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Montana Asserting their state rights re: guns
Montana gun law targets states' rights clash Kahrin Deines, Associated Press Sunday, May 10, 2009 (05-10) 04:00 PDT Helena, Mont. -- Montana is trying to trigger a battle over gun control - and perhaps make a larger point about what many folks in this ruggedly independent state regard as a meddlesome federal government. In a bill passed by the Legislature earlier this month, the state is asserting that guns manufactured in Montana and sold in Montana to people who intend to keep their weapons in Montana are exempt from federal gun registration, background check and dealer-licensing rules because no state lines are crossed.Walkman, at 30, a mystery to teen
Walkman, at 30, a mystery to teen Alejandro Martinez-Cabrera What better way to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Sony's iconic Walkman than to ask a teenager for some feedback on the device? The BBC couldn't think of one, and neither can I. I like to imagine that the experience was similar to an archaeologist rediscovering how a recently excavated artifact was employed thousands of years ago.Hot Topic: Education News
Today I was contemplating our education system with all it's problems when I had an epiphany.
How can we demonstrate the level of importance of education for the average person---and then I realized---what "reflects" our interests and concerns the most?
Our media perhaps.
S.F. OKs toughest recycling law in U.S.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/10/MN09183NV8.DTL ((I took out some local, political details, and composting tips )) Throwing orange peels, coffee grounds and grease-stained pizza boxes in the trash will be against the law in San Francisco, and could even lead to a fine. The Board of Supervisors voted 9-2 Tuesday to approve Mayor Gavin Newsom's proposal for the most comprehensive mandatory composting and recycling law in the country. It's an aggressive push to cut greenhouse gas emissions and have the city sending nothing to landfills or incinerators by 2020.Christian law group loses fight - can't discriminate
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer SFGate.com SAN FRANCISCO -- UC Hastings College of the Law can deny recognition and funding to a Christian student group because it excludes gays, lesbians and non-Christians, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The San Francisco law school is entitled to require official student organizations to "accept all comers as members, even if those individuals disagree with the mission of the group," the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled.Winery Creates Buzz with Dream Job
The dream job offer is this: Get paid $10,000 a month for six months to drink wine, learn and talk about wine, eat good food, live rent free in Healdsburg and play the occasional game of poker with a laid-back staff. The ideal candidate must combine an engaging personality and an enthusiasm for all things wine with experience at tweeting, blogging, and keeping photo and video diaries. On Tuesday, hundreds of wine-loving, social-media-savvy types showed up in downtown San Francisco to apply for a "Really Goode Job," with Murphy-Goode Winery in Sonoma County.Court rebuffs feds, reinstates torture suit
-- A federal appeals court rebuffed the Obama administration's assertion of secrecy today and reinstated a lawsuit by five men who say a Bay Area subsidiary of Boeing Co. helped the CIA fly them to foreign countries to be tortured. ---------------------- A lawyer from President Obama's Justice Department argued to the court in February that the issues surrounding the "extraordinary rendition," program, including government-sanctioned interrogation methods and the company's alleged connection to the CIA, were so sensitive that the very existence of the suit threatened national security.3/3/09: Math fans to celebrate Square Root Day
March 3, 2009 - Square Root Day Go ahead, I'll wait --- figure it out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root_day http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10186121-76.html http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/02/state/n161221S74.DTL And don't forget next week - Pi Day, March 14 http://www.piday.org/Downtown San Francisco's Open Public Spaces
Hey! I've really gotten into visiting San Francisco's Open Public Spaces. Are you ladies familiar with these?One time when early Christmas Decorations are OK
...and it's not a Florida story! Man wielding plastic candy cane subdues attacker Friday, November 28, 2008\ (11-28) 14:13 PST Sacramento, CA (AP) -- A man using a candy cane lawn ornament fended off a knife-wielding neighbor who had been attacking holiday guests at a Sacramento home. Police spokesman Sgt.
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