It's not that the ground motions in 1906 were significantly larger than those in 1989—it's that the area experiencing intense read more

It's not that the ground motions in 1906 were significantly larger than those in 1989—it's that the area experiencing intense shaking was much, much greater. We don't know if the next rupture will look like 1906 earthquake, but we know that many of the same areas hit hard in 1906, like San Francisco, Santa Rosa, and the Santa Cruz mountains will be hit hard again in the next large earthquake on the San Andreas Fault .

I think it's premature at this point in time to call it a prank or a hoax.

I think it's premature at this point in time to call it a prank or a hoax.

The only thing that bothered him a little bit is when they had him skip, just to put all the read more

The only thing that bothered him a little bit is when they had him skip, just to put all the weight on it. That didn't go as well as he was hoping, but everything else was right up to par. ... As he said, 'When am I ever going to skip on the baseball field?'

Basically, it's too close to call. I had a lot of surprises last night.

Basically, it's too close to call. I had a lot of surprises last night.

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. - The Summing Up.

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. - The Summing Up.

We are really just shuffling the problem around as opposed to dealing with the root cause.

We are really just shuffling the problem around as opposed to dealing with the root cause.

But throw in a very visible company lowering its guidance going forward and the focus shifts back to the same read more

But throw in a very visible company lowering its guidance going forward and the focus shifts back to the same problems of an uncertain economy, uncertain earnings and the Middle East problem, which has not changed,

In fact, you could argue that the money for these machines could come out of the 2006/07 budget because that's read more

In fact, you could argue that the money for these machines could come out of the 2006/07 budget because that's when they're going to be put to full use, but the district decided we wanted to get them into teachers hands now to give them a jump on the learning curve.

The best thing you can do when you've made a mistake is exactly what she's done: Admit it, admit it read more

The best thing you can do when you've made a mistake is exactly what she's done: Admit it, admit it soon and put yourself at the mercy of the people.