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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, December 17, 2015

VOLUME 24, NO. 51

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, December 17, 2015

COMPLIMENTARY

Franklin’s Mayor Sees Prosperous Days Ahead by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

With his reelection to his fifth term in October, Franklin Mayor Ken Merrifield will soon become the longest serving mayor in that city since its first mayor was elected in 1895. With seventy-five percent of the vote, his largest margin of victory, it’s obvious the citizens of Franklin are pleased with his accomplishments. Merrifield is quick to give the credit for the city’s growth and success over

the years of his term to those who work with him in the city government as well as past mayors. “We really have a tremendous team here in Franklin and we are blessed with some really great talent,” said Merrifield. “Both former mayors Tony Guinta and David Palfrey did terrific jobs as mayor.” Merrifield grew up and went to school in Nashua and later went on to attend St. Anselm College in Manchester as an English Literature major. Out of See merrifield on 32

A Charlie Brown Christmas At Pitman’s

Franklin Mayor Ken Merrifield was recently elected to his fifth term, the longest serving mayor in that city’s history. As Franklin is about to enter an era of historic prosperity for the city, Merrifield recounts some of the successes of the past eight years. Behind Merrifield brendan smith Photo is a painting of Franklin’s most famous son, Daniel Webster.

The Heather Pierson Charlie Brown Christmas Show will be Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street. Laconia, Thursday Dec 17, 8pm Tickets for the show are $15. Originally telecast in December 1965, the program was an instant hit with audiences who connected with Peanuts creator Charles M. Schultz’s cast of characters. This beloved holiday classic resonates with both children and adults of every generation. The musical score for A Charlie Brown Christ-

mas, composed by the late Vince Guaraldi, is just as poignant and touching as the story and includes the hugely popular hit “Linus and Lucy”. For reservations call 527-0043 For more info visit www. pitmansfreightroom.com

Inside This Issue:

CHRISTMAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Your Guide to Holiday Gifts & Celebration!

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Dec Through the 17th Emily Marsh Art Showing

The Art Place, 9 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. Emily’s original paintings from her Nouveau New Hampshire Calendar will be on display. 569-6159 Thursday 17th

Family Cookie Decorating

Laconia Parks & Recreation Community Center, 306 Union Ave, Laconia. 6pm-8pm. Moms and Dads sign yourself and your kids up to decorate your Christmas cookies! All materials will be supplied and you will take your cookies home with you. $10 per family of 4, $2 each additional person. Register and pay by December 15th. 524-5046

The Heather Pierson Quartet – Charlie Brown Christmas

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $15pp. BYOB. 527-0043 www.pitmansfreightroom. com

Thurs. 17th – Sun. 20th A Christmas Carol

Rochester Opera House, Wakefield Street, Rochester. www. rochesteroperahouse.com or 3351992

Friday 18th WWII Play “Not on This Night”

Garrison Players Arts Center, Rollinsford. 8pm. “Not on This Night” is a play by Evelyn Jones, and is set during the darkest part of WWII in Europe. Meant to warm the heart in a cold season, the play illustrates “the humanity of living life open to the possibility of goodness in everyone.” Tickets are $15-$18pp. www. garrisonplayers.org or 750-4ART

Hospital & Community Aid Street Fair Fundraiser Sale

Route 109A/65 Pine Hill Road, Wolfeboro. 10am-2pm. Items include antique sleigh, art, collectibles, books, furniture, toys, sports items, electronic items and more.

Lakes Region Singers Concert

First United Methodist Church, Route 11-A, Gilford. 7:30pm. Christmas Concert featuring talented singers and accompanists from around the region. Suggested donation of $8pp or $15 per family. 524-0835

Hospital & Community Aid Street Fair Fundraiser Sale

Route 109A/65 Pine Hill Road, Wolfeboro. 10am-2pm. Items include antique sleigh, art, collectibles, books, furniture, toys, sports items, electronic items and more.

33rd Annual Christmas Guitar Concert with Ed Gerhard

The Nutcracker Ballet

James Montgomery with Barry Goodreau

Russian Christmas Bazaar

Unitarian Universalist Church, 292 State Street, Portsmouth. Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 7:30pm. $28/ advance or $32/door. 664-7200 or www.edgerhard.com

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $25pp. BYOB. 527-0043 www.pitmansfreightroom. com

Manhattan Transfer

The Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551

Saturday 19th Santa Express Train Rides!

Hobo Railroad, 64 Railroad Street, Lincoln. 1pm. All passengers aboard the train ride will receive a cup of hot chocolate and each family or group receives a box of holiday cookies to enjoy during the 1 hour and 20 minute excursion. Children are given letters to complete for Santa which he and his Elves pick up as they make their way through the train. Each child on the trip will be surprised with a special gift! $20 for Coach, $25 for First Class seating for ages 3 and up. Ages 2 and under ride for free. Advance reservations are strongly suggested. www.hoborr.com or 745-2135

WWII Play “Not on This Night”

Garrison Players Arts Center, Rollinsford. 8pm. “Not on This Night” is a play by Evelyn Jones, and is set during the darkest part of WWII in Europe. Meant to warm the heart in a cold season, the play illustrates “the humanity of living life open to the possibility of goodness in everyone.” Tickets are $15-$18pp. www. garrisonplayers.org or 750-4ART

Kingswood Arts Center, 21 McManus Road, Wolfeboro. 7pm. Presented by Northeastern Ballet Theatre. $20/ adults, $17.50/children, students and seniors or $60/family of 4. 834-8834 or www.northeasternballet.org New England Language Center’s International Art Gallery, Rochester. 11am-3pm. Featuring an exhibit of unique contemporary Russian art and traditional Russian icons, storytelling, Russian cartoons and historicalcultural information about the crafts. As they browse the exhibits, visitors will learn fascinating background details about Russian folk traditions and items on display. Free and open to the public. 332-2255 or email Marina at marina@anylanguage.org

33rd Annual Christmas Guitar Concert with Ed Gerhard

Unitarian Universalist Church, 292 State Street, Portsmouth. Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 7:30pm. $28/ advance or $32/door. 664-7200 or www.edgerhard.com

3rd Annual Ride the Rails Against Hunger

Hobo Railroad, 64 Railroad Street, Lincoln. Noon – 5pm. Those traveling to the Lincoln-Woodstock area are encouraged to stop by to help the Lincoln-Woodstock Food Pantry. Non-perishable items and monetary donations of any size are welcome. As a way to thank those who contribute, anyone dropping off at least $5 worth of non-perishable items or monetary donations will receive three raffle tickets towards a post-event raffle. 745-2135 or www.hoborr.com

Sunday 20th Santa Express Train Rides!

