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Remembering John Furbee Desert Hot Springs philanthropist, businessman, civic leader and youth supporter John Furbee passed away Tuesday KMIR Kitty Alvarado Desert Hot Springs, CA -How do you say good-bye to a man who made living in Desert Hot Springs better?

That’s what the desert community is dealing with after the death of one of their

brightest stars, John Furbee.

“Sad, very sad he was a great man, wonderful man, he did everything for the community,” says Chris Megalonakis.

“He was one giant of a man in this city; to me, he was our

city,” says Donna Poyuzina.

“It’s a huge loss to our community, when he became ill a year ago I don’t think any of us thought he wouldn’t be back,” says Scott Matas the mayor of Desert Hot Springs.

The 87-year-old’s heart

KMIR Tyler Harrison Alfred Angelo, a national bridal retailer abruptly closing its doors, forever, on Friday. Its leaving brides-to-be dress-less at the altar due to company bankruptcy. And turning one Moreno Valley woman’s happily ever after, upside down.

“We actually met in 5th grade, we’ve been together ever since,” said Jessica Gerrad-Hedlund.

“We actually got engaged on our 9 year anniversary, Gary had it all planned out because he wanted to get married on our 10 year anniversary. To be honest,

I planned for the wedding dress before I was engaged.

I shopped at Alfred Angelo.”

This bride got to wear her dress on her big day.

“It was a Disney collection, Cinderella dress. And it was like my dream gown. And I loved it. And I obsessed over it. And I wore it. And it was beautiful,” recalled Gerrad-Hedlund.

Now a wife and motherto-be, she went to Alfred Angelo in Riverside to have the dress preserved in celebration of her third wedding anniversary.

“They took my dress and they took my money and they

told me it would be preserved and this kind of fiasco fell apart,” explained GerradHedlund. “I’m trying my best to kind of keep it together.

“I’m stressed out and any stress that i feel is really bad for my baby but its just so heartbreaking because I love my dress and I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to see it again.”

When KMIR News attempted to contact Alfred Angelo, the number had been disconnected.

Its wedding bells to wedding hell across the nation.

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may have been in Desert Hot Springs, but he was born in West Virginia. His son Schick says, Furbee grew up with nothing but learned the family business and became a pharmacist. He moved to Desert Hot Springs in 1967 where he

also got into real estate and built over 400 homes. But he never forgot his roots, and he gave much of what he made away to charities for children.

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A World First! “The Emoji Movie”

“The Emoji Movie” Sets A Brand-New Guinness World Records™ Title To Celebrate World Emoji Day!

By Desert Star Staff LONDON, -- In anticipation of World Emoji Day, and the upcoming worldwide release of “The Emoji Movie,” emoji fans around the world celebrated by setting the world’s first Guinness World Records™ title for the Largest gathering of people dressed as emoji faces simultaneously across multiple venues. Spanning three continents, the record saw emoji faces inspired by the film’s characters turn up in Dubai, Moscow, London, Dublin, and Sao Paulo, as hundreds of fans dressed as the winningly expressive characters.

Additional countries showed enthusiastic support by echoing the effort, with their own emojis participating in similarly themed celebrations; it is estimated that more than 1,000 emojis not associated with the record were in the mix throughout Europe, Asia and South America.

The film, about an emoji that simply can’t stick to just one expression, is due for release in cinemas in the U.S. on July 28. Around the globe, Sony Pictures Animation’s “The Emoji Movie” will roll out from late July through October

this year. It comes at a time when the familiar messaging characters that populate our smartphones are more in demand than ever: in fact, this marks the fourth annual celebration of World Emoji Day, which is getting bigger with each edition and will be formally observed on Monday, July 17.

The global record was simultaneously set by people dressed as the yellow emoji characters from the movie in Sao Paulo, Brazil (local time 11:00am); Dublin, Ireland (local time 3:00pm); Moscow, Russia (local time 5:00pm); Dubai, UAE (local time 6:00pm); and London, England(local time 3:00pm).

An adjudicator for Guinness World Records confirmed the new title for the Largest gathering of people dressed as emoji faces simultaneously across multiple venues.

Commenting on the announcement, Josh Greenstein, President of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Sony Pictures Entertainment, said, “Achieving a Guinness World Records title is a testament to the enormous worldwide appeal

of emojis. It’s great to see so many people getting excited for the worldwide release of ‘The Emoji Movie.’”

Jack Brockbank, Guinness World Records Adjudicator, added, “We are incredibly impressed by the level of coordination and timing required to pull off this global record attempt – and it all happened simultaneously! It’s official—this is a fantastic achievement!”

About The Emoji Movie The Emoji Movie unlocks

the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone.

Hidden within the messaging app is Textopolis, a bustling city where all your favorite emojis live, hoping to be selected by the phone’s user. In this world, each emoji has only one facial expression – except for Gene (T.J. Miller), an exuberant emoji who was born without a filter and is bursting with multiple expressions. Determined to become “normal” like the other emojis, Gene enlists the help of his handy best friend

Hi-5 (James Corden) and the notorious code breaker emoji Jailbreak (Anna Faris). Together, they embark on an epic “appventure” through the apps on the phone, each its own wild and fun world, to find the Code that will fix Gene. But when a greater danger threatens the phone, the fate of all emojis depends on these three unlikely friends who must save their world before it’s deleted forever. Source: PRNewswire

around the globe.

Last year, the leader in family cruising announced plans to build two new ships at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany with scheduled completion dates of 2021 and 2023. The seventh ship will be built at the same shipyard and is scheduled to be completed in 2022.

“We decided two ships wouldn’t be enough to hold all of the exciting new experiences we have been dreaming up to take family cruise vacations to a whole new level with immersive Disney storytelling, worldclass family entertainment, and imaginative innovations that are fantastically fun and uniquely Disney,” Chapek said. “By the time all three new ships are sailing, we’ll have nearly doubled the size of our existing fleet.”

All ship names, design plans and itineraries are still in development, with each of the ships expected to have their own unique experiences. The three new ships will be powered by clean-burning liquefied natural gas and be the same size – approximately 135,000 gross tons with about 1,250 guest staterooms planned – which is slightly larger than the newest Disney Cruise Line ships, the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy.

Since first setting sail in 1998, Disney Cruise Line has provided a quintessential family cruise vacation experience that combines the magic of Disney with the wonder of exploring different parts of the world. Guests step aboard majestic and beautiful ocean liners to enjoy legendary Disney entertainment, exquisite

dining, spacious and wellappointed staterooms and magnificent public spaces.

With the launch of the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy in 2011 and 2012, the company introduced several firsts for the industry, including a water coaster at sea (AquaDuck) and virtual portholes in interior staterooms (Magical Portholes) that provide real-time views of the sea as well as sightings of animated Disney characters.

With a legacy of revolutionary design, Disney Cruise Line’s new ships will usher in the next generation of innovative cruise experiences designed especially for families that will transform the art-of-cruising and take guests on adventures in a way never dreamed of before. Source: PRNewswire

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Disney Cruise Line Surprises Fans with Announcement

By Desert Star Staff Bob Chapek, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, announced plans today at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, Calif., to add

a seventh ship to Disney Cruise Line’s award-winning fleet, giving families even more opportunities to create magical memories at sea and visit spectacular destinations

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“I ordered my dress not that long ago and they took my money knowing they were going to close, “ said Texas bride-to-be, Venus Yanes. “My sister gave me one-thousand dollars as a wedding gift and now I’m out one-thousand dollars,” echoed Nevada bride-to-be, Claudia Mungia.

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But, one Indio bridal shop owner is here to help.

“I carried the Alfred Angelo line for 27 years,” said Priscilla Luna, owner of Together Forever Wedding Boutique.

She has about 25 Alfred Angelo gowns in stock that she is shipping to desperate bride across America. Luna stepped into help one local bridal party who lost their Alfredo

Angelo bridesmaids dresses 2 months before the wedding.

“She (Luna) gave all of us a refund on the bridesmaids dresses and she also helped us with sizing for David’s Bridal. We’ll back for alterations when they come in,” said Palm Springs bride-to-be, Jessica Green.

Together Forever Bridal Boutique is offering discounts July 19, 2017

to all brides and bridal parties impacted by the

Alfred Angelo bankruptcy.

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Before Painting Garage Doors Purple

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL Associations are normally created with an initial architectural and landscaping theme which boards are responsible to protect and preserve. Condominium association boards are also expected to protect and preserve common area.

Therefore, owners are usually prohibited from changing the exterior appearance of homes, or altering common area, without association permission.

Before making a change to one’s home, a homeowner in a California common

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interest development may wish to consider the following tips to enhance chances of a successful proposal.

Begin by checking the CC&Rs and association rules. Is the change the kind which requires association permission? Planned development associations are usually mainly concerned with changes to home exteriors or landscaping.

However, condominium associations present the additional important issue: Is it common area? Common area in condominiums is typically more than most homeowners understand – it is usually defined by the recorded Condominium Plan as everything behind the paint on the walls and ceilings, and the floor under the carpeting.

So, in condominiums, changing interior doorways or interior walls may be a change to common area, requiring association permission.

Check the association’s architectural and landscaping rules – Do not waste time proposing something outside

the approved landscaping or color schemes.

Homeowners who decide to follow the bad advice that “it is better to ask forgiveness than permission” can create a disaster. One example is the 2010 ruling of Clear Lake Riviera v. Cramer. In that case a homeowner built a two-story home, despite CC&Rs limiting homes to single story. The HOA sued, and the homeowner was ultimately required by the court to dismantle the second story and return the house to a single level. Furthermore, associations successfully suing to enforce the governing documents will normally also receive awards of attorney fees against the homeowner (Civil Code 5975(c)).

Review the association’s written architectural modification policies.

Civil Code 4765 requires associations to have a fair and reasonable written policy which is distributed annually.

Applications should be complete. Include copies of product information,

measurements, sketches, and a full description of the proposed modification so the association can understand the proposal. If the work requires a contractor, provide the contractor’s licensing, workers compensation and liability insurance information.

Assure the association that any necessary city permits will be obtained and that work will occur only during business hours and not on weekends.

Discuss the proposal with nearby neighbors.

Many associations require that neighbors be notified, in case of any neighbor objection to the proposal.

Make sure the proposal is consistent with the community’s architecture, both as to style and color.

Individuality and creativity don’t work well in associations, for which visual harmony and consistency are key values.

If the association denies the application, that denial must include an explanation of the reasons, pursuant to Civil Code 4765(a)(4).

Denials may be based upon

reasonable but subjective factors in the association standards, under the appellate court’s 2000 ruling in DolanKing v Rancho Santa Fe. Sometimes association responses will impose conditions or suggestions by which the proposal might be modified and accepted.

Associations protect all neighbors, including you, by denying alterations deviating from the community’s esthetic scheme. It may be a creative, artistic and even beautiful idea, but if it doesn’t fit, it isn’t neighborly. The next creative idea might be your neighbor’s proposed purple garage!

By Janice Gough Index funds currently depict market sentiment.

Index funds have recently gained popularity since actively managed funds haven’t been able to capture investors’ return expectations. An index fund is a type of fund with a portfolio constructed to match or track the components of a market index, such as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500). An index mutual fund is said to provide broad market exposure, low operating expenses and low portfolio turnover. They are considered to be passively managed. They provide investors with broad market exposure, low operating expenses, and low portfolio turnover. The biggest benefit is that they are less expensive than actively managed funds.

