In most markets, home buyers have the upper hand these days. That often means they have greater negotiating power when it comes to price or the ability to squeeze out extra perks from sellers.
But on occasion, they will ask a seller for even more, a request that will help get to know the home better. [...]
Goalie Marty Turco believes a return to American Airlines Center for Game 3 of the Western Conference finals should be inspiring for the Stars.
Turco said the Stars, who trail the Detroit Red Wings, 2-0, in the best-of-7 series, look forward to soaking up the aura that’s left over from the four-overtime Game 6 victory that [...]
After years of living a street life, Woody Easley has finally found a home, and a new life, at a residential facility in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood.
Easley, 60, was asked to leave another residential house in Chicago when he disclosed he was HIV positive. Now, he is one of six residents of Jo-Ray House, a home [...]
April 3 marked the 35th anniversary of the initial cell phone call, and wireless technology has evolved tremendously over the years. The original mobile phones hardly seem like they’re in the same family as today’s cell phones, said Mike Minnis, NTELOS director of public relations.
Minnis described the early versions of cellular phones as big and [...]
A creamy-coloured female llama standing in yards in the South Island became the first member of her llama herd of 10, who live with her on the outskirts of New Plymouth.
Living with llamas has become a passion for Uta, who describes them as kind, gentle animals.
When the photographer and I visited last Friday, its fair [...]
Boy racer chaos on Christchurch streets
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Christchurchs Little Hagley and North Hagley Parks were yesterday littered with smashed glass and hundreds of discarded bottles after Harper Avenue was grid-locked by thousands of boy racers.
They were drawn to the city for the annual Fours and Rotary Autoshow at Westpac Stadium.
Boy-racer bans [...]
Christchurchs Little Hagley and North Hagley Parks were yesterday littered with smashed glass and hundreds of discarded bottles after Harper Avenue was grid-locked by thousands of boy racers.
They were drawn to the city for the annual Fours and Rotary Autoshow at Westpac Stadium.
Boy-racer bans on the Oxford Terrace Strip and several streets on the city [...]
Growers must choose among an increasing number of cultivars and an increasingly diverse spectrum of pest management options linked to the cultivars. In recent years, the number of different transgenic cotton production options that a grower may purchase has outpaced the capacity of the official cultivar trials (OCTs) to adequately evaluate their economic value.
First, large [...]
The traditional method has been to release multiple agents into the environment and overwhelm the pest, said Davis. But with multiple introductions comes an increased likelihood that one of the agents will become invasive as well. So, what we’re trying to do is to figure out which one is the most likely to actually have [...]
Bt-resistant populations of bollworm, Helicoverpa zea, were found in more than a dozen crop fields in Mississippi and Arkansas between 2003 and 2006.
What we’re seeing is evolution in action, said lead researcher Bruce Tabashnik. This is the first documented case of field-evolved resistance to a Bt crop.
Bt crops are so named because they have been [...]