God's love -- and relates that aspect to today's world, while pointing always to God's wonder and inscrutability.
A. W. Tozer asserts that the cause of many of our modern spiritual woes is the loss in today's church of a lofty concept of God. He argues persuasively that the cure lies in our rediscovery of God's majesty. "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us," he writes. "The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man's spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God." The Knowledge of the Holy bearseloquent witness to the concept of God's majesty, encourages reverent meditation on the being of God, and offers a way to bring back spiritual power to our lives.
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- The rankings: Nos. 1-75 | Nos. 76-150
- Top 10 lists
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- Apr 21:
- Cassidy: SV 150 shows Silicon Valley's resilience by highlighting who's hot and who's not
- Apr 20:
- SV 150: Zynga's troubles take joy out of entertainment
- SV 150: HP drags down its tech sector
- 2013: While Facebook stumbles, LinkedIn thrives
- SV 150: Google powers Web sector surge
- 2013: SolarCity punches through the 'solar curse'
- SV 150: Bay Area non-tech companies were more profitable than their technology counterparts in 2012
- SV 150: Health, biomedical industries jump in value
- SV 150: Once again, Apple carries consumer tech sector to new heights
- SV 150: Microchip industry stumbles
- SV 150: 'Facebook freshman class' storms the ranks of Silicon Valley's largest companies
- Apr 19:
- SV 150: Searchable database of Silicon Valley's top 150 companies for 2013
- Apr 18:
- SV150: Silicon Valley and the swami in a cosmic coincidence
The legendary industry that gave rise to Silicon Valley got hammered flat in 2012.
While most of the Bay Area's biggest tech companies shook off the recession and staged a rebound, the semiconductor industry waged a bloody battle for every dollar of declining profits and sales as consumers shifted from personal computers to mobile gadgets.
These are the results of this newspaper's annual survey of the SV150, which is being published Sunday.
"The competition is brutal, especially if you make a component for a smartphone," said Richard Fichera, a principal analyst with research company Forrester. While the chip business has been roiled by turmoil in the past, he added, "I think it's probably tougher navigating now than it was a decade ago."
The grim year for the chip sector -- revenue was down nearly 6 percent from 2011 and its profit fell nearly 38 percent -- contrasted starkly with this newspaper's analysis of the SV150, whose combined sales grew 9 percent, though their profit fell 12 percent.
Experts blamed the semiconductor-sector battering on a confluence of factors. Businesses and government agencies bought little chip-powered hardware last year because of worries about the unsettled federal budget and economic weakness in Europe and China. Plus, sales of personal computers -- the bread and butter of many local chip firms -- declined in 2012 for the first time in 11 years.
Experts said chip companies compounded their pain by cranking out more circuits than they could sell. And even when firms managed to get their chips into the booming mobile-device market, they frequently were hurt by cutthroat pricing.
Deriving its name from the silicon wafers used to make microchips, Silicon Valley for years was known primarily for the scores of semiconductor companies launched here after the founding of such pioneers as Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel (INTC) in 1968.
- Join in live chats with data guru Jack Davis, Mercury News reporters and columnists every day from April 22-26 from 11 a.m. to noon at siliconvalley.com.
In recent years, as Apple (AAPL) became the region's dominant tech company and the Web sector gave birth to such giants as Google (GOOG), the chip business lost some of its luster. In 2002, sales of semiconductors and the equipment used to make them accounted for about 20 percent of the revenue generated by the top 150 firms locally. By last year, that had shrunk to 16 percent.
Nonetheless, chips remain vital to the valley. By rapidly storing and processing vast amounts of information, the tiny circuits have enabled a technological revolution and can be found in just about every electronic device on the planet, from computers and digital cameras to toasters and washing machines.
The Semiconductor Industry Association estimates that nearly 50,000 people are employed in Silicon Valley by chip companies, which in Santa Clara County alone number at least 249, according to the latest tally by California's Employment Development Department.
In addition, nearly one third of the SV150 are chip firms, boasting a combined $108 billion in sales last year.
Not all local chip companies ran into trouble last year. Several -- including LSI, Synopsys, Cadence Design Systems and OmniVision Technologies -- posted double-digit percentage increases in sales.
Nonetheless, the sector mirrored a global slowdown. Of the world's 25 biggest chipmakers, only eight grew their revenue last year and nine suffered double-digit declines, according to research outfit IHS, which declared 2012 "a miserable year for the semiconductor market and suppliers."
That was particularly problematic because many chip firms in recent years had overestimated the market for their circuits and produced too many of them. Moreover, as they sold off that glut last year, they often were pressured to keep prices low, further depressing their bottom lines.
Worsening the industry's woes was the consumer shift to mobile devices.
The trend clobbered many local chipmakers that get much of their revenue from supplying PC circuits. Among them is Santa Clara-based Intel, the world's biggest semiconductor-maker and one of Silicon Valley's most venerated corporations. Its 2012 sales dropped 1 percent from the previous year to $53 billion and its profit sank 15 percent to $11 billion.
Although long praised for its chip innovations, Intel derives the majority of its revenue from PC-related sales, and many analysts remain skeptical of its recent push to get into smartphones and tablets.