For investors with no interest in the market, they are easier to understand and track, over owning bonds or actively managed mutual funds. If you simply put all your savings into an S&P 500 index fund month-after-month for your entire working life, they will beat inflation and will grow your capital. If you save enough – especially early on in your career – you will have enough to retire on using an S&P 500 index fund and nothing else.

The market forecast of a pending correction along with the implementation of The Department of Labor (DOL) Fiduciary Rule has caused many advisors and investors to move

money from active management funds to passive management.

The DOL rule places impartial conduct standards on financial advisors requiring they always act in their clients’ best interests.

That means finding the best investment fund possible, while the older, “suitability standard” required only finding an acceptable option for an investor’s given risk tolerance.

The best option, in terms that academic studies have confirmed, is generally the low-cost one. And the lowestcost funds are index ones.

In anticipation of the rule change, assets have flocked to index funds, driven by the cultural shift in the financial advisory community. Flows out of actively managed U.S. equity mutual funds leaped to $264.5 billion in 2016, while flows into passive index funds and ETFs were $236.1 billion, according to data provided by Morningstar, an investment research and investment management firm.

That was the greatest calendaryear asset change in the last decade, during which more than $1 trillion has shifted from active to passive U.S. equity funds. Yet money is still flowing in the wrong direction. In the first two months of 2017, active U.S. equity funds lost $30 billion, while passive gained $60 billion. Although the rule may be amended, it will not change the ongoing shift in the advisory model. For some time, financial advisers have been shifting from a commission-based structure to a fee-based structure. In other words, while in the past advisors might receive a 5 percent

commission on the sale of a popular active fund, now they work on a percentage of assets under management, usually 1 percent for a traditional financial planner. As that 1 percent fee is ongoing, as opposed to a onetime commission, buying cheap index funds to go with it makes the financial advice affordable

and allows advisors to get paid.

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

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Senate-Health Care ‘Fix’ Doesn’t Work for Older Americans

AARP Texas State Director Bob Jackson says Senate Republicans are asking the wrong questions in their attempt to “fix health care.”

“The first thing you’ve got to do is get a strong sense of, ‘Did the current law cause those costs to go up or, frankly, did the cost of health care cause them to go up?’” he states. “Because there’s a big difference there. Did the law create the problem, or is the health-care system just getting more and more expensive?”

Republican leaders updated the plan to address some senators’ concerns, but People over 50 could see significant premium increases or benefit cuts in the latest version of the not all of them. The biggest change would allow insurers U.S. Senate’s plan to overhaul health insurance. (Hero/GettyImages) to sell so-called ‘bare bones’ policies that don’t meet the

By Desert Star Staff both a financial and health premiums for 50- to 64-yearbasic coverage requirements AUSTIN, Texas – Advocates disaster for older Texans. olds as much as $20,000, of the Affordable Care Act. for Texas seniors warn that if AARP predicts the five times the regular rate.

The Congressional Budget the U.S. Senate passes the bill, which could be voted It also cuts Medicaid, on Office is set to release its report new health-care plan revealed on as early as next week, which more than half of Texas on Thursday, it could be would raise annual health nursing home residents depend. on the proposal on Monday.

Jackson says AARP and other groups are appealing directly to Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, urging him to make sure the health care plan helps Texans – or to vote “no” if it doesn’t.

“If you only make decisions around health care about how somebody’s going to make a profit, then you’ve already started in the wrong place,” Jackson stresses.

“You need to start in the place that says, ‘How do we most efficiently get the best care we can to everybody?’”

He adds other concerns about the health proposal include reviving the ban on covering pre-existing conditions, and a return to lifetime caps on insurance coverage.

GOP leaders need 50 votes to pass a plan, but as of Thursday, at least halfdozen senators still voiced objections to parts of it.

How to Manage the Symptoms of Menopause

By Desert Star Staff Menopause is often associated with troublesome symptoms like hot flashes and mood swings, yet even more serious health issues may be part of this life stage, such as heart disease.

The North American Menopause Society estimates that 6,000 US women reach menopause every day. That amounts to more than 2 million per year.

“Women experience a number of changes during menopause due to shifting hormones and lower levels of estrogen. Hot flashes, night sweats and fatigue can interfere with everyday activities. These symptoms can be severe and can occur for several years as the body adjusts to the reduced level of estrogen. We know that fluctuating hormones can also contribute to increased risk of heart disease and it’s important to take steps to manage that risk during menopause,” said nationally renowned natural health physician and author, Dr. Fred Pescatore.

There are several ways for women to manage menopause symptoms and heart health risks, said Dr. Pescatore.

Start with Your Diet: A healthy lifestyle typically starts with a nutritious diet and this becomes even more important during menopause. “For women experiencing menopause symptoms, I recommend adopting a diet filled with more vegetables, lean protein, nuts and seeds to support a healthier lifestyle and a healthier heart,” said Dr. Pescatore.

Stick with an Exercise Routine: One of the best things you can do to help your body and mind adjust to shifting hormone levels during menopause is to maintain an active lifestyle. “Just 30 minutes of cardio each day can really make a difference. Get moving.

Try taking a brisk walk or a bike ride. You can even do things in your own home, like jumping jacks,” said Dr. Pescatore.

Add a Supplement: A new peer-reviewed clinical study shows that daily supplementation with the

super-antioxidant, Pycnogenol (Pic-noj-en-all), can help reduce the symptoms of menopause and the related heart disease risk factors. “This study shows the effectiveness of Pycnogenol in alleviating perimenopause symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats and reducing key cardiovascular risk factors like high blood pressure,” said Dr. Pescatore.

This new study further expands on previous research conducted on hundreds of

patients that shows the benefits of Pycnogenol for minimizing common, disruptive symptoms of menopause including night sweats, hot flashes, depression, anxiety and memory problems by supporting vascular relaxation, which allows the body to rid itself of excess heat.

“Pycnogenol is one of the most studied ingredients on the market with decades of research showing the benefits of this natural extract for a variety of health applications,”

said Dr. Pescatore. It’s available in more than 700 dietary supplements, multi-vitamins and health products worldwide.

For more information, visit pycnogenol.com.

Transitioning into menopause can create a host of new health concerns, but simple and natural lifestyle changes can make managing symptoms much easier. StatePoint

By Desert Star Staff PHOENIX -- Are your allergies acting up this summer? A new report says almost 70 percent of Arizonans live in counties plagued by a double whammy of high ragweed pollen count and excessive ozone days - the 7th worst in the nation for these issues.

Researchers from the Natural Resources Defense Council said that’s a big problem for the 490,000

adults and 177,000 children with asthma in the Grand Canyon State. Study author Kim Knowlton, a scientist with the NRDC and a professor at Colombia, called on lawmakers to create an effective climate action plan to combat the problem at its source.

“Supporting state and national initiatives to reduce carbon pollution is going to pull us back from the brink of more of these

effects in the future and more and more air pollution challenges,” Knowlton said.

The research shows that ozone and ragweed are a significant problem around Phoenix, Prescott and Flagstaff, while Tucson and Yuma battle the smog but not the pollen.

The study said that rising temperatures fueled by climate change speed up ozone production. Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas,

helps ragweed flourish, while additional hot days mean more pollen over a longer period of time.

Knowlton said there are steps people can take to reduce exposure to the allergens.

“And if it’s a really high pollen day, save your outdoor activity for a day later in the week when conditions are better,” she suggested.

“When you come indoors, you can take a damp

washcloth and towel off your hair, launder your clothes so that you’re not breathing the pollen indoors as well.”

Nationwide, the report found that 127 million Americans, or 40 percent of the population, live in counties plagued by ozone and ragweed. The NRDC website has a searchable map to help you look up your local conditions.

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Hearing Wednesday on Spread of High-Power Cell Towers

By Desert Star Staff SACRAMENTO, Calif.

– Health advocates worried about the impact of wireless radiation are planning a show of force at a hearing tomorrow in Sacramento - on a bill that would smooth the way for telecom companies to put 5G and other cellular technology in neighborhoods across the state.

Senate Bill 649 would mean companies would no longer need a local permit for the boxes.

Sandy Maurer, the director of the EMF Safety Network, says the technology requires a cell site every few hundred feet - with equipment the size of a refrigerator - on tens of thousands of utility poles and in street-side boxes.

“So in 2018 you could awake to a cell tower right outside your bedroom window,” she says. “And over-the-counter permits would eliminate local review and essentially deregulate the telecommunications industry. Overriding any and all environmental laws.”

Last March, researchers from the National Toxicology Program released partial study results showing that rats exposed to 2G wireless radiation developed tumors on the brain and heart. The Cellular Technology Industry Association, which sponsored the bill, insists that there is no proven link to cancer and says the equipment complies with FCC regulations.

The bill already has passed the state Senate and goes before the Assembly Committee on Communications and Conveyance at 1:30 P.M. tomorrow.

Ellen Marks, director of the California Brain Tumor Association, says other studies have linked wireless radiation to brain tumors, leukemia and electromagnetic sensitivity, which causes tinnitus, heart palpitations and migraine headaches.

She believes that state lawmakers are willing to quash dissent - having been won over by promises of superfast internet connectivity.

By Desert Star Staff SEATTLE -- This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a rule that consumer groups say is a big win for Americans who want to settle corporate wrongdoing in court.

The rule bans companies from using forced-arbitration clauses in order to avoid lawsuits, meaning consumers can once again band together in class action suits. Members of Congress already are looking to dismantle the rule. But Larry Shannon, government affairs director at the Washington State Association for Justice, said the rule is necessary.

“This rule restores consumer protection,” Shannon said. “It ensures real accountability for these companies and it acts as a deterrent to keep them from engaging in this kind of behavior in the first place.”

Shannon used the example of a cell phone company in Washington that was taking a $35 fee without explanation. A single consumer would have a hard time justifying paying thousands of dollars in legal fees to recoup the money. But a class action lawsuit would make the case more affordable.

Opponents of the rule say arbitration is a cheaper and faster way for consumers to get justice.

Shannon said forced arbitration clauses also keep cases out of court, making it harder to identify bad actors.

A scandal at Wells Fargo involving the opening of fake accounts last year highlighted the need for this rule. In that case, consumers were blocked from suing the bank because of a forced arbitration clause in their contracts.

Shannon said nursing homes use these clauses

Senate Bill 649 would eliminate local permits for cellular equipment such as this across the state. (Kevin Mottus/California Brain Tumor Association) “This will eliminate public input and local discretion,” Marks says. “And residents, cities and counties should be able to speak up about this because we’re talking not only about health impacts but aesthetics, property values and environmental impact. There’s never been any pre-market safety tests on any of this.”

In California, 179 cities and 32 counties oppose this bill, as do a bevy of environmental groups.

Mary Beth Brangan, executive director of the Ecological Options Network, says experts have measured excessive radiation levels near similar towers that are already in place in Palo Alto.

“This is insanity,” Brangan exclaims. “If this is brought closer to people, children will be exposed. People will be made very, very ill. And it’s not only people. It’s pollinators, trees, all biological creatures.”

The state of Ohio passed a similar law last year and was promptly sued by more than 80 cities and counties in protest.

in a more troubling way.

“You don’t get into nursing homes unless you have signed away your right to hold the nursing home accountable for the treatment to your loved ones,” he explained. “And I think that’s an outrage. And this rule addresses that as well.”

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas said he has started drafting a resolution to rescind this new rule. Shannon said he hopes it stays in place, contending that forced arbitration has become a “license to steal” for the companies that use it.

“Who’s Congress going to stand up for here?” he asked.

