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In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Don’t Feel Rich - New York Times
Why we’ve chosen to do business/focus on Reno/Tahoe/Salt Lake City summed up neatly in one article. Here in Reno/Tahoe, it’s more about how many inches of travel your mountain bike has, how many skis/snowboards you own, and how many powder days did you get in last year.My kids are just as smart and educated yet ski/ride better.Bottom line: this is just a lot of vanity. This quote sums it up best: “Here, the top 1 percent chases the top one-tenth of 1 percent, and the top one-tenth of 1 percent chases the top one-one-hundredth of 1 percent,” he said.
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RGJ.com: Clean Energy Summit coming to Reno
EDAWN, NCET and NDA teaming up to bring you a cool event! The state’s top political leaders and several major companies will head the first Nevada Clean Energy Summit in Reno on Aug. 18, one day after the 10th annual Lake Tahoe Summit.
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Painting the town red, tangerine and cobalt - Los Angeles Times
Homes all over L.A. are getting the color treatment, pitting bold against beige. I’ve wondered when this would start happening. Little mountain towns are very bright, festive happy places and the home colors reflect that.
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In ‘08 race, a little leg may go a long way - Los Angeles Times
Sex, they say, sells. Aspiring presidential couples are bringing that notion to the fore (spontaneously or not). The significant other is an “asset” in today’s presidential race.
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RGJ.com: Clean Energy Summit coming to Reno
The state’s top political leaders and several major companies will head the first Nevada Clean Energy Summit in Reno on Aug. 18, one day after the 10th annual Lake Tahoe Summit. EDAWN, NDA and NCET sponsoring.
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RGJ.com: Grand Sierra trims costs
The Grand Sierra Resort, Reno’s largest gaming property, is asking executives and managers to take 10-percent pay cuts to balance belt-tightening between management and employees. I don’t think this is too much to be alarmed over. They’ve been throwing do
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TED | TEDBlog: 100 Websites You Should Know and Use
The Web is constantly turning out new and extraordinary services many of us are unfamiliar with. During TED University at this spring’s TED2007 in Monterey, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, offered an ultra-fast-moving ride through site
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Channel 4 KRNV.com: Police Seeking Possible Witnesses in Antonio ‘Tony’ Atwater Investigation
Reno lost a visionary entrepreneur this week. The “Father of IPTV”, Tony Atwater drowned. This has been a sad story that is now getting strange: Reno Police Department say they are searching for a possible witness to the last hours of Antonio Atwater’s li
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Link roundup: Poor millionaires, clean energy, color, sex and politics, Tony Atwater
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Bottom line: this is just a lot of vanity. This quote sums it up best: “Here, the top 1 percent chases the top one-tenth of 1 percent, and the top one-tenth of 1 percent chases the top one-one-hundredth of 1 percent,” he said.
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