Hobo Railroad, 64 Railroad Street, Lincoln. 1pm. All passengers aboard the train ride will receive a cup of hot chocolate and each family or group receives a box of holiday cookies to enjoy during the 1 hour and 20 minute excursion. Children are given letters to complete for Santa which he and his Elves pick up as they make their way through the train. Each child on the trip will be surprised with a special gift! $20 for Coach, $25 for First Class seating for ages 3 and up. Ages 2 and under ride for free. Advance reservations are strongly suggested. www.hoborr.com or 745-2135

WWII Play “Not on This Night”

Garrison Players Arts Center, Rollinsford. 3pm. “Not on This Night” is a play by Evelyn Jones, and is set during the darkest part of WWII in Europe. Meant to warm the heart in a cold season, the play illustrates “the humanity of living life open to the possibility of goodness in everyone.” Tickets are $15-$18pp. www. garrisonplayers.org or 750-4ART

Lakes Region Singers Concert

First United Methodist Church, Route 11-A, Gilford. 3pm. Christmas Concert

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World Snowboard Day At Pat’s Peak Pats Peak in Henniker will celebrate the10th edition of World Snowboard Day on Sunday, December 10th, This event brings together riders from across the globe, from beginners to experts, to kick off the season, and to celebrate snowboarding and its unique subculture. More than 75 events around the world are planned in 22 countries. World Snowboard Day Schedule Of Events At Pats Peak:11:30am-1pm: On snow Games on 4 lower features in terrain park. 1:30pm-2:30pm: Ollie Comp - one footed on Bluster All events are free with a valid lift ticket or season pass. $50 Snowboard Starter Special on Sunday, 12/20 ONLY. Guests MUST mention this special in order to get the discounted price. STARTER SPECIAL: For the First Time Snowboarder Ages 6 and Up. Includes Beginner Group Lesson, Rental Equipment, and Full Day Lower Mountain Lift Ticket (8:30am-4pm). Lesson Times: 10am, 11:30am 1:30pm (Please arrive 1-hour before lesson time. Go directly to the rental shop.) For more information on World Snowboard Day events around the globe: www.world-snowboard-day.com.

Mosaic Mural Project In Tamworth Please join Arts Council of Tamworth and mural artist David Fichter on Thursday, December 17, 6:30pm at Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth for the kickoff event for the Tamworth’s 250th Mosaic Mural Project, an opportunity to learn more about the project and begin the communal work of designing it. Fichter will show images of similar projects and explain the process, and then participants will have an opportunity to brainstorm design elements. Please bring old photos, other images, and ideas. More info: artstamworth.org/250th-mosaic.

Registration for “Becoming an Outdoors-Woman” Winter Workshop Registration will open January 4 for New Hampshire’s 2016 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) Winter Workshop, a one-day program where women learn outdoor skills to enjoy during the winter months. The Winter BOW workshop will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2016, at the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s Owl Brook Hunter Education Center in Holderness, N.H. A fee of $55 covers the workshop, lunch and most equipment use. A discounted registration fee of $25 is available for participants age 18-25. You must be at least 18 years old to take part. A brochure describing the workshop is currently available at www.nhbow.com. Registration forms for the winter workshop will be available on the website on January 4.

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A Christmas Pipe Dream

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

Deciding on the big Christmas present my wife and I would buy for ourselves this year was a tough decision. After a year of hard work on both of our parts, we like to reward ourselves with something special. We feel we paid our dues and taking a little something for ourselves is more than appropriate. The eventual decision was an easy one. Should we take a long awaited trip to Italy and visit their famous wine country and other sights? Maybe put down a nice down payment on a fancy sports car we can use in the summer to cruise the lakes and mountain of New Hampshire in style. Or maybe we needed to do what was necessary to avoid standing in ankle deep, smelly water in our basement. Our obvious choice was a new sewer line. We live in a house built in the late 1940s. The sewer line is constructed of something called Bermico or Orangeburg pipe. It is made of, get this, cardboard and tar pitch. I’m guessing that they called it Bermico because if they had called it “sewer pipe made of cardboard and tar� then their sales may have been less than they would have hoped for. I’m also guessing that whoever created this stuff figured they’d be long gone before the expiration date of these products in homes

across the country. Take the money and run, I guess. In some cases this pipe can last for as long as ours did, sometimes it will not even last that long. One thing they all have in common though is that these pipes will usually decide to end their lives around Christmas. (I assume this only from personal experience.) Once the decision was made to replace the sewer pipe instead of taking a trip to Italy, it was time to get down to business. The first step in this process is to let the plumber take you on a magic journey down your sewer line with a camera. It is sort of like that movie from the 1960s “Fantastic Voyage� except there are a lot more tree roots and toilet paper and a tiny Raquel Welch is nowhere in sight. Once you are convinced that, yes, you have a sewer problem (like the third backup in a row wasn’t enough) it is time to make the necessary plans. Our project was done by an interesting process called “Tric Trench� where a hole is dug in the front yard and a cable is run underground through the old pipe into the cellar line. Then a big metal head is attached to the cable with the complete length of sewer pipe behind it. (We chose the new, sleek, black fourinch wide model of pipe. There was really only one choice when it came to that, but I wanted to have that new buying a sports car feel when paying for the thing. It made me feel a little bit better.) Once the line is attached, the cable is pulled back through to the front while the metal head busts up the old pipe replacing it with the new sleek model. This avoids digging up the entire yard. There wasn’t a lot of