But even some firms that supplied semiconductors for mobile gadgets had a tough time in 2012, in part because mobile devices use fewer memory and other chips than PCs.
"While the average PC these days goes out the door with 4 gigabytes or more of memory, the average tablet is going out the door with about 1 gigabyte," said Nathan Brookwood of market consulting firm Insight 64.
In addition, smartphone chips tend to cost less and provide punier profit than the more powerful ones used in PCs. And with so many companies vying to get their circuits into mobile devices, many companies had to cut their prices even more to compete, analysts said.
The scratching and clawing for market share has been particularly intense among sellers of microcontrollers for mobile-device touch screens, a business under increasing pressure from Asian rivals. Although touch-controller sales doubled from 2010 to 2012, according to IHS, their prices slumped and are expected to continue dropping by 12 percent annually through 2015.
Amid this competition, the top three touch-controller suppliers -- Silicon Valley-based Atmel, Cypress Semiconductor and Synaptics -- had a rough last year. Synaptics' revenue declined about 8 percent, Atmel's 21 percent and Cypress' 23 percent.
Another chip sector -- suppliers of equipment used to make semiconductors -- also was hit hard. Their business is highly cyclical, largely because chipmakers usually buy new manufacturing technology only every 18 to 24 months. That coupled with lackluster chip demand pushed down equipment sales from nearly $39 billion in 2011 to just less than $32 billion in 2012, according to the industry group SEMI.
Those sales should stay about the same or slightly lower this year, before returning to more than $39 billion in 2014, SEMI predicts. But companies that sell chips are expected to rebound quicker.
Research firm Gartner has forecast semiconductor sales to rise by 4.5 percent to about $311 billion this year. IHS was even more optimistic in an April report. It projected chip revenue would grow by 5.6 percent in 2013, "bringing an end to the slump of 2012."
Gartner chip expert Stephan Ohr hopes the estimates prove correct. Considering the remarkable technological advances being brought about by microchips, he said, "our quality of life would be missing something if the industry stalled."
Contact Steve Johnson at 408-920-5043. Follow him at Twitter.com/steveatmercnews.


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FP7 traps cancer cells
05.07.2012 - Under its FP7 programme, the EU will fund a project with the aim to develop a new blood apheresis device for in vivo trapping of circulating tumour cells (CTC).
The consortium of eleven companies, universities, and research institutes is coordinated by Leon Terstappen, Professor of Medical Cell Biophysics at the University of Twente (MIRA Institute, Netherlands). CTCs detach from a primary tumour and circulate in the bloodstream. They play a crucial role in spreading tumour tissue around a patient's body. Currently only a small quantity of CTCs can be isolated from blood sample volumes of 7.5 mL for genetic and immune phenotyping to assess the sensitivity of tumour cells towards certain therapeutics. The development project totals EUR9m, of which EUR6m are provided by the EU grant. The German specialist Leukocare will develop an extracorporeal blood apheresis column to filter the patient's whole blood stream under the roof of the programme. This in vivo trapping will increase the sensitivity of cell counting by about 500-fold. Leukocare will receive a EUR 810,000 contribution from the grant over a period of two years to fund its developmental research.http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/news/news/2012-03/fp7-traps-cancer-cells.html


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- Jan 13:
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- Golden Globes 2014: Five best (not all boozy) moments
- Golden Globes 2014: Five biggest surprises, from 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' to Robin Wright
- Golden Globes 2014: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler -- their best zingers
- Golden Globes 2014: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler keep the laughs coming
- Dec 12:
- Golden Globes 2014: Which TV shows were snubbed?
- Poll: Who do you think should win these Golden Globes?
- Golden Globes 2014: Five film surprises and snubs
- List of nominees for 71st Golden Globe Awards
- Golden Globes 2014: '12 Years a Slave' cements front-runner status
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 71st Golden Globes Thursrsday morning in Beverly Hills. 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle both earned seven nominations each, leading the motion picture categories. In television, Breaking Bad, Behind the Candelabra and The Good Wife all scored multiple mentions.
The nominees are as follows:
Best motion picture, drama
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Best motion picture, musical or comedy
American Hustle
Inside Lewin
Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actor in a TV series, drama
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Michael Sheen, Masters of Sex
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
James Spader, The Blacklist
Best Actress in a TV series, drama
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Best TV Series, comedy
The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Best TV Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story: Coven
Behind the Candelabra
Dancing on the Edge
Top of the Lake
White Queen
Best Original Song — Motion Picture
Atlas/Hunger Games Chris Martin
Let it Go/Frozen
Ordinary Love/Mandella - U2
Please Mr Kennedy/Inside - Ed Rush, T-Bone, Justin Timberlake, Coen
Sweeter Than Fiction/One Chance - Taylor Swift
Best Actor, TV Comedy
Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Michael J. Fox, The Michael J. Fox Show
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Lena Dunham, Girls
Julia Louis Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Best Original Score — Motion Picture
All Is Lost
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
The Book Thief
12 Years a Slave
Best Foreign Language Film
Blue Is The Warmest Color (France)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Past (Iran)
The 71st Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, will be held on Sunday, Jan. 12.
