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October 26. 2013 1:26AM
In North Andover, Mass., the 17-year-old captain of the volleyball team has been stripped of her leadership position and suspended for five games. Her offense: attending an underage drinking party. She "attended" when she answered a drunk friend's call for a ride home. She neither drank nor possessed alcohol during her breif time at the party, at which she arrived after the police. Nonetheless, say school administrators, rules are rules, and Erin Cox must be punished.
In Maryland this past spring, a second-grader was suspended for two days for chewing a Pop-Tart-like breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun and pretending to shoot it.
As The Washington Post put it, "School officials allege he pointed the weapon-shaped pastry at other students." The school administration insists that the incident is serious and must be placed on the 7-year-old's permanent record.
The Post also reported this case: "In Pennsylvania, a 5-year-old was suspended for talking to classmates about shooting her 'Hello Kitty' gun - which blows bubbles." She did not "shoot" the "gun." She just talked about blowing bubbles with it, and she was suspended.
In Georgia, a high school student had left a few fishing knives in his car, which he drove to school. He was arrested and faced felony charges. The county attorney dropped the charges this month, but some legislators told the Douglas County Sentinel that the case showed why Georgia's zero-tolerance law has to be changed. One legislator said a girl was disciplined for bringing a plastic knife to school to cut a cake for a class party.
In Huntsville, Ala., 15-year-old Christian Adamek streaked across the field during a school football game in September. He was arrested, and school officials said in grave tones that he faced expulsion and possible legal penalties for "public lewdness." If convicted, he could have faced prison time and classification as a sex offender. Under the weight of these looming punishments, Adamek hanged himself on Oct. 2.
In the name of "safety," overzealous school officials are harming children, sometimes ruining their lives. Children are not allowed to be children anymore. By definition, children are immature. They make mistakes. Teachers and administrators should turn those mistakes into teaching moments, not severe punishments with lifelong consequences.
And when a student violates a policy by acting responsibly, as in the case of Erin Cox, the school has a duty to revisit the policy, not punish someone for doing the right thing.
Has our society become so rule-bound, so reflexively unthinking, that we must punish kids for being kids?


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How did climate science get so politicized—and what can we do about it? Climatologist Michael Mann responds in this TEDx talk.
A lifelong activist shares her thoughts on revolution.
The epic journey of a plastic bag from its release into the wild to ultimate destination in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Occupy Wall Street protesters are now taking on foreclosure directly, helping families stay in homes or move into vacant ones.
Does Occupy Wall Street highlight the failures of traditional Econ 101? These economists think so.
Is it true that the U.S. can no longer afford to take care of its residents the way it once did? Annie Leonard takes on the "we're broke" myth in this 8-minute video.
Video: Nebraskans aren't willing to risk their land or their water supply to an oil pipeline.
Video: In more than 175 countries, people found creative ways to show they're ready to move away from fossil fuels.
Not just the recession: What our banking system has to do with our unemployment crisis, and what we can do about it.
Troy Davis' last words before his execution on Wednesday night included this call: The tragedy of American capital punishment must be brought to an end.
In Michigan, food stamps are worth double at farmers markets, which means more healthy food for low-income shoppers and more customers for local farmers.
Sarah van Gelder on Free Speech TV: How local economies can help fight unemployment.
Video: Two weeks and 1,252 arrests later—how a committed group of activists made an oil pipeline an international issue.
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NH GOP chair asks Dover mayor to resign from Bloomberg group in wake of rally naming killers victims of gun violence
June 21. 2013 12:58PM
New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairman Jennifer Horn is calling on Dover Mayor Dean Trefethen to resign from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which she calls a "discredited, out-of-state gun control group" at a center of a national scandal.
She says Trefethen is the only N.H. public official to hold membership in the group run by "liberal New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg" that she says has openly collaborated with President Obama's Organizing for Action in New Hampshire.
Mayor Trefethen was unmoved by Horn's appeal.
"Ms. Horn's email is full of the usual standard political attack language, which does nothing to further the discussion," he said. "If she has true outrage about an out-of-state group attacking Sen. Ayotte, then I'm sure she will also be outraged at the out-of-state group that is attacking Sen. Shaheen. When I see the standards applied equally, then I will take Ms. Horn's email seriously, but until then it will be disregarded as political rhetoric, and nothing else."
On Tuesday, Mayors Against Illegal Guns held a rally in Concord where more than 6,000 names of people killed by guns since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn.
Boston marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was shot dead by police, was among the names read out loud which caused a furor. MAIG later issued an apology.
Horn, in her letter to Trefethen, says others who were memorialized at the event were Christopher Dorner, a former Los Angeles police officer who went on a killing spree in February, and Kevin Bailey, who was killed by police after opening fire on officers during a traffic stop.
The National Rifle Association released a statement Friday claiming a review of the list of names read by members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns found 50 of the 617 names read were those of crime suspects killed by police or shot dead by citizens claiming a right of self-defense. The NRA said of 13 people on the list from Montana, "more than half" were either shot by police or had committed suicide.


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Copper stolen in rash of thefts at nine PSNH substationsBy KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 25. 2013 10:22PM
MANCHESTER — Copper thieves stripped sections of the wiring from nine area Public Service Company of New Hampshire substations since July 16, likely cashing the scrap metal in for quick cash while damaging equipment and requiring costly repairs.
"The theft of copper from our properties and other electric utilities around the country has gone on for several years. But we have had a series of thefts just recently, which is of great concern from a safety perspective, an electrical reliability standpoint and a cost standpoint," PSNH spokesman Martin Murray said Thursday.Utility crews discovered copper ground wires cut from transformers at four Manchester substations Thursday. They are among at least 10 burglaries at PSNH properties that occurred in the last 10 days, Murray said.The number of thefts are rising along with the price of copper, he said.
It's a dangerous pursuit, given thieves easily could get electrocuted in the process, Murray and Manchester Police Lt. Maureen Tessier said. "It's just not worth it for anyone for 50 bucks worth of scrap metal to risk their lives and risk damage to other's property," Murray said.
Police said Thursday they have made no arrests and have no suspects.
PSNH appealed to the public to report any suspicious activity at or around its substations to local police or directly to PSNH.
"We are concerned about all of these issues, and we are asking the public to help put a stop to this criminal behavior," Murray said.
Utility crews discovered more than $15,000 worth of equipment damage at the 833 Dunbarton Rd. substation Thursday morning, Murray said. Thieves cut a hole through the chain-link fence and stole about 30 feet of copper wiring, worth about $50 at a scrap metal yard, he said.
In doing so, they ruined a regulator worth about $15,000 that required crews to spend most of the day to repair, Murry said.
No one lost power as a result, he said.
Murray said this is one of at least 10 break-ins at nine Manchester area substations in the last 10 days.
PSNH is in the process of replacing its copper wiring with copper-clad steel wiring, which would have far less monetary value, Murray added.
Similar thefts reported Thursday occurred at PSNH substations at 1081 Hanover St., 58 Ronald St. and 149 Eddy Rd., Tessier said.
Police located some copper wiring similar to what was removed from the PSNH substations at Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc., a scrap metal yard at 399 Willow St., Tessier said. Police are trying to determine if the wiring is the same taken from PSNH, she said.