“Are they going to stand up for consumer protections, for people in America, or are they going to go to bat for Wall Street and banks and financial institutions and big employers who abuse these clauses?”

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New Ways Classrooms are Changing

By Desert Star Staff Today’s classroom are in flux. And these changes, rooted in technological innovation, are making it easier for students to become more engaged and collaborative.

Here are several areas where technology is changing the way lessons are taught and information is absorbed.

• Collaborative Apps.

While in the past, group study

sessions and group projects could become logistical headaches, today, there are a wealth of free apps that allow students to share, collaborate, edit and provide feedback simultaneously and in real-time, from the comfort of home or while on-the-go using mobile devices. Teachers and students are also using these same technologies to share homework and receive

feedback. With so much communication taking place among students and teachers at their convenience outside the classroom, class time is becoming more productive and efficient as a result.

• Modern Mathematics.

The latest graphing calculators are a far cry from the kind you may remember from your own high school days.

Certain models today feature

the ability to draw 3D graphs and view them from various angles in order to better understand their shapes, as well as offer picture-plot function, for plotting graphs over real-life scenes. In the past, students may have felt isolated working out problems on their own, however, with the latest models, such as the fx-CG50 from Casio’s PRIZM line, teachers can now easily display and share lessons with the entire classroom thanks to full-color textbook-style LCD display, and direct projector and USB connectivity.

• Modern Music. In many classrooms today, students are learning to read, write and play music on the most up-todate digital pianos. Many such models offer the performance and playing comfort of acoustic pianos, but with the benefits of modern tech, such as split and layer capabilities, multiple audio outputs and two-track recording. To learn more, visit CasioMusicGear.com.

• Smart Gaming. Many students find traditional lectures a bit dry. But cutting edge

educational gaming is more dynamic and exciting than ever before, with some classrooms even using immersive virtual reality experiences to help students understand history in unprecedented ways.

• Connected Projections.

The modern lesson plan has nothing to do with chalk and chalkboard. Today, teachers are using the latest projectors to better connect students with the material. For example, Casio’s XJ-UT351WN not only enables projection from data files stored on a USB memory device, but also allows wireless connection to smartphones with a downloadable app. The ability to display and annotate presentations as well as open an Internet browser and display content in real-time, makes for dynamic delivery of lessons.

Classrooms that keep up with the pace of technological innovation offer their students more opportunities to connect and collaborate with each other and engage with the material. StatePoint

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5 Tips for Balancing Family, Work and Education

By Desert Star Staff It’s an age-old conundrum.

To advance professionally, often one must go back to school. However, earning a degree might seem like an insurmountable challenge because of the demands of a current job.

Experts say that more education is not only advantageous, but downright necessary in certain industries, particularly where technology is changing the playing field.

For instance, Hannah Hughes, Dean of Nursing at Strayer University points out that, “The impact of technology on healthcare continues to evolve the practice of nursing, and there is currently a technology skills gap among some nurses. Today’s nurses should be preparing themselves to operate in this dynamic technologicallyrich environment.”

What’s more, Hughes notes, is that like many industries, advanced degrees and certifications in nursing can have a high impact on a career advancement, enhancing

one’s credibility, marketability and earning potential.

If you find yourself wanting or needing to go back to school, these tips can help create a good life-study balance.

• Don’t be a one-man band. Take advantage of the educational support systems provided by your school, such as tutoring, writing assistance, career services, technical support and on-campus activities.

Figure out where your “pain points” are and create your own support networks.

Form a babysitting share with other parents in your classes to alleviate the financial burden of childcare or create a virtual study group to prepare for exams.

• Identify short study windows. Maximize downtime whenever you have it. Have an infant? Read your assignments out loud to your child. Are your children enrolled in sports?

Read assignments during practices or at halftimes. On the job? Study on your lunch break.

• Select a program wisely. Look for programs

designed to make it easy for busy, working people to earn degrees. For example, Strayer University offers the flexibility to learn online or in a classroom, students are matched with personal Success Coaches to help them balance responsibilities, and classes begin four times a year, offering degree-seekers greater flexibility. For these reasons, their online RN to BSN degree program, for example, accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, can be a good fit for working nurses with demanding shifts. To learn more, visit www.Strayer.edu/bsn.

“Selecting a program that understands the actual demands of your field and the evolving priorities of your employer, can help you apply your knowledge now and meet professional goals later,” says Hughes.

• Stay up-to-date in your field. Be a more efficient, successful student and professional by staying current on your evolving industry. For example, nurses

can brush up on healthcare informatics, as well as understand how changes to healthcare policy will impact the way they deliver care.

• Laugh often. All work and no play doesn’t make Jack a dull boy – it makes him tired and ineffectual. Take time for loved ones who make you laugh and keep up with your favorite funny podcasts. It’s helpful to keep

your sense of humor as you take on another responsibility.

Whether you’re a teacher, a nurse, work for a company, or are in business for yourself, an advanced degree can offer you greater job satisfaction and earning potential, and the right program and study habits can make it a manageable challenge. StatePoint

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daily morning devotional at 8 a.m. kicking off the last day of Habitat’s 34th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project.

President Carter was discharged from St. Boniface General Hospital early this morning after being admitted briefly for rehydration.

From July 9-14, President and Mrs. Carter joined thousands of volunteers for Habitat’s Carter Work Project to build 150 homes across Canada in celebration of the country’s 150th anniversary.

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Can a Tree Become a Bathtub?

Timber Neutral Makes World’s Largest Wooden Tub

By Desert Star Staff LONDON, -- Is it possible to make a solid wood bathtub out of a single 3000-kilogram (6600lbs) mass of wood, that didn’t contain glue or epoxy?

More importantly, can this be done in a sustainable manner?

The general consensus is you can’t even make a kitchen cabinet out of solid wood let alone a nearly 6-feet diameter bathtub. There was a concern, “will it hold water?” In this case, it was a literal metaphor.

Woodworkers insisted it would crack from uneven drying, and architects just shrugged it off as “impossible” as the wood would be too unstable and move and twist and be as one architect stated, “a

hopeless mess.” Dugout canoes, it was pointed out, contain many cracks and issues, yet the thought of making a dugout seems very daunting in this day and age.

“Most architects have very limited training in wood,” explained Jonathan Kitzen, sustainable wood expert and one of the original founders at Timber Neutral (www.timberneutral.com), the company that oversaw the sustainability issues.

There are more than 2,000 commercial tree species in the world and each one has different mechanical and aesthetic qualities.

In the past, the company consulted on a 2.4m (8-ft) by

in Colombia, or about the same age as most mature oak, or beach trees you might find in your yard but far more massive.

They were also replanted under the Timber Neutral planting scheme, which replaces sustainable timbers with replanted endangered species.

“There is no point in replanting a maple, for example, as they grow like weeds; we need to rethink sustainability and replant those in need,” explained Roberts. Timber Neutral offers timber audits to manufacturers to allow them to take control of sustainability and not rely on someone else’s chain of custody, because as Roberts pointed out, “Certified 25m (80-ft) hardwood slab does not mean replanted; most from a single tree, which at people do not realize that.” under 100 years old was one“The goal was to make quarter the age of many mature a 100% natural object and a European hardwood trees. reflection of the organic nature “Just because it’s big doesn’t of wood and true to the spirit mean its old,” commented of the tree,” said company Kitzen. “In fact, if you think spokeswoman Fiona French of about it you can cut one Timber Neutral. “The client single big fast growing tree was very happy with the result or 300 to 500 slow growing and appreciated that we temperate ones to equal the replanted scores of endangered same mass, which is more sustainable? Which is better for trees in the area we took the environment? Cut down an the single tree down in.”

The company has no acre or a single tree? And this is plans to continue making not a 3000-year-old softwood them, but a few of the limited sequoia, we are talking huge collection are available in North fast-growing hardwood tree.”

America and sold exclusively The tubs are made from trees that are less than 75 years through www.amelieandmax. com. Source: PRNewswire old, sourced from a supplier

Tips to Keep Outdoor Summer Fun Going After Dark Your outdoor summer fun doesn’t have to stop after sundown.

By Desert Star Staff Whether you’re hosting a backyard barbecue, enjoying an evening hike, or simply hanging out with friends and family, these lighting tips from the experts at Energizer can keep summer fun going long after dark.

• Barbecuing? Ensure the grill master has sufficient lighting to do the job safely.

Strategically placed lanterns on patio tables and near the grill will ensure the meat is cooked to perfection and guests enjoy a well-lit al fresco dining experience. Consider lanterns which provide 360-degree uniform lighting, such as those from Energizer, which have dimming capabilities, offering you more control of your outdoor lighting scheme.

• You may be closely familiar with every rock and stick in your backyard, but guests probably aren’t. Before your next party or barbecue, illuminate pathways where guests will be moving about.

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Thursdays at 8 p.m. at 1900 E. Palm Canyon Drive. For information, 760-322-4422 Palm Springs Villagefest Street Festival every Thursday The Congo Room presents “Wet Wednesday” 10pm2am P: 760-322-7353 PS disco Heat II, Disco Caliente at The Reef Bar at the Caliente Tropics Hotel August 18 August Splash House Pool Party in Palm Springs August 11 The MLS Madness™ Palm Springs July 27 @ 9:00 AM 12:00 PM In The Heights Presented at the Palm Canyon Theatre July 7 @ 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Palm Springs LGBT Pride November 3 @ 8:00 AM 5:00 PM 2nd Annual Comic Con Palm Springs at The Convention Center August 25 Modernism Show and Sale at the Palm Springs Convention Center October 20 @ 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM The MLS Madness™ Palm Springs July 27 @ 9:00 AM 12:00 PM

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Festival at The McCallum Theatre November 11 Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott Perform at The McCallum Theatre November 9 @ 8:00 PM Dia De Los Muertos Live at The McCallum Theatre October 28 @ 8:00 PM 6th Annual Family Fun Day at The McCallum Theatre October 22 @ 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends on Stage at the McCallum October 7 @ 8:00 PM American Cancer Society Relay For Life Civic Center Park October 7 @ 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert Presents Pat Lash Retrospective August 30 @ 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 4th Annual Three Pianos-Six Hands, at The McCallum Theatre November 14, 2017 @ 7:00 PM - January 16, 2018 @ 7:00 PM

into the fun itself. On your next camping trip, stake out a space for a game of flashlight tag. Bring enough lights so everyone can join in on the fun. Afterward, head back to the campfire and let your flashlight make your scary story that much spookier.

• Use the right lighting tools for evening hikes and

neighborhood dog walks.

A lightweight headlight with pivoting functionality can help you direct light where it’s needed and keep your hands free to clear bramble, get a tighter hold of that leash, or snap a photo of the evening sky. Consider headlights from Energizer, which are water resistant and drop-tested to July 19, 2017

stand up to tough conditions.

For more lighting solutions that will brighten your summer nights, visit Energizer.com/lighting.

With the right lighting tools, your summer adventures can last long after the sun has set. StatePoint

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HOROSCOPES ARIES

In the days to come, with Sun, Mars, North Node and Mercury in Leo, your deepest creativity comes forth. You must be awake, aware, sensitive and silent to recognize it. The Sun reveals your temperament, characteristics and reasons of why you are in this particular life and incarnation. It will highlight all gifts from previous lives. These gifts you are remembering in this lifetime. They point out your path to the stars.

TAURUS It will be impressed upon your mind that you are a deeply creative person. One gradually begins to have confidence in themselves when their creativity emerges. You begin to express yourself in new ways. They affect your home life. There is much in the home that needs clearing, ordering and tending.