Contact Chuck Barney at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.ChuckBarney, or Twitter.com/chuckbarney


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Toyota is recalling 106,000 first-generation Prius hybrid cars globally for faulty steering caused by a nut that may come loose. One minor accident suspected of being related to the problem has been reported in the U.S.
Toyota Motor says the latest recall affects 48,000 Prius vehicles in Japan, starting with the first Prius models that went on sale in 1997, and those manufactured through 2003.
Toyota has struggled recently against image-battering over massive recalls.
A company spokesman says the recall also affects 58,000 vehicles sold abroad, including 52,000 Prius cars in the U.S., 1,200 in Great Britain, and 800 in Germany.
Toyota says the loose nut in the electric-power steering can cause the vehicle, if operated over a long time, to steer with too much force.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Tight end Vernon Davis, one of Alex Smith's staunchest supporters, thrived Monday night behind the starting debut of quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
In the 49ers' 32-7 rout of the Chicago Bears, Davis caught six passes for 83 yards, including his first touchdown reception since a Week 3 loss at Minnesota. Davis had only nine catches for 101 yards over the 49ers' previous four games.
"Colin is the man," Davis said to open his postgame news conference. "He did a great job. I'm very proud of him. He stepped up today and did great things to help us win."
Davis declined to thrust himself into the debate as to who should start at quarterback going forward.
"That's up to the coaches," Davis said. "I can't choose sides. I'm here to support either one of them."
Davis' final catch, an 11-year reception in the fourth quarter, served as a strong endorsement of Kaepernick's skills.
"The ball he threw was one ball that Tom Brady throws," Davis said. "It was in the second window, right on the money. We've run that play many times and usually the tight end doesn't get the ball."
"Fifteen years ago, neither quarterback sits out," said Young, working field-side as an ESPN analyst. "It's different now, and for the better. They're probably on the cusp of feeling better and not quite there. ... Concussions are always hard (to diagnose). It's not a bad arm or bad knee."
Young's 49ers career ended in 1999 after he sustained a concussion on a sack against the Arizona Cardinals. As encouraged as Young is by the NFL's serious approach to concussions, he believes flaws exist in the post-concussion review, specifically the use of independent neurologists who are not familiar with the "football context" of players.
"Independent doctors don't want to take the risk. They have nothing to gain," Young said. —'Independent' sounds great but I don't think it's practical."
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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Care for LEGO® Friends Stephanie's Newborn Lamb with house, bed, bathtub, stool, milk bottles, grooming accessories and rosettes!
Join Stephanie and care for the cute little newborn lamb!
Come and meet Stephanie's Newborn Lamb! Help wake her up in the cozy bed and give her a healthy breakfast of fresh milk. Then give her a lovely hot bath in the tub, with lots of nice warm water from the tap. Groom her using all of the accessories and help train her so that she is the best behaved lamb in the world. Give her a rosette to show how beautiful she is and then tuck her up nice and tight at bedtime! Includes Stephanie mini-doll figure and her lamb.
- Includes Stephanie mini-doll figure and her lamb
- Features a cute little house with a bed, cupboard, stool and a bathtub with tap
- Accessories include 2 rosettes, milk bottles and everything you need for grooming the lamb
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- House measures over 3" (9cm) high, 3" (8cm) wide and 1" (5cm) deep
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|Father Gerald Murray
I'm on a diet. That means you're attacking my freedom and undermining my beliefs each time -you- eat a doughnut.
I'm serious, you're doing me harm. OK not actual harm, try metaphysical harm. By eating that doughnut you're not harming me personally, but you're sure making my imagination hurt. It's really very selfish of you. It's probably a terrific sin.
I think you should put the doughnut down and examine your conscience instead.
This, sadly, is the level of logic you'll hear nightly on Fox News when it comes to justifying a ban on marriage equality for the gays. It's so bluntly stupid it's depressing to watch adults still indulge in it (and pundits listen to it).
As America waits for the Supreme Court ruling in late June it seems that some of the last, lousy vestiges of an ancient hatred have been reduced to this repellent dumb show.
But where does an ancient hatred go when it finds itself homeless? What happens when the nation (and the world) begins to treat a despised minority with compassion and long-delayed justice?
Well, some people's heads explode, that's what happens. Take Father Gerald Murray, pastor of the Church of the Holy Family near the United Nations.
Father Murray joined Megyn Kelly on Fox earlier this week to insist that the gays are the real bigots, and that their real intent is to oppress and victimize Catholics (and Christians generally):
'You can caricature Christian teaching and call it bigotry and that's reasonable speech on the left these days. This nonsense that we want to disadvantage blacks, when we say that homosexual activity is sinful, to call that equivalent to denying them their basic rights — no, we're telling them if you want to live a good life, you have to follow what Jesus said.'
Jesus said nothing about gay people, Father Murray. Not one word. I'm no student of the Bible but even I know that.
Undaunted, Father Murray continued: 'Basically, this is an attack on our freedom to preach what we believe.'
