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This is a fictional story based on some facts. Several years ago while I was still teaching, I did leave our Baby Jesus on the dryer due to all my Christmas activities. Hubby worked excessive overtime that year. I rarely saw him. Now we’re both retired, but he still complains about getting out the Christmas decorations. Continue reading WHY IS BABY JESUS LAYING ON THE . . . ON THE DRYER?
Below is a fiction story based on one true fact. In the past, due to overwhelming stress I left Baby Jesus on our dryer for two weeks. I would pat Him every day and say, “Soon, I’ll get to you I promise.” How often do we tell the real Jesus the same thing?
It’s a wonderful thing that due to my excess weight and over eating issues I’ve learned to sit at His feet and seek His advice. Reminds me of a child’s song: “Trust and obey, for there is no other way, trust and obey.”
Thank you Lord for delivering me from 68 pounds. BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON!
Hope you enjoy the story, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
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Library provides services for community
Programming at public libraries across the country is soaring. One local library is making sure people in its community always have access.
Through its Outreach Services program, the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library works to deliver services to the community when the community cannot come to the library.
“So by going where people are, whether it’s to their homes or to community events, we can make sure that people are aware of our services and be able to access them,” library director Alexandra Gutelius.
From children’s programs to community events to personalized home delivery of materials, the library’s outreach services became extremely apparent during the pandemic and are still important today.
Youth services are also provided, and home delivery is available for home bound individuals in the area, supported by the Friends of the Library volunteers.
“We put together bags of books or DVDs or audiobooks and materials for those people based on their interest, and then they are delivered to their home,” Gutelius said.
Thanks to the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce for this submission.


Snow melting steadily in Colorado’s mountains, combined with a soppingly wet May and early June, has left water storage reservoirs relatively full and rivers flowing at normal or higher-than-normal levels, easing drought anxieties.
The rain falling regularly across metro Denver and the high plains brought near-record moisture, which has saturated soils to the point they are primed for flooding. And vegetation in cities and farm fields is thickening. This means reduced demands for water that, in typical years, draw down reservoirs. Denver Water officials this week ramped up releases from the 96% full Dillon Reservoir through its dam into the Blue River, a tributary of the Colorado River. The utility officials touted benefits for fish, other aquatic life and possibly people who want to go rafting.
National Weather Service data on rainfall from May 1 through June 6 shows the following totals:
- Castle Rock with 12.07 inches
- Centennial with 10 inches
- Aurora with 10.8 inches
- Denver with 8.19 inches
- Colorado Springs with 6.86 inches
- Estes Park with 6 inches
- Fort Collins with 8.94 inches
- Greeley with 8.88 inches
- Limon with 7 inches
- Sterling with 7 inches
- Dillon with 4 inches
“The largest amounts fell in the northeastern section of Colorado,” NWS meteorologist Caitlyn Mensch said. “If you go south, it trends slightly drier. If you go westward, it trends a little less.”
Despite all that rain, the damage from flooding has been relatively manageable.
“We’ll see how this next week shakes out. There’s still a lot of moisture in the air,” state climatologist Russ Schumacher said Thursday afternoon. “For the most part, we’ve avoided really major flash floods along the Front Range. But we will have to keep an eye out, especially over the fire burn scars. A heavy storm that ends up in the wrong spot could lead to some bad situations,” he said.
“It has been mostly good news around here this spring. We’ve had lots of moisture but we haven’t had any really big flood disasters – at least not yet. The snow melting in the mountains has stayed well-behaved. It didn’t all come down at once.”
Reservoir water levels this week measured higher than the 1981-2021 average, according to federal data. In the north-central mountains, the Lake Granby reservoir measured 131% of the average. Blue Mesa Reservoir, severely depleted in recent years, measured 78% full, 114% of the average. Similarly, McPhee Reservoir, in southwestern Colorado, measured 113% of the average and Navajo Reservoir was at 96%.
Mountain snowpack, mostly above normal this spring, plays the main role in filling reservoirs as the snow melts and water trickles down into streams that feed rivers.
River water levels around Colorado this week measured normal and in some cases above normal.
U.S. Geological Survey gauge data showed “much above normal” flows in the Yampa River (about 4,000 cubic feet per second at Steamboat Springs) and the Colorado River (about 40,000 cfs at the Utah state line). Robust normal flows also were recorded in the Gunnison River (about 5,000 cfs near Gunnison), Animas River (4,000 cfs at Durango), South Platte River (2,000 cfs at Fort Morgan), and Arkansas River (2,100 cfs east of Pueblo at Avondale).
Meanwhile in the Pacific Ocean, warming currents detected by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sensors may lead to increased moisture in Colorado later this year. NOAA officials on Thursday issued an El Niño advisory as scientists tracked these currents, which affect weather around the planet. Colorado climate researchers anticipate the warming could lead to more rain during late summer and fall in eastern Colorado where farmers in recent years have suffered from hot and bone-dry conditions.
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Duncan Bannatyne penned an interesting article for the Telegraph on Tuesday, arguing that now is the best time for you to set up a new business. While we do agree with the BBC Dragon’s views, we can’t help playing devil’s advocate: how ripe is Britain for promoting entrepreneurship?
In his piece, Duncan Bannatyne argues that there is “absolutely nothing to lose” by registering a business at Companies House, and that the best time to start a business is right now. “Every minute you spend deliberating about whether to do it now or put it off for a few more months is a minute wasted,” Duncan Bannatyne writes.
He argues that despite the widespread job losses in the public sector, people shouldn’t be deterred from setting up or growing existing businesses.
“In fact, entrepreneurs and small companies can draw encouragement from the review; contracts that might previously have gone to publicly funded bodies automatically are now fair game, and it’s up to small and medium-sized businesses to pick up the gauntlet and prove they can provide value for money.”
Of course, Bannatyne only wants to encourage people to set up businesses if there’s a practical need, or if they can deliver results at a reduced cost.
“The trend for government agencies to outsource work to the private sector is not only good news for small companies but also for the UK economy as a whole.
“Competition for contracts and slicker, more efficient operations should shave costs and streamline the system. I’m glad the government has acknowledged that not all of its agencies can be entirely state run; now it’s up to small businesses to prove they can step in and help the economic recovery.”
Duncan Bannatyne is right on par with the Real Business message – there are more opportunities than ever for creative and innovative people to set up their own businesses and thrive.
Naturally there aren’t any guarantees for success; success only comes with hard work. But the barriers to entry – both for the private sector and public sector markets – have never been lower. What can we do to encourage more people to set up shop?
And importantly, have Osborne’s cuts gone too far, harming economic growth” Will budding entrepreneurs find themselves stiffled by the cuts?

