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February 01, 2014 714.914.9797 [email protected] VOL. 23 NO. 488

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2014 KinderVisionMLB Celeb Golf Eventand Sports Banquet

We went the Crab and Shrimp sandwichroute from Blue Water Grill andSabatino's home made sausage sand-

wiches at the Turn...went through 20 cases of water,Soda and Beer. OK, we had 170 golfers...

Most important -the support from all 35 MLBgreats, sponsors, Players and guests help preventsome children for having the most in-humane po-tential experience of their lives...abduction, abuse

and other horrific things... by trying, throughKinderVision, to get the word out, better preparethe kids to avoid predators, etc.

And, how about those volunteers...2014 MLB Celebrity Golf & Sport Banquet

Committee: Executive Committee: Tom Adams -Title Sponsor, And Mars - Sponsors, Tim Ryan- Golf Event, Joe Carchio Guests, 2014 AllStar Team: Wendy Kerr, Chris Campbell,

Melissa Snow, Patty Mancini, MichelleSchuetz, Jennifer Rodriquez, CathyMeschuk, Accounting / Administration-Sheila Comparan and, Founders: Doug& Nancy Sebastian

Great Weather, the perfect local GolfCourse, Sponsors to applaud, Playersand Guest - are our most valuableasset...WOW...

What about those Food Vendors:Daytime: Blue Water Grill, Sabatino's,Chic-fil-a, Old World German Restau-rant, Fitzgerald's, Hotter's, and BuonGusto...then Outback Steak House forcocktails,,, That's a golf package youcan get your teeth into.

Then Sponsors like Tiodize, Harbor Distributing,Bristol, HB Hospital, HB Hospital United Rentalsand more like the HB Auto Dealers, Ford andHyundai..

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Former Mayor

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Jill Hardy sings

National Anthem

Fernando ValenzuelaMichael ReaganBobby GrichRollie Fingers

How about that Michael Reagan... and of course, Rollie Fingers, Bobby Grich, Al Downing, Bobby Welch, Fernando,Kenny Landreaux and some other 30 MLB Greats...and Ed Arnold as the MC!

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The Weak That Was

There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:

soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order.

America: Home of the Free because of the Brave

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We believe and practice being fully involved with the communities we serve.

This is essential in building good will, encouraging growth and above all staying connected in our backyard

My Thought For the DayMy thought for the Day: I've named my bathroom Jim. It sounds so much

better when I say I went to the Jim first thing in the morning... Agree...right!

Awell-worn one-dollar bill and asimilarly dis-

tressed twenty-dollar bill

arrived at a Federal Re-serve Bank to be retired.

As they moved alongthe conveyor belt to beburned, they struck up aconversation.

The twenty-dollar billreminisced about its trav-els all over the country.

"I've had a pretty goodlife," the twenty pro-claimed... "Why I'vebeen to Las Vegas andAtlantic City , the finestrestaurants in New York ,

performances on Broad-way, and even a cruise tothe Caribbean ...."

"Wow!" said the one-dollar bill. "You've reallyhad an exciting life!"

"So, tell me," says thetwenty, "where have youbeen throughout yourlifetime?"

The one dollar bill replies, "Oh, I've been to theMethodist Church , the Presbyterian church, the BaptistChurch , the Lutheran Church and a few CatholicChurches .."

The twenty-dollar bill interrupts, "What's a church?"

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My dog had followed me to school one day. Iwas in the fourth grad at a public elementaryschool.

However, when the bell rang, my dog slided inside the build-ing and made it all the way to my classroom before a teacher no-ticed and shooed him outside, closing the door behind him. Mydog sat down, whimpered and stared at the closed doors. ThenI remember, God appeared beside the dog, patted his head, andsaid, 'Don't feel bad fella'...they won't let ME in either'.

They Wont LetMe In Either

The Year Is 1910, Over

One Hundred and 3 Years Ago

The year is 1910, over one hundred and 3 yearsago. What a difference a century makes!

Here are some statistics for the Year 1910:

The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.

Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.

Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles ofpaved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10mph.

The tallest structure in the world was the EiffelTower!

The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents perhour.

The average US worker made between $200 and$400 per year.

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian be-tween $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanicalengineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births took place atHOME.

Ninety percent of all Doctors had NO COLLEGEEDUCATION! Instead, they attended so-called med-ical schools, many of which were condemned in thepress AND the government as 'substandard.'

Sugar cost four cents a pound.

Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.

Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

Most women only washed their haironce a month, and used Borax or eggyolks for shampoo.

There was no such thing as under arm deodorantor tooth paste.

The five leading causes of death were:1. Pneumonia and influenza2, Tuberculosis3. Diarrhea4. Heart disease5. Stroke

The population of Las Vegas Nevada was only 30!

I am now going to forward this to someone elsewithout typing it myself.

From there, it will be sent to others all over theWORLD...all in a matter of seconds!

Try to imagine what it may be likein another 100 years.