Is it, though? I can't recall a single gay rights leader calling for the censoring of a church. Theology and the law make uncomfortable bedfellows I grant you Father Murray, but I fail to see how Adam and Steve getting happily hitched attacks the Church, your freedom of speech or even you personally. It's the old thier doughnut is making you fat problem, isn't it?
It appears Father Murray will not be placated, however:
'They used to want to debate the merits of gay marriage. Now, they simply want to assert that this is the only rational and Christian thing to do, and historic Christianity and the Catholic Church says absolutely not…'
But for the record Father Murray, same sex marriage equality is the pursuit of equality under federal law, as promised in the Constitution. It is a civic right, one that need have nothing whosoever to do with any religion.
Father Murray has no time for the complicating claims of reality though, adding: 'There's no such thing as gay marriage.'
Well, in point of fact there is, but go ahead and have your say Father Murray:
'You can name something marriage. It's not that.'
To Father Murray it's not a full-fat marriage, it's the famous skimmed milk marriage that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg referred to last week during the oral hearings on DOMA. 'If same sex marriage doesn't confer the same legal rights and entitlements of opposite sex marriage then what kind of marriages are these,' she wondered?
Once again Father Murray has the answer: 'Instead of debating me on that, they want to say, 'You're a bigot. You're equal to a racist. You're equal to an anti-feminist' and all the rest, and I say, hold on, that's not the reality at all. We love everyone, including sinners of all types, but we don't tell the sinner, well, you'd like to have a legal recognition for your relationship, go ahead and have it. We don't do that.'


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I want three things from my food: I want to know what's in it; I want rich, home-grown flavor; and I want to feel some measure of self-reliance. The global supermarket can't give me any of these things. Home food preservation can.
No factory worker can seal up the tender, sweet taste of fresh-from-the-garden corn better than you can. Commercially grown apples can never offer anything like applesauce made from Grandma's June apples. Store-bought pasta sauces will never give you the peace of mind and sense of satisfaction you get from making your own sauce with pesticide- and herbicide-free, organic tomatoes.
Home food preservation is about flavor, quality and purity. It also can be about economics and getting the most out of your garden. Most gardens easily produce more than a family can eat fresh: Even one cherry tomato plant can be hard to keep up with. Preserving the surplus allows you to enjoy the benefits of your summer's labor over a whole year.
Even if you don't have garden surplus, buying and preserving produce from a farmer's market or from a neighbor will save money. Top-quality frozen or canned vegetables often cost more than a dollar a pound, and organically grown frozen produce can be close to $4 a pound.
Besides, food preservation is fun. The work lends itself well to collective efforts, so it is a good opportunity to enlist the kids or have a work party with friends or family. There is nothing difficult about the process, just a series of little jobs. With a few helpers, you can set up an assembly line and enjoy a day of conversation and company while the larder gets stocked for winter.
Putting up a year's supply of tomatoes, corn and apples is a good start on a basic food store and a great start on some good eating. These three crops are available cheaply at harvest time and are versatile in the kitchen all year long. How much should you preserve? Here's an idea of what a bushel of each crop will provide:
The first thing you need is fresh produce. If your own garden isn't big enough to grow extra, check out nearby pick-your-own farms or bulk buying from a local grower. Bulk prices at produce stands and farmer's markets are usually very reasonable as well. Growers may have tomatoes too ripe for shipping that they'll sell for very little, and orchards do the same with windfall apples.
Once you have a source for produce, you're ready to go. You'll just need to decide on what preservation method will work best for you.
Canned foods are convenient to use and won't be ruined by prolonged power outages. Stored carefully in a cool, dry, dark place, they can last for up to five years.
Equipment needs are minimal for boiling water-bath canning, the method suitable for acidic foods such as tomatoes, apples and products made with vinegar. You need canning jars, which come with two-piece lids; a metal screw-on band and a flat metal lid. The screw bands are reusable but the flat lid can be used reliably only once. Recycled jars often are not as heat-resistant as canning jars and may crack during processing. Their lids can't be counted on to seal.
You'll also need a big canning kettle with a rack to hold the jars off the bottom. Any kettle can be used, but it must be deep enough to allow the jars to be covered by 2 inches of water, plus space for the water to boil. Other useful items are a nonreactive (not aluminum), 2- or 3-gallon stockpot for cooking down sauces, a wide-mouth funnel for filling jars, a ladle, a timer and a jar lifter.
Freezing food is much quicker than canning and preserves more nutrients and fresh flavor. However, you must have a freezer that maintains a temperature of zero degrees, and even then, the storage life of fruits and vegetables is limited to a year or less.
Freezer packaging needs to be moisture- and vapor-proof and have a good seal. Reusable plastic containers with lids that snap on or resealable freezer bags work well. Label and date your food when you prepare it for the freezer so you'll know what is what and when to use it.
Drying or dehydrating food is often thought of as a novelty rather than a serious method of food preservation, but dried fruits and vegetables are far more versatile and delicious than might be expected. Dried foods will keep for years theoretically, but in my house they go quickly because they taste so great. They're easy to use, and their concentrated flavor is especially welcome in winter when fresh produce is limited.
