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France 4-2 Croatia - Les Bleus ease past courageous Croatia to World Cup victory in Moscow

By Desert Star Staff A rampant France clinched their second World Cup title with a 4-2 victory in the Russia 2018 final over plucky underdogs Croatia at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium

in a match that saw class and controversy in equal measure.

It was Les Bleus who opened the scoring when Antoine Griezmann’s 18thminute free kick to the back post was guided into his own net by

By Jack Lyons Theatre and Film Critic Member American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) No matter how many times one sees one of the funniest, most hilarious, musical comedy-farce productions of the last 50 years, one still cannot help but enjoy the sheer madness and outrageous comedy audaciousness of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” , created by the legendary Broadway team of Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, and Larry Gelbart.

The only comedy writer/ playwright with a better comedy track record than Shakespeare is the incomparable legendary

Neil Simon, author of more than 33 Broadway smash hits with three of them running simultaneously in a single season! No one has ever done that or is likely to achieve that again. Gelbart created TV’s MASH, Shevelove wrote Radio, TV, and movie comedies with Gelbart, and the Bard’s comedy credits are too numerous to list here. Need I say more?

Which brings us then to the gold standard of The American musical comedy: Either “Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” or “Gypsy”.

Take your pick. Both are bullet proof when it comes to music, lyrics, and librettos in structure, and execution. Both are just

a rising Mario Mandzukic, the man who scored the goal to get Croatia into the final match.

Ten minutes later and Croatia were level when the reliable Ivan Perisic slotted home from just inside the

box. However, a Griezmann penalty given through a VAR decision ensured France went into the break ahead.

The second half saw two screamers in quick succession from Paul Pogba and Kylian

Mbappe that both cued celebrations from the bench, before a nightmare blunder from Hugo Lloris allowed Mandzukic to redeem his earlier error.

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Front: Missy Marion, Omri Schein. Back: David McBean, Jean Schroeder, Luke H. Jacobs, Amy Perkins. Photo by Aaron Rumley

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flat out great entertainment.

So as long as North Coast Repertory Theatre (NCRT) is presenting “Forum” as the final production of its 36th season, it’s proper and fitting to review one of the best examples of a block-buster musical hit for audiences of NCRT. “Forum” is the result of judicious research of playwrights of yore, by play director David Ellenstein, who did his homework well; coming up with a favorite of his and mine, as well. If I were to attempt to boil down a plot synopsis that would make sense of the onstage shenanigans from this gifted cast of top comedy-farceurs, I wouldn’t be able to finish this review in time for my paper. So with a mea culpa to Director Ellenstein, I’m borrowing and paraphrasing some his research notes.

This wacky play was originally written and staged by bawdy Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus 2000 years ago. It’s a play about sly servants, senile skirt chasers, hen pecked husbands, domineering matrons, lovesick young, and comely courtesans, with hearts of gold; all mixed up in mistaken identities, disguises, double takes and double-entendres.

If Marty Burnett, resident Set Design wizard could take the NCRT production of “Around the World in 80 Days, on their cozy stage imagine what he and Lighting designer Matt Novotny could do with Rome, The Forum, and its environs, with the gorgeous gossamer costumes for sexy dancing girl outfits designed

by Elisha Benzoni, along with authentic looking togas and robes for the male actors. The costume for Roman Captain Miles Gloriosus makes one want fall in line and March off to a battle somewhere. The choreography of Colleen Kollar Smith is tastefully done and is delicious to watch.

In making all the silliness come alive belongs to a talented and gifted company professional actors, who when they find themselves on stage in a comedy-farce they know exactly what to do and how to do it. There are thirteen splendid actors who make the magic happen.

NCRT artistic director David Ellenstein who is also the director of “Forum” made a smart choice in casting Omri Schein in the lead role of Pseudolus, the slave who will do anything to buy his freedom.

It’s a star turn in a cast chock full of clever, talented, and inventive performers. Mr. Schein has energy and comedy

Front: Jason Maddy, Omri Schein, Amy Perkins. Back: Missy Marion, Luke H. Jacobs.

Photo by Aaron Rumley timing to burn. It’s a very impressive performance.

Kevin Hafso Koppman as Hysterium, delivers a highly nuanced comedy gem of a performance as the harrassed head servant/slave in the House of Senex; Andrew Ableson as Senex ; the man who can’t quite catch the young Virgin Philia, sweetly and naively played Noelle Marion; Chris M. Kauffmann as Hero, the love interest of Philia; Melinda Gilb as Domina, ‘she who must be obeyed’ and wife of Senex; John Greenleaf as Erronius, who keeps searching the Hills around Rome for his two children who were captured

France Wins World Cup reliable Ivan Perisic slotted home from just inside the box. However, a Griezmann A rampant France clinched their second World penalty given through a VAR Cup title with a 4-2 victory decision ensured France in the Russia 2018 final over went into the break ahead. plucky underdogs Croatia at The second half saw two Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium screamers in quick succession in a match that saw class and from Paul Pogba and Kylian controversy in equal measure.

Mbappe that both cued It was Les Bleus who celebrations from the bench, opened the scoring when before a nightmare blunder from Antoine Griezmann’s 18thHugo Lloris allowed Mandzukic minute free kick to the back post to redeem his earlier error.

Les Bleus had only briefly was guided into his own net by been in the ascendency and a rising Mario Mandzukic, the were in the lead for an equally man who scored the goal to get ephemeral length of time. A Croatia into the final match. mere 10 minutes passed before Ten minutes later and Luka Modric lofted a free kick Croatia were level when the Continued from Page 1

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to the back post which was headed back across goal and found its way to Perisic. The midfielder took one touch to create space before smashing a left-footed strike into the far corner from just inside the box to give Hugo Lloris no chance.

The underdogs were all square, much to the delight of their chequered-flag waving fans.

It took just another 10 minutes for the game’s and what will surely go down as the tournament’s most controversial moment. Griezmann again it was who delivered a corner from the right for Blaise Matuidi to attack at the near post, but the player simply nodded the

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by Pirates years ago (I told you it was complicated story) ; Jason Maddy as Captain Miles Gloriosus of the Roman army; Luke H. Jacobs as Protean/ Eunuch; Jean Schroeder as Tintinabula, an exotic dancer from the House of Marcus Lycus; Amy Perkins as dancer Protean/Panacea, also from the House of Marcus Lycus; Missy Marion as Protean/ Vibrata, also from the House of Marcus Lycus, and David McBean as Marcus Lycus, in a terrifically inventive, fresh performance as the procurer extraordinaire.

There so many inventive directorial touches in this production that have the creative fingerprints of David

Ellenstein all over this show.

This cast is as close as one can get to a nearly a flawless production. The live musicians under the direction of Ron Councell features: James Beauton, percussion, Sean Laperruque, Violin, Viola, Keyboard (2), Jim George, woodwins, and Ron Councell on Keyboard (1). In a musical production there is no substitute for live musicians over tracks.

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” performs at North Coast Repertory Theatre, Solana Beach, CA and runs through August 12, 2018. Don’t Miss It!

ball onto the nearby Perisic, and the appealed for a penalty.

Argentinian referee Nestor Pitana consulted VAR and although replays showed it may not have been intentional, pointed to the spot. The Croatian players surrounded the penalty spot to protest and leave Griezmann with what must have felt like an age to take the penalty, clutching the ball under his arm in anticipation of taking a spot kick in front of Croatia’s main end of fans.

When the dust settled, the number 7 made no mistake in sending Subasic the wrong way and the ball into the left hand corner of the net, before wheeling away to practice his usual computer game celebration in front of the silent Croatia fans. With the goal, France entered the break ahead.

When the restart got underway, France began to display their obvious quality which had been for the most part dormant for the first 45 minutes. Another flash of pace

by Mbappe down the right-hand side left the Croatian defence in disarray as he centered the ball for Griezmann, who spotted Paul Pogba lurking on the edge of the area. The Manchester United man’s original right foot shot was blocked but when the ball landed at his feet a second time the midfielder slotted a left foot strike past an already committed Subasic with ease to see France put some daylight between them and Croatia.

Just six minutes later and it was teenager Mbappe’s turn to get in among the goals.

After some wing wizardry by Lucas Hernandez on the left flank found the precocious teenager in acres of space for the striker to fire low and hard in the bottom left hand corner. Subasic may have felt he could have done better.

With the score at 4-1 France were cruising which precipitated a lapse in concentration from French goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris, perhaps guilty of losing focus because of the stacked action at the other end, attempted to dribble out from his own goal. Mandzukic’s tackle was enough to dispossess the experienced stopper and notch a Croatian second goal.

Despite the best efforts of the Croatians to force a third, they couldn’t find another opening and time agonizingly ebbed away. When the final whistle of the final match sounded, bringing a climactic end to the tournament, the French players rushed to the crowd to grab tricolors and run laps of honors around the Luzhniki turf, stopping short of the Croatia end, where the tears and silence of the fans contrasted their joy. They turned back to their own supporters, to where renditions of “La Marseillaise” could be heard and will surely keep on well into the Moscow night.

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Cybercrime is our Country’s No. 1 Threat

By Janice Gough Today, cybercrime is chiefly about financial fraud.

Tomorrow, it will focus on the destruction of human life. Therefore, we must think more pro-actively about protecting ourselves and teaching our children, parents, and grandparents about what changes; they must take to protect their lives.

Identity theft, cybersecurity and fraud prevention has benefited some 14,000 financial institutions, corporations, and government agencies.

Ever-new technologies and internet insecurity have

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created a perfect storm for making cybercrime easier.

President Trump has just formed a task force to oversee Cyber Security and fraud. The Defense Department recently stated that Cyber threat is the country’s No. 1 risk. Cyber Command is reportedly taking a more aggressive stance against international cyber threats in the face of increased attacks.

Today’s technology would make all the fraud committed 50 years ago, 4,000 times easier.

People are still writing 38 billion checks a year. Stealing checks is one of the easiest ways to take one’s identity.

Your check will have your name, address and phone number, your bank’s name and address, your account number and routing number at the bank. Anyone who sees the face of that check could write down all the information and draft on your bank account or do an account takeover, by duplicating checks to look like yours and write checks against your account.

Using a bank debit card is not safe. Every time you use one, you’re exposing the money in your bank account.

The most secure payment in the world that removes all liability is a credit card because you are spending the credit card’s money, not your money. It is a good idea to keep excess cash in a money market account earning interest; then no one knows where it is because it’s not exposed. If someone steals your credit card number and charges $1 million on it, by federal law, your liability is zero.

Cyber-attacks are expected to see about $6 trillion worldwide in cybercrime by the year 2020. Currently, it is all about stealing money,

but because of its capability to perpetrate bodily harm, it will become more dangerous.

Analyst see technology more as a terrorist tool doing bodily harm to people. It is already possible to shut off someone’s pacemaker or commandeer a car from 35 feet away. In five years, it could do things like locking someone in their vehicle from 500 or 5,000 miles away?

It is now coming to light that Social Media and the data collected from it can impact our ability to get jobs, ruin one’s reputation, and sadly, divide us as a people and a country. AI (Artificial Intelligence) gathering is hacking your identity. When you click “Like” on Facebook, it profiles who you are, your likes, dislikes, your political views and how vulnerable you are to a criminal act, etc.

When you post pictures of your home, office or places you are visiting, it provides criminals with all the information they need to steal from you.