drama involved in this project like in other house projects I’ve had done in the past. There was no “uh ohs� and “this is gonna cost a bit more than I thought� words tumbling from a contractors mouth as my whole body goes numb. The whole process went pretty smooth. Still, there is always something. There is still about three feet or so of that old Bermico line still at the end of the run. It would have involved digging up a bit of the street which would have cost a lot more, plus the city told the plumbers they couldn’t dig it up anyway because the tar plants are closed for the winter and this was a job for a warmer time of year. (Oh , yeah, It was fifty-five degrees that day.) Anyway, there is still a section of that old stuff out there though it looked like was in good shape and hopefully we will get more than a few good years out of it. My wife and I asked the guys to wait a few minutes before they filled in the small hole and buried the new sewer pipe. We stared at it for a while and even took a few photos. No, it wasn’t a trip to Italy, but we wanted to have a few memories to keep. When you think about it, we’d probably only see Italy once, the same as the new sewer line, hopefully, so it wasn’t so bad. The plumber said he would give us a camera tour inside of it once a year if we wanted and were feeling nostalgic. For now, everything is working fine and it should be a great Christmas. I’m confident that the three feet of old line will hold for awhile. If not, there’s always a great birthday present for my wife’s July birthday.

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OBITUARY Provida Stone, 92

Provida and Charlie Stone

Provida Ruthella Rollins Stone Passed away December 10th, 2015. Surrounded by family & friends at Lakes Region General Hospital. She then took the trip across the Rainbow Bridge to her final forever destination - Heaven. Born June 16, 1923 in

Derry N.H. She had been in declining health since having a triple by-pass in Nov. 2008. Vida is now with her Mother & Father (Mumma & Puppa Rollins), Her two Brothers, two Sisters & other family members & friends who passed before her. She leaves her husband Charlie of 71 years, her daughter Dianna June Smith & her Provida and Charlie before they Husband Walter, were married. Grandson Dave Smith, Granddaughter Dawn Marie Smith & Great Granddaughter Harley Slagger. Vida Belonged to the Lawrencian Ski Club of Bartlett NH., The Sweet-Adalines of Derry NH and The American Legion Post 33. Meredith, NH. She Loved Dancing & “BINGO”.

Provida when WWII ended.

Volunteer and Change Your Life To The Editor: Just after Thanksgiving I passed a personal major milestone delivering my 350th box of nutritious food to a very needy family. You see, I’ve been volunteering at the Center Harbor Food Pantry for the last fifteen months. When I first started showing up on Mondays and Fridays helping Pastor Bob, I didn’t know what to expect. I thought I’d just be a laborer who sorted incoming food and perhaps handed a needy person a bag or box. That’s not what happened. It didn’t take long to discover that the other volunteers are happy and caring people. If you decide to volunteer like I did, even as little as a few hours a week, you’ll no doubt meet Pastor Bob, Pam Vaughn, Clinton Benoit and Marsha Chase. Laughter makes the time fly and everyone has a smile on their face when I’m there. But the deepest satisfaction comes from your neighbors. Yes, you may not know it, but there’s a very good chance a person on your street gets muchneeded food from the Center Harbor Food Pantry. We supply food to nearly 450 families in the Lakes Region on a weekly basis. Sometimes people have an unexpected problem arise and they don’t have enough food to last them to the end of the month. The Center Harbor Food Pantry is one of the organizations that fills that gap. One of

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the things I do is to deliver a box of food to a needy person’s door because they can’t afford to repair their car, they have no gas money, or they can’t afford to renew their drivers license. When they open the door and see me and the food, the happiness and relief I see on their face is priceless. I’m writing this letter to you because the Center Harbor Food Pantry is one of those under-the-radar groups in central New Hampshire that operates 365 days a year and needs your help. Perhaps you can become a volunteer like I am. Maybe you have food you can donate whether you’re a restaurant, a store, a bakery, or just a generous person who wants to help. The pantry also can use cash donations to help with equipment and other miscellaneous expenses. Please stop by the pantry and see what we do. We’d love to have you become part of the team and I personally guarantee you that volunteering for this organization will change your life for the better. It will bring you untold personal happiness and you’ll help hungry children who really need your sacrifice.You can donate here. https://www. gofundme.com/g85xdup8 Glen Aldrich NH State Rep. Gilford/Meredith

Marxist Policies To the Editor: Whatever beneficent sounding name the Marx-

This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee and the Cocheco Valley area with the new Cocheco Times. Our newspaper’s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in today’s paper which are taken from Calvert’s historic publication.

ist leftists now want to be called (e.g., Liberals, Progressives, Democratic Socialists) to hide their real intentions, they are getting lots of people killed. (And, I am not referring to the murders (Democide) of over 100 million un-tried and un-convicted citizens in the last century by the “utopian” governments they want for us, as in the Soviet Union, China (PRC), and Cuba.) I refer to the Marxist leftists’ policies that jeopardize law-abiding people while increasing the danger from criminals and terrorists. If being a “gun free zone” has prevented a single act of violence, the evidence would be repeated endlessly. “Gun free zones” only provide safe spaces for criminals, terrorists, and crazy people to kill, rape, and/or rob defenseless people. As demonstrated in Paris, Chicago, and all over the world, terrorists, criminals, and even insane people can get the weapons they want; no gun laws will stop them. Gun laws are only obeyed by law-abiding people. Overly restrictive gun laws have cost many Americans, and others, their lives by making them defenseless in the face of danger. Battered and threatened women are killed waiting for gun permit approvals; their restraining orders didn’t protect them. The high cost of gun permits make many people defenseless victims in high crime areas. And, since armed police were apparently absent, only armed See mail boat on 34

