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ROCHESTER - We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays.Dont forget, the library will be closed Monday, Jan. 17in observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

If you are looking for something to do in the winter weeks to come, why not include the library in your to-do list? Whatever your interests, we have you covered! From magazines to DVDs and everything in between, including great downloadable resources, all you need is an active library card. No card, and live in Rochester? Just bring in your photo ID and a recent proof of address (recent mail, car registration, lease, etc.) or if you are a property owner, we can look you up on the Town tax rolls, and we will sign you up for a card.

For out-of-towners who would like to use our resources, we have two options for you to join the library. A $30 will give a 6-month membership and $60 will give a year membership to you and everyone in your household.

The library is excited to offer a new program for local writers. The purpose of this writing group is for people to have a designated time and space to work on their projects individually surrounded by others for moral support. The session will run for two hours with a fifteen-minute break for people to socialize if they wish and the library will provide light refreshments. The group facilitator, Madeline, ran a similar group at a library in Washington State with great success.Join us Thursday, Jan. 20 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Rose Room (2nd floor of the library). Call Abby, our Programming Librarian, at 603-335-7550 with any questions.

Main Desk Librarian (and syndicated cartoonist) Stephanie, and Main Desk LibrarianKarylhave created a series of weekly animated videos recommending book, DVD and other titles available at the library. Enjoy our animated suggestions for titles to start the New Year! See them on our Facebook and Instagram accounts.

This week RPL librarianAmyshares a recent favorite: Although I am not a huge nonfiction reader, 'A Libertarian Walks into a Bear' was recommended to me and I found myself engrossed in the story immediately. It is a thoughtfully written chronicling of a political experiment in Grafton, N.H., by the Free Town Project starting in 2004. The author,Matt Hongoltz-Hetling, is a reporter for the Valley News in Hanover, N.H.He also includes the history of Grafton in an effort to explain why Grafton was the town of interest. Whether you remember John Babiarz running for governor of N.H. or not, this book will have you hooked on his story and all of the other characters as well as the decisions that were made in an effort to be free.I enjoyed every minute of this book. I appreciate Hongoltz-Hetling's writing style.He broke up the information into chunks and delved into why the town was plagued with fires, bears, and terrible roads with humor and wit.I give it five stars!

We are always happy when Kait has some new recommendations. You may not know it, but RPL LibrarianKaitis a Queen of social media and book blogging and her Instagram has many followers. Her recommendations for this week are: Happy 2022!

I would like to share the 22 YA books publishing in the first half of 2022 that Im most excited about! From a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer book to a queer marching band story and everything in between, I hope you will find something to enjoy from this list. Happy reading! (Publication dates are listed after the titles):

When You Get the Chanceby Emma Lord (1-4);The Storytellerby Kathryn Williams (1-11);In Every Generationby Kendare Blake (1-25);Fire Becomes Herby Rosiee Thor (2-1);Mirror Girlsby Kelly McWilliams (2-1);No Filter and Other Liesby Crystal Maldonado (2-1);A Million to Oneby Adiba Jaigirdar (2-15);The Chandler Legaciesby Abdi Nazemian (2-15);Bright Ruined Thingsby Samantha Cohoe (2-15);The One True Me and Youby Remi K. England (3-1);This Golden Stateby Marit Weisenberg (3-1);One For Allby Lillie Lainoff (3-8);Forward Marchby Skye Quinlan (3-8);Alice Austen Lived Hereby Alex Gino (4-5);Message Not Foundby Dante Medema (3-29);Does My Body Offend You?by Maria Cuevas (4-5);Scouts Honorby Lily Anderson (4-5);Queen of the Tilesby Hanna Alkaf (4-19);Why Would I Lie?by Adi Rule (5-1);I Kissed Shara Wheelerby Casey McQuiston (5-3);See You Yesterdayby Rachel Lynn Solomon (5-3);You, Me, and Our Heartstringsby Melissa See (5-31)

For more book lists like these and other bookish fun, follow Kait Plus Books atkaitplusbooks.comor @kaitplusbooks on social media! (Most of Kaits list recommendations can be found in the library. Some are available on the Libby app.)

