tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312718542012-01-23T11:40:07.821-05:00Random thoughts on technology, business, economics, new media, politics, local affairs in the Capital Region, music, the collapse of community, the corruption of the American Dream, fighting the evil bastards amongst us and suggestions for fixing this fucking mess. <br> <br> "I ain't here to make friends, cowboy; I'm here to tell you the ugly truth. So you might as well get out of that warm bed and deal with it."Nanoburgh?http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204181042019659769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-40916673085434072052012-01-23T11:34:00.004-05:002012-01-23T11:40:07.831-05:00

Last year, two pals of mine were arrested for drunk driving in separate states. Both were without prior such charges, and after undergoing the requisite legal, financial and emotional nightmare that accompanies such an occurrence, both were disposed of by the system in similar manners.One of them, Mr A, happens to be gainfully employed in the private sector, while Mr B is a public servant for a

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A recent session of the Morning Geniuses Club:"This winter is certainly off to a warm start. But it is still gonna be a long winter, going deep into Spring.""What makes you say that?""Because the squirrels are all fat. They've loaded up. That means a long winter. Never fails to predict.""But couldn't their being fat have something to do with the warm start? Food is easier for them to find, so

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Here is an interesting bit of local (Capital Region) business/technology history...Thinking Outside the Cold Box:How a Nobel Prize Winner and Kurt Vonnegut’s Brother Made the Clouds Snow at GE in the 1940sBing Crosby was famously dreaming of a white Christmas, and so were many Americans this snowless holiday season. But a review of historical documents, archival photographs and press clippings

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“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” (Antoine De Saint Exupery)A good argument for building some creative courseware related to the concept of The Entrepeneurial Spririt into the core curriculun of our educational system.Let's get people dreaming of the sea

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“We're better. Why? Cus We Say So.”The newspaper industry has at least one advantage over its Old Media cousin, the broadcast radio business. Whereas tower heads generally don't have a clue that the world is changing around them and their legacy operating model is crumbling, newspaper people typically do. Talk to any news hound and one can receive a pretty accurate assessment of the basic cause

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From the report, one gets the impression that the early Saturday morning incident at downtown Saratoga's rock venue The Putnam Den is yet another example of the Wild West / Free For All setting down in the Spa City's nightlife district. Another day, another brawl; with someone ending up either dead or seriously injured. To make matters worse, this most recent incident was an example of a

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If Slots and Racing are Destined for Marriage, At Least Make it a Functional Marriage!Solution: Convert VLT Revenues into Betting VouchersThe Problem:The sport of horse racing is in the middle stages of its slow-motion crash; fading into oblivion from the American consciousness as the gambling public abandons it in favor of alternative entertainment and gambling options. Despite the fact that

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SHOW OF THE YEARJamie Kent & The OptionsImprov Records' Series @ Lake GeorgeArtistic creativity generally happens early in life, and early in the career of a performing artist. There's even a theory out there claiming this is due to our genetic makeup, with creativity and innovation being nothing more than a way for us to show off our feathers, so to speak, and attract a mate. There it is, that

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The American Pie Tale is Debunked -- Once Again.Coincidence? Nanoburgh Smells a Rat! It seems that individuals' attention spans are increasingly being shortened. Two recent examples lead to such a conclusion:The first is a viral video clip of a recorded CBS News piece, where an autistic high school lad is given the chance to finally shift from being the varsity hoop team's ball boy to getting

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Hall of Fame inductee comes to Saratoga on Saturday, 11/26Grateful Dead's Tom Constanten leads New Moon Revue into Putnam DenSaratoga Trivia:Question: Has a sitting member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ever performed in a Saratoga Springs night club?Answer: No, but...That will change on Saturday as former Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten plays the downtown Putnam Den as part of a

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Predictions? So How'd We Do?We stuck our necks out a few days back with our predicted results of the Saratoga Springs local elections, based strictly on the old gut feel methodology and without any scientific, data-driven science. And? Well, just like that old Meat Loaf tune: "two out of three ain't bad". Let's look at the tallies:Mayor = Correct. Despite being told by everyone and his brother

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We don't need "more people" voting.Instead, we need "more informed people" voting.Elitist? No. I just have a pretty good knack for identifying the root cause of problems.

