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This is the first in a series of occasional articles related to weeds and weed management. Finally, spring is here and many of us are digging into the dirt – ready to plant things we hope to see grow and bloom. But what about all those plants we don’t have to seed and nurture – the weeds? What is a weed anyway?
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A plant that is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth; especially one that tends to overgrow or choke out more desirable plants.” — Merriam Webster
“Noxious weeds are more than plants out of place; they are non-native plants that are disrupting our native vegetation and ecosystems.” — La Plata County Weed Management Program
Katrina Blair, author of The Wild Wisdom of Weeds (2014, Chelsea Green Publishing), was at the Cortez library on March 14 as a part of the “Amazing Authors” series. During her presentation participants were treated to flax-seed crackers with dandelion pesto, dandelion apple juice, herbal chocolates and macaroons – all made with raw ingredients containing plants we think of as weeds.
Blair said she grew up with a hand-stitched frame of Emerson’s definition of weeds hanging on a wall, and she thinks that influenced her, as her life’s work has been to discover – and utilize – the many virtues of weeds. She shared her knowledge about the “wild 13,” including a short history of her experiences and information about her work with Turtle Lake Refuge and Turtle Lake Café near Durango.
Blair defines weeds as “permaculture plants.”
“They are often the first or second pioneer plants that can thrive in disturbed or compacted grounds where native plants can no longer survive,” she explained. “Over time they break up the compacted ground, aerate the soil with their deep taproots, and compost their leaves each season helping to regenerate the disturbed land… They eventually will create a more fertile landscape for the next plant in nature’s succession.” In order to be called a “noxious weed,” a plant has to be non-native and have one of the following characteristics:
- may be poisonous to wildlife and livestock;
- aggressively invades and/or damages agricultural or native plant communities;
- may carry destructive insects, diseases or parasites;
- is considered to be detrimental to sound land-management practices.
Even some native plants are poisonous, including:
- Western water hemlock – poisonous to humans and animals, with violent death within half an hour of ingestion;
- Larkspur – fatal to cattle;
- Western whorled milkweed – toxic to livestock;
- Locoweed – causes abortions in sheep and cattle, fatal to horses;
- Two-grooved milkvetch – causes respiratory problems and paralysis in livestock.
Blair recommends that anyone interested in plants first learn the ones that are poisonous. There are not many, and most are easily identified. Once a person has learned the poisonous plants, she advises, “Start tasting the earth – it’s an incredible garden!”
Blair believes our connection with plants is important. “When we eat wild foods as a community we become stronger. It’s powerful.”
She explained this as her assistants passed out morsels of her “Wild Weed Truffles”: plantain pine needle, amaranth chili, dandelion lemon, lambsquarter rose, knotweed chai, and mallow mint. There wasn’t a person in the room who was not happily munching in agreement.
But most people think of weeds as something to get rid of, not eat. Indeed, the primary goal of county weed-management programs is to manage and/or eradicate “noxious” plants. This includes educating landowners about weeds and their impact, along with plant identification and information about different types of eradication plans. The state of Colorado has a Noxious Weed program as well as a Weed Free Forage program, which inspects forage and mulch for weeds. It also recommends Certified Weed Free Companies selling wheat straw, alfalfa, grass, and other types of forage and mulch. Locally, Southwest Seed in Dolores offers one of the widest varieties of weed-free products, including mutton grass, Indian rice grass, arriba Western wheat, blue gramma grass, side oats, and gramma.
The usual strategies for weed management at the state and county levels are first to educate the public about what plants are considered weeds, then help landowners identify and eradicate them. In 1990, Colorado’s legislature tasked the State Department of Agriculture with enforcing regulations pertaining to the control of noxious weeds with the Colorado Noxious Weed Act, 35-5.5- 101-119 C.R.S. The act made it unlawful to intentionally introduce, cultivate or sell noxious weeds, and directs counties and municipalities to implement weed management plans, with county management plans designed and administered by local county commissions.
As a part of this regulation, certain plants have been categorized into three lists. List A plants are designated for elimination on all county, state, federal and private lands. List B includes plants whose continued spread should be stopped, and List C plants are selected for recommended control methods. All plants on these lists are mandated to be controlled under the Noxious Weed Act; however, not all of these plants are present in all parts of Colorado.
Weeds as solution?
“The term “weed” does not always indicate that a plant is totally undesirable, or that it cannot be beneficial under certain situations.” — Whitson, et al, Weeds of the West
Eradication is a kind of extreme measure – especially considering that plants become weeds only because they are “interfering” with desired human activities. Blair is an advocate for changing the way people think about weeds. She is in agreement with weed management programs that encourage people to be stewards of the land and to take responsibility for the impact of their actions upon the environment. But Blair has a different perspective when it comes to land “degradation” and plant “eradication.”
“The degradation of the land already happened by the overuse of human activities,” she said. “The weeds are a sign of nature coming in to regenerate the land’s previous disturbance. It is our responsibility as land stewards to help the land regain stability.”
Blair believes plants teach us how to live and become masters of our health. She notes that her experience in observing and ingesting plants for more than 30 years has given her a different point of view about so-called weeds.
“Nature is my best teacher,” she says.
According to Blair, wild plants are not only regenerative, but exist due to thousands of years of evolution and have an “innate intelligence” that can be accessed if people respect them and use them in a sustainable manner.
“We don’t consider anything a weed,” she laughed. Instead of thinking about eradication, Blair suggested that using the term “harvest.” “It’s such a different attitude,” she said, “when we harvest the weeds, we are giving thanks to nature’s abundance.”
Blair said the attitude of appreciation is joyful, while the attitude of eradication is angry. “As a steward of the land, it is far more beneficial to come to the land with an attitude of appreciation for nature rather than coming with the energy of having a ‘war on weeds’.”
Blair said it’s valid to think of weeds as something that need to be controlled, but encourages people to see “weeds are the problem” as a limiting perspective. Instead, she believes weeds are the solution. They help the land reclaim itself from human disturbance.
“We have to help the land return to its past fertility and stability before the land-altering disturbance,” she said. “‘Invasive’ weeds support the evolution of land toward a future stability and will increase soil fertility over time. Weeds help do this at nature’s pace.” In her point of view, it is best to harvest or move the plants considered troublesome.
She said applying herbicides continues to disrupt the soil ecology and mycology and furthers disturbance, which in turn encourages more weeds to grow. “It is a common practice to continue to spray every year because weeds come back where there is more disturbance. We observe this pattern by noticing that the amount of herbicides being sprayed each year across the county has been increasing, not decreasing. The common practice of driving ATVs on the land to spray weeds causes further disturbance by compacting the soil, and the plants that are growing to help regenerate the land are killed back for a season.”
Blair said weeds actually contribute to soil fertility and stability. “Their deep taproots pull minerals out of the ground and deposit them onto the surface each year. These plants make fantastic mulch, especially if you can pull them before they flower.”
Blair supports weed mitigation, explaining that many of the plants can be used as medicine and are also quite nutritious when eaten. “The weed plants are often more nutritious as food or medicine than anything we can buy in the supermarket.”
Although the plants in her book are not on the state ABC lists, except for thistle, she said some of the listed plants are useful. “We use all the varieties of thistles for making chai tea, mullein for a local smoking ingredient, hounds tongue for making healing salves, and oxeye daisy for salad greens. Bindweed is a laxative,” she noted. Others that have historical medicinal or food use include chicory, burdock, chamomile, and sage.
“The basic idea is that we are aiming to work with nature rather than against it with our weed practices,” said Blair. She is currently working with Bee Happy Lands doing weed mitigation managing 600 acres around Electra Lake, 560 acres in the Telluride Valley Floor, as well as with homeowner associations and other private landowners.
“We do not try to eradicate the weeds; instead we encourage other plant species to thrive in their place. Our method is aiming for the long-term solution. Landowners will see an immediate change from our work because we remove the big patches of noticeable weeds. Even though the weeds return the following year, they will diminish greatly in two or three years.”
