Coachella Valley Weekly - November 7 to November 13, 2013 Vol. 2 No. 33

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Scott Hennessee

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Mario Lalli

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Jello Biafra

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The Grill On Main

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Dr. Lombardo’s Art of Plastic Surgery

By Denise Ortuno Neil

Coachella Valley Weekly

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760.501.6228 Publisher & Editor Tracy Dietlin Art Director Robert Chance Sales Team Jenna Demarco, Leah Bartram Classified Manager & Nightlife Editor Philip Lacombe Features Writer Marissa Willman, Judith Sulkin, Denise Ortuno Neil, Heidi Simmons Writers/Contributors: Robin Simmons, Rick Riozza, Lola Rossi-Meza, Craig Michaels, Bronwyn Ison, Haddon Libby, Rachel Montoya, Angela Janus, Janet McAfee, Heidi Simmons, Dale Gribow, Raymond Bill, Jack St. Clair, Rob Brezny, Amanda Dorta, Eleni P. Austin, Curtis Hendricks, Noe Gutierrez, Jill Coleman, Jennifer Tan, Sunny Simon, Richard Weiss, Dr. Peter Kadile, Dr. Maria Lombardo, Bruce Cathcart, Patte Purcell, Julie Buehler, Flint Wheeler, John Paul Valdez, Laura Hunt Little, Eric Robertson, Scott Pam Photographers Laura Hunt Little, Lani Garfield, Chris Miller/ Imagine Imagery Distribution Jim Fox Distribution/ William Westley, Rudy Mendez

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Dr. Maria Lombardo......................... 3 Don’t be Clueless in the CV...........6 Community....................................7 Public Pers. - Scott Hennesee........7 Sports Scene..................................8 Sports.............................................9 Desert DJs....................................10 LMS- Burning Bettie....................10 LMS- Mario Lalli...........................11 LMS- Jello Biafra..........................12 LMS- Exacrationer.......................13 LMS- Derek Jordan Gregg...........13 Consider This ...............................14 Art - Phantasmagoria..................15 Pet Place.......................................16 The Vino Voice..............................17 Club Crawler Nightlife.................18 Pampered Palate - Grill on Main... 20 Screeners......................................22 Book Review.................................23 Film - Stanley Kramer Film Fest...25 Education - Hope Academy.........26 Community - Krystofer Do..........26 Haddon Libby: It’s All Local.........27 JPV: It’s Your Nickel......................27 Dale Gribow.................................28 Real Estate....................................28 Safety Tips....................................29 Gamer Girl - Comikaze 2013.......29 ShareKitchen................................29 Health - Shear Hair Design..........30 Free Will Astrology......................31 Mind, Body, & Spirit.....................31 Life & Career Coach......................32 Ask The Doctor.............................32 Comics - Weiss Cracks..................34

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he best looking cosmetic surgery patients are the ones who look like they never had any specific work done at all. They are the ones who look refreshed, rested, as if time had stood still.

It takes skill of hand and vision to achieve such results, and is an art form that Dr. Maria Lombardo has come to perfect.

Dr. Lombardo’s first love was the world of art. She grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and was creative from the very beginning enjoying piano, theatre and art. Her father was a doctor, but despite her family’s medical background, she decided to pursue an education in art, feeding her creative appetite. She was successful in her studies at DePaul University in Chicago IL and later at the Art Institute earning her a degree in art, specializing in painting and serigraphs.

With her Art education in hand, she decided to attend medical school after all, following in her family’s footsteps. And it was after she finished medical school and during one of her surgical rotations that

she found her true calling. The patient was a car accident victim that had fallen asleep behind the wheel and crashed his car, resulting in severe facial disfigurement.

Dr. Lombardo proceeded to assist the other surgeons on putting the young man’s features back together, resulting in what she calls her “Light Bulb” moment. She found elation in being able to help people with their physical appearance and how she could integrate her art background with her medical future. It was then that the practice of Cosmetic Surgery became clear.

In 2008, Dr. Lombardo came to the desert to work with another Cosmetic Surgeon before starting her own practice in Rancho Mirage in 2009. Dr. Lombardo specializes in several specific cosmetic surgery procedures including Breast Augmentations, Liposuction, Tummy Tucks and Mommy Makeovers as well as nonsurgical procedures such as Facial Fillers and Peels.

Her most popular procedures are her Mommy Makeovers. The makeovers are custom designed for women with post baby body issues that they want rectified.