Deep within, when your gifts and abilities are recognized, you are happy. Then you know you are loved. Be playful and have fun at home.

GEMINI It’s good to speak quietly and compassionately. These allow you authority and authenticity.

Perhaps you speak quickly, any words will do, as long as you make people laugh and they don’t cling to you. You must be free like a bird in a meadow. Personal power

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and courage emerge when you speak from the heart.

It’s important to identify and articulate always what and how you feel. You become a light in the world when you speak.

CANCER It’s important to realize you are valuable and are a rich source of important resources.

Give generously of yourself.

Expect nothing in return.

Do not hide your feelings or create puzzles or confusions for people trying to ascertain how you feel. When we value our feelings, we express our feelings clearly. It’s important to cherish our feelings. They provide us with direction and are our pathway to peace.

LEO You have the ability to bring the heart of the Sun (Love/ Wisdom), into your heart, radiating the light outward to the world. You have the ability to create warmth in others and to all the kingdoms.

Many people feel cold and dispossessed in their lives.

You are to understand that you carry the golden warming light of the Sun. Often, unaware, you hide yourself in that light.

You must instead, radiate that light. Leos are the Sun!

thoughts, feelings, words and actions. Imagine dissolving them into a universal loving matrix. Then your aspirations can be recognized by the Soul. The Soul cannot direct unkind, cruel, judgmental or critical personalities. These are separative behaviors.

The Soul’s light is Love/ Wisdom. When you see others creating separations, direct to them your Soul’s light.

LIBRA You are the bright shining star with friends, family and work groups. Everyone appreciates your courage, flair, beauty and generosity.

You share everything you have with everyone. Sometimes, though, you want to hide away. Sometimes you’re tired.

There are internal places to explore still unknown to you.

These are your shadows.

Each of us enters our shadow self. It becomes a healing.

Is there someone you don’t share your starry light with?

SCORPIO

As the Sun illumines your twelfth house it will ask you to dissolve all separative

Scorpios are warrior disciples. They always are triumphant. Even when it seems a failure, it isn’t. Deeply individual, you build a strong courageous personality. Later awareness of purpose and serving humanity appears.

Often people think you’re hiding when you’re simply pondering life’s mysteries, which you undertake, one

as ‘50 by ‘20,’ with the hopes of securing these commitments from every state by 2020. The goal seemed audacious; we had no idea how to achieve it at the start,” said Pete Selleck, chairman and president of Michelin North America, based in Greenville, S.C., in a special announcement today preceding the FIA’s landmark Formula E Championship races in Brooklyn, N.Y., this weekend.

“Our campaign found support with some key organizations in an active and fervent traffic-safety community, and their involvement made it possible to complete our mission more than two years ahead of schedule,” Selleck said. “On behalf of Michelin, teen drivers and their parents, I’d like to express special appreciation and gratitude to the American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association, the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators and the Governors Highway Safety Association. Hardworking leaders and members in each of these groups played key roles in helping Michelin deliver a simple

message about tire safety to driving instructors and in the halls of state governments to make a change that will save lives in the long run.”

Michelin’s Beyond the Driving Test program was conducted in the United States as an expression of FIA’s global “#3500Lives” campaign, which calls attention to the lives lost on roadways every day around the world, and especially deaths among younger drivers.

“The number of young people who lose their lives in avoidable road crashes is unacceptable. We need to change road users’ attitudes and promote safe behaviors on our roads. Education programs and awarenessraising campaigns are important safety measures that deserve continuing support by state and local governments in America,” said Jean Todt, President of FIA and the U.N. Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety. “Michelin’s achievement in teen driving safety is strongly in line with the FIA #3500lives campaign and its global goal of reducing

VIRGO

after another. You shoulder great responsibility so others can move toward the light.

SAGITTARIUS You sometimes throw caution to the winds. You also sometimes hide your star, letting others shine in their own light. You aren’t happy with anything less than the very best of everything. You bring warmth, personality, style, élan, a buzz wherever you are.

You look away sometimes from what others see. You look toward your destiny. You shine a light on it. You walk towards it. It waits patiently.

CAPRICORN There’s an unspoken energy around you that brings attention to your happiness and creativity. There’s a bit of mystery about you, too, that no one understands.

You maintain your dignity in all situations. You know the difference between people who love you and people who… (you fill in the blank). You have a childlike way of loving and are hurt when others are cruel.

Keep your trust intact. Help others laugh more. The issues this month will be on shared resources. You always share.

to a state of balance as to who you are, where you are, why, and what further choices you must make in and for the future. You must, as you stand in balance, attempt to hold all opposing forces in check.

This tension creates a greater awareness concerning your gifts in service to humanity. In the tension is also direction.

PISCES You need someone who understands and listens to you, someone who shares your hopes, wishes and dreams, someone who hears your heartbeat and knows all that you say contains a message.

You need environments that bring forth playfulness, beauty, intelligence and balance.

Chemical reactions between two substances transforms both. If only one is transformed, then only one is singing.

Create your Vesta box.

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.

AQUARIUS It seems to be time for an interlude, linking you to nothing and nowhere, just for a bit of time, so that you can come

Tire-Safety Education For New Drivers In All 50 States

By Desert Star Staff Michelin North America, in partnership with FIA, the world governing body for motorsports and global leader in road-safety advocacy, today announced the achievement of a historic milestone for teen-driving safety in the United States: For the first time, administrators in all 50 states have committed to include consistent information about tire safety in state-mandated training materials for new drivers.

Crashes remain the No. 1 killer of teens in America1, with recent federal safety data showing an alarming 12 percent of crashes2 involving inexperienced drivers attributed to improper tire maintenance.

Michelin and FIA launched the award-winning program “Beyond the Driving Test” in late 2014 aiming to persuade trafficsafety regulators in every state to include information about tread depth and tire pressure in their mandatory training materials for teen drivers. At the time, only a handful of states included this basic information.

“In the beginning, Michelin and FIA described our ambition

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young driver accidents. I encourage the American roadsafety community to continue improving these mandatory training and education programs for teen drivers.”

Beyond the Driving Test has reached nearly 1,000 driving instructors and more than 200,000 students with tire-safety messages to date.

Since securing commitments

from all 50 states, 26 states already have published new training materials with tire-safety information. Beyond The Driving Test was the most-awarded corporate PR campaign in the United States last year, earning 20 national and regional distinctions as well as the PR News CSR Hall of Fame Source: PRNewswire www.desertstarweekly.com

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BY THEDA KLEINHANS REICHMAN

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’--A Young Spider vs A Fierce Vulture

Teenaged Peter Parker is back on screen in the latest Marvel installment “SpiderMan: Homecoming.” In past films, he’s been played by Tobey Maguire and most recently by Andrew Garfield (“Hacksaw Ridge” and “Silence’). This time Tom Holland is the teen-aged arachnid in the bright-red suit who tracks down villains in his Queens neighborhood.

His big dream, however, is to join Tony Stark’s team of Avengers. At present, he is still in training with Stark, but attends High School full time.

None of his classmates know his special identity, except for his friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) who would love to let them all know that he is SpiderMan’s best bud, but Peter has sworn him to silence.

Soon Peter will cross paths with Adrian Toomes, known to his group as the Vulture, played to perfection

by Michael Keaton. Toomes, a construction worker, was hired to clean up the radioactive debris left on earth after an alien spaceship crash-landed in New York. In the middle of the clean-up a government

spokesperson (Tyne Daly) informs him that he, and his crew have been replaced by Tony Stark’s company. The sudden dismissal after he spent large amounts of his own money on equipment leaves Toomes bitter, angry and lethal. He secretly removes as much alien debris as possible and uses it to create super weapons that he sells to gangsters in the area.

When Spider-Man thwarts an arm’s sale in the area, he finds himself face to face with Toomes’ men. Eventually, he also comes face to face with Toomes. At this point, he is way in over his head, but he wants to handle it to prove to Stark that he his ready to be a full-time member of the Avenger’s team. His sleuthing also gets in the way when it comes to being on his school’s scholastic team competing in Washington, D.C. He misses the competition meet in his efforts to get Toomes, but before he goes after Toomes he realizes he must save his classmates trapped in a rapidly descending Washington Monument elevator. Will he be able to

save them? To get inside he must scale the towering monument in a frantic race against time. That scene is great as he leaps and claws his way to the top.

Soon his efforts to thwart Toomes get in the way of his school life. It even affects the school prom even though he is able to snag a date with the older girl of his dreams.

What really works in this fast-paced Marvel comics’ tale is Michael Keaton’s performance as Toomes.

He is the most sympathetic

villain in any of the SpiderMan films. On the dark side, he is a formidable enemy, but he is also a devoted family man who is doing all of this to protect his family from financial ruin. Despite what he’s done, you can’t help liking the guy on certain levels.

And when he flies around in his vulture gear and wings you sense a sly wink to his performance as “Birdman.”

While there is action and suspense, we also get to see the frustrations of being a high school kid, even if

you are also Spider-Man (But nobody knows it.)

Gwyneth Paltrow makes a small cameo at the end of the film and Jon Favreau plays Happy Hogan who, along with Tony Stark, serves as a mentor to Peter.

Don’t leave before the credits end because there is a clever cameo by Chris Evans, as Captain America.

“Spider-Man: Homecoming” is rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence and some language. Running time is 2 hours and 13 minute.

The problem occurs when the engine starter is blocked due to engine or transmission damage. If the car does not turn on right away, trying again (especially multiple times) could send a very high current through the starter’s current limiter, which could then overload the limiter due to a defect and melt parts nearby.The recall affects certain C-Class, E-Class and CLA cars and GLA and GLC SUVs that were made from 2015 to 2017.

Mercedes has determined a fix, which has been implemented for models currently in production. Those cars that are already on dealer lots will be fixed before they are sold, the company said.

“As a precautionary measure an authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer will install an additional fuse in the electrical line to the starter,” the recall notice said. “MBUSA does not plan to provide notice about

pre-notice reimbursement to owners since all involved vehicles remain covered under the vehicle’s New Vehicle Limited Warranty.”

Benz owners can check if their vehicles are affected by entering their vehicle identification number (VIN) on either the Mercedes or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) websites.

The company will begin notifying customers of the recall before the end of the month and again when replacement parts are available, beginning in July.

In February, Daimler announced its net income rose 18 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, mostly due to an 11 percent year-overyear increase in global sales of its Mercedes passenger vehicles. Sales of the luxury cars were boosted by the revamped E-Class line, according to the Motley Fool.

‘Oh, Lord, won’t you recall my Mercedes-Benz?’

Fire risk pulls 350k luxury cars off US roads

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe © Ralph Orlowski

By Desert Star Staff Daimler AG is recalling 1 million newer-model Mercedes-Benz vehicles worldwide ‒ including more

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than 354,000 in the US alone ‒ due to the risk of fire from a problem with the starter, the company has announced.

The recall comes after

51 fires were reported, 30 of which were in the US, starting last June, according to the recall report. There have been no reports of injuries.

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The Great Food Truck Race Return

Hosted by Tyler Florence, Six-Episode Culinary Battle Hits Food Cities of the South Beginning Sunday, August 20th

By Desert Star Staff NEW YORK, -- The Great Food Truck Racereturns Southern-style this summer, with seven teams of food truck novices battling from New Orleans to Savannah for a $50,000 grand prize.

Hosted by Tyler Florence, this high-stakes road trip is full of beautiful scenery, Southern landmarks and intense food challenges.