Give a boy a fish and he'll eat for a day... teach aboy how to fish and he will smile for

a life time...Owen is the one on the right...

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right, airy and easy to find things in,Huntington Beach's newest storeSprouts Farmer Marketrecently

opened at 6942 Warner Ave. (off Golden-west). Once you walk inside you can seethroughout the entire, well lit store and eas-ily locate the bakery, deli, produce, vitaminand natural food sections. There's even an

eye-catching cascading vertical wall of pro-duce, where lettuce, celery, broccoli and car-rots stand for your appraisal at the south sideof the store.

Baked daily are muffins and bread. Thereare all natural handmade sausages. Bulk bar-rels (that link to the markets of the 19th Cen-tury) offer such things as almonds, pecanhalves and pinto beans. In the vitamin sec-tion, signs clearly tell where products are forsleep, digestive help and immune support.

They offer a variety of organic products,such as bananas, Red Delicious apples,Curly, Lacinato or Russian Red Kales, Hassavocados, table carrots, green cabbage, heir-loom tomatoes, sprouts salad blends, Valen-cia oranges, Muir Glen tomatoes, unrefinedcoconut oil and maple syrup. Some of theirseafood includes, Fresh Atlantic Salmon Fil-lets, Wild Caught Center-Cut SwordfishSteaks. There's also a wide variety of wines.

Sprouts has its own brand of fruit bars,cookies, pasta sauces and salad dressing."People love our sea salt vinegar almonds,"said Marketing Manager Lacey Davidson,

who flew in from Phoenix, for the opening."Here we have our first juice bar in Califor-nia." And there's a Panini bar, expanded

gourmet cheese area and olive bar, with 16different varieties.

"We pride ourselves with the freshest veg-etables and fruits," Davidson said. "Not onlydo we offer great value and quality but your

satisfaction is guaranteed. If you're not de-lighted with anything you purchase atSprouts, we'll be happy to exchange it orwith a proper receipt, refund your money.We want you to use our guarantee as a li-cense to be adventurous and try new prod-ucts without risk!"

The store, which is open 7am to 10pmdaily, also has "Double Ad Wednesdays,"where you can use the previous week's adsand the current week's ads for discounts.

Store Manager Eric Kee said he's excitedabout his friendly management team andemployees. "They're very knowledgeableand want to exceed customer expectations."Assistant Store Manager Matt Kuntz, Re-gional Vice President Glade Campbell andothers were busy making the final magicaltouches before the store's grand opening,January 22. The newest Sprouts, located inthe former Ralphs, which has been closedfor over 5 years, is a welcome addition tothe region. Welcome Sprouts! (Sprouts hasanother HB store at 9861 Adams Ave., nearBrookhurst)

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ChrisMacDonaldOn the road in Surf City

By Chris MacDonald, Writer/Photographer,HB Ambassador/The Local News Columnist

The Local News

Sprouts IsHuntington Beachs

Newest Store

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A collage of scenes inside the new Sprouts at Warner & Goldenwest.

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For over 11 years, Colettes Childrens

Home has provided 2,000 homeless

women & children with emergency

and transitional housing.

Their mission: Colettes Childrens Home

provides a safe and nurturing environment

where at-risk women and children can

obtain support & services needed to

achieve self-sufficiency.

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Shelly, Orange County Breeze paints a bleak picture for HB and someneighbors for the short term...."The companies include Boeing in both Huntington Beach and Long

Beach, Nordstroms Rack at Long Beach CityPlace, Omnicare Inc. in LosAlamitos, and Dendreon in Seal Beach.

The Boeing sites lost work onthe 777 airplane to union con-cessions in Washington state.

Omnicare Inc., a Fortune-500company, provides pharmaceu-ticals and related services.

Dendreon, located on SaturnWay in Seal Beach, is a biotech firm that develops new cancer therapies. OnDec. 19, 2013, it filed an 8-K report with the U.S. Securities and ExchangeCommission about a faulty batch of its product Provenge (sipuleucel-T).The report noted that the company had voluntarily notified physicians andcorrected the manufacturing process.

Nordstrom Rack is the outlet subsidiary of high-end retailer Nordstrom,selling items at up to 70% off. The parent companys latest news releases donot mention layoffs or closures. The store below is located at 300 The Prom-enade North in downtown Long Beach, just west of Long Beach Blvd.

HB - 1 of 4 Cities

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CITY COMPANY # EMPLOYEES LAYOFF DATE

Cypress Time Warner Cable 72 Feb. 16

Huntington Boeing 51 Jan. 01Beach 25 Jan. 24

18 Feb. 21Topa ManagementCompany 5 Jun. 30

Long Beach Boeing 27 Jan. 014 Jan. 243 Feb. 72 Feb. 21

Nordstroms Rackat Long BeachCityPlace 43 Jan. 20

Los Alamitos Omnicare Inc. 99 Jan. 14

Seal Beach Dendreon 62 Jan. 16

Disney Resort..gives Conservancy an E Ticket ride...Bolsa Chica Con-servancy in Huntington Beach received a $50,000 grant from the Dis-ney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) and Disneyland Resort tohelp assess the health of local wetlands and address erosion in one of theareas most important watersheds. The study will be conducted by a teamincluding graduate students, science educators, volunteer naturalists andstudent program participants at Bolsa Chica Conservancy.