With the advent that 12 Russians used cybersecurity to manipulate our election process, we should become more aware of how expanded the threats are. Russia’s plan will always be to “divide and conquer.” They have their hackers creating a lot of fake news, just so that we can get on social media and fight over it. Someday people will realize that Facebook and Instagram weren’t good things.

Any time you’re controlling the psychology of 2 billion people, it becomes hazardous.

We certainly give away too much information on social media: date of birth, birthplace, mother’s maiden name (etc.), then we wonder why people steal our identity. One day we’ll wake up and know that wasn’t a good thing to do.

Based on the fact, that over a billion identities have been stolen, you must assume that by now everybody’s character has been taken.

Hackers do not cause breaches; people do. All that hackers do is look for doors to open and take advantage of open ones that are available. Every breach occurs because somebody in a company did something they were not supposed to do or failed to do something they should have. The Hacking of Equifax will eventually impact over 200 million people. It happened because someone at Equifax didn’t t fix their technology or update patches (bug fixes) sent by Microsoft, (etc.). Consequently, that negligence let the hacker get in. Someone hacked into the Charleston, South Carolina, tax revenue office and stole 3.8 million citizens’ tax returns. It turned out that an employee at the office had taken home a laptop they were not allowed to carry and went online in an unsecured environment. The hacker got in and stole all those returns.

Credit monitoring may not help, since a breach to steal credit card information would have to be sold right away, as it has a concise “sell” time.

Your name and Social Security number becomes more valuable because it can be held for a more extended period before it is sold and is more valuable due to the longer time frame. People are not aware it was stolen, then criminals have more time to take from you. Typically, a breach may surface three or four years later.

If you suspect fraud or identity theft, some methods one might use to protect your credit is by freezing your credit.

If one day you wish to make a large purchase, you can unfreeze it, then freeze it back.

A credit monitoring service is well worth the nominal monthly charge (about $14 mo.). It will allow you to look at credit reports from Equifax, Experian, and Transunion online to determine if anyone is attempting to use your credit.

Identity theft can be used in many terrible ways, so one must be very pro-active.

Purchasing a good shredder which shreds documents into confetti, like a micro-cut shredder will stop criminals.

Do not throw anything out or donate it with your name, address, a barcode, source code and an I.D. number.

That’s all a criminal would need to become you. What people think is worthless… can be of great value to a criminal.

Even a magazine where one has used a marker to hide their name can be readily applied to obtain your identity.

The majority of people are honest, but because they’re honest, they don’t have a receptive mind. So, when they get a phone call, and the Caller I.D. says it is the I.R.S. or other trusted entity, some may believe it. Caller I.D. is easily manipulated, and that scams are perpetrated that way.

Seniors are especially targeted.

By Desert Star Staff LOS ANGELES – The fifth annual Latino Conservation Week kicks off this Saturday with events in California and across the nation. The celebration starts with a launch event hosted by the group Nature for All, cleaning up part of the Los Angeles National Forest.

Jenny Brandt is deputy director of conservation programs with the Hispanic Access Foundation, the group that started the week. She says it’s a chance to feature the communities’ commitment to protecting the environment.

“We started Latino Conservation Week because we wanted to throw a spotlight on the really strong conservation values held by the Latino community,” says Brandt.

Brandt says it’s also a chance for agencies like

the National Park Service to showcase nearby parks that Latino families can enjoy. The observance runs through July 22nd. A full list of events is online at ‘latinoconservationweek.com.’

Kimberly Orbe is a graduate of Nature for All’s leadership academy and she’ll be bringing students to Los Angeles National Forest for the Saturday kickoff event. Orbe says learning about public lands and how to appreciate and treat them has a big impact on young people.

“I think that really teaches students and youth ownership of taking care of the land, and I think it’s so beneficial to get all youth across the board,” says Orbe, “whether it’s elementary, middle-school or high-school students – out there to really enjoy what’s theirs, because they grow up not being told that it’s theirs.”

On Saturday night Christine Tamara, San Bernardino County project coordinator with the Hispanic Access Foundation, will be bring kids to the Sky’s the Limit Observatory in Joshua Tree National Park for stargazing; and next Thursday, she’ll lead the Whitewater Preserve River Walk.

Tamara says every time she takes kids out, they get very excited to see wildlife

– something they may not have experienced before.

“To experience it live, you know,” says Tamara, “not through a phone or a tablet – I feel like it’s something that they need and also, they get an appreciation of being outside.”

Other California events will be held at the San Gabriel River, San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, and Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area.

Janice Gough is a Financial Advisor in Palm Springs.

Janice can be reached at janice@GoughFinancialSvcs. com or call us at (760) 2517724 or (650)200-8291 Visit our website, www.

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Candid Cameras In Our Association?

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL Mr. Richardson: Can the HOA install a camera in one garage area but not others? The HOA also installed a camera in the pool in order to catch one person’s possible violations. Is this legal?

K.Y., San Jose

information in case we see the intruders or their vehicles in the future. We strongly believe this is a personal safety issue. The board says this is a possible liability issue.

Can the board appoint a volunteer committee of residents to review the surveillance videos, with the committee deciding whether to circulate the trespasserrelated images to all residents?

Thanks. B.A., Newport Beach

If the association has recorded video monitoring, the privacy interests of all residents are best protected by prohibiting residents or owners access to the recordings. I often draft policies providing access only to the manager, security company, and law enforcement. A certain director or committee chair will occasionally take too much an interest in watching their neighbors on recorded videos. A reasonable policy, keeping the recordings private, helps assure residents that their privacy is protected and respected.

If your association has a history of problems in the

Dear Kelly: Our complex has had a number of trespassers who have hopped locked pedestrian gates or tailgated resident cars through garage gates into resident parking areas. The board refuses to circulate images of these trespassers captured on surveillance cameras. Many of us want this video/image

bad idea, so signs should always be posted, alerting persons in a given area that recorded surveillance is present. I am often asked if the HOA can post such signs but install dummy cameras. A dummy camera could lead residents to a false sense of security, if they were facing danger and erroneously stayed within “view” of a phony camera.

Individual owners in planned developments or detached condominiums Dear K.Y., B.D., sometimes wish to install C.R. and B.A.: their own cameras. A As the affordability and reasonable written rule is a technical quality of surveillance good idea, requiring cameras increases, cameras are not point into neighboring increasingly considered windows or adjoining yards. by associations. However, cameras are not an answer to all HOA problems, and can create more problems. For example, placing a camera only to surveil a single resident will almost certainly offend the resident and create a possible claim of privacy invasion. If surveillance is not for the entire community, perhaps there are other ways to deal with the problem resident.

Recording audio could record private conversations without the parties’ consent and so violate the law, so stay with video, not audio.

Secret surveillance is a

By Desert Star Staff JACKSON, Wyo. – Jackson and Teton County officials are set to meet this afternoon, and their decision on the future of commercial and affordable housing could determine how many people who work in the tourist town at the gateway to Grand Teton National Park get to live in town.

County commissioners and the town council are expected to cast final votes on a proposal to encourage more residential development.

Skye Schell, executive director of the Jackson Hole

Conservation Alliance, says more affordable housing would allow workers to be a part of the community, and would help bridge a growing jobs-to-housing gap.

“We’re really out of balance,” he states. “We have an amazing economy and a real crisis of having enough housing that’s affordable for people who work in Jackson.

And this could start to bring us back into balance and really encourage more housing development in Jackson.”

The town council has voted to approve the ordinance twice, and a “yes”

lack of affordable housing.

Currently, workers must earn four times the median income to be able to buy a median-priced home in Jackson.

Schell says tilting the scales to encourage residential development should keep construction projects humming, and start to make a dent in what is essentially an 800-home deficit.

“And we’ll hopefully see more apartments get built, and that’s what we really need,” he states. “We haven’t

Mr. Richardson: We are fans of your weekly column.

Have you written about security cameras? Can you offer any direction as to legal issues and sound policy?

Thanks so much.

B.D., San Diego Hello Kelly: I would like to find out if installing a camera with audio in the parking area is legal in California. Please advise.

Thank you, C.R., Encinitas

common area or garages, the board might be required to take reasonable steps to increase the security of those areas, and cameras might be one such step.

Boards may want to consult with their local law enforcement, security vendor, manager, and legal counsel before installing cameras.

Thanks to all, Kelly Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. is a Fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers and Senior Partner of Richardson Ober PC, a California law firm known for community association advice. Submit potential column questions to Kelly@Richardsonober. com. Past columns at www.HOAHomefront. com. All rights reserved®.

Final Vote on Jackson Affordable Housing Expected Monday vote on this third hearing would increase rates for commercial development and decrease rates for residential development, especially multifamily spaces.

Some developers and landowners have criticized the proposal, and worry the move could hurt small businesses and curtail profits that come with hotel and other largescale commercial projects.

Schell maintains more housing is good for business, and points out that many local companies struggle to attract and retain top notch staff because of a

been building apartments in about the last 20 years.

So, anything we can do to make that easier, instead of making it easier to build new commercial space, should make things better.”

Schell says the last time a median-income earner could afford a median-priced home was in the mid-1980s.

If steps are not taken, Schell says the number of new residential units needed in Jackson to house at least two-thirds of its workers is projected to jump to nearly 3,000 in a decade.

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The last time a median-income earner could afford a median-priced home in Jackson was in the mid-1980s. (Jan Kronsell)

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PITCH YOUR SMALL BUSINESS LIKE A PRO

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ntrepreneurship is alive and well, even if the face of small business is evolving with the times. Autonomy in management and making dreams a reality are the reasons most cited by entrepreneurs looking to open a small business.

Nearly half of all respondents in the annual The UPS Store “Inside Small Business Survey” said they’d be optimistic about opening a small business this year. Of respondents who hope to open a small business, top motivators include being their own bosses (38 percent), followed by believing in the power of their own ideas (17 percent) and creating their next career paths (15 percent).

“The American Dream of owning your own business is still very much real, especially when compared to the rest of the developed world,” said Dr. Luke Pittaway, Ohio University College of Business Copeland Professor of Entrepreneurship.

However, how Americans are choosing to open small businesses is where there may be a shift.

“Consumer habits are changing,” Pittaway said. “That’s forcing Americans to consider how they open small businesses, whether it's focusing more on e-commerce than actual store fronts or focusing on selling to a local community or region instead of a broader national audience.”

Starting Your Own Start-Up

The process of launching a start-up can throw various unexpected obstacles your way, but there are numerous resources available to support a budding business.

“We understand the challenges of small business owners and offer products and services designed specifically to help and support small

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W businesses,” said Tim Davis, president of The UPS Store, Inc. “Small business owners are unparalleled in their passion for their businesses, and understanding that aspiration is critical to running a successful small business.”

This action plan from the experts at The UPS Store can help you get you on your way to launching a successful start-up:

1. Analyze your target audience.

Start by performing extensive market research to understand your customers' core necessities. Assessing your target demographic gives you a clear perspective on how to serve the people in it.

2. Determine a legal structure.

Selecting the right legal structure ultimately determines how you handle income taxes and all government reporting requirements. Many small businesses fall under a sole proprietorship or limited liability company (LLC) while bigger entities may identify as corporations.

3. Establish your premises.

Choosing the right business setting could be the difference between a costeffective start-up and a moderately expensive one. Your work space should fall within your monthly budget while still satisfying the needs of your customers.