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TRAVEL GAZETTE – Pakistan’s annual world famous Shandur Polo festival started at the world’s highest polo ground in Pakistan’s northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, officials said.
Managing Director of the Tourism Corporation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mushtaq Ahmad, said that the festival will last for from July 29 to July 31 at the Shandur Top, the world’s highest polo ground in Chitral district of the province.
Since the inception of the event in 1936, the polo tournament has been played among different local teams from areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan region and Chitral district in the month of July every year.
Though it is an annual event, it was cancelled last year due to torrential floods that damaged the basic infrastructure in the area.
The festival is not just about polo, but several other events, including a tug-of-war, paragliding, musical chairs, indigenous folk culture, arts, crafts, traditional cuisines and folk music.
The uniqueness of festival attracts thousands of tourists from across the world. A camp village has also been set up at the venue where locals, inland and foreign tourists will reside and take part in different activities.
Pakistani government has taken extraordinary measures to provide foolproof security for guests, visitors and players.


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This article describes the behavior of the Address Map control in the app. See Adding an Address Map control to learn how configure this control. You can also make use of a static Google map as an image in the app, see Displaying location as a static map image. Make sure to obtain a unique Google API key. To learn more, see the Google developer documentation on Obtaining an API Key.
Displaying locations on the map
To display locations correctly on a map, geolocation must be active for your web browser or mobile device. Furthermore, the Show User Location check box must have been selected during design-time in the control's Cell Properties window.
When viewing a map at runtime, locations on a map are indicated by either a blue or red marker pins. The user's current geographical location is depicted by a blue marker pin on the map and cannot be changed manually. Its location on the map only changes when the user physically moves. Address locations are displayed on a map with red marker pins. The default icons representing the address, current location and reset marker pins can be customized on individual instances of the address map or globally - see Adding an Address Map control for details.
When a mobile app goes offline, a predefined map image displays to the user instead of the real Google map location. When the app goes back online, the image switches back to the Google map displaying pins and a user physical location.
For data sources, only property reference, literal values and data pages are supported for maps configured in offline-enabled apps. Other modes, such as report definition and clipboard pages, will not work. Marker editing is also not supported in offline mode.
Enhancing user interaction via Address Map
A user can move a red address marker pin to a new location by dragging and dropping it anywhere in the map. This capability is enabled at design time and can also be set up to either update the single value bound to the Address property field or the value in the optional latitude longitude coordinates field. The Address Map control is configured during design time allowing a user to manually type in an address forcing the map to automatically update to the new location by repositioning the red marker pin. It can additionally be set up to display an error message if an entered address was not found. By default, all of these settings are disabled.
If a user navigates to an unknown location on the map, the user can also center the map back to their current location (as denoted by the blue marker pin) by clicking the reset icon at the bottom corner of the screen located next to the zoom control. The address red marker pins displayed on the map are not reset.
Customizing marker pin information
You can click or tap a location shown as a red marker pin on the map, to display a pop-up with location details. Pop-up height/width can be customized using Dynamic Layouts. The width depends on the content length and on the dynamic layout’s max-width setting.
The information that displays in a pop-up is generated based on data from one of the four "Markers Source" types: Property, Data page, Clipboard page, and Report definition. Pop-up information section runs in the location pin’s context.
For example, the following data page has two records to map:
D_MyFriends (Code-Pega-List) pxResults pxResults(1) (Test-Work-MyFriends) Name: John Address: Cambridge pxResults(2) (Test-Work-MyFriends) Name: George Address: Boston
If the Marker Information section field is configured to show the "Name" property, when the pin located on the Boston address is clicked or tapped, "George" is shown in the pop-up.
A keystore is a file that contains keys and certificates that you use for encryption, authentication, and serving content over HTTPS. In Pega Platform, you create a keystore data instance that points to a keystore file.
Organize the content and structure of a portal by defining harnesses. By populating harnesses with sections, you can build a modular interface that promotes reuse and maintainability.
Use sections in conjunction with harnesses to define the appearance of user forms, rule forms, or composite portals.
- Adding an Address Map control
You can add the pxAddressMap control to a cell, enabling users to view and interact with location points in Google Maps from within a desktop or mobile app. This control is responsive when added to a dynamic layout, and you can configure events on the control, such as displaying location details. It can also be added to a smart layout or to a sect
- Displaying location as static map image
Harness and Section forms - displaying location as a static map image


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If you’ve ever been to a Taylor Swift concert, you know just what it sounds like. Not just her, but the symphony of the fans. They are so enthusiastic, you can hear them from outside the venue. You can probably hear them from anywhere within a 10-mile radius of the venue, too. And all that screaming and shrieking is music to Swift’s ears.
“I’ve been really lucky with my other tours. But being on this tour, the screaming and passion level with the fans has hit a fever pitch,” she said in a recent interview with CMA Close Up magazine. “My fans have always been amazing and emotional, but this is something completely new for me. It’s more than it’s ever been before. Every single night when I’m about to get on the elevator lift and walk out onstage, it’s a feeling of, ’I can’t wait to get out there and do my job.'”
She doesn’t specify if her fans are just that much louder these days or if the fever pitch is coming from the incremental numbers of Swifties. She has probably always felt excited to get out onstage, even when the cheering was coming from Rascal Flatts fans (in 2006) or George Strait fans (in 2007) when she was just the opening act.
“I’ve always known I wanted to work constantly until I could make a career in music, but even when I dreamed about having a career in music, I don’t think I ever envisioned the crowds being larger than theaters or possibly arenas,” she said. “In my wildest dreams, I don’t think I ever saw anything like this.”

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This winter weather has been making me cranky. Staying indoors and whatnot.
It's put quite a damper on weekend activities. Considering the majority of things to do involve trecking through the elements, it's difficult to find things to do for entertainment.
LUCKILY, it was slightly warmer this past weekend, so the option of outdoor activity smiled in my face.
It's always a good idea to burn calories whilst having fun. Am I right?
Hiking is a perfect way to acheive both fun and health. It's also a cheap date, which you can never go wrong with...
Make your own trail, instead of following one. Pack a lunch, perhaps some crasins, bring a friend, find a nice rock,take a seat, and have memorable conversations.
Carver and I hike
Hiking Boots are scary, i wear these
My dear boyfriend, trying to ignore me
Oh how i love the trees and the sunshine

