(NAPSI)—More than 5,400 postal employees were attacked by dogs in the United States in 2021. From nips and bites to vicious attacks, aggressive dog behavior poses a serious threat to postal employees and just about everyone else.
To help people understand the enormity of this serious issue, the U.S. Postal Service provides information on the do’s and don’ts of responsible dog ownership as part of its annual National Dog Bite Awareness Week public service campaign.
The campaign runs Sunday, June 5, through Saturday, June 11 but any time is a good time to consider dog bite prevention. This year’s theme is “The USPS Delivers for America—Deliver for Us by Restraining Your Dog.” You can help spread the news of the campaign by using the hashtag #dogbiteawareness. Continue reading
(NAPSI)—A fast, reliable Internet connection has become a critical part of our daily lives. From remote learning and working to networking and searching for jobs, Americans everywhere felt an online shift during COVID-19.
And, while the country gradually recovers from the pandemic, the collective need to stay connected remains stronger than ever.
Enter the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).
ACP extends and makes permanent the Internet subsidy for families in need that began under the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program. Falling under the $1.2T bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the ACP is part of a $65 billion broadband Internet initiative designed to bring affordable or even free Internet service to families who qualify.
Eligible households can save up to $30 a month, or up to $75 if they reside on tribal lands. Continue reading
(NAPSI)—According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one in 10 Americans can expect to be diagnosed with diabetes. If you or someone you care about is ever among them, you may be surprised to learn that one of the most important ways your doctor can help detect the condition is with an eye exam.
The Problem
That’s because a serious complication of diabetes is diabetic retinopathy. The disease causes damage to the blood vessels in the back of the eye. It can affect up to 80 percent of patients living with diabetes and is the leading cause of blindness amongst working age adults. It can affect up to 80 percent of people with diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy has no early warning signs, and symptoms such as blurred vision do not occur until diabetic retinopathy is in an advanced state.
What Can Be Done
Fortunately, early detection and timely treatment can reduce the risk of vision loss due to diabetic retinopathy by 95%. Primary Care physicians now have access to a simple and affordable solution called the Welch Allyn® RetinaVue® Care delivery model, available from Henry Schein. The RetinaVue care delivery model is a turnkey solution that consists of three core components, including the RetinaVue 700 Imager, RetinaVue Network software for secure transfer of patient images and Professional Medical Services to analyze and diagnose patient images and networks the doctors already have. The imager’s ease of use and lightweight, portable design make it well-suited for use across clinics, at the bedside or even in the home. In a fast and non-invasive procedure, your primary care physician can take a photo of your retina and send it to an ophthalmologist to analyze the blood vessels there. Thanks to this technology, you won’t even need to leave the doctor’s office and may not need to make another appointment with the ophthalmologist, although doctors do recommend that anyone living with diabetes get an annual retinal exam. Continue reading
It starts like this…
2,000 Mules video! Produced by DINESH D/SOUSA
By TomL
I will try to describe the video as a short version. I may have missed a couple of things that is why you should watch the video! I don’t see this as a hoax, you watch it if you can get a copy. The current administration is trying to suppress it video. All Americans should view the video.
Several of us watched the 2,000 mules video. It is eye opening. It took the coming together of several investigating agency (CELL GEOTRACKING DATA) was used, from one company. Being able to locate a person’s phone and locate where they were at any given time on any given day.
Next was investigation into cameras at each ballot boxes.
After looking at the telephone pings being in the same places by certain people, the investigators ask for video footage of the ballet boxes. They are all supposed to have them operating during elections voting hours 24 hours a day. The investigator’s noticed the same person coming to the ballet boxes a number of times. They applied the telephone tracking application. The number of hit’s were much to big and cumbersome, so they decided to track anyone traveling to the ballot boxes 20 times in one day. There was at least 2,000 so they ask for video footage of the ballet boxes. Some requests were denied they said there were not available but still a few came in. They are supposed to supply them by federal law, some did not! They busted some ballot stuffers in the early days of the election and arrested them by fingerprints evidence, so from that day on the video show’s they all were wearing gloves. You see that on the video. The subject pulled up in the middle of the night with gloves on stuffed the ballots into the ballot box, took a picture proving they were there, took the gloves off and disposed of them in a nearby trash cans. The video’s show different people stuffing ballet boxes between 1 am and 5 am but a few in broad day light hours. Suppose you take 2,000 mules (people) in one night stuffing 20 ballots at 20 different locations in one night. How many votes is that? I think it’s 800,000 per night. You figure it out! Who really won the election? Watch the video and you decide! Continue reading
The Town of Lady Lake celebrated Arbor Day with the Lady Lake Garden Club planting 8 trees at the First Baptist Church of Lady Lake. Miss Leesburg and Teen Miss Leesburg joined in on the fun!
Two of us went fishing. It cost me $20 for bait, $10 for boat launch, My buddy paid for the gas for the truck, gas for the boat. We had lunch for the trip and there were small craft warning came up. We fished in the river, there was still a stiff wind but no wave. I can get two fish sandwiches for under $10 hummmm.