The Montezuma County Weed Program lists several weed-control methods besides spraying, including biological controls (usually insects); cultural controls such as cultivation (cutting through and turning over the soil), re-seeding, fertilizing and irrigating; livestock overgrazing, mowing and cutting, prescribed burning and pulling. The county also has a no-spray agreement that landowners can sign and submit to petition the county to refrain from spraying herbicides on their land. The landowners must indicate their methods of control and are provided with the plant lists and legal obligations for weed eradication.
Blair speaks of weeds as guides. “The plants don’t need to be eradicated – they just need to be respected. Weeds act as midwives in the very beginning – they provide shade and protection.” She is a firm believer in plant succession, with primary-succession plants coming into an area when nothing else will grow there – such as after a fire. “They are adapted to establish life in a barren landscape.” Secondary-succession plants grow in disturbed areas, often caused by human development.
Blair has devoted her life to her cause She is happy to explain her point of view and share her wild foods. She invites anyone to come to her café, visit Turtle Lake Refuge, ask questions, taste plants, and learn about the relationship between plants and nature.
Next time you are in the yard, instead of cursing at that dandelion as you strain to pull its deep root, or helplessly watch millions of its tiny seeds scatter across your lawn, stop, take a breath and consider this. If you ate that dandelion it would keep you alive, providing all the nutrients you need to survive – at no cost!
“It is important to note that the weeds are not the problem, but actually nature’s solution to humanity’s land disturbing practices such as development, over-grazing and general living impacts.”
— Katrina Blair

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The library will be CLOSED for staff training all day on Columbus Day, Monday, October 12. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday morning.
The Orrville Public Library and Turning Point Coalition are hosting the Hometown Tailgate Party, an event designed for the families of Orrville Middle School students.
Families will enjoy food, fun, games and activities, including dress-up photo booth and a team spirit craft.
Kids are invited to build a Robot that creates ART!!!
We will have everything you need to make your Robot.
Grades K-3 @1:00 pm
Grades 4-6 @3:00 pm

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Decorating your home can be one of the most rewarding parts of ownership, a way to claim a space as your own. Unfortunately, you might occasionally run into some nags, like your vision for wall decor and a window placement that doesn't cooperate. Having a window in the middle of your wall might throw off your decor scheme, but we've found some other options for you!
When it comes to decorating a wall with a center window, the key is balance. Too much decor on either side, and you make the room seem unbalanced. The window centers the room, so decorate to maintain that balance.
While it's hard to provide one answer for so many different decorating styles and preferences, we can provide you with examples and information to help. Keep reading to learn more about how to best decorate a wall with a center window.
How To Decorate a Wall with a Window in the Center
When you have a window in the center of your wall, it can be hard to decide how to decorate. It makes the available connected space to place your decor smaller, which means you may have to break up your plans into several smaller pieces. If done incorrectly, you will make the room seem unbalanced. When done correctly, you can make the room appear taller or longer, accentuated by a great source of interior light.
Before you start, take stock of what you have, as you're going to need to try to keep the look balanced. While that doesn't mean you should have two of every item, it would help to maintain balance if you had corresponding items of general average size. Think of your central window as a scale. You want to maintain the balance on either side of the window, but in this case, you'll be using size instead of a scale. This specific effect is called visual weight.
Keep in mind that blank wall space isn't automatically a bad thing. Decorating a wall isn't just about what you put on the wall. Often it's about what you put in front of the wall. For example, a bookshelf may not initially strike you as a form of wall decor, but it takes up wall space, and in turn, you can place decorative items on the bookshelf. Chairs or lamps on either side of the window aren't wall decor, but they also take up wall space.
If you're not sure what kind of decor to use, you can always use wallpaper to give the wall personality without actually adding anything to it. Click here for a few wallpaper ideas you can use!
Here are some examples of rooms with centered windows. Each one balanced on both sides of the window through the use of furniture and wall decor. Let's look at the different styles and come up with a few ideas for you to use!
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Whether the shelves are built into the walls themselves, or you have decided to include matching shelves on either side yourself, this is an easy way to take care of the issue of balance that comes with a centered window. While you would still have to pay some attention to the issue of balance, the booksellers would do quite a good job of that for you, giving you more freedom for items of decor, albeit less space for larger pictures or mirrors.
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This nook featuring a centered window finds balance in the pillows that it has placed on the cushions directly beneath it. Because the balance has been taken care of, it won't matter what kinds of decor are on the shelves to either side. This is a great example of what you can accomplish with the furniture around the window, and the effect it has on the decor placed on the walls.
3. Minimal Space
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Sometimes the windows will take up enough space that you find yourself in a bit of an awkward situation. There's not enough wall space to decorate, but there's enough space that it would be awkward to leave it empty. When you run into this situation, use furniture! It isn't a direct application to the walls, but it does take up wall space, and help the whole thing seem less empty. As you can see here, the balance on either side of the window has been maintained.
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In this situation, the central window is large enough to take up so much wall space that there isn't room for decor. However, it would be a large space to just leave empty. The curtains rod placed higher above the window helps make the wall seem higher, and the balance is maintained through the curtains, chairs, and the table placed right in the middle.
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This is a great example of balance without identical features. On either side of the window, there are paintings. On the right side, you have a single large painting, while on the other side, you have multiple smaller paintings. The size and number of items may be different, but the visual weight is the same, or at least close enough that it doesn't throw off the balance of the room. In this situation, the furniture isn't necessary for helping add effect to the walls. Click here for some living room wall decor inspiration!
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It can seem like a natural fit to place a couch or something similar underneath a central window, but just because you can doesn't mean you should. Depending on the size of the window, you can use it to adjust your perception of the room.
For example, the curtain rod above this window has been placed quite high, much higher than it needs to be. The curtains, though, are the correct length: reaching to the floor. This gives the effect that the room is much taller than it actually is. Referred to as a window treatment, you can use the color and spread of your curtains to help cover and augment your walls.
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If you're looking for a sure-fire way to make sure your decor doesn't clash when you're hanging it around your central window, you could consider replicating this person's decisions. Their use of wood on their blinds, furniture, and picture frames gives a wonderfully cohesive effect that brings everything together. The window may be taking up a lot of room, but this person didn't let that limit their style.
How Do You Decorate a Wall Between Windows?
You have two main options available to you. You can decorate the center wall with artwork, decor, or a mirror meant to draw the eye and ground the room, making that middle wall the center of the room. You can also install one large set of curtains that covers the two windows and the wall between them. Doing this will help make the windows seem more prominent, and you can still have something on the wall to look at when they're open.
How Do You Decorate a Window Behind a Bed?
If the window is small and is high enough that it wouldn't interfere with a headboard, you can decorate around it as you would an average window. However, if the window is significant, and your headboard covers parts of it, move the bed slightly away from the wall, far enough away that you can hang curtains. If the bed is centered with the window, having curtains that coordinate well with a headboard and bed set will bring your room to the next level.
How Do You Decorate a Room With a Large Window?
You should first ask yourself if you want to make the window the focus of the room or the furniture. If you're going to make the window the focus, start the kinds of window treatments you want to use. For example, you can use several different shades of sheer curtains to create a color combination meant to draw the eye. However, if you don't want the window to be the focus, the curtains can be colors the compliment your other decor.
Assuming this window will let in lots of natural light, make sure you place your furniture in locations where it won't be exposed to as much sun, which can lighten the fabric over time. Mirrors can be placed on the wall opposite the window to help spread light around, while lighter colors will help diffuse that light, helping the room seem bigger.
How Do You Decorate a Room With Too Many Windows?
The first place you should go when confronted with too many windows is window treatments! Window treatments are any kind of augmentation that brings attention to the windows themselves, instead of the wall around them. This is especially useful when there isn't much wall to be decorated in the first place.
You have the option to use curtains, drapes, blinds, shades, shutters, and trim to draw attention to your windows and to frame them nicely. You can use a combination of sheer curtains and drapes for showing off a color palette, or shades and drapes for better light control. You can also utilize your curtains to help make the room seem taller by hanging the curtain rod closer to the ceiling.

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This week’s hero is the owner of the Conoco station and convenience store at the Wagon Mound exit of I-25.
On a recent trip to northeastern New Mexico, that station was open on a Sunday afternoon, with a working restroom and fresh coffee.