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Unlocking Outdoor Excellence: The Landscape Designer's Role in Poolscape
When embarking on a pool project, clients often seek out the expertise of a landscape designer to elevate their outdoor living experience. Unlike traditional pool companies focused solely on the pool’s construction logistics, we prioritize the long-term functionality and your enjoyment of the entire backyard space.
Another challenge clients often encounter is uneven terrain that poses obstacles to traditional inground pool installations. Rather than dismissing these properties as unsuitable, we embrace the opportunity to innovate and find solutions. Here are some examples:
Solution 1: Pool on a Hill
In situations where the pool area needed to be raised to match the rest of the yard’s elevation, we constructed a retaining wall behind the pool. This allowed us to elevate the pool while maintaining a cohesive entertaining space.
Solution 2: Pool in a Hill
For clients with sloped landscapes, we designed a pool nestled into the hillside. By strategically incorporating a stepped design, we seamlessly integrated the pool area with the surrounding terrain, creating additional overflow seating along the retaining walls.
Solution 3: Semi Inground Pool
Semi inground pools offer a cost-effective alternative to traditional inground installations. While the initial investment may not differ significantly from an inground pool, the overall project cost is often lower due to reduced need for expensive retaining walls. With the rigidity of semi inground pool walls, clients enjoy the aesthetics of an inground pool on one side and the functionality of an above-ground pool on the other.
By collaborating with a landscape designer, clients can transform challenging landscapes into stunning poolscape retreats, enhancing their outdoor living experience for years to come.
From Patio to Pool: Transforming Outdoor Living in Lockport
In 2007, we installed Belgard patio (seen below) for a client in Lockport, Illinois. A decade later, he approached us with a challenge of adding an inground pool to his compact backyard with numerous easements and grade changes. Our solution (shown above): A radiant semi inground pool strategically placed near his existing walkway and patio. The result: A more elegant and cost-effective poolscape, seamlessly blending with his current outdoor living experience.
Hillside Haven: Crafting a Unique Poolscape in Orland Park
In Orland Park, Illinois, our landscape designer crafted several options for a client seeking to enhance their outdoor living experience. Opting for the “pool in a hill” solution, the client was drawn to the idea of utilizing the retaining wall for additional poolside seating. Complemented by privacy plantings and a new upper patio, the redesigned space offers both elegance and functionality, creating a perfect setting for gatherings with friends and family.
Uniquely Yours: Crafting a One-of-a-Kind Poolscape in Orland Park
In Orland Park, we had the pleasure of working on the unique project below for a client with distinctive tastes. While his property could accommodate either an inground or above-ground pool, his preference leaned towards the Radiant Pools semi inground option. With a playful touch, we incorporated a raised patio pool entrance and a triangular fire pit at the opposite end, reflecting the client’s fun-loving personality. The result (see video below) A one-of-a-kind poolscape that perfectly embodies his individuality.

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Nokia Lumia 1520 which was previously known as “Bandit”, has made another appearance today with the Lumia 1020. Nokia is reportedly going to unveil this device by the end of the September month.
In the below image, the other Lumia device, has been easily dwarfed by the Lumia 1520.
If you zoom the image and look at the bottom of the Lumia 1520 screen, you’ll find proto.nokia.com written, this is written on all Nokia prototype phones.
There have been multiple reports coming out regarding the Lumia 1520, It is rumored to sport a huge 6″ inch 1080p display and run on the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The device will be equipped with a 20-megapixel PureView camera along with the Windows Phone 8 GDR3 Operating system to support the device’s 1080p display and the third column of live tiles.
Nokia will most probably host an event next month to unveil this device alongside their Windows 8 RT tablet, codenamed Sirius. The smartphone will be a serious competition to the upcoming Samsung’s flagship smartphone Galaxy Note 3.
Well nothing is confirmed as of now, stay tuned to TechSpooler for more updates from the Tech World.

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With Dennis Kelly, The Eagles Biggest Strength Gets Even Better
The Eagles have the best starting 5 on the offensive line. And it’s not really close. Two All-Pros in Jason Kelce and Lane Johnson. Two guys who have the potential to be All-Pros at some point in Landon Dickerson and Jordan Mailata. Then it will be either Cam Jurgens or Tyler Steen at RG, both of who show great promise. But what we maybe don’t talk about enough is how great their depth is. Jack Driscoll, Sua Opeta, and whichever of Jurgens or Steen don’t win the job. Well, that depth just got even better. Because the Eagles have reunited with Dennis Kelly.
Dennis Kelly spent the first 3 seasons of his career in Philly before eventually being traded to the Titans for Dorial Green-Beckham. Kelly went on to be a solid swing tackle, even starting some games for the Titans, and later the Packers and Colts. Dorial Green-Beckham… well he turned into nothing. He played just 1 season here and had just 36 catches for 392 yards. And despite him being a WR, and Kelly being an OT, caught the same amount of TDs for the Eagles that Kelly did for the Titans.
Former Eagles OL Dennis Kelly has MORE TD catches in the 2019 playoffs than ANYONE on the Eaglespic.twitter.com/RTBNTjrjOJ— Jeff Skversky (@JeffSkversky) January 19, 2020
The Eagle’s one potential hole on the OL is now filled. They had yet to replace Andre Dillard. Leaving Driscoll as the only backup with any significant experience at Tackle. Now they get a perfectly capable backup RT, who can also swing inside to Guard when needed. Kelly gave up 0 sacks in 240 snaps last season with the Colts. You can slot him in anywhere except Center, and count on him to at the very least hold down the fort.
And that could be needed at some point. Jason Kelce’s Iron Man Streak is well-documented. The dude does not miss games. But Lane Johnson, Jordan Mailata, and Landon Dickerson all missed games last season. Injuries happen, especially in such a physical position. Having capable backups may seem like a luxury, but that depth can save a team if one of their starters goes down. The Eagles needed that depth in 2017 when Big V replaced Jason peters, and they still went on to win the Super Bowl.
The Eagles, ever since Andy Reid, have valued Offensive Line very highly. That trait was passed along to Howie Roseman. It is part of the reason why they have been one of the most consistently successful teams this century. Since 2000 the Eagles have the 6th most wins, 3rd most playoff appearances, and the 3rd most playoff wins. And consistently having not just a great O-Line, but great depth along the line, plays a huge role in that success. Dennis Kelly is just the latest example of that.
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John and Mike,
Mike is correct in that the 67th EMM Regiment was a Montgomery County outfit. They came to the Ham Brown barn from Wellsville in the northwest corner of Montgomery County.
Beside the "O.R." reference (volume 41--not 11, but in the 4th part, page 479, as you cited) other sources for this also include:
--the 1937 history of Audrain County, p. 84;
--the 1994 edition of the Daughters of Union Veterans "Missouri: Our Civil War Heritage," pages 9 & 10;
--period newspaper article "Fight in North Missouri," Columbia, "Missouri Statesman," 11 Nov 1864.
Of these, the newspaper gives only a brief summary of this action, but omits the cold-blooded murder aspect of this killing. The Audrain County history account is closest to the 1914 "Fulton Gazette" account that you quote, but I recall that it does not have all the detail of the 1914 version. The Sons of Union Veterans gives a southern participant's verson which includes the murderous nature of the killing of the seven. I found this to be refreshingly accurate for a "victor's" version of this incident.
Incidentally, the seven dead were not all from Callaway County. I think some were from Boone and Audrain Counties as well, based on my search of the 1860 Missouri census.

