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What if? read this news Purchasing Houses In California November 22nd, 2008 Buying a home in today’s market can be a challenge, especially in California. With the home prices dropping, it can still be a lot of money for the first time homebuyer. With the market overflowing with foreclosures, it is important to talk about home inspections in the purchase of a new home. Having a home inspection is for the protection of the buyer. It is almost impossible for a bank to disclose all information ... more

As reported earlier this fall by the San Jose Mercury News and others, UC Santa Cruz recently received more than $450,000 from Sony Computer Entertainment America (as part of a class-action settlement) to fund undergraduate scholarships. I’m happy to announce that application information is now online. The first scholarships will be available to students applying this year — each will provide $10,000 to students entering the B.S. Computer Science: Computer Game Design degre... more

Modern green home built from shipping containers as a showhouse for the 2008 West Coast Green Exhibition and Expo in San Jose, California. Saved By: Elle Cayabyab Gitlin | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: containers, architecture ... more

San Jose, CA. —Scott “Hands of Steel� Smith (13-5) weighed in at 185 ½ lbs. and his opponent, Terry Martin (18-5), tipped the scales at 186 lbs. one day before their meeting at Strikeforce “Destruction,� the mixed martial arts mega-event at San Jose’s HP Pavilion. Strikeforce World Light Heavyweight (205 lb. limit) Champion Bobby Southworth (9-5) and his opponent, Renato “Babalu� Sobral (30-7), both registered in at 204 lbs. Knockout artists and opponents Duane “Bang� Lu... more

Shorline Amphitheater at Mountain View/San Jose This concert was amazing and so were these songs =) Author: asterbot88 Keywords: jonas, brothers, demi, lovato, gotta, find, you, this, is, me, Shorline, Amphitheater, at, Mountain, View, San, Jose, burnin, up, tour Added: November 21, 2008 09:57 ... more

I post news alerts about Google 24/7/365! To keep up-to-date with all the latest news about Google, just read my threads. If you have any comments, please Post a Reply! Apple and Google oppose ban on gay marriage - Inquirer TECH.BLORGE.com Apple and Google oppose ban on gay marriage Inquirer, UK - 52 minutes ago By Egan Orion: Monday, 27 October 2008, 10:14 AM APPLE JOINED GOOGLE on Friday in opposition to California ballot Proposition 8, which would ban same-sex ... ... more

ESPN’s Marc Stein has reported that Don Nelson recently reached a contract extension with the Golden State Warriors that should keep Nelson on the sidelines in Oakland through the 2010-2011 season. Golden State Warriors coach Don Nelson has agreed to a two-year contract extension with the club, the coach confirmed Saturday. “It wasn’t my idea,” Nelson said, according to the San Jose Mercury News. “It was fine with me to weigh it year to year. But they cam... more

ABC News Zeppelin to start offering tours above California this week The Salinas Californian, CA - 49 minutes ago A 246-foot zeppelin that stopped in Salinas late Friday will begin carrying passengers this week after arriving at Moffett Field on Saturday. … California company to offer Bay Area tours on airship guardian.co.uk Zeppelins on a comeback Glasgow Evening Times Zeppelin airship arrives at new home in Bay Area San Jose Mercury ... more

Auxbuss sends us to New Scientist for news sure to perplex and confound creationists: scientists have watched a new, complex evolutionary trait develop in the lab. “A major evolutionary innovation has unfurled right in front of researchers’ eyes. It’s the first time evolution has been caught in the act of making such a rare and complex new trait. And because the species in question is a bacterium, scientists have been able to replay history to show how this evolutionary novelt... more

fondacio writes “In a speech that is being reported as taking a swipe at Microsoft, EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has called for businesses and governments to use software based on open standards. While not mentioning Microsoft by name, Ms. Kroes referred to the fact that ‘[t]he [European] Commission has never before had to issue two periodic penalty payments in a competition case’ until this befell Microsoft. The things she told a conference in Brussels will not co... more

circletimessquare writes “Dennis Overbye at the New York Times has some ruminations on some of the historical totems of science going up for auction at Christie’s next week. There is the 1543 copy of ‘De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium’ by Copernicus, which you can have for $900,000 to $1.2 million. If you’ve some cash left over, maybe you can pick up an original work by Galileo, Darwin, Descartes, Newton, Freud, Kepler, Tycho Brahe, or Malthus. And then thereR... more