4. Determine your budget and expenses.

Assessing your available funds enables you to prioritize and assign an appropriate amount to your business assets. This should include necessities for daily operations, as well as secondary expenses, such as traveling and meetings.

5. Develop a business plan.

Think of a business plan as a road map that indicates where your start-up stands and where it is headed. If you need funding, it’s also a great tool to articulate your ideas, philosophies and goals.

6. Set up a marketing plan.

Conduct an analysis of your business’s strengths and weaknesses to devise strategies and tactics that account for challenges and opportunities your business is likely to face. The scale of your marketing plan will likely depend on resources you have available and your target audience, but should feature a variety of tactics. Your plan should include printed materials like direct mailers, business cards, newsletters, flyers, banners and posters, as well as digital to cover things like search and social media.

7. Be competitive.

Examine your competitors to determine the areas in which they thrive and see what makes them successful. Learn from the landscape to improve upon their strengths and gain an upper hand on their weaknesses. For example, implement various pricing models, such as special offers, coupons and rewards, rather than sticking with your initial, low price to remain competitive and profitable.

With a carefully structured action plan, you can turn your start-up idea into a successful business. Find more tips for your small business at TheUPSStore. com.

hen you’re launching a small business, there could be any number of reasons you may need to pitch your idea. You may be courting an investor, recruiting talent or even starting to market your product or service. Brevity is often essential, so learn how to concisely pitch your business like a pro with these tips: Draw out the essentials. Reduce your pitch to a few digestible bites. Make sure you have an intro that is brief enough to get someone’s undivided attention then elaborate on your points, such as your top competitive advantages, and provide more detail about your business as a whole.

Come to entertain. Add an entertainment factor to make your pitch engaging and memorable.

Of course, you need substance to go along with style, but keeping your audience focused and doing something to stand out is essential.

Anticipate questions. Prepare yourself to reassure concerned investors and flesh out subjects you may have kept brief for your presentation. Make sure to practice your answers so you sound confident. Grabbing attention is important, but you need to be able to back up your spiel.

Know your audience. This is the cardinal rule of communication. Make sure you do your homework and know who you are addressing.

This shows you value your listener’s time and feedback. Furthermore, insight about his or her philosophy in doing business can be extremely valuable during a pitch.

Practice until it hurts. Take the time to practice your entire pitch, including answers to likely questions, until you know it inside and out. The more comfortable you are, the more likely you are to win someone over in a meeting.

Have the materials to back it up. A written document is your chance to leave a lasting impression and elaborate on your major selling points. It’s also a chance to show your professionalism, so be sure to proofread carefully and package the information for a polished presentation.

Find more resources to help get your small business off the ground at theupsstore.com/ smallbiz.

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MOMS: U.S. Should Not Discourage Breastfeeding

By Desert Star Staff FRANKFORT, Ky. — Some parents are still reeling from word of the United States’ opposition to a global resolution supporting breastfeeding.

According to a New York Times article, the U.S. wanted to water down a World Health Assembly resolution promoting and protecting breastfeeding around the world.

Alex Turpin with the Le Leche League of Louisville said she is worried about threats to the scarce breastfeeding resources that are available. She said a lot of parents are not able to get the support they need.

“So then they rely on other government-funded resources such as WIC, where if you’re on Medicaid, you could go to the hospital you delivered at and see the lactation consultant there,” Turpin said. “And even with those resources, still a lot of parents don’t meet their own breastfeeding goals.”

Turpin said while it’s understandable that not everyone chooses or is able to

breastfeed, she contends the U.S. should not be speaking out against a biologically important source of nutrition for babies. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services denied the U.S. is anti-breastfeeding, and argued the issue was about protecting “women’s abilities to make the best choices for the nutrition of their babies.”

Co-founder of Moms Rising Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner said only 13 percent of moms are able to breastfeed at six months out, sometimes because of barriers in the workplace. She said the United States is behind other industrialized nations when it comes to supports for working mothers.

“One hundred seventyseven other countries do have a paid family medical leave program,” Rowe-Finkbeiner said. “And studies show that when you have paid family medical leave programs, there is more time to establish breastfeeding to bond and to establish a healthy start in life.”

Just 13 percent of moms are able to breastfeed their child six months after birth. (Pixabay) Rowe-Finkbeiner noted that infant formula is a $70 billion industry, and said she believes the Trump Administration is putting corporate interests above public health.

“That’s not to say that infant formula isn’t needed,” she said. “Women need to be

able to choose whether they can breastfeed or need formula or need both. We want people to have an option; we don’t want people to be railroaded.”

She added that breastfeeding also has economic benefits. A Cambridge Health Alliance and

Harvard School of Medicine study found the U.S. could save nearly $13 billion a year in pediatric health costs and premature deaths if mothers could meet current medical recommendations for breastfeeding.

Calls in Congress for Investigation into Women Miscarrying in ICE Custody

By Desert Star Staff LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – This week, members of Congress will continue their push for an investigation into the detention of pregnant women in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities.

Numerous reports of pregnant women miscarrying and lacking proper health care in ICE custody were made public last week.

The grassroots organization MomsRising has been following anecdotal stories since last

year, after hearing of one pregnant woman’s treatment in a California detention center.

“We do not think this is an isolated incident,” says Nadia Hussain, the group’s campaign director for maternal justice.

“In our research, we found that the lack of health care, lack of food of pregnant women and other pregnant women miscarrying, there’s a history of it. The difference is now. During the Obama administration, there was a policy that pregnant women should not be detained.”

The closest ICE detention centers to Arkansas are in Tulsa and Shreveport.

In March, the Trump administration announced it would no longer automatically release pregnant immigrants from detention, but actually implemented the policy three months prior.

A federal directive regarding the change in policy states that ICE is responsible for “ensuring pregnant detainees receive appropriate medical care including effectuating

transfers to facilities that are able to provide appropriate medical treatment.”

But Hussain and others have heard reports that ICE is not abiding by the directive, denying medical care and shackling pregnant women, against the advice of medical professionals.

Hussain describes the report from an immigrant at the California facility.

“She was not given proper food,” Hussain relates.

“She was not given rest.

They kind of ignored the fact that she was pregnant.

“Detention itself is problematic, very much so, but especially detaining pregnant women who are already in a vulnerable position, health wise.”

On Friday, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D) of California wrote a letter calling on the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General to investigate the detention of pregnant women in ICE facilities.

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Head-to-Toe Baby Care Tips for Parents

By Desert Star Staff Caring for a baby is one of the toughest jobs. However, certain innovations are helping new and veteran parents do so with confidence.

With millennial moms getting more of their parenting information from social media, consider taking a cue from Babypalooza NYC, an event for media and digital influencers to preview the best new baby products on the market. Its curator, Karyn Ravin, a mom of two, offers these recommendations for the latest in baby care.

Promote Health: Put a new spin on ancient baby care with essential oils. Extracted from plants and flowers, they promote sleep and soothe stuffy noses, tummy troubles and more, and now, administering them is easy with Oilogic, a collection of natural roll-on products.

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Babies don’t know how to blow their noses, making common cold and allergy symptoms more than just a nuisance. Help your baby breathe easily with Nosiboo Pro, a next-generation nasal aspirator. Powerful but gentle, this BPA-free, easyto-clean medical device was developed with the help of otolaryngologists.

Personal care for little ones with sensitive skin can be easy and fun with safe, gentle and pure hair and skin products.

Those from Little Green, feature all-natural fragrances and phthalate and BPA-free packaging. The hypoallergenic formulas are also clinically tested and dermatologist tested and are allergen, paraben, sulfate and gluten-free.

What’s important for your skin’s comfort and health is important for your baby, too.

However, your products are likely too harsh for little ones.

Seek natural, sensitive skin essentials like shampoo, diaper cream, bubble bath, mineral sunscreen, wipes and more, that are designed to heal and soothe, such as those from Babo Botanicals.

Promoting healthy foot development includes having proper shoes. Check out brands recognized by the American Podiatric Medical Association, such as Pediped, which offers fashion-forward, affordable styles for every walking stage.

Get Active: Whether you’re a runner, urban explorer or outdoor adventurer, when you have baby in tow, the right stroller matters. For a smooth, comfortable ride for baby and lightweight maneuverability for you, check out all-terrain, ergonomic strollers from Thule.

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Kids May Be Missing Out On Essential Nutrients

Feeding America® and The Great American Milk Drive makes it easy to pour more milk for local kids in need

By Desert Star Staff More than half of kids 9 and up fall short on essential nutrients they need to grow strong – calcium, vitamin D and potassium. In fact, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans identified them as nutrients of public health concern because many Americans, including kids, are not consuming enough of these nutrients.

When school lets out for summer, that risk may be even greater for over 22 million kids who are served by free or reduced-price meal programs during the school year.

For most kids, summertime means months filled with playing in the sun, swimming at the lake or baseball in the park – but for many, the start of summer marks the end of regular access to nutrient-rich foods including basic staples like milk that help their bodies and minds grow strong.

Although some programs like the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) help to deliver meals when school is out, the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP) do not reach children during the summer months.

“Milk is the top food source for calcium, vitamin D and potassium – three of the four nutrients kids are most likely missing,” said Dr. Tanya Altmann, best-selling author and nationally recognized pediatrician. “With 9 essential

nutrients, including 8 grams of high-quality protein per serving, milk is an easy and affordable way to provide key nutrients to children who might otherwise go without them during the summer months.”

There is a nationwide need for nutrient-rich milk Milk is one of the most requested, but least donated items at food banks. That’s because while Americans are generous with canned and dry goods, fresh milk is a lot harder to donate because it’s perishable. On average, food banks are only able to provide the equivalent of less than one gallon per person per year, which is far less than enough to meet the recommended three servings of milk or milk products per day for kids 9 and older.

That’s why, Feeding America® – the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief organization – has partnered with America’s dairy farmers and milk companies to help provide more fresh, nutritious milk to children in need through The Great American Milk Drive.

Since it began, the program has delivered more than 1.5 million gallons – that’s more than 24 million servings – of fresh, nutritious milk to Feeding America’s nationwide network of 200 food banks. More than 46 million Americans – including 12 million children – rely on Feeding America each year

and food banks cannot always meet the demand – especially in the summer months, when they are even busier.

“When people think about kids and summer, they think of carefree days spent having fun, but for those whose families struggle with hunger, even basic staples like milk may be missing,” said Andy Wilson, Chief Development Officer at Feeding America. “Our food banks do everything we can to provide nutritious foods to families in need. Thanks

to The Great American Milk Drive, many of our food banks are now able to provide more highly-desired milk during the summer months.”

For as little as $5, you can help deliver a gallon of nutrient-rich milk to children in need in your local community.

Visit milklife.com/give to learn more about the need for milk in food banks and how you can help feed a childhood with milk this summer. Family Features

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Breakfast Staple Could Help Kids Start the Day off Right

By Desert Star Staff Eating a nutritious breakfast helps kids start their day off right, and new research reminds us why serving real dairy milk is so important for the first meal of the day. As little as 7 grams of milk protein at breakfast could help set kids up with building blocks they need to grow after a good night’s sleep, according to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition.

It’s no secret that kids need nutritious foods to fuel their constantly growing bodies, but there’s a period of time when they’re not getting these nutrients – during sleep.