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AI’s potential extends beyond voicing to include editing and quality control, signaling a paradigm shift in the entire process.
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New Features & Updates to Speechki
We’re excited to present a slew of new Speechki ChatGPT Plugin capabilities. Your input has been invaluable in directing our revisions, and we can’t wait to share them with you!
1. Expanded Voice Catalog
Speechki is starting things off with a big one, expanding its voice collection. Speechki has added hundreds of new languages and dialects to our list, as many of our users asked. Speechki can now cater to a worldwide audience and handle a broader range of voice-over demands than ever before. We have you covered whether you need to create content in Spanish, French, Mandarin, German, or Portuguese – with both Brazil and Portugal variations!
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When it comes to your projects, we recognize the importance of security and usability. That is why we have implemented a new sign-up/sign-in function. This enables us to securely link the audio files you make to your account. Don’t worry, signing up is simple and just requires email confirmation – no credit card information is required!
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Last but not least, we have our improved audio player. We’ve introduced a speed rate tool that allows you to alter playback speed from 0.75x to 2.0x. You may now listen to your audio content at your own speed. In addition, our audio player now shows the length of your audio files and has improved reliability and performance.
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- Publishers: Consider adding an audiobook version to your eBooks.
- Who love the convenience of audio:Those who enjoy the convenience of audio can use Speechki to quickly convert anything to audio format.
So, what inspired me and my great team to build Speechki? We’re all aware that the way we consume materials is continually evolving. As much as we like reading, our hectic schedules frequently prevent us from sitting down with a good article or reading a lengthy report. Speechki comes in very handy here. By translating text into high-quality, AI-powered audio, we want to bridge the gap between the written word and our on-the-go existence.
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Speechki has several advantages, including the ability to convert text to speech with simplicity and flexibility. However, possible negatives include voice variety restrictions and the requirement for internet access. Despite these limitations, Speechki remains a useful tool for a variety of applications such as content production, narration, and accessibility advancements.
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Speechki is one of the greatest premium text-to-speech tools I’ve ever used (for the time being, Eleven Labs still wins). But for the rest, Speechki deserves a 4 or even 5 taco rating! And no, it’s not a BETA – I’ve done extensive testing, and sure, occasionally (very rarely) some transcription for one or two words may have been better (but the advanced editor will fix it).
We are happy to be a part of this transaction 😉 Don’t miss it or you’ll be sorry We are hoping that we’ll soon be allowed to choose our favorite voices to help the process go faster. I’m looking forward to trying out the new advanced editor as well 😉 Very pleased with the chatGPT plugin, which works flawlessly (just a lack of flexibility in generating the exact text output we want).
Conclusion: Finally speechki, text-to-speech President voice generator tools have proven to be an invaluable resource for content writers, marketers, educators, and other professionals. These technologies provide an easy approach to integrate authenticity and involvement into material, making it more appealing to consumers. Access to legendary presidential voices provides a distinct depth to these tools, enabling innovative and effective storytelling. These speech generators are expected to grow more complex and adaptable as technology advances. These text-to-speech president-generating tools are an excellent solution for anyone looking to boost their content and captivate their audience with authoritative voices.
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California Center for the Arts, Escondido has been the place to enjoy creativity, conversation, and celebration since 1994. For more than 25 years, the Center has been the cultural hub of North County, bringing people together to enjoy our programs, events, and resources that benefit over 286,000 annually. Now more than ever, we are dedicated to making arts accessible for everyone in our community.
OTHER WAYS TO GIVE
Give by Phone
You can make a gift by calling: 760.839.4159
Give by Mail You can also give by printing this form and mailing to:
California Center for the Arts, Escondido Attn: Philanthropy Department 340 N. Escondido Blvd.

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When I was a reporter 25 years ago for the Tarrytown (New York) Daily News, and covering the planning board, I asked them to justify impact fees. It wasn't fair, I was told, for current residents to bear the costs of roads, sewers, police and fire protection and other such services for the residents of new developments. The burden for paying for those municipal services should be put on the new residents who will use and benefit from them.
That sounded logical. It still does.


Intel Core i7-12700H appears in leaked Aero 5 XE and Omen 17 Geekbench listings with encouraging results
The Intel Core i7-12700H has appeared on Geekbench again, this time in its single-core and multi-core benchmark. Previously, the Alder Lake-P processor appeared in Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan benchmarks paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU.
According to these new listings, the Core i7-12700H has between a 2.45 GHz and 2.69 GHz base clock speed, along with up to a 4.58 GHz boost clock. Geekbench also reports that the processor has 14 cores and 20 threads, indicating 6 performance cores that support Hyper-Threading and 8 efficiency cores that do not.
We should stress that Geekbench does not include what power the HP Omen 17 or Gigabyte Aero 5 XE needed to achieve these numbers. Likewise, we do not know how hot these machines were running, either. Intel is not expected to launch Alder Lake-P processors until early next year, but we imagine that at least power figures will leak between now and then.
Undoubtedly, these laptops will have engineering samples of the Core i7-12700H. Hence, we would recommend reading too much into the performance on display. However, the Aero 5 XE outscores the Core i7-11800H by a healthy margin in the multi-core benchmark. A similar story exists between the Core i7-12700H and current Ryzen APUs, such as the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Overall, performance looks positive for Intel's Alder Lake-P processors.


TIRUCHY: The City Corporation has started placing banners near the Uyyakondan canal, warning of stern action against those dumping garbage into the waterbody. Recently, the National Green Tribunal took serious note of contamination in the canal due to mixing of sewage and waste.
The Tribunal directed the Corporation, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, District Collector and top officials to update it once in six months about the progress of the work done to stop the pollution. The intervention of the Tribunal has come for appreciation from residents.Harish Kumar, a resident of Thillai Nagar, said, "If the Corporation places such banners at more locations, it will definitely put fear into the minds of those who litter the place. Apart from the MGR roundabout, the Corporation should also place a similar banner in Palakkarai and other areas where several residents and merchants are dumping waste into the canal."
A section of sanitation workers are also of the opinion that the move can change the attitude of people. But, many of them said the civic body should take steps to identify those who litter the places.
"This will have some impact on people. Fear of action by the civic body might act as a deterrent. But, identifying them is difficult because people dump garbage at odd hours. We just hope the officials come up with a solution," a sanitation worker said. Some of the residents suggested that the Corporation should instal CCTV cameras to identify such people. Karthik Arumugam, a city resident, said, "They have to place cameras at various points and levy a heavy fine on those who litter the spots."
Corporation officials said the civic body is having plans to place cameras in areas where there is too much littering.


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There wasn't an official industry panel, but that doesn't mean that there was a shortage of new anime licensing news today at the MCM London Comic Con - far from it, in fact.
Let's start however with Manga Entertainment, the sole distributor lucky enough to have a panel to announce their latest acquisitions, and a slot which they used to reveal the following:
- Dragon Ball GT will be released across two volumes next year, arriving in January and March.
- Naruto Shippuden Movie 4: The Lost Tower will be released in February 2014 on DVD, and as a DVD/Blu-Ray combo pack.
- Psycho-Pass - this noitaminA series from Production IG will be released across two volumes on both DVD and Blu-Ray, with the company hoping to release the first volume next spring.
- HK: Forbidden Superhero - this live-action film also known as Hentai Kamen will be screened theatrically next month at film festivals in Leeds and Cardiff prior to a wider theatrical run; there's no news on a physical release at this time.
- Evangelion 3.33: You Can (Not) Redo will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray in late March 2014.
Although they didn't have a panel to call their own, MVM Entertainment had a huge number of new license acquisitions to boast, with more on the way. Here's what they have to flaunt as of this London Comic Con, starting with three series currently slated for a release in the first quarter of 2014:
- Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
- Infinite Stratos Season 1
- Night Raid 1931
Also added to the company's burgeoning line-up for next year, but with no firm release date or format information at present, are:
- Both series three and four of Ikki Tousen, bringing Great Guardians and Xtreme Xecutor to the UK
- From The New World (aka Shin Sekai Yori)
- Girls und Panzer
- The first three seasons of Familiar of Zero
- All three series and the OVA of otome game adaptation Hakuoki
Finally we have Anime Limited, who didn't explicitly announce any licenses today, but company president Andrew Partridge did mention that someone has licensed WIT Studio's short film Hal.
So there you have it, a productive day for new anime announcements, but which ones are you looking forward to? Let us know in the comments!


