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...assumptions about what will happen in the apartment market. Property & Portfolio Research does such a forecast, which is how Economy.com parlays price-rent ratios into projected house-price appreciation. Those figures tell us that the housing market remains a lumpy place - were price-rent ratios to return to normal, San Antonio would see a 22% drop over five years while San Diego would experience a 28% gain - but, again, price-rent ratio is just one tool for understanding where home prices are headed. Plus, there's that reality, sadly familiar to us all by now, that house prices...
...their phones began lighting up - Dr. Robert Lustig, an endocrinologist at the University of California at San Francisco, said he had fielded a dozen calls by midafternoon - medical experts nationwide postulated myriad reasons for Jobs' withered appearance: a thyroid problem, a deficiency of human growth hormone or perhaps the lasting effects of Whipple surgery (which involves removing portions of the stomach, pancreas, bile duct and small intestine, and can inhibit digestion), which is a common treatment for pancreatic cancer. The last theory seems to be the leading one at this point (Jobs had surgery to remove a pancreatic tumor...
...flexible and wants to get the job done. He always asked incisive questions, and knows what went wrong in Iraq." - on Robert Gates, when he replaced Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense, San Jose Mercury News...
Five years ago, at a San Francisco elementary school, a nurse stood by to ensure that the children scrubbed their hands as they arrived, while their packed lunches were confiscated and searched for nut products. The measures were a precaution to protect a 5-year-old boy at the school who had a severe nut allergy...
Oenology 101. Try an educational vacation with some kick. San Francisco's Bruce Cass Wine Lab is offering a three-session weekend wine class starting Jan. 16, at the Kimpton Harbor Court hotel, meeting two hours each day, Friday through Sunday. Couples can get two nights at the hotel, plus the class, for $695; if you're traveling solo, the rate is $545. Normally, the courses cost $229 without accommodations. If you can't make this weekend, the Wine Lab is working on five to eight more dates in 2009. E-mail the school at classes@brucecasswinelab.com for information...