Other California-based organizations that received DWCF grants thisyear include the Santa Barbara Zoo, San Bernardino National Forest As-sociation and Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association in San Francisco.Since its founding in 1995, DWCF has provided $24 million in grants toconservation programs in more than half the countries around the world.

Disney Goes Conservancy


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Tom Had a Way With Words

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GRAPHICDESIGN:

LORRAINELARA

MARKETING COORDINATOR & CITY EDITOR:

AWARD WINNING STAFFRex Gerlach &

Jim Horton (Emeritus)

INTERNET SERVICES:1st Page Exposure

SALES: ACCOUNT MANAGER:Kevin Garofalo

MARKETING COORDINATOR& CITY EDITOR:Nancy Gray

GRAPHIC DESIGN:Stacy Nunley

PHOTOGRAPHY & FREELANCE:Chris MacDonald

CONTRIBUTORS:Arnold Dufour, Cathy Green,Moe Kanoudi, Jordan Kobritz,

David White

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John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white Housefor a group of the brightest minds in the nation atthat time. He made this statement:"This is perhaps

the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather atone time in the White House with the exception of

when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

When we get piled upon one another in large cities,as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.

~ Thomas Jefferson

The democracy will cease to exist when you takeaway from those who are willing to work and give tothose who would not.

~ Thomas Jefferson

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its owndebts as it goes. A principle which if acted on wouldsave one-half the wars of the world.

~ Thomas Jefferson

I predict future happiness for Americans if they canprevent the government from wasting the labors of thepeople under the pretense of taking care of them.

~ Thomas Jefferson

My reading of history convinces me that most badgovernment results from too much government.

~ Thomas Jefferson

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.~ Thomas Jefferson

The strongest reason for the people to retain the rightto keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protectthemselves against tyranny in government.

~ Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to timewith the blood of patriots and tyrants.~ Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the prop-agation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sin-ful and tyrannical.

~ Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: 'I believe that bank-ing institutions are more dangerous to our liberties thanstanding armies. If the American people ever allow pri-vate banks to con-trol the issue oftheir currency, firstby inflation, thenby deflation, thebanks and corpora-tions that will growup around thebanks will deprivethe people of allproperty - untiltheir childrenwake-up homelesson the continenttheir fathers con-quered.'

Penny For Your Thoughts:A

s part of its turnaround efforts, J. C. Penney Company Inc. will be closing 33 under performingstores across the country this spring. The closings will result in the elimination of approximately2,000 positions.

These actions are expected to result in an annual cost savings of $65 million, beginning in 2014.Remaining inventory in the affected stores will be sold over the next several months, with final closings

expected to be complete by early May.

Planned Store Closures

* Selma Selma Mall, Selma, AL

* Arrow Plaza, Rancho Cucamonga, CA* Chapel Hills Mall Colorado Springs, CO

* Meriden Square, Meriden, CT

* Lake Square Mall, Leesburg, FL

* Gulf View Square, Port Richey, FL

* Muscatine Mall, Muscatine, IA

* Stratford Square Mall, Bloomingdale, IL

* Hickory Point Mall, Forsyth, IL

* Five Points Mall, Marion, IN

* Marketplace

Shopping Center, Warsaw, IN

* The Centre

at Salisbury, Salisbury, MD* Westwood Plaza, Marquette, MI

* Northland Mall, Worthington, MN

* Singing River Mall, Gautier, MS

* Natchez Mall, Natchez, MS

* Butte Plaza

Shopping Center, Butte, MT

* N/A, Cut Bank, MT

* Vernon Park Mall, Kinston, NC

* Burlington Center, Burlington, NJ

* Phillipsburg Mall, Phillipsburg, NJ

* Wayne Towne Plaza, Wooster, OH

* Exton Square Mall, Exton, PA

* Laurel Mall, Hazleton, PA* Washington Mall, Washington, PA

* Northgate Mall, Chattanooga, TN

* Bristol Mall, Bristol, VA

* Military Circle Mall, Norfolk, VA

* Forest Mall, Fond Du Lac, WI

* Janesville Mall, Janesville, WI

* Lincoln Plaza Center, Rhinelander, WI

* Cedar Mall, Rice Lake, WI

* Wausau Mall, Wausau, WI

Shopping Center, City, State Shopping Center, City, State


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COMMUNITYHB Senior Center to Host Inter-

generational Wii Bowling Match!The Surf City Strikers at

Rodgers Seniors Center will facea new challenger to their winning

Wii Bowling tradition on Friday,January 24. At 3:30 p.m., the

Strikers will host local Cub Scout Pack 435 in an intergenerational bowlingmatchup. The first grade students from Hawes Elementary School are beginningon their path through scouting as Tiger Cubs.