They can be a combination of different procedures including breast augmentation or reduction, tummy tuck and liposuction.

The procedures address the most important

body changes that woman can endure after child bearing.

Dr. Lombardo explains that there is a clear difference between a Tummy Tuck and Liposuction or a combination of the two. The traditional Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) focuses on the loose skin that hangs from the belly area, usually a result from extreme weight loss. Dr. Lombardo has extensive experience working with Bariatric patients who opt for this sort of procedure as they do not have additional fat.

However, most people who desire to smooth out their middle section can benefit from a combination of a Tummy Tuck and Liposuction. The addition of Liposuction to a Tummy Tuck allows for a contouring effect to take place, bringing out the sculptor in Dr. Lombardo. Not all Cosmetic Surgeons

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In a world where people are putting their first face forward, in is important to put your appearance in the best of hands. Whether it is a Mommy Makeover, or just a refresher that you’re looking for, with Dr. Lombardo’s expertise, art background and attention to detail, she is the first stop in making your beauty needs come to fruition.

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Besides putting her art skills to work in the surgical realm, Dr. Lombardo practices it in non-surgical procedures as well. She is a huge proponent of the Chemical Facial Peel.

The doctor points out that the chemical facial peel has been around since the days of Cleopatra.

Chemical Peels have many advantages.

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EVENT CALENDAR

CHARITY WINE TASTING EVENT HELPS FAMILIES AFFORD EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN 3rd Annual Wine Tasting to Benefit Rosie’s Kids - Friday, November 8th 2013 7pm – 10pm at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino Cost: $50 Individual ~ $90 Couple Rosie’s Kids is hosting its 3rd annual wine and cheese tasting fundraiser in the 12th Floor Wine Bar at Fantasy Springs. Come sip delicious wine and enjoy cheese while listening to jazz music.

From soccer to piano lessons, to ballet or art class, there are so many extracurricular options for children here in the valley. But for many families the options don’t matter because they can’t afford all the extras that go along with those activities like cleats, music books, ballet shoes and art supplies.

That’s why Rosie Welmas started Rosie’s Kids, a nonprofit organization that helps families afford to enroll their children in the activities they love.

Rosie’s Kids strives to make extracurricular activities more affordable for children and their families. Rosie Welmas, founder of Rosie’s Kids, says her organization was started because of the need she saw firsthand while coaching a group of children’s cheerleading squads. The organization helps offset the high cost of supplies needed to participate in extracurricular activities for children throughout the Coachella Valley, and helps them to become well-rounded individuals.

For more information on the 3rd Annual Wine Tasting Benefit Rosie’s Kids, contact Rosie Welmas at (760) 574-1828 or email info@rosieskids.com FUN FALL FAMILY EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY MUSEUM OF THE DESERT Saturday, November 9th from 10:00am to 2:00pm. Music, Pony Rides, Petting Zoo, Face Painting, Bouncy Houses, Swing Chair Rides, Food & More Make slimy gloop, ride a pony, join a garden scavenger hunt, explore science!

These are just a few of the many exciting, family-friendly, fun activities that will be on tap for kids of all ages at The Children’s Discovery Museum’s Fall Family Extravaganza on Saturday, November 9th from 10:00am to 2:00pm.

Everyone can be a kid for the day enjoying an abundance of activities set up throughout the Museum’s spacious grounds and facilities. At the Children’s Discovery Museum, children and families thrive in an environment rich with interactive and creative exhibits that make learning fun.

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The Fall Family Extravaganza elevates the educational entertainment with even more exciting activities in a festive atmosphere.

Tickets for the family friendly day are $15 for members, and $20 for non-members.

Tickets to the Extravaganza include entry to the Museum. Food tickets are $1 each.

The special day of festivities is generously sponsored by Contour Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery Center, RBC Wealth Management, The Shalhoub Family McDonald’s, and Susan & Ed Burger.

FIND FOOD BANK FUNDRAISER EVENT Saturday, November 9 10am - 2pm Do you have old electronics cluttering up your attic or garage? You can drop off your electronics and help raise money for FIND food bank. Members of the community and businesses are encouraged to clean out their garage or attic and donate their old electronics to a good cause. Bring all of your old electronics to the event, including, but not limited to: computers, monitors, televisions, printers, mobile phones, laptops, DVD players, VCRs, microwaves, calculators, iPods, cables and wires, telephones, fax machines, scanners, computer parts, and more. Saturday, November 9, 10am-2pm. StorAmerica Self Storage Indio 43421 Monroe Street Indio, CA. 92201. Free hot dogs, cold drinks and prizes for kids.