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National Security Profiling Is a No-Brainer Calm down and think, America. While everyone’s undies are in a bunch over Donald Trump’s proposal for a by Michelle Malkin Muslim immiSyndicated Columnist gration moratorium, it is undeniable in a time of “heightened alert” -- when violent jihadists have no problem targeting their enemies here and around the world -- that national security profiling is imperative to our survival. Yes, that means taking politically incorrect criteria such as ethnicity, nationality and religion into account when battling radical Islamist throat-slitters, suicide bombers and hijackers who incinerate children on airplanes traveling to Disneyland, plant bombs in their shoes, underwear, soda bottles and belts, and shoot up concert halls, restaurants, malls, Army bases and social services centers. Yes, that means unapologetic government tracking of Arab and Muslim foreign students, high-risk Muslim refugees, Muslim chaplains serving in the military and in prisons, and Arab and Muslim pilots and flight students. Yes, that means taking immigration status into account to apply increased, common-sense scrutiny of temporary visa holders from jihadist breeding grounds. All temporary visa-holders -foreign students, tourists, businesspeople and guest workers -- are here by privilege, not by right. Their visas can and should be revoked whenever necessary to protect national security. It is not “un-American” to bar

any new religious visas for dangerous Muslim clerics or to freeze visas issued to travelers from official state sponsors of terrorism. It is not contrary to our “values” to prioritize the immediate removal of all illegal visa overstayers and deportation fugitives from terrorsponsoring and terror-supporting nations. Should we have a special registration system for visa holders from jihadist strongholds? Hell, yes. After 9/11, the feds put in place a National Security EntryExit Registration System that required higher scrutiny and common-sense registration requirements for individuals from jihad-friendly countries including Afghanistan, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, as well as other at-risk countries. The basic components included a more rigorous application process in light of the shoddy visa questionnaires and undetected overstays of the 9/11 hijackers; 30 extra minutes of interviewing at ports of entry; a digital fingerprint check and in-person registration after they arrived in the interior of the country; and verification of departure once they exited. The targeted registration of certain foreign nationals already in the country (temporary visa holders including students, tourists and businesspeople) resulted in the detection and apprehension of at least 330 known foreign criminals and three known terrorists who had attempted to come into the country at official ports of entry -- including suspected al-Qaida operatives who were caught trying to enter the U.S. after their fingerprints matched ones lifted by our military officials from papers found

Cruz vs. Rubio -A Better GOP Race

A funny thing is happening on the way to the GOP meltdown. According to the latest by Rich Lowry Quinnipiac Syndicated Columnistzz poll, the two most popular and broadly acceptable candidates in the field are perhaps the most talented and most reliably conservative. Oh, and by the way, they are Hispanics in their 40s. Donald Trump is still leading the polls and has demonstrated a staying power that has confounded his critics, but Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are now beginning to stand out in the rest of the field, clustering with Ben Carson in effectively a three-way tie for second place nationally. According to the latest Quinnipiac poll, Rubio and Cruz have See malkin on 16 the highest net favorable ratings

in the race at 58 percent and 56 percent, respectively. Only 5 percent of Republicans say they wouldn’t consider voting for Rubio, and 6 percent say that of Cruz, the lowest numbers in the field (Trump and Jeb Bush are unacceptable to the most Republicans, at 26 percent and 21 percent, respectively). Unlike with Trump or Carson, explaining the emergence of Rubio and Cruz doesn’t require figuring out why the laws of political gravity have been suspended or psychoanalyzing GOP voters. They are advancing in a completely typical track. They both have thought about running for president for a very long time. They both paid their dues -- Cruz in the George W. Bush campaign and administration; Rubio in the Florida House. They both serve in a body, the U.S. Senate, that practically exists as a steppingstone to the White House. They both look, talk and act like politicians --

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Comrade Xi ’s African Safari UNITED NATIONS—China’s

President Xi Jinxing visited southern Africa both to build upon booming business relations and by John J. Metzler improve cozy Syndicated Columnist political ties between the People’s Republic and key regional states. Beijing is already the African continent’s top trade partner with $222 billion in commerce; moreover China is weaving a vast web of infrastructural, road and rail projects which will help speed a flow of natural resources to China’s industries. PRC trade with Africa exceeds declining American commerce with Africa by a factor of three to one. While much of the visit dealt with Beijing’s commercial and foreign investment ties to Africa’s vast natural resources, the trip equally underscored the comradely political relations with countries such as Zimbabwe, Xi Jinxing’s first stopover. The PRC president and Zimbabwe’s long-ruling dictator Robert Mugabe underscored the two countries’ ties which date back to Zimbabwe’s independence struggle in former Rhodesia in the 1970’s. Comrade Bob Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. The mineral rich and once

bountiful food exporting southern African land had been reduced to a socialist quagmire facing food shortages, endemic corruption, emigration and entrenched authoritarian rule. Xi Jinxing extolled that Zimbabwe has been an “all weather friend of China.” Comrade Bob Mugabe in turn described China as “Zimbabwe’s best friend” on the global stage. Just recently Mugabe was awarded China’s Confucius Peace Prize, a curious accolade previously awarded to Fidel Castro among others. Mugabe’s ruling Zimbabwe African National Union/Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) still uses the archaic political phraseology of comrades and gatherings are addressed with the greeting “comrades and friends.” Yet the ZANU-PF party is rife with internecine strife and machinations reflecting both corruption and the jockeying to succeed Comrade Bob who is now 91 and increasingly frail but still in control. According to Zimbabwean economist Vince Musewe, “The race to the bottom is accelerating at full speed.” Writing in the newspaper NewsDay he adds, “It will certainly take us some time and much effort to re-invent a new Zimbabwe,” which must have “an ethically responsible and accountable political leadership.” China’s trade with Zimbabwe

reached $1 billion; tobacco, not to mention nickel and other minerals are being sold to China. While Western countries have for the most part kept arms length from Zimbabwe, the PRC has curried close political and commercial ties. China remains Zimbabwe’s largest foreign investor; investment grew from $460 million in 2011 to

