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Terry Connelly, 05/31/12

Dean emeritus, Ageno School of Business - Golden Gate University

Were they listening to their own stock analysts and sales forces? Or, were they just getting greedy knowing that retail investors did not know what they knew?

Jay Walljasper, 06/01/12

Author, 'All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons'

Transportation is one field where forward-looking Americans are examining what European, Asian and some Latin American nations have accomplished to increase mobility, reduce pollution, and strengthen the sense of community.

826 Valencia, 05/31/12

Writing and publishing nonprofit

The Valencia Bay-farer is 826 Valencia's only in-house newspaper written for students by students. We hope you enjoy these articles.

Courtney Garcia, 05/31/12

Entertainment & Culture Writer

Of course, most significant of all is the fact that Natalie is married, completely in love, and gets to split the cost of all these things with somebody else. I am as single as a dollar bill, and still have ambitions to tie the knot with Cory from Boy Meets World.

Mark Morford, 05/31/12

Columnist, SFGate; Author, 'The Daring Spectacle: Adventures in Deviant Journalism'

Progress kneels at the altar of the young. And the dead very much wish they could be you right now, no matter how much you think you got it bad.

Teresa Hsiao, 05/31/12

Television writer, 'Family Guy'

Hey, white guys. You probably know by now that having an Asian girlfriend is a rite of passage for all white men. Of course, dating an Asian girl is very different from dating your typical Nancy or Betty. In order to snag yourself a Mulan, I present a White Man's Guide to Dating Asian Girls.

Matt Werner, 05/31/12

Technical Writer at Google and writer for Thought Publishing

Like Gertrude Stein returning to Oakland to find it completely changed, would an artist interviewed in this book experience a similar feeling returning to Oakland 40 years from now?

Jody Huckaby, 05/31/12

Executive Director, PFLAG National

For too many of our children, attending school can be a frightening experience. As parents, families, friends, and allies we need to do something to make schools safer for ALL students.

Helen Young, 05/31/12

Documentary filmmaker and Emmy award winning writer and producer

Sister Anne Montgomery is one of the Bangor 5, who broke into a nuclear base near Seattle as a symbolic wakeup call to the world which, they believe, is sleepwalking toward nuclear annihilation with the United States leading the way.

Mary K. Moore, 05/31/12

Author, 'The Unexpected When You're Expecting'

It's not like forgetting a name, where you can apologize and ask again. In some cases, I can't recall people I've known for months or years. Basically, if someone is out of place or I don't see them on a usual basis, I am often stumped.

George Heymont, 05/31/12

San Francisco-based arts critic

What are the actors thinking when they're required to break through the fourth wall?

William Bradley, 05/31/12

Political Analyst, NewWestNotes.com

Is Romney really saying that the shutdown Solyndra plant is an aesthetic masterpiece, one of the greatest places in the world? Yeah, probably not.

Sherry Lansing, 05/30/12

Founder of the Sherry Lansing Foundation

If you're still skeptical, here's a primer to help you tease out the facts from the propaganda on the issues of this unnecessarily complicated bill proposing a $1 per pack tax on cigarettes in California.

Ken White, 05/31/12

President, Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA

Butterflies are beautiful, but so too are these millipedes. Next time you see some little thing crawling, hopping, flying, or scurrying by on what seems like a surplus of legs, say "Gadzooks, it's an invert" instead of "Ewww, it's a bug."

Patrick Cook-Deegan, 05/31/12

West Coast Director, Inward Bound Mindfulness Education

Teens are craving to talk about who they really are -- and given a safe place to be vulnerable, teenagers step up to the task.

Zach Dean, 05/31/12

Fitness Enthusiast

Known for their spectacular views of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Headlands provide city cyclists with a mental vacation from urban living. From start to finish, the route is packed with scenery, history, challenges, and sweet sexy rewards from Mother Nature.

Carl Safina, 05/30/12

Author, 'The View From Lazy Point; A Natural Year in an Unnatural World'

We know the whole world is connected, but we didn't quite think about how some of the connectors travel awfully far awfully fast. Long before tsunami debris arrives on shore, some California sport fishermen are catching radiation packages.