ANNOUNCING THE 2ND ANNUAL FANTASY CUPCAKE CHALLENGE: THE SWEETEST BAKEOFF IN THE VALLEY The 2nd Annual Fantasy Cupcake Challenge is back! Pop those delicious morsels in the oven and join the sweetest competition in town. On Sunday, November 17th, Fantasy Springs Resort Casino and the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians will play host to the 2nd Annual Fantasy Cupcake Challenge, a decadent baking competition with all the proceeds going to Well in the Desert, a non-profit organization that provides meals to those in need.

The Fantasy Cupcake Challenge includes invited professional chefs and bakers from top local restaurants as well as a group of folks who just like to bake for fun. Each participant can create a cupcake of their choosing, then the mouthwatering morsels will be judged and cash prizes handed out.

The most delicious part, from 1pm4pm, the Fantasy Cupcake Challenge is open to the public. Everyone will be able to browse the aisles of cupcakes and tantalize their taste buds with cupcake samples from ALL the participating bakers.

The event also includes boutique vendors

selling handmade items and unique gifts, baking demonstrations, a silent auction and live music. Also included with the ticket, is complimentary tastings of wine, champagne and international coffee.

Admission to the Fantasy Cupcake Challenge is $30 for adults $10 for children.

If you bring three canned/non-perishable goods to the box office the day of the event, you will receive $5 off admission.

We are accepting entries for the amateur category online NOW! For tickets, details or to enter the contest, log on to www.

FantasySpringsResort.com/Cupcakes ONE HUMP OR TWO? CAMEL RIDES RETURN TO THE LIVING DESERT! Zoo Announces Camel Rides For the Public Beginning on Wednesday, Nov. 20th Imagine yourself on a camel, gliding across the sands of the Sahara desert in a caravan of desert traders on your way to the exotic pyramids. Now imagine yourself riding a camel right here in the Coachella Valley! Starting Wednesday, November 20th, The Living Desert will be offering camel rides to children age 3+ and adults for only $5.00.

These nomadic, legendary animals have a characteristic rocking gait unlike any other animal. Last year, The Living Desert offered rides on two camels, Cleopatra and Augustus, and they became one of the park’s most popular attractions.

“We’re thrilled to have camel rides back this year! They’re amazing animals and our guests learn a lot about them when they’re here,” says Liz Hile, Curator of Animals.

“It’s interesting watching how they interact with people, and we’re looking forward to introducing them to our visitors this year.”

Daily camel rides will be offered to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. During the upcoming WildLights events, camel rides will also be available from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The rides are $5.00 per person per ride. For more information, visit www.

LivingDesert.org or contact 760-346-5694.

STROKE RECOVERY CENTER HOSTS 34th ANNUAL WINTER WONDERLAND BALL “Best Party in the Valley” to Recognize Pivotal Contributions of Valley Philanthropists.

Stroke Recovery Center will host its 34th annual Winter Wonderland Ball on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa, 71333 Dinah Shore Drive in Rancho Mirage. Lee Appel and Harold Matzner will serve as co-chairs for the black tie gala, which will honor several Valley philanthropists.

This year’s honorees are Valley philanthropist Donna MacMillan, Stroke Recovery Center board member Harvey Gerber and his wife, Angie, and Dr. Javed Siddiqi, head of the Primary Stroke Center at Desert Regional Medical Center. Dr. Siddiqi has been instrumental in making the most advanced stroke treatments and equipment available to local patients, and will be honored with the Ann Angel Award. The

late Ann Angel was a longtime supporter of Stroke Recovery Center, and her family remains dedicated to the organization.

“We are honored to show our tremendous appreciation and support for the charitable work that is being done by so many here in our Valley,” says Beverly Greer, Chief Executive Officer of Stroke Recovery Center.

“There are so many outstanding individuals who commit themselves to the care of others, and we are privileged to honor a few of these wonderful persons who make the Valley a better place to live.”

The evening begins with a hosted cocktail reception and a silent auction at 6 pm followed by dinner, dancing and entertainment at 7 pm. A lively music program by Wayne Foster Entertainment is back by popular demand and will have the whole room dancing. Tickets are $350 per person and may be purchased by calling 760-323-7676 x112. RSVP is requested by November 19.

