By Lauren Ruvo, Las Vegas Sun Instant messaging via Twitter, Facebook and smart phones allow people to reach out to others at all times, and for instant support. But there’s a dangerous downside: It can lead to Internet infidelity. Katherine Hertlein, an assistant professor in UNLV’s marriage and family therapy department, says Internet infidelity can […]
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For the ninth consecutive year, Heavenly Mountain Resort awarded $4,000 scholarships to five recent high school graduates, bringing the resort’s overall commitment to the Heavenly Mountain Resort Community Scholarship Program to $180,000. The scholarships are designed to help further the education of local area students. Sixty-nine students applied for this year’s scholarship. The 2012 scholarship […]
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By Stephanie Strom, New York Times Glass water bottles, so yesterday. Plastic, so convenient; metal, so hip. But now, in back to the future fashion, glass is making a bit of a comeback. And it is being helped in a small way by an entrepreneur who is developing a reusable glass bottle that is hard […]
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Sugar is a young Australian Shepherd (2-years-old) who is a real sweetheart. She is very friendly, and approaches all people and dogs wagging her little tail like crazy. She knows sit, down, and stay, and is very energetic. She will chase a ball and bring it back to you all day long. Sugar would do […]
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Tahoe Improv Players is returning to Valhalla with three shows, plus a bonus show from select performers. The first is July 3 at 7:30pm in the Grand Hall. The next is Aug. 7 at 7:30pm in the Boathouse Theatre. The third show is Sept. 1 at 7:30pm at the Boathouse. Laura Hall — “Whose Line […]
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By Steve Rypins On June 24, 2007, along with 253 other homes, our little one at the end of Iron Mountain Circle burned in the Angora Fire. I had been working on it steadily since fall 1999 when I bought it with my wife, Michelle. Things slowed down when our son, Clyde, was born in […]
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The Squaw Valley Community of Writers’ annual poetry reading featuring poets Robert Hass, Kazim Ali, Sharon Olds, and CD Wright at the Olympic Village Lodge, 1907 Chamonix Place (off Squaw Valley Road) is June 28 at 8pm. This reading is an opportunity to hear these renowned poets read their work. Often they will read new […]
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‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (or What Really Caused The Civil War?)’ Rated R 4 bagels out of 5 By Howie Nave There’s something very cool about taking a historical event in time and then using that as the backdrop for a movie that leaves you thinking, “Hmmmm. Maybe that really did happen after all.” I […]
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By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Middle-aged and older people who regularly sleep less than six hours a night may be significantly raising their risk of stroke, a new study suggests. As much as a fourfold increased risk was seen among normal-weight people who didn’t suffer from sleep apnea but got fewer than six hours of sleep […]
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By Mandy Kendall I read something the other day which shocked me (and that’s not easy I can tell you). According to EarthSave.org, it takes 2,500 gallons of water, 12 pounds of grain, 35 pounds of topsoil and the energy equivalent of one gallon of gasoline to produce one pound of feedlot beef. Figures from […]
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