$600 million in 2013 according to official Beijing sources. Curiously, the Chinese Yuan currency is one of a number of foreign currencies which circulate in the impoverished land along with the American dollar and South African Rand; after years of hyper inflation Zimbabwe discontinued See Metzler on 34

The President’s Speech When the President of the United States asks the television networks to set aside time for him to broadcast a speech from by Thomas Sowell the Oval OfSyndicated Columnist fice, we can usually expect that he has something new to say. But President Obama’s speech Sunday night was just a rehash of what he has been saying all along, trying to justify policies that have repeatedly turned out disastrously for America and our allies. This was not a speech about how the Obama administration is going to do anything differently in the future. It was a speech about how Obama’s policies were right all along. Obama is one of those people who are often wrong but never in doubt. The president struck a familiar chord when he emphasized that we shouldn’t blame all Muslims for the actions of a few. How many people have you heard blaming all Muslims? Even if 90 percent of all Muslims are fine people, and we admit 10,000 refugees from the Middle East, does that mean that we need not be concerned about adding a thousand potential terrorists -- even after we have seen in San Bernardino what just two terrorists can do? The first responsibility of any government is to protect the people already in the country. Even in this age of an entitlement mentality, no one in a foreign country is entitled to be in America if the American people don’t want them here.

Obama’s talk about how we should not make religious distinctions might make sense if we were talking about handing out entitlements. But we are talking about distinguishing between different populations posing different levels of danger to the American people. When it comes to matters of life and death, that is no time for the kind of glib, politically correct rhetoric that Barack Obama specializes in. Obama may think of himself as a citizen of the world, but he was elected President of the United States, not head of a world government, and that does not authorize him to gamble the lives of Americans for the benefit of people in other countries. The illusion that you can take in large numbers of people from a fundamentally different culture, without jeopardizing your own culture -- and everything that depends on it -- should have been dispelled by many counterproductive social consequences in Europe, even aside from the fatal dangers of terrorists. Most refugees in the Middle East can be helped in the Middle East, and many Americans would undoubtedly be willing to financially help Muslim countries like Jordan or Egypt to care for these refugees in societies more compatible with their beliefs and values. The history of millions of European immigrants who came here in centuries past was fundamentally different from what is happening in our own times. First of all, those immigrants were stopped at Ellis Island to be checked medically and otherwise, and were allowed to get off See Sowell on 34

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Nation Primary� went to the State House and met with Secretary Gardner to sign up in order to have their name placed on the ballot. I personally have seen Candidates sign in and this year we all saw the many photos, articles and live TV of both Democrats and Republicans signing up to run and I never saw or heard one negative comment about Secretary Gardner. A total of 58 Presidential Candidates signed up to run for the highest office in the United States from more than 26 different states and each made out a $1000 check for a total of $58,000 which goes into our state’s general fund. This is just a fraction of the millions of dollars that flow into our state’s economy every four years due to the “First in the Nation Primary�. But more importantly our small state with it’s politically astute citizens, levels the playing field so anyone can run for President, regardless of their political connections, their name recognition, or the size of their wallet and this is good for America. Bill Gardner has been New Hampshire’s Secretary of State for the last 40 years and has been the protector of our “First in the Nation Primary� which celebrates it’s 100th Anniversary in 2020, and a big part of it’s success is because of our respected Secretary Gardner. I encourage everyone to take a minute and send a note, stop by or give a call and thank Bill Gardner for all he has done for New Hampshire. I also encourage you to ask each Presidential Candidate to pledge that they will continue to support New Hampshire’s “First in the Nation Primary�.

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In your case, I’d say the framing lumber was wet, even though it was probably kiln-dried. It can soak up water from the air and from rain that falls on it during construction. This water eventually leaves the lumber, especially when you run your air conditioning in your humid climate. The air conditioning is like an invisible vacuum cleaner pulling water out of the lumber by the gallons. As this happens, the lumber shrinks. The tile above the granite top is indirectly attached to the wall studs. The tile is glued to the drywall that’s attached to the lumber. When the lumber moves, so does the tile. How bad can this lumber shrinkage be? More than you could ever imagine. Years ago, when I built my own three-story Queen Anne Victorian home from lumber, I also installed the counter flashing on the chimneys. This flashing is connected directly to the brick and mortar. Other pieces of step flashing lace between each course of shingles on the

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Have you ever looked at a bird’s foot? Better still, have you ever really looked at your own foot? It is a marvel of human development. Humans, usually, have five toes on each foot. This number is important for maintaining balance, but not critical enough to carry out daily survival activities. Birds, for the most part, have four toes on each foot, three are fanned forward and a single toe oriented to the rear. While our feet are pretty much the same from one person to the next, birds’ feet are very specialized, such as webbed feet for swimming. In case you didn’t notice, birds stand on their toes, not on the flat of their feet as humans do. The feet of perching birds, such as sparrows, wrens, warblers, thrushes, etc., can do almost anything, from walking to hopping, and nimbly holding onto any nearby object. When a bird lands on a perch, a tendon in the back of its leg tightens so that the toes “lock.� This involuntary reflex keeps a sleeping bird from falling off its perch. The bird simply stands up and straightens its legs to “unlock� the tendon. On most woodpeckers, the toes are arranged a little differently. This species has two angled forward and two backward. This gives them better balance and stronger support for climbing

or standing on rough bark while excavating holes in trees. The stubby legs of white-breasted nuthatches give them the perfect balance no matter what their position. Their long toes and down-turned claws permit this species of songbirds to quickly go headfirst down a tree in search of bugs in tree bark. Let us not forget the hummingbirds, which do most of their feeding on the wing. Their feet are tiny and so weakly developed that hummers are actually classified as the order “Apodiformes�, which translate into “without feet.� Many people still believe the myth that hummingbirds do not have any feet. Bird’s feet and toes are mostly tough tendons and bones, covered with heavily scaled skin. There is a very limited supply of nerves, blood vessels or muscles. This is why their feet do not stick to metal feeder perches or wire fences when temperatures go down. When songbirds roost for the night, their belly feathers cover their feet to keep them warn. Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has adequately provided birds with extremely effective protection against wintry weather, right down to the toes. Enjoy your birds! Wild Bird Depot is located on Rt 11 in Gilford, NH. Steve is a contributing author in major publications, a guest lecturer at major conventions in Atlanta and St. Louis as well as the host of WEZS 1350AM radio show “Bird Calls� with Lakes Region Newsday @