Cold and flu season protocols: Cold and flu season, as well as COVID-19, is upon us. If anyone in your family comes down with COVID-19, contact us for help with items you may not be able to return on time. Call us at 603-335-7549 or 603-332-1428 with any questions. While we love to share our books, we do not want to share germs! Please remember that if you or your child is too sick to go to work or school, you are too sick to visit the library.

Winter Story Time: Winter Story Times are almost full! Call us at 603-3357549 or come to the library to check for space availability. The programs are free and begin the week of Jan. 10 and will run for six weeks.They will start in our meeting room and will last about 20 minutes. We will share three to four books alternating with finger plays, songs, and movement, and then follow that with a 30-minute Stay & Play in the Childrens Room.This time will be for children to participate in unstructured play and socialize, while adults will have an opportunity to meet other families in our community.

We respectfully request that accompanying adults wear masks during Story Time.

Collage Rainbow ~Take It & Make It Craft: Families can pick up a kit beginning Saturday, Jan. 8 through Saturday, Jan. 15 or until they are gone. Pick up times are during library open hours only. The kits will be inside the Childrens Room entryway. (One kit per child please).

Main Floor: Beatlemania: Whether or not you watched the Get Back documentary series on Disney+, or are a new or old Beatle fan, we have a fab display filled with books, DVDs and CDs of all your favorite songs. Check out a few and have your own Beatle festival.

Are you a local artist interested in exhibiting your work at the Rochester Public Library? We would love to hear from you! Please email a short bio with images of your work to RPLReference@rochesternh.net

Having problems with a new smartphone or tablet? Want help setting up Libby or hoopla so you can read or listen to free ebooks and audiobooks? Emerging Technology SpecialistJessicais here to help you if you need it! Give us a call to make an appointment at 603-332-1428 or RPLReference@rochesternh.net.

Contacting RPL: Visit the Librarys website: https://rpl.lib.nh.us/; Email the reference librarian Rplreference@rochesternh.net. Message us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rplnh/ or https://www.facebook.com/RPLChildrensRoom

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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) Election season is right around the corner and Thursday candidates in state and local elections can begin collecting signatures.

Illinois candidates running for federal, state, and county elected positions have until March to get enough signatures in order to see their name on the ballot for their respective political party ahead of Junes primary election.

Illinois primary election season officially started Thursday for candidates. At the McLean County Clerks Office, candidates could pick their petition packets up in person or online.

You can download these ahead of time, but the only problem is for candidates is you dont want to start getting your signatures on petitions until today (Thursday), said McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael.

Candidates from the Republican, Democrat, and Libertarian parties started their process for the June primaries in hopes of making it all the way to the general election in the fall.

What youre doing is youre selecting the candidates that will represent each party in November for the general election, said Executive Director of Peoria County Election Commission, Tom Bride.

This year the primary election was pushed until June 28th due to a delay in the states redistricting of state and federal seats. Bride said that also shortened the amount of time candidates have to get their required amount of signatures.

Typically theres 90 days to collect the signatures, this year theres only 60 days so the actual signature requirement was reduced by one-third, too, Bride said.

County clerks and local election commissions handle the petitions and election process for county leaders and local races. In McLean and other counties. sheriffs, clerks and county board members will all appear on the primary ballots.

We have 10 districts and we have two representatives in each district, so all 20 of those because of the redistricting and remapping. They all have to run this time. Usually, its staggered; one year 10 run and two years later the other 10 run, Michael said.

Michael said in June voters will see federal and state lawmakers running for positions in primary battles as well. Those petitions are handled by their respective election commissions.

The deadline to file most petitions for Illinois is March 7 and the final day to turn them in is March 14 by 5 p.m.

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Powder Springs, GA, Jan. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- viaNewMediaWire--CBMJ Inc. (OTC:CBMJ) Conservative Broadcast Media & Journalism Announced that Quarter over Quarter Revenue increased by 68% from $785K in 2020 to $1.32M in Q-4 of 2021.

The Companys full year revenue came in at $4.44M which is an 82% increase over 2020 revenue of $2.43M.

Product sales through e-commerce including Flag & Cross, Patriot Depot, Coffee and Cigar Sales accounted for 75% of total sales. The other 25% came from Consulting Services, Database Email sales and rentals and Media Services.