Wii Bowling is one of many active aging opportunities offered at the Michael E.Rodgers Seniors Center and all are welcome to join free of cost. Practice is everyWednesday morning from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The group frequently travels toother senior centers and living facilities for friendly challenges. The walls of theRodgers Game Room are adorned with trophies, stretching from wall to wall, andthe Wall of Fame highlighting several Surf CityStrikers who have achieved a perfect 300 game. Al-though the Tiger Cubs are in for a challenge, theirpatches and belt loop awards will ensure a bout backedwith sharing stories and friendly competition.

Wii Not:

DCShoes today announced the release of its redesigned Lynx shoe to celebrate DCShoes' 20th anniversary. DC Shoes, founded by skaters who have always de-signed footwear with skateboarder's needs in mind, originally launched the now iconicLynx in 1998 when it quickly became one of the most popular skate shoes in the industry.Pro skaters Josh Kalis, the first DC pro to be featured in the shoe, will appear in the newad campaign along with newer rider Matt Miller.

The sleeker, more streamlined Lynx sports the nostalgic grey and orange colorway,but has been updated with the newest technology. It has a Super Suede TPU backedupper, a sandwich mesh tongue and vent holes for breathability, an internal mesh sleevefor the most comfortable fit, and an abrasion resistant rubber outsole. Different colorway

combinations will be released every season forthe rest of 2014. For more information, please

visit www.dcshoes.com/lynxs."For years people have been askingus to re-release the Lynx shoe and

this modern version perfectlysymbolizes our long history and

forward commitment to pro-gression, said Jeff Taylor,Senior Vice President,Global Brand and Market-ing for DC Shoes. "With

2014 being DC's 20th an-niversary, there was no better

time than now to bring the Lynxback."DC Shoes will also team up with

the Berrics to give away 20 pairs of thenew Lynx via Instagram @DCShoes, start-

ing on January 20, 2014 to thank fans fortheir support over the last 20 years, and to cel-

ebrate the promising future that lies ahead for thenext 20 years to come. Fans can follow @DCShoes

on Instagram, www.facebook.com/dcshoes on Face-book and www.twitter.com/dcshoes on Twitter for more

information.About DC: Founded by Ken Block and Damon Way in

1994, DC quickly grew to a leader in performance skateboard-ing shoes and renowned action sports brand. Today DC Shoes

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Tip Toes Thru Surf CityYogatation

Come and experience a new way to relievestress and find emotional balance fromwithin. Yogatation is a practice developed

by David Phears designed to increase physicalflexibility while relaxing the mind. Phearsused his years of experience in the variousforms of yoga to create a program that em-powers par ticipants to create a shift intheir state of being. This blend of yogaand meditation is open to all skill levels.Classes are held indoors at the CityGym and Pool. Registration is stillavailable in-person at any communitycenter. Contact the City Gym at 714-960-

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The information contained in this column does notnecessarily reflect the opinion of The Local News.

Jordan Kobritz is a former attorney, CPA, andMinor League Baseball team owner. He is a Pro-fessor and Chair of the Sport Management Depart-ment at SUNY Cortland and is a contributing authorto the Business of Sports Network and maintains theblog: http://sportsbeyondthelines.com Jordan canbe reached at [email protected]

Richard Sher-mans crimeis that he didnt killanyone.

If you werent familiar with Sherman prior to the NFL con-ference championship games last weekend, you certainly arenow. Hes the Seattle Seahawks all-league defensive backwho made the game saving play tipping away San Fran-cisco 49ers quarterback ColinKaepernicks last second pass that catapulted the Seahawksinto this weeks Super Bowl.In a postgame interview withFOX,Sherman responded toErin Andrews initial questionwith what can best be de-scribed as an 18-second rant.

The upshot of Shermanscomments is that he is the bestcornerback in the gamehardly a secret to the expertswho judge such things - andthe 49ers intended receiver onthe play, Michael Crabtree, is asorry receiver. Shermanwent on to say that if Crabtreeopened his mouth again, he(Sherman) would shut it foryou real quick. The trashtalking prompted immediateoutrage from the media andfans, many of whom took to social media to condemn Sher-man in less than flattering terms, many of which containedracist overtones.

What was lost in the initial criticism of Sherman is that he

has a reputation for being a team-first player, someone who

is not only skilled in his trade but, unlike the majority of hiscontemporaries, has a degree in communications from Stan-ford. Forget the dreadlocks. Sherman is an intelligent andarticulate young man who has earned a pass for allowing theemotions of the moment to detract from his and his teamsaccomplishments.