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John DiStaso's Granite Status: Equipment manufacturers hire prominent NH attorney to fight dealers 'bill of rights'By John DiStaso, Senior Political Reporter
May 01. 2013 2:25PM
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1: RETAINING VOLINSKY. The national Association of Equipment Manufacturers has hired a prominent New Hampshire attorney as it fights to remove from the so-called "Auto Dealers Bill of Rights" proposed regulations for off-road equipment, such as lawn tractors.
Andru Volinsky, of the Bernstein Shur law firm, we understand, has been retained to ensure lawmakers are aware of AEM's constitutional objections to the provisions of the bill that affect it.
Volinsky, a top constitutional lawyers in the state, will be outlining what AEM believes are "constitutional flaws" in the dealers bill.
Nick Yaksich, vice president of government and industry relations for AEM, said last month that putting his organization's manufacturers under the laws governing automobiles would be unprecedented.
AEM says almost every state, including New Hampshire, currently regulates automobile and off-road equipment separately.
AEM believes the SB 126 has constitutional issues that have not yet been considered by lawmakers and could be addressed by working with in the existing equipment dealer statute.
The full commerce committee is expected to vote a recommendation on the bill next Tuesday, May 7, according to chairman Edward Butler, D-Hart's Location.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1: NEW HAMPSHIRE CONNECTION. There's a New Hampshire connection to the Gabriel Gomez victory in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate GOP special primary this week.
Lenny Alcivar, senior vice president of Portsmouth-based Hynes Communications is a principle strategist for the Gomez campaign.
Also Alicia Preston and Kaitlyn Smith of the Preston Group served as unsuccessful candidate Mike Sullivan's communications team.
And, by the way, Jill Neunaber, Gomez's campaign manager, was the political director for Ovide Lamontagne's 2010 U.S. Senate campaign and was deputy campaign manager for Mitt Romney's primary campaign in 2012, hired by senior advisor Jim Merrill.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1: FISHER CATS WEIGH IN. The New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Wednesday went public in opposition to casino gambling in New Hampshire.
The minor league baseball operation said through its president, Rick Brenner, that the team attracts fans from throughout New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts, "and the additin of a casino and entertainment venue in southern New Hampshire will place our team at great risk."
Brenner said in a letter to lawmakers, "The competition for discretionary income of people in our region, in tough economic times, is not easy. When you add a casino to the mix, it becomes incredibly more difficult.
"Across the country, minor league sports teams that are forced to compete for the entertainment dollar with casinos do not fare well."
Brenner said the organization's goal since 2004 has bene to create a safe, affordable attraction for families and businesses."
He said the team's foundation has given "more than $2.5 million in cash, goods and services to thousands of non-profits.
"If a casino moves in, not only is out business threatened, but our ability to impact the community as well."
He also noted that the City of Manchester has made a "significant investment" in the team's ballpark, and, "A casino puts that investment in serious jeopardy."
TUESDAY, APRIL 30: WHAT IS, AND ISN'T A PUSH POLL? With major mid-term election campaigns on the way and the 2016 presidential primary races in the offing, state lawmakers Tuesday continued their review of legislation to tighten up and specifically define the campaign tool known as push polls.
"Push polls aren't polls at all but unethical marketing tools disguised as polls," University of New Hampshire Survey Center Director Andrew Smith told the House Election Law Committee during a public hearing on Senate Bill 196.
The bill, which passed the Senate on a voice vote on April 18, adds specific requirements to what is, and what is not, a push poll in order to try to clearly distinguish them from "bona fide survey and opinion research."
The current New Hampshire law has confused and frustrated some pollsters and campaign officials in recent years, especially after the Attorney General's Office, under former Attorney General Michael Delaney, took an aggressive stance in fining and bring civil actions against four alleged push polls that did not include the required disclosure and other automated calls.
Both push polls and bona fide research calls use positive or negative information about candidates, but a push poll is simply a "paid political advertisement" meant to sway an election rather than gauge voter sentiment and must be identified as such under the bill.
Entities engaged in true push polling must, under the bill, identify the organization making the call and the organization paying for the call, and provide a valid, current, publicly-listed telephone number for the organization making the call.
It is not illegal to conduct a push poll in New Hampshire, but the purveyors of push polls must be disclosed to call recipients, under both the current law and the overhaul proposed in Senate Bill 196.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. David Pierce, D-Etna, said Tuesday the proposal was developed in consultation with national pollsters and political consultants who are wary about doing business in the state because the current law is vague. That issue, combined with the Attorney General's aggressive stance, puts them they risk fines or potentially costly court proceedings and as a result they have threatened to stop legitimate polling in the state, which some perceive as a threat to the national attention state's first-in-the-nation primary receives every four years.
Under the bill, a push poll is newly defined as making telephone calls "as part of a series of like telephone calls that consist of 2,000 connected calls that last less than two minutes in presidential, gubernatorial, United States senatorial or United State congressional elections."
A push poll, under the bill, can also be "conducting such calling as part of a series of like telephone calls that consist of 500 connected calls that last less than two minutes in executive council, state senate, state representative" or local elections.
The bill further specifies that a push poll is calling for purposes other than "bona fide survey and opinion research."
If then defines "bona fide survey" and "opinion research" as collecting and analyzing data on voters' views "in which no sales, promotional, or marketing efforts are involved" and "there is no attempt to influence a participant's attitudes or behavior."
That includes "message testing," which the bill defines as "the study for research purposes of how individuals react to positive or negative information" about someone running for office.
"This bill is meant to switch the orientation of the current push polling statute away from subjective criteria to objective criteria," Pierce told the committee.
"It does not prohibit push polling but requires disclosure if you engage in push polling," he said.
He noted the current law says a push poll is a telephone call "likely to be construed by the voter to be a survey or poll. That leaves it in the subjective mindset of the voter."
Senate Bill 196, said Pierce, "sets out some clear bright line rules" which, he said, will remove much of the discretion from the Attorney General's investigations of future push polls.
"Whether we like it or not, campaign polling is here to stay and it gives valuable information" about voter attitudes, said Pierce. "Legitimate polling should be protected."
Pierce acknowledged that there will be ways for campaigns to skirt the disclosure requirements in the bill by, for instance, making calls that last just more than two minutes in length or go to just more than 2,000 recipients.
"But we had to draw bright lines," he said, "and after consulting with polling professionals, this is the number we came up with."
Assistant Attorney General Stephen LaBonte said his office is not taking a stand on the bill but asked that a requirement be added that bona fide opinion research and message calls include statements with "a truthful element."
He said the office still has "several investigations open" stemming from the 2012 campaign. In January, the office said it had 12 probes underway of potential push poll violations.
UNH pollster Smith backed the bill, saying, "It is important to clarify what push polling is in New Hampshire."
He said the revised language of the bill "clarifies the intent without leaving it open to investigations that can be politically motivated."
The bill grew out of several actions brought by former Attorney General Michael Delaney in recent years against political campaigns and pollsters, most recently a civil action against former U.S. Rep. Charles Bass's 2010 campaign committee. That case is still in Merrimack County Superior Court.
The Bass committee is arguing in court it was not engaged in a push poll in 2010, but rather legitimate opinion research. And the committee points to an advisory opinion last year by the Federal Election Commission that the state's push poll law does not apply to elections for federal office.
Despite the FEC opinion, the new bill subjects candidates for federal office to the state law, but it is unclear if that provision would be upheld in court.