Although the drying process takes time, preparing food for the dryer is quick, and not much attention is needed after the initial prep work. If your harvest corresponds with clear, hot days with low humidity, you can dry food outdoors in the sun. You will need drying trays (these can be simple wooden frames with cheese cloth or plastic window screening stapled across them) and a means of elevating the trays so air can circulate above and below the food. A well-ventilated location in full sun is essential; I have good results placing trays on a southfacing tin roof. The drying process takes about two days.
If the weather is less than ideal, an electric dehydrator that has both a thermostat and a fan will give you better results. Without the fan, foods with a high moisture content, such as tomatoes, easily can mold before they dry. You can even use an oven for small-scale drying. The oven should be set at 120 to 140 degrees (use an oven thermometer to keep tabs), and the door should be open 1 inch for an electric oven and 6 inches for a gas one (to account for different temperature-management systems). Check the drying food every hour or two for about eight hours.
The flavor of garden-grown tomatoes is essential to great-tasting sauces and soups. For best results, always choose firm, fully ripe (but not overripe) tomatoes. The fruit should be garden-fresh and at the best stage for eating.
Paste tomatoes, such as Early Cascade, Roma, San Remo and Viva Italia are ideal for most uses, but slicing tomatoes are better for juice. Tomatoes are the easiest garden vegetable to preserve by canning and one of the handiest canned goods to have in the pantry. Homemade salsa and ketchup are fun to make and taste brighter and fresher than store-bought (see recipes below).
Begin by getting out all the equipment and utensils you'll need, including jars, and washing everything in hot, soapy water. Rinse the jars, but leave them filled with hot water. Cover the screw-lids with boiling water and leave them until needed.
To remove the skins, dip washed tomatoes in a pot of boiling water for 30 seconds. Cool in ice water and drain in a colander. The skin should peel off easily. Cut out the core and they're ready to go.
Place tomatoes directly into empty jars, whole, halved or sliced. Press down gently to fill all the spaces. Fill the jars, leaving ½ inch of space below the rim. Add 1 teaspoon sea salt or pickling salt to each quart if you like.
Run a knife or chopstick around the inside of the jar to release air bubbles. This is an important step because trapped air bubbles can cause the jar to shatter as it heats. Clean the rim of the jar and put on the lid.
Place the filled jars on the rack in the canning kettle, and pour hot water over them until the tops of the jars are covered by 2 inches of water.
Cover the kettle, and bring the water to a boil. Continue boiling the jars: 35 minutes for pints or 45 minutes for quarts.
When the time is up, remove the jars from the kettle with a jar lifter and set them on a dish towel in a draft-free place to cool for 12 hours.
Remove the bands and check to see that the lid has sealed properly. If the center of the lid is indented, the jar is ready to label and store. If not, refrigerate it for immediate use.
You also can heat the peeled tomatoes in their own juice, stirring until they come to a boil. Then ladle the hot tomatoes and juice into jars and adjust the lids. Process in a boiling water bath 10 minutes for either pints or quarts.
In addition to canning tomatoes, you can put simmered tomatoes through a food mill (or use a blender if you don't mind the seeds) to make juice or puree. The puree can be simmered another two or three hours to make a concentrated sauce.
12 pounds (24 cups) tomatoes, peeled and chopped2 cups cider vinegar1 cup hot chiles, finely chopped1 cup sweet peppers, chopped3 onions, choppedsalt to taste
Combine chopped tomatoes with vinegar in a nonreactive stockpot and cook 1 to 2 hours to make a thick sauce. Stir occasionally. Add chiles, sweet pepper and onion. For hotter salsa, replace some or all of the sweet pepper with hot chiles, or add pepper sauce or other hot sauce to taste. Add salt to taste. Simmer 15 to 20 minutes. Ladle hot salsa into clean, hot pint jars, leaving a half-inch head space. Adjust lids, and process in boiling water bath for 15 minutes.
2 tablespoons olive oil2 large onions, sliced1 teaspoon each coriander seed, cumin seed and mustard seed1 cup red wine or cider vinegar1/3 cup packed brown sugar1 head garlic cloves, peeled¼ cup capers with brine¼ cup hot sauce¾ teaspoon each paprika, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, ground black pepper and ground cardamom7 pounds paste tomatoes, chopped (peeling is optional)salt to tasteHeat onions in oil until blackened. Toast coriander, cumin and mustard seeds in an iron skillet until fragrant, about 2 or 3 minutes.
Grind to a powder. Put all ingredients in a large, nonreactive stockpot. Simmer, uncovered, over low heat for about 3 hours. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking. When thick, puree the mixture. Return ketchup to the pot and bring to a simmer. You may cook it longer if it is not thick enough.
Ladle hot ketchup into clean, hot canning jars, leaving 1 inch head space. Adjust the lids and process in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes. Recipe adapted from Fine Cooking.
Canning tomatoes is easy, but freezing them is convenient if you're short on time. Frozen tomatoes retain their flavor but not their texture. Still, they're fine for soups and slow-cooked sauces. I usually peel and slice tomatoes before freezing. Another option is to cook the tomatoes with onions and peppers and any other ingredients you might want. Pack cooled tomatoes or sauce into freezer containers, leaving 1 inch of space for expansion. Juice and puree also freeze very well, but salsa is better canned.
