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26 January 2015

26 January 2015, 03:37

Daily aikido routine provides strength, confidence after stroke

Daily aikido routine provides strength, confidence after stroke Neighbors watched as Tim Sum showed off his steel samurai sword by slowly raising it over his head outside his apartment. Speed and focus are skills he works on with an unrelenting determination.

25 January 2015, 04:37

Making your movies, music ready for the future

Today, we can listen to music or watch movies simply by touching a smartphone’s screen or clicking a TV remote. CDs are gathering dust as people shift to music streaming. Sales have plummeted with the...

24 January 2015, 11:01

Restaurant review: Meat to the max at cocky Cockscomb in S.F.

The rough concrete walls have been left natural and the concrete floor is a faded blood-red. Just about every item on the menu has meat, whether it’s pig ears cut like spaghetti and tossed with a spicy...

23 January 2015, 23:29

Church’s tone-deaf move to canonize Serra will drive people away

Church’s tone-deaf move to canonize Serra will drive people away On my walk home from work, I pass three storefront evangelical churches. The women wear long skirts, the men wear boxy suits, the children have clean collars.

23 January 2015, 03:00

Taipei and Taichung join Tokyo as Hosts of new Premier12™ World Championship

TAIPEI CITY, Chinese Taipei – WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari announced that Taipei City and Taichung are the latest cities to join – alongside Tokyo, Japan – as hosts for the 2015 WBSC Premier 12™ Baseball World Championship that will debut later this year from 8-21 November.

22 January 2015, 00:34

6 places to visit in Presidio Heights and Laurel Heights, S.F.

6 places to visit in Presidio Heights and Laurel Heights, S.F. [...] the area is also family-oriented, with stores and markets where young mothers with their babies and toddlers in strollers shop for practical, everyday items.

21 January 2015, 23:28

The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom

We hear a lot about moral decline these days. Michael Shermer, the author of Why People Believe Weird Things, The Believing Brain, and eight other books on the evolution of human beliefs and behavior, argues that the scientific way of thinking has made people — and society as a whole — more moral.

21 January 2015, 14:59

New No.1 Virginia Site At Richard Bland College

No.1 Soccer camps is pleased to announce our newest site in virginia for 2015 at Richard Bland College of William and Mary under the direction of regional director Eddie De Souza. Richard Bland College...

21 January 2015, 14:24

#Pray4RedIssue

Rant Cast is (sort of) united in grief for the demise of Red Issue, Manchester United's longest running and most controversial fanzine.

21 January 2015, 14:24

#217 – Pray4RedIssue

Rant Cast is (sort of) united in grief for the demise of Red Issue, Manchester United's longest running and most controversial fanzine.

21 January 2015, 04:12

Yahoo’s earnings call Tuesday could reveal future of the company

Heralded as “one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley and corporate America,” when she took over Yahoo 2½ years ago, Marissa Mayer is about to find out how tough it can be now that the shine has worn off.

20 January 2015, 03:17

Obama should highlight Bay Area in his State of the Union

When President Obama presents his plan to level the playing field — just a bit — between the wealthy and not so wealthy in his State of the Union address Tuesday evening, he could point to the Bay Area as the perfect testing ground.

19 January 2015, 03:00

NPB, Iconic Tokyo Dome to host 2015 WBSC Premier12 Semi-finals and Finals

TOKYO, Japan — The President of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), Riccardo Fraccari, and the Commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), Katsuhiko Kumazaki, have agreed on a partnership that will bring the inaugural WBSC Premier 12™ to Japan in November...

18 January 2015, 06:38