“Chasing Ice” is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of the changing planet. With a band of young adventurers in tow, James Balog began deploying revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers. The film will be […]
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By Marilynn Marchione, AP For years, parents of babies who seem likely to develop a peanut allergy have gone to extremes to keep them away from peanut-based foods. Now a major study suggests that is exactly the wrong thing to do. Exposing infants like these to peanuts before age 1 actually helped prevent a peanut […]
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By Kathryn Reed The importance of practicing and asking for help are the major themes of the latest Fujimini Adventure Series. Like the previous books, it is geared to preschoolers through first-graders. “Karate Kid” is what came to mind when reading “Silver Bunny and the Secret Fort Chop” by Eileen Wacker. “Wax on, wax off” […]
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Skittles is a very nice 4-year-old Dachshund. She was found as a stray and her people never looked for her. She is housebroken and does well with other dogs, but no cats or small pets please. Skittles is spayed, microchipped, tested for heart worm, and vaccinated. She is at the El Dorado County Animal Services […]
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By Jessica Festa, USA Today One of my favorite new hotel perks for 2015 is Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants’ new nitecap program, which includes complimentary booze and snack pairings and a nightly wine hour, when vino flows like water. I love that Kimpton is embracing the ultimate pairing of travel and booze, and luckily other […]
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By Will Oremus, Slate Facebook’s plan to take over the media was first articulated in October, by the New York Times’ David Carr. The social network had become a dominant source of online news for its billion-plus users. But it found that those users were frustrated by the experience of reading news on Facebook, especially […]
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Friends of the Library in South Lake Tahoe is hosting two diverse events April 25. World Tai Chi and Qi Gong Day is being celebrated at 10am. Worldwide, people in hundreds of cities, spanning 80 nations, will come together for healthier bodies. Qi Gong originated in China more than 3,000 years ago. Qi means life […]
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By Timothy Stenovec, Huffington Post Your options for how to watch TV continue to grow, but cable companies could make you pay dearly if you want to “cut the cord.” Sony and Dish have recently launched services that allow you to watch live TV streamed over the Internet without subscribing to a cable or satellite […]
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By Larry Weitzman Now in its fifth year of the fifth generation (the 4Runner started production in 1984), the 4Runner continues to be a solid, consistent seller for Toyota, averaging about 50,000 units a year, despite sales being stolen by its similarly sized CUV sibling the Highlander. They are totally different vehicles with no relationship […]
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By Carolyn Gregoire, Huffington Post Time may fly when you’re having fun, but it can feel as though it’s screeching to a halt when you’re depressed. People with depression actually perceive time as going by more slowly than people who are not depressed, according to a review of studies published in the Journal of Affective […]
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