Of course kids need sleep – and plenty of it - but as they slumber, they’re using up their body’s energy stores, and if they don’t refuel in the morning it could potentially impact their ability to grow. That’s why a proper breakfast is so important, to ensure kids make up for this overnight fast.

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protein at breakfast was more beneficial, researchers found as little as 7 grams was enough to promote positive effects over the next nine hours.

Serving an 8-ounce glass of milk, which has 8 grams of high-quality protein, each day at breakfast is an easy way to get kids protein they need to support optimal growth and development. In fact, a previous study in the American Journal of Human Biology suggests regularly drinking milk during the growing years (all the way through late teens/ early twenties) is associated with greater height in the teen years, while research in Osteoporosis International has linked regularly skipping milk to reduced height. , Milk is also an easy way to get kids B vitamins to convert food to energy, vitamin A to support a healthy immune system, and phosphorus, calcium and vitamin D to help build strong bones. That’s why experts recommend including milk in kids’ diets. And, with a taste they love, it’s a simple, wholesome and affordable addition to any morning meal.

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Cut banana in half crosswise. Cut 1 1/8-inch thick coin slices from the flat end of each banana half. Place those banana slices in the upper third of your oatmeal bowl, side by side, to make the eyes. Top with one blueberry on each banana slice.

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To kick start your child’s morning, serve a proteinpacked breakfast, like this adorable bunny oatmeal, to give them nutrients they need to grow up strong.

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to your child’s face, it also gives them 18 grams of highquality protein when served with a glass of lowfat milk.

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Evening of Be-Bop and Swing of the 50s and 60s Palm Springs International Shortfest at the Camelot Theatres June 19 @ 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Blue Lotus West Coast Tour July 21 @ 8:00 PM Splash House Palm Springs 2018 Aug. 10 2018 Palm Springs Comic Con at the Palm Springs Convention Center Aug. 24 @ 10:00 AM 28th Annual UCPIE Palm Springs Bowl A Thon Aug. 25 7th Annual Craft Beer Weekend at ACE Hotel Aug. 4 @ 12:00 PM Aug. 5 @ 5:00 PM Valley’s Longest Running Drag Revue!! The Playgirls at Toucans Tiki Lounge Aug. 5 @ 8:00 AM Bill Marx at the Piano at AJ’s on the Green and Splash! Bar Aug. 6 @ 6:30 PM Fabulous Bingo with Shirley Claire at the Ace Hotel and Swim Club in Palm Springs AUGUST 6 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Latin Fever Mondays: Latin Drag Show with Host Jesus at Toucans Tiki Lounge in Palm Springs AUGUST 6 @ 9:00 PM Ace Trivia with Bella Da Ball at The Ace Hotel and Swim Club in Palm Springs AUGUST 6 @ 9:00 PM

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The Desert Rose Playhouse July 29 @ 9:30 PM Coachella Valley Makers Market at Westfield Palm Desert, First Level, Main Court Aug. 4 @ 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Monument Night Adventure Sept. 8 @ 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Street Fair at The College of the Desert in Palm Desert AUGUST 5 @ 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM Certified Farmers’ Market Inside the Palm Desert Westfield Mall AUGUST 5 @ 9:00 AM 1:30 PM Who Put the Chutzpah in Broadway? AUGUST 5 @ 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Arthur Newman Theater CVRep Presents Michelle Fiore, Soprano and Kurt Jordan, Pianist AUGUST 7 @ 7:00 PM 8:30 PM Marriott Golf Academy’s 2018 Junior Summer Camp AUGUST 15 @ 8:00 AM - NOVEMBER 3 @ 10:00 AM Coachella Valley Makers Market At Westfield Palm Desert, First Level, Main Court September 1 @ 8:00 Am - 5:00 PM Continued on page 18

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HOROSCOPES ARIES

Are you unusually hungry and have your appetites for creative work increased? Are you searching for enjoyment?

Creative self-expression and very entertaining is how you’re to be in the world now. Careful though. Others may compete with your starry brightness. Let them win. You know you’re the first and the very best. Let all of creation be playful for you.

TAURUS Your work always reflects your deepest values as you attempt to resolve financial problems and create an informed and secure future for everyone.

You keep saying, “We must safeguard the food and water supplies.” You’re correct.

You tell us we must tend to the lives of many generations to come, beginning now. Of all the signs you’re the most composed and prepared.

Rest more. You are always communicating dual realities so everyone can understand.

GEMINI The Sun always seems to be illuminating you from within. A golden light emanating from your eyes and heart. Gemini eyes are shaped differently.

In order to see what others cannot. Gathering, holding, dispersing and radiating Love/Wisdom is a task of the heart. Its emergence from you is important now. Many are puzzled by events in the

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world. You are to soothe them.

Understanding both sides, offering Goodwill. You are the twins. Study and communicate with them - Castor & Pollux.

CANCER Working with finances and resources becomes exciting when you realize you want to use all that you have to create a sustainable and ecological future for your family. And this is the template for all of humanity. Many will look to you for information as changes in our world accelerate. One such preparation is seed saving. Share your seeds and teach others how to, too. This is one of the most important ways of nurturing humanity – present and future – that of seed saving.

will soon retrograde again and your mind will assess what achievements you have accomplished in the coming months and what to do in the future. You’re often very busy working behind the scenes with research and study, tending the ill and weary or reading books on religion or seeking respite and seclusion in water gardens. Plant dill, borage, burdock and roses and create another water fountain.

LIBRA The Sun highlights your home and I wonder if you’ve been somewhere far away. Wherever you are there’s always beauty, art and culture. Hopefully you have access to warm waters, pools, rivers, streams, a spa because you need care, tending and time for healing and away from work where you push yourself beyond limits. So many changes in our world in the coming months. Prepare yourself to have what you want and need.

This requires self-definition.

and equanimity and use Right Speech which creates Right Relationships. You will be imitated by many others.

SAGITTARIUS Work has been very busy and you’ve been very disciplined.

It called for all your creative talents. Now you’ll begin to remember past relationships.

The purpose will reveal itself very soon. Are you thinking of faraway places, people, events? Longing for something past that held you in love and care? Remember it as long as you can. You’ll assess, discriminate and then decide. In time there will be more ease.

CAPRICORN

Mercury (your ruling planet)

Be aware of the accelerated passages of time. Have the intention to be closer and kinder to family, partner and loved ones. Many benefits will emerge from this. Always with contact, more and more love is released. This is nourishing for you as you need nourishment now, not just from foods but SCORPIO from the morning and evening Sun and from the love (pink-like You will assume more work cotton candy stuff emerging responsibilities. Great resources from hearts) around you. are available to you. They But you must make the first are all around. It’s important contact. Contact releases love. to recognize your specific The Sun illuminates your need gifts and abilities. There’s a AQUARIUS kindness to what will occur between the world and you, a culmination of your for home. Soon it illuminates ambitions and achievements. the need for fun, pleasure, As more work is required in love children and creativity. If the public, stand with grace you’re an artist, this is a time

Congenital heart conditions afflict about 40,000 babies -- nearly 1 percent of births -- annually.

These defects can range from manageable to fatal: a valve that doesn’t fully close; abnormal connections of veins and arteries; even a hole inside the heart.

Some heart defects can be treated with medicine; others require surgery. But too often, current technologies are insufficient for infants.

Medical devices, including

those for the heart, are often designed for adults.

That’s where the greatest demand is. So that’s where companies tend to focus their research, development, and production efforts.

However, using adultsized products in children can be dangerous. Forcing an adult-sized valve into a baby’s tiny heart may ward off immediate death and give the child a few more months of life. But complications are common. For instance, an adult-sized valve can impede the flow of blood from the baby’s lungs or put pressure on the electrical circuitry of a tiny heart, resulting in the need for a pacemaker.

Attempts to treat infants with adult-sized devices may be well-intentioned, but the heart defect is likely to win out in the end.

As a cardiac surgeon, I’ve unfortunately seen that happen too often. I remember the case of an infant girl from New York City who was born with severe narrowing of her heart’s mitral valve. When she

LEO You must be busy with this and that, here and there and everywhere. It’s good to participate in various many varied activities so you can be recognized, praised and appreciated. This helps develop a newer self-identity.

It’s also good if you facilitate meetings, group discussions, and community matters.

You always have leadership qualities but soon they will truly be needed and your ideas applied. Remember the best leader is the humblest.

VIRGO

to be in your studio warehouse creating inspired work. Many memories from the past are appearing. It is difficult to balance inner and outer worlds when this occurs. Many seek your attention, needing you to love them. Know that a new self-identity is growing within. It’s a very good time for change and for freedom.

PISCES You find yourself accomplishing tasks and interacting with people from the past. You’ve been given an opportunity to fulfill certain dharmic tasks.

As you perform daily work, maintain a calm interior, practice mantras (Ohm Mani Padme Hum) and harmlessness and know you must continue till the work that is yours to do is complete. It has taken years to come to this place in time and space. Your personality is resisting. However, your Soul brought you here.

Risa D’Angeles is the founder and director of the Esoteric & Astrological Studies Research Institute: Risa’s Esoteric Astrology. She can be reached at risagoodwill@gmail.com.

How to Preserve the Miracle of Life for More American Families

By Dan Gutfinger Few occasions are more joyous than the birth of a child.

But for scores of families, the arrival of a newborn can also augur heartbreak.

Each day, nearly 100 U.S. babies are born with congenital heart defects. Many will not make it to their first birthday. Fortunately, several breakthrough technologies have emerged in recent years that could save many of these babies. It’s time we put them to more widespread use.

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was nine months old, she received a replacement adultsized valve. But six months after her procedure, the replacement failed, causing her valve to narrow and restrict blood flow. Doctors relieved the obstruction temporarily. But eventually, her heart became too weak, and she passed away.

Thankfully, scientists and companies are developing new ways to meet the needs of our smallest, most vulnerable patients.

Researchers at the University of Maryland, for example, are testing the ability of adult stem cells to repair damaged infant heart tissue.

A team at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is pioneering a procedure that uses umbilical cord blood to strengthen infant heart muscles.

And just this year, Abbott, the company I work for, received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for a new heart valve for infants. At just 15 millimeters, it’s the smallest mechanical heart valve in the world.

This valve has already helped save the lives of numerous infants. One was a baby from Chicago who was born with a hole in her heart. At six months, her mitral valve started leaking following surgery to repair the hole. She went into heart failure. She was held in the ICU but she couldn’t tolerate food and wasn’t gaining weight. She received the small Abbott valve just in time -- and is now thriving.

Today, we can fix many previously incurable heart defects thanks to a new crop of medical innovations designed specifically for our smallest patients. It’s up to the entire medical community make sure that newborns who could benefit from these life-changing technologies receive them.

Dan Gutfinger is a medical director for the global health care company Abbott. (For U.S. Important Safety Information on the Masters HP Series, visit http://abbo.tt/2taeyVL.)

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BY THEDA KLEINHANS REICHMAN

The Rhythm is Gonna Get You in ‘On Your Feet’

By Desert Star Staff “On Your Feet,” currently engaging audiences at the Pantages,” is a celebration of the songs sung

by Gloria Estefan and her marriage to Emilio Estefan.

The duo first meets in Cuba when her Grandmother introduces her to Emilio. Gloria is quite shy, but when she sits down at a small piano and begins to sing for him, it’s love at first sound. He is captivated by her voice and wants to make her the lead singer in his band.