Team cooking chops, selling strategy and business savvy are tested in every city, with the least successful truck heading home each week and a $50,000 grand prize for the last truck standing. The Great Food Truck Race premieres Sunday, August 20th at 9pm ET/PT and the winner will be named in the season finale on Sunday, September 24th at 9pm ET/PT. “Each summer our audience looks forward to taking a fast-paced, foodcentric road trip with The Great Food Truck Race,” said Courtney White, Senior Vice President, Programming, Scripps Networks Interactive.

“This season adds some Southern hospitality to the competition, and the teams hit the pavement running with fantastic food, unique concepts and the hunger to win.”

This season’s competitors are: Braised in the South

– Charleston, South Carolina (Nick Hunter, Steven Klatt, Brandon Lapp); The Breakfast Club – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Ashanti Dixon, Taylor Randolph, Mikey Robins); Mr. Po’ Boys – Dallas, Texas (Cedrick McCoy, Ryan Thompson, Esther Torres); Papi Chulo’s Empanadas – Cherry Hill, New Jersey(Sarah Hasbun, Carleena Lara-Bregatta, Luis Lara Polanco); The Southern Frenchie – Little Rock, Arkansas (Donnie Ferneau, Meaghan Ferneau, Amanda Ivy); Stick ‘Em Up – Rogersville, Tennessee (Justin House, Landon House, Shona House) and Wicked Good Seafood – Falmouth, Massachusetts (Bill Henrique, Ryan Schuhmacher, Dan Torres).

In the first episode, the teams are greeted in the French Quarter of New Orleans by host Tyler Florence and their dream food trucks. The race kicks off immediately with the first challenge called “Dough for Dough,” where they must create their own version of a beignet and sell it in the French Market. The teams find out running a food truck is harder than they thought, and the second New Orleans challenge is to create a dish using the flavors of the popular Hurricane drink. Local chef Susan

Labor Advocates Lament Lack of Protections in New Foreign-Worker Visas

By Desert Star Staff SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Criticism is coming in from worker’s-rights groups on the Trump administration’s announcement Monday that it will allow an additional 15,000 foreign workers to get visas.

The Department of Homeland Security will grant the extra H-2B visas for guest workers in the tourism, landscaping, construction, seafood and other seasonal industries - but not in agriculture, which uses a different visa program.

Daniel Costa, director of Immigration Law and Policy Research at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank, says the program ought to be reformed to protect workers from abuse, not expanded.

“The way the program is set up, it ties workers to one employer,” he says. “So if they leave that job or if they get fired, they basically lose that visa status and become deportable.

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lot of power over workers.”

The Trump administration says it simply is trying to accommodate requests from employers who are desperate for laborers. The current limit for H-2B visas is 66,000 - so this will bring that number up to 81,000.

In a recent report, Costa found there is no nationwide shortage of workers in those fields. In fact, unemployment has been high and wages have been flat in these types of jobs for more than a decade.

He argues that expanding the cap on visas will hurt conditions for guest workers and American citizens alike.

“U.S. workers have to compete with workers who are exploitable and can be legally underpaid under the terms of the H-2B program,” he adds. “And so that puts downward pressure on the wages and the working conditions of the U.S. workers who are in those same jobs.”

Tyler Florence on Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race Spicer determines who created the best plate, then one team is eliminated and the rest move closer to the finish line and $50,000grand prize. The route then hits Pensacola, Florida; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Nashville,

Tennessee and Athens, Georgia, leading to the finale location in Savannah, Georgia, where one team will be awarded the $50,000 grand prize.

Viewers can meet the competing teams and browse

photos of the challenges at FoodNetwork.com/ FoodTrucks. Tell us on social media who you think should take home the grand prize using the hashtag #GreatFoodTruckRace.

ATTENTION HOMECARE PROVIDERS!!!

The Riverside County In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Public Authority has a Registry for Homecare Providers

NOW Hiring!

The Public Authority Registry is a referral service for IHSS consumers.

Employment is not guaranteed. IHSS consumers hire, interview, set job schedules, train, sign timesheets, and terminate employment.

The current pay rate is $11.50 per hour.

Applicants of the Registry must meet the following minimum requirements: ► Speak & understand English fluently ► Have a valid California Driver License ► Have a Social Security Card ► Have the legal right to work in the US ► Be at least 18 years of age ► Pass a fingerprinting background clearance ► Pass a drug and alcohol test ► Attend a Recruitment/Orientation meeting ► Drive and provide transportation for IHSS clients ► Be able to perform caregiving tasks as required

For more information and screening call:

1-877-808-0325

We are recruiting county-wide!

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Laguna Beach Pageant of The Masters Presents “The Grand Tour”

By Pamela Price The 85th Anniversary of Laguna Beach’s legendary Pageant of the Masters is a theatrical and light hearted celebration of art in living pictures that has for its theme this season The Grand Tour. Closing on August 31, the event is your passport to you watch art masterpieces come to life.

This internationally recognized Pageant was launched in 1932 as an “Intellectual Carnival’, since then this innovative celebration of art history and music continues to attract “hundreds of thousands of people to town,” according to Dr. Dan Duling, who provided a factual history of the Pageant in his article, “The Festival of Arts Then and Now featured in this year’s elegant Souvenir Program… which is a work of art in itself!

An ambitious renovation

project undertaken by Bauer Architects has transformed the exhibition area where this year 140 artists displayed their works of art from fine jewels and printmaking to photography and digital art.

This year’s theatrical production in two acts begins at 8:30 pm when the stars appear in the sky, and the pageantry opens. Beginning in the early 18th century of the Grand Tour with recreations of fine art, in this case recreating an oil painting by Joshua Reynolds, which reveals the story of a gentleman who sends his son on a ‘voyage of discovery’ visiting the capitals of Europe, the Second Act continues the journey beginning with the stage set from a poster from 1887 portraying Buffalo Bill’s West on Tour. The fourth ‘living picture’ revealed Modern Travelers in three scenes.

Dramatically staged, the scene

blended musical history with art and a chic nod to the inimitable Josephine Baker at the Casino de Paris . Capturing this era even further were a Louis Armstrong and a Duke Ellington Encore. All artists are listed on the program should the audience want to pursue their history further. Plan to arrive early and make your dinner reservation in advance at the Tivoli Terrace, the patio setting is as charming as the service.

Continuing the tradition of the Pageant the evening concluded with a living picture of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. For information LagunaFestivalofArts.org, 800 487 3378 and www. pageanttickes.com.

Pam Price serves on the Cathedral City Public Arts Commission

Sandra Jones Campbell, artist , one of 140 exhibitors at The Pageant of the Masters

A Tribute to Elvis- Celebrating His Greatness

By Desert Star Staff This is the 40th year for Elvis Fans and His Worldwide Host of Admirers to think how fortunate we all are to have his music, His Movies and Images, and memories of what his concerts were like. Not to mention the 50,000 plus odd tribute artists who help to keep it all alive. At the Honeymoon Hideaway, where he lived for two years from September 1966 and honeymooned at on May 1, 1967, after his marriage earlier on that day at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. Milton Prell, who owned it, Hosted the Festivities. The marriage had been planned to take place in Palm Springs, but moved

hurriedly because Rona Barrett, the paparazzi and interlopers got wind of the nuptials. Sinatra loaned him his jet, the Christina.

A second plane transported the Family and Friends who had gathered in Palm Springs.

At 4:00 A.M., they took the famous escape route out of the back at Rose Avenue, where the limousine awaited them.

Because it is 40 years, a major milestone, we have moved our Tribute of all this great history to August 5th so that the devoted can make a pilgrimage to HONOR Elvis and Priscilla here and still attend the Graceland week of August 16th. We are hosting a Concert by Marlon as Elvis

and all the music from the era

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says he died at his home on Wednesday night surrounded by his longtime partner Margaret and the children they raised together. His son says he will be buried in West Virginia, to fulfill Furze’s wishes. But there is a memorial planned in the city, details to be determined.

Poyuzina is asking residents of Desert Hot Springs to do a small act of kindness in Furbee’s honor. Source: KMIR

civic volunteer positions.

Arden Wallum, General Manager at Mission Springs Water District issued the following statement: “John was a respected and valued colleague and friend to each of us. We have missed him greatly over the last year of his absence. John was also

a leader in our community for many years. He will be greatly missed, but his contributions to our community will not be forgotten. Enough can’t be said to recognize these great accomplishments. We will be organizing a special tribute to this great leader which will be announced at a later date.”

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and say, ‘Hey these are programs in our community,’ and he was never to say no... if it had to do with youth, John was there,” says Matas.

He donated the 12 acres of land where the Boys and Girls Club sits.

“He was a key influential man who made it possible, that made this building happened,” says Rey Mancilla, the sports gym supervisor there.

People who work there say he was always there for them with financial support, whether it be uniforms or basketballs and made a huge impact on many lives.

“Thousands of thousands, there’s kids whom we know that graduated that probably wouldn’t have made it but with his support and help they graduated and walked down the aisle and now some www.desertstarweekly.com

of them are lawyers and doctors,” says Megalonakis.

The aquatic center who bears his name is built on that site too. Friends say he wanted everyone to enjoy swimming as much as he did.

“He loved that pool; he gave a lot for that pool; he gave the land; he gave money, everything; it is truly my desire that in his honor that pool can be open all year round,” says Poyuzina.

People who live here say it’s not good-bye. Furbee’s bigger than life heart will always beat in this city.

“This building is just going to be a great memory and great beacon, especially in Desert Hot Springs, a beacon of light ... he will be missed,” says Mancilla.

“A beautiful man that we’re going to remember in Desert Hot Springs for the rest of our lives,” says Poyuzina.

Furbee’s son Steven Schick

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Mission Springs Water District announces with regret that Mr. John Furbee, Board member and longtime Desert Hot Springs resident, passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 after a long battle with an illness. Mr. Furbee, an active community supporter, served on the Board of Directors since 2006. He also served Desert Hot Springs in various communities and July 19, 2017

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“Lady Macbeth”

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The chemistry between Katherine and Sebastian (Cosmo Jarvis) erupts into uncontrollable desire. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Roadside Attractions as a poster child for a role without much dialogue. Her non-verbal reactions fill the screen with palpable emotions.

By and by, the young wife’s husband and father-in-law are called out of town. At Katherine, brilliantly played by Florence Pugh, spends her days last she’s alone in the house sitting on a couch staring off into space. Photo credit: Courtesy and contrary to her explicit of Roadside Attractions instructions, the defiant young brilliantly portrayed by Florence bride immediately ventures Beginning with a Pugh, waiting in a stark church outdoors to breathe in fresh air. fascinating screenplay by to marry 40-year-old heartless It is this exploration of Alice Birch and pitch perfect Alexander, wonderfully played the property that leads to her direction by William Oldroyd, by Paul Hilton.

Alexander’s meeting one of the farmhands this version of “Lady Macbeth,” mean-spirited father Boris, on her husband’s estate, which is not Shakespeare’s 16th a prosperous mine owner, then begins a torrid love affair Century Lady Macbeth. excellently portrayed by with the extremely sensual Shakespeare’s character is Sebastian, played convincingly Christopher Fairbanks, considered one of the most

by Cosmo Jarvis. This wildly purchased Katherine from powerful female characters sexual liaison unleashes her her father, along with a piece in literature. Although her overpowering strength and of land, and arranged this behavior is ruthless for like her “namesake,” she marriage.

