The Spaniard failed to qualify on the front row of the grid at the circuit for the first time in his career, with Yamaha's 2010 world champion finishing fourth fastest ahead of American teammate Ben Spies and San Carlo Honda Gresini's Alvaro Bautista.

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Ben Bleikamp, a designer at GitHub, a San Francisco software company, was so annoyed by CEOs trying to act like Mr. Jobs that he wrote a rant on his blog last summer.

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Paris has the Eiffel Tower, San Francisco has the Golden Gate Bridge, and London has Big Ben.

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Holding eye contact works best for 7 to 10 seconds in a one-on-one conversation, and for 3 to 5 seconds in a group setting, says Ben Decker, chief executive officer of Decker Communications, a San Francisco-based training and consulting firm.

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The original idea for "The Bay Lights" came from Ben Davis, founder of the Words Pictures Ideas creative agency in San Francisco, which has helped brand the Bay Bridge as it builds its new eastern span.

WSJ: Bay Bridge Gets Lights, Action