Christie Prades, who was with the Broadway production, now stars in the role of Gloria Estefan. Beautiful, with a great singing voice, she can also dance up a storm. Mexican actor and recording artist Mauricio Martinez played Emilio on Broadway at the end of the New York run and reprises that role here in Los Angeles.

Together they make beautiful music at the Pantages.

Nancy Ticotin shines as Gloria’s formidable mother who

is against Gloria leaving home for a musical career. She was a fantastic singer, but due to circumstances beyond her control she wasn’t able to leave Cuba to follow her dream, and now she stands in Gloria’s way.

“On Your Feet,” a love story filled with beautiful Latin music, deals not only with Gloria and Emilio’s phenomenal success, but it also chronicles Gloria’s struggle to walk again after a severe tour bus accident in 1990.

Their road to success was not always easy, and at one point Emilio sends band members out on the streets with recordings to give away to the public. His plan works, and eventually, their music is played on the radio. And the rest is music history.

Act I ends with Miami Sound Machine’s 1985 smash hit “Conga.” At this point, the cast comes out into the audience and dances with willing audience members.

The music is so full of life I too would have loved to Conga

with them, but we had center seats. Also, I still haven’t regained my balance after breaking a leg not long ago.

“On Your Feet” is filled with Gloria’s hits including “1-2-3,” “Don’t Wanna Lose You,” “Get On Your Feet,” “Here We Are,” “Party Time,” “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” “Oye Mi Canto,” “Everlasting Love,” “Turn The Beat Around,” “If I Never Got to

Tell You,” “When Someone Comes Into Your Life,” “Cuba Libre,” “Conga,” “I See Your Smile” and many more.

The show was directed by Jerry Mitchell (“Kinky Boots,” “Legally Blonde”), written by Alexander Dinelaris (Oscarwinning co-writer “Birdman”) and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo (“Jersey Boys”). And five of the ten members of the excellent onstage band was

with the Miami Sound Machine.

When the show ended the audience was on their feet, giving the cast a rousing, welldeserved standing ovation.

“On Your Feet” at the Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood ends July 29th. Tickets: $39-$145. For information call (800) 982-2787 or www.HollywoodPantages. com/OnYourFeet.

5 Tips for Bringing Your Pet to Work this Summer

By Desert Star Staff During the summer months, many employers plan events and switch up work schedules to give their team members a break to enjoy some fun in the sun. Extra days off, summer hours and company picnics are just a few of the ways employers create an enjoyable environment for their employees.

In a competitive talent market, employers are typically looking for new ways to provide the latest and greatest in employee benefits, eager to be the best place to work.

One of the latest benefits to come to the corporate world is incorporating a dog-friendly atmosphere. In fact, a survey from Mars Petcare found that 87 percent of employers in the United States believe that being dog-friendly helps them retain and attract more talent.

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increase physical activity and even improve productivity,” said Cheryl DeSantis, vice president of people and organization at Mars Petcare. “Our survey findings also discovered that nearly half of pet parents are concerned their pets are lonely while they are at work, and nearly 40 percent worry their dogs need to be walked and are either hungry or thirsty while they’re home alone. Bringing their pets to work with them can drastically eliminate these concerns.”

Keeping these five tips in mind when bringing your furry friend to work can help ensure a fun and safe time for all: • Put safety first. Keep your dog out of pet-free areas by using a leash, gate or crate while you are at work.

If you are leaving your area, be sure to fetch your pup so he is never left unattended.

• Give everyone – even

dogs – a desk break. When you decide to get a drink of water or step away from your desk for a few minutes, it’s probably time for your furry friend to

go on a break, too. Take your dog for a quick walk to stretch his legs, do his business and smell the summer flowers.

• Follow the golden rule and always ask permission.

It’s important to always ask permission to pet anyone’s dog, your coworkers’ included, since they know the best way to approach their pups. New environments and smells may lead to overstimulation for some pets, so if your canine companion gets overexcited, aggressive or anxious around your coworkers, be sure to take him outside for some fresh air, or even home, if necessary.

• Entertain your pet. If your pet is bored, he may act out. Don’t forget to play with your pup periodically and be

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lavorful foods and cold drinks are the focal points of just about any summer gathering.

Create a party atmosphere that can stand out by adding a bit of island infusion to both bites and beverages so your warm-weather soiree can soar to new heights.

To help add that island spark, an ingredient like bitters provides a potent flavor made from botanicals like aromatic herbs, bark, roots and fruit.

While known for their ability to balance countless cocktails, it may come as a surprise that bitters are regarded by some chefs as a pantry staple, adding real depth of flavor to a variety of dishes. Bitters can be added to classic and contemporary cocktails and a range of cuisines to create taste-tempting creations.

Much like vanilla extract, when cooked, the alcohol in bitters evaporates, so bittersinfused recipes can be enjoyed by the whole family at your next backyard barbecue or patio party.

Center your spread around a summer favorite like PulledPork Sliders with Bitters, a tangy Caribbean twist on a classic dish featuring a spicy chili rub. Coupled with a vinegar-based sauce dashed with Angostura aromatic bitters, an unmistakable culinary and cocktail essential made with

the same secret recipe since 1824, the flavorful sliders make for a crowdpleasing main course.

Add to the island vibe with a unique take on a triedand-true sweet treat like cake. Orange Butter Sponge Cake enhances every party’s dessert course with the sweet and tangy combination of citrus and bitters.

These tasty foods paired with hot temperatures call for cooling off with inventive bitters-forward drink recipes like the Queen’s Park Swizzle, Angostura’s signature Trinidadian cocktail, and a summertime go-to, the Traditional Mojito. These drinks balance the art of the swizzle with the tastes of tiki to provide guests with refreshing beverage options.

Whether you’re an aspiring home chef, an amateur bartender or anything in between, you can elevate summer entertaining with bitters to complement an array of ingredients for exceptional entertaining all summer long.

Find more summertime food and drink recipes to savor at AngosturaBitters.com.

Traditional Mojito

Makes: 1 cocktail 1cube brown sugar | 1/2 ounce simple syrup 12-15 mint leaves | 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice 2 ounces white rum | 2 dashes Angostura aromatic bitters | crushed ice 1 bottle club soda | 1 mint sprig, for garnish In Collins glass, muddle brown sugar cube and simple syrup, then add mint and lightly press to extract flavor. Add lime juice, rum and aromatic bitters.

Fill glass with crushed ice and swizzle.

Repack with crushed ice and top with club soda. Garnish with mint sprig.

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Queen’s Park Swizzle Makes: 1 cocktail

12-14 mint leaves 1ounce fresh lime juice 1ounce Demerara simple syrup crushed ice 2 ounces Caribbean rum 6-8 dashes Angostura aromatic bitters 1mint sprig, for garnish In highball glass, muddle mint leaves in lime juice and simple syrup, then fill glass with dry, crushed ice.

Pour rum over crushed ice and swizzle well until glass is ice cold and frosted.

Pack glass with more crushed ice and top with aromatic bitters.

Garnish with mint sprig.

Orange Butter Sponge Cake

8 ounces butter, plus additional for buttering pan 2 cups cake flour, plus additional for flouring pan 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2teaspoon salt 2 cups granulated sugar 4 large eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 tablespoon Angostura orange bitters 1cup freshly squeezed orange juice powdered or extra-fine sugar, for dusting Heat oven to 350 F. Butter and flour two 9-inch cake pans. Sift flour three times

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Pulled-Pork Sliders w/ Bitters Servings: approximately 14 small sandwiches Chili Rub: 2 tablespoons Angostura aromatic bitters 2 tablespoons chili powder 1 teaspoon salt 3-3 1/2 pounds boneless pork shoulder roast 1tablespoon cooking oil Bitters Sauce: 1 can (15 ounces) unseasoned tomato sauce 1/2cup packed dark brown sugar 2 tablespoons Nature’s Intent apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon Angostura aromatic bitters 1 tablespoon chili powder 3 large cloves garlic, chopped 1-2 tablespoons cornstarch (optional)

14small slider buns To make Chili Rub: Stir together aromatic bitters, chili powder and salt; let stand 10 minutes.

Cut pork shoulder across grain into 1 1/2-2-inch thick slices; trim excess fat.

If needed, cut into chunks to remove some fat.

Rub meat with chili mixture. In 8-quart pot or 9-10-inch wide, highsided saute pan with lid, heat oil. Add meat and brown on both sides, about 15 and add baking powder and salt. minutes total. Remove meat and place Set aside. on plate; keep warm.

With electric mixer, cream To make Bitters Sauce: Combine butter and sugar until light and tomato sauce, brown sugar, apple cider creamy, about 10 minutes. Add vinegar, aromatic bitters, chili powder eggs one at a time, beating well and garlic cloves; stir well. Pour into between additions. Add vanilla hot, empty pan. Simmer 5 minutes, and orange bitters. stirring and scraping bottom of pan.

Divide flour mixture into Return meat to pan; spoon sauce over four portions. Set electric mixer meat. Cover and cook 1 hour and 15 on medium low and add flour minutes on low, rearranging meat halfway alternately with orange juice, through cooking. Transfer meat to plate; starting and ending with flour.

Mix just until incorporated after cover with foil to keep warm.

To thicken sauce, if desired: Let sauce each addition.

Divide batter evenly between cool in pan 5 minutes then whisk in cornstarch. Bring to boil; continue to cake pans and bake 35-40 cook and whisk until slightly thickened. minutes, or until cake pulls away from sides of pans.

To serve: Pull meat apart with two Remove from oven and cool forks or fingers. Serve warm on buns, 5 minutes in cake pans before drizzled with sauce. turning out.

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MUSIC

BY ROBERT KINSLER

Legendary Artists Celebrated on New Collections

Music lovers looking to revisit the classic sounds of Chicago blues and ‘60s folk rock have several new strong albums to add to their collection.

What is especially impressive about the new disc is how even when joined by bona fide greats, Guy’s infectious personality and stellar skills as vocalist and guitarist elevate everyone around him. Take the Artist: Buddy Guy slow blues burner “Cognac” Title: The Blues is Alive where guitar greats Keith and Well (RCA) Richards and Jeff Beck join You might like if you Guy, the interplay of three fret enjoy: Buddy Guy, the masters serves the song and Rolling Stones, Eric is allowed to play out even Clapton, Muddy Waters while Kevin McKendree’s work Tell me more: Buddy Guy on the piano also shines. On has little left to prove. The the acoustic “Blue No More,” celebrated bluesman — who Guy and guest James Bay will turn 82 in late July — (adding guitar and vocals) offer has inspired and influenced up one of the most tender and everyone from Jimi Hendrix and traditional tracks on the disc.

Jeff Beck to the Rolling Stones On “You Did the Crime,” Mick and Eric Clapton while in recent Jagger adds to the proceedings years thrilling large crowds with some masterful blues while performing at high-profile harmonica work. Other festivals and sold-out venues standouts include the speedy around the globe. On Guy’s “Guilty As Charged,” soulful terrific new album “The Blues is “The Blues is Alive and Well” Alive and Well,” Guy is joined by (featuring the artful work of a parade of legendary guests the Muscle Shoals Horns as he tears through a 15-track section) and the infectious disc of inspired Chicago blues. “Bad Day.” Guy will headline

at several venues in Southern California later this summer, including at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018.

Information: BuddyGuy.net.

