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Blogosphere Here to Stay, NY Times Latest to Cut Workforce

The New York Times will cut up to 150 positions because of declines in advertising revenue, it was announced Monday.

Victim of Canon Blast Still Hurts

The Post Star follows-up on the canon accident at Fort William Henry.

Queensbury Moose Relocated

The Post Star reports on the moose caught at Aviation Mall. And you didn’t believe it when we reported a moose sighting.

Amazing New Technology

There is now an application to clean your computer screen from the inside. Click here to see a demonstration.

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A Bedtime Poem on Cold Nights for Little Leaves


I’ll tell you how the leaves came down,
The great tree to his children said.
You’re getting sleepy, yellow and brown,
Yes very sleepy, little red.
It’s quite time to go to bed.

“Ah,” begged each silly pouting leaf,
Let us a littler longer stay.
Dear Father Tree, behold our grief,
‘Tis such a very pleasant day.
We do not want to go away.”

So for one more day
The great tree to his children clung.
Frolicked and danced and had their way,
Among the autumn breezes swung.
Whispering all their thoughts among.

“Perhaps the great tree will forget,
And let us stay until the Spring,
If we all beg and coax and fret.”
But the great tree did no such thing,
He smiled to hear their whispering.

Come children all to bed, he cried,
And e’er the leaves could urge their prayer.
He shook his head, and far and wide
Fluttering and dancing through the air
Down came the leaflets – everywhere.

I saw them – on the ground they lay
Golden and red – a huddled swarm
Waiting for one, from far away
White bed-clothes heaped upon her arm
Should come to keep them safe and warm.

The great bare tree looked down and smiled,
“Good-night dear little leaves,” he said.
And from below each sleepy child
Looked up and murmured
“It is so nice to go to bed.”

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Bids Too High for Bolton Town Park

The Post Star reported that plans to renovate Rogers Park Pier in Bolton Landing have been set back after bids came in too high and were rejected.

Public Employee Pay Blasted

WNBZ had a story about Unshackle Upstate’s charges that the state’s pay structure is not only outpacing the private sector, but also burdening local tax bases with the bill. Amen to that!

Rare Weapons Donated to Fort Ticonderoga

Fort Ticonderoga has been given a collection of more than 100 antique firearms. Read about it here in the Press Republican.

Net Neutrality Rules a Boon to Consumers

What is this all about? Read the Wall Street Journal to learn more.

Michael Jackson Video Showing Penguin Dance Leaked

I had heard that Michael Jackson was going to debut a new dance expected to be as big as his moon walk. YouTube has a leaked clip of what it may have looked like.

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Saturday Quote

“I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down’.”

Bob Newhart

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Post Star Editorial on Making the APA Pay

Sound familiar?

“The agency’s staffers can read. They knew they were twisting the law beyond any legitimate shape, but they pushed ahead anyway, in bad faith.”

It’s not just happening in Huletts. The APA is taking unjustified positions in other areas also. For this they’ll most likely pay. Literally. Read the Post Star editorial here.

How Do You Spend You Day?

The NY Times has this neat interactive graphic which shows how different groups of people spend their day. Cool.

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But Can It Swing a Golf Club?

This is a really cool video which shows the tremendous advances in robotic technology. This video demonstrates a high-speed robotic hand bouncing and throwing a ball while also doing other cool things. Watch it twirl a pen, knot a rope and catch a cell phone.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KxjVlaLBmk

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Emulating a Thunderstorm Acapella

With the end of the summer, comes the end of thunderstorm season. The first two minutes of this video show the Perpetuum Jazzile of Africa performing the sounds of a thunderstorm. (Be sure to turn you speakers up for the beginning.) Wow!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5Qw

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Man Wanted for Murder Arrested in Whitehall

The Post Star reports on an arrest made this week in Whitehall.

Triathlon Scheduled for October

The Adirondack Almanack reports on the Rogers Rangers Challenge triathlon scheduled for Saturday, October 3rd, in the area.

Study Shows Men Lose Their Mind Talking to Pretty Women

There is now proof! Beautiful women have an effect on men. Read about it in the Telegraph.

Now Becoming the Weak State: Business Must Now Pay Tax to Collect Sales Tax

Forget the empire state, we’ve become the tax state! This Times Union piece illustrates what NY has become.