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Moving here, as well as construction was a huge economic boom. As we go from agricultural to suburbia, one of the big contributing factors of that are these machines right here. So you have cooling, which this would have filled up with water and air would have been blown through it because in the desert its so dry that the addition of humidity would cool he air down. But it didnt do as good a job. Then you have this, which was brought to arizona via motorola. But it then made its way not just fr...

By Edwin Decker Dear Ed, Can you tell me how long should I let a friend crash at my house? A friend of mine is going through a divorce and has been sleeping on my couch for about a month now. Do you think that’s long enough or is it my obligation to let him…

By Edwin Decker Dear Ed, as a socially incompetent person, I have the same issues as most other awkward people like poor eye contact and an inability to engage in small talk . . . but one thing I really struggle with is handshakes. I know it seems like a silly, small thing but .…

By Edwin Decker Dear Ed, I have a thing for a woman who works at a nearby Starbucks. She’s beautiful, sweet and funny and everything I ever wanted in a girlfriend but she’s out of my league. My friend says go for it. This is a guy [who] has no problem dating and is always…

By Edwin Decker Dear Decker, I am 7-months pregnant with a girl and my husband wants to name her Karen after his grandmother. He says that he’s been wanting to name his child after Nanna Karen for as long as he’s known he’s wanted to have a daughter. I say no way and have put…

Straight-Up With A Twist By Edwin Decker Dear Readers, since I started writing this “advice” column, I have received a few questions with something in common. They all used some variation of the phrase, “Politically homeless.” By this they meant that, while they have maintained the same political worldview they have always had, they feel…

Twenty-five-year-old Michelle von Emster was a fighter. Growing up in San Carlos, located just outside of San Francisco, California, when she was a student at St. Mary’s College she was diagnosed with leukemia, a cancer of blood-forming tissues. It would be a harrowing battle that would nearly kill her, but she managed to face the