welcome to bay area focus. i am susan sikora. tomorrow is the 21st anniversary of the loma earthquake. are we better informed about you are advising the next big one, and do activities elsewhere, like japan and even the east coast help us? we welcome a special scientologist and paleontologist from the u.s. seismic mark. nice to have you here. good to be here. let s talk a little about the japanese tsunami and earthquake that happened on narrow 11th. where they on march 11th. were they completely unprepared for this? they knew the future, the seduction zone, where two pieces of plate come together and one actually dies down below another, that structure was in japan and historically it produced magnitudes of 7.5, to 8 to 8 2q 25 earthquakes. so. they 8.25 earthquake the. so, they build tsunami cals along the harbors and beach, but they never thought it could be as large as it was. therefore, even though the shaking did a lot of damage, they were almost prepared fo
welcome to bay area focus. i m susan sikora. two weeks ago president obama offered a new jobs initiative to boost the economy. just how successful will he be with this plan? and how is the bay area fairing? with some answers we welcome san francisco chronicle business columnist kathleen pender. welcome. good to have you here. hello. before we get to the jobs issue which is huge, another ton of bricks fell on the middle class sholdther past week or so and the thu bank fees. specifically with banc of america but rumors other banks will see how to goes and are ready to go also. tell people how it will work first of all. it started a week ago friday when banc of america announced they would start imposing a $5 per month charge on all of their customers who use their debit cards. actually not all their customers there are ways around it. but this will start next year and this upset a lot of people because we are used to getting that for free. let me ask you this. before
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starting in 1992 with his 1st welcome to the show i m susan sikora. starting in 1992 with his first book, men are from mars women are from venus, relationship counselor, family therapist and best selling author dr. john grey has told us about mars and venus on a date in love and in the bedroom starting over. in the work place, on a diet and in collision. 17 books later john grey now says we know what fuels the stress in the man/woman drama. hormonal imbalance. addressed in his new book, venus on fire, mars on ice. welcome back. it s always a pleasure. always nice to have you here because i think what s he going to say now and that makes sense. you have a burning bush in your back yard with all of the anns and i feel like the title of this venus on fire and mars on ice i feel like i should have a complimentary hot flash on demand to be sporting here. it s about hormonal balance. hugely affects our relationships. and people don t always realize that how powerful horm