Has someone ever asked you for advice? Should they move from this company to that one? From one career to another? From one city to another? A dear friend of mine has these questions looming large. Thinking about her choices at 3 a.m., suddenly I remembered several forks in the road I had taken. I had not known what they would mean.…
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J and P, if I pull you by your noses, you know what’s going to follow? Your heads, followed by your bodies. It’s that simple. The gentle leader fits around the dog’s snout, with the leash attaching underneath. The one negative, which I don’t really consider a negative—it will take you about 15 minutes to acclimate Della to the GL.…
210 YEARS AGO: Yesterday, in presence of the Commissioners, and a number of other scientific gentlemen, the machinery of the steam vessel of war Fulton the First, was put in motion by the force of steam for the first time. We are much gratified to state, that its operation exceeded the most sanguine expectation.…
70 YEARS AGO: Oneonta faces a spiritless, humdrum Memorial Day on Monday. In fact, disinterest may make this the last organized Memorial Day for Oneontans, unless they can do something about it. Robert Kearney, Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars is particularly worried. Few veterans have indicated that they will participate in the parade or services. None of the Gold Star Mothers plan to take part. Mr. Kearney is further disturbed that organized celebrations of our major holidays have…
Now Pandora listeners know what media service to buy, who to vote for, and how to self-deport if they intend to do something naughty, following a message from the Secretary of Homeland Security. So do they know that executing companion animals would not prevent them from running for high office. In fact, it might signal the right “virtue” to the right people.…
One of the teams that we would love to engage more people in is our Community Advocacy Team. This is a group of concerned, conservation-minded community members who are interested in connecting with local news outlets, communicating with our legislators, and helping spread the word about policy and law changes that affect us locally and impact our daily lives.…
135 YEARS AGO: Local—The new Election Law provides that “on or before the first day of September 1890, and in each year thereafter, the officers now charged by law with the division or alteration of election districts shall alter or divide the existing election districts whenever necessary in such manner that each election district shall not contain more than 300 voters. This will make alterations necessary in 19 districts in this county, just one-half; and, in several cases the excess…
110 YEARS AGO: What up to the present is the last word in the treatment of disease through the medium of the X-Ray is believed to be the Scheidel-Western Improved Interrupterless Transformer and X-Ray outfit which this week has been installed in the office of Dr. Daniel Luce in this city. R.K. Taylor, an expert representative of the manufacturer, was in Oneonta this week, and on Monday began the demonstration of the apparatus to all who are interested in this…
First discovered in 2015 by the Kepler Space Telescope, K2-18b quickly drew attention. It is roughly 2.6 times Earth’s diameter, making it unlike anything in our solar system—a so-called “hycean” world. Imagine a planet with a deep, global ocean beneath a huge, puffy atmosphere dominated by hydrogen and helium. It’s not unlike Lewis’ fictional world Perelandra: vast, watery, mysterious.…
Magnet recognition is one of the gold standards in the healthcare field for excellence in nursing and hospital performance. The fact that Bassett Medical Center is outperforming hospitals across the state and nationally—by ANCC standards—in these key clinical areas means our patients and communities can depend on us for best-in-class care close to home.…