The action against Bass is the most recent development in stepped-up enforcement of the push poll law and related statutes by the Attorney General:
- In October 2010, polling company Mountain West Research reached a $20,000 civil settlement for an improper poll made on behalf of Democrat Paul Hodes' campaign for the U.S. Senate.
- In August 2011, the state Democratic Party paid a $5,000 fine for pre-recorded political messages made on behalf of the party that the Attorney General did not properly identify who paid for the call.
- In January 2012, OnMessage, Inc., a Virginia polling firm, paid a $15,000 fine for a poll made for Republican U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta that provided neither the telephone number nor the name of the candidate on whose behalf the call was being made.
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The U.S. Comex gold futures surged 1.72% on Wednesday but retreated 0.35% on Thursday to $1,468.60. Gold weakened further by about 0.60% during Friday Asian morning. From the recent trough, the gold futures have rebounded 11%, but were down 12.4% year-to-date. The S&P 500 index and the Euro Stoxx 50 index inched up 0.04% and 0.15% in the past two days. The Dollar Index surged 1.10% on Thursday as the Euro/Dollar fell 0.84% while the Dollar/Yen declined 1.60% to breach 100 the first time in four years.
Jobless Claims, Inflation and Yen
Recent economic data from the U.S. have dampened the rebound in gold prices. The U.S. reported that jobless claims fell 4,000 to 323,000 in the week ending May 4, with the average claims over the past month back to the pre-recession level in 2007. The U.S. consumer sentiment is at a five-year high while payrolls improved again in April. The Chicago Fed, however, wanted to see a monthly job growth of at least 200,000 continuously for six months before calling a sustainable labor market recovery. The April Chinese inflation climbed to 2.4% because of rising food prices. Inflation is expected to increase further as the government plans to relax the constraints on utilities and resources. Many economists do not see further monetary stimulus from China given the country wants to restrain credit growth and improve the quality of economic growth. As the BOJ is purchasing more bonds to reach its two percent inflation target and the dollar continues to strengthen, the Dollar/Yen crossed the important level of 100 on Thursday, representing the 50% retracement between the 2011 high of 75.35 and the 2007 trough of 124.14. The yen is expected to weaken further.
The First Gold ETP Rise in Five Weeks
During the week ending May 9, the gold-backed ETP holdings rebounded 0.1% to 2,241.708 metric tons, the first rise since the beginning of April. In India, gold imports will likely top 100 tonnes in May after rising the same amount in April. The weaker gold prices, the concern that the central bank may restrict banks' gold imports as well as the festival of Akshaya Tritiya next week all help to boost the gold demand. The Bank of America tallied that the global central banks have cut rates 511 times since June 2007, and still have an easing bias as recovery is weak and inflation is low. Low real rates should help to support gold prices while inflation will tic up at some point given all the liquidity.
Data to Watch Next Week
The market will focus on Ben Bernanke's speech this Friday. Next week, we will watch China's April industrial production data and the U.S. April retail sales on May 13, the EU-17's preliminary Q1 GDP on May 14, the U.S. April industrial production and Japan's preliminary Q1 GDP on May 15 as well as the ECB President's speech on May 16.


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The 2009 CFDA Awards Are Here! Rodarte, Alexander Wang, Proenza Schouler Take Home Wins
>> American designers are trickling in at Alice Tully Hall for tonight's CFDA Awards — CFDA President Diane von Furstenberg was first to arrive, International Award winner Marc Jacobs walked the red carpet arm and arm with fiance Lorenzo Martone, Kirsten Dunst came with Womenwear of the Year nominees Rodarte, presenter Diane Kruger arrived with Swarovski nominee Jason Wu, Doutzen Kroes is resplendent in Zac Posen, and all were greeted on the front steps by a crowd of models in the nominees' creations.
Swarovski nominee Alexander Wang said he's "not nervous at all" — he woke up today and "forgot it was the CFDAs," but we'll have to wait and see if this turns out to be a night to remember for him, after all . . .
The ceremony is now underway, and host Tracy Ullman opened with a Kiefer Sutherland-headbutting joke — Proenza Schouler is an Accessory Designer nominee, and arrived with Daphne Guinness in tow — the CFDA crowd is a notoriously tough crowd, and the joke was met with "weak laughter."
Later on, Tracy, known for her designer impressions on her eponymous TV show, took a crack at impersonating Anna Wintour. Michelle Obama, who wasn't there in body, accepted her Special Tribute Award by video, and Rodarte's Laura and Kate Mulleavy accepted their Womenswear Award saying they watched Midnight Cowboy this afternoon to calm their nerves.
And the winners are . . . (nominees here):
- Accessory Designer of the Year: Proenza Schouler
- Popular Vote Award: Ralph Lauren
- Menswear Designer of the Year: Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein and Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders (tie)
- Swarovski Award for Menswear: Tim Hamilton
- Swarovski Award for Womenswear: Alexander Wang
- Swarovski Award for Accessories: Justin Giunta for Subversive Jewelry
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You'll have to forgive Brian Stum if he gets a little emotional on opening day in September. Then again, it's been so long, maybe he won't. One thing is for certain. It won't be just another game for the Waynesboro Indians varsity soccer team.
WAYNESBORO — You'll have to forgive Brian Stum if he gets a little emotional on opening day in September. Then again, it's been so long, maybe he won't.
One thing is for certain. It won't be just another game for the Waynesboro Indians varsity soccer team.
Stum, 48, became just the fourth coach in Tribe soccer history on Tuesday night, replacing Doug Beckner — who succeeded the second coach in team history (Steve Tanner) — as the team's head boy's varsity coach.
Stum is the son of Bob Stum, who was the first coach in team history dating back to the early 1960s. He retired following the 1996 season. The boys soccer program is entering its 50th season this coming fall.
"Soccer's been in my blood ever since I was a little kid," said Brian Stum, who was formally approved at Tuesday's Waynesboro Area School District meeting. "Soccer was a love of my father's and bled into me.
I worked very hard at the sport when I played. I was fortunate to have God-given talent. The main thing my father instilled in me is a work ethic. The one thing he said that stuck with me was, 'Talent that works will always prevail over talent that doesn't work.'"
Brian Stum, who has coached youth soccer for the past six years, was a standout player for Waynesboro from 1979 to 1982. He was a four-year varsity starter and played center/midfield under his father. Stum earned Blue Mountain League MVP, was first-team All-State and was an All-Mid-Atlantic selection comprised of numerous states in the region. He was also selected to several national travel teams.
"We are very pleased to introduce Brian as our new coach," said WASHS athletic director Eric McIlquham. "Brian has been involved in soccer here in the Waynesboro area all his life and brings a wealth of experience and success to our fields.
"Coach Stum has honed his coaching skills at the youth level, winning championships in 2009, 2011 and 2012 for his Division I and Premier Level teams."
Stum said he thought about the prospect of coaching varsity soccer beginning about five years ago.
"I really enjoy this," he said. "I enjoy working with the kids and developing players. My first order of business will be developing the program. We need an assistant coach. I'll look at soccer programs from youth on up and develop coaches to develop kids."


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Joining the band at Montezuma-Cortez High School is not a decision made lightly. It means committing to before-school rehearsals five days a week for nine weeks each semester - marching band in the fall and concert band in the spring.
Under a new policy, band students who stick with the program all four years will be exempt from taking a separate physical education class.
All M-CHS students need one full year of PE to graduate.