In parts of New Mexico, this is appreciated and not taken for granted.
There was a waiting line for that restroom. Care to guess why? Several miles back, at Watrous, the restrooms at the state owned public rest area were closed and locked.
(To be fair, there’s another station at the Wagon Mound exit that we did not visit.)
This was not just any Sunday afternoon. It was the last day of Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, when thousands of visitors were heading home. It was also a perfect day for an autumn drive through the exquisite turning aspens.
At the Conoco station, my friends and I saw the same people we had seen at the highway rest stop, looking confused and uncomfortable. Now they were standing in line.
So what does it take to get the State of New Mexico to show a little courtesy to visitors who come here and support the economy?
Consider this one day.
A report on the economic impact of the 2019 Balloon Fiesta says 618,620 guests visited from other states, with most coming from Texas, California, Colorado, and Arizona. This year’s report is not yet completed.
If even half of those visitors came by car, that’s a massive economic boost for towns along our major roads. New Mexico should be encouraging them by showing hospitality. You’d think there would be enough revenue to provide a restroom.
This report does not address the economic impact of those visitors traveling to and from Albuquerque or where else they might have visited while in New Mexico. Since New Mexico government is expert at state agencies not having the sense to cooperate with each other, I’m wondering whether anybody else is measuring that, either.
I bring up the unknown but significant economic impact because when I mentioned the rest room issue to a legislator, she replied, “How are we going to pay for it?”
The report said the fiesta generated an estimated $6.52 million for the State of New Mexico. Even at today’s rates that should be enough to pay for a plumber.
The rest stops are operated by the Department of Transportation, not Tourism or Economic Development.
I could be wrong, but I don’t think the rest stops were closed for COVID-19. They are as essential as grocery stores. The maintenance staffs should be considered frontline workers. And I don’t think a workforce shortage is likely in that part of the state.
Last year I offered a suggestion for long-range planning on rest stops. The planning should consider keeping the rest stops always open, safe and clean, electric car charging (which users pay for), and vending operations with simple amenities such as hot coffee, located where they are needed and not competing with the privately owned truck stops.
In the shorter term, perhaps this service should not be left to DOT by itself. Maybe the relevant state agencies and tourism-related nonprofits, both state and municipal, might form a study group to figure out how to improve rest stops as a means to enhance tourism. They should generate the numbers that would demonstrate to legislators that this is worth funding. I nominate the Balloon Fiesta people to provide some leadership.
Or maybe we should invite private concessionaires to set up coffee and souvenir booths and keep an eye on the state of the facilities. And give a bidding opportunity to local heroes like the owner of the Conoco station in Wagon Mound.
Triple Spaced Again, © New Mexico News Services 2021


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Situated 1.4 km from Eagle Express (15) in Mammoth Lakes, this apartment features a patio and a garden. The property boasts views of the mountain and is 2.6 km from Chair 8. Free WiFi is offered . There is a dining area and a kitchen complete with a dishwasher, a microwave and toaster. A flat-screen TV with cable channels is provided. Other facilities at Snowcreek #33- Phase 1 include a hot tub and sauna. You can play mini-golf and squash at the property, and the area is popular for skiing and golfing. Village Gondola is 2.6 km from Snowcreek #33- Phase 1, while Chair 25 is 2.7 km from the property. A range of activities are offered in the area, such as horse riding, cycling and fishing.
A security deposit of USD 500 is required upon arrival for incidentals. This deposit is fully refundable upon check-out and subject to a damage inspection of the accommodation.
Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Guests will receive a rental agreement, which must be signed and returned directly to the propert prior to arrival. If booking 30 days or more prior to arrival date: The guest will be charged 50% of the total balance at the time of booking. The remaining 50% will be charged 30 days prior to arrival date.
A USD 500 security deposit is required and will be charged when your remaining balance is due.
If booking less than 30 days prior to arrival date: The guest will be charged 100% of the total balance at the time of booking. Guests must provide notice of cancellation 30 days prior to arrival date to receive a full refund.
Guests cancelling less than 30 days prior to arrival date will be charged the total balance. Please be sure to check for current road closures during winter months. Highway 120 (Tioga Pass) typically closes from late October until late May. When the Tioga Pass Road is closed, it is not possible to drive to Tuolumne Meadows or enter Yosemite National Park from the east. All other park entrances, including those along Highway 120 from the west, Highway 140, and Highway 41, remain open all year.

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Star reporter Kate Major resigned today after announcing that she's dating Jon Gosselin, as she wouldn't want this conflict of interest to tarnish the mag's stellar reputation. Too bad Michael Lohan won't stop talking about his new BFFs.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick's surrogate gave birth to their twin girls this morning in Ohio. Sarah Jessica and Matthew are at the hospital with the surrogate and released a statement saying:
Christian Bale's "assault" against his mother is part of a long-simmering feud. Apparently Christian's been estranged from his mother and sister, Jenny and Sharon Bale, since he sided with his father when his parents divorced in the early '90s. Christian "reluctantly" agreed to meet with them at his London hotel right… Read…7/24/08 9:00am 7/24/08 9:00am

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As Disney World heads towards a more “normal” form of operations, some of the protocols originally set out for the health and safety of Guests and Cast Members are slowly beginning to be removed.
Most recently, we have seen lots of changes at Disney World. Temperature checks have been removed, physical distancing is being reduced from six feet to three feet, and now, Guests can remove their masks while outdoors. With the removal of outdoor mask wear, relaxation stations around Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studio are not as necessary.
Previously, relaxation stations were meant to give Guests the opportunity to remove their mask in a controlled area. Anyone entering the area was made aware through signage that masks were optional in the area. However, considering all outdoor spaces are now, theoretically, “relaxation” stations, designated areas are no longer needed to be labelled as such.
Below, you can take a look at an area in EPCOT that once had signage dedicating the spot as a relaxation station, and now, it looks like a regular open area in the park.
Although this may not seem like a huge deal, it does allow the theme parks to look more “normal” as sections are no longer blocked off, or used for a specific purpose. Considering some of these stations, like the one at Hollywood Studios which was held in the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular theater, took up entertainment space — perhaps the removal of relaxation stations could allow for the space to be used for its original purpose in the future! That being said, this is all speculation at this point.
Most recently, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced that park operations would be returning to normal as soon as safely possible, which will include raising capacity. That being said, it is clear that as time goes on, we will start to see a lot more of these changes return the parks to a more recognizable theme park experience.
Do you like seeing Disney World revert to a more normal theme park operation? Or do you think that Disney is moving too fast?


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Legally and practically, if you own motorcycle you need to have motorcycle insurance. In order to be properly protected in the case of an accident or in the case of theft, you need to carry motorcycle insurance that covers both accidents and theft.
Compare insurance rates with just a ZIP code now!
In many states, if you do not carry motorcycle insurance, you can be arrested, fined, or lose your license. The following article provides additional information about motorcycle insurance and the three main reasons why it is needed.
Motorcycle Insurance is Needed to Protect Against Theft
A motorcycle is ten times more likely to be stolen than a car. One report states that 25% of stolen motorcycles are never recovered. Motorcycles are easier to grab, hide, and dismantle to sell for parts.
It is impossible to know why and how criminals target certain types of motorcycles. Because of this, you need motorcycle insurance that covers theft. Having safety devices and anti-theft protections on your motorcycle are important parts of theft prevention, but having insurance coverage is the only real protection.
For theft to be covered, comprehensive insurance must be part of the motorcycle insurance policy. In addition to theft, comprehensive coverage covers damage caused by:
- Collisions with animals
- Natural disasters
Without comprehensive insurance, only injuries caused to others will be covered and you will not have any money available towards the replacement of your motorcycle.
If you have a loan on your motorcycle, the lien holder may require you to carry comprehensive coverage.
When you do collect on a comprehensive policy for the theft of your motorcycle, the insurance company will give you fair market value towards the replacement of your motorcycle. This means that they will not give you what it costs to replace your vehicle but instead will give you the amount that your vehicle could have sold for on the day it was stolen. This amount has to do with the age of the motorcycle, the condition of the motorcycle, and any upgrades that have been made to the vehicle.