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Saratoga's most interesting person? Maybe, just maybe...The Commander orders up a hometown celebration for Nov. 19“I just got married, so that means it's time to party!”Saratoga's increasingly newbie population may or may not know of fellow resident George Frayne. If they do, it is mostly likely because of his prominent place in the city's visual arts community; a result of his strikingly

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Jockey Jean-Luc Samyn, a fixture on the New York Racing Association circuit (Belmont, Aqueduct, Saratoga) since 1976, today announced his retirement.The French-born rider won of 2,613 races, which included countless stakes wins. His prowess on the grassy turf courses made popluar the wiseguy angle of "Samyn on the Green".But most importantly, Samyn was the regular rider for the ponies that Team

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BLIND PAUL SUPPORTERS CONFUSE OWS WITH TEA PARTY RALLYGRAND LOVE FEST DREAM BETWEEN TWO CAMPS DOESN'T HACK ITTHE EASY CASE AGAINST THE NEW LIBERTARIAN VISION In school, we'd occasionally throw keggers. It is assumed that the reader knows or can guess what the general gist of these gigs was all about. When convened, they would tend to be massively popular. That massive part is what sometimes

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"Who do ya like?"There's a question asked several hundred times each day at the Summer Place to Be, aka Saratoga Race Course. On this afternoon circa 1985, it was coming in my direction from a gentleman in the next box. I recognized the guy with his elbows leaning in my direction as Mr Andy Rooney.A product of Albany and well on his way to being a pop legend of the little screen with his Sunday

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The crystal ball says...City Mayor:S Johnson (R) def. B Wilkes (D) +16 ptsComm. of Public Safety:R Wirth (R) def C Mathieson (D) +14 ptsComm. of Finance:M Madigan (D) def K Ivins (R) +10 ptsThe remaining four elections are non-contests, as the incumbents (Franck, Scirocco, Yepsen, Veitch) are running unopposed. So, we predict all four will win!Note: these are not endorsements. They are gut-feel,

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Amazon Announces Plan to Wipe out 2/3 of LibrariansTake One Out for a Drink: She'll Need It After ThisSome Libraries to Remain / Most Will Fade to MemoryMove over, movie rental stores and record shops: you're about to get some company. Public libraries are set to join you on the near-extinct species list as digital tech continues to run wild with its viscous stablemate, the rampaging beast

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Maricopa County, Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio called on President Barack Obama to release the microfiche of his birth certificate in an interview Tuesday with the Phoenix New Times.The White House released Obama's long-form birth certificate online in April. Prior to that, the Obama campaign released a copy of his certificate of live birth online.Despite that evidence, Arpaio wants to see the

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Today, Occupy the Boardroom and The Yes Lab helped launch a new tool in the fight against the one percent: a deck of most wanted playing cards that can be used to help track down the bad guys.The cards aim to let more folks know what these guys look like, so that they can identify them in public, and join thousands of other people in personally letting them know how they feel.Deal NANOBURG? in on

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Here is the product -- and the magazine cover -- that started the revolution.Reading this article sent Gates and Allen into developing a BASIC programming language for the machine (after having picked up the phone and telling Altair officials that they had already done so). It also sent the geeks at the Valley-based Homebrew Computer Club into a frenzy. Here, in kit form, was the answer to their

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It's the question raging among the netaholics and political junkies today: was Rick Perry drunk when he made this speech on the New Hampshire campaign trail or not?Two scenarios:- If Yes: is getting one's drink on a good idea for a presidential candidate? What does this say about his capacity for sound judgement?- If No: This is what the guy acts like when he's sober? What other excuse can he now

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You Got Questions? Uncle Joe Has Answers.Dear Joe,I see where disgraced Congressman John Sweeney is actively practicing law. He was recently hired by some big shot Albany firm, even. Seeing him back working full time, I was wondering if you have thought about doing the same?PeteDear Pete,Sweeney is practicing law again? You gotta be shitting me! Can you imagine having this guy as your attorney?