By Desert Star Staff WASHINGTON — A new report finds contradictory stereotypes about Native Americans persist in the United States. Researchers say it’s the largest public-opinion research project about Native Americans ever conducted.

Crystal Echo Hawk, project leader, said the goal of the report, Reclaiming Native Truth, is to find out about the dominant narratives and perceptions of native people from a diverse group of Americans. It included focus groups spanning 11 states and involving people of every race.

Echo Hawk said negative stereotypes include ideas that they’re dependent on the government, but also flush with casino money.

“What we actually found is the biggest barrier that Native Americans face is invisibility and erasure, in the fact that you don’t see native peoples in the media; you don’t see them on TV and film,” Echo Hawk said.

“And in fact, almost 50 percent of K-12 schools in the United States don’t teach about

they had a firm belief that tribes should be able to manage their land and resources and water as they saw fit,” Roberts said.

Roberts said because Native Americans make up less than 2 percent of the country’s population, they can’t change the narrative on their own. The report also includes a guide for people who want to work alongside indigenous people to change negative stereotypes.

Dr. Stephanie Fryberg, an association professor at the University of Washington who contributed to this research, said many still hold onto a 19th century view of Native Americans, and this has a real psychological effect on youth.

She said using stereotypes of Native Americans as sports mascots also damages young people’s since of self-worth.

Fryberg said even people’s romanticized portrayal of indigenous people can be dehumanizing.

“We have to be allowed to be contemporary people and not constantly be located by America as historical figures somehow frozen in time,”

Artist: Gene Clark Title: Gene Clark Sings for You (Omnivore Recordings) You might like if you enjoy: The Byrds, Gram Parsons Tell me more: Omnivore Recordings has recently released previously unheard post-Byrds recordings from Gene Clark. The good news for fans of the Byrds’ early material as well as of Clark’s solo work is this is an exciting new collection (“Gene Clark Sings for You”) that celebrates and expands the legacy of an important artist whose groundbreaking solo work was often overlooked in his lifetime (he died at the age of 46 in May 1991). Clark was the principal songwriter in the Byrds from 1964 to early 1966, writing classics such as

“I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better,” “Set You Free This Time” and “She Don’t Care About Time.”

Comprised of tracks recorded in 1967, “Gene Clark Sings for You” explore folk rock with beauty and insight. The opener “On Her Own” features Clark’s signature vocal styling and taps into a wistful ‘60s sound. The follow-up “Past Tense” is even stronger, an upbeat folk rocker that captures the magic of his work with the Byrds but also foreshadows the alt-country movement of that latter part of the ‘60s and early ‘70s.

Other nuggets on the album include the wistful “That’s Alright by Me” and baroqueflavored “Down on the Pier.”

In addition to the eight actual tracks pulled from the “Gene Clark Sings for You” acetate in the aftermath of his departure from the Byrds, there are an additional five songs from another 1967 acetate given to the Rose Garden for that band’s consideration (Omnivore have simultaneously released their 1968 album; it is reviewed later in this column). A final track, a lovely acoustic demo of “Till Today,” features Clark running through the song for the Rose Garden. Information: OmnivoreRecordings.com.

Artist: The Rose Garden Title: A Trip Through the Garden: The Rose Garden Collection

(Omnivore Recordings) You might like if you enjoy: Gene Clark, the Hollies, Sonny & Cher Tell me more: Just listening to the expanded reissue of the Rose Garden’s eponymous album is to hear why the best music from the 1960s continues to resonant so strongly a half century later. “A Trip Through the Garden: The Rose Garden Collection” shines a bright light on the Rose Garden, a troupe best known for their hit single “Next Plane to London.” The quintet’s full talents are on display on the expansive 26-track collection issued earlier this summer.

John Noreen’s nuanced 12-track guitar adorns the pretty “I’m Only Second,” while everywhere the lead vocals of Diana DeRose and James Groshong entice the listener.

Beyond the sterling original material there are memorable covers of material by the celebrated likes of Gene Clark (“Long Time”), Neil Young (“Down to the Wire”), Bob Dylan (“She Belongs to Me”) and the Byrds (“So You Want to be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star”).

There is also an outstanding 20-page, full illustrated booklet that further completes a complete re-introduction to the Los Angeles-spawned Rose Garden. Information: OmnivoreRecordings.com

Native Americans Find Ways to Shift Negative Stereotypes

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Native Americans past 1890.”

Nearly three-quarters of respondents said schools need to make significant curriculum changes on Native American culture and history.

Echo Hawk said she hopes the report also acts as a road map to create more positive narratives for Native Americans.

Michael Roberts is president and CEO of First Nations Development Institute, which led the project alongside Echo Hawk Consulting. He said in some ways, disparaging remarks about Native Americans from President Donald Trump may have led non-native respondents to this project to be more honest.

Research for the report also happened to coincide with protests against the Dakota Access pipeline, and Roberts said that provided an opportunity to measure people’s opinions of Native Americans during this monumental action.

“A big one for us that came, I think, directly out of DAPL was, while they didn’t understand tribal sovereignty,

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Research shows greater education about Native Americans makes people more willing to support native causes. (Ryan Red Corn) Fryberg said. “We are here now, today, doing great things - building businesses, working to improve our communities, trying to provide the best lives for our children.”

Fryberg also noted that her research shows greater education about Native Americans makes people more willing to support native issues.

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WITH BEVERLY COHN

A Brilliant “Bev Cohn p- Arrival & Departure” on Stage At The Fountain Theatre

character. She is unhappy that develop any confidence? her husband never learned Will Emily’s husband learn ASL so that she can more ASL? What happens to comfortably communicate with Sam and his family? I’m him. Beneath the devoted not saying another word. wife/mother exterior, we sense Once again, Sachs has a growing anxiety and Bray’s scored a hit with this superb performance is truly riveting production which will make as she captures the conflicted you laugh, and might even multi-layers of her character. bring a little tear to your eye The initial encounter as you get a peek into the begins at the 59TH Street lives of ordinary people and subway station when a speck how a chance encounter flies into Emily’s eye. She impacts on their families. It needs a napkin and goes into might even remind you of Dunkin’ Donuts, run by Mya, have a chance encounter of a tough food service worker your own. The well-crafted who does not brook fools script also illuminates the easily. Jessica Jade Andres frustration of being stuck gives a wonderful performance between the hearing and L-R: Stasha Surdyke (Voices Emily’s signed dialogue,) Adam Burch (Voices Sam’s signed dialogue) Mya as this no-nonsense New the hard-of- hearing worlds.

Yorker who is being wooed In the end, this is an aching (Jessica Jade Andres) & Russell (Shon Fuller). Photo: Ed Krieger by transit cop Russell, an love story woven through the With 28 years of which easily morphs into utilizing both oral and endearing character playfully prism of the every day familial producing, directing, and the living room, bedroom American Sign Language, brought to life by Shon Fuller. demands of two strangers (ASL) including open It is here that Emily meets who. through an unexpected captioning to accommodate Sam, magically played by turn of fate, fall in love. both Deaf and hearing Troy Kotsur, Bray’s real-life audiences.

Deaf husband. Sam’s signed “Arrival & Departure” The story begins at home dialogue is voiced through (Inspired by Noel Coward’s of Emily and Doug and their Adam Burch, who also “Brief Encounter” daughter Jule, (adorable captures the deep emotions of The Fountain Theatre Aurelia Myers) who is in the his non-speaking counterpart.

5060 Fountain Avenue throes of 13-year-old angst.

Sam, a filmmaker who Los Angeles CA 90029 Her mom is surprised at teaches Deaf students the art (Fountain at Normandie) her unhappiness with Jule’s of filmmaking, is gallant and Playwright & Director: friend, (Claire Elizabeth Beale). removes the speck from this Stephen Sachs “I thought you were best pretty young woman’s eye, Scenic Design: friends?” “I don’t even like thus inaugurating a slowly Matthew G. Hill her.” This young lady has evolving warm, loving but Lighting Design: Donny become smitten with a boy sub rosa relationship. They Jackson she met on the online Crush begin to meet on Thursdays at Costume Design: Zone and is desperately trying Central Park, the setting crisply Michael Mullen to convince her parents that brought to life by the authentic Sound Design & Original she should be allowed to meet video of the park being flashed Music: Peter Bayne him. As if being desperate in the background. He too, is Technical Director: to date wasn’t enough, the married and has two sons but Scott Tuomey poor kid has an experience the attraction is too powerful Run: that plunges her deeper into for them to stop seeing each Mondays: 8:00 pm the decision that no one will other. In one particularly Fridays & Saturdays: ever love her. Emily, who is endearing moment, Sam, with 8:00 pm hard of hearing, has learned a delightfully active inner child, Sunday: 2:00 pm: & 7:00 pm ASL. She wants to be a good convinces Emily to remove her Closing: Sunday, wife and is trying to please her shoes and take a dip in the September 30, 2018 religious husband by agreeing lake, which is so realistically Tickets $35-$40 L-R: Emily (Deanne Bray) meets Sam (Troy Kotsur) at their Thursday to being baptized and devoting presented that as an audience Seniors: $30 her life to Jesus Christ. Her member you would love to Students: $20 secret rendezvous in Central Park. (Note the realistic depiction in “voice,” when she signs, is join them. How does this 323.663.1525 or the backgorund.) Photo: Ed Krieger effectively spoken by Stasha liaison end? Will Emily’s family www.FountainTheatre.com writing under his artistic belt, or kitchen of Emily (Deanne Surdyke, who captures the issues be resolved? Will the resulting in over 225 awards Bray) and her husband Doug nuances of Emily’s conflicted terribly insecure daughter for the works presented at the (Brian Robert Burns). How, Fountain Theatre, co-founded might you ask, could this be with Deborah Culver in 1990, accomplished without moving it comes as no surprise that set pieces around? Well, Stephen Sachs has once here’s where the influence of again created a compelling, the iconic film comes into play visually stunning play. I say (no pun intended). Superbly visually stunning as Arrival envisioned by director Sachs, & Departure is inspired by Nicholas E. Santiago’s video Sir Noël Coward’s Brief design masterfully creates the Encounter and is a multi-media different settings – including production that incorporates train stations, speeding both film and live action, trains, and crowds of people with the cast comprised of frenetically rushing about the hearing and Deaf actors. city streets, which Sachs Performed on a highly emulates on stage with rapid, creative set designed rushed movement patterns

by Matthew G. Hill, who executed by the cast. I think maximizes the limited space you get the idea. You are L-R: Emily (Deanne Bray) and her daughter Jule (Aurelia Myers) have more in common than you would by creating a Dunkin’ Donuts watching a film representing coffee shop nestled in a New the different settings which think. Photo: Ed Krieger York City subway station, then segues into live action

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I wanted Trump to win – Putin

By Desert Star Staff Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has revealed that he actually wanted Donald Trump to win the 2016 US presidential election. Russia, however, did not contribute to Trump’s win by any means, he insisted.

“Yes, I wanted him to win, because he talked about the need to normalize US-Russia ties,” Putin said, answering a direct question from a journalist during the joint press conference with Donald Trump following the Helsinki summit.

The Russian president left the second part of the question unanswered, however, regarding whether he “instructed” his officials

to help Trump, since he had discussed the allegations of meddling earlier during the press conference.