While football fans were fixated on Shermans postgameantics, another event involving a football player was transpir-

ing in Dallas, one that should have registered much higher onthe outrage scale. Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent wason trial for killing his teammate and best friend, Jerry Brown,on December 8, 2012. Brent was driving drunk and lost con-

trol of his Mercedes while traveling at speeds upwards of 134

miles per hour.His blood alcohollevel shortly afterthe crash was .18,more than twicethe legal limit.The jury con-victed Brent ofi n t o x i c a t i o nmanslaughter andsentenced him to180 days in jail

and 10 years of probation.Two football players, one killed another man,the other

made a game-saving play and then trash talked about it onTV. The former, one of the thousands of drunk drivers whokill and maim tens-of-thousands of innocent victims each and

every year, was given a slap on the wrist. The other created anational furor and was accused of unsportsmanlike conduct,labeled a thug and threatened with his life.

Unfortunately for Sherman, he merely spoke his mind. Forthat, he will be remembered for eternity. Had he committeda crime, he would have faded from memory quicker than youcan say drunk driver.

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First found in Orange County,kelp all along the Californiashoreline will be under the

watchful eye of university and gov-ernment scientists.

Researchers from Cal State LongBeach will be looking for radioac-tive kelp along the state's shoreline.

As we like to say, a Penny foryour thoughts...in this case...awhole one penny but a lot ofthought. Penny Arvalo of the

Patch tells us:..."Cal State LongBeach researchers will monitor thestate's kelp forest for radioactive

contamination from the meltdownof the Fukushima nuclear powerplant in Japan, it was announcedtoday.

Traces of radioactive iodine fromthe March 11, 2011, earthquake,tsunami and meltdown were de-tected about a month later in kelpalong the Orange County shoreline.

The ongoing study, dubbed KelpWatch 2014, will examine samplesof Giant Kelp and Bull Kelp fromalong the California coast.

The California kelp forest is ahighly productive and complexecosystem and a valuable state re-source, said Steven L. Manley, aCSULB biology professor partner-ing with scientists from theLawrence Berkeley National Lab-oratory.

It is imperative that we monitorthis coastal forest for any radioac-tive contaminants that will be ar-

riving this year in the oceancurrents from the Fukushima disas-ter,'' he said.

The project includes the participa-tion of 19 academic and governmentinstitutions and three other organiza-tions/businesses. Sampling willbegin in mid-February and will endin late winter, Manley said.

Fukushima Hits OC ShoreRadioactive Kelp Along Coast?

Check out this rare blue sparkler found in a South African mine ear-lier this month.'It's 29.6 carats and about six times bigger than an acorn,' WPBF re-ports. 'Officials haven't put an exact price tag on the rock, but they sayit may be worth millions.'

The BBC reports the dazzling stone was dug up by the New Jersey-based Petra Diamonds at its Cullinan Diamond Mine near Pretoria.

The company gushed about the discovery in a statement releasedTuesday, saying, 'The stone is an outstanding vivid blue with extraordi-nary saturation, tone and clarity, and has the potential to yield a polishedstone of great value and importance.'

Although experts haven't assigned this gem a specific value yet, ifPetra Diamonds' other discoveries are any indication, the rock couldrake in some serious cash.

A 25.5-carat Cullinan blue diamond found in that same mine in 2013

sold for a whopping $16.9 million, andanother big sparkler uncovered in2008, known as the Star ofJosephine, sold for $9.49 mil-lion.

According to Sky News,an analyst suggests thisnewest discovery could beworth between $15 millionand $20 million.

Petra Diamonds chief exec-utive told reporters the com-pany will decide what to dowith the diamond within thenext week."

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Light On the WaterGrant Pecoff

surf City culture

Don't miss this one: Show runsfrom January 18 thru February17, 2014. And, thank you Sur-

fwire for keeping us connected to ourlocal culture and heritage as we begin to

celebrate 100 years of Surfing in Surf cityUSA.

Gazing into a Grant Pecoff painting,you are drawn into an atmosphere wherevibrant light and electric colors transformthe familiar into the extraordinary.Pecoff's art is an invitation to slide into astate where we feel alive and awake, intoa setting of passionate depth and radiatingenergy where our hearts and imaginationsare filled with possibilities. Take a tripinto Grant Pecoff's art and share his visionof our magical world.

Pecoff paintscityscapes, coastal views, buzzing

cafes, the people interacting in them and,always, the light. There are such amazingvariations of color within the leaves ofone tree, for example, the light filtersthrough creating cool and warm greens

complimented by the contrast of shadowand light," says Pecoff. His expression oflight as it reflects on water is particularlystunning. He makes the light appear as ifit is dancing on the waves and recreates

the movement of the water using electricblues, rich oranges, and fiery crimsons.His deliberate distortion of images as theyare echoed on the water is whimsical andsurrealistic. John Shore, editor of Dcor& Style magazine refers to Pecoff's com-

positions as dreaming-while-awake oilpaintings."