Motorcycle Insurance is Needed to Protect Against Injury
The most basic type of insurance for both cars and motorcycles is liability insurance. Liability coverage covers the amount it costs to treat the injuries of others who are hurt on your motorcycle or who you hurt while driving your motorcycle.
This includes damage done to property, such as another motorcycle, a car, a mailbox, or a fence. Each state requires motorcycle drivers to carry a certain amount of liability for personal injury and for property damage. Following the law is the only way to avoid a ticket, fine, or possible jail time.
Without this type of coverage, you leave yourself open to lawsuits that could ruin you financially. If someone is injured while on your motorcycle or as a result of you driving your motorcycle, they can sue you, depending on what state you live in. Lawsuits of this type can be expensive and time consuming. You can be sued for medical expenses as well as other costs or emotional distress. If the victim wins the lawsuit you could end up losing all of your assets.
Liability insurance covers all or part of the expenses involved in a lawsuit of this nature.
Motorcycle Insurance is Needed to Provide Other Types of Protection
Motorcycle insurance can also be supplemented to cover other things associated with owning a vehicle.
- Personal items coverage extends to your helmet, leather gear, safety equipment, and other motorcycle attachments and accessories
- Medical coverage covers medical expenses due to your personal injury. Some health insurance policies will cover this too, so be sure to check to avoid paying for double coverage
- Roadside assistance or towing coverage is provided by some insurance companies provide this for free while others charge a monthly fee
Finding the right motorcycle policy is important. The best way to find a great deal is to compare what many companies have to offer. Comparing rates and quotes lets you know what is available and allows you to choose a policy that fits into your budget. To compare rates and quotes from top companies, try the online comparison tool. This free tool will help you make the right choice for your motorcycle insurance coverage.
Try the online comparison tool by typing your ZIP code into the box and comparing motorcycle insurance quotes today!

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Rick Perry Does His Best To Make Israel An Issue Next Fall
At a raucous press conference in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday, with American Jewish leaders and members of the Israeli Parliament standing proudly behind him, Republican presidential frontrunner Rick Perry slammed Barack Obama over his “appeasement” of Palestine and other regional Israeli adversaries and, with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ push for official recognition by the United Nations over the coming weeks as the backdrop, repeatedly labeled the president’s approach to the region “naive” and misguided.
“The Obama policy of moral equivalency which gives equal standing to the grievances of Israelis and Palestinians — including the orchestrators of terrorism — is a very dangerous insult,” Perry said. “There is no middle ground between our allies and those who seek their destruction.”
Perry attacked the president for pushing for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to halt settlement construction and come to the negotiating table.
Obama “put them in a position of weakness taking away our flexibility to offer concessions,” Perry complained.
The Texas governor and several of the Jewish leaders appearing with him pressed for a return to the contours of the 1993 Oslo Accords, where Palestinians acknowledged the right of Israel to exist and the Jewish state pledged to withdraw forces from some of the contested areas in Gaza and the West Bank.
Perry gave red meat to a crowd that wildly applauded him and seemed thrilled to have a Christian with theological reasons for backing Israel in its midst.
“There is no middle ground between our allies and those who seek their destruction,” he said.
Perry staked out a far-right position, seeming to embrace further settlement construction by Israeli settlers in the West Bank — “it’s their land” — despite most observers agreeing new settlements are an obstacle to peace.
As many have before him, Perry criticized the president for calling for a return to 1967 borders with mutual land swaps. And the context — the recent special election in New York’s ninth congressional district where a Republican won for the first time in 80 years by running to the right of his Jewish Democratic opponent on the Israel question — was almost as important as the speech itself.
The winner of that race, Republican Bob Turner, was praised by Perry and appeared himself, saying the message from his win was that Obama was wrong on Israel.
The speakers were most animated when talking about the potential for the United Nations to recognize Palestine, as if Obama supported the bid; the cognitive dissonance was palpable, as the president has loudly called for such efforts to halt until a peace deal is brokered directly between the two sides.
Asked at one point if his Christian faith factored into his wholehearted support for Israel, Perry acknowledged that, like many Evangelicals, he had Biblical reasons for backing the Jewish state.
“I also as a Christian have a clear directive to support Israel,” he said
This follows Perry raising the Israel issue during a recent stop down South in front of an Evangelical crowd.
“What our current president did relative to the 1967 border issue, to basically throw Israel under the bus… was unconscionable, in my opinion,” Perry said earlier this month in Conway, South Carolina, a key early primary state.


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Laramie Cross Country Teams are Ready for Conference
High school cross country has reached the post-season portion of their schedule, as Laramie competes in the 4A East Conference Championships Friday in Cheyenne.
Both Laramie High School teams are defending conference champions after winning the team crowns a year ago. This year’s meet is at the Prairie View Golf Course in Cheyenne Friday afternoon.
Laramie head coach Greg Schabron’s squads are coming off a weekend with no competition. He wants to see them regain their competitive edge.
“I want to make sure the kids are back in racing mode. After that off week of racing, a couple kids just want to try different strategy in a race, who they’re going to run with, and the girls need another shot at Central before we get to State; the big one.”
Schabron said they trained hard during their down week. They had a really challenging workout last Wednesday and needed a couple of days to recover. At the same time, they made adjustments, have sharpened up and got healthier in time for conference.
As for the course, Schabron says, “We’ve got a couple of slight little hills, but nothing too bad. Usually the wind is the most challenging aspect over there, but nothing that our kids aren’t accustomed to.”
Schabron added that with this being their prep race before state they are making a big deal out of it.
“Just so we can test those kids with a little bit of pressure. A lot of times they step on the line, five/six other teams there, they’re used to going to races where there’s 34 other teams, so it seems really small, and I think they’ll be fine.”
The girls’ varsity race starts at 1 p.m. followed by the boys at 1:30 p.m.
The Wyoming State Cross Country Championships are in Sheridan next Saturday, Oct. 21.
Lady Plainsmen Volleyball
The top-ranked Laramie Lady Plainsmen head on the road for both their matches this weekend.
Laramie (23-4, 8-0) has won four straight matches and swept both their opponents in their first meeting earlier this season.
The Lady Plainsmen play at Cheyenne South Thursday at 6 p.m. That’s followed by a trip to Gillette to face Thunder Basin Saturday at 2 p.m.
Laramie is back home Tuesday for Senior Night against No. 3 Cheyenne East at 6 p.m.
Lady Plainsmen Swimming and Diving
Laramie goes on the road for their final two competitions of the regular season in Gillette this weekend.
The Lady Plainsmen will be at the Gillette Pre-Invite, a non-scored meet Friday at 3 p.m., followed by the Gillette Invitational Saturday at 8 a.m. Both competitions are being held at the Campbell County Aquatics Center.
Laramie enters this weekend with 17 swimmers and divers already pre-qualified for state.
The 4A East Conference Championships are next weekend in Laramie.


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2020 Immigration Targets Stay Steady despite COVID-19 Pandemic
Final quarter data from the province show that immigration nomination rates throughout 2020 have remained on par with previous years, in spite of the challenges of the COVID-19 global pandemic. In 2020, the Province issued 2,020 nominations through its immigration programs compared to 2,022 in the previous year. It also exceeded its nominations target for international students, nominating 543 individuals (target was 330).
However, due to the unique challenges of the pandemic resulting in travel restrictions and processing delays at the federal level, New Brunswick only saw 2,740 landings as of November 31, 2020, which compares to the record number of 6,000 in 2019.
“These numbers tell us that the province is responding to demands as employers are still actively looking to fill jobs despite the challenges of the global pandemic. We know many sectors have been devastated by the impacts of the pandemic, especially the tourism industry and small and medium enterprises, but other sectors haven’t slowed down and the labour needs are just as urgent,” says Moncef Lakouas, President of the New Brunswick Multicultural Council. “Our settlement agencies and employers have worked hard to ensure new arrivals in the province followed quarantine plans and safety protocols to avoid spread of the virus. We even saw communities rallying to support newcomers collecting food, toys and games to welcome families during the quarantine period.”