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Listening to sports talk radio in the Boston market these days -- where you'd think the Red Sox committed the worst atrocity in the history of mankind by not making the playoffs -- makes me realize how similar these on-air blabbermouths are to the right wing sociopaths (Beck, Savage, etc) that dominate the political talk shows:The more they keep talking, the further divorced from reality they

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Privatize all the parlors / franchise the service to tracksThe Problem:NYC OTB is closed. No longer can people walk to the neighborhood parlor to place a bet on the ponies running at the three NYRA tracks, Finger Lakes, the in-state harness tracks and out-of-state races. As a result, the handle (the amount of money wagered)is negatively effected to all those racing operations. Of importance to

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Debbie Davies: Friday, October 21Blues Artist of Year to Play @ SaratogaGrowing up in LA in the 1960’s, Debbie Davies found that being a female guitar player meant only one thing: strumming an acoustic model. The electrics were still toys meant only for boys. But when she heard the British blues-rock bands, particularly the driving sounds of Eric Clapton in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, she became

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From the EarthTalk Files...Dear EarthTalk: What is the environmental impact of so many people now using sites like Facebook and spending so much time online? (Bob Yearling)The environmental impact of so much online time really boils down to energy usage, which in turn affects the amount of greenhouse gases we pump into our atmosphere. For one, each of us can help by limiting computer time (

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I never met Steve Jobs. But then again, I didn't need to -- I know pretty much exactly where he was coming from. After all, I grew up in the constant company of people just like him.Jobs was born in the same exact year as was Bill Gates. If one goes in to "plus or minus a year or two" mode, we'd ensnare the names of many more of the early movers and shakers of the desktop computing revolution.

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"...have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”- Steve Jobs, 2005 @ The Stanford Address

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Having spent the first two years of my college life in Western New York, I got to befriend a number of folks from the Rochester area. Back then, if you were from Rochester, you had some sort of connection to that mighty corporate giant named Kodak.At its height (which would have been about that time), Kodak employed 60,000, Think about that figure and the impact and influence it has on a

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Today's iPhone 4s introduction / dog & pony show unveils (among other features) an 8MP camera sensor. It seems like just last week we were putting the initial plans together for the TVT advenuture, when the idea of an 8MP stand-alone digital camera purchase was put on the table as a possible capital investment. The cost at the time? $2400. Needless to say, that idea fell back off the table

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Occupy Wall Street as a Tipping Point?It's All About Theater -- and a New Play Just OpenedAct One: Calling BS on the BS'ersThe Occupy Wall Street thing down in lower Manhattan might not quite be at a "movement" stage; but it could be darn near close. If it can get there, then the fun will really start -- and it's about goddam time.The Greatest Nation on the Face of the Earth has been living in a

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Without a Chance and Without a NetIf an Invisible Kid Dies, Does it Really Count?The past day and a half has been rather troubling for me, on a personal level. To explain:On Thursday night, while shuck'ing & yuk'ing with a small group in one of my 'burghs, I was approached by a young lady in a state of distress. Her “bags” were missing, and she sought our help in locating them as she pointed to

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The United States Postal Service is an easy mark for both the "big gubment's got me down" crowd as well as the rest of us who are frustrated by waste and inefficiency of any sort, especially the taxpayer-funded kind. See, consensus points DO exist out there, despite the new American Civil War that is being waged.But like every other issue on the table today, it is impossible to frame any of them

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Today's LaughFormer NYS Governor George Pataki recently announced an exploratory committee for a possible presidential run. Our reaction: Bahahahahahahahahah!The Cost/Benefit Analysis of WarEnergy experts predict that a regime change in Libya will result in a $20/bbl reduction in the market price of oil. The USA consumes approximately 20,000,000 / bbl / day.One could therefore conclude that this