A native San Diegan, Pecoff receivedhis formal training at the Academy ofArt in San Francisco. He soon realized

that his real classroom was theworld around him. When I was achild, my father traveled to remoteplaces across the globe, searchingfor rare plants, Pecoff reminisces,

His stories of those experienceswere enchanting to me. Hetaught us to notice life around usand to express our feelings. Itencouraged the development ofmy playfulness and imagina-tion. Pecoff has dedicated him-self to traveling the world andfinding the limitless inspira-tion everywhere.

At the heart of GrantPecoff's talent is his ability toshare the way he sees lifewith the viewer. His art callsus in and shows us a newway to experience what wesee. Through Pecoff's

painting, he communicateshe essence of a culture andhelps us to feel the com-

monality we all share. Perhaps it is thisexpression of our universal similarity andoneness which have created such enthu-siasm from collectors near and far forPecoff's paintings. As his work evolves, itis certain to continue to speak to us, toshape us and to influence the way we seeour world.

Who can deny TMX... they say it is so...."Some Say it ain't so ... there's no MuskratLove left for Captain & Tennille ... they're getting divorced ... and the Captaintells TMZ he didn't see it coming.

Toni (Tennille) filed legal docs in Arizona, claiming the marriage was "irretrievably bro-ken." They've been married for 39 years.

If you don't know ... youshould. They had a string ofhits in the 70s, including"Love Will Keep Us To-gether," "Muskrat Love"and "Do that to Me OneMore Time."

They were discovered by

Neil Sedaka at The Smoke-House restaurant in Bur-bank, near NBC.

Daryl Dragon (The Cap-tain) is 71. Yeah, it'sDragon.

Daryl tells TMZ ... "I don't know why she filed. I gotta figure it out for myself first."He also said they're still living together in the same house.

According to the divorce docs, obtained by TMZ, there's special mention about healthinsurance coverage, and that seems relevant, because in 2009 Toni blogged that Daryl hadbeen diagnosed with Parkinson's. In 2011 Toni updated the message, saying Daryl'stremors were so bad he was embarrassed to go out in public ... to restaurants, the movies,etc.

Here's what's unclear -- whether it's possible Toni really filed for health insurance reasons... whether his coverage might be better if they were divorced.

The blog has an update on Jan 16, 2014, saying "The Captain & Tennille appeared to thepublic as them being the ideal model for a 'rock-solid' married pair. But almost all peoplenaturally evolve over time, & sometimes hidden feelings start to be uncovered ..."

It's a sad day for muskrats."

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No More Extra Points -Perhaps Next, No More Contact

This idea was just a tad short of changingthe rules completely... what next nomore kick-off...we can just flip a coin

after every 4th down to see who tried again.Tadd Haislop , Sporting News reports..."Ifyou're one who believes commissioner RogerGoodell and the NFL are tampering with thegame of football too much by modifying rulesto protect players, you'll really dislike this one but it' s very interesting.

Goodell told NFL Total Access Monday theleague is exploring thepossibility of eliminatingextra points.

The extra point is al-most automatic, Good-ell said. I believe wehad five missed extrapoints this year out of1,200 some odd. So its avery small fraction of theplay, and you want to addexcitement with everyplay."

Touchdowns would beworth seven points, notsix. Rather than sendingthe kicking team on aftera touchdown, teamswould have a choicewhether to attempt to getin the end zone for a con-version and a total ofeight points. A failed

conversion, however, would drop the damagedown to six points.

It's an intriguing concept and, unless you're

concerned about the preservation of football aswe know it, one that makes a reasonableamount of sense.

Goodell and the NFL seem to have to havetwo factors in mind behind the proposal: enter-tainment and safety.

It's true. Extra points have become nearly au-tomatic, so why not automatically tack seven

on the scoreboard when teams get in the endzone? They won't need to go for the conversionmost of the time. Plus, an additional decision-

making element could be extremely fun towatch.Say a team ties the score with a late-game

touchdown. Does it dare try a conversion andrisk losing a point? Probably not. If the teamneeds eight points to tie, it would go for thetwo-point conversion anyway.

So, really, what's the difference?Many already question

whether Goodell's im-pact on the game is tooheavy, and it's under-standable. The conver-sion (or try) is among theoldest parts of football,dating all the way backto the sport's rugbyroots.

But the game haschanged over time andthe emphasis has shiftedfrom the subsequentkick, which used to beworth more, to thetouchdown.

Remember this, too.The forward pass wasonce just an intriguingidea in football. That'scaught on fairly well.

Anyway, just for kicks:Is this what they call a Hail Mary


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Dear EarthTalk:

What is the Obamaadministrations

Americas Great Out-

doors initiative and what does it hope to accomplish?~ Doug St. James, New York, NY

President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandumin April 2010 establishing the Americas Great OutdoorsInitiative to promote and support innovative commu-nity-level efforts to conserve outdoor spaces and recon-nect Americans to the outdoors. The Memorandum callsfor collaboration among the Departments of Interior andAgriculture as well as theEnvironmental ProtectionAgency and the WhiteHouses own Council onEnvironmental Quality inleading the initiative. Eightother federal agencies play

a supporting roleand lit-erally thousands of otherpartners from state, localand tribal governments,non-profits and the privatesector are involved as well.Getting young people, es-

pecially city kids, into theoutdoors to experience ourcountrys unique naturalheritage is a top priority ofAmericas Great Outdoors.