The Government of New Brunswick is working to reach annual immigration levels in line with roughly 1% of the total population, or 7,500 newcomers per year, by 2024. The province is also aiming for 33% Francophone immigration by 2024 as well, and it achieved its 2020 nomination target of 27% of Francophone immigration through its various immigration streams.
“New Brunswick is committed to building on previous immigration efforts to ensure we continue to recruit and retain newcomers who will contribute to the economic, social and cultural prosperity of our province,” said Arlene Dunn, minister responsible for Immigration. “As the only officially bilingual province in Canada, our government understands the importance of maintaining New Brunswick’s unique linguistic balance through strategic immigration initiatives.”
NBMC expects landings to climb again in the coming year and the agency is set to launch a 15-part virtual New Conversations Tour 2.0 to tackle data on labour market projections and the role of immigration in community development.
“The last year has been challenging for everyone, but we know employers across New Brunswick are still looking to grow their labour force and there is still a lot of work to do to rebuild the province’s post-pandemic economy”, added Ginette Gautreau, interim Executive Director at NBMC. “In light of the impacts of COVID-19 on our communities, the New Conversations Tour 2.0 will offer a space for community members to gather and discuss how immigration and the successful integration of newcomers can propel the economic recovery of their region.”
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In the late 1800s, nearly all women were viewed as subservient, inferior, second class females that lived their lives in a patriarchal and chauvinist society. Women often had no voice, identity, or independence during that time period. Moreover, women dealt with the horrors of social norms and the gender opposition of societal norms. The primary focus and obligation for a woman to obtain during the 1800s was to serve her husband and to obey to anything he said. Since women were not getting the equality, freedom, or independence that they desired, Kate Chopin, an independent-minded female American novelist of the late 1800s expressed the horrors, oppressions, sadness, and oppositions that women of that time period went through. Her works focused …show more content…
Chopin’s focuses were to show through these objects and literary symbols, the social injustices that women were going through. “The Awakening” begins with a parrot in a cage, which is supposed to be a representation of women of that time period. Just like parrots, women were annoying and were only displayed for their beauty. Moreover, women were trapped in cages which caused them to not be free. Since women were not free they remained trapped and imposed to the roles that society had labeled and stereotyped them to be. Edna Pontellier was only seen as a “valuable piece of property which [had] suffered some damaged” to her husband Mr. Pontellier (BOOK). One can also see that “The Awakening” also focused on the sexual desires of women, identity, and self-discovery Edna, a character in “The Awakening” experienced her awakening by discovering her identity in her own self. “The Awakening” attempts to tell the story a woman who wants to find herself while lusting. Later, at the end of the story, one discovers that since Edna Pontellier could not fully find her peace, and freedom she ultimately decides to commit suicide. Through this “The Awakening” shows that although women were oppressed, they also had empowerment. In the story, the only place where Edna could experience freedom and find her awakening was the sea. Thus, when she commits suicide one can see how the sea was the root for Edna finding her self-discovery. Through suicide individuals can see how it was the only escape for a woman who was living under oppression. Suicide not only shows that oppression was impossible to escape for a woman, but at the the same time it shows that suicide was the only way
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Chopin is widely known for the support of female independence and self-fulfillment, and in her most influential and famous work, The Awakening, she depicts Edna’s desire to explore and find her true self, which was often condemned in Chopin's time period as it was against societal standards. In Chopin’s writing, she incorporates plentiful amounts of figurative languages to portray Edna’s rebellion which include symbolism, foreshadowing, and juxtaposition. Out of the many methods Chopin used to depict Edna’s rebellion, the sea was a very prominent allegory to represent her freedom, rebirth, and her escape from expectations in society. The sea helps Edna achieve her desires and pushes her to see the potential to fill her life with excitement
Edna went to go swimming, but she had suicide in mind rather that swimming. As she was walking towards the beach she thought to herself, “The Children appeared before her like antagonists who had overcome her; who had overpowered and sought to drag her into the soul’s slavery for the rest of her days. But she knew a way to elude them.” (Chopin 159). In order for Edna to defeat the societal norms and not be bound in chains from her husband and traditional womanhood; Edna had to leave her motherly role in the family and she stubbornly went against the expectations of her husband and society.
Social constructs from the eighteen-hundreds exploded into several pieces with Kate Chopin’s The Awakening. Eighteen-hundreds feminism ideas are presented and being as mid sentiments of women’s empowerment, but then become blatantly obvious later in the story when Edna starts her ‘awakening. Though it is arguable whether Edna was a selfish person who just chose to kill herself or an example of an early feminist, the book definitely did destroy some social constructs of that era. The Awakening contains great information about how gender relationships in the Victorian era was, and by the first detailing of the setting it is able to define its feminine response. One could suggest that Chopin is ahead of her time and indeed a Victorian feminist,
Readers come to see Edna’s mental awakening which was basically her realizing she doesn’t have to act or be the way society wants her to be. The very title of the book is called The Awakening because the protagonist, in this case, Edna awakens mentally and realizes she doesn’t have to be or act like the rest of the women and men are expected to be Edna Pontellier herself does not fall into Greenblatt’s definition of culture because she tries to not to do or be like the other women in her society. In Greenblatt’s words, “A repertoire of models to which individuals must conform,” this is not at all like Edna because she doesn’t conform to these ‘cultural boundaries’ she wants to be free to be able to do what she
This type of freedom for Edna was both physical and mental. She was physically distanced from other members of her society because they were still standing on shore while she was deep in the ocean. Mentally, Edna realizes that her current position, isolation, can lead to the tempting idea of casting off the ideals of her society. While she is out in the ocean, she is capable of overlooking and ignoring what others think of her and her decisions. “The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring,
The Awakening; a Woman's Fight Women’s rights have drastically improved since the 1800’s. The model of patriarchy was widely accepted as a social norm in America and many other countries until the early to mid 1900’s. Today women are still fighting the belittlement that the patriarchal model deemed acceptable. The character of the rebellious strong women is still one today that many women look up to; especially women in very oppressive middle east countries. In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, Chopin strives to argue social emancipation for women
Literary analysis is the use of textual clues in a work of literature in order to find what an author means and is trying to represent within a text. “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin is about a New Orleans wife trying to hold her beliefs in who she wants to become against what society wants her to be. The book was written in a time where women were homemakers and were treated as possessions rather than as an individual who has feelings, interests, wants, and needs. In “The Awakening,” Kate Chopin is using realism in order to represent women for how they really are and how they are treated in order to bring social change to women’s rights. Kate Chopin uses realism to represent women in the Awakening by showing how they were truly treated in
In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, Chopin explores the question “what must a woman forsake in order to be free and to what extent should women be allowed to be free”. Edna originally abides by her husband’s wishes; however, she uncovers the unknown freedom that men openly participate in. In order to achieve freedom, Edna must forsake society and its judgement, men, and friends. Although she attempts to do this, The Awakening evaluates the amount of freedom a woman should be granted by portraying women with differing amounts of freedom: Reisz who lives alone with complete freedom, Adele who abides to her husband’s every will without freedom, and Edna who struggles to achieve absolute freedom. This portrayal of society and women demonstrates the
Her efforts to motivate a new attitude among women make her one of the most effective and impactful authors in American social history. Chopin’s writings were condemned at the time because male reviewers were disgusted by the vision of an unwholesome woman. This ultimately ruined Chopin’s career and discouraged her from writing any more pernicious novels. Even though Chopin died on August 22, 1904 of a brain hemorrhage, her work has made a marvelous literary revival (Unger 224). Presumably, Chopin was influenced by a painful early life, powerful feminine relationships, and eye-opening social situation that contributed towards productive catharsis in The Awakening.
Kate Chopin was a writer in the late nineteenth Century. Some say that she is best known to be the first feminist writer and also a woman who was years ahead of her time. Chopin’s works were taboo in that time period. She focused on women's lives and how they struggled to gain independence and identity in the late nineteenth century. We can safely say that she took women, their freedom and their need for independence very seriously.
