TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Golden Gate University School of Law seeks a visitor in Estate Planning and Wills & Trusts for the 2009-2010 academic year. For more information or to apply, contact Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Rachel Van Cleave.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Antisuicide barriers costing 50 million £29.3 million are to be installed along the length of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to stop people leaping to their deaths.
nourishing obscurity (Free subscription) | yesterday
In an attempt to circumvent suicide , the Golden Gate Bridge authority has voted to install nets ttwenty feet below the deck to prevent deaths: The Golden Gate Bridge is a frequent site for suicides and is sometimes reported to be the most popular place to commit suicide in the world. The deck is approximately 245 feet (75 m) above the water. After a fall of approximately four seconds,...
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Suite101 (Stan Parchin) The Musée du Louvre will host The Gates of Heaven: Visions of the World in Ancient Egypt from March 6 to June 29, 2009. "The Gates of Heaven" is an ancient Egyptian expression that refers to the doors of a sanctuary that contained the statue of a divinity. See the above page for the full story. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes
NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
SAN FRANCISCO — Golden Gate Bridge officials voted overwhelmingly Friday to hang stainless steel nets from the sides of the world-famous span in an effort to stop people from jumping to their deaths. After decades of discussion about a suicide barrier, the Golden Gate Transportation District's board of directors voted 14-1 in favor of the net system. They rejected several other options...
Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday
The California panel that oversees the Golden Gate Bridge voted on Friday to install netting to catch would-be suicides throwing themselves off the famous span.
Blog Really (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Really: After many decades of debate, Golden Gate Bridge managers have voted to build a suicide net under the beautiful span. Coincidence with news of tough economic times to come? The controversial movie from 2006 may have had something to do with it too. The trailer may be disturbing to younger people and some adults. Please think before you click.
McConfuse (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Trooper Gate: Sarah Palin abuse of power confirmed Author: aviix Keywords: sarah palin mccain alaska trooper gate Added: October 11, 2008
SFist (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Golden Gate Bridge District board of directors voted this morning to build a catch ne t to help prevent suicides on the famed bridge. According to the Gate: The decision was greeted with applause from an audience of about 50 people, many of whom had fought for years to get a barrier built. The only "no" vote was that of bridge district Director James Eddie of Mendocino, who said that...
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
A giant net is to be hung under the Golden Gate Bridge to catch jumpers trying to kill themselves. It is designed to save the 20 or so people a year who plunge from the 245ft-high San Francisco landmark.
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
A giant net is to be hung under the Golden Gate Bridge to catch jumpers trying to kill themselves. It is designed to save the 20 or so people a year who plunge from the 245ft-high San Francisco landmark.
WinkyDog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I'm happy to hear the Media continues to cover the Trooper Gate, in Alaska. I'm not sure they realize that liberals aren't going to vote for McCain, one way or the other. And sane people, who hear that a state trooper, who tasered his 10 son, and was known to drive around in his patrol car drunk and armed, will only applaud Sarah Palin. Why is the trooper not in jail, and why was he not fired...
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
San Francisco city officials have decided to set up a net at the Golden Gate Bridge in the city to deter people from jumping to their deaths, it was reported on Saturday. The bridge's Board of Directors voted 14-to-1 to install the stainless-steel net system on Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The net will be placed 20 feet below the deck, and will collapse around anyone who jumped...
Gates of Vienna (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Notable stories tonight include the significant breach of the World Bank’s computer network by Chinese hackers, and the decision by the US government to de-list North Korea as a sponsor of terror. Massive incompetence in the world’s governments at all levels — except possibly in China… Thanks to Abu Elvis, C. Cantoni, Diana West , Insubria, Srdja Trifkovic, Steen , TB, and all the other tipsters who...
Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | yesterday
YouTube via bigcitymusic. http://bigcitymusic.com "Recently someone asked about the rs340 Gate Delay. They wondered what some practical uses for it would be. How about some rhythmic variation? It sounds like an egg timer but with two of the rs340's you can swing your sequencer, create triplets, dotted 16ths, make short or longer delays for attack times on most patches. Mult your gate source,...
