The lighting experts at Lamps Plus offer these tips to make finding the perfect desk lamp a little easier, especially for those heading off to college.
The experts at HGTV offer a few tips to take before beginning a kitchen redecorating or remodeling project.
: My wife started complaining about a lack of hot water, so I ventured out into the garage to check out the water heater. I took the door off and peeked inside and discovered there was no flame. Following the instructions on the tank, I relit the pilot but as soon as I let go of the button, the pilot light went out. I originally thought a breeze may have blown it out, but now I don’t know what to do.
: I have a two-year-old pluot that has a lot of nice looking fruit on it. Some of the fruit drops before it is ripe and there seems to be a little bug that has crawled into the stem end of the fruit. As I have picked other fruit and opened them up, a lot of them have this little bug problem. Do they need to be sprayed early in the season? I know you have pluots in the (University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener) orchard. Is this a problem that you have experienced?
Do you ever envy those folks who get away to their summer place or make a relaxing visit to a home they may own on a mountain, by a lake or just in another city? At different times in my life I have to say I have. There was, however, a time in my life when I had such a place, and while it was rejuvenating to get away and be somewhere different for a while, there are downsides to that also. Even paradise has a price.
I’m a long-term thinker. I like things like the Clock of the Long Now, a project that seeks to reverse the pathologically short attention span of modern civilization. When you think about it, what’s the sense in constantly maximizing next quarter’s profits if, in the not-so-long run, we overlook or ignore the ill effects on our only home, this exquisitely beautiful blue-green globe?
From day care to kindergarten to middle school and then to high school, you have been a diligent parent nurturing and advising your child. Now that little darling is off to college to live in a dorm room no bigger than a bread basket. What’s a parent to do?
* LAKE MEAD — Bass anglers are catching smallies and largemouth bass all over the lake. Early mornings still are best. Pro angler Justin Kerr used a combination of oxblood RoboWorms and Super Spooks to win the 2008 WON Bass U.S. Open tournament on the lake last week. His three-day total was just more than 27 pounds.
It’s common for an NFL team’s personality to reflect its quarterback, which is why the New York Giants can be unpredictable. They follow their leader, and Eli Manning is a schizophrenic player.
On the road and in the underdog role, the New York Giants were almost unbeatable last season. They roll into a new season in a different situation.
No officiating crew showed up for Friday’s season-opening high school football game between Canyon Springs and Spring Valley because the Southern Nevada Officials Association never was notified of the game’s existence, SNOA commissioner Marc Ratner said Wednesday.
Almost any tennis coach would love to have the problem Gordon Hammond faces on a daily basis.
The joke is Utah coach Kyle Whittingham has been practicing onside kicks since spring in preparation for this week’s football game against UNLV.
Eldorado’s boys soccer team was hoping that a healthy Josh Cormier could team with returning Northeast League Most Valuable Player Rene Ardon this fall to provide a dangerous scoring tandem.
Frank Marrero didn’t want it to end on that bedroom floor.
Elite athletes often will do just about anything to attain success, and the quest to reach the top often requires a lifetime of physical, mental and financial investment.
During September and October, one of rural Nevada’s busiest roads is the Harrison Pass Road in Elko County. This relatively short road links Ruby Valley on the east side of the Ruby Mountains with Huntington Valley on the west, and during the fall months it is a major thoroughfare for hunters seeking to fill their big-game tags in Area 10.
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