Veteran band director Rodney Ritthaler approached the school board last month and made his case for the exemption. For starters, other public schools - including in Grand Junction, Pueblo and Bayfield - have similar policies in place. He also said marching band participation demands enough exertion to satisfy the PE requirement.
"They sweat; they breathe hard. It takes physical endurance," Ritthaler said in an interview Thursday.
Finally, the change would free up time for band students to take another class of their choosing, either a core subject or elective.
The board members were supportive, although the idea did not ultimately require their approval. After consulting with the high school PE teachers, principal Jason Wayman authorized the change.
To qualify for the exemption, a senior student must have participated in band all four years. If so, marching band rehearsals in the fall are counted as an "independent study" PE credit, meaning the activity happens outside normal school hours. Then in the spring, the student takes an online health course monitored by Ritthaler, who said the curriculum will be identical to the in-school version.
Ritthaler clarified that the policy isn't a waiver, per se, because the students will still get a PE credit on their transcript signed off by the administration.
The policy will have no effect on band students who already took PE during their freshman, sophomore or junior years.
"I think it'll be great for everybody involved," he said. "It opens up the possibility of taking some other subject they wouldn't have time for otherwise."
The Marching Panthers have been a source of pride for M-CHS for many years. They were crowned 3A state champion in 2005, finished second in 2010 and 2011, and placed third in 2006 and 2009.
Ritthaler hopes the new policy attracts about a dozen students back to the band. Enrollment has taken a fairly precipitous dip, from 77-78 students the previous two years to 52 currently.


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Another View -- Molly Kelly: New Hampshire needs gambling money to fund its basic needsMOLLY KELLY
March 28. 2013 8:19PM
The state Senate recently voted for a bill to restore funding for education, provide mental health treatment and care, repair our roads and bridges, and expand economic development. The funds come from licensing a casino in New Hampshire - an approach that has generated some mixed feelings for me and for many who care about the future of our state. I voted for the bill, and here's why.
First, I am not a proponent of gambling. But I am a strong proponent of restoring the funding that is reflected in our governor's proposed budget. I can't emphasize enough how critical these funds are to my priorities and the priorities that I hear about every day from the people I represent.
Funding public higher education so that all of our state's young people have an equal opportunity; providing funding for mental health programs for those individuals and families who are suffering today without any hope for a better life; growing our economy with an educated and skilled workforce and real investments in infrastructure and fostering innovation; making sure hospitals and other providers don't close their doors to children and their parents due to uncompensated care: all of these are not only top priorities, but a direct expression of my deepest-held values.
So my vote was a vote to have the resources to provide an equal opportunity for a life with dignity and hope for all the people, not just some of the people. This is what the citizens of our state deserve.
I have heard arguments from those who object to a casino within our borders under any circumstances. Some question the revenue that will be generated, others the social costs of expanded gambling, and others see this as a pure moral issue. These are passionate arguments from people who truly care about our state and our citizens, and I respect those who make them. Let me briefly address each.
In terms of revenue, our best nonpartisan analysis from the legislative budget office says that a casino would generate $130 million per year, on top of the $80 million we get in this biennium. And this would be money we won't otherwise have. The New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, in offering facts on both sides of the argument, estimated that 2/3 of the visitors to the casino would be from out of state, and therefore would be bringing in new dollars.
In terms of social costs from gambling addiction, these are real and painful. But the problem is, they are already here, and they are about to increase. Make no mistake, with our 12 licensed charitable gaming operations and simulcast horse and dog races, gambling is here, and it is a massive $150 million annual industry even without counting our state lottery.
What's more, Massachusetts is about to license three new casinos right over our border. The New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies - again, with no bias toward casino gambling - has said that these new casinos mean that we will lose $75 million a year if we do nothing at all.
In short, we are about to absorb all of the social costs of casinos, plus the economic ones, with none of the revenues. The bill that I voted for at least provides tough new regulation on gambling instead of the lax system we have now, as well as millions of dollars specifically for addition prevention and treatment.
Finally, let me address the moral question. Everyone must judge for himself or herself on this question, and I respect different points of view. I simply point out that turning our young people away from access to an education because they cannot afford it is not only immoral, but very bad for our economy and for the future of our state. Keeping people with mental illness stuck in emergency rooms or even worse, shunted to prisons, is wrong. As with most difficult questions in life, there are real considerations both ways.
The bottom line is that our needs are real and profound. They won't go away if we neglect them; they will get worse, cost us more, and hurt our people more deeply. If there were other sources of revenue on the table that might come even close to meeting our needs, I might support them too.
So my vote was a vote to move forward, to try to help as many of our citizens and business as possible, and to uphold the values of opportunity, equality and compassion that our state should always reflect.
Sen. Molly Kelly is a Democrat from Keene.


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Anthony Weiner, disgraced former member of Congress and current candidate for mayor of New York City, admitted on Tuesday that even after his resignation from Congress he continued developing sexually explicit online relationships with younger women who were not his wife. The revelation reminded us of a 2008 research paper from the University of New Hampshire's Crimes Against Children Research Center. It was titled "Online 'Predators' and their Victims: Myths, Realities and Implications for Prevention and Treatment."
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All of Anthony Weiner's victims who have come forward have been adults, not minors. Other than that, his pattern of online sexual predation fits the above description precisely. The last victim, a 22-year-old who said she was going through a particularly vulnerable period, said she believed Weiner was falling in love with her, as she was with him. He promised to get her a job and buy her a condo.
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An evaluation carried out jointly by the International Committee of the Red Cross and WFP shows that the average monthly income of an internally displaced family represents a little over 41 percent of the official minimum wage, equivalent to US$63 dollars. Of this amount, displaced people spend 58 percent on food, 6 percent on health, and just three percent on education.
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During the ongoing EU Summit, the leaders fought over ways to reduce spending in the seven-year EU budget and further delayed the Greek aid talk until Nov. 26. With the 10-year Greek government bond yield falling for 10 consecutive days, market may be expecting an improved deal for Greece. On the positive side, the November China preliminary HSBC manufacturing PMI exceeded 50 at 50.4 compared to 49.5 in October. In the last two quarters, Chinese quarter-on-quarter real GDP growth re-accelerated. Higher Chinese demand should bode well for higher gold demand in the coming months. China is now the world's largest gold producer and likely the largest gold consumer this year. In 2011, China produced 361 tons of gold while imported 582 tons year-to-date through September. These figures compare to the annual production of gold at around 2,700 tons.
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Chip Kelly has described Michael Vick in glowing terms before, so an endorsement of the 32-year-old quarterback is not new. But Kelly continues to insist that Vick possesses the required skills, and mitigating circumstances last season hindered him from reaching his potential.
"Mike can still play," Kelly said in an interview with the NFL Network." When you evaluate a quarterback, you have to evaluate everything. The losing of three or four offensive linemen for the season, he took a lot of hits. You as a quarterback when you drop back hope that that guy is going to be blocked, and when we miss a block and he ends up getting hit, it's not the quarterback's fault.
"When you sit down and analyze what his skill set is and what he can still do, he can still throw the football, still accurate with his throws, he's extremely tough. There was no question in my mind that I wanted Michael to be back on this team."
Kelly has also praised Nick Foles in the past two months, so a statement like the one he made on Vick does not mean Vick is the starter. In fact, the Eagles could easily draft a quarterback in two weeks who could supplant both Vick and Foles.
