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Marylin Pier at the now closed Crab Pot in SFO in 1991. Marylin Pier at the now closed Crab Pot in SFO in 1991. Photo: Marylin Pier Photo: Marylin Pier Image 1 of / 30 Caption Close Image 1 of 30 Marylin Pier at the now closed Crab Pot in SFO in 1991. Marylin Pier at the now closed Crab Pot in SFO in 1991. Photo: Marylin Pier How working at SFO has changed in the last 40 years 1  /  30 Back to Gallery Picture what you wore the last time you went to the airport. Chances are it wasn’t a tailored suit or a dress and heels. It was more likely your standard-issue jeans and a t-shirt or perhaps now most likely of all, some form of … [Read more...] about How working at SFO has changed in the last 40 years

Dear Amy: Why in your column is it acceptable to always critique men? We men work harder, die sooner, and register with Selective Service to be sent overseas to be killed at a higher rate than women do. An epidemic of suicide is going on, and women are worried about petty issues regarding men! Don’t you women ever get tired of complaining?You are killing us! — Fed Up Dear Fed Up: In attempting to refute you on the facts, I did some research and learned a few things: Your factual assertions are mainly correct. This is from the official website of the Selective Service (sss.gov): “Virtually all male U.S. citizens, regardless of where they live, and male immigrants, whether documented or undocumented, residing in the United States, who are 18 through 25, are required to register with Selective Service.”This requirement for all males residing in this country to register for the potential to be drafted for military service quite obviously places an undue burden on … [Read more...] about Ask Amy: Reader weighs in on anti-male bias

Dear Amy: A few years ago, friends of many years ghosted me, for no apparent reason. This was painful and confusing. I moved on, maintaining friendships with others in what had been our common social group. Now, as suddenly as I was exiled years ago, my former friends, “The Ghosters,” have begun including me once again in invitations. I’m not sure how to respond, although I guess the stress I am feeling right now indicates that I have a clear choice?Can you offer your advice? — Ghosted Dear Ghosted: The act of “ghosting” (cutting someone off suddenly and without explanation) is intended to protect the perpetrator from consequences. Sometimes people ghost others because it would not be safe for them to actually say “goodbye,” but mainly — ghosting is an act of social cowardice. The person being ghosted is supposed to catch on over time that the relationship is a non-starter, or over. Both parties are expected to move on. All of this … [Read more...] about Ask Amy: Relationship ghosters become friendship zombies

South Korea has cast off most of the trappings of a developing economy over the past decade, but it is heading into the 2020s with a currency that is still distinctly emerging market. The Korean won can only be directly exchanged with the dollar and the Chinese currency, with trading overseas limited to the yuan in Shanghai. What's more, the country's $50 billion foreign-exchange market opens for just six-and-a-half hours a day. The country's restricted currency-trading regime -- a hallmark of many emerging markets -- arguably doesn't fit the country's current economic reality. "Authorities are reluctant to let the won trade offshore," said Lee Jang Young, a former deputy governor of the Financial Supervisory Service. "They're scared that any vulnerabilities will be exploited by foreign investors to launch 'speculative attacks' on our markets," said Lee, who is now an senior adviser at law firm Kim & Chang in Seoul. Their fears have deep roots in the Asian financial crisis of the … [Read more...] about Why South Korea has first-world economy and developing-market currency

MADRID - U.N. climate talks in Madrid dragged into a second day of extra time Sunday, with officials from almost 200 countries unable to break the deadlock on key points of difference. The chair of the meeting, Chilean Environment Minister Carolina Schmidt, told weary delegates to examine new agreements drafted by her team and meet at 1:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) for further talks. "This has been very tough, very long," she said as the talks entered their 14th day. Still, Schmidt said some progress had been made, adding that "things are coming together." Developing countries and environmental groups warned that the drafts circulated overnight Saturday risked undoing or stalling on commitments made in the 2015 Paris climate accord. "I've been attending these climate negotiations since they first started in 1991, but never have I seen the almost total disconnection we've seen here ... in Madrid between what the science requires and the people of the world demand, and what the climate negotiators … [Read more...] about Disagreement Drags UN Climate Talks Into Second Extra Day