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in Afghanistan caves. But as I’ve reported previously, grievance-mongering identity groups, the American Civil Liberties Union, the late Ted Kennedy, and open-borders Republicans could not stand the idea of an effective national security profiling database. The Obama administration, which now disingenuously calls on Americans to be “vigilant,� suspended the narrowly targeted NSEERS program in 2011 to appease the “Islamophobia!� shriekers. Anti-profiling radicals want it both ways. They damn federal homeland security officials when they gather intelligence based on threat factors and behavioral factors -and damn them in hindsight if they don’t. FBI agents are condemned as bigots when they attempt the most modest of surveillance measures, and they are damned as bumblers when they fail to act on information gathered through those means. Perhaps you’ve forgotten how Muslim groups balked after 9/11 when federal investigators went to mosques to ask about knowledge of terrorist atMOFFETT from 11

one hears “Oakland� one thinks “Raiders.� It’s not the same for St. Louis or San Diego. Sadly, Raider fans have been through this before. Owner Al Davis moved the Raiders to L.A. in 1982, only to move them back to Oakland in 1995. The Rams have only been in St. Louis since they moved there from LOS ANGELES in 1995. So they don’t have the same history or tradition there that the Raiders do in Oakland. (Ironically, L.A. stole the Rams from CLEVELAND in 1946.) Having spent time in San Diego, I must say that it’s a great place to live, but a relatively lousy sports town. I once went to a Padres/Red Sox game at Petco Park and there were more Boston fans there than San Diego fans. San Diego probably doesn’t deserve an NFL team.

tacks. What were they supposed to do -- go to Catholic nunneries and Buddhist temples instead? Face it: Religious profiling is an essential tool in combating Muslim extremists carrying out an eternal religious crusade to kill nonbelievers and establish a global caliphate. If Catholic, Protestant, Jewish or Hindus were financing and training a worldwide network of bloodthirsty jihadi operatives, America would be thoroughly justified -- obligated -- to gather basic intelligence data on relevant churches, congregations or temples. Those who moan about any form of ethnic, religious and nationality profiling now will be the first to attack federal officials for not enough when another terrorist attack occurs. I’ll never forget hypocrite Maureen Dowd, The New York Times’ resident chaise lounge general, after the FBI admitted that it had resisted Phoenix FBI agent Kenneth Williams’ recommendation to profile Arab/ Muslim flight students in the summer of 2001: “Now we know the truth,� she whined. “The 9/11 terrorists could have been stopped if ... the law en-

forcement agencies had not been so inept, obstructionist, arrogant, antiquated, bloated and turf-conscious, and timid about racial profiling.� Gee, Mo, what do you think caused that timidity? Hmm? And let’s remember amid this latest outbreak of antiprofiling hysteria that the same grievance groups who object to taking ethnicity, religion and national origin into account during wartime zealously defend discriminatory racial and ethnic classifications to ensure “diversity� on college campuses, guarantee government contracts for minorities, and achieve manufactured “parity� in police and fire departments. In suicidal America, there’s always a “compelling government interest� for using discriminatory classifications -- unless that compelling interest happens to be the nation’s very survival.

My prediction? The Chargers and Raiders both go to L.A. and St. Louis keeps the Rams. But I’ve been wrong before. Still, for sure there will be broken hearts somewhere on January 13. Pro football is a business, after all. Come to think of it, before the Boston Braves left town, the Boston Redskins hauled off and moved to Washington, D.C. But nobody much cared in 1937 when the NFL was kind of a bush league. At least they didn’t move to LOS ANGELES!

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Michelle Malkin is author of the new book “Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs.� Her email address is malkinblog@gmail.com.

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took right off at the top and down the middle of the wide open slope we skied. The snow and terrain were terrific. We turned our boards over the slope’s rolls on nice groomed granular snow that had a good mixture of packed powered. The next time we stood on the summit a few moments and soaked in the grand vista. The day wasn’t sunny but it was nice and clear to see the many 4,000 footers that surround the Valley and many more in the distance. On the skier’s left side of the trail, the coaches set a short race course for their aspiring racers. Instead of

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to his home. Penicillin, which had only been used for a few years, was used to combat the meningitis which had attacked my Dad’s body. The letter to his boss a few days before his release from the hospital said that he was still receiving penicillin but only one-fifth of the amount he had previ-

ously received. Besides the fact that Raymond C. Smith, Sr. had survived a lifethreatening illness, this story is about the benevolent spirit of many friends and neighbors during that Christmas season of 1947. I’m sure that it was a very difficult month for our Mother, but she remained strong through the ordeal. My older brother and sister attended Laconia High School ( my sister was a twelve-year old freshman) and needed a ride to school. Bill Price of New Hampton also worked for the Laconia Evening Citizen and he provided rides for my siblings who walked the mile distance from our home to Route 104 to meet him. One day as I was outside of my home pondering the events that were See hanaford on 28

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taking place and, as I remember, wondering about the approaching day of Christmas, our neighbor off from the Huckleberry Road, John Marsh, stopped his car and asked if we had a Christmas tree. Upon hearing my reply that we did not, he responded that he would get us one. I knew well that the property he owned across the road from us had a good supply of such trees while our family search