However, the Eagles did not bring Vick back to be the backup. Vick will need to win the job -- it will not be handed to him -- but he will also have every opportunity to be the starter. It goes back to what Kelly said -- the "skill set." Kelly will try to hone that skill set, but in Kelly's eyes, the tools are there.
Two other points to touch on from the interview...
**Kelly was asked how the hashmarks change his offense. This is a good question, because as interviewer Steve Wyche pointed out in the question, Kelly was able to use the wide side of the field effectively at Oregon. The hashmarks are different in the NFL (70 feet, 9 inches from the sidelines, so Kelly must adjust. He admitted it affects him, but he answered it in a similar way to his answer for any rule change.
"I's not like that rule only affects us – it affects everybody else that we play against," Kelly said. "In college football, people tried to use the wide side of the field, but in the NFL you're not going to get as much wide side of the field use. The game is a little bit more balanced at the NFL level but no matter how you're doing it the same rules apply to all 32 teams."
**The Eagles continue to preach "best player available" in the draft, and Kelly is on board with that. As Howie Roseman has cited, the Eagles have struggled in the past when they reached based on need. Kelly reiterated this point in the interview. And free agency has at least offered options to help with some of the needs, even if those needs are completely solved.
"You look at the history of this, when people make mistakes it's when they kind of reach for something that probably isn't there," Kelly said. "We feel right now that we don't have a need, [that] we have to take this. We've put ourselves in a position to take the best player that is available."


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Payrolls rose 157,000 following a revised 196,000 advance in the prior month and a 247,000 surge in November, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. This was the major impetus for the S&P 500 hitting new highs for 2013, with the MAR13 futures trading up 10.5 points to 1503.75, hitting a high of 1507.50. Our decision level, or line in the sand for this market is 1460. This means, to us, that as long as the market is above 1460 it is in extreme bull mode. We anticipate this market to rally another 50 points by this summer, hitting 1550.
The market is forward looking, and today's report, especially with positive revisions to earlier months, gives the market a huge boost of confidence as to how the economy is performing. The only item that seemed to halt a huge up day in the S&P 500 is the unemployment rate, which actually ticked up .1%. The runaway bullish gap in our view is a very bullish indicator for this market. We would not be surprised to see the market move higher beyond 1550 this year.
The energy markets have truly been an interesting story as of late, with RBOB gasoline futures, heating oil futures, and crude oil futures all showing significant strength. RBOB gasoline is up again today, trading up $.015 to $3.04. Crude oil is more quiet today, but still up $.15 to $97.61. This market does seem to be losing steam after making a one-way $11 rally from the base at $86. Crude may consolidate from here in the short term.
Precious metals are also up slightly today, with silver futures leading the way. Silver is up $.43 or 1.79% to $31.79. Gold is up $9 to $1,670. We don't foresee any big upside moves to gold soon as we believe the market is moving more towards equities and energy. Silver, typically known as a volatile precious metal, has stayed true to the reputation recently.
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Garry Rayno's State House Dome: Fresh-start optimism meets fiscal realityBy GARRY RAYNO
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January 20. 2013 1:14AM
Optimism usually abounds at the beginning of a new legislative session with a new governor, but this year it was cut short when the state's fiscal condition was revealed to budget writers.
Money is scarce, and state revenues may provide even less than in the current biennium. That is a real problem when both a majority of Democrats and Republicans want to restore some of the money cut last session from higher education and from funding for the state's largest hospitals to help with uncompensated care.
Gov. Maggie Hassan cautioned in her inauguration speech the state could not do everything at once.
To restore funding to the university and community college systems and the large hospitals to previous levels would cost more than $200 million over the next two fiscal years.
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ANOTHER FACTOR: State employees are expecting a pay raise after going four years without a general increase and the last two without a step increase.
Senate Republicans and Democrats want to help businesses by increasing the tax credit for research and development from $1 million to $2 million a year. The House is not sold on the idea just yet, but probably will be because Hassan wants it.
Parents who had youngsters in the Children in Need of Services program want it restored, and mental health advocates say the state needs an additional $38 million over the next two years to address its mental health woes.
At the same time, the last Legislature reduced the cigarette tax by 10 cents a pack and established a business tax credit for an education scholarship program that will reduce revenues by $2 million a year or more. Lawmakers also prohibited taxing Internet access under the telecommunications tax, which costs the state an estimated $12 million annually.
Last year, lawmakers made changes in business taxes and the interest and dividends tax that will reduce state revenues in the next two years by at least an estimated $60 million and may well be $10 million a year higher.
And the Medicaid Enhancement Tax hospitals pay on patient services that used to be returned as uncompensated care aid was $34 million less than anticipated for the 2012 fiscal year, and it will likely be about that for the current fiscal year. There is no reason to expect that to change going forward.
The Center for Public Policies Studies expects revenues to grow by 1.7 percent in 2014 and 2.1 percent the year after. That translates into about $130 million in new revenue over the next two years, not a robust figure.
Revenue is not the only problem budget writers face. The state is likely to have a deficit this year and for the biennium.
The Medicaid Enhancement Tax issue is currently responsible for much of the shortfall in revenues this fiscal year.
The state reached agreement with the federal Center for Medicaid Services over the misuse of Medicaid funds dating back to 2004 that will cost the state $17 million this year. Another settlement with children services providers will cost the state about $3 million, and another Medicaid problem with school transportation will cost the state $2.5 million.
And then there are projected savings built into the budget that will not materialize, such as $16 million by implementing a managed care system for Medicaid patients that has yet to begin, and changes to the state retirement system that did not save $7 million.
Unbudgeted expenses also contribute to the shortfall, including $5.3 million for charter schools, $1.7 million for the judicial branch and $3.6 million for the state's match for Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster funds.
Legislators passed bills that will cost the state this year $3.8 million that was not in the budget passed nearly two years ago, such as capital expenses for the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center before the state turns it over to a nonprofit organization to run.
When everything is balanced out, the state could have a projected deficit around $25 million to $35 million at the end of the fiscal year, in June.
That deficit will have to be made up during the next two-year budget cycle, so that just adds to the misery.
The other elephant in the state's living room is a crumbling highway system in dire need of repairs. The state's turnpike system benefited greatly from federal stimulus money, but the other roads and bridges did not, and it is shows with the number of red-listed bridges growing by leaps and bounds and the quality of secondary roads falling considerably.
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WHERE TO GET THE MONEY: There is only one easy source of new money, and nobody would have to vote for a tax increase. When the tobacco tax was cut two years ago at the insistence or then-House Speaker William O'Brien, the Senate negotiators insisted on a provision that the tax would return to its prior level if it had not met projections, which it has not.
So in August, the tobacco tax will return to its former rate of $1.78 a pack, which will produce about $20 million in new revenue.
After that, the going becomes a lot tougher.
Hassan and key senators want to see "one, high-end, highly-regulated casino" along the Massachusetts border.
Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Morse, R-Salem, and Ways and Means Vice Chairman Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, have a casino gambling bill ready to go that would initially limit expanded gambling to one casino.
What that casino would produce in state revenue is an open question. Budget writers know they cannot realistically expect much more than the license fee, which will likely be in the $40 million to $50 million range for the upcoming budget.
How much state revenue the casino will produce after it begins operations is another issue. Supporters have said it could top $100 million, but Steve Norton, executive director of the Center for Public Policy Studies, told the House Ways and Means Committee that state revenue when social and enforcement costs are subtracted will be about $50 million, and less when Massachusetts has three casinos rolling the dice.