During the late 19th century, women had significantly less freedom than they have today. They were expected to bear children and devote their entire lives to them. Madame Ratignolle from The Awakening is an epitome of a woman who accepts the role society gives her. For instance, she eagerly states that she is willing to give up her life for her children (Chopin 52). While some women are suitable for the role of motherhood, others are forced into it.
It is common for people in everyday society to conform to society’s expectations while also questioning their true desires. In the novel, The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, the main protagonist Edna Pontellier is said to possess, "That outward existence which conforms, the inward life that questions." In other words, Edna outwardly conforms while questioning inwardly. Kate Chopin, uses this tension between outward conformity and inward questioning to build the meaning of the novel by examining Edna’s role as a wife, mother, and as nontraditional woman in the traditional Victorian period. Edna outwardly conforms to society’s expectations by marriage.
The Awakening Title: The Awakening. Significant because protagonist Edna experiences an awakening, leading to her exploration of her inner passions and desires. Author: Kate Chopin Setting: New Orleans; late 19th century Genre: fiction Historical Context: - Published in 1899, women were still considered to be their husband’s property. - Some women’s rights groups were beginning to reject the oppression of women and encourage them to take on roles other than just a housewife - Takes place in Louisiana, a largely Catholic state where faithfulness in marriage was expected and divorce was rare - Chopin has many similarities to Edna- she lived in New Orleans, had radical feminist ideas, and was very independent Themes -Identity.
Hailey Hudson 2 January, 2018 AP Lit and Comp Mrs. Schroder An Analysis of Alienation in The Awakening In Kate Chopin’s classic novella The Awakening, the development of Edna Pontellier serves to shine a light on the strict societal morals, values, and gender roles of the late 1800s. Edna is an outsider in nearly every sense of the word, and as the story progresses, she begins to accept this part of her and take her search for fulfillment to an entirely new level. The fallout from these actions, the rifts opened between her and those closest to her in life, ultimately proves too arduous, and leads to her death.
A Study into Feminist Consciousness of the story of an hour Kate Chopin is one of the American 's most important women writers of the 19th century .Her representative work "Awakening" is recognized for performance pioneer of feminist thought. And Kate Chopin 's life experience in the illustration of the text and analyze the historical background of the leading role 's self consciousness, uncovering American society ignored the novel of women and the shackles of a free spirit. Based on that , I agree with the claim that Kate Chopin was a feminist author. here is my though and analysis in the following: From the reaction of Mrs. Mallard when she heard her husband died.

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Local band The Sunshine Collective will be performing this sunday Feb. 22 at The NASA in Corpus Christi. The group itself has members from Corpus Christi Annaville, Bishop, and Kingsville and will performing with The Mike Dillon Band.
Former members of the now disbanded MDI Justin Estes and Sunshine Cantu continue to make music together in their own Reggae, Blues, Funk, Jazz style. The group also features the saxophone playing of Kingsville ISD band director Bobby Salazar who solos can only be described as spirited.
While the group plays a number of original songs they also cover an eclectic number of songs ranging from “Mr. Bobby” by Manu Chao, to “Man Eater” by Hall and Oates. The vocal stylings of singer Justin Estes are powerful and smooth while the energy that Bassist Sunshine Cantu brings to the stage are a sight to behold for anyone in attendance.
Estes has been singing since childhood and even won the chance to perform with Tesla in 2005 when he won a singing competition in Corpus Christi. Not one to shy away from a microphone he can also be seen around town performing karaoke.
Cantu who has been playing the Bass since Junior High has been performing a for a number of years with school Jazz bands. In 2006 she was a member of Texas A&M University Kingsvilles Jazz Band I which was named Downbeat Magazines number 1 band based on entrants from all over the world.
Playing for over a decade in the Corpus Christi, Kingsville, and Austin areas the Sunshine Collective is set to take the stage alongside the accomplished musician Mike Dillon originally of Denton Texas. Dillon has been in a number of bands performing all over the country and has even been a member of several groups with Bassist Les Claypool (Primus, South Park, Robot Chicken).
Playing various forms of percussion Mike Dillon first encountered Cantu and Estes when they were in the rock/reggae group known as MDI when playing a live show at Dr. Rockits in Corpus Christi. From there Cantu served as a bassist for Dillons other groups on several occasions over the years.
Now playing together at The NASA both groups will be delivering a show that is sure to be filled with funky grooves and smooth vocals from the Sunshine Collective. The Mike Dillon band is sure to show the Corpus Christi crowd a very unique style and an assault of percussive jamming.

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By Richard Johnstone | 18 December 2013
Council funding will be cut by nearly 3% in England from next April, but authorities in London and metropolitan areas will face reductions of more than 4%, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has announced.
The total reduction in council spending power – a calculation of both government grants and council tax revenue – will be nearly £1.7bn in 2014/15, Pickles said today. This equates to a 2.9% average reduction in funding, according to the provisional local government finance settlement.
However, greater reductions are imposed on London authorities – down 4.5% on average – and metropolitan districts, reduced by 4.2%. Funding for cities will also see greater than average falls. Spending power is to be cut 5.5% for Liverpool, 5.3% for Birmingham and 5% for Manchester.
The largest cut for individual authorities is 6.9% for Chesterfield in Derbyshire and East Lindsey in Lincolnshire. A total of 38 authorities have either received a flat settlement, or will receive an increase in spending power.
Publishing the settlement in a written statement today, Pickles said town halls must remain focused on delivering savings so they can both improve services and keep council tax down.
He also set out details of the government’s council tax freeze grant for the next two years.
Authorities have been offered £550m over the next two years to freeze the tax, which would mean that the tax has been kept flat for five years.
Also from April, grants for the previous freezes in 2011/12 and 2013/14 will also be included in the funding settlement total for future years, and the next two years of freeze funding will also form part of the baseline. The Department for Communities and Local Government said this would give councils the maximum possible certainty of future funding.
‘This year, councils should continue to focus on cutting waste and making sensible savings to protect frontline services and keep council tax down. Extra funding is on offer to councils to freeze council tax for a fourth year in a row,’ Pickles added.
‘Opinion polling suggests that satisfaction with local government is either constant or improved compared to 2010, helped by the fact that council tax bills have been cut by 10% in real terms.’
DCLG also highlighted the ‘significant scope’ for councils to merge back-office services, improve procurement and tackle £2.4bn of local fraud to mitigate the impact of reductions.
Today’s settlement also marks the second year of business rates retention, where councils receive the half of the growth in rates.
As a result of this reform, councils now generate more than 70% of their income locally compared to just 56% under the old system, the department stated.
Pickles also announced that the threshold at which authorities will need to hold a local referendum if they choose to increase council tax instead of accept the freeze grant would be published in the New Year.
This was set at 2% last year, but Pickles said ministers were ‘particularly open to representations suggesting that some lower threshold be applied to councils, given the strong need to protect taxpayers wherever possible from unreasonable increases in bills’.
Local Government Association chair Sir Merrick Cockell said the settlement confirms that councils 'will continue to be at the sharp end of public sector spending cuts up to 2016'.
The next two years will be the toughest yet for people who rely on local government services, he said.
'The money government gives to councils to run local services will fall by 8.5% over the next two years, but as a result of the Autumn Statement there will not be an additional reduction on top of this.
'By the end of this Parliament local government will have to have made £20bn worth of savings. Councils have so far largely restricted the impact of the cuts on their residents. They have worked hard to save those services that people most value and have protected spending on social care for children and the elderly, but even these areas are now facing reductions. That impact will only increase over the next two years.'
CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman said the settlement was an 'unfortunate demonstration of how urgently we need an independent commission into local government funding'.
He added: 'The opaque nature of figures and their presentation in the settlement demonstrates just how desperately we need to take the see-saw of party politics out of the allocation of funding and instead base it upon need.
'When government ministers compare such different councils as affluent Windsor and metropolitan Newcastle in an attempt to justify the “fairness” of the settlement it only serves to highlight how out of touch this process has become.'


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This painting is one of a pair; the other, 'Italian Villa', is also in the Collection. William Cowen was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire. By 1811 he was a drawing master in Sheffield, and attracted the early patronage of Earl Fitzwilliam, who paid for him to visit Italy in the early 1820s. He moved to London in 1831 where he settled for the rest of his life. He was a founder of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.