Drying has become my favorite way to preserve tomatoes. Dried cherry tomatoes are a special treat because the combination of acid and sugar content results in a burst of flavor. Sungold and Sweet 100 Plus are wonderful, sweet and prolific varieties. Camp Joy and Red Pear have more traditional tomato flavor and are also good for drying.
Paste, or plum, tomatoes have a lower moisture content than other tomatoes, so they yield more product after drying. Roma, San Remo, and Viva Italia yield well and taste good, too. Whatever tomato you choose, be sure they're perfectly ripe, firm and flavorful. Drying intensifies but does not improve flavor.
Cherry tomatoes can be cut in half and arranged skin-side down on the drying trays. Small plum tomatoes can be cut in half lengthwise, but larger ones should be cut in one-quarter to half-inch slices. Gently squeeze out the seeds before placing the pieces on the trays.
Dry the tomatoes in the sun or in a dehydrator or oven set to 135 to 140 degrees. Check every four to six hours, then every two to three hours, removing those that have dried as you go.
When dry, plum tomatoes will be pliable and leathery but may still retain enough moisture to mold, so store them in the freezer. Tomatoes that are dried enough to be crisp may be stored in a glass jar in the pantry.
Dried tomatoes have multiple uses. I like to toss them into soups, sauces, pasta dishes and pilaf. Chopped into pieces, they give a flavor boost to risotto, polenta, muffins and breads. Reconstitute them by soaking briefly in warm water before using them on pizza or in salsa or pesto.
Crisp-dried tomatoes can be ground to a powder in the blender for seasoning vegetable dishes, soups and sauces.
The best-keeping apples are late-ripening varieties, such as Winesap, Northern Spy, Yellow Newton, Jonathan, Cortland and Delicious. Hard, perfect fruit can be wrapped in paper individually and stored in boxes or crates in a root cellar or cool basement. At the ideal temperature of 32 degrees and 80 to 90 percent humidity, they have an average storage life of four to six months.
To extend the apple-eating season and have ready-to-eat apple products on hand all year, you will want to can, freeze or dry a good part of your harvest. This is especially true if you have access to great pie and sauce apples, which generally are not good keepers.
Apples can be preserved as cider, sauce, slices for pie, apple butter, dried rings or leather.
About 4 pounds of apples, peeled,cored and chopped1 cup fresh apple juice¼ teaspoon cinnamon¼ teaspoon ginger1/8 teaspoon nutmegPinch of allspice2 tablespoons lemon juiceOptional: sugar
Cook ingredients together in a wide saucepan until apples turn the consistency of thin jam. Spread mixture on baking sheets coated with nonstick cooking spray, in a layer ¼-inch thick. Place in the oven with the door left ajar, or in a dehydrator. Set the temperature at 115 to 120 degrees. Let the leather dry for 6 hours.
Remove trays and gently turn leather over. Continue drying another 6 hours. Allow leather to air-dry completely before rolling it in waxed paper for storage.
Filling1 pound dried apple slicesSmall amount water or apple juice2 tablespoons cornstarch1 tablespoon quick-cooking tapioca¼ cup sugar, or more to taste¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon Topping½ cup all-purpose flour½ cup rolled oats¼ cup brown sugar1/3 cup finely chopped nuts4 tablespoons butter2 teaspoon salt2 tablespoons orange juice
Soak apples for an hour or two in just enough water or juice to cover (weight them with a plate to keep slices submerged, if need be). Reserve liquid when you drain apples. Put apples in a saucepan with ¾ of reserved liquid, and heat over low heat. Make a paste of cornstarch and tapioca with another 2 tablespoons of the liquid. Stir paste into apples and boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Mix in sugar and cinnamon, and pour mixture into a 2 ½-quart baking dish.
In a small bowl, crumble topping ingredients with a pastry cutter or your fingers. Sprinkle topping over apple mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes.
When canning apple slices for desserts, plan on using three medium apples for each 1-quart jar. Slices may be canned in a thin sugar syrup, apple juice or water, according to your taste. Syrup is made by boiling 2 cups of water and adding 1 cup of sugar until dissolved. You will need about 2 cups of liquid for each quart jar. Peel, core and slice your clean apples.
Apples oxidize quickly in the air, so it's a good idea to put the pieces in an antioxidant solution as you work. The most effective is to dissolve a teaspoon of ascorbic acid (or 3,000 milligrams of vitamin C) in a gallon of water. You may also use the juice of three or four lemons in the gallon of water. Leave the slices in the solution until you are ready to process them, then drain and pack them into hot, clean jars. Pour boiling liquid over the apples, filling the jars to within 1 inch of the rim. Wipe the rims, secure the lids and process the jars in a boiling-water bath for 20 minutes.
For applesauce, I like to use early-ripening apples, which are more acidic and cook down easily. Less acidic apples make a delicious, chunkier sauce. Some recommended sauce varieties include: Rhode Island Greening, Pippen, McIntosh, Grimes Golden, Cortland, Gravenstein and Bramley's Seedling. One bushel of apples yields between 16 and 20 quarts of applesauce.