Under the proposed casino legislation, revenue would provide funds for education, Interstate 93 expansion and other highway projects, and money for host communities.
The problem is the House has repeatedly shot down expanded gambling proposals over the years, as recently as last year.
Another significant revenue raiser is being proposed by House Public Works Committee Chairman David Campbell, D-Nashua, and former House Finance Chairman Ken Weyler, R-Kingston, among others. The plan contains a 12 cent increase in the gas tax — implemented over three years in 4-cent increments — and a $15 increase in car registration fees, also over three years and in $5 increments.
The money would be used to finish the I-93 expansion project and go into a dedicated fund to repair the state's crumbling roads and bridges and help local communities with their infrastructure needs.
The proposal is already meeting resistance in the Senate.
Morse said last week there are better ways to raise the $147 million the gas tax and registration increases would produce, such as expanded gambling.
"We can't tax and spend our way out of this," Morse said. "That is not the answer."
There are other proposals such as a 10 cent increase in the beer tax that Hassan shot down last week, and several income tax plans, all of which have no chance of passage.
So the fight is on, gas tax and registration fees or gambling.
But the real questions are: Will that be enough, and will it come soon enough?


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SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. (AP) — Steve Hamill first ventured into the backcountry three years ago, drawn by a desire to be in the woods during the winter. But it was an unnerving encounter with a small avalanche that eventually drove the 52-year-old clinical engineer to a three-day course this month to learn how to survive in avalanche terrain.
Hamill is among a growing number of people seeking solitude, untouched powder and outdoor thrills.
But as more recreationists head into untracked wilderness — outside resort boundaries and ski patrols — experts say more accidents are inevitable. So avalanche educators are finding new ways to help recreationists keep out of danger, including borrowing an approach pilots use to communicate.
Where backcountry safety education once stressed the mechanics of avalanches and snow science, training courses now incorporate a focus on human factors such as how to make better decisions, manage group dynamics and speak up should danger arise.
"Telling people don't ever go out in avalanche terrain is just not going to work," said Scott Schell, program director for the nonprofit Friends of the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center, which this winter is hosting 100 free avalanche awareness classes and a series of workshops on decision-making in the backcountry. "What we're really trying to do is provide a framework for people to make better decisions in avalanche terrain."
Nationwide, 34 skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers, climbers and hikers died in avalanches during the 2011-12 winter season, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. Already this season, four people have died, including a 37-year-old man killed Sunday in Colorado.
Experts say human factors such as lack of communication and social pressure play a role in some of these fatalities.
The deaths of three expert skiers in the Washington Cascades last February "certainly opened eyes," because they were experienced and knowledgeable, said Mark Moore, recently retired director of the Seattle-based Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center, which provides forecasts and avalanche warnings.
Chris Rudolph, Jim Jack and Johnny Brenan died when an avalanche swept them down a steep slope just beyond the Stevens Pass ski resort, about 85 miles from Seattle. A fourth skier was partially buried but survived by deploying an air bag that helped keep her afloat in the snow.
"Despite the group's collective ski and avalanche safety experience, we lost three tremendous friends," said John Stifter, editor of Powder Magazine who had skied with the group that day, saw the avalanche coming and tried to dig his friends out.
Stifter looks back on that tragedy as "the ultimate example of group dynamics gone wrong," and stresses to anyone who will listen what to do differently.
Stifter was among 16 people skiing the backcountry that day. The group had checked avalanche reports and knew the danger was considerable, but he and others discussed it and determined they could ski safely.
His advice now: "Slow down — in everything. When you do, you'll be able to analyze what's really going on that much easier and effectively," he said.
Stifter hasn't been out in the backcountry since. When he does return, he said he will communicate more, travel in a smaller group and not be afraid to voice his thoughts.
Interest in avalanche education is growing as the backcountry craze explodes, said Tom Murphy, programs director for the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) in Gunnison, Colo., whose mission is to save lives through education.
Last year, 3,300 people took a level 1 avalanche course certified by his group — up from 2,700 three years ago.
At a ski lodge at Snoqualmie Pass this month, Hamill and 14 others gathered for a three-day course led by Pro Guiding Service to learn about snow safety. Instructor David Jordan used the tragedy near Stevens Pass to help students think through the decision-making process.
Jordan suggested using a communication checklist developed by AIARE — and modeled after one used by airline pilots — that asks a series of questions such as: Have they agreed to respect everyone's voice? Is there anything wrong with their trip plan? Would another route option be better? Can they see or hear each other? Is there an escape plan?
"The course hammered home: don't let the fact that you're in a group let you be quiet. Everybody's voice counts," said attendee Kevin Klein, a Seattle brewer.
Ian Koppe, an aspiring ski photographer from Seattle, said avalanches aren't going to stop him from hitting the backcountry.
"Just because it's dangerous, people still do it," he said. "You have to know how to go about doing it safely."
Hamill said the risks come with the rewards of being out in the serenity of the mountains.
"Being up there in the winter time is just majestic," he said. "If you're going out into the backcountry, there's risk just like there's risk in everything in life. But if you love going in the backcountry, you learn to accept those kinds of risks, and you try to mitigate it."
Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center: http://www.nwac.us/
American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education: http://is.gd/vS6rNO
Colorado Avalanche Information Center: http://is.gd/L3hZ3x


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Executive Councilor's letter to judge prompts call for AG review
SALEM - The state Attorney General's Office is being asked by police to review the circumstances surrounding a letter that Executive Councilor Christopher Sununu sent to a circuit court judge on behalf of former budget committee member Patrick McDougall.
Comments by Judge Michael Sullivan prior to McDougall's sentencing in 10th Circuit Court on Tuesday prompted Salem police to send a copy of Sununu's letter and an audio recording of the court proceeding to the state Attorney General's Office.
Sununu said on Wednesday that he has already spoken to Attorney General Michael Delaney about the matter and believes he has done nothing wrong.
"I write character letters all the time," Sununu said. "That's all this was."
Sullivan said he found the letter from Sununu on his desk when he arrived at work on Monday. It came a day before Sullivan was to sentence McDougall on a misdemeanor charge of obstructing government administration.
"I didn't know what the subject of the letter was," Sullivan said in court on Tuesday. "I opened the letter, and the first sentence made reference to Mr. McDougall. I immediately closed the letter without reading the letter, and wanted to put on the record this unusual event."
While defendants often submit character letters to the court prior to sentencing, Sullivan suggested he was disturbed about receiving one personally. Sullivan called the letter "untoward" and a "highly unusual event."
"My decision on sentencing today has to be what I hear in this courtroom," Sullivan said.
McDougall was sentenced on Tuesday to 48 hours in county jail and 50 hours of community service after being convicted in December of obstructing government administration.
The former budget committee member prevented EMTs from taking his wife to the hospital on the night of June 26 after she repeatedly called 911, suffering from a migraine. McDougall still faces felony witness tampering charges in connection with the case.
Sununu said he has known McDougall from his participation in town politics, and wrote in his letter that, "I have come to know him as a terrific father and husband."
"I know your reputation as a fair judge and when considering Patrick's sentencing I hope you will reflect upon his many positive attributes and contributions to the community and work to find a sentence that is reasonable but does not cause his wife and family excessive harm or distress," Sununu wrote to Sullivan.