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on our own land each year took some time to locate a suitable tree. Mr. Marsh soon delivered the tree he provided for us. The woodshed was about empty and my Dad was not going to be able to cut wood for some time. Our New Hampton neighbors, thirty-five of them, had a woodcutting bee to remedy that problem. About 20 cords of wood were cut, sawed, and stored in the woodshed by these men. Some, not at the bee

dates, contributed later. Those working together were served dinner at the home of Mrs. Minnie Smith who was assisted by Mrs. Alice S. Marsh, Mrs. Eda Prince, and Mrs. Donald Kelley. The good neighbors working to supply the wood were Kenneth Ober, Willis Ober, Levi Parshley, Frank Parshley, George W. Beal, Harold Prince, Lloyd Buzzell, Nathaniel Boynton, Leon Torsey, Leslie Torsey, Lee Torsey, Kent Smith,

Ziba Smith, Frank Huckins, Leonard Huckins, Ralph Holland, Edwin Huckins, Ralph Huckins, Donald Kelley, George Ladner, Robert Inkell, Lawrence Lee, Clement Beard, Wallace Hinckley, John E. Marsh, Albert B. Smith II, Albert B. Smith III, Rene Huard, Henry Huard, Raymond Huard, and George Brown. A newspaper article proclaimed that “In Raymond Smith …local government and county office people have found a city hall and court house reporter who talked their language. Raymond knows the workings of town administrations from his own experiences as a New Hampton selectman.” The people at Laconia City Hall and the Belknap County Courthouse provided our family with an abundant supply of groceries for our Christmas dinner. I recall that evening when Albert Lahaie of the Evening Citizen delivered

those goods to a grateful family of eight during his delivery route to the New Hampton area. Councilman Claude Foster did the actual shopping, purchasing the items from Ray Paquette at the Lakes Region Market who added his own gift. My memory is vague concerning the details of Christmas Day of that year, but I do know that it was a Merry Christmas for the Smith family .We certainly felt that there was no finer doctor than Dr. Samuel Feiner, that we had neighbors who excelled as such, and officials , employers, and associates of our Dad who were also our good friends. God had blessed us, and 68 years later the memories of that Christmas bring thoughts of gratitude. After all, Christmas is about His grace and salvation.

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Ken Merrifield (L) with the members of Nightrider- Brent Enman, Steve Labrecque and Bert Plante. The band has been together since high school and still performs at events today.

In January of 2015, Ken Merrifield received the Mel Thomson Award. merrifield from 1

college he worked for thirteen years for Osco Drug and later became a corporate trainer for their New England stores. “I later worked for the State of New Hampshire in the same capacity,” said Merrifield. “I really had a hankering for finance and I wound up leaving Human Resources.” Today, Merrifield works in Concord as Financial Analyst for the state managing finances for food stamps, welfare and home-

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less and housing. It was in 1992, when Merrifield first moved to Franklin with his family that he stepped into local government. “I always had an interest in politics but I never really got involved till I was about thirty,” said Merrifield. It was in 1992 that he was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Franklin School Board. He was officially elected to the board and was there for eight years where he served as Chairman for one year (he

also served as Chairman of the SAU School Board for two years). “We had to move out of Franklin for about six months because we were having a new home built and our other home sold quickly,” said Merrifield. “When I moved back people asked me to run for City Council.” Merrifield spent seven years on the City Council and decided that when Mayor Palfrey was not going to run for reelection that he would pursue running for Mayor. “I felt I really had some talents for the job and when David decided not to run I thought ‘Why not me?’ I felt I was as prepared as anyone for this role,” said Merrifield.

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line on taxes. Franklin isn’t really a wealthy community and the City Council has been cognizant of the fact that taxpayers don’t have a lot of money.” Some recent developments over the years will be giving Franklin a much needed shot in the arm and will really be a game changer like this City hasn’t seen in a hundred years. One development is New Hampshire Solar Gardens which is bringing the largest municipal solar project in New Hampshire to Franklin. Once constructed it will bring about $100,000 in new revenues to the City. “It brings solar power into the New Hampshire grid and is purchased in some cases by NH Electric Co-op and in some cases by Eversource,” said Merrifield, “Also we will have a contract with them to power all of our municipal buildings.” (Over the past ten years the State has produced 12 megawatts of solar power. This project alone is 8 megawatts.) Obviously the biggest boon to Franklin will be the Northern Pass Project. “We just happened to be at a crossroads for the infrastructure for this project” said Merrifield. The Convertor Station, to be built in West Franklin, will have a current taxable value of 400 million See merrifeld on 33

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Mayor Merrifield with U.S. Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham. Merrifield served a stint as the Vice Chairman of the NH Republican Party.

Ken Merrifield with his two daughters, Kate Armstrong and Carolyn Parry. Both girls are happily married college grads and homeowners with children of their own.

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with the rest of Franklin at about 500 million. “This will literally bring prosperity to Franklin that hasn’t been seen in one hundred years,” said Merrifield. “The three year construction phase will mean hundreds of jobs and will provide additional funding for schools and infrastructure and will lessen the tax burden for all.” Even though Merrifield has overseen projects in Franklin like the new 7.5 million dollar water filtration system which has provided Franklin with “the cleanest water in the state” and the million dollar single stream recycling center, there is one project his is proudest of above all others…The Mayor’s Drug Task Force. Started soon after he was elected and well before the

issue of substance abuse had come to the forefront in the rest of the state and nation, Merrifield first became concerned when a friend he worked with died because of drugs, “I never realized what a problem it was until I talked to Sheriff Scott Hilliard and he told me that in 2007, for the first time in the state’s history, more people died of drug overdoses then car accidents.” An Ad Hoc Committee was formed and in less than a year, Franklin received a federal grant for $650,000 for five years to hire someone to be dedicate to the drug problem. “I have been overwhelmed by the enormous level of support by the community on this,” said Merrifield. ‘”I believe that substance abuse is the problem that drives virtually every other