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Garfield County Planners like Cattle Creek sketch
Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado ” Garfield County Planning Commission members reacted favorably to a sketch plan for a 979-housing-unit development between Carbondale and Glenwood Springs during a meeting Wednesday night.
Rockey Shepherd, a project manager for Related WestPac, said the commission’s reaction to the company’s plan for the 282-acre former Sanders Ranch property was “very positive.” He also said county staff did an excellent job “in presenting the facts of the project and the concerns we need to address.”
Planning Commissioners only reviewed Related WestPac’s sketch plan for its Cattle Creek Crossing development and did not take any vote on it.
The company said it wanted to present its plan to the planning commission on Wednesday to gain feedback for a planned unit development (PUD) and preliminary application for the 282-acre property that the company plans to submit to the county in the summer.
Phil Vaughan, chairman of the planning commission, said that while there are still fiscal impacts and other issues to be ironed out before Related WestPac submits its PUD and preliminary plan, he said he thought the company’s project details were “certainly an excellent view of this piece of property.”
Sean Martin, a planning commission member, said that he felt the development was almost akin to creating a town on the valley floor, but added Related WestPac’s proposal is a one of “the nicest, well thought-out plans I have seen.”
“All in all I think it is great. I am real anxious to see your final plan,” Martin said. “I think you are on the right track.”
Cheryl Chandler, another commission member, said she wanted to see senior housing as well as more housing for “our young professionals” in Related WestPac’s plan.
“The only way to get affordability is density,” Chandler said. “We can’t keep sprawling. We have to go taller. I really like this (plan). It has got community.”
Related WestPac’s sketch plan for the 282-acre property calls for 979 residences in 480 buildings. Ten percent of the housing units would be deed-restricted affordable housing, according to the company’s plan. Building of the development will occur on 102 acres of the 282-acre property.
Housing units in the development would be one-third multi-family units, one-third single-family homes and one-third lofts, town homes, duplexes and river cottages. A neighborhood commercial development, which would be about 20,000 square feet, is also proposed.
Development of the property would occur in five phases over 10 years, said Jim Tinson, a land planner of Hart Howerton, which is the master planner for the development.
“We are starting on a premise that this is going to be a family-friendly community,” Tinson. “We want a wide population to come here. We want diversity. We want diversity in product (housing) type.”
Fred Jarman, Garfield County’s building and planning director, said the 282-acre former Sanders Ranch property is the last large undeveloped property separating Glenwood Springs and Carbondale.
Jarman said the county wants to see Related WestPac conduct a fiscal-impact study to determine the costs the proposed Cattle Creek Crossing development ” which he said would be the second biggest development in the county after Battlement Mesa ” might have on Garfield County and special districts in the area.
It would be preferable for that study to be done before Related WestPac would submit a PUD for the property, Jarman said.
Steve Danuff, who lives in Carbondale, said that “we all agree” highway access to the development is “terrible.”
“Generally, I feel the whole density of the project is too large,” said Danuff, adding the development would have too many people for the area’s infrastructure, water resources and wildlife.
But Doris Hunt, who owns a seven-acre property adjacent to the proposed development, said while she would want the property to remain a working ranch, it would be selfish for her to have it remain that way “when there are so many people in this valley who really need homes.”
“It would be so nice for them to live in a valley where they work,” Hunt said.
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Busy schedules and limited incomes often push college students towards specific grocery shopping trends.
With strenuous schedules and limited money, many college students advocate to shop for their groceries at stores such as Kroger or Walmart.
“The prices at Kroger seem to be more competitive than higher-end stores like Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods,” Spencer Anderson, a senior at the University of Kentucky, said
The main determiner of where students grocery shopped was the price of their food items. Students viewed Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods to be too expensive and found that they would prefer to spend their money elsewhere.
Students overall felt that they would not be able to consistently afford to shop at specialty food markets, and opted for other options.
Stores like Kroger, Walmart and Target all proved to be more popular among UK’s students.
A popular option for many students is the Kroger grocery store located on Euclid Avenue.
Another student, Carissa Kimball, commented that "some grocery stores offer non-name brand items, which makes some food items lower priced.”
Kroger is one of the grocery stores offering their very own brands of food items inclined many students to shop there.
The location of Kroger was also found to be very convenient. Being right outside of campus, students did not feel like they had to travel out of their way to supply their groceries.
Students found that their shopping experience at Kroger or Walmart was overall an easier shopping experience and they could get more for their money there.
Frozen foods and pre-made meals were some of the most popular items purchased by students at any grocery store. These options offer quick and easy preparation which is one of the most important factors when grocery shopping for college students.
“I primarily buy frozen or pre-made meals because it saves me the most time,” Logan Saylor, a junior student at UK, said
Many students also found that their food would expire before they had the chance to make it. “With a busy work and school schedule, I often do not have the time or desire to cook fresh meals everyday,” Saylor said.
“Sometimes half of my food will have to be thrown away because I would eat out instead of cooking, or simply did not have enough time to cook,” commented Saylor again.
Despite favoring frozen meals, students said they still look for healthier options in the frozen sections of their grocery stores.
Frozen fruits and vegetables are a great and popular option for busy students that still want to maintain a healthy lifestyle and diet.
Stores like Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods are often categorized by having “healthier options,” but students did not feel that shopping at a specific grocery store affected the types of foods they would buy.
“No matter where I buy my groceries, I know I will buy relatively the same items, so there is no point in spending more money on the same item at another store,” Kimball said.
Another popular option for students was the Target located underneath the Hub on South Upper Street.
Students living at the Hub found this to be a convenient way to purchase their groceries.
“I love that I can just walk downstairs and pick up a meal any time I would like,” Rael Francis, a senior student living at the Hub, said.
The Hub is also located near North campus and is only a short walk from many classroom buildings and dorms.
Overall, convenience and price point were the two main factors in determining where college students shop for their groceries.
Target and Kroger appeared to be the easiest stores to access, while also providing non-name brands at lower prices.