“Russia did not interfere and is not going to interfere into American domestic affairs,” Putin stated, adding that this point had been made repeatedly. Moscow was ready to participate in a joint investigation with the US of the any such allegations, however, if any real evidence was presented, the Russian leader said. Such work could be conducted by a joint RussianUS cybersecurity group, the idea of which was floated by Putin during his last meeting with Trump in Hamburg.

‘No collusion, I didn’t know Putin to collude with him’

By Desert Star Staff President Donald Trump hailed “deeply productive dialog” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, and asserted that there was no collusion between his campaign and Russia in 2016 while standing next to the Russian leader.

“There was no collusion,” Trump told reporters. “I didn’t know the President (Putin), there was nobody to collude with.”

Trump has repeatedly denied accusations of ‘Russian collusion,’ but

Monday’s press conference marked the first time that the President has addressed the rumors alongside Putin.

“We ran a brilliant campaign, and that’s why I’m president,” Trump added. “I beat Hillary Clinton easily...and it’s a shame that there could even be a little bit of a cloud over it.”

Trump went on to blast proponents of the ‘Russiagate’ conspiracy theory for undermining the relationship between the world’s two largest nuclear powers, and called

White House Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing and unsuccessful probe “ridiculous.”

When asked about alleged collusion, Putin challenged reporters to show “one single piece of evidence” that Russia attempted to influence the 2016 election. He added that if Special Counsel Mueller were to send an official request, then both countries could launch a joint investigation into the collusion claims.

After Monday’s meeting, Trump acknowledged that

relations between the US and Russia have “never been worse,” but added “that all changed about four hours ago,” referencing his private meeting with the Russian President.

Addressing criticism of the meeting from commentators at home, Trump stated that he “would rather take a political risk in pursuit of peace, than risk peace in pursuit of politics.”

The US president pledged to work together with Putin on areas of shared interest, including the denuclearization

One-on-one meeting with Putin a ‘good start’

By Desert Star Staff President Donald Trump described his much-anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as “off to a good start,” after meeting one-on-one with Putin for over two hours on Monday.

Trump made his remarks to reporters before the start of a ‘working lunch’ with Putin and his aides, which followed the two leader’s private session.

Before meeting with Putin, Trump said that the US and Russia will end up having an “extraordinary relationship,” despite current difficulties, adding “I think the world wants to see us get along.” Before

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his private discussion with Putin, Trump told reporters that he intended to discuss “everything from trade to military to missiles to nuclear to China.”

Before the summit, Trump blamed previous administrations for the deterioration in relations between the US and Russia, tweeting: “Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse thanks to many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt!”

- a reference to the ongoing and thus far unsuccessful Mueller investigation.

The meeting took place amid opposition from both Democrats and Republicans

at home. White House Special Counsel Robert Mueller

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indicted 12 ‘Russian hackers’ on Friday, and the news was

of the Korean Peninsula and the eradication of radical Islamic terrorism, with Trump stating “I’m sure we’ll be meeting again in the future, often.”

Trump made his comments following over two hours of the tete-a-tete meeting with Putin - a conversation that went on longer than the planned 90 minutes, and after a ‘working lunch’ with a full coterie of aides on both sides present, including State Secretary Mike Pompeo and Security Adviser John Bolton on the US side. expected to cast a cloud over the summit, despite the fact that the ‘hackers’’ alleged offences took place during the Obama administration.

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FAMILY FEATURES

Tuna Sliders with Green Chilies Recipe courtesy of Cans Get You Cooking Servings: 12

1can (5-ounce) tuna, packed in water, drained and flaked 1can (4.25-ounce) chopped green chilies 1/4 cup diced celery 1/4 cup diced red onion

1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro or parsley 6 slider rolls, split lettuce leaves In large bowl, combine tuna, green chilies, celery, red onion, mayonnaise and chopped cilantro; toss to mix well.

Top bottom half of each roll with lettuce leaves; top with some tuna mixture and top half of roll.

Beef and Vegetable Soup

Beef and Vegetable Soup Recipe courtesy of Cans Get You Cooking Servings: 6

1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 pound lean ground beef 1 medium onion, diced 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) low-sodium beef broth 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) sliced carrots, drained 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) cut green beans 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) stewed tomatoes

1 teaspoon dried basil 1 cup cooked egg noodles In 4-quart saucepan over mediumhigh heat, in hot oil, cook ground beef until well browned on all sides, stirring frequently. With slotted spoon, remove beef to bowl.

In drippings remaining in saucepan over medium heat, cook onion and garlic until tender-crisp.

Add beef broth, carrots, green beans, stewed tomatoes, basil and ground beef; over high heat, heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10-15 minutes to blend flavors, stirring occasionally. Stir in cooked egg noodles.

Vegetable Frittata Minis

Vegetable Frittata Minis Recipe courtesy of Cans Get You Cooking Servings: 36

Nonstick cooking spray 8 large eggs 1/2 cup milk 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon dried basil 1 can (8 ounces) mixed vegetables, drained 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

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Heat oven to 375 F. Spray mini muffin tins with nonstick cooking spray.

In large bowl, beat eggs, milk, salt, pepper and basil to blend well. Stir in mixed vegetables and Parmesan cheese.

Fill prepared pans with egg mixture. Bake until egg mixture puffs and is just set in center, about 8-10 minutes.

With rubber spatula, loosen frittatas from muffin cups and slide onto platter.

Gluten-Free Pumpkin and Chocolate Chip Bread

Gluten-Free Pumpkin and Chocolate Chip Bread Recipe courtesy of Cans Get You Cooking

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Servings: 20 (2 loaves) 4 cups oat flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg pinch of salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 2 cups granulated sugar 4 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin 2 cups chopped walnuts 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup confectioners’

sugar 1 tablespoon milk Heat oven to 350 F. Grease two 8-by-4-inch loaf pans. In large

hen school is back in session, the real test for parents is not in the classroom, but in the kitchen.

Between breakfast, lunch and dinner – not to mention snacks – meal planning seems endless and daunting.

With convenient options like canned ingredients on-hand, parents can have the makings of a wholesome homemade meal right at their fingertips.

Canned foods not only help cut down on prep time in the kitchen, but also deliver nutritional benefits. In fact, kids and adults who use six or more canned foods per week are more likely to have diets higher in 17 essential nutrients, according to a study published in “Nutrients.”

Plus, cans provide year-round access to seasonal fruits and vegetables, and keep food fresh and flavorful without the need for preservatives and additives.

From on-the-go breakfasts like Vegetable Frittata Minis to hearty dinners like this Beef and Vegetable Soup and everything in-between, a well-stocked pantry – or your “cantry” – full of canned proteins, fruits, vegetables and soups can help busy parents get through the week with creative meals they can feel good about serving their families.

For more information about the nutritional benefits of cooking with canned foods and to find flavorful recipes for the back-to-school season, visit CansGetYouCooking.com.

bowl, combine oat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.

In large bowl using mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla, oat flour mixture and pumpkin; beat until just blended. Stir in walnuts and chocolate chips. Spoon mixture into prepared pans.

Bake 50-55 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely.

In small bowl, stir confectioners’ sugar and milk until smooth.

Drizzle mixture over pumpkin bread.

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By Desert Star Staff Heading back to school is exciting for both kids and parents, but with all the thrill and anticipation, there can be quite a bit of stress, too. As a parent, you can approach the impending school year with a positive attitude and these tricks can help minimize stress and give your kids extra confidence when heading into the classroom.

Lifestyle expert and mother of two Jeannette Kaplun recommends these tips: Start adjusting bedtimes before school starts. It’s common for bedtime rules to be broken in the summer.

However, an abrupt transition to early mornings can lead to stress and irritability. The National Sleep Foundation recommends implementing earlier bedtimes two weeks before school starts and setting the alarm a bit earlier each morning for a smooth transition to the first day of school.

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Parental controls like Learn First encourage learning before playtime and allow you to set screen time limits to help get kids back into a routine for the school year. Additionally, STEM toys and games can keep math and science top of mind during the summer months and help kids excel during the school year.

Dress for success. There’s a reason grownups tend to dress up for special events when you look good, you feel good. Give your kids that same boost by helping them choose a special outfit for the first day of school that he or she feels comfortable and confident wearing. Shopping for clothes is an opportunity for your child to express individuality, so have fun with it. For added stress relief, lay out the complete ensemble the night before and have your child try it on to head off any concerns.

If the routine works, try making it part of your nightly routine for stress-free mornings throughout the school year.

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Photo courtesy of Getty Images classroom supply lists and new wardrobe needs. A one-stop shop retailer like Amazon lets you complete your shopping on your own schedule, and its back-to-school store offers deals and a wide selection, making it easy to find everything from must-have items like binders, backpacks and shoes to fun gear such as glitter glue, donut erasers and emoji stickers that allow kids to express their personalities.

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5 Tips for Raising Resilient Kids

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By Desert Star Staff Parenting, while providing plenty of excitement, comes with a certain set of challenges. With years of outdoor playtime ahead, one of those challenges is ensuring safety while still promoting an adventurous spirit.

A child’s ability to push through, endure struggle, fail and try again can help encourage long-term success and happiness. Still, many parents feel pressure to be overprotective and prevent their kids from any bumps and scrapes along the road of life.

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92253 Riverside County; 79125 CORPORATE CENTER DR #7189, LA QUINTA, CA. 92253.

Full name of registrant LINDA MARIE WRIGHT, 9 LAKE GENEVA CT. RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270.

Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed LINDA MARIE WRIGHT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on JULY 11, 2018. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No.R-201809729. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). JULY 18, 25, AUGUST 1, 8, 2018. DSW18-1191.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: JOHNNIE’S BARBER SHOP, 68805 PEREZ ROAD, E-3, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA, 92234.

Riverside County; Full name of registrant RENAE THAUVETTE SAMAAN, 68805 PEREZ ROAD, E-3 CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above on NOVEMBER 1, 2003. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false,

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: RUBEN’S DESIGN FINISHING, 33212 NAVAJO TRL UNIT B, CHATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County; Full name of registrant RUBEN DARIO GARCIA-APODACA, 33212 NAVAJO TRL UNIT B, CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA 92234. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed RUBEN DARIO GARCIAAPODACA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on JULY 9, 2018.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No.R-201809541. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). JULY 18, 25, AUGUST 1, 8, 2018. DSW18-1189.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: CLEAN SKY, 15743 AVENIDA DEL CORAZON, MORENO VALLEY, CA 92555.

Riverside County; Full name of registrant KHAJA-QAIS, 15743 AVENIDA DEL CORAZON, MORENO VALLEY, CA 92555. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed KHAJA--QAIS. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on JULY 6, 2018.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No.R-201809528. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). JULY 11, 18, 25, AUGUST 1, 2018. DSW18-1187.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS : DIVERSITY BARBERSHOP AND SHAVE PARLOR, 71594 HIGHWAY 111, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270. Riverside County; 68042 MADRID RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Full name of registrant JONATHAN LEE ROJAS, 68042 MADRID RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed JONATHAN LEE ROJAS. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on JUNE 27, 2018. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No.R-201809137. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). JULY 11, 18, 25, AUGUST 1, 2018. DSW18-1186.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: REAL LIFE KIDS, 82-259 VALENCIA AVE., APT H, INDIO,CA 92201; A-REAL LIFE PRODUCTION; REAL LIFE KIDZ COMPANY. Riverside County; Full name of registrant AUDRICA LOKECIA MCPETERS, 82-259 VALENCIA AVE., APT.H, INDIO,CA 92201. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed AUDRICA LOKECIA MCPETERS. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on JUNE 11, 2018. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No.R-201808385. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING

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OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). JULY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018. DSW18-1188.