The wedding night much of the play, eventually becomes ruthless in taking is unconsummated with her she feels some guilt when any action to preserve her cold husband’s only request she tries to cleanse her affair and subsequently is that she take off her night hands of Duncan’s blood as to preserve herself. gown and stand there naked. expressed in her infamous Her father-in-law returns, Subsequent similar requests “Out, damn’d spot! Out, I and confronts Katherine culminate in his masturbating say!” One cannot say the about her affair, which he says in front of her naked body. same for the current reiteration everyone is whispering about.

Forbidden to leave the of that infamous character.

Sebastian is badly beaten by Oldroyd’s riveting film is house, Katherine spends her days mostly staring off Boris, who locks him in the based on the 1865 Russian into space, becoming more stable. Revealing more and novella “Lady Macbeth of the and more restless. Her only more of the callousness that Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov” contact is with her devoted lay beneath her seemingly and takes place in a remote servant Anna, superbly played calm surface, she plans region of England in 1865. In

by Naomi Ackie, whose revenge against her fatherthe opening scene, we see a in-law, which culminates in performance could serve veiled 17-year-old Katherine, a scene that is quite chilling.

I’ll leave it at that. But alas, just when Sebastian moves

back into the house, after a prolonged absence, Boris returns. In an act of defiance, Katherine flaunts her sexual behavior with Sebastian in front of her husband who savagely attacks him.

Katherine intercedes and that’s the end of her cold-hearted, rather cruel husband. Are you keeping score of the bodies?

Once again, Sebastian moves back into the house and just when he’s become the man of the house, along comes Agnes, well played by Golda Rosheuvel with 7-yearold Teddy, nicely portrayed by Anton Palmer. It is revealed that the child is Alexander’s illegitimate child. Back to the stables goes an unhappy Sebastian and a furious Katherine. The child now stands between Katherine and Sebastian living openly together and some extreme action must be taken. Like Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth, there are no bounds to Katherine’s ambition, cunning, resolution, and ultimate betrayals. Sebastian is much weaker than Katherine but despite his subsequent confession that he and his lover suffocated the young child, no blame is laid on her and he and Anna wind up holding the proverbial bag.

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Once again, unlike Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth, this Lady will never utter the famous guilt line: “Out, damn’d spot! Out, I say!” for Katherine, as chillingly brought to life by the most talented Florence Pugh, has no remorse for her evil acts. In the end, she is back where she started from – this time hopelessly truly alone.

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Women’s Advocate Robin Wright to Headline Premier Tech Gathering

By Desert Star Staff CHARLESTON, -Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good, today announced that Robin Wright will join the lineup for bbcon 2017, the leading tech conference exclusively for the social good community, being held in Baltimore, October 17-19 at the BaltimoreConvention Center.

“Each year, bbcon hosts a cross-sector community of change agents to explore the latest tech innovation, big ideas and partnership opportunities that can strengthen the collective pursuit of global good,” said Blackbaud senior vice president Catherine LaCour. “We are thrilled to have Robin Wright join us for bbcon 2017 because her words and actions authentically reflect a commitment to building a better world. Attendees will undoubtedly benefit from her unique perspective as a public advocate, head of a high-impact foundation, philanthropist and leader of a premier

social enterprise brand.”

Wright is a four-time Emmy®-nominated Actress, and 2014 Golden Globe® award winner for her role as first lady Claire Underwood in the highly-acclaimed Netflix original series “House of Cards.” She is also known for her leading roles in various major motion pictures, including her iconic turn as Jenny Curran in “Forrest Gump” and her acclaimed role as Antiope in the blockbuster “Wonder Woman,” which is currently in theaters.

Wright’s activism and passion for helping women around the globe will resonate with the bbcon audience. She is known for her far-reaching philanthropic work, including the Enough Project’s Raise Hope for Congo campaign that encourages various international companies to ensure the precious minerals used in their products do not come from conflict mines where women are abused. In 2014, Wright launched Pour les Femmes, a socially-conscious sleepwear company designed to give back. Founded by

Wright and designer Karen Fowler, the company has one goal: to make simple, beautiful and quality pieces while creating economic opportunity for women in conflict regions around the globe. After Wright visited Congo and learned firsthand of the unimaginable struggles of many women in the area, she was compelled to create a product that would not only provide comfort for customers, but also security for women living in conflict regions. Pour les Femmes supports two nonprofits— Action Kivu and Synergies des Femmes—for their economic empowerment of women, particularly those who have experienced sexual violence.

“I’m excited and honored to participate in Blackbaud’s bbcon 2017 conference—it’s such an important event that brings together thousands of passionate people who have devoted their careers to driving positive change in the world,” said Wright.

Each year bbcon convenes thousands of change makers, fundraisers, marketers,

is illegal or a violation of the law,” Sekulow told Fox News, fending off accusations that the team may have been “colluding” with Russia.

The original email sent to Trump Jr. prior to the Trump Tower meeting, which allegedly lasted less than a quarter of an hour, promised information that “would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father.”

Sekulow said president Trump learned of the meeting only when it was flagged up by a New York Times story earlier this week.

Trump “had no meetings, was aware of no meetings with Russians, was not aware of this one until really right before it all broke,” Sekulow said on CBS’ Face the Nation.

Sekulow added during several interviews that Trump would be “willing to testify” before the Senate

make every effort to extract a attack by the administration, which noted that Veselnitskaya testimony from Trump Jr. and all others present at the talks. was issued a discretionary Warner also stated on visa to enter the United CNN’s State of the Union that States, an unusual scenario it was “somewhat unbelievable for a supposed agent of that neither the son nor a foreign government, as the son-in-law ever shared she has been presented.

Sekulow also drew [details of the meeting] with attention to a January Politico their dad, the candidate.” article which pointed out that President Trump has the Ukrainian government been relatively reserved as attempted to dig up dirt on accusations and denials Manafort’s alleged past links have flown back and forth, but on Sunday, he posted to the Kremlin. Manafort spent years working in a series of tweets attacking Russia as a consultant. the establishment and the “We can’t act like this media’s double standards. is in a vacuum. We know “Hillary Clinton can for a fact, as was reported illegally get the questions to extensively in an investigative the Debate & delete 33,000 on the issue, though, likely, journalist piece by Politico, that emails but my son Don is “it wouldn’t come to that.” being scorned by the Fake The high-profile lawyer and the Ukrainians were in direct contact with DNC officials and News Media?” he tweeted. media figure also questioned “With all of its phony why the Secret Service – which traded information back and forth,” Sekulow told ABC. unnamed sources & highly screens those allowed access Despite Sekulow’s denial of slanted & even fraudulent to presidential candidates and impropriety, a senior Democrat reporting, #Fake News is their associates – let through on the Senate Intelligence DISTORTING DEMOCRACY the two Russian nationals in our country!” Trump wrote Committee, Virginia Senator and their interpreter.I wonder in a subsequent tweet.

Mark Warner, said he would why the Secret Service, if this was nefarious, why the Secret Service allowed these people in. The president had Secret Service protection at that point, and that raised a question with me,” Sekulow said on The Desert Star Weekly welcomes ABC’s This Week program. news and photos of local interest.

Later Sunday, the Secret Photos and jpg logos should be a Service denied that anyone in minimum of 4x6” at 300 dpi the room at the meeting was (1800 x 1200 pixels). under its protection at the time.

“Donald Trump, Jr. was The deadline is each not a protectee of the USSS Friday at 5 p.m. in June, 2016. Thus we would not have screened anyone he SEND YOUR PRESS RELEASE TO was meeting with at that time.”

Sekulow’s Secret Service query echoes an earlier line of

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‘If Don Jr’s Russian meeting was nefarious, why did Secret Service allow it?’

By Desert Star Staff President Donald Trump’s legal team insists that the campaign meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer was not illegal, did not involve the candidate himself, and contrasts favorably with links between the Clinton campaign and Ukraine.

Jay Sekulow, a senior member of Trump’s legal team, toured all five of the major network’s political talk shows Sunday, defending the administration over the June 2016 New York encounter involving lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin on one side, and Trump Jr., the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and then-campaign manager Paul Manafort on the other.

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MUSIC

BY ROBERT KINSLER

Music makers elevate movies

The fusion of music and movies has always been a good fit and led to exciting results. Look no further than three new releases showcasing music makers’ role in enhancing films.

Title: Hickok (Cinedigm) You might like if you enjoy: Classic Westerns, HBO series “Westworld,” Kris Kristofferson Tell me more: While Westerns no longer arrive in

movie theaters on a regular basis, don’t underestimate how much an artful and intelligent tale set in the 19th century can evoke its power on modern-day viewers. The newly-released “Hickok” provides stylish nods to some of the genre’s most beloved classics but stands tall on its own thanks to a well-written script based on an episode in the life of “Wild Bill” Hickok, excellent performances everywhere (including Luke Hemsworth in the title role, as well as country music greats Trace Adkins and Kris Kristofferson), a stirring score courtesy of Andrew Joslyn and director Timothy Woodward Jr.’s ability to get affecting cliche-free performances amidst the dramatic backdrop of the Old West. Information: cinedigmentertainment.com.

Artist: Prince Title: Purple Rain Deluxe - Expanded Edition (NPG Records / Warner Bros. Records) You might like if you

enjoy: Prince Tell me more: Released as both a “Deluxe” 2 CD version and a “Deluxe - Expanded Edition” featuring three CDs and a DVD, the re-release of Prince’s masterwork “Purple Rain” recently captured the #1 on the Top Soundtrack Albums Chart and the top spot on the Top Vinyl Albums Chart, as well as returned to the Top 5 of the Billboard Top 200 too.

More than three decades after the release of the film and the accompanying soundtrack, “Purple Rain” continues to cast its magic via dynamic songs blending rock, soul, funk and pop (both newly-released versions are anchored by the official 2015 Paisley Park

according to Thuringia police, which deployed over 1,000 officers amid security concerns.The revelers were kept to a small piece of land, as authorities cordoned off the concert venue with metal barriers. To enter the concert grounds, visitors had to pass security checkpoints installed by police.Though the far-right concert was largely peaceful, more than 20 incidents were reported, including verbal insults, property damage, and drug abuse, according to MDR broadcaster. In two cases, police intervened to prevent “the use of anticonstitutional symbols,” possibly referring to Nazi symbols.Images posted online showed visitors wearing T-shirts making acronymic reference to the phrases ‘I love Hitler,’

‘I love National Socialism,’ and ‘Hakenkreuz’ (swastika).

Ahead of the event, people in Themar expressed their discontent over the concert, displaying banners reading: “All these Nazis are insane, they must have potato brains” and “Your voice against Nazis.”

Title: Spider-Man: Homecoming (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

You might like if you enjoy: Composers John Williams, Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino Tell me more: Grammy and Academy Awardwinning composer Michael Giacchino has provided memorable scores for a number of well-known films, and his riveting music for the summer blockbluster “Spider-Man: Homecoming” can be added to his growing list of achievements. For those who have seen the latest “Spider-Man” flick, they know how wonderfully the music works in support of the on-screen action. But the soundtrack also plays well as a pure listen; the dramatic “The World Is Changing” and “Monumental Meltdown,” playful-to-tense “Drag Racing / An Old Van Rundown” and symphonic “No Vault of His Own” showcase Giacchino’s masterful touch and ability to create music that challenges and entices. Information: sonymusicmasterworks.com.

On Saturday, around 2,000 people were expected to attend an anti-Nazi rally, though only a few hundred showed up, according to German media.

Local authorities said they were not able to prevent the festival from taking place, as it was not illegal under German law.