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Basic markets – how do they
Does the simplistic demand-supply
model make sense?
Is there actually a game behind it?
Will real people behave according to
the theoretical predictions?
Introductory example: the
first market experiment
Chamberlin (JPE, 1948) conducted bilateral trading
experiments with his graduate students at Harvard
to illustrate how perfectly competitive equilibrium might
Subjects could each trade one unit of a good
Price higher than equilibrium 7 times, lower 39 times
“… economists may have been led unconsciously to share
their unique knowledge of the equilibrium point with their
theoretical creatures. The buyers and sellers, who, of
course, in real life have no knowledge of it whatever.” (p.
Response by Vernon Smith
Vernon Smith, a former Harvard student (and Nobel Prize
laureate in 2002), changed Chamberlin’s trading institution in
the following way:
Instead of having subjects circulate and make bilateral
deals he used the oral double auction procedure.
He also implemented the method of “stationary replication”,
which is a sequence of trading days with stationary demand
and supply schedules.
“These two changes seemed to me the appropriate
modifications to do a more credible job of rejecting
competitive price theory, which after all, was for teaching,
not believing...” (Smith 1991, p. 155).
Details of the double auction
Each buyer i is paid according to Bi(xi)-∑pi where xi denotes the
number of goods bought and Bi denotes the buyers’ utility from
consuming xi goods.
Each seller is paid according to ∑pi-Si(xi).
There is a limited time for trading per “market day”. If trading
ceases before the time limit is reached the “day” ends.
Within a market period a buyer can make price bids to the group
of sellers for a specified quantity and/or accept a seller’s price
offer for a specified quantity at any point in time.
Within a market period a seller can make price offers to the
group of buyers for a specified quantity and/or accept a buyer’s
price bid for a specified quantity at any point in time.
Improvement rule: A new bid must be better
(higher) than the highest standing bid. A new
offer must be better (lower) than the lowest
If a bid (offer) is accepted a binding contract
In general, individuals only know their own
Bi(xi) or Si(xi) values.
Is the outcome in the DA
Demand and supply change during a trading period.
Nothing ensures that trade will take place at the
CE. Notice that the number of CE-trades is in
general smaller than the number of economically
feasible trades. In principle it might be possible that
all feasible trades take place.
There is no rigorous game theoretic prediction.
No well defined game!
Intro example 2: Cournot Mergers
N<5 firms in market - merger between two
makes them suffer and outsiders gain!
Merger beneficial if outsiders did not change production
Optimal response of merged firm to unchanged
behaviour of others : lower output
But optimal output of others rises => further drop in
optimal output of the new firm!
In new equilibrium industry profits rise. But market
share of merged firm drops from 2/n to 1/(n-1)
Huck et al (2007) lab study of mergers
Total output close to theory
However, individual outputs different
Merged firms produce more than unmerged
Unmerged firms best respond to that
Mergers in larger market weakly profitable!
Now what? The state of
Over time we have gathered a wealth of evidence
regarding deviations from Nash equilibria in many
The number of experimental papers has grown
Recording deviations is not enough, we have to
Modern economic theory is interested in
incorporating the insights gained from that process
to improve models
All pay auction
You pay your bid independently of winning or
Let’s try it!
How did you play? Is that an equilibrium?
Insight actually used to make real money (swoopo
and other penny auctions sites)
How is this similar to a patent race?
The owner of a company
A manager that wants to buy it
Value to owner V is unknown to manager,
but distribution uniform in the set
Value to manager is 1.5*V
How much do you offer?
What is behavioral IO
Traditional IO is based on Nash equilibrium
Rational firms, rational consumers
Consistent beliefs - best responses
Rational firms best responding to irrational
Irrational firms - no best responses?
Rational firms with wrong beliefs? Rational
consumers with wrong beliefs?
Common deviations from
“rationality” - bounded
Right beliefs - no best response
Levels of reasoning
Best response - wrong beliefs
N players, can say a number [0,100], winner is
the person closest to ½ times the average
Undercutting games Guessing games
Level k model also
behaviour well in 2x2
games, 3x3 games,
Using models of bounded
QRE can explain behavior in all pay auctions
Overbidding as we saw in lecture
Level k can explain the experience of the
ECB with liquidity auctions
Banks demand liquidity – ECB supplies, if total
demand lower than supply there is a proportional
Nash equilibrium if supply<demand: demand
What actually happened?
Common deviations from
“rationality” - psychological
A poker player does not remember his big gains, but
always remembers his big losses (Matt Damon in Rounders)
Discounting day 2 payoffs in day 1 stronger than day 12
payoffs in day 11
Inertia - Nudges
Sunk cost- and other fallacies
Example: all pay auction
Are these behavioral traits
useful in the real world?
replications in poor countries with payoffs comparable
to monthly wages
… repetition, experience
But many games played by non experts!
– Interaction with rational agents (product markets) …
Behavioral IO: firms may exacerbate rather than
– Sample too narrow
replications with many populations (professionals,
game theorists, chess players…)
Using psychological traits:
Kahnemann, Knetsch, and Thaler (1986)
proposed that sales might have an irrational
Survey: many subjects say that it is unfair for
firms to raise prices when demand goes up
Firms have incentive to hold sales rather than
reducing regular prices
if firms lower regular prices when demand is low,
they will be branded as unfair if they raise prices
back to normal when demand returns to normal
Why sales? pt2
Rotemberg (2005) - more complex fairness-
based model to account for firms’ occasional
use of sales and for the stickiness of prices
consumers have reciprocal preferences and
punish firms discontinuously if their estimate
of the firm’s altruism crosses a threshold
model also relies on the firms’ objective
function being a concave function of profits
and on consumers feeling regret
This leads to sales and sticky prices
Information and obfuscation
Milgrom (1981), Grossman (1981) –
Should you reveal relevant information to
E.g. about the quality of your product to your
Best firm should reveal, to attract clients
But then, the next best firm should also reveal,
else buyers would assume it is just an average
Unravelling- all others have to reveal!
Information and obfuscation
Ellison and Ellison (2005) find differences
btw theory and practice
mattress manufacturers put different model names
on products sold through different stores and
provide few technical specs so as to make it very
difficult to compare prices
Credit cards: hard to imagine that the complex fee
schedules in small print on the back of credit card
offers could not be made simpler.
Ιnformation and obfuscation:
Gabaix and Laibson (2004) suggest a very simple
Consumers have noisy estimates of utility they will receive
from consuming a product: they think they will get utility u+ε
from consuming product i when they actually get utility u.
Obfuscation increases the variance of the random evaluation
error ε in a model in which consumers have noisy estimates
of their utility
Such a model is formally equivalent (from the firm’s
perspective) to a model in which firms can invest in product
Firms will invest in obfuscation just as they invest in
differentation to raise markups.
Information and obfuscation:
Spiegler (2006) discusses another rule-of-thumb model
Products inherently have a large number of dimensions.
Boundedly rational consumers evaluate products on one
randomly chosen dimension and buy the product that
scores most highly on this dimension.
In this model, consumers would evaluate the products
correctly if products were designed to be equally good on
all dimensions. Spiegler shows that this will not happen,
Essentially, firms randomize across dimensions making the product
very good on some dimensions and not so good on others.
Non-linear pricing: Paying not
to go to the gym
DellaVigna, Malmendier (2005)
Survey of all health clubs in Boston area (100
Most common contract design:
monthly and annual fee & initiation fee
no per-visit fee
Estimated marginal cost: $3-$6 + congestion
Below-marginal-cost pricing of visit, p<C’
Paying not to go to the gym
Consumers are initially offered a two-part tariff
upfront payment L and additional per visit charge p.
If consumers accept this offer, they learn the disutility d that
they will incur if they visit the club, and then decide whether
costs p and gives a delayed benefit b.
two reasons why a health club will want to distort p away
from marginal cost
sophisticated rational consumers would like to commit themselves
to go to the health club more often
naive rational consumers overestimate the number of times that
they will go to the club
Las Vegas hotels and restaurants:
Price rooms and meals below cost, at
High price on gambling (the house always
Above marginal cost pricing of
addictive leisure goods, p>C’
Anchoring: Do workers know
their disutility of effort?
