http://www.BeyondChron.org The Voice of the Rest en-us Nucleus CMS v3.22 ©2005 Online Newspaper http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.beyondchron.org/news/skins/beyondchron/images/topbar_right.gif http://www.beyondchron.org http://www.BeyondChron.org/index.php?itemid=9870 Bay Citizen will soon merge with the Center for Investigative Reporting and come under the leadership of former longtime San Francisco Chronicle Executive Editor Phil Bronstein reflects the disappointing failure of a once promising media entity. Despite hiring some top-quality reporters, the Bay Citizen’s editors lacked judgment in deciding what stories to cover and never featured a columnist who attracted readers. Instead of providing an alternative that would attract the younger, more racially diverse demographic that has abandoned the Chronicle, the Bay Citizen largely echoed that declining publication. When I discussed the Bay Citizen with its founder, the late Warren Hellman, before it opened he said he did not want to be involved with the running of the paper; given his success in other endeavors, the publication would have done better if he had.]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:05:00 -0800 http://www.BeyondChron.org/index.php?itemid=9871
Deep suspicions of police and military collusion in the soccer stadium assault against these honored heroes of the revolution are bolstered by numerous press accounts of police standing aside for several hours before intervening.]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:04:00 -0800 http://www.BeyondChron.org/index.php?itemid=9872 pilot project at San Francisco's Aptos Middle School, which eventually led to the removal of soda and junk food from all of San Francisco's public school cafeterias, would never have been possible without the ability to spread information electronically. The advent of social media has provided advocates with even more powerful tools, allowing them to reach all of their followers at once, in real time. Where would flashmobs, the Occupy movement, or food trucks be without the ability to tweet?]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:02:00 -0800 http://www.BeyondChron.org/index.php?itemid=9867 After service cuts and fare hikes, House leadership plan gives transit riders more to worry about

Reversing policy begun under President Ronald Reagan, House Ways and Means Committee – at the direction of House leadership — could move today to end guaranteed funding for public transportation, and leave even today’s inadequate funding levels in doubt.

The proposal to bar public transit from receiving funds from the federal motor fuels tax is part of a bill coming before the House Ways and Means Committee this morning. That bill sets the revenue levels for the five-year surface transportation bill making its way through the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee.]]> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 04:05:00 -0800 http://www.BeyondChron.org/index.php?itemid=9866 OUT OF MY HEAD, My Life In and Out of Football, George Visger, a member of the San Francisco 49ers’ first Super Bowl champions from 30 years ago, writes, “In America we already have an organization called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. I think we need a new one: Mothers Against Damaged Players.” The Visger book is available at http://amzn.to/znZuiL. That was a plug.

Comes now the National Football League with a PR blitz out of the school holding that the best defense is a good offense. Sunday’s Super Bowl telecast will include a 60-second NFL “public service announcement” recapping the history of its bold efforts to make football safer. An existing feel-good website, nflhealthandsafety.com, soon will be supplemented by a new one promoting rules for a safer sport.]]> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 04:04:00 -0800 http://www.BeyondChron.org/index.php?itemid=9868
Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2 does not merely pick up where 2010’s Volume 1 left off. Volume 2 expands upon Husband’s musical vision of creating music that is passionate and sophisticated, yet infused with grit and rawness. The mix of Husband originals and cover tunes are driven by the combination of the dynamic powerhouse drumming, ferocious lead lines and distinctly evocative keyboard harmony that altogether define Husband’s “multiple threat” of a musical voice.]]> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 04:03:00 -0800 http://www.BeyondChron.org/index.php?itemid=9869
Then there is the spoiled-rotten Suzanna, who leans on Max (her adopted brother and money manager). But, Suzanna as always weeps until she gets her way. And her way was to seduce Max into her bed. Well, he is adopted – so it’s not exactly like having sex with a blood relative.

Max talks a lot: Here is one of his smart Alec quips … “Prostitution, marriage … same thing!” – Max blurts out. And this is probably right … Max sez: “It’s two people coming together because each has something the other wants.” Now let that sink in. You know it’s true.]]> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 04:02:00 -0800 http://www.BeyondChron.org/index.php?itemid=9863 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 04:05:00 -0800 http://www.BeyondChron.org/index.php?itemid=9862
Several measures raising taxes and putting those resources towards education will be on the ballot, the most well-known being Governor Brown’s proposal. Other leading contenders are the Courage Campaign’s “Millionaires Tax” and the “Our Children, Our Future” initiative created and financed by civil rights attorney Molly Munger. Each of these measures attempts to fill some of the financial gap the state is facing and each of them has implications for California’s public schools. The Millionaires Tax, though, stands out as by far the best of the three.]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 04:03:00 -0800 http://www.BeyondChron.org/index.php?itemid=9864 Scorecasting before watching Sunday’s Super Bowl, you will not be surprised to see Patriots Coach Bill Belichick go for it on fourth down rather than punt or kick a field goal. Nor will you be taken aback if even the Giants more conservative coach Tom Coughlin does the same. The reason Belichick and Coughlin are more willing to take what most fans and sports media people believe are risky actions is among the diverse subjects tackled in Sportscasting. The book subjects many common sports beliefs to empirical testing, with often surprising results. Among the most illuminating in addition to decisions about fourth down are the chief reason for home field advantage, the misleading NBA statistic of “blocked shots, ” and the widely held but erroneous view that there are “hot streaks” that helped predict a batter’s next at bat or whether a basketball shot will go in.]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 04:02:00 -0800