“The bad thing is that the town authorities could do nothing against this concert,” Themar Mayor Hubert Boese told Spiegel.The rule of law stipulates that these people can easily set up such concerts under the guise of the right to assembly,” he said.

recommending that national monument status be revoked entirely at Vermilion Cliffs, Grand Canyon Parashant, Ironwood Forest and Sonoran Desert National monuments.

They contend the monuments interfere with ranching and energy interests, and are much larger than necessary.

Martyn concedes there may be some room for compromise on the size of some of the monuments, but rejects the idea of eliminating them altogether.

“We’ve demonstrated throughout the country that

public lands are economic drivers, for public use – literally, billions of dollars,” he stresses.

“So, to just make a blanket ‘get rid of them’ – I think we’re better than that. “ The public comment period for the monument review ended on Monday, and millions wrote in to support keeping the monuments intact and free of development.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has a deadline of Aug. 24 to submit his final report. In an interim report, Zinke already recommended cutting the size of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.

Remaster of the original tapes from the soundtrack). Of the most interest to hardcore fans of the late artist (Prince died in April 2016) is a CD full of must-hear rarities and a slew of previously-unreleased tracks, as well as a DVD featuring a concert with Prince and the Revolution captured in Syracuse, NY on March 30, 1985. That concert features restored audio and video from the original production master tape, and offers a real glimpse into Prince as a groundbreaking performer. Information: warnerbrosrecords.com.

Thousands flock to ‘largest’ neo-Nazi rock festival in Germany

By Desert Star Staff The tiny German town of Themar saw 6,000 people flock to what is said to be the country’s largest neo-Nazi rock festival: “Rock against Foreign Domination.” The far-right concertgoers vastly outnumbered the town’s population of 3,000 people.

The event, ‘Rock gegen Ueberfremdung’ (Rock against Foreign Domination), took place on Saturday in the small, sleepy town of Themar in eastern Germany. According to various German media, the festival was the largest event of its kind.The small community of just 3,000 people had to accommodate large crowds of neo-Nazis, effectively twice the size of its own population.

Around 6,000 people attended the event on Saturday,

Protect Your Money: There’s an App for That

By Desert Star Staff VERMILLION CLIFFS, Ariz.

– The National Park System in Arizona each year draws 12 million visitors, who spend almost $1 billion and support more than 15,000 jobs, according to new fact sheets

by Democratic Party members of the Joint Economic Committee in Congress.

Public lands advocates hope that will be enough to keep four Arizona national monuments

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safe as they undergo a review ordered by the U.S. Department of the Interior.

President Donald Trump has directed that the monuments’ boundaries conform to the smallest possible acreage necessary to protect the cultural and natural resources.

Bryan Martyn, a former Arizona State Parks director and former Pinal County supervisor, says Arizona’s national monuments are

crucial to rural economies.

“There are places where public lands make sense,” he stresses. “And not just for the sake of preservation, which has its own benefit, but the economic drivers that a lot of these places are. Now, we need to remember that when we start these discussions.”

Three Republican congressmen from Arizona – Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs and Trent Franks – signed a letter to the interior secretary July 19, 2017

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(AP) - Police video recordings can’t help with public oversight of law enforcement agencies if they are kept secret, a California legislative panel decided Tuesday.

State lawmakers advanced legislation that would require law enforcement agencies to generally release body camera video and recordings of fatal police shootings and other significant incidents.

But it’s still a long way from final legislative approval.

“Public oversight is not possible if the videos are never released to the public,” American Civil Liberties Union lobbyist Lizzie Buchen testified in favor of the measure.

The proposal comes amid a nationwide push for body camera recordings to be released quicker after fatal police shootings. It would establish a statewide policy on when body camera footage and other audio and video recordings should be released.

The state Senate’s Public Safety Committee advanced Assembly Bill 748 on a 7-2 party line vote, with Republicans opposed. It is expected to be considered by two more Senate committees before it could go to the full Senate and then the Assembly.

It would amend California’s

public records statute to limit the discretion that police departments have for withholding body camera videos. The proposed measure would require police departments to release video in cases where law enforcement officers use force or in incidents where it’s believed there is a violation of law or public policy.

However, it would allow law enforcement agencies to withhold recordings if they can demonstrate that the public interest in disclosure is outweighed by other factors. They could also blur or redact certain images to protect citizens’ privacy.

California News Publishers Association attorney Nikki Moore told the committee that the measure “strikes that balance in protecting privacy.”

But more than a dozen law enforcement organizations oppose what California State Sheriffs’ Association lobbyist Cory Salzillo called a “one-size-fits-all” policy. He and other opponents said it should be left to local police departments to determine when, if ever, body camera footage should be released.

There should at least be more flexibility on when videos must be released and what images can be redacted or blurred to protect investigations, said Randy Perry, a lobbyist for the Peace Officers Research

Association of California.

State lawmakers have failed to pass a handful of bills in the last few years that addressed body-worn video, including establishing policies on when officers should turn their cameras on and off and when the public would have access to videos.

The Los Angeles Police Department is among several California departments that deny the disclosure of body camera videos and consider the footage to be investigative records that are exempt from the state’s open records law.

Assemblyman Phil Ting said the state currently has “a patchwork of policies and in some instances, very little policy” on releasing recordings.

“Body cameras were created to improve greater

public trust between law enforcement and community members and without access to that video footage we’re not really able to achieve those goals,” the San Francisco Democrat said in an interview.

Ting noted his bill allows police departments to withhold videos if there’s more of a public interest in not disclosing the recordings and to withhold recordings that are part of an ongoing investigation for up to 120 days. He amended the bill from the original 90day release deadline and said other changes are likely as negotiations continue.

“This is an area where California law really lags behind the rest of the country in allowing transparency,” said Peter Bibring, the director of policing practices at the

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The committee also advanced AB284 that would require Attorney General Xavier Becerra to study law enforcement agencies’ use of deadly force during 2015 and 2016 and make recommendations for reducing the toll.

Becerra, who supports the bill, said his office’s analysis would “go beyond the snapshot that we often see on the news” and “take a close look at the nature and circumstances leading up to the shooting.”

He said the study would be the nation’s first such statewide evaluation of officer-involved shootings.

“We’re going to figure out how and whether future incidents like these can be prevented,” Becerra said.

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By Desert Star Staff A man has been handed a 16 year jail term for killing 21 cats in California. He also faced an allegation of sexually abusing a dead cat.

Robert Roy Farmer, 26, was sentenced at Santa Clara County Superior Court, Friday, after pleading guilty last year to 21 felony counts of animal cruelty and one count each of misdemeanor battery and being under the influence.

The cats began vanishing from San Jose’s Cambrian

Park neighborhood in September 2015 and were later found dead, according to the Mercury News.That month, police received home surveillance footage of a white man luring a cat from its owner’s residence before grabbing the feline and running away. The footage prompted police to carry out “follow up investigations” into the pet’s abduction.

On October 8 2015, Famer, the son of a retired San Jose Police Department

captain, was found sleeping inside his car at a Home Depot parking lot. Police searched the car and found a dead cat “concealed within the vehicle”, according to a statement on Farmer’s arrest.

Chunks of fur and streaks of blood covered the interior of the vehicle. Police also found a backpack with a pair of fur-covered gloves and a hunting knife in a sheath.

During the court case, a necropsy report from Animal Services documenting

signs of sexual abuse on the dead cat inside the car, including dilated genitals, was presented as evidence.

Crime laboratory reports also stated a match was discovered between Farmer and DNA found under claw clippings.

Farmer’s attorney denied the prosecution’s argument that the cat was sexually abused.

The conflicting accounts triggered a debate about whether Farmer should be

required to register as a sex offender upon release from prison, reported the Mercury News.

The judge did not make it a requirement for the defendant to register as a sex offender on release, stating that the prosecution’s arguments “did not meet that burden” for such an order.

However he ordered him to stay away from cats for 10 years after his release and from the locality where he committed the offenses.

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Signed MARTIN ROJO AVINA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 27, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708730 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 VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE).

Pub July 19, 26, August 2, 9, 2017. DSW17-5170 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: THE BHAVA NETWORK, 6906 OROZCO DRIVE, RIVERSIDE, CA 92506. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: AMRITHAVARSHINI-MURALIKRISHNAN, 6906 OROZCO DRIVE, RIVERSIDE, CA 92506; BASANTH- -MURALIKRISHNAN, 6906 OROZCO DRIVE, RIVERSIDE, CA 92506. Business is conducted by: GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business 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: AMRITHAVARSHINI- -MURALIKRISHNAN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 12, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708080 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 VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub July 12, 19, 26, August 2, 2017. DSW17-5168 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: CULTURE CLUB, 10900 AMBROSIO DR, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: TAMARA MARIE WARMAN, 10900 AMBROSIO DRIVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240; RACHEL LYNN CANFIELD, 12600 AVENIDA ALTA LOMA, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is conducted by: CO-PARTNERS . Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business 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: TAMARA MARIE WARMAN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 27, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708700 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 VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE).

Pub July 12, 19, 26, August 2, 2017. DSW17-5167 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following fictitious business name(s) Wow Wireless, 440 E. 4th St. #B2, Perris, CA 92570. County: Riverside has been abandoned by the following person(s): Perla Nataly Ramirez Barreto, 440 E. 4th St. #B2, Perris, CA 92570. This business is conducted by: Individual.

The fictitious business name(s) referred to above was filed in Riverside County on: 07/02/2014. 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: Perla Nataly Ramirez Barreto. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County, Peter Aldana, AssessorCounty on June 6, 2017. File No. R-201406463 DSW17-5166 July 5, 12, 19, 26, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: YARD CARDZ OF TEMECULA, 29127 MISTY POINT LANE, ROMOLAND, CA 92585.

Riverside County. Full name of registrant: ELYSIA MAE CALL, 29127 MISTY POINT LANE, ROMOLAND, CA 92585. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL . Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business 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: ELYSIA MAE CALL. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 26, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708623 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 VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub July 5, 12, 19, 26, 2017. DSW17-5163 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: ISH ENGINEERING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC, 73350 CALLIANDRA STREET, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Riverside County; P.O. BOX 651, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Full name of registrant: ISH ENGINEERING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC., 73350 CALLIANDRA STREET, PALM DESERT, CA 92260/CA. Business is conducted by: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY .

Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: TANNER MIRROR & GLASS, 13450 AVENIDA HERMOSA, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: PARKER BRENT TANNER, 13450 AVENIDA HERMOSA, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL .

Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business 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: PARKER BRENT TANNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 16, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708299 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 VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2017. DSW17-5160 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: SKY WATCHER, 69730 HWY 111, STE 106, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270. Riverside County; 1420 NW GILMAN BLVD, STE 2722, ISSAQUAH, WA 98027. Full name of registrant: KEVAWORKS LLC, 1420 NW GILMAN BLVD STE 272, ISSAQUAH, WA 98027/CA. Business is conducted by: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY .

Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business 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: CRAIG ALLEN HERKIMER, MANAGING MEMBER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 23, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708601 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 VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE).

Pub June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2017. DSW17-5159 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE ) DOING BUSINESS AS: RUBBER STAMPS TODAY; ENGRAVING ENGRAVING ENGRAVING, 48666 BARRYMORE ST., INDIO, CA 92201. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: JEROME ASHER SHUBB, 48666 BARRYMORE ST., INDIO, CA 92201. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on APRIL 1, 2017.