2013 PALM SPRINGS OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT TO BENEFIT AIDS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 20th Annual Event, Free to Public and Features Some of World’s Top LGBT Tennis Players AIDS Assistance Program (AAP) has been selected by the Desert Tennis Association as the benefitting charity for the 2013 Palm Springs Open Tennis Tournament. The 20th annual tournament takes place from Friday to Sunday, November 29 –through Sunday, December 1, 2013 at the following host sites: Mission Hills Country Club, Monterey Country Club, Rancho Las Palmas Country Club, and Plaza Racquet Club. The event is free to the public and a portion of the proceeds from the silent auction and dinner will benefit AAP. “AAP has an excellent track record in providing critical services to those living with AIDS here in our desert community,” says Tournament Director Nabil Najjar. “We strongly believe in this organization as a trusted and cost-efficient provider of critical services, supported by a group of dedicated volunteers, which make it a great match for our organization.”

Mission Hills Country Club will host a banquet at 7:00 pm on Saturday, November 30. Tickets for the banquet are $40 per person and include a no-host cocktail reception, dinner and entertainment. Those who donate to the tournament on behalf of AAP, via a gift certificate, raffle item, or silent auction item, will be recognized publicly at the event and in an advertisement featured in the tournament player book.

Since its founding in 1991, AIDS Assistance Program of Palm Springs remains dedicated to providing nutritional support to improve the quality of the lives of people living with HIV/ AIDS. Initiated by a small group of concerned citizens led by the late Gloria Greene and Jeannette Rockefeller,AAP provides food to members of the community with low incomes. For more information, please call 760-325-8481 or visit aidsassistance.org.

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Community

By Denise Ortuno Neil

2nd Annual Veterans Day Breakfast Honors Those Who Served

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eterans Day is a day of remembrance, when we as a country honor the men and women who served our country to insure our freedom. On Saturday, November 9th Susie Del Toro & Ladies Auxiliary VFW in cooperation with the City of Coachella, will put on the 2nd Annual Veterans Day Breakfast to honor those who served.

Back in 1989, Susie Del Toro’s husband, Trino Del Toro, decided that it was time to have his home town honor those who fought in the Vietnam War. Del Toro served as a Staff Sargeant in the war, and when he returned home from it in 1968, there were no parades, accolades or fanfare. He wasn’t even allowed to wear his uniform home, as the tensions were running high from people who opposed the war. The public failed to realize what the soldiers had endured, and took their political anger out on the very people they should have embraced.

Del Toro took matters into his own hands and forged ahead with his vision to erect a memorial park in Coachella. In August of 1989, his vision came to fruition and the Vietnam Veterans Park on 5th Avenue and Vine Street in Coachella was unveiled. Del Toro and others who had sacrificed finally got the honor that they deserved.

In 1993, the park was renamed Veterans Park to be more inclusive to all soldiers from every war, not just those from Vietnam.

Del Toro passed away two years ago, and left a profound imprint behind. Not only did he fight in a controversial war, but he also established a memorial park for those who fought in it.

Susie Del Toro has now moved forward with her husband’s vision and continues to honor veterans with the 2nd Annual Veterans Day Breakfast held at the park.

The breakfast is in conjunction with the City of Coachella Veterans Day 5K Walk/Run. The event benefits local veterans’ organizations.

The entrance fee for the Walk/Run is $15 for adults and $10 for children and includes a T-shirt and of course breakfast. Sign in starts at

6am with the actual race time at 7am.

The pancake breakfast starts at 9am and will include veteran’s displays, raffles, music and informational booths plus much more and is free to the public. Special guests at the event include the Mayor of Coachella Eddie Garcia and District Director Greg Rodriguez.

Del Toro will be featuring a video at the event that chronicles the building of the memorial park back in 1989. She will also be displaying flags for fallen soldiers. The flags are displayed in cities across the country but have yet to be flown in the Coachella Valley. The flags honor a soldier with their photo and name. She will have sample flags for the public to look at and they can also order a flag that will later be flown from 6th street in Coachella.

Veterans Day is a special day to honor and give thanks to those who laid and lost their lives for their country. The Veterans Park in Coachella stands as one man’s legacy to pay tribute to those soldiers, and is a place where we as a community can congregate and honor them as well.