Before pursuing any spe-cific strategies, initiativeleaders solicited feedback from everyday Americans asto what mattered most to them regarding conservationand access to the outdoors. Some 105,000 written com-

ments and many more spoken ones from listening ses-sions held coast to coast streamed in and were crucial

to the development of programs. Public feedback con-tinues to shape the initiatives agenda.

Some of the programs that fall under the umbrella ofAmericas Great Outdoors include: the Veterans Fire

Corps, which employs veterans in forest fire manage-ment; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-trations program providing technical training and workopportunities for underserved youth in habitat restora-tion and fisheries monitoring; and the establishment ofa new network of water trails coast to coast to increaseeveryones access to the outdoors.

Americas Great Outdoors was in the news recentlywhen Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced the

launch of 21st CenturyConservation ServiceCorps as part of the pro-gram. 21CSC, as Jew-ell calls it, aims to be amodern incarnation ofthe Civilian Conserva-

tion Corps (CCC) thatPresident Franklin Roo-sevelt used to help putAmericans back to workduring the Great Depres-sion. Jewell envisions a100,000 person strongCCC 2.0 that will pro-vide opportunities forthousands of youngAmericans6.7 millionof whom are currentlyunemployed or not inschooland veterans

transitioning back to civilian life to serve their country,feel proud of what they are accomplishing and improvetheir own lives and the lives of others around them.

Part of what makes Americas Great Outdoors uniqueis that partners from every sector of American society

not just the federal governmentare encouraged tohelp. 21CSC is partially funded by a $1 million dollardonation from clothing retailer American Eagle Outfit-ters, and Jewell is in search of another $19 million from

other private sector partners to turn the program into apotent force for reducing youth and veteran unemploy-ment while giving our endangered lands and waterwayssome much-needed attention.

Environmentalists may be disappointed that theObama administration hasnt been able to musclethrough mandatory greenhouse gas emissions cuts and

put sustainability concerns at the forefront of the poli-cymaking process, but getting unprecedented numbersof Americans involved in conservation projects that pro-tect the nations treasured natural heritage is a worthyconservation legacy in its own right. The program issure to positively impact generations of Americans fordecades to come.

CONTACTS:

Americas Great Outdoors,www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/;

21CSC,www.doi.gov/21csc/.

EarthTalk

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f a Pinot Noir is overwhelmed with fruit -- or, indeed, by any element, like oak, fruit

extraction, fruit ripeness, or alcohol --you're going to lessen the possibility that the winecan express essential place. And for me, Pinot Noiris all about essential place."

If any grape demands contemplation, it's Pinot Noir.The great ones translate time and place, clearly ex-pressing the characteristics of their vintage and thesoils and climate in which they're grown.

So I wasn't surprised to hear these words from Jas-mine Hirsch, as her father, David, planted what is con-sidered one ofAmerica's top PinotNoir vineyardsnearly 35 years ago.

We were chattingabout an annualwine event shelaunched with Rajat

Parr, a celebritysommelier, in 2011.Dubbed "In Pursuitof Balance," it ap-plauds the Califor-nia winemakers whoeschew ripeness andpower in favor of re-straint and elegance.

The event has helped counteract the notion that Cal-ifornia only makes fruit bombs. And it's brought atten-tion to some of California's top Pinot Noir producers.

In Pursuit of Balance traces its roots to 2008, whenHirsch entered the wine industry by taking over salesand marketing for her family's winery. At the time, shewas living in New York and had fallen in love withPinot Noir, so it made sense to join the family busi-ness.

But the wines that stole her heart came from Bur-

gundy. She was continuously "blown away by whatthey were able to achieve" in France.

When she started working for her family, she begandrinking more California Pinot Noir. Too often, shedidn't enjoy the wines. They were, quite simply, toobig. In ripeness, alcohol, and oak, they lacked the sub-

tlety and poise she'd grown to love in Bur-gundy.

Around that same time, Hirsch developeda friendship with Rajat Parr, the wine direc-tor for the Mina Group, a restaurant man-agement company with a global reputationfor its wine program. Parr was known forhis obsession with Pinot Noir, so Hirschasked him why California couldn't producemore elegant wines.

Parr showed Hirsch that the state could.Indeed, a handful of producers had beenmaking Pinot Noir that achieved the grape'shigher purpose -- translating both time andplace -- for decades.

The two friends soon hashed out a planfor a formal tasting for sommeliers, journal-

ists, and eager consumers. The first brought togethernearly 25 California producers and generated tremen-dous buzz.

At that time, Hirsch said, "California was facing anidentity crisis."

Most oenophiles believed what Hirsch thought justa few years prior: that California wines were over thetop. Parr and Hirsch sought to debunk this notion.