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Hi, I'm Angela Browne...
Hi I’m Angela Browne and I am passionate about working with people who would like to make changes to achieve the best version of them self. I am a qualified Hypnotherapist and performance coach based in Eaton Ford, St Neots, Cambridgeshire.
Within my hypnotherapy practice I use many different techniques including neuro-linguistic programming, counselling and analytical techniques which enable me to take a person-centred approach to therapy. If you choose to work with me, either through my hypnotherapy or coaching practice, I will work with you on an individual need basis using the tools and techniques identified as best suited to you.
Please do explore the pages on my website and if you can’t find what you are looking for or are unsure about anything you have read, I would be happy to chat with you over the phone or via email so please do get in touch; telephone and email details are on my contact page. Thank you for visiting my website.
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Stress - Anxiety - Depression - Emotional issues - Weight management including Gastric Band Hypnotherapy - Exam nerves - Sleep problems - Phobias - Performance enhancement - Public speaking - Long Term Conditions - Long Covid - & more
Hypnosis is often described as an altered or heightened state of awareness (or trance state) and is a completely unique experience to each person. The altered state of awareness is generally found to be peaceful and relaxing enabling the individual to open their mind to positive change whilst remaining in complete control.

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Romanian R-1 light tank (Czeh LT-34) captured by Soviet army in 1941 near Odessa
Specifications - Crew: 2; Weight: 3,9 t; Length 3,2 m; Height 1,68 m; Width 1,81 m; Armour: 5-12 mm; Range: 170 km
Foreign-produced armor in Romanian service.
41 Renault R35 tanks were bought from France in 1939 + 34 such tanks captured from Poland in 1939;
126 Czehoslovak LT-34 light tanks (renamed to R-1);
and also LT-35 light tanks (renamed to R-2);
Romanian R2 (Czeh Skoda LT-35) light tanks and Skoda H6ST6-T truck, photo of July 1941.
Also German armor:
Pz.Kpfw.35(t) - 26 panzers in 1942
Pz.Kpfw.38(t) - 50 panzers in 1943
Pz.Kpfw.IV - 142 panzers from 1942 (Ausf.G) to 1944
StuG.40 - 118 SPGs in 1944
Romanian PzKpfw.IV and Soviet sappers in April 1945.
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Two incidents seemingly involving guns in large public gatherings. Two different responses. Two different outcomes. But unanswered questions for both.
Near the end of his set on Aug. 12 at United Center, Lil Durk left the stage after his personal security team said it had spotted two people with weapons, according to police.
Not long after that, unconfirmed reports of a shooting swept through the center, sending more than 11,000 panicked fans rushing for the exits, yelling and fighting as they tried to leave.
“It was a stampede,” Christina Holt, who was injured in the melee, told the Sun-Times. “We were stepped on, walked on and knocked down.”
Christina Holt sits with her sprained leg a couple of days after the Lil Durk concert at United Center last month. Holt was injured protecting her nephews from a stampede after false reports of an active shooter panicked concertgoers at the show.
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
No gun or shooter was found.
Two weeks later, two women were struck by bullets on Aug. 25 near section 161 of Guaranteed Rate Field during the White Sox game against the Oakland Athletics.
One woman, 42, suffered two gunshot wounds to the right leg, while another woman, 26, was grazed by a bullet in her lower abdomen.
Theories and rumors and unconfirmed reports have circulated on social media, but officials have released virtually no details about the shooting, including whether the bullets came from inside or outside of the stadium.
But regardless of how the two incidents unfolded, questions arose in both cases about how officials responded and what information, if any, should have been shared during the events.
Despite knowing two women had been shot at the White Sox game, officials didn’t alert the crowd or the players, and the game continued, although a post-game concert by Vanilla Ice was canceled. At the United Center, Lil Durk left the stage but there was apparently no announcement from stadium officials as to what happened or whether fans should leave; video from the scene showed one police officer with a long gun telling people in a concourse to clear out.
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Unconfirmed reports of a shooting/active shooter at the United Center during the WGCI Summer Jam/ Lil Durk 2nd show in Chicago .
— Boss Blaze (@BossBlaze1) August 13, 2023
Security experts contacted by the Sun-Times said while it’s difficult to evaluate the response to both incidents, they both raised further questions, including how officials quickly determined there was no active threat at the White Sox game and whether staff was prepared to handle the large number of fans fleeing the United Center.
“The ultimate and most important question to answer right now is for the police and the security to answer the question of, how did this happen?” said Art Lurigio, associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University and a professor of criminal justice and psychology, who said the incidents at both venues were “very disturbing.”
Officials with both the White Sox and the United Center said security was a top priority, but declined to go into specifics on their protocols in these situations.
‘Lack of transparency’ cause for concern
With virtually no answers having surfaced in the more than two weeks since the shooting at the White Sox game, Lurigio said police have operated under a “shroud of uncertainty.”
“I am concerned with what appears to be an utter lack of transparency in the Guaranteed Rate shooting,” Lurigio said. He also said the explanation by White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf that shots came from outside the ballpark is “completely implausible.”
He said there are many variables that would affect the security response to a shooter, or reports of one.
“If you’ve identified a shooter, and you remove them from the scene, there’s no reason to stop the game and to instill more fear. The same is true about the [Lil Durk] concert. But if you don’t have a shooter in custody, the best practice is get out or hunker down.”
Steven Adelman, vice president of Event Safety Alliance, an international nonprofit that helps live event productions implement effective safety measures, said security guards should be trained to get everyone’s attention and position themselves by exit doors to let people out if they know an evacuation is going to happen.
He said the situation at the United Center was an “unscheduled self-evacuation” — which is logical because people will flee if they think they’re in mortal danger.
Adelman doesn’t fault the crowd for fleeing or the security team for how things initially unfolded.
But he does have questions for whether the stadium was prepared for a mass exit and how staff handled the crowd, included whether guards steered the crowd toward exits or less densely congested areas where people were safer. “Were there enough guest service staff, security guards or law enforcement officers who could help direct the crowd?” Adelman asked.
“ … Did you have security guards standing there trying to attract the attention of the crowd so that the crowd would go out the doors as opposed to just standing there in stunned horror, or whatever people were doing?… Did you do those things?”
‘If it’s an obvious threat to life and limb, the game should be stopped’
According to police reports, police had requested to stop the White Sox game, but officials determined there was no immediate threat.
Lurigio said, “if there’s a public safety imperative, the police’s orders should supersede the decision making of the MLB or any other authority that has to do with a sport being played in the venue.”
He added, “If it’s an obvious threat to life and limb, the game should be stopped and the stadium should be cleared.”
But since the White Sox incident was a “highly ambiguous” situation, he questioned how officials concluded there was no active threat — as did Adelman.
Chicago police officers stand outside Guaranteed Rate Field on Aug. 25, 2023. Several weeks after the shooting, there are still few answers on how two women were shot during a game and where the shots came from.
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere, AP Photos
“How was the determination made that there was no ongoing threat if they still didn’t know where the bullets came from?” he said.
If there truly was no ongoing threat, it’s understandable that they only emptied the section where the bullets hit and opted not to evacuate the entire ballpark, Adelman said, so as not to “invite the United Center scenario.”
Chicago teams give few details on security protocols
It’s unclear whether security crews in either incident followed protocols since neither the White Sox nor the United Center would give specifics on their security procedures.
“The White Sox work directly with Major League Baseball and law enforcement agencies to create response scenarios for a variety of possible events at the ballpark to maximize preparedness and the safety of our fans,” White Sox spokesman Scott Reifert said.
Officials with the United Center said in a statement that the venue “has plans in place for security related matters. These plans are constantly evaluated and evolve as needed to ensure the safety and security of our players, employees, and guests at the United Center, which is our top priority.”
White Sox players at the time said they were unaware of the shooting while the game was being played and said it was terrifying to think a gun might have made it past security. But left fielder Andrew Benintendi, who along with center fielder Luis Robert and pitchers in the left field bullpen were the players nearest to the scene, said he does not fear for his safety in the wake of the incident.
“I do feel safe,” Benintendi said Tuesday. “I mean, it never even crossed my mind that that would happen with the amount of security we have there.”
Other Chicago sports team said they also have safety plans in place but offered few specifics.