Wash, peel, quarter and core the apples, placing pieces in an ascorbic acid solution until you're ready to cook them.
Put the apples in a kettle, adding about a cup of apple juice or water for every 5 or 6 pounds of apples. Simmer, stirring frequently until they become sauce.
Add more liquid if needed. You can add sugar or lemon juice to adjust the flavor. Ladle the simmering sauce into hot, clean canning jars, leaving a half-inch of head space. Put on the lids and process in a boiling water bath for 20 minutes.
Prepare apple slices for freezing as you would for canning, but use a much stronger antioxidant solution (1 teaspoon ascorbic acid dissolved in 1 cup water) to coat the apples as you work. Or you can use a table salt or lemonwater solution and then blanch in boiling water for one minute.
Drain the apples and spread them in a single layer on cookie sheets. Place the sheets in the freezer, and when apples are frozen — an hour or so — pack them into freezer bags, removing as much air as possible. Seal and return to the freezer.
Freezing is a great way to preserve the flavor of apple cider and applesauce. Refrigerate the cider overnight to allow sediment to settle to the bottom, then pour the clear juice into plastic jugs or freezer containers, leaving adequate room for expansion.
Cooled applesauce may be packed in freezer bags or rigid containers with 1 inch head space. Seal, label and freeze.
Dried apples are a sweet, tart snack and ingredient for baked goods, or they may be reconstituted for use in other recipes. Firm, tart apple varieties make the best dried apples. Look for Arkansas Black, Gala, Mutsu, Golden Russet, Idared, Jonagold, Grimes Golden or Winesap, among others.
Wash, peel, core and slice the apples about 1/4-inch thick, then coat them with a strong antioxidant solution (see freezing instructions above). If you are using an electric dehydrator, arrange the slices in a single layer, and dry them at 115 degrees for about eight hours. Turn the fruit once or twice and rotate the shelves if necessary. If you're drying outdoors and insects are likely to be a problem, cover the slices with cheesecloth. Turn the fruit every few hours to expose all surfaces.
Be sure to bring the trays in at night. Depending on the weather; you should have chewy dried slices it two or three days, which keep best in the refrigerator or freezer. If you want to store them in a jar on the pantry shelf, dry them a little longer so they are no longer tacky.
To reconstitute dried apples, soak in warm water or apple juice until they soften. Add a squeeze of lemon if you like.
Sweet corn makes great summer eating, and it can make some of the best winter eating, too. Corn can be canned, but it requires a lot of time in a pressure canner (it's not acidic enough to be canned in a water-bath canner), so I prefer to freeze and dry my crop for storage.
To prepare corn for the freezer, first husk, desilk and wash the ears. The next step is blanching — a partial cooking in boiling water to stop the action of enzymes. Put the whole ears in a large pot of boiling water, and allow them to boil for three to four minutes, depending on the size of the ear. Cool them immediately in ice water and drain well. Cut the kernels from the cob. The sooner the corn is frozen after removal from the cob, the better.
If practical, spread the corn in a thin layer on baking sheets and allow it to freeze solid before packing into freezer containers or bags. Always remove as much air as possible before sealing. Return to the freezer.
Corn can also be frozen on the cob, which saves time but not space. Blanch the ears seven minutes, cool and drain. Wrap the ears well in freezer wrap and freeze.
Some folks freeze corn in the husk without blanching. Pull out the silk and remove the outer layers of husk, then pack the ears in plastic bags and freeze. Plan to eat this corn within a few months for best results.
In the summer, I like to grill vegetables to make this soup. Corn will grill in 5 to 10 minutes. In the winter, I use my dried, frozen or canned vegetables and add some chipotle for smokiness.1½ tablespoons cooking oil or butter1 medium onion, diced1 cup diced tomato or tomatillos3 poblano chiles, roasted, peeled and diced3 cups chicken broth4 cups corn kernels (divided)1 cup milksalt and pepper to tasteOptional:½ cup sour cream1 teaspoon canned chipotle chiles, chopped cilantro or parsley leaves for garnish
Saute onion in oil or butter in soup pot until soft. Stir in chopped tomato or tomatillos and chiles, and cook 1 to 2 minutes. Add the chicken broth, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer about 15 minutes. Put 3 cups corn in a blender with milk. Blend to a puree (rough or smooth, to your taste). Add broth or milk as needed. Stir corn puree and remaining corn kernels into simmering broth. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in sour cream and chipotle, if desired. Garnish with cilantro or parsley leaves.
Dried sweet corn has a unique, intense flavor and interesting texture when reconstituted and used in cooking. I dry more corn each year as I find additional delicious ways to use it. I grow an open-pollinated variety, Rainbow Inca, for drying because it has more corn flavor than modern, extra sweet varieties.
Prepare the corn as you would for freezing: Boil it on the cob for three to four minutes, or steam it for about 10. Cool and cut the kernels from the cob. Spread the kernels on drying trays or baking sheets.
Dry in the oven or dehydrator at 140 degrees for one hour, then gradually raise the temperature to 165 degrees, stirring the kernels occasionally to keep them separated. Keep the temperature at 165 degrees for one hour, then reduce it to 140 degrees until the kernels are completely dry.
