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  • Sales Of Existing Homes Increasing


    San Diego BlogAuthority Authority: 128
    Existing home sales are on the increase, with first-time buyers driving the surge, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. The sales volume in this housing sector has been growing substantially over the past six months. The increasing sales volume applies to single-family homes, townhomes, ...
    3 hours ago
  • Senate Supports Extending, Expanding Homebuyer’s Tax Credit


    San Diego BlogAuthority Authority: 128
    Senate leaders have reached a tentative deal to extend the first-time homebuyers’ tax credit that was originally passed earlier this year as part of the stimulus bill, it was reported by CNN. The agreement would extend and expand the credit to include current homeowners who want to move, according to the sources. As ...
    1 day ago
  • “I Can See the Lander from Here…”


    TheSpacewriter's RamblingsAuthority Authority: 410
    Spotting Evidence of Human Exploration of Mars As the Mars Phoenix lander started to get a glimpse of the Sun towards the end of the northern hemisphere winter, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiters HiRISE camera was used to image the Phoenix landing site despite the low light levels. (Courtesy NASA/JPL/University of ...
    1 day ago
  • 3% Peroxide


    San Diego BlogAuthority Authority: 128
    Recently, a friend sent this to me.  I thought, hmmmm, with the cold and flu season upon us - maybe this is worth a try. 1. Take one capful (the little white cap that comes with the bottle) and hold in your mouth for 10 minutes daily, then spit it out. (I do it when I bathe)     No more canker sores and your ...
    2 days ago
  • Martian Landscape


    NeatoramaAuthority Authority: 790
    Photo: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Alan Taylor’s excellent photoblog The Big Picture over at Boston.com has a really nifty collection of images of the Martian landscape: Since 2006, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been orbiting Mars, currently circling approximately 300 km (187 mi) above the ...
    2 days ago
  • Picture of the Day – Stickney Crater


    International Space FellowshipAuthority Authority: 590
    Stickney Crater, the largest crater on the martian moon Phobos, is named for Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, mathematician and wife of astronomer Asaph Hall. Asaph Hall discovered both the Red Planet’s moons in 1877. Over 9 kilometers across, Stickney is nearly half the diameter of Phobos itself, so large that the ...
    2 days ago
  • Big Picture HiRISE Gallery!


    The Martian ChroniclesAuthority Authority: 120
    Speaking of Mars art, the Big Picture blog (which all of you should be following by now) has a feature on images of Mars taken by HiRISE. Head on over and take a look. Mars is a really pretty and often bizarre-looking place.[PS - Have you voted today?]Posted in HiRISE, Mars Art, NASA, Pictures, Sand [...]
    3 days ago
  • Mars Art: Mind-blowing Swiss Cheese


    The Martian ChroniclesAuthority Authority: 120
    First of all, a reminder to go vote on my article about MSL, which is a finalist in the scientificblogging.com science writing competition.Ok, done? Good. I wanted you to do that before I showed you this image because it may very well break your brain. This is a HiRISE image of the so-called “swiss cheese” [...]
    3 days ago
  • Shower Power


    San Diego BlogAuthority Authority: 128
    To maximize showering efficiency, make sure you have installed a low-flow showerhead in all of your bathrooms. All showerheads manufactured in the U.S. must restrict flow to 2.5 gallons per minute (gpm) or less. Some models are designed to use even less water.
    5 days ago
  • New HiRISE Images Show Chilly, Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander [Space]


    GizmodoAuthority Authority: 897
    Mars isnt exactly the warmest place during the winter transition, but as the first few rays of sunshine lick at the planets surface were able to make out the Phoenix lander shivering under a cover...
    5 days ago
  • New HiRISE Images Show Chilly, Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander [Space]


    F-DefaultAuthority Authority: 561
      Mars isn’t exactly the warmest place during the winter transition, but as the first few rays of sunshine lick at the planet’s surface we’re able to make out the Phoenix lander shivering under a cover of dry-ice frost. Read more: New HiRISE Images Show Chilly, Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander [Space]
    5 days ago
  • HiRISE spots Phoenix once again


    Bad AstronomyAuthority Authority: 695
    Speaking of HiRISE and Mars… The Phoenix Mars Lander is sitting at the Martian north pole, its mission complete. Designed to study the history of water on Mars and investigate potential human habitability, it touched down in May 2008. It dug trenches and examined the surface soil of Mars for months, but the ...
    5 days ago
  • Mars is sublime


    Bad AstronomyAuthority Authority: 695
    Mars is weird. It’s small, and cold, and has a thin atmosphere that’s almost entirely carbon dioxide, and what isn’t CO 2 is nitrogen and, bizarrely, argon. So you expect to see weird landscapes. But even so, Mars has the potential to be really, really weird. Check this out: That slightly disturbing ...
    5 days ago
  • Home Prices Decline 0.3 Percent Nationwide


    San Diego BlogAuthority Authority: 128
    Home prices decreased 0.3 percent nationwide on a seasonally adjusted basis from July to August, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) monthly House Price Index.  The FHFA’s index is calculated using purchase prices of houses owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.  For the 12 months ...
    6 days ago
  • New Loan Limits For 2010


    San Diego BlogAuthority Authority: 128
    The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is expected to announce, as early as next week, the new conforming loan limits for 2010.  The conforming loan limit determines the maximum size of a mortgage that Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can buy or guarantee. Non-conforming or jumbo ...
    1 week ago
  • Corn Pudding


    San Diego BlogAuthority Authority: 128
    3 cups canned yellow corn, drained 3 eggs, beaten 2 tablespoons sugar 1 cup milk 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 2 tablespoons melted butter Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 2 to 2-1/2 size casserole with butter or non-stick cooking spray. Mix all ingredients together and pour into prepared casserole. ...
    1 week ago
  • Time To “Fall Back” to Standard Time


    San Diego BlogAuthority Authority: 128
    Tonight is the night we (who observe Daylight Saving Time) reset our clocks (officially, 2am) - we supposedly gain an hour of sleep.  But, most of us spend at least an hour setting all of our clocks to the new time.  So, what did/do we gain? Many people I speak with feel that we should just stay on the ...
    1 week ago
  • Spring Approaches on Mars: Will Phoenix Phone Home?


    International Space FellowshipAuthority Authority: 590
    Written by Nancy AtkinsonI was just thinking of the Phoenix lander earlier this week, wondering if our little buddy was surviving the Martian winter when, boom: via Twitter came this:@MarsPhoenix “Spring has sprung in the north hemi(sphere) of Mars! Team is waiting for longer daylight hours, around mid-Jan., to ...
    1 week ago
  • San Diego Events - November 2009


    San Diego BlogAuthority Authority: 128
    KOMEN SAN DIEGO RACE FOR THE CURE    Nov. 1 Proceeds from this 5K run/walk will fund breast cancer education, screenings, and treatment programs in San Diego. 6am-12pm. $18 - $38. Leisha Battles (760) 692-2900 or www.komensandiego.org OLD TOWN DIA DE LOS MUERTOS    November 1 Commemorate "Day of the Dead" at ...
    1 week ago
  • New Photos of Stuff on Other Worlds


    The Martian ChroniclesAuthority Authority: 120
    I always make the mistake when on vacation of taking too many pictures of scenery and not enough pictures of people. Years down the road, the most interesting photos are not landscapes, but the ones that we can look at and say “I remember when we did that!”. And that’s why I think it’s great [...]
    1 week ago

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