Police said they contacted the Attorney General's Office following Sullivan's comments in court.
"We are aware of the situation and forwarding the matter to the proper law enforcement authority," Deputy Chief Shawn Patten said.
Sullivan's comments prompted police to question whether Sununu violated -perhaps unwittingly - RSA 640:3 (b), which deals with improper influence. That law says a person is guilty of a Class B felony if he "privately addresses to any public servant who has or will have an official discretion in a judicial or administrative proceeding any representation, argument or other communication with the purpose of influencing that discretion on the basis of considerations other than those authorized by law."
Sununu said he was asked by McDougall's lawyer, Neil Reardon, to write a character reference letter prior to the sentencing hearing.
Reardon confirmed Tuesday that he asked his client to solicit character references.
Sununu said he sent a copy of his letter to Reardon and hand-delivered another copy to a court clerk in Salem.
After hearing about Sullivan's comments from McDougall, Sununu said he spoke to Attorney General Delaney at Wednesday's Executive Council meeting.
"He told me that everything I did was well within the rules," Sununu said.
Sununu said Sullivan's comments were "completely off base" and doesn't know what prompted him to speak about the matter publicly. "The fact that he is trying to make a big deal of it, to me, is dumbfounding," Sununu said.


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There are so many options available today when it comes to planning your hotel accommodations. For instance you can choose a hotel, motel, resort, bed and breakfast and so on. When you travel to large cities or when there is an event taking place in an area, many hotels want to charge high prices to stay in boring, drab rooms without any of the comforts of home. The next time you travel you may want to consider an alternative option to using a hotel.
Airbnb is one of the best affordable options for many travelers today. Airbnb is a community based marketplace where local people with rooms to rent are linked with travelers looking for comfortable and inexpensive places to stay. Many of the accommodations listed at Airbnb are from people who own second vacation homes or rooms where the owner is usually away.
The types of accommodations listed suit the needs of travelers with budget tastes as well as those seeking luxury high-rise apartments. Currently there is listing for an apartment in New York for $100 a night. Considering that most hotels charge $220 a night or more this could be considered a bargain. There are rooms available in just about every country or city, which is of great benefit to travelers who may be visiting out-of-the way areas where there are not a lot of hotels nearby.
The transaction process to reserve accommodations is done in a secure manner that protects both the host and traveler. You may want to consider the following benefits to using this service when you make your next travel accommodations:
Rent unique accommodations such as a castle, sailboat or beachfront villa
More amenities available to guests such as access to a full kitchen and/or washer dryer and more
Most rooms are less expensive than what you pay for a regular hotel
Safe transactions between hosts and guests
A rating system that rates the owner as well as the guest
Visitors have access to the owner who is usually knowledgeable about the area nearby|With the rising costs of airfare and accommodations, travelers have to use every resource they can to cut travel costs. An effective way to avoid pricy hotels, thereby reducing the cost of accommodations, is to rent through AirBnB.com. The website offers a platform for owners in 192 countries to list a range of properties – everything from a typical flat to a treehouse – or a portion of their properties for rent.
West Chazy airbnb
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31 reviews
Here are 5 tips to help you navigate through AirBnB's listings in West Chazy:
1) Location, location, location: Choose a location that interests you and that provides a convenient base from which to explore your destination. For select locations, AirBnB now gives you the option to explore available rentals by neighborhood. Neighborhoods in Berlin, for example, are categorized by factors such as trendiness, local appeal, and areas that boast great dining options.
2) Pay attention to pictures and reviews: Unless you don't mind staying in a dump, don't downplay the importance of pictures and reviews. If a rental that you're interested in doesn't have sufficient, quality pictures, then immediately count it out as a possibility. Also, if a listing doesn't have reviews, if it has negative reviews, or if it has decent reviews but not enough reviews, it's a no-brainer to cross it off of your list of prospects.
3) Cancellation policy: Be sure to pay close attention to the owner's cancellation policy which can range from being very lenient to being very strict. Awhile back, my husband and I booked an apartment in Copenhagen and ended up having to cancel the trip. Because we hadn't carefully reviewed the cancellation policy prior to booking, we were only refunded 50% of the total rental cost. We could've been given a full refund if we'd booked an accommodation with a more lenient cancellation policy.
4) Avoid the red tape: My husband and I recently considered booking a rental for a trip we're planning to Italy. Although the apartment was gorgeous and the reviews were all positive, many of the reviewers mentioned that upon meeting the owner to pick up the keys, the owner handed them a rental agreement to sign which was drafted in Italian. We changed our minds about that particular listing because we didn't want to sign an agreement for such a short time and because we don't read (or speak) Italian! Similarly, you should avoid renting if you're uncomfortable with any of the rental terms and conditions or if the owner tries to make you jump through any unforeseen hoops.
5) Parking: If you plan on renting a car, make sure that the cost of your rental includes the use of a parking space, or ensure that there's affordable parking nearby.
Which Should I Go For, AirBnB or Couchsurfing in Clinton County?
The are many people who are cottoning on to the fact that there are plenty of alternatives to hotels and hostels when it comes to making the most of a city break. But there are two schools of thought when it comes to collaborative travel: on the one hand we have those who opt into the capitalist economy and opt for a paying stay to stay in someone's home and on the other we have those who espouse instead the wonderful benefits of the 'freeconomy'. Just for the sake of it, lets take a look at which of these two systems might be better for world travellers, and which might be better for those who are letting strangers stay in their homes.
The Pros of Paying Systems:
The whole thing is on a stable footing. No one gets the wrong idea about the arrangements, expectations or duties. This is a business arrangement, pure and simple and everyone can understand that.
The host gets money that can help them pay their mortgage and deal with the practical everyday matters that can't be seen to without cash. (We can't get very far trying to live entirely in a freeconomy when no one else is.)
The Cons of Paying Systems:
The whole thing is just a business arrangement. This may make it harder for organic friendships to form. Some might say it also perpetuates the capitalist, grasping mindset.
There could be some awkwardness over the exchange of money in someone's home. Should you ask extra for meals? What about for the utilities if your guest takes a shower or wants to wash their clothes? Even if you have agreed things up front, where do you draw the line without turning the whole thing into an exercise in greed.
The Pros of Free Systems:
This is an altruistic system, allowing for free exchange of knowledge, skills, information and most of all good will. It is the antidote to the commercialisation that plagues most of daily life. Kindness and co-operation are found around the world and these wonderful things are shown off through schemes where people allow strangers to stay for free. It gives you faith in humanity that not everything has to come back down to hard, cold cash.
You can get a lot out of it besides money. Though you are not gaining financially from the deal, you will gain much more in other ways and may even make life-long friends without anything being muddied by money.
Looking to earn extra money in New York?
A bit of spare time and a spare room. That's all you need to get started boosting your
income as a host on Airbnb. Whether you want to become an entrepreneur and work
for yourself or you already have a full-time job and just hope to make some extra cash
in your free time, you can find what you're looking for on Airbnb. You get to choose
when and how often you host. You can share a spare room in your apartment, host
your whole home the next time you're out of town, or create a listing for a vacation
house, if you have one. Airbnb makes it simple to earn extra money by putting your
extra space to work for you.
Getting started
The online process to create a listing is pretty quick and easy"you write descriptions
of your space, upload photos, and mark dates your space is available to travelers. And
it's always free to create a listing.