Ariely, Loewenstein and Prelec (2004)
Asked subjects whether they would pay $2 to attend
a 15-minute poetry reading
Asked other subjects whether they would attend if
they were paid $2.
Later, asked whether they would attend for free.
Among those who were anchored on paying: 33%
Among those who were anchored on being paid:
Shipping charges on ebay
Hossain and Morgan (2006) conduct
field experiments on eBay
find that auctioning goods with a high
(but not too high) shipping charge raises
more revenue than using an equivalent
minimum bid and making shipping free.
Do people perceive inflation
Georganas, Healy and Li (2010)
Present subjects with a basket of goods and instruct them to
buy a designated one each period
Manipulate the speed and frequency of price changes
People underestimate inflation if cheap, frequently bought goods
have low inflation
People overestimate inflation if such goods have high inflation
This influences their consumption, saving, investment
Real life example: The introduction of the euro led to many
complaints of high inflation because of rounding etc
Actually rounding hardly mattered, since 0.95 was rounded to
1 (5% difference) but 999.5 just to 1000 (just 0.05% difference)
What did we learn- Future?
IO models can be applied to the real world
Sometimes they need some adjustments to account for the
way reality is different from our assumptions
Consumers deviate from rationality in several different,
sometimes predictable ways
Companies can best respond to that and/or also deviate
from fully rational behaviour
We have just begun scratching the surface
There is a looooot of work to be done and many
things to find out…
But you will only find out in grad school :)
U.Malmendier Lecure notes
Excellent survey: G.Ellison http://econ-www.mit.edu/files/904
D.Ariely: Predictably irrational

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Kathmandu, September 11
In a bid to fill the infrastructure gap in the country, Nepal should focus on developing proper regulatory framework that is investor-friendly, opined Akhil Bansal, deputy chief executive officer of KPMF India.
Bansal, who is currently in Kathmandu to participate the Nepal Infrastructure Summit 2019, said that the infrastructure gap of Nepal is the result of decades-long political transition. However, time has come for the country to formulate effective regulatory framework to attract investors towards big infrastructure projects, as per him.
“Infrastructure is fundamental for the growth of any economy. Nepal is exactly where development of infrastructure has to take centrestage to meet its aspirations of graduating from the LDC (least developed country) status,” said Bansal, adding that the infrastructure sector should also get special focus from the government, as infrastructure development is far more difficult than development of industries.
As infrastructure projects are social in nature and there may not be any returns in such projects, effective regulations and project monitoring mechanisms have to be put in place to ensure that projects being developed in the country are competitive and the deadlines are not missed, he said.
Along with seeking financing sources, Nepal also needs to welcome and encourage the private sector towards development of infrastructure projects, believes Bansal. “As the government cannot build all the necessary infrastructure due to its own limitations, it should promote private sector for development of infrastructure,” he said.
Likewise, countries like Nepal should also raise its project development capacity. “Along with money and intent, a country should also develop ample capacity on ground to handle large infrastructure projects,” said Bansal.
Lastly, Bansal also pointed that prompt decision-making capacity and implementation of policies are crucial for infrastructure development.
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I run into this problem a lot. If you’re not in the printing world, you probably don’t know what bleed is. I didn’t know what it was until I went to college and started my printing classes. I do think it’s important to explain though, especially if you’re creating your own artwork for invitations, greeting cards, flyers, or really any printed material. Even if you’re just shopping around and ordering printed products, it’s important to know some basic terminology.
Bleed is the outside area of the page where the artwork goes over the edge of the paper. So, why is this needed? Say you’re creating an invitation that has a red background on the entire sheet. Because the color goes all the way to the edge of the paper, you’ll need anywhere between 0.25″ and 0.125″ bleed on all four sides. The diagram below shows a 1/8″ bleed using the red line around the document.
Now, the next concept usually doesn’t register with people initially purely because we’re so used to pressing print on our home computer and spitting out a document or picture. Professional printing is much, much different. Let’s use our full bleed, red background invitation example. When a piece of paper goes through a printer or a printing press, the machine has to grip on to the paper to apply the ink. Because of this, ink cannot be placed in that area. So, to get a sheet of paper to have full color, you have to print on a larger sheet and trim it down.
So, if we have a 5″ x 7″ invitation with a full bleed red background, we’re probably going to print it on a 8.5″ x 11″ sheet with 2 invitations per sheet. (Laying out files on a larger sheet is called imposition and we’ll cover that topic another day!) Now you can print your invitations with 0.125″ bleed, trim it down and have a full color card!
Having bleed run off the sheet helps when trimming so you don’t have any white edges. Even though commercial cutting equipment can be very exact, it’s not perfect and having tiny white edges around your artwork is not pretty!
Keep this concept in mind when ordering any products you have to print yourself. Make sure your graphic designer ALWAYS sends you files with bleed if the artwork goes all the way to the edge of the paper! This will save you a ton of time and headache!
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Ihor Zhovkva met with ambassadors of EU member states who returned to Kyiv to perform their duties
President of Ukraine
2 May 2022 - 19:56
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva held a working meeting with representatives of the European Union member states who have resumed their diplomatic presence in Kyiv. Among them are the Ambassadors of Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Slovakia, as well as ChargĂ© d'Affaires of Estonia, Poland, Slovenia, France and the Czech Republic in Ukraine.
Ihor Zhovkva thanked the heads of diplomatic missions of the European Union who returned to Kyiv to fulfill their duties: "This demonstrates your firm solidarity with the people of Ukraine who oppose Russian aggression."
He commended the continued political support and significant practical assistance provided by the governments of these countries since the first day of the large-scale Russian invasion. In this regard, the Deputy Head of the Office of the President stressed the importance of the visits of European leaders to Ukraine and expressed hope that the number of such visits will continue to grow.
Ihor Zhovkva also thanked the EU countries for the important humanitarian aid and support for Ukrainian citizens who were forced to leave their homeland due to Russian aggression and found refuge thanks to our European partners.
The Deputy Head of the Office of the President stressed the need to increase EU sanctions on Russia in order to encourage it to immediately cease hostilities and liberate the temporarily occupied territories.
"The sixth package of sanctions must be implemented as soon as possible. It must contain an embargo on Russian oil, disconnect all Russian banks from SWIFT and stop the broadcast of Russian TV channels in the EU," said Ihor Zhovkva.
The parties focused on steps aimed at Ukraine's accession to the EU as soon as possible.
"Granting Ukraine the status of a candidate country for EU membership as soon as possible should be a symbolic step of support from the leaders of the EU member states. Today, Ukraine is defending not only itself but the whole of Europe, and hence proved its belonging to the European Union. Ukraine and Ukrainians deserve this decision," said the Deputy Head of the Office of the President.
He also noted that due to Russian aggression and the systematic destruction of critical and social infrastructure, there is an urgent need to launch the Trust Fund for Solidarity with Ukraine as soon as possible.
Ihor Zhovkva also informed about the initiative of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to involve partner countries in the reconstruction of certain cities and regions affected by the war, and called on representatives of EU member states to actively decide on such assistance.
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Apparently, al-Qaida has launched an online English-language magazine to reach out and try to recruit "lone-wolf" type extremists. To try to stop al-Qaida's efforts, British intelligence agents went all Martha Stewart on their magazine.
The agents hacked into the magazine and took aim at an article titled "Make A Bomb In The Kitchen Of Your Mom" by "The AQ Chef." The hackers replaced the code of that article, with one leading to a web page with recipes for 'The Best Cupcakes in America' - a post from The Ellen DeGeneres show.
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From meager beginnings, one of country music's most successful artists started performing at 4H events and rodeos in a rural Mississippi county.
Faith Hill, known for her incredible voice, endless hits, and timeless beauty, began her musical journey after her first year of college in 1987. Deciding there was no time to waste on her dream, she set her sights on Nashville. There, she worked packing fan merchandise for one of her idols: Reba McEntire.
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