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The Google anti-trust hearings present some interesting questions of how to ensure fair and competitive markets. Whereas some folks disagree with that as being a worthy goal -- instead they feel that that a firm should not be thwarted in any means in a sort of "earned monopoly" way of thinking -- I personally believe (with the support of the current anti-trust legislation on the books) it to be

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Logic? Reason? Science? Education? Fuggetaboutit!Keep It Simple Stupid: Cults and Psychos with the SolutionsLocal Woman Walks Fine Line with Medical Kooky TalkNew TV Series to Debut: That Dark Ages Show!The timing could not have been worst. I had just completed a four-hour stretch, volunteering in aid of a local group organizing one of those common Charity Walks that we often see. I have certain

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Sept 29: The Karp-Foley bandBlues star returns in unique collaborationSaratoga Springs, NY --- Guitar goddess Sue Foley was well into her successful career by 2006, having garnered the prestigious Juno Award (aka “The Canadian Grammy”), performing at hundreds of gigs around the world and receiving numerous media accolades. But it was a chance backstage encounter with American singer-songwriter

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Health (and life) as a luxury commodityThe lines are drawn: it's time to choose sides“I've got some bad news,” were the words greeting me upon picking up that late night phone call many years ago. “Mark's dead.”Mark was a dear college pal, as was the caller. Our close knit crew had been members of the real world for a little over a year at the time, and had all been together just a few months

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Donna the Buffalo at Putnam Den Roots music dance party – and loyal herd – coming to Saratoga With the thoroughbred herd having left town earlier in the week, another type of herd rolls into Saratoga Springs on Saturday nite, September 10. It's on that night the beloved cajun-Americana-jam band Donna the Buffalo bring their eclectic dance party joy to the downtown Putnam Den live music

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Earth Talk E - The Environmental Magazine Republicans move to strip EPA of water oversight Dear EarthTalk: The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to strip the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of its authority over state water quality. Why did they do this, what are the ramifications and what do leading green groups have to say about it? -- Joseph Emory The legislation in

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Idle Hands = Wandering Minds A lot of people have WAY too much time on their hands (A followup to a prior post) Random Riffs: - A few years back in the Town of Glenville, a local restaurant owner went about the process of getting WTC steel relics, with the plan of creating a 9/11 tribute at his business on the banks of the Mohawk River. A fine memorial it is, too. He got it done without

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Thursday, Sept 8 Johnny A. to light up Parting Glass stage Every few years, a new name or two emerges from the huge pool of guitar players around the globe as the most likely to rise to that exclusive Guitar Hero status, alongside such musical icons as Hendrix, Clapton, Beck or Page. The current crop of rising names includes Joe Bonamassa, Derek Trucks and Kaki King, among others. A growing

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Today, I was sending a personal (non-biz) email to an old friend. In the process, I found myself looking to insert a phrase that went something to the effect of "... and I'll pay for that ___cent postage stamp." I was stopped dead in my tracks right there; because I don't know what the current cost of a first class postage stamp is! Now, how do you like that? Upon further reflection, I

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The Problem: Horse racing needs a marketing gimmick to boost worldwide interest in its premier event, the Kentucky Derby, as a small part of its need to expand the sport's declining fan base. The Fix: Create a guaranteed mega jackpot contest for picking the complete order of finish for the Derby. A suitable figure might be $100 million for each and every winner. The Logic: Money talks.

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So.. If the Dow dropping 600 points is front page news (complete with the usual stock photos of floor traders looking all worried) .... .... then shouldn't the Dow regaining most of that loss the very next day be front page news, too? Q: Then why was't it? A: Because the media thrives on fear.

