Today would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday, and it is turning into a sort of international celebration. The Google Doodle today is a sweet animation based on Lennon’s line drawings and set to a clip of his song “Imagine.”
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Steven Johnson looks at the brain as a kind of environment, an ecosystem of information and associations. He shows how in the history of good ideas, great minds have thrived in communities of intellectuals communicating openly.
Artist/Professor Enrique Chagoya’s latest work, “The Misadventures of the Romantic Cannibals,” was vandalized at a Colorado museum because it is considered “blasphemous.” The piece tackles the sex abuse scandals rocking the Roman Catholic Church. Some claim that it depicts Jesus and several other religious figures engaged in a sex act.
San Jose will be finishing line for Stage Four of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California. The city’s Chief Development Officer Peter Krupko pushed for the decision, after two years in which San Jose was the starting point of the 800-mile bike race. According to Krutko, the city prefers hosting the finish line because it garners more excitement and attracts more people.
The Adobe Animal Hospital, a new, high tech veterinary hospital in Los Altos, is testing a new cure for canine arthritis based on stem cells. The cells are injected into the arthritic joints to reduce overall inflammation. The effectiveness of the treatment is still being studied, but some results indicate that it reduces inflammation and increases joint mobility in thirty percent of cases.
The best happy hours in Silicon Valley provide much more in the way of sustenance and ambiance. When researching restaurants, bars and wine shops for this piece, I kept in mind a few things. The first was, how much am I willing to spend at a happy hour? I went to places where I could spend $25 and only get one appetizer and one cocktail, but that didn’t seem like much of a bargain. I wanted to top out at about $20 for some high-quality food and inspired libations. The second thing was, how many people could be fed with those $20?
Shapewear has long been kept under wraps, often viewed as taboo or shameful for a woman to admit to wearing. Now it not only is commonplace for a night out but is also, in some cases, being promoted to outerwear.
What are the most inexpensive properties available in San Jose right now? Believe it or not there are 66 homes listed in various neighborhoods for between $100,000 and $150,000. Notably, over half of these listings are two-bedrooms. This is good news for single buyers who may be interested in sharing expenses with a roommate, couples looking for a starter home or anyone looking for a rental investment.
Mark Zuckerberg, 26, is the world’s youngest billionaire. He’s not the only one under forty here in Silicon Valley. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who founded Google, are both in their mid-thirties. It’s a youthful work environment, and according to a survey conducted by Business Pulse, most high tech employees in Silicon Valley have seen age discrimination first hand.
One of the main reasons that voters decided overwhelmingly to support the construction of a $937 million stadium in Santa Clara for the 49ers is that no money from the general fund would be used to pay for the new stadium. Santa Clara Plays Fair, which opposed the new stadium, now claims that the city is paying for other team expenses, including police escorts for the team’s buses.