Officials with the Bears, whose home opener will bring more than 60,000 fans to Soldier Field Sunday, said they have protocols for different scenarios that may occur at the stadium.
Quinn Harris, Getty
Officials with the Bears, whose home opener will bring more than 60,000 fans to Soldier Field Sunday, said while they have protocols for different scenarios that may occur at the stadium, including gun violence, “it is our club policy not to discuss or disclose security measures or protocol.”
Defensive tackle Justin Jones said that he had “complete faith in our operation” to “keep stuff like that from happening,” but was shaken by what happened during the White Sox game, especially if it’s determined a gun was brought inside.
“You have to look at that operation over there, and see … how that fell short,” he said late last month. “Because at that point, you are not only failing the fans, you are failing the players.”
Cubs left fielder Ian Happ told the Sun-Times “we have guys who travel with us and protect our families. Never had an issue at Wrigley, and I feel really comfortable about the people that we have around us.”
The Cubs do have plans in place at Wrigley Field in case of an active shooter, Cubs spokesperson Julian Green said. The security team also goes through exercises every year “to simulate threats and test protocols and procedures.”
Wintrust Arena utilizes the private security firm Monterrey Security in addition to uniform and undercover Chicago police officers in and around the building during every Sky game. Monterrey and the CPD have plans and protocols in place and have conducted active shooter drills.
Can teams learn from incident?
Still, any team that wanted to learn from the shooting at Guaranteed Rate Field would need clarity on the incident since the conflicting information stirs confusion over where the breakdown in security may have occurred.
Lurigio said the recent incidents don’t necessarily mean going to public events has become more dangerous but “it’s cause for concern because it’s going to create fear and fear is going to diminish the quality of life of residents in the city.”
The threat of a shooting at these events, or even the thought one could happen, has been made worse by the proliferation of guns in the U.S., Adelman said.
“If there weren’t so many guns in so many people’s hands, there would be fewer incidents, certainly like the one that happened at the United Center where there wasn’t even a gun,” Adelman said.
“But there’s such widespread belief that there could be. And it’s so top of mind for so many people.”
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Back to the Beholder Ranch with the Broadsword Bandits!
What happens when a bunch of writers get together to play D&D? I don’t know but I’m sure we’ll all have interesting back stories…. Watch it live Monday, April 26! (Link for livestream.)
If you want the meta back story, this whole project came out of James McCann’s Dungeons and Dragons Resource Guide and the Beholder Ranch.
Happy D20 Day!
It’s D20 Day! This seems like a good time to remind people of the time I talked to DM and fellow writer James McCann about how Dungeons & Dragons is one of the reasons I became a writer.
Bonus feature: The Beholder ranch idea we talk about in the interview later became the adventure I’m currently playing with James, Arthur Slade, KC Dyer, Adrienne Kress, Kevin Sylvester and other writers!
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The Broadsword Bandits are back for more sessions of Dungeons and Dragons! Join myself and writers James McCann, Arthur Slade, Adrienne Kress, KC Dyer, Kevin Sylvester and guest star Susan Juby as we try to return a wayward Beholder to its retirement ranch. Of course, it’s never that easy when Beholders are involved. Or writers….
Who let the gnomes out?
The Broadsword Bandits are back with another instalment of Dungeons & Dragons! Join myself, Adrienne Kress, Kevin Sylvester, Arthur Slade, KC Dyer and guest gnome Lee Edward Fodi as DM James McCann takes us through his Beholder Ranch adventure!
What happens in the dungeon stays in the dungeon
Unless of course you upload it to YouTube….
The Broadsword Bandits are back for another episode. Watch authors KC Dyer, Arthur Slade, Adrienne Kress, Kevin Sylvester and myself blunder our way through a James McCann dungeon, falling into pits and wandering into medusa rooms, all the while trying to find an answer to the eternal question: “Where do I find that on my character sheet?”
How many writers does it take to escape a dungeon?
The Broadsword Bandits return for an epic fantasy battle with…. a rug…? Yes, that’s right — in my first foray into Dungeons and Dragons in a legendary amount of time, I decided to go check out a suspiciously nice-looking rug in a room full of ghosts. We all know what nice rugs in a dungeon are….
Anyway, watch how writers Arthur Slade, Adrienne Kress, Kevin Sylvester, KC Dyer and myself figure out how to escape James McCann‘s Rug of Doom!
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The Ladera Ranch Civic Council is the precursor to a local incorporated government that provides input to the Orange County governing boards as the Ladera Ranch civic representation. The purpose of the Council is to encourage and gather public comment on a range of topics which may affect the community and represent the interests of Ladera Ranch residents as their Council. Meetings discuss and provide input on: planning and land use,a public safety, public works, and other municipal related services. The Council consists of seven elected council members.
The Council meets the third Monday of each month from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Santa Margarita Water District board room located at 26111 Antonio Pkwy.
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Agenda is available here – October 2017 Agenda Packet
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Elections have concluded and the LRCC is proud to welcome Joe Brenneman (elected) and Margaret Novak (appointed) to the board, as well as Gary Kephart (reelected) will be continuing his service. The 2017-2018 Board consists of: Stephanie Ramsey – Chair, Gary Kephart – Vice Chairman, Amir Arbabi – Treasurer, Mike Ellzey – Councilmember, Jett McCormick – Councilmember, Joe Brenneman – Councilmember, and Margaret Novak – Councilmember. In addition to the Board of Directors, Carlo Tomaino serves as Administrator and Scott Weisgerber manages the LRCC website and email blasts.
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It is a familiar claim by many Second Amendment defenders — and, during the Obama administration, an increasingly popular one — that unfettered gun rights are necessary to protect American citizens against the threat of a tyrannical government.
In addition to being a misreading of history, the claim is amusing hyperbole to those who have suffered under real-life tyrants. But this week’s armed standoff at a federal wildlife sanctuary in eastern Oregon is showing how far a small, determined band of antigovernment zealots with lots of big guns will go to make their potentially deadly point.
Styling themselves as a militia, the group hijacked a peaceful protest over five-year prison sentences a federal court had imposed on two local ranchers for setting fires on federal land. Led by a man named Ammon Bundy — whose father, Cliven, instigated his own armed confrontation with federal authorities over cattle ranching in Nevada in 2014 — this hyperweaponized posse rolled into town and seized administrative buildings at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday. Mr. Bundy said they are willing to stay for “as long as necessary,” and that “if force is used against us, we would defend ourselves.”
The occupation is the latest outgrowth of a long-running movement by some ranchers and farmers who believe the federal government controls far too much land in Oregon, Nevada and other Western states. Mr. Bundy and his gun-toting comrades argue that a century of federal policies has driven many ranchers into poverty and destroyed the rural economy.
This is mostly nonsense. As part of its congressional mandate to balance commercial and environmental concerns, including conservation, the federal government imposes reasonable rules on how public land can be used for mining, logging and ranching. On the whole Washington has been a benevolent, even generous landlord.
There may be a good argument that the two ranchers in this case, Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven, were punished unreasonably harshly for their crimes. But the way to have this argument is through peaceful means, such as the original protesters were doing, or as the Hammonds themselves chose to do — by reporting to prison and asking President Obama for clemency. Every day, citizens around the country sue or otherwise challenge the government over alleged violations of the law or the Constitution, and they do it without a rifle in their hand.
A democracy cannot function any other way. It thrives on principled disagreement, but it withers in the face of a loaded gun.
Such dangerous behavior also puts law enforcement in an impossible position: respond with force and people may well die; walk away — as Bureau of Land Management officials did with Cliven Bundy — and the extremists are only emboldened. (On Monday, according to The Guardian, federal authorities said they planned to shut off power to the buildings.)
Mr. Bundy and his band of militants have made few friends. Local law enforcement has told them to leave immediately. Many residents, even those who agree that the federal government owns and mismanages too much land, have strongly rejected Mr. Bundy’s gun-happy tactics. The Hammonds’ own lawyer disassociated his clients from the group. And while years of overheated antigovernment statements from right-wing politicians and media figures have helped to fuel exactly this sort of outburst, it is encouraging that many on the right have called for the militants to stand down. When Ted Cruz says you’ve gone too far, it’s worth listening.
The simple message Mr. Bundy and his band must hear is this: If everyone with a gripe against the government responded by threatening federal officials with weapons, America would no longer be a nation governed by the rule of law. Their grievances, like everyone else’s, can be addressed. But not before they put down the guns.