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The Problem: Like many towns and cities, Saratoga Springs has been allocated a section of the WTC's steel as the basis for a local September 11 monument. Members of the community are now bickering over the proper location of such a display. The Fix: The train station off West Avenue. The Logic: The rail line from that station runs directly to New York City as an unbroken link, thus

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Former Governor Carey diesFrom the Rotten Apple to the New Big AppleNew York City was an absolute mess in the mid-70's. As a kid who would make those rare treks into the Big Apple for social calls, rock & roll concerts or sporting events, I would mentally prepare for the journey with a mix of fear and excitement. You never knew what you were about to see down there, but you weren't really

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Ewww! I know that person!Our comrade JT at Saratoga In Decline continues his expose on the (obviously) dangerous NXIVM (alleged) cult -- which also does business as Executive Success Program. Its activities and mumbo jumbo philosophies have long been a concern within its home base of the Capital Region. Today JT publishes the names of the shadowy organization's upper-level insiders: its

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iPads as e-readers? Not on the beach1. "Whoops, looks like the battery is shot again"2. "It won't boot; must be it's too humid today"3. "I still can't read the f'ing thing in the sunlight"4. "Why am I paying the same amount of money for an e-book?"5. "Funny how a little grain of beach sand can scratch the screen"6. "I don't dare go in the water 'cus someone might rip this thing off"

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Luther Forest traffic issue pops upGomer Pyle: "Surprise, Surprise!"There are certain bundles of paper that you can automatically toss into the trash the minute received, given their worthless value. No, this is not another diatribe against The Saratogian newspaper...I submit two additions to that "not worth the paper printed on" categorization: Economic Impact Statements and their close cousins,

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So, some weisenheimer thinks she or he has a grip on the scene, huh?:RATING THE SARATOGA SPRINGS BLOGGERS(with 1 to 4 Stars)Nanoburgh***Deep reads thru an entrepreneur's eyes, with occasional rantsabout what he perceives as local injustices. Usually well written, but often too wordy while bordering on the pompous,in a Dennis Miller sort of way.Now, I can handle the missing fourth star. I can even

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The New York Racing Association -- alleged stewards of historic Saratoga Race Course -- today announced a promotional marketing agreement with fast food pusher McDonald's Corporation. The arrangement includes the display of the company's iconic Gold Arches in the track's infield."What better way to link two of America's great brands, Saratoga and McDonald's," asked NYRA flack Richard Wood. "Our

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Be there..and get smartThe Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation has put together a nice show & tell series on the matter of global race track architecture. The three scheduled sessions will run thru the Saratoga meet and should be of interest to local give a hoots.The speaker is Mr Paul Roberts of England's Turnberry Consulting -- the firm contracted by NYRA to create a strategic plan for

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Media wonks ... all waxing nostalgic for the Blog Era .... proving how short our spans of reference are today ... but hey: blogs failed to save journalism like they were supposed to do the first time around ... what makes 'em think it would be dfferent now? ... Hmmmm?

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Dear Joseph,Has your family broached the subject of preserving your head after you move on to the big fundraiser in the sky? You know, the way they did with Ted Williams.(Just Wondering)Dear Just,Funny you should ask that. Kenny was tape measuring my noggin the other day when I was trying to eat my oatmeal. He said he was gonna buy me a new hat. But I got a goddam closet full of goddam hats. I'm

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OMG! OMG! Take a Pic - I'm at Siro's! So, this is what is has all become? Just like those annoying photos you are forced to pose for when you board a cruise ship, we now have the same scene going down at Siro's? "Wanna picture?" "No thanks, wanna buy me a drink instead?" It seems that it's no longer about participating; it's about showing up and being seen. The goal is not so much to have a

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And why the hell not? Here are the introductory rates for attaching your name to this great and beloved brand. WOW, look at those numbers! I would have thought they'd be a WHOLE LOT more!Ready? Hit us at nanoburgh (at the mail service known as) gmail.com -- and say I'm in!(Click on the graphic for better readability)

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Valuable wisdom from a native Saratogian with five decades of experience at America's home for the great sport of thoroughbred horse racing 1. Best day for filly-watching? Opening Day! 2. Rain? Mass scratches? Go home 3. Class on the grass 4. Never bet the rail out of the 7f chute 5. Don't drink if you're there for serious betting 6. Spot plays vs betting everything that moves 7. Don't

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CASE STUDY #1:Here is a real world email I received a few months back:Really? Wow. Good luck with that.I'll link to the story in my weekly web round-up.Feel free to make an offer on any of the stories in XXXX (my publication). LOL.BackgroundThe gentleman behind these words is the Owner-Publisher-Editor of a certain news service in New York State. He was replying to an offer I had made whereby he

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When a bank is shut down, it is always a small bank that is shut, with its assets being handed off to a large bank.That process should be reversedWhen the banking system used to work, it was because local institutions, with their hands on the pulse of its own community, were the standard. Consolidation and de-regulation changed all that -- and we all know what happened.Reverse the curse.