"One of our goals in 2021 was to drive Revenue which was accomplished with organic growth along with the acquisition of Patriot Depot in June 2021. Although sales were strong, we did not achieve our net income goals in 2021 due to inventory adjustments, added shipping costs, advertising censorship from big tech and managing the integration of the two businesses. With the hiring of Hanford Jordan as CEO of CBMJs subsidiaries DeDonato Enterprises/Patriot Depot, which was announced yesterday, we expect to rectify those issues and achieve both sales and earnings goals in 2022. The goal in 2022 is to achieve 10% earnings bottom line as a percentage of sales," stated CBMJs CEO Mark Schaftlein.

Correction: Yesterdays press release from CBMJ announcingHanford Jordan as being hired asCEO of its subsidiaries DeDonato Enterprises/Patriot Depot stated in error that prior he had been an auditor with KPMC. Is should have stated that prior he had been an auditor with KPMG International Limited, a British-Dutch multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations.

About DeDonato Enterprises:DeDonato Enterprises, L.L.C. is a Digital Marketing Agency based in Metro-Atlanta that specializes in reaching a conservative/libertarian/religious audience. DeDonato was acquired by CBMJ in October of 2020.

About Patriot Depot:Patriot Depot is an online retailer that distributes and sells Conservative and Christian themed supplies, apparel, pins, flags, patriotic gifts, glasses, novelties, books, DVDs and more.Patriot Depot was acquired by CBMJ mid-2021.

About CBMJ:(CBMJ) Conservative Broadcast Media and Journalism is a Digital Marketing Company based in Metro-Atlanta that specializes in reaching a conservative/libertarian/religious audience. Among other assets, CBMJ operates numerous social media accounts across several platforms with over 2 million followers, owns an active database of over 20 million opt-in email subscribers, and publishes a network of 47 monetized political/news websites generating 10 million page views per month. Some of the marquis sites includewww.flagandcross.com,www.patriotdepot.comandwww.militarygradecoffee.com. The Company also maintains one of the largest collections of historical documents on the web athttp://constitution.com/.

In addition, CBMJ operates a brick-and-mortar coffee shop in Hiram, GA, and e-commerce websites includingwww.thrashercoffee.com/,www.valloranicigars.com, and an e-commerce portal at their primary sitewww.store.flagandcross.com/. CBMJ now also distributes the increasingly popular TV, radio, and social media segment "The Schaftlein Report" hosted by economic analyst, political commentator, and CBMJs CEO Mark Schaftlein.https://schaftleinreport.com/

Forward-Looking Statements: This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, based on current expectations and assumptions concerning future events or future performance of the company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. In evaluating such statements, prospective investors should review carefully various risks and uncertainties identified in this release and matters disclosed atwww.otcmarkets.com. These risks and uncertainties could cause the company's actual results to differ materially.

Mark Schaftlein

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This Christmas marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Harry Potterfilm, and on January 1, HBO Max will release a special,Return to Hogwarts, featuring interviews with the original cast. Noticeably absent from the reunion isHarry Potterauthor J.K. Rowling, who has become outspoken on gender issues and regularly expresses concern that the transgender activist movement is erasing the concept of womanhood. She is increasingly assailed by progressives, and thus it's possible that the controversy is the reason she's being left out. (Neither Rowling nor Warner Bros. have commented on the author's omission from the special.)

Rowling is not exactly a conservative: She has described her politics as center-left, and has supported both the Labour Party and the U.K. remaining part of the European Union. She is at the very least politically open-minded, however her books frequently toy with libertarian ideasmost notably in the later entries, when the incompetence, corruption, and eventual outright authoritarianism of the Ministry of Magic (the wizarding world's government bureaucracy) is on full display.

As a fan of the books and films who had not revisited them in quite some time, I had always remembered how unflatteringly Rowling portrayed the government of her fictional world. But I was surprised to rediscover another entity that is absolutely savaged in the Harry Potteruniverse: the mainstream media. Rewatching the films this month for the first time in years, I was particularly struck by how much fake news was printed in the pages ofThe Daily Prophet.

TheProphetis the main source of news for wizards and witches living in England. Owls deliver it daily to virtually all magical folk, including teenagers: Harry and his classmates receive the paper while they eat breakfast at Hogwarts. It is the wizarding world's version of the mainstream media; it is also an ever-evolving source of lies and propaganda.

