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Madame G guide to the stars WEEK OF DEC. 9

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The moon is Void of Course on December 9 and Venus parallels Saturn. This is a time for staying on course and thinking through problems (even romantic ones) rationally. Madame G recommends you follow your head rather than your heart. First you must listen, learn, and collect information. Gather all the intel you can and take...

Local buying gets boost from internet platform

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Bill Foster is a digital marketing master. The serial entrepreneur developed keyword and search-engine ad revenue for pioneering companies such as Infoseek and Excite and now wants to use his experience and knowledge to help local businesses compete with national chains and internet behemoths.

Foster is a founder of yellCast, a New Mexico startup that connects buyers with local merchants by providing search-engine results that go a step beyond Yelp, Google and Bing and offer an interactive portal where buyers and sellers communicate directly.  With this service, consumers who want to shop locally don’t need to call multiple merchants to find a specific product; yellCast provides the...

Letter to the Editor: The need to educate is clear

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Editor,

Winter is in full effect at Standing Rock North Dakota.  The Water Protectors at Oceti Sakowin are working tirelessly to create temporary homes for the thousands of elders, families and Water Protectors there willing to freeze rather than abandon this sacred land and our plight for our planet. They have been working tirelessly to ensure everyone’s safety but as their numbers grow, so do their needs.

Oceti Sakowin Camp is the main camp of 6,000+ people with over 100 Dine’ (Navajo) at the NoDAPL front lines it is fitting that the Navajo Nation take a stand with the Water Protectors and call upon the Obama administration to intervene before January 20th, 2017 while the Navajo...

Stiffing the panhandlers

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The problem of panhandling in Gallup probably isn’t going to go away anytime soon. The Gallup Police Department does what it can to tackle the problem, but when you throw in intoxication and alcohol-related problems it becomes a bit much.

The best that anybody can do is treat the symptoms of panhandling and we are all thankful for what NCI offers in the form of treatment plans. Addressing the root causes of panhandling and homelessness means battling some age-old enemies: alcoholism, drug addiction, mental illness, the lack of job skills and anti-social behavior. That means fighting the battle on a variety of fronts and now simply with badges and uniforms.

The police, however...

Madame G guide to the stars WEEK OF DEC. 2

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The Sun and Mercury are in Sagittarius and highlight the need for understanding your place in the larger global context. What’s your legacy? Consider where you are right now, today. Madame G recommends working on one area of your life that needs improvement. Take a class, read, or hire a coach. By taking these small steps forward, you’ll get there. Good luck!

 

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Life is a series of stages: you’re born, age, and die. What season of life are you in? During the aging process, your life is rich and varied. You may transition from feelings of optimism to pessimism and glorious moments in between. Madame G suggests evaluating where you are, now. Be grateful...

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