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(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) Due to the bitter cold temperatures and snow expected for Sunday, April 1, the Kansas City Royals decided to postpone their game against the Chicago White Sox.
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The National Indian Council on Aging, through the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), is part of a network of national organizations and state governments that offer the only federally assisted job training program focused on the needs of low income older adults. SCSEP is authorized by the Older Americans Act Title V and administered […]
The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is the only federal community service and job training program focused exclusively on serving low-income older adults 55 and older, in nearly all 3,000 U.S. counties and territories through state and national grantees. Seventy-five percent of the money spent for this program goes directly to wages for 65,170 older […]


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An obvious advantage of the Company is its ability:
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- To maintain permanent stocks of standardized products;
- To produce optional products in 14 days;
- To provide supervision for assembling and commissioning;
- To guarantee 24-month warranty;
- To offer after sale services.
For a period of 14 years of successful business, the Company had created a broad distribution network. It has made it possible for the MAGMA brand to become well known in every corner of Russia and neighboring countries. Nowadays, 6 major companies have gained the status of official distributors with their own geographic area of activity and the right to create their own dealer cells. These are reliable and experienced suppliers, offering comprehensive furnishing of retailing facilities as well as providing warranty and maintenance services for the MAGMA equipment.
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KS-RUS Group comprises 3 manufacturing Companies in Kostroma and a Company in Sudislavl. The potential of the production areas and machinery stock make it possible to produce more then 30’000 units of “dry” retail equipment, and about 1000 units of refrigerated equipment each month. More than 700 workers are employed to create MAGMA products. All industrial units of the Group are equipped with modern high-technology machinery made in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, Italy and USA.
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Besides the manufacturing units, there are some other organizations making up the Group, particularly the engineering office in Moscow, Export-Import office and warehouse in Pushkino, Moscow Region.
MAGMA Project had been initiated in 2006. The set of main technical objectives included, but not limited to the determination and elaboration of categories, types and styles of equipment, the supplying of the plant with machinery and tooling, and to define the technological process. These tasks have been successfully carried out by Russian as well as foreign engineers, technicians and designers, possessing absolute experience in this area.
By the end of 2006 the building of a plant was finished, and installation of the machinery was completed. In the beginning of 2007 the plant has manufactured its first experimental display cabinets. A follow on certification make it possible to set up 4 assembling lines for serial production in March of the same year.
Marketing research and analysis as well as the requirements of Distributors and Customers employing refrigerated retail equipment, has provided the basis for the concept of the product, pricing policy and promotion strategy.
Historically, all Russian manufacturers of refrigerated display cabinets have focused on the products with incorporated condensing unit. As a result the machinery and technologies of production have been oriented to produce cabinets with small display area depth and minor length of the cabinet per se. In opposite, Magma Project was oriented towards the production of refrigerated equipment with remote condensing unit. Employment of high quality components and high level of technology provide the basis to establish a 2 year warranty for MAGMA products.
First month of serial production of refrigerated retail equipment provided dealers of European and Siberian regions of Russia with a possibility to furnish more than 10 grocery stores. The newly created distribution network for MAGMA refrigerated equipment has joined association of KS-RUS distributors of “dry” shelving, thus significantly expanding the overall sales.
As soon as the newly settled plant initiated serial manufacturing of MAGMA equipment, the main objective for the KS-RUS Group of Companies, which was to furnish the Customer with all types of retail applications (including refrigerated cabinets, dry shelving, checkout counters etc), has been fulfilled.
An Imperative Goal for the MAGMA Company is to satisfy the increasing demand for equipment, acquiring high European standard of design and quality, in the shortest lead time possible.
MAGMA equipment – a high technology, a high quality, a high style.


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Amazon has forbidden more than one million products which claim to defend against the coronavirus – or even cure it.
The online retailer said it had also eliminated “tens of thousands” of high-priced health products from corrupt sellers.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) voiced concern about some deceptive Amazon listings earlier this month, including false treatments.
The virus, which causes Covid-19, has killed around 2,800 people worldwide.
The WHO said false coronavirus claims online were causing mass misperception and advised tech giants to fight the spread of misinformation.
A search for “coronavirus” on Amazon showed results for disinfectant wipes, face masks and newly-published books on viral infections, exposing how some sellers are benefitting from the health crisis.
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Amazon has not delivered a list of those products it says it has removed, but a search for “coronavirus” on the online site offers many products that are still being sold at strangely high prices.
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Several of those products are not even fit for purpose, such as disposable surgical or dust masks, rather than commended protective equipment.
A three-pack of a popular brand of hand sanitizing gel cost between £10-15 until early January, when it rocketed to £50. It now sells for more than £30.
“There is no place for price extorting on Amazon,” a spokeswoman told Reuters, mentioning to the practice of hiking up prices of goods to unreasoningly high levels because of a rise in demand.
She quoted company policy which allow Amazon to take down products that “hurt customer trust”, including when pricing “is considerably higher than recent prices offered on or off Amazon”. exposing
The company will continue to check the site for price spikes, she added.