T.S. No. 067370-CA APN: 778-043-007-4 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 4/13/2006.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 7/31/2018 at 3:00 PM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 4/21/2006, as Instrument No. 2006-0290162, , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Riverside County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: MARTHA C. OTTON, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: AT THE FRONT STEPS TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE FORMER CORONA POLICE DEPARTMENT, 849 W. SIXTH STREET, CORONA, CA 92882 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1508 1ST ST COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA 92236 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $217,932.97 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.STOXPOSTING.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 067370CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (844) 477-7869 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117. Publish July 11, 18, 25, 2018. DSW18-1185 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000007447691 Title Order No.: 730-1802220-70 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 048-9203704-703-203B ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/28/2016. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 11/07/2016 as Instrument No. 2016-0492520 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: LESLIE RAY ALEXANDER, A SINGLE MAN, WILL SELL AT PUB-

PUBLIC NOTICE: NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A NEW DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE TRAINING COMMAND, MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate potential environmental impacts associated with the construction and operation of a new drinking water treatment plant and ancillary infrastructure improvements at the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command/Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, CA. The 30-day public comment period will begin July 18, 2018, and end Aug. 16, 2018. All comments must be postmarked or received by Aug. 16, 2018, for consideration in the development of the EA. Comments may be submitted by email to benjamin.t.lawrence@navy.mil, or by mail to: Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, Attention: Mr. Benjamin Lawrence, Project Manager, 937 North Harbor Drive, Building 1, 3rd Floor, San Diego, CA 92132-0058.

The Draft EA can be downloaded from the project website at: www.29palms.marines.mil/Staff/G4InstallationsandLogistics/EnvironmentalAffairs.aspx.

The document is also available at the following public libraries: Twentynine Palms, Yucca Valley, and Joshua Tree.

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LIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 08/15/2018 TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: 2410 WARDLOW ROAD # 104, CORONA, CA 92880.

STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 66081 ACOMA AVENUE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA 92240 APN#: 641022-009-2 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $148,495.58. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000007447691.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AUCTION.COM, LLC 800-280-2832 www.auction. com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 07/02/2018 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. A-4662840 07/11/2018, 07/18/2018, 07/25/2018. DSW18-1184 APN: 665-070-003-9 OTHER: 5935639 FILE: TS180401 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 9/13/2017 UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NOTICE is hereby given that C.N.A. FORECLOSURE SERVICES, INC. A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, as trustee, or successor trustee, or substituted trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by Aileen Ayala, a single woman Recorded on 9/22/2017 as Instrument No. 2017-0394829, of Official records in the office of the County Recorder of Riverside County, California, and pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell there under recorded 4/02/2018 as Instrument No. 2018-0123915 of said Official Records, WILL SELL on 7/24/2018 At the front entrance of the former Corona Police Department at 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882 at 9:00 a.m. AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States), all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State hereinafter described: PARCEL 49 OF SUNNY SANDS RANCHOS, UNIT NO. 2, A RECORD OF SURVEY OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 4 EAST, AS RECORDED IN RECORD OF SURVEY BOOK 21 PAGE 55, OF RECORDS OF SURVEY, RECORDS OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. The property address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purposed to be: Vacant Land, Desert Hot Springs, CA, directions may be obtained be written request submitted to the Beneficiary within 10 days after the first publication of the notice at the address below. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $654,172.22(estimated). In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. In the event tender other than cash is accepted the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed with interest thereon as provided in said Note, fees, charges and expenses of the trustee and the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call telephone number for information regarding the trustee’s sale 916-939-0772 or visit this Internet

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Web site www.nationwideposting.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 180401 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES INFORMATION CALL : 916-939-0772 Beneficiary: Martin Flynn, et all as assigned C/O C.N.A. FORECLOSURE SERVICES, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION as said Trustee. 2020 CAMINO DEL RIO N. #230 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92108 (619) 297-6740 DATE: 7/02/2018 KIMBERLY CURRAN TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER NPP0335662 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 07/04/2018, 07/11/2018, 07/18/2018.

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By Desert Star Staff PHOENIX - Arizona has a long reputation as a popular state for retirement, and as the Baby Boomer generation ages and people live longer, the state is likely to see more residents who don’t drive. Their advocates say it’s important that the state do more to consider the safety of older pedestrians.

Arizona has the most pedestrian fatalities per capita of any U.S. state, according to the Governor’s Highway Safety Association. The problem disproportionately affects adults age 65 and older. Steve Jennings, associate state director of AARP Arizona, said much of the state’s economy is based on retirees moving in.

“So, if we want to continue this trend,” he said, “the more we could design the environments of our cities and the places people live to be friendly for people with all modes of transportation.”

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to make roadways safer in the state’s largest metro area.

However, several members of the Complete Streets advisory board resigned recently, saying the city has failed to adopt important design guidelines.

C.J. Hager, director of healthy community policies for Vitalyst Health, remained on the board and said the city could protect vulnerable populations by establishing guidelines to reduce speed limits, calibrate crosswalks to allow more time for pedestrians, or create street signs that are clearer for people with visual impairments.

“We need to consider every pedestrian and cyclist death very seriously, and not consider them an accident,” she said. “There are things that we can do differently in our street environment that can help prevent those crashes from happening.”

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Oil Development in Uintah Basin Will Threaten Health

By Desert Star Staff VERNAL, Utah — Estonian company Enefit American Oil for years has been eyeing northeastern Utah for what would be the largest oil shale operation in the country.

Among those opposed to the prospect are doctors, who say the project poses major public health threats.

The project is planned for 30,000 acres of land in Uintah County. The land is privately owned, but the project requires Bureau of Land Management approval for a utility corridor to connect the site with water and electricity, which the BLM is on track to grant.

Several groups are speaking out, saying the BLM has failed to fully consider the impacts of oil operations.

Dr. Brian Moench, board president of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, said emissions from oil development are disastrous for health.

“Hundreds of studies have documented the toxicity of those kinds of chemicals,” Moench said. “And the toxicity ranges from birth defects to cancer to chronic adult diseases, autoimmune disorders and things like that.”

Enefit American Oil says its project will be safe, environmentally sound, and will create jobs. Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, along with other groups, sent a 44-page letter to the BLM last week citing numerous studies to counter the oil company’s environmental and health claims.

The Uintah Basin already has a lot of oil and gas production, and a 2013 study

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The University of Colorado found the Uintah Basin’s bowl shape and snowy conditions trap emissions of methane and other gases from nearby oil wells, causing high ozone pollution. (Covee/Flickr) from the University of Colorado documented huge spikes in air pollution in the region.

Researchers noted that at certain times, the rural area saw ozone pollution as much as three-times higher than what might be seen in Manhattan.

Moench said that should be a red flag.

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We have proof that it’s caused by the oil and gas industry,” he said. “Any sort of new arm of the oil and gas industry is likely to make that even worse.”

Moench said his organization became concerned about the Uintah Basin after several stillbirths

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the thrift store-like costumes and committed to the story, that are called for, and the they make compelling cases lighting design by Lap Chi Chu, for introspective reflection on imbues the drama with many the part of the audience. We mood-inducing moments. have to root for someone There are no star turns in or the time invested by the this poignant drama dealing audience will feel like they’ve with a slice of life most of the been short-changed.

The story in short revolves audience never had to endure.

The beauty of this production around Renia, the landlord lies in the solid and capable of an old building in Queens, performances of the entire NY, who rents out basement ensemble group of actors: Jolly spaces in a makeshift Abraham as Aamani; Leslie apartment setting in 2017 to Fray as Pelagiya/Dragana; Rae immigrant women seeking Gray as Inna; Brenda Meany as a place to live. Young Inna Renia; Melissa Miller as Agata/ arrives at the brownstone tenement where she is met by Lera; and Xochitl Romero Renia, who stood on the same as Isabella/Glenys, whose individual informances inform stairs sixteen years earlier the production of the American herself.

The two women are L-R: Brenda Meaney as “Renia,” Leslie Fray as “Pelagiya,” Xochitl Romero as “Isobel,” immigrant experience. guarded at this first meeting.

Jolly Abraham as “Aamani” Photo by Jim Carmody.

It’s compelling stuff that Not willing to disclose too

By Jack Lyons permits and building codes, is English subtitles. When a slowly wins one over, but much about their pasts or Theatre and Film Critic a recipe for the exploitation of production makes it difficult for situation but time brings an make sure you stay until the Member American Theatre many immigrants who have no the audience to connect with understanding between them. end. Also, I highly recommend Critics Association (ATCA) surrogates to speak for them. what’s taking place on stage reading dramaturg Shirley Inna agrees to the The La Jolla Playhouse Men don’t seem to have Fishman’s incisive interview in price of the weekly rental there is a natural disconnect (LJP) founded in 1947 by Mother Nature’s support the Program with playwright and eventually meets her that follows. Alas, some of Gregory Peck, Dorothy system that females have.

Majok before the play begins. “neighbors” in the partitioned the theatre audience failed to McGuire and Mel Ferrer, is one The community of women It’s fascinating and illuminating. areas. The clever set design return for the second act. of America’s prestige regional has learned the hard way “Queens” performs For those who did return, by David Israel Reynoso theatres. It has sent more than the strength that bonding on the Hugh Potiker stage provides many nooks and the goal for them was to thirty productions on to the produces. Women have a at the La Jolla Playhouse crannies and performing focus more intently on the stages of Broadway, nabbing 10,000 year head start over spaces where the action takes theatre complex and runs characters’ accents and many Tony nominations and men, who were too busy through July 29, 2018. place. Costumer designer body language. The actors Tony Awards in the process. just being food and shelter Denitsa Blinznakova delivers are not only intense, skilled, The Playhouse’s 2017 providers, to say nothing of production-transfer to being wary of male strangers Broadway, “Come From in their midst. (Perhaps, Away” won the 2018 Tony this was the impetus for for Best Director of a musical the union movement?) for LJP artistic director Director Perloff has seized Christopher Ashley. Ashley the ‘Carpe Diem’ moment, has held the creative reins at allowing us to peek into a the Playhouse for the last 11 subject matter that almost years. Under his aegis, The every female in the audience La Jolla Playhouse production can relate; delivering the “Memphis”, also went on to reality of the basic inequality win a Best Musical Production of life on this planet, which Tony Award in 2010. in the 21st century is With LJP’s current finally being highlighted. production “Queens”, the The all-female cast of playhouse mounts a powerful characters represent the drama about the plight of both countries of: Ukraine, Cuba, legal and illegal immigrants, Afghanistan, Mexico, Poland, and their desperate drive to and Russia. It’s an interesting remain in the United States, in mixture of cultures and order to make a better life for accents involved in the telling themselves and their separated of their compelling stories. families, some of whom remain I’m assuming, in the case of back in the countries they fled. this outstanding cast, either For most, ties to their playwright Majok or director country of origin and families Perloff made the decision has been severed. Some to have the actors speak in cannot or will not go back. heavily-accented English.

They choose to live in their Yes, it’s true to life. present situation in the hope Immigrants have been in that it will change for the America for over 400 hundred better. Hope is what drives the years (1607 Jamestown human soul to keep on going. Virginia to the present).

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