If the weather is hot and dry, corn dries well in the sun. For better long-term storage, heat dried corn in an oven set at 175 degrees for 10 minutes. Store brittle-dry corn in a glass jar in the pantry, and chewy-dry corn in the refrigerator or freezer.
Traditionally, dried corn was made by roasting over hot coals for about 25 minutes. I use a charcoal grill with the lid down. Rotate the ears so they cook evenly. Cool, husk and hang the ears in the sun, or place them on racks in a dehydrator. When dry, rub the kernels off the cobs and store in a glass jar. Dried corn may be added to soups and casseroles as is, or reconstituted in water before using in other dishes. Try it as filling for enchiladas or burritos or in mixtures for stuffed vegetables.
For information on preserving other fresh produce, we recommend Keeping the Harvest: Preserving Your Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs by Nancy Chioffi and Gretchen Mead.
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- Day 1 - Choices: Commuters are leaving mass transit for their cars, and they have their reasons
- Day 2 - Economy: Public transit cuts will make Bay Area economic recovery difficult
- Day 3 - Environment: In war over transit, environment may be biggest loser
- Day 4 - Riders: Transit cuts, price hikes hurt disadvantaged the most
- Day 5 - Fixing it: Change in priorities needed for transit revolution
The great debate for middle-class commuters — to drive or take transit — is now a no-brainer for many who are finding it cheaper and faster to take their cars.
The recession has changed the way commuters think. Gas prices are down and transit fares are up; freeway traffic is looser, while transit service is less frequent.
For three years, Veronique Selgado took BART from the East Bay to her job working for an airline at San Francisco International Airport. But she recently switched to driving because BART raised fares and upped its SFO round-trip surcharge from $3 to $8, boosting her daily trip cost to nearly $20.
"It's outrageous," Selgado said. "At what point do they stop raising the prices, when it's $50 a day to go round-trip to work? At what point does BART stand back and say, 'People can't pay that much to commute'?"
The math also stopped adding up for Castro Valley computer data analyst David Ross, 53. After BART and AC Transit raised fares, and BART started charging $1 to park at the Castro Valley station, he and his girlfriend began paying $14.25 each day on transportation. With gas at around $3 per gallon — the price in California has risen lately but is still down from the peak of $4.61 in 2008 — since October they have been paying $14.50 to drive and park in Oakland instead.
"The time savings is worth more than any costs," said Ross, who now leaves for work with his girlfriend each morning at 6:30 instead of 5:55.
Although transit riders often say they enjoy their commute more, ridership is dwindling by the day.
"I hate driving, I'll be honest," said 26-year-old Vicky Liaw. But after giving public transit a try, she drives anyway, from the Berryessa neighborhood of San Jose to her job in the purchasing department at Virgin America in Burlingame. She forks over $180 to $220 per month in gas because it simply takes her too long, about an hour and a half, to take transit to work.
The recession is not only changing the way people get around but also where they are going. Some commuters said they now try to work from home once or twice a week, or have begun looking for jobs closer to home.
Hercules resident Craig Watson, laid off from his electrical foreman position in San Francisco a year ago, decided to find a job closer to home largely to cut down on his public transportation bill. He now drives to his new job in nearby Richmond, and no longer has to spend $400 a month on BART tickets.
"Giving up public transportation has meant a significant boost to my income. I can literally make my car payment with the savings," said Watson, a single parent who is also using the extra money to feed his family.
The shift in transportation cost and convenience is also putting some commuters in tricky ethical dilemmas: Should they continue to take transit for its societal benefits, or save personal time and money by driving? Some said they felt a sense of remorse for leaving transit, but the alternative was just too enticing to pass up.
Watson, a lifelong Bay Area resident, said he took pride in taking transit to reduce pollution and congestion. "But I must say, I'm actually feeling relieved financially and emotionally to abandon public transportation," he said.
Trip time also plays a major role in commuters' decision-making process.
Millbrae resident Robert Smith, 63, had taken BART and Golden Gate Transit to his job in Sausalito because his employer provided transit vouchers, but eventually he threw up his hands, bought a Honda Civic and started driving.
It took him 21/2 hours each way by train and bus, turning his nine-hour workday into a 14-hour endeavor. Now he drives, and it takes him 45 minutes each way, which he said is well worth the extra gas and toll bridge costs.
"It just got to the point where it was too much of a hassle time-wise," Smith said. "It's just not worth it."
Many commuters agree that, if convenience and cost were equal between transit and driving, they would ditch their cars in an instant. But all too often that's not the case, now more than ever.
Rick Mann loves public transit but hates the two hours and 15 minutes it takes him to walk from his Milpitas home to a transit station, catch a train, transfer to another train and then walk to his job as a software engineer in Sunnyvale.
So he drives instead. It takes him 10 to 15 minutes.
"I'm all for taking longer on public transit," said Mann, 40. "But that was too much — eight, nine times longer than what it would take driving. It really doesn't make any sense for me to take public transit to get to work."
Contact Mike Rosenberg at 650-348-4324.