Jeanne Phillips: Southerners rise up in defense of 'y'all'

07/19/11 Dear Abby: "Keeping It Real in Laguna Beach, Calif." (May 27), who is embarrassed by the dialects of his Southern relatives, should learn some Southern hospitality! Yes, we may say "Ma and Pa," "y'all," "yonder" and "I reckon," but we would not laugh or be embarrassed if a California relative came to visit. We'd be overjoyed and welcoming.

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Southerners Rise In Force To Defend Their 'Y'alls'

07/19/11 DEAR ABBY: "Keeping It Real in Laguna Beach, Calif." (May 27), who is embarrassed by the dialects of his Southern relatives, should learn some Southern hospitality! Yes, we may say "Ma and Pa," "y'all," "yonder" and "I reckon," but we would not laugh or be embarrassed if a California relative came to visit. We'd be overjoyed and welcoming."K.I.R.," get off your high horse and get over yourself ...

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CA politicians mostly keep Twitter professional

07/18/11 While former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner's Twitter page revealed a tale of scandal, the Twitter messages of his colleagues in California tell a quite tamer story. Unlike Weiner, who besides tweeting revealing...

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We Hefe'd Up

07/18/11 SEATTLE, WAIn response to customer feedbackPyramid Hefeweizen will return to its roots and original nameofficially dropping the name Haywire from its packaging.Moving away from the tradition that made us great was a mistake, said Ryan Daley, brand manager for Pyramid. Our consumers connected with our Pacific Northwest heritage and craft beer brewing tradition. When we changed...

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Dear Abby: Southerners defend their 'y'all s'

07/18/11 Dear Abby: "Keeping It Real in Laguna Beach, Calif." (May 27), who is embarrassed by the dialects of his Southern relatives, should learn some Southern hospitality!

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Senior Power: Life Story

07/18/11 Joanna Kim-Selby is the president/executive director of the East Bay Korean-American Senior Service Center, located at 1723 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, California 94612. Telephone (510) 763-0736 (Korean), -1879 (English).

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Spotlight on Facilities Managers in the North Bay

07/18/11 Editor's note: This is the Business Journal's first Spotlight on Facilities Managers in the North Bay. According to the International Facility Management Association, professionals in this job usually are responsible for compliance with laws and regulations on real estate, efficient operations of buildings to limit waste in natural and human resources, safety for employees and environmental ...

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PINC Solutions recognized as 2011 Top 100 Logistics IT Provider by Inbound Logistics Magazine

07/12/11 1888PressRelease Leader in advanced yard management solutions recognized by leading business publications among top 100 logistics IT solution providers to the supply chain logistics industry.BERKELEY, CA - PINC Solutions, the leading provider of real-time supply chain asset visibility and advanced yard management solutions has been recognized as Top 100 logistics IT Provider by Inbound Logistics ...

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New Report: How to Improve California's Public Transit System

07/12/11 A new report offers steps that California policy makers and businesses can take to improve the state's chronically underfunded public transit system. Author Ethan Elkind, a climate change research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and UCLA schools of law, outlines how a well-funded system could address unemployment, high fuel costs and the long commutes that many Californians face.

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Modern Canopy Bus Shelters From Birdair Line First Street Transit Gallery

07/12/11 Eight canopy bus shelters designed, fabricated and installed by Birdair, Inc. are a prominent part of the First Street Transit Gallery in Long Beach, California.The newly designed shelters feature approximately 6,440 square feet of PTFE fiberglass membrane. The curved 38 by 21 foot canopies mimic the waves of the nearby Pacific Ocean while providing shade and protection for 25,000 transit ...

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Marcia Myers Weske Joins the McGuire Real Estate Team in the East Bay

07/12/11 SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Jul 12, 2011) - McGuire welcomes Marcia Weske, a longtime East Bay resident and real estate professional, to its Rockridge office located at 5327 College Avenue in Oakland, Calif.

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Market and Talent Competition Heating Up, Redfish Introduces Webinar on Closing Candidates in a Hot Job Market

07/12/11 SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Jul 12, 2011) - "As the market heats up, candidates no longer go months without returned phone calls, but rather, quite the opposite," reports Executive Recruiter Joanna Edwards . "With a positive shift in the economy comes a new set of challenges that hiring managers must be prepared to combat."

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Linkin Park to Play Private Concert at Secret Venue for Music for Relief Japan Tsunami Fund-Raising Challenge

07/05/11 Japan's B'z to Join in Effort; Give2gether.com 'Social Fundraising' Technology Powering the Event

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Harold Furst, Bill Graham's longtime adviser, dies

07/04/11 Harold Furst, an economist, banker and Bay Area businessman who was also the late rock impresario Bill Graham's close friend and longtime adviser, died Tuesday at the Piedmont Gardens retirement community in Oakland. He...

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Bay Area fireworks, parades and events

07/04/11 Along with the fireworks tonight over San Francisco Bay, the Fourth of July will be celebrated at parades, picnics, festivals and plenty of fireworks shows at cities and towns throughout the Bay Area. Below is a...

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Independence Day: Flag-waving family fun

07/03/11 Along with the fireworks over San Francsico Bay (see This Week, Page 6), the Fourth of July will be celebrated at parades, picnics, festivals and plenty of fireworks shows at cities and towns throughout the Bay Area....

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Queen of the Road: How to handle July registration renewals

07/03/11 San Francisco Bay Area readers can learn about issues affecting Concord, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Danville, Richmond, Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Lafayette, Moraga, Danville, San Mateo and other Bay Area cities here; this column

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A new Mother Lode: vintners rediscover Sierra foothills

06/20/11 - The foothills of the Sierra have been California's other, often forgotten, wine expanse. During the Gold Rush, dozens of wineries sprang up in the Mother Lode. In the 1970s, Amador Zinfandels, unabashedly Californian,...

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Dr. Ernest Morrell, Zaner-Bloser Author, Elected Future President of the National Council of Teachers of English

06/20/11 Zaner-Bloser congratulates author Dr. Ernest Morrell for his election as a future president of the National Council of Teachers of English . Morrell will lead this professional organization devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education.

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What bats, bombs, and sharks taught us about hearing [Video]

06/14/11 The most surprising part of this story was that they managed to record brainwave activity from the sharks. This tale is about one of the most fascinating figures in the history of neuroscience: Dr. Robert Galambos . This is his story. [More]

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