The wines they showcased weren't always popular.Then, as now, the best-known critics gave their highestratings to ripe, powerfully concentrated wines. While

this praise is certainlydefensible, such wines

were the antithesis ofwhat Parr and Hirschlooked for in Pinot Noir.

Naturally, the eventstirred controversy. Bypresenting a limitednumber of producers,Hirsch and Parr created

an exclusionary event. Plus, the word "balance" --which refers to fruit, acidity, structure, and alcohol co-existing harmoniously, with no single element domi-nating -- is a lightning rod. Last year, Wine Spectator'sHarvey Steiman proclaimed that he "[resented] the im-plication that richer, more full-bodied wines can't bebalanced."

Hirsch and Parr acknowledge these criticisms.Today, wineries that hope to join their tasting must firstpass muster with a panel of judges who taste bl ind.

And Hirsch admits that the event might have been mis-named.For my palate, the wines that Hirsch and Parr have

chosen to celebrate are among America's most excitingand delicious. Producers like Copain, Littorai, andPeay make precise, focused wines that are full ofcharm. The wines from Hirsch's own property andRajat Parr's two labels, Sandhi and Domaine de laCote, are similarly stunning.

Pinot Noir is one of viticulture's most fickle grapes.It's challenging and expensive to grow. By bringing at-tention to the California wineries that work hard toachieve Pinot Noir's higher purpose, Hirsch and Parrdeserve everyone's praise.

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The National Veteran's Art Museum in Chicago has anunusual work of art which you may not have evenknown existed!

When visitors first enter the museum, they will hear a

sound like wind chimes coming from above them and their

attention will be drawn upward 24 feet to the ceiling of the

two-story high atrium.

The dog tags of the more than 58,000 service men and

women who died in the Vietnam War, were hung from the

ceiling of the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in

Chicago on Veterans Day, November 11, 2010. The 10-by-

40-foot sculpture, entitled Above & Beyond, was designed

by Ned Broderick and Richard Stein.

The thousands of metal dog tags are suspended 24 feet in

the air, 1 inch apart, from fine lines that allow them to move

and chime with shifting air currents. Museum employees

using a kiosk and laser pointer help visitors locate the exact

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AOL Original and Adam Morath are seeing intothe near future though Google Glass and re-

port..." Our connected devices are typicallyviewed as the root of the distracted driving problem, butwhat if they became part of the solution? A new app forGoogle Glass seeks to do just that.

DriveSafe is designed to help Google Glass wearersstay more alert at the wheel. Users engage the app

through the voice command, "OK Glass, keep meawake." Then, DriveSafe quietly monitors the driverthrough the infrared and tilt sensors built into Google

Glass. If the app's algorithm detects a certain number ofblinks and a head tilt, it issues an audible alert throughthe device's bone conductor speaker and a visual promptthat offers to direct the user to the nearest rest area.

We reached out to DriveSafe's Jake Steinerman formore on what inspired the app:

I live in Michigan, where it can take up to five orsix hours to get to places across the state, and

being that I don't have the greatest driving stam-ina, I have found myself getting drowsy behindthe wheel on multiple occasions. I also am aGoogle Glass Explorer (beta tester), and have

been since June 2013, and often drive with it on,since it stays with me all day long.

Glass, outside of its uses as a neat way to take pic-tures and videos (hands free), also has a number

of incredible sensors on board. Two of those sen-sors are an infrared eye sensor, and a tilt/anglesensor. The IR sensor is located on the inner sideof the Glass hardware, and can detect a user'swinks and blinks. The tilt sensor measures theangle that the wearers head is positioned at, and

is currently used to turn the device on and navi-gate the Glass menu.

I combined my experience behind the wheel, withmy observations and experiences with Glass, andthought of the idea for DriveSafe.

It's fair to say that DriveSafe is a simple idea with astraightforwardexecution. In fact,Steinerman says ittook his team onlytwo weeks to de-velop a working

prototype. But

simplicity is keywhen attemptingto safely integrateour devices intoour driving experi-ence.

"A great UX(user experience)is extremely im-

portant on Glass,especially whenit's being used be-hind the wheel,"

said Steinerman. "Since Glass is positioned above youreye, not in front, it is in your field of view, but not inyour line of sight, you have a clear view of the road at

all times."Perhaps DriveSafe and other similar apps will serveas a model for how our smart devices could actuallycontribute to a safer driving experience. The questionthat remains is whether drivers will be allowed to sporta pair of Google Glass while behind the wheel. Stateslike California have been grappling with the issue sinceGlass was introduced.

"Like any technology, such as smartphones and GPSunits, there's potential for them to be used inappropri-ately and unsafely," said Steinerman. "However I thinkthe benefits far outweigh the concerns, and devices likeGoogle Glass are moving us in the right direction."Ourconnected devices are typically viewed as the root ofthe distracted driving problem,

the local news, february 01, 2014

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