I was talking to the people at the Bait & Tackle store. They reported the state is changing the regulation’s every six months. Allow to take some fish certain times like two months a year. Very large measurements to make the fish a keeper (for food). The gulf is important to some people that make their living there. They are making it very hard for anglers o keep their catch (FOOD). At ten inch fish could feed a person but there are regulation to fifteen inches, and up. People who pay taxes should be shown some consideration where a tax paying family can go picnic for the day catch a few fish which they pay for by buying a license. To many rules make for control of the tax payers.
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Here at the CEP we are big believers in Manufacturing. We believe that we you make stuff, you make wealth.
Manufacturing is a key component to our local economy. We have a strong, diverse manufacturing sector locally. Companies in the metro make everything from fire engines to missile control systems, cake sprinkles to hurricane impact windows and everything in between. With more than 12,000 employees, the Ocala Metro manufacturing sector is one of the largest in Florida.
AdvisorSmith, a business consultancy, ranked the Ocala Metro as a top mid-sized metro (250,000 to 750,000) for manufacturing. The area ranked in the Top 20 of ALL metros for manufacturing output growth and for manufacturing employment growth. Additionally, the Ocala Metro has consistently been ranked near the top in the growth of our manufacturing employment throughout 2021 and 2022
The strength of our manufacturing sector was very much highlighted during the pandemic when our companies not only kept employment strong but grew it throughout 2020. Continue reading
Dear Friends,
This is Part II of our report on the 2022 Legislative Session. As of this writing, we have already worked through one Special Session addressing congressional redistricting and independent special districts (Disney, Reed Creek). Both of these have been highly publicized already, so we won’t spend much time on those, except to tell you two things:
First, the congressional maps that we passed are fair and constitutional, and we fully expect that it will be upheld by the higher court. The Fair Districts Act, while (possibly) well intended, sends the wrong message about how we should operate as a society. Drawing a district to favor a population, based on the color of their skin, is moving us further away from the dream of Dr. King where we judge men not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Second, in regards to the Disney and the Special Districts Bill, the robust authority granted to the Reedy Creek Improvement District stretches well beyond those for other cities and counties. It was time for the legislature to conduct an extensive review of the powers and authorities of special districts through the lens of today’s environment. As elected officials, it is our duty to represent the best interest of Floridians, not boardrooms in California. Continue reading
In a democracy ‘the people’ get to “deliberate on, and decide legislation”. I don’t think there is any such country anywhere in the world.
In a ‘Representative Democracy’ the people elect someone to make decisions for them.
Communist or Capitalist, it’s about the same – ‘big money’ dictates who gets elected, and the winners serve themselves.
Exactly who ‘the people’ are and how authority is shared among or delegated by the people has changed over time and at different rates in different countries,
but over time more and more of a democratic country’s inhabitants have generally been included.
Supposedly, democracy ensures freedom of assembly and association, property rights, freedom of religion and speech, inclusiveness and equality, citizenship, consent of the governed, voting rights, freedom from unwarranted governmental deprivation of the right to life and liberty, and minority rights. Continue reading
By TomL
We had a ribbon cutting and dedication of the new REC headquarters in the Teal Brooke Complex. The Republican Chair person who is also an RN nurse. First the tour of the facilities. Very nice building and area. The waiting room was furnished nicely by Brigitte Smith RN furnishing’s. There is a receiving window for staff to welcome people that are visiting. There is a lunch/kitchen area, Brigitte’s office, A board meeting room and a larger room for meetings.
There was standing room only. I think we need this new REC in Ocala we use to have big gathering luncheon’s at the Hilton with a full house and have many great guest speakers. We are on track to do that again. There were a lot of dignitary’s from local and state government. I won’t try too name them all. Personally I think Brigitte has surrounded herself with very capable people, with her being the driving force. It is a recipe for success.
The week after the ribbon cutting they showed the 2,000 mules video, what an eye opener it is a must see.
I ask Brigitte what her goals were? Short range and long range. Here is what she said.
My vision for the REC has passed it’s first goal. My first goal was to fill precincts. We have about 122 precincts. Our REC has over 50% precincts filled, but I will get the exact percentage. The ultimate goal would be to fill 100% which then truly engages the Republicans of Marion county. The second goal of the REC is to engage each of the dozen republican/conservative clubs and ensure each club has their club President as a precinct member of the REC. What that does is promotes strength of the party in addition to ensuring information is disseminating to each club. When we have call to actions or trips to lobby in Tallahassee we then have a much greater pull of conservatives to get active. The next goal is to promote GOTV activities with representation of all these Republican groups. We will ensure a Republican sweep with all these endeavors. My vision to educate our electorate is coming to fruition, as our new Victory Center also enables us to host multiple informational sessions at different times daily and several days to maximize our reach. We are able to provide Republican candidates information to the public and so much more. Our current REC is moving in forward direction in high gear and we will continue to support our Republican Party!