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: JEROME ASHER SHUBB. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 16, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708293 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 MUS T 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 VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONALCODE). Pub June 28, July 5, 12, 19. 2017. DSW17-5158 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: ZAMORA’S SMOG CENTER, 45116 COMMERCE ST #9, INDIO, CA 92201. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: ADOLFO JOHNATHAN ZAMORA, 84362 QUEEN CT., COACHELLA,

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CA 92236. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL . Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business 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: ADOLFO JOHNATHAN ZAMORA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 23, 2017.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708587 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 VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2017. DSW17-5157 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: BEAUTY RISING, 44-419 TOWN CENTER WAY STE #124, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: LAUREN MICHELLE NEWKIRK, 44-419 TOWN CENTER WAY STE #124, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL .

Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business 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: LAUREN MICHELLE NEWKIRK. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 22, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708546 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 VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2017. DSW17-5156 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: BEYOND, 74140 ASTER DRIVE, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: ELIZABETH ELVIRA SOWLES, 74140 ASTER DRIVE, PALM DESERT, CA 92260; BRITTANY BROOKE KELLEY, 7463 PALOMAR AVENUE, YUCCA VALLEY, CA 92284. Business is conducted by: GENERAL PARTNERSHIP .

Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business 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: ELIZABETH ELVIRA SOWLES. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 19, 2017.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708372 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 VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2017. DSW17-5155 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE ) DOING BUSINESS AS: J. HUNTER’S LANDSCAPING AND POOLS, 31244 SAN JOAQUIN DR., CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: DAVID- -ROMERO JR., 68733 C ST., CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234; ISMAEL- -ROMEROARTEAGA, 31244 SAN JOAQUIN DR., CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Business is conducted by: CO-PARTNERS. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06/20-2013. 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: DAVID- -ROMERO JR. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 21, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708490 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 MUS T 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 VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONALCODE). Pub June 28, July 5, 12, 19. 2017. DSW17-5151

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000005881040 Title Order No.: 730-1602132-70 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 048-4462777-952 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 01/26/2007. 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 02/01/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0077345 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: MILO J. MARTINOVICH AND ANITA J. MARTINOVICH, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS,WILL SELL AT PUBLIC 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: 08/04/2017. TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM. PLACE OF SALE: IN FRONT OF THE CORONA CIVIC CENTER, 849 W. SIXTH STREET, CORONA,CA 92882. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be:65565 ACOMA AVE SPC 128, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA 92240.

APN#: 663-405-011-6. 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 $163,104.29. 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 714-730-2727 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.servicelinkASAP.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000005881040. 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:AGENCY SALES and POSTING 714-730-2727 www.servicelinkASAP. com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 06/27/2017 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-4625241 07/05/2017, 07/12/2017, 07/19/2017. DSW17-5164 APN: 661-201-005-7 TS No: CA07001621-16-1 TO No: 8684906 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED June 24, 2014. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO

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PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On August 30, 2017 at 09:00 AM, Auction. com Room, 2410 Wardlow Road #104, Corona, CA 92880, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on June 30, 2014 as Instrument No. 2014-0241500, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, executed by KENNETH J WICKER, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for MIDWEST EQUITY MORTGAGE, LLC as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 64892 BOROS CT, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240-1452 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 without covenant or warranty, express 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 if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated 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 obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $174,281.47 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a 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 California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. 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.

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 Auction.com at 800.280.2832 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address www.Auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA0700162116-1. 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. Date: June 26, 2017 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA07001621-16-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone:949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Stephanie Hoy, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www.

Auction.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Auction.com at 800.280.2832 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.ISL Number 32581, Pub Dates: 07/05/2017, 07/12/2017, 07/19/2017, DESERT STAR WEEKLY. DSW17-5162

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Junior, Wake Forest Helping college students • “Sitting in a classroom is “figure it out” sooner rather than the easiest part of college and later is what the latest edition of the awarding-winning “Been it cuts study time in half. Why There, Should’ve Done That — make it hard on yourself? GO!”

- Senior, University of Iowa • “What separated me from the masses was ‘connecting’ with a faculty member. I didn’t even know what the possibilities were until he laid out a ‘roadmap’ and showed me a few shortcuts to get there. When my confidence was shaky, he reminded me that I could do it.” - Graduate, University of Michigan.

• “Pick the professor, not the time of day.” Junior, Duke University • “Get a job in the office of your major. You’ll get to know everyone from the secretaries to the dean, all of whom can be very helpful. If any great opportunities come along, you’ll be the first to know.” Senior, Indiana University • “There’s no reason to fail! There are people here to help and it’s free. Actually, you’ve paid for it so you might as well use it.” - Senior, Michigan State University “The students who make the most of their college experience aren’t necessarily the smartest ones. It’s often the average kids who know how to utilize the system, connect with the professors, take advantage of extracurricular activities, and manage their time well who reap the rewards,” Tyler says. “Been There, Should’ve Done That” can help students get all they can out of the next four years.

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Job Hunting? 5 Reasons to Consider Using a Staffing Agency

By Desert Star Staff If you’re an active job seeker or simply looking to expand your career horizons, many experts say that in today’s market, working with a recruiter can give you a substantial leg-up.

Combining new technology and staffing expertise to speed up and simplify your job search, these benefits may account for why the staffing and recruitment industry is growing substantially.

Here are five reasons to consider working with a staffing agency, from the experts at Randstad US, a human resources consulting firm.

• Access to “hidden” jobs. Recruiters are often tasked by companies to hire for positions not advertised publicly. The only way to find them is through a staffing agency. Often, these positions are the most sought after in the marketplace, and in some of the most desirable workplaces.

• A huge number of companies rely on them.

As the economy embraces an “on-demand” workforce, more employers are turning to staffing firms who use emerging job search technologies alongside their human instincts

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to deliver the best-fit talent they seek. In fact, more than eight in 10 employers (82 percent) at least somewhat agree that by 2025, their reliance on staffing/ recruiting partners will increase, according to Randstad’s Workplace 2025 study.

• Recruiters can be your career agent. Wading through hundreds of online job boards, company ads and social media sites can be complicated, time-consuming and frustrating. You don’t have to go it alone. A recruiter can help you with your job search, enhance your resume, provide career advice and more. The best recruiters look beyond your resume to understand your career goals, workplace expectations and values to identify the best-fit jobs for you within the digital landscape.

• Not just for temps.

Many people assume staffing agencies only offer temporary positions. Recruiters are often asked to search for full-time, permanent and temporaryto-hire positions across a wide range of industries. Even those who begin working as a temporary employee are often hired permanently after proving their value. In fact, the Workplace 2025

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study says 56 percent of companies say many of the top talent in their company began as temporary workers.

• It’s free. There aren’t many things you can get for free these days, but the many benefits of working with a staffing company are among them.

“Be sure to work with a recruiter who is passionate about helping you reach your potential,” says Jim Link, chief human resources officer, Randstad North America.

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“They should play the role of trusted human partner in today’s technology-driven world to ensure you are recognized as an individual, not just another resume.”

Given that more than half of employers (51 percent) named staffing/recruiting firms as their most effective method for finding full-time and contract workers, job seekers should consider taking advantage of this resource to improve their job search chances. StatePoint

(ACIM) study group held at the Center for the Open Rose every Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. Bring a potluck snack. Call Tom Devereaux at 760-5675890 for directions. Cost $5 donation.

Distance and Reiki Healing group session held every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. (after ACIM) at the Center for the Open Rose. Call 760-567-5890 leave message. Donations accepted.

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La Jolla Playhouse Stages Fuzzy Headed Dramedy “At The Old Place”

Heidi Armbruster as “Angie” Photo by Jim Carmody

By Jack Lyons Theatre and Film Critic It appears that the famous North Carolina novelist and writer Thomas Wolfe, was correct in his observation about ‘one not being able to go home again’.

I’ve often mused over the verity of that phrase. However, after seeing a production of “At the Old Place” at the prestigious La Jolla Playhouse, by playwright Rachel Bonds, I’m of the mind that perhaps, there are reasons why even biblical prophets were not honored in their hometowns.

It’s possible that the people didn’t understand what the storytellers were saying.

Ms. Bonds’ dramedy/ nostalgia piece, directed by Jaime Castenada, leaves one perplexed even to the point of what is this playwright trying to tell us about the four characters she has created for this play? What are we supposed know about them in order to engage with them and their reasons for being onstage? After all, the idea behind writing a play, movie, or book is to communicate the author’s the ideas and feeling with one’s readers, viewers, or live audiences. N’est-ce pas?

In “At the Old Place”, the story, set in rural Richmond, Virginia, centers around Angie (Heidi Armbruster) who is trying to come to grips with any guilt and closure that occurs following the death of her mother and the unrequited issues that linger and eventually fall to her for resolution. One unfinished piece of business that takes her back is the sale of her mother’s house.

Children usually see life and family events through a different lens than adults. When adults finally do ‘go home again’ either to grieve, or handle the estate as in Angie’s case, we often bring our old family memories and our old baggage with us.

Angie returns to the home to check on final details on the selling of the house, only to find two young people drinking and snacking in her front yard.

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one lives there because the For Sale sign has no Sold banner across its front. Twenty three year-old Will (Marcel Spears) and potty-mouth eighteen yearold Jolene (Brenna Coates) are non-threatening, but resent having been asked to leave what they have come accept as their hangout. A fourth character Harrison (Benim Foster) turns up later in the play, to become the only ‘adult sounding’ person in room.

It’s not very clear where this very thin storyline - where nothing happens or anything of substance takes place - is going and the banal dialogue that is spoken doesn’t provide any indication either. To make matters worse the set design

by Lauren Helpern, doesn’t do the cast any favors by placing the house way up stage center, to the effect that a great deal of the dialogue is lost to the audience.

Director Castenada is complicit here. Why didn’t he and his designer merely move the house closer to the audience? The blocking would remain the same, but at least the audience would able to hear the dialogue, which at times is swallowed or mumbled so low by Angie and Will in their exchanges that it becomes a chore just trying to remain focused on the action taking place on stage.

Jolene, on the other hand, has the vocal power to drown out everyone on stage. Her excitable, potty-mouthed dialogue that the teenagers of today love to deliver at warp speed is full of expletives – I stopped counting the F-Bombs that Jolene hurls from the stage at fifty plus, in the first 15 minutes of the play – robs the audience from staying engaged. I don’t care that this is how some teenagers speak these days. It’s offputting; making the audience tune out when expletive-driven dialogue and story points made, go on ad nauseam.

Have today’s playwrights given up the trusty old Thesaurus as a means for coming up with synonyms? It makes one

Marcel Spears, Heidi Armbruster and Brenna Coates. Photo by Jim Carmody wonder. Back in the Roman days some playwrights wrote for their own pleasure, not to be performed by actors, it was called ‘closet drama’. It was a format that never caught on…

I mentioned earlier that Harrison (Benim Foster) appears to be the only adult in the play, however, even he cannot (in only a few on stage moments) bring any clarity to this 89 minute, no intermission, theatrical adventure. My

disappointment is with the playwright and the director both of whom have credits galore.

The actors and the technical team very rarely disappoint, despite the narrative text.

This time I’m afraid the dark and murky side carries the day. One might ask out loud: What were they thinking?

The creative team led by Castenada has a set design by the above mentioned designer Lauren Helpern, with

lights by Lap Chi Chu, and sound by Melanie Chen. “At the Old Place”, performs in the Mandell Weiss Forum and runs through July 30, 2017.

The La Jolla Playhouse is one of the country’s leading Regional theatres.

Congratulations go to Artistic Director Chris Ashley and the Playhouse on winning a 2017 Tony Award for his splendid direction of the musical “Come From Away”.

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