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This morning, we read of a SPAC press conference that herald the Crusade-like revival of the Shock & Awe campaign against special event attendees. It goes like this: get caught with alcohol on the SPAC grounds and parking lot and you'll be arrested and sentenced to chain gang labor of garbage pickup duty. Let's roll the tape:Just a few days ago, we were subject to SPAC's whining about the lack of

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Old School Marketing Is Still Old School MarketingMilkman Mike is a true old school businessman. Every morning, five days a week, he delivers bottles of the white stuff to little tin boxes on the doorsteps of suburban homes. He's been doing it for 25 year; his family has been doing it for close to 70. If that's not old school I don't know what is.Now, if Mike trades-in his rusting truck for a

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I guess the Russians still scare us more than the Saudis. Proof: here's a breaking scandalous business story from the AP today:AP Sources: Russian steelmaker to get US loan$730m US government loan to update Michigan plant DETROIT (AP) -- Two people briefed on the matter say the North American arm of Russia's largest steel company is getting a $730 million loan from the U.S. government. STORY

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Wouldn't it be nice if the US had a similar mechanism -- and the integrity -- to bitch slap its own tabloid, broadcast news and talk radio cretins? (see story, below).It looks like Murdoch's tactic of quickly closing down his London scandal & rumor rag didn't ensure the intended goal of serving up a head in return for keeping the BSkyB deal on track. Instead, all it did was give the shareholders

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Aren't we blessed to have a justice system that locks up a psychopathic mom who disposed of her little girl's body like a piece of trash, with the death having been the result of either dearest Mom's gross negligence (at best) or outright murder (at worst)? Wait, what?How could the prosecutors blow this case? Maybe it has something to do with relying on 'odor chemistry'? But just like Marcia

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The old site becomes a 3yo snapshotAs some of you readers are aware, we here at Nanoburgh dabble in the music business. Translation: we produce and promote live concerts, mainly on the low end of the spectrum (100 to 500 attendees per show). It's more a passion than a business, but it's something we're good at. Over the years, we've put together a perfect streak of excellence on the stage, having

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Local media and racing fans need to see bigger pictureThe thoroughbred horse racing industry has its share of problems. If it were to be a single business entity, the standard "these conditions raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern" clause that is seen in the financial statements of troubled companies would appear in theirs. Anyone involved in racing knows

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Dr Mark Gerard died yesterday. That name won't mean a thing to most readers. But to anyone with an interest in either the sport of horse racing or the sport of scam-making, this guy was a true gem.Mr Gerard was a race track vet in the 60's and 70's, rising to the apex of his profession. Now, how did he gain that lofty standing? Try these legendary names of the turf: Secretariat, Kelso, Riva Ridge

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Earlier Closing Time is Not the SolutionBut it IS Time for an Adult ConversationAnother Saturday night, another drunken brawl in the Saratoga Springs bar district . So went the downtown action last evening. This time, four city officers were injured during the festivities.The squawk box signaled for a squad to attend a full-out melee that was going down in the upstairs joint at #30 Caroline

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I was recently asked to write a column for a corporate newsletter about the 'The Scam of SEO' epidemic -- and had on my Sunday night to do list getting an outline started for just such an article.Lo and behold, my own incoming reading list alert this AM shows a short article that beats me to the punch and highlights the same themes that I was about to embark on. You can read Why SEO Disgusts Me