Your earnings
So just how much could you make hosting on Airbnb? Find out what hosts in your area
are making, and start imagining the possibilities. Besides saving for travel, Airbnb
hosts use their extra income to pay off student loans, upgrade their home, and pursue
their passions. Airbnb makes the payment process simple, too. Guests are charged
when a reservation is made, and funds are typically released to hosts 24 hours after
check-in. How you're paid is up to you: You can set up direct deposit, PayPal, or a
number of other options.
Host support
Once you're a host, Airbnb has all kinds of cool tools to help you feel comfortable and
confident welcoming guests. You can find hosting tips on the Airbnb blog and get your
questions answered by experienced, successful hosts in the Community Center.
Nervous about the safety of your home and belongings when you're away? Airbnb's
got your back: In the rare event an accident happens, your property is covered up to a
million dollars when you host"it's peace of mind for you at no extra charge. And as for
the folks staying at your place, everyone who travels on Airbnb needs to submit a profile
photo and confirmed phone number and email address. For extra assurance, you can
also require your guests to submit a government-issued ID.


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March 01. 2013 3:04PM
Bristol woman arrested for false report after abduction attempt claim
By DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
BRISTOL - A local woman has been charged with falsely reporting an abduction attempt last weekend.
Amanda J. Bucklin, 19, was charged Friday with two counts of false report to law enforcement.
Bucklin originally reported that while she was walking on Pleasant Street on Wednesday, a white man between 30 and 40 years old attempted to force her into his sliver vehicle with Virginia plates.
If convicted, Bucklin faces up to a year in jail on each charge.
Police said no further arrests are expected.


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Banker.GUG is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions.
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Banker.GUG prevents access from programs to websites of several companies related with security tools (antivirus programs, firewalls, etc.).
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UPDATE: The five lucky winners have been picked and e-mailed. They have until Tuesday May 24th to respond. If a winner does not respond in that time frame another winner will be chosen. I went through all of the comments and we had 57 total! (Some comments were all together on one so I wanted to make sure that everyone received the correct number of entries). The winners were picked using Random.org (I love this site!) and our five winners are: Venessa, Sofia, Kristina, Rebecca and Kristen – Congratulations to you all. I know you are going to love these products and can't wait to hear your thoughts once you've tried them.
Venessa said: I would love to try all the flavors. Everything sounds delicious! Thank you for this opportunity.
Sofia said: I would love to try the hazelnut chocolate milk! Looks delish!
Kristina said: oooh I would LOVE to win this – I could really use it right now! I want to try the cream of celery and the cashew carrot ginger looks great too.
thank you to you and Pacific for the opportunity!
Rebecca said: I would love some of that chocolate-hazelnut goodness! I'm sure it's as great as the other Pacific Natural Foods products I've had (mostly soups, milk)
Kristen said: Ooooo, I would love to try the soups! The spicy black bean soup sounds particularly yummy to me.
UPDATE: The contest is now closed (5/20/2011)
May is National Celiac Awareness Month! In honor of this there are tons of great things going on to celebrate. The National Foundation for Celiac Awareness is featuring a Gluten Free Blogger A Day (I will be featured on May 29th), Tons of great cookbook and product reviews and giveaways are also happening on a bunch of blogs – so please be sure to check out all the great posts this month.
A few weeks ago I was contacted by the lovely people at Pacific Natural Foods asking if they could stock my pantry with some of their products. I have used their broths in the past and absolutely loved them, especially the low sodium broths because I like to control how much salt I put into my dishes. Their products are all natural and delicious. The broths were the only products that I had tried because that is what I could find around me. I was pleasantly surprised when I looked at their website to see the huge selection of gluten-free products they had (listed under special diets). They have condensed soups (these are the only condensed gluten-free soups on the market!), creamy soups (I'm in love with the Cashew Carrot Ginger soup – sooo good, and I plan to use this by serving it over some rice with chicken, mushrooms, baby corn and bamboo shoots), and some very delicious "milks" made from soy, almonds and even hazelnuts. So when I received the e-mail asking if they could stock my pantry I of course said yes and little did I know that they would actually stock my pantry. I feel truly blessed by receiving all of the wonderful products pictured above.
We've tried the Creamy Tomato Soup and the Cashew Carrot Ginger Soup (as I mentioned above) and both were extremely flavorful. Bryan loves tomato soup and he really enjoyed this. He even ate it with his favorite little oyster crackers (he still has some gluten food items in the house and he can't eat tomato soup with out them). The Cashew Carrot Ginger soup is amazing. Thick, creamy, filing and the right balance of flavors. I did try a few bites of the tomato soup (before the crackers were added) and it was such a nice treat to be able to have tomato soup again. I have missed it so much and this tomato soup was delicious. Homemade gluten-free croutons would go great with both of these soups.
I can't wait to try more of the amazing products from Pacific Natural Foods. They also have some very delicious sounding recipes online that I am looking forward to trying out along with creating a bunch of my own. This one here for Grilled Chicken Primavera of course served over some delicious gluten-free pasta instead.
Have you tried Pacific Natural Food's products yet? Would you like to? If so the very generous people at Pacific Natural Foods have kindly offered to give FIVE of my readers a chance to win a similar gluten-free pantry staples kit to the one that I received. In order to be entered in the giveaway simply follow the instructions below:
1) Leave a comment below telling me which product you would like to try
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Open to US Residents Only! This giveaway will end on Friday May 20th at 11:59 p.m. Each person may enter up to six times. There will be five winners chosen by using random.org. Winners will be notified by e-mail and will have 72 hours to respond. If a winner doesn't respond within that time frame another winner will be chosen. Again, I was sent the products shown above by Pacific Natural Foods and the comments and reviews are completely my own.


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NH delegation responds to Obama's speech
February 12. 2013 11:38PM
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.: "Strengthening the economy in New Hampshire and the United States is my top priority. I was pleased the President echoed this focus tonight because nothing is more important than bolstering our economy and creating jobs for middle-class families. We should begin with a focus on small businesses, not only because of the role they play in New Hampshire's economy but because of their prominence nationally. Small businesses create two out of every three jobs in the United States so it is critical that we ensure they have the tools they need to flourish."
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.: "While I welcome the President's openness to simplifying our tax code to spur economic growth, as well as his acknowledgment that we must reform Medicare to preserve it, I'm concerned that he proposed many new programs without saying how we could afford them. With over $16 trillion in debt and the economic challenges we face, we need to enact a large deficit reduction plan that includes tax reform and entitlement reform, and a balanced budget amendment to put permanent limits on Washington spending."
U.S. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H.: "In his speech tonight, President Obama focused on what remains our nation's top priority: bringing Republicans and Democrats together in a bipartisan fashion to help create jobs and economic opportunity for middle class families across the country. As our economy continues to recover, we need to be doing everything we can to support job creation and economic growth. We all know that businesses, not government, are the engine of job creation. What the government can and must do is create an environment that helps the private sector create jobs. That means investing in a 21st-century workforce, developing affordable clean energy, and cutting red tape and streamlining regulations for small businesses."
U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H.: "I appreciated President Obama's optimism even as he spoke about our challenges. He reminded us that whether it's job creation, national security, climate change, education, housing affordability, or gun violence, we are one people, and, as he said, it is our task to 'be the authors of the next chapter in our American story.' Our task is clear - to work together to make it a great chapter."