problem we have. We have worked with schools, had PSA announcements, outreach programs and have coordinate with Franklin hospital to educate people and also were second in state to institute a drug take back program. I am very proud of all we have accomplished and it didn’t exist before I was mayor.” Still, besides his commitment to his city, Merrifield still has one more passion - His music. His band, Nightrider, was formed with a group of friends in his High School days and still play together for fundraisers and other events. “The name of our band came before the TV show,” Merrifield points out. “It started when I was 16 when I got together with my next door neighbor. Neither of us had instruments or

knew how to play. After a few personnel changes the band was formed and we’ve been together ever since. We were split for awhile due to location but when our drummer recently moved back to New Hampshire, I invested in some new equipment.” With new stores opening in the downtown area, a nightlife resurgence with the Franklin Opera House and Toad Hall and the twelve million dollar renovation of River Bend Mill

for a new housing development, the future is looking bright for Franklin. “The downtown projects have brought life back to downtown. We are trying to break the mold of the way people have seen Franklin,” said Merrifield. And as much as he gives due credit to all who work with him, during Franklin mayor Ken Merrifield’s tenure new life has certainly been brought back to the city.

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civilians could have reduced the carnage in Paris or San Bernardino. Anti-gun propaganda makes guns the problem rather than people with evil intent. This leads many responsible people to be unprotected or under-protected. Unarmed people are at the mercy of merciless people. Under-armed people are also in trouble. Unlike the movies attackers aren’t often stopped with a single bullet, many hits are often needed. In stressful situations most shots (even by police) miss the target. To survive a dedicated attack people need “enough”, maybe dozens of, bullets. Marxist leftists promote a casual attitude towards life. Forcing religion and morality out of education, equating cultures that approve of “honor killings” and executing homosexuals with our culture, promoting abortion and assisted suicide, making it difficult for innocent people to protect themselves from criminals, making excuses for criminals, and refusing to control gangs, drug dealers, and other criminals that prey on people, all demonstrate, and promote, a lack of respect for life. The Marxist leftists have increased our exposures to

attacks by not protecting our borders, by encouraging illegal aliens, by releasing rather than deporting criminal (including violent) illegal aliens (17,000 in 2014 alone) into our population, by providing early releases to thousands of felons, by a revolving door justice system, and by allowing hundreds of thousands of refugees, immigrants, and students to come here from countries that inspire radical Islamic terrorists. The FBI Director reports that there are terrorist investigations underway in all 50 states. Over 25,000 Americans have already been murdered by illegal aliens. Political correctness prevents honest discussion, accurate identification of facts and problems, and optimal solutions. How can we defeat ISIS, al Qaeda, Boko Haram, or similar terrorist group if we refuse to recognize that their beliefs, regardless of whether they are correct, about Islam inspire their actions? How can we expect people to speak up and warn authorities about suspicious behavior if they fear being called racist, sexist, Islamophobic, homophobic, or some other vile term? Had the terrorists’ neighbor not feared being politically incorrect, some interven-

tion might have turned the terrorists from their radicalization and saved not just fourteen, but sixteen, lives. I always want to believe that every American wants others to be happy, healthy, and safe. But it’s impossible to believe that Marxist leftists’ have these motives when their policies have, for decades, consistently led to harm for innocent people. When tragedies like San Bernardino occur, President Obama doesn’t take actions like closing the border, keeping terrorists and potential terrorists from our country, or cracking down on criminals or terrorist suspects to reduce the threats and make Americans safer. He won’t even say we are threatened by radical Islamists. He doubles down on the policies that increase government power over law abiding citizens like those discussed above; policies that clearly get people killed. The priority of Marxist leftists like President Obama is not people’s happiness, health, or safety, it is to grow government and increase their own power. Don Ewing Meredith, NH.

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roof deck and are covered by the counter flashing. The pieces that are laced between the shingles are not connected to the brick or mortar, but can slide up and down as the roof moves. About five years after building the home I was up on the roof checking it and cleaning out the gutters. The gap under the cut angled edge of the counter flashing was 2 inches away from the shingles! When I installed them five years prior, the gap was 1/4 inch. Believe me, the brick and mortar chimney weighing tons did not go up in the air. It can happen in places where chimneys are built on expansive clay soil, but that’s not what happened at my house. The lumber that framed all three stories shrank collectively 1 and 3/4 inches! Here’s what I would do if I were you. I’d carefully cut away the old caulk between the granite and tile. Use a straight-edge razor

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scraper that painters use to get paint off window panes. Wash the granite first. Be sure to use a new blade. You can wet the granite to help reduce friction as you carefully slide the scraper under the caulk at a low angle. Wear a leather glove on the hand that’s not holding the scraper. Be patient and don’t get aggressive with the scraper. Just do small areas removing all the caulk. You can often soften acrylic caulks with isopropyl rubbing alcohol. Try that if you are having problems. Once the caulk is removed, I suggest you leave the crack open and monitor its width. Use a small piece of a wood paint stirring stick to measure the gap at one or more places under the tile. Do whatever you have to do to match the thickness of the wood piece to the width of the crack. You want the wood to be snug under the tile but not so snug you can’t pull it out. Every month check to

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see what’s happening. Keep a journal with notes. Take photos too. It’s possible the shrinkage is not yet complete. You’ll know if this is the case because it will be easy to pull out the wood and there will be a larger gap. I’d wait at least nine months to see what’s going on. As long as you’re not seeing any significant growth in the width of the crack, I’d say you’ll have success caulking. The best time to caulk, in my opinion, is the end of February, as the air outdoors will be less humid and your lumber should be as dry as it’s going to be for the year. Want free home-improvement information? Go to www.AsktheBuilder.com and sign up for Tim’s free newsletter. Have a question for Tim? Just click the Ask Tim link on any page of the website.

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