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Saratoga is sorely lacking in a locally-centric blog of quality, attitude and a keen awareness. With the disappearance of i-Saratoga and Disutopia of Saratoga Springs (please guys: bring 'em both back!) and with JT at Saratoga Politics (aka Saratoga in Decline) concentrating his razor sharp focus on the homegrown kookiness known as NXIVM, a destination site for getting a pulse of the city is

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Springsteen didn't quite do it for me at first. Yes, it was the age of albums, but still, one needed the occasional listen from a college station or a neighbor's window to entice a dive into any given artist's LP. But what I was hearing from the first two works didn't give me that incentive. To these choosy ears, it was too piano-heavy, with sloppy engineering and over-the-top lyrics.Granted,

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The New York Times recently dug into its archives and ran a photo essay on NYC thoroughbred racing in the 1960's. The most interesting picture from the bunch is this one:Aqueduct 1966 (Image #12)No, it's not Belmont Stakes Day. Instead, it was simply the meet-ending race card of the autumn Aqueduct meet in 1966. This was back when racing mattered, and before it became the year-round grind it has

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Watch the Video America's Largest Chemical Company Doesn't Want You to SeeWhen a Dow Chemical PR firm asked "green" author Anna Lappé to contribute a video about the future of water for Dow's flashy new greenwashing effort called "The Future We Create," she was delighted to provide them with exactly what they had asked for. In her 60-second submission, Lappé stressed that toxic chemicals are one

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We've all seen this image by now, of the assembled group in the White House's Situation Room, looking in on the developing raid to get Osama bin Laden. Great drama, as best captured via a single image.Now, here's an exercise I might recommend, whenever you are in need of simple encouragement or when you think things couldn't be any worse, could they?:* Make a mental subsitution of the faces of

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In this Land of Nomads, memories freeze while life goes on We all know the drill with car tires: the brand new fresh ones go up front and the worn front ones now go to the back. The best of the back becomes the spare and the two leftovers go to the dump or become a ids' swing or decorative (and recycled!) garden ornament.We rotate our circle of friends in much the same way, if only in a slightly

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Q: Who was responsible for the comeback of Pabst Blue Ribbon? What was once a cheap workingman's beer disappeared for decades. Now you can't walk into a live-music joint (or any joint in Brooklyn, for that matter) and not see the young crowd slugging it down. Find that person and put him/her in charge of everything. Now that's what I call a corporate turnaround! I smell a book coming.Recall a few

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Just announced: a new show for Saratoga Springs, NY.Joe Louis Walker, recognized as one of the premier blues artists in the land, will make a local nightclub appearance at The Parting Glass Pub in the Spa City on Thursday, May 26.The timing is interesting, given that the show will commence three weeks after the Blues Music Associations's 2010 Awards ceremony. At that time, we will know how many

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Teacher Certification serves little useful purpose and needs to be done away with. I, myself, could not walk into a HS and teach Business / Entrepreneurship 101 because of the fact that I don't have that tag. Neither could Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or Warren Buffett, for that matter. All that teacher certification does is to declare that someone is deemed as being capable of following a formula

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From the EarthTalk files...Dear EarthTalk: I heard someone say that the environmental benefits of natural gas for electricity generation were overstated and that it is not as green-friendly as the industry would have us believe. What is your take on this? In our increasingly carbon-constrained world, natural gas (also known as methane) does keep coming up as a potentially cleaner fuel

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John Tighe leads charge against NXIVM forcesAlleged cult's worst nightmare: a guy with nothing to loseYou sure haven't read any of this in The Saratogian, have you? Support real journalism: pay for itSaratoga Springs --- The most interesting Capital Region media story of the past year has been the ongoing battle royal between Saratoga native John Tighe and NXIVM, the controversial group that

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April 20 Rusted Root show signals expanded bookingsSaratoga Springs --- Opportunity presents itself in a number of manners.The unfulfilled demand for a specific product is one of the key examples of such; and the ability to recognize that opening and then execute a strategy to fill its void will reward those few that can do both. There lies the formula for successful business enterprise