In the fourth book and film,Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the newspaper takes on a tabloid role. When Rita Skeeter, a star reporter for the Prophet, interviews Harry about his participation in a magical tournament, she misquotes him deliberately and sensationalizes his life and habits. She also writes articles falsely claiming that Harry and his best friend, Hermione, are in a romantic relationship.

But this is the least of The Daily Prophet's appalling failures. In the fifth book and film,Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the newspaper sides with the government, openly aiding the Ministry of Magic's efforts to paint Harry and his mentor, Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, as lunatics and conspiracy theorists. Harry and his friends know that the dangerous dark wizard Voldemort has returned, but the truth is inconvenient for the Ministry, and thus the media does everything it can to paint Harry as deranged. Sample headlines include, "Harry Potter: The Boy Who Lied?" and "Dumbledore: Is He Daft or Is He Dangerous?"

In the final novel, after the villain Voldemort has taken over the government and installed a puppet minister, The Daily Prophetbecomes an outright fascist publication, in full support of Voldemort's tyrannical and genocidal agenda. Meanwhile, alternative media sources take up the cause of reporting actual news about Voldemort's sinister agenda and Harry's resistance to it.The Quibbler, a newspaper edited by Xenophilius Lovegood, father to Harry's friend Luna, starts out the series with a low reputation on account of some poorly sourced articles; toward the end, it's the only newspaper printing the truth about Voldemort. Indeed, in order for Harry to provide his eyewitness account of Voldemort's rise, he relies on The Quibbler to publish "Harry Potter Speaks Out At Last: The Truth About He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and the Night I Saw Him Return."

Some of Harry's supporters also launch a pirate radio program, Potterwatch, which provides information about Voldemort's attacks on non-magical folk. Podcasts and contrarian papers are the journalistic heroes of the wizarding world; the mainstream media is, to quote one notable real-world muggle, "the enemy of the people."

Many of the stars of the Harry Potterfilms seem eager to reprise their roles in a potential sequel series or reboot: Here's hoping that any futurePotterproject both 1) involves Rowling, and 2) reflects the source material's independent outlook toward the news.

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Right-wing personality Candace Owens is urging her fans to consume a quack medical cure known for turning users skin blue.

In an Instagram video posted on Thursday, Owens praised the use of colloidal silver as a daily supplement, a treatment that comes with no valid medical use and plenty of health risks.

Yes, colloidal silver! Owens said in the video. I take colloidal silver every single day, I love colloidal silver. That is a great one. That is another one that people probably know nothing about.

While Owens and others have praised preventative use of colloidal silver as a way to stave off illness, colloidal silver has no valid medical purpose and plenty of potential dangers. In extreme cases, according to the Mayo Clinic, colloidal silver can cause seizure or organ problems.

Owens didnt respond to a request for comment.

But colloidal silvers most famous side effect is argyriaa condition that turns users skin a bluish-gray color, usually permanently. Despite those risks, colloidal silver has sometimes been embraced by political outsiders, including some libertarians seeking treatments for a variety of illnesses outside the medical system. Montana Libertarian politician Stan Jones, for example, turned his skin blue by consuming colloidal silver.

Owens laid out her colloidal silver regimen in a follow-up Instagram comment to a fan asking for more information about colloidal silver, claiming she takes a teaspoon a day and more when Im sick in a post first highlighted by liberal activist William LeGate.

As little as that one teaspoon of silver a day could be enough to cause argyria, depending on the concentration of the silver solution. According to medical research, a 56-year-old man who took a teaspoon every day for allergy and cold medication noticed that his fingernails were turning blue.

Owens isnt the only far-right figure to endorse silver as a fringe medical cure. In 2020, the FDA warned InfoWars chief Alex Jones to stop promising that silver toothpaste and other silver products sold on his website could prevent or treat the coronavirus.

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Owenss pro-colloidal silver video came days after a disastrous interview where Owens, who works for conservative commentator Ben Shapiros The Daily Wire, interviewed former President Donald Trump. In a surprise move, Trump rebuffed Owens criticism of the coronavirus vaccines, praising the vaccines results as very good.

In the same video in which she praised colloidal silver, Owens downplayed Trumps support for the vaccines, claiming Trump is too old to read anti-vaccine information on the internet. She also attacked vaccinations more broadly, claiming, among other things, that theres real evil behind tetanus shots.

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