Posted on May 29 at 8:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Tragic? The situation in Myanmar is tragic. The earthquakes in China were tragic. The tornadoes in the US were tragic. The closing of a golf ball factory hardly qualifies as tragic.

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Posted on May 28 at 7:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)

We don't recycle them because we reuse the few we get (when not using reusables) as wastebasket liners.

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Posted on May 22 at 7:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Don't buy your mat, chopsticks, sushi rice, wasabi, or pickled ginger at a supermarket -- go to an Asian market. You'll pay a lot less and the quality is better.

Oh, and by the way, the possesive form is its (no apostrophe). "...mistake wasabi as avocado for it’s green, smudgy texture."

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Posted on May 21 at 8:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

You didn't mention interracial marriage, which was only approved of by 48% in 1994, rising to 77% in 2007, according to Gallup. Women didn't used to have the right to vote, blacks were 3/5 of a person, and slavery was legal. Sometimes people come to realize that the "absolute wrongs" weren't so absolute, and that the things they approved of weren't so good.

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Posted on May 14 at 7:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)

They all have jobs on the outside like everyone else. Racing is their hobby:

Modified big block engine race car driver Erik Nelson of Amsterdam said for the last nine years he’s put up about half of his regular annual salary toward the operation of his race team, which also includes a small block engine car. “I don’t hunt, I don’t fish, I don’t play checkers or chess. I race. This is what I do,” Nelson said.

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Posted on May 12 at 7:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Didn't MVP also receive Metroplex funds for their parking garage? Since they're not-for-profit how exactly does Ray Gillen make the statement that Metroplex doesn't give funds to non-profits? The writer of the original article should have questioned that.

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Posted on March 9 at 3:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Who are the Binghamton Whalers? Could it be that you mean the Senators?

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Posted on March 5 at 7:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Don't show up for work, do a lousy job when you do, and then you get a raise? Perhaps an increase in pay should be accompanied by a thorough house-cleaning.

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Posted on February 29 at 10:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hillside school in Niskayuna was also under lockdown.

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Posted on February 28 at 2:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It's really a matter of pay now or pay later. Not emphasizing energy efficiency now will cost the taxpayers down the road when we're trying to defend ourselves against climate change. Thankfully, some have a long-term view.

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