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IVI.TV ruling shuts down cable's new thornBlinders? Yes. But monopoly protection, tooI'm not what you call a big TV Guy: 90% of the offerings across the digital cable universe are pure cultural garbage, in my humble opinion. In fact, that 90% might even be a tad conservative a figure. Just give me an occasional PBS hit, with a ball game now and then along with my regular bites of Family Guy and

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Today's mega time wasterQualifiers: a) I actually remember it! (obviously)b) Touring acts of at least minimal renownc) Does not include local, cover, bar bands, etcd) Does not include the one semi-famous band for whom I very briefly playedI know I am forgetting a few, but here we go, alphabetically:805AerosmithAlbert CummingsAllman BrosAmbrosiaAmy LavereAntibalasArgentArlo GuthrieB B KingBandBig

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In the good news department:It's so refreshing to see an example of urban renaissance, where a down & out old Industrial Age relic of a town can show significant signs of making a comeback into something fresh and exciting. In this case, that story belongs to Hudson, New York.Here's part of the story, highlighting how the burgeoning creative-music scene is playing a major role in this

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Albany rarely makes the national news for anything of significance, but at least it gets some play on World Star Hip Hop!

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With the latest craziness on the Saratoga County - based NXIVM cult / human development organization being revealed this week, we here at Nanonburgh? thought it might be helpful to teach how YOU TOO can form your own cult:

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If a problem's existence is ignored, is it truly a problem?How's the thought of a WalMart or TGIF on Broadway sound?Is Saratoga's jump the shark moment close at hand?"Denial is a common tactic that substitutes deliberate ignorance for thoughtful planning." (Charles Tremper)"The speed of the human mind is remarkable. So is its inability to face the obvious."(Simon Mawer, The Gospel of Judas")

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An intriguing proposal has been advanced; one that promises to deliver significant environmental, economic and social benefits to the Northeast USA. Its name is Thermal Biomass.Here is a recent background piece, written by yours truly and appearing in this month's edition of eco Local Living magazine. Note: here is a mock up of a Biomass eco Village, as referenced in the story:Note: here is a

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Sure, the not-suprising direct-line/cause & effect was bound to be drawn by some on the left; that was expected. But so was the "see, dere go da lame-stream media , picking on us gun loving 'mericans agin" counter move by the right wing machine. Need proof? Google Palin this AM. It goes both ways, just like we knew it would. Sound bites and the abandoning of logic rule the process; I wouldn't be

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We knew it was coming: the framing of this event as a no more than a single crazy nut, with no logical tie-in to the New Right's more structured movements and efforts. Yes, today -- as predicted -- we have the former (at least we think former) prescription pill addict Rush Limbaugh stating just such a case to his network of the logically-challenged.The problem with that argument, of course, is

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A legit argument can be made for US gun ownership by sane individuals, under reasonable limitations and mandated safeguards. I can buy into that.But the NRA does not. If you live in Saratoga, you know the recent local tragedy that could have been averted with the presence of a simple and inexpensive gun lock. The NRA is 100% against such a mandate. It claims that its own cartoon-character's

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The late Rick Danko --- to me, the heart of The Band --- was born on this date in 1943. Here he is in The Last Waltz, performing what just might be the greatest love song in rock & roll; never feeling so all alone ...

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Fred Hargesheimer, American hero and exemplar of the potential of all that can be good about humanity, died this weekend. Please read his story...=================================================================EDITOR'S NOTE: The story of Fred Hargesheimer is a saga of the human spirit, a parable for a century of war and strife, or any century. A reporter visits the Pacific island where the story

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One of those "I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I first heard about it" moments; thirty years ago today:In an interesting bit of historical trivia, here is the off-broadcast conversation between Howard Cosell and Frank Gifford, as they debated whether to make the announcement on-air or not:

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From the EarthTalk files...Dear EarthTalk: In my business courses in college, we were taught that ecological degradation was an “externality”—something outside the purview of economic analyses. Now that the environment is of such concern, are economists beginning to rethink this? (Josh Dawson)By definition, economic externalities are the indirect negative (or positive) side effects, considered

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