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public personalities By judith salkin

Second bit at the news just as sweet for Scott Hennessee

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BS Local 2/KDFX news anchor and reporter Scott Hennessee admits he had it pretty good growing up on Alameda Island in the Bay Area.

The island, which connects to San Francisco via the Bay Bridge, offers a community of relative calm in the midst of the more fast-paced cities of Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco and San Mateo. Getting to any of the surrounding cities is relatively easy, “It was like a bedroom community,” Hennessee said of the island that once housed one of the largest Naval Air Stations on the West Coast.

“Close to everything.”

His mom was a nurse and his dad was a coach.

So was an older brother, and Hennessee, now 36, grew up playing a variety of sports, from tennis to football.

In addition to playing, Hennessee spent a lot of time on the couch watching sports with his dad and brother, along with spending time on the field and courts playing and learning the games from experience.

“I played quarterback in high school,” he recalled. “Basketball one year, and tennis. A bit of everything.”

And by the time Hennessee was 16, he was already talking about his future in broadcasting. “A couple of years ago I found a profile that they did with me in the local paper,” he said. “I was already interested in doing sports on TV at 14 or 15 and I was already talking about television sports casting as my goal.”

Hennessee started his college career at a junior college in Walnut Creek, playing on the school’s football team, but a broken wrist ended his playing career.

“I probably could have come back from it, but by then I was ready to move on,” he said.

That move took him to UC Santa Barbara, one of the biggest party schools in the UC system. He plunged into his communications and still had time to meet his future wife, Renee.

It’s where Hennessee began his broadcast career, announcing games for the school’s radio station and writing for the Nexus, UCSB’s school paper.

He moved into television in Santa Barbara by interning and freelancing at KEYT, the regional ABC affiliate. By the time he and Renee graduated, Hennessee was ready for a full time spot and got it at a station in Grand Junction, Colo.

“Knowing the business by then, I was prepared to go anywhere I could to find work,” he said.

And that’s pretty much how Hennessee ended up in the Coachella Valley. In 2003 he was hired to do sports at the newly opened KPSP. “It turned out to be a great place for us,” he said of coming to the station about six months after it went on the air.

“The station was so new and the area was changing,” he said. “I was thrilled when I saw the building, which was state of the art. The station was so new, I had a chance to grow with it.”

It was a boom time in the valley, too, and as KPSP grew, Hennessee began branching out. In addition to reporting live from events like the Phoenix Suns exhibition games, the BNP Paribas (at the time the Met Life) Tennis Tournament, Skins Game and the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (now the Humana), it was the perfect place for a young sportscaster.

While Hennessee might not have been announcing NFL or MLB games, “I loved all the big events we got here in the desert,” he said. “During those years (from ’03 to ’08), it felt like there was

a new golf course opening every time you turned around.”

By 2006, Hennessee was beginning to branch out contributing to “Eye on the Desert,” and later hosting the events-driven show, and in the process, picking up two Emmy nominations.

During his time on “Eye,” Hennessee states that some of the more memorable events he has covered are the Presidential Summit at Sunnylands, the Coachella Music & Arts Festival, and the Palm Springs International Film Festival where he interviewed stars like George Clooney and Clint Eastwood.

A tennis player and golfer, Hennessee looks forward to talking to the world-class at the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden every March and the Humana Challenge.

Working on “Eye,” also gave Hennessee the opportunity to stretch his writing skills.

“It gave me a chance to write features stories, sometime three or four in a day,” he said. “And that’s exciting.”

When Jim Houston sold the station in early 2012, Hennessee was one of the staff laid-off in the changeover to CBS Local 2 and combining of the news staff with KESQ. As a new homeowner, at the time, “we were invested in the area,” he said. “We bought our house in June 2011 and the station was sold in January 2012.”

Rather than move from the valley or switch careers, Hennessee ended up back in radio doing “The Scott Hennessee Show” on Talk News 1010.

“I was lucky,” he said of the switch. “You have to be flexible and they offered me a spot and said I could make it what I wanted.”

Joining him on show was his old couch pal, his dad. At the time he said, “I mean, we talk sports most days anyway. The only difference is now we’ll be using microphones instead of telephones to communicate.”

When CBS Local 2 called this past spring, Hennessee returned to the station, this time as breaking news reporter and weekend anchor at 6:30 and 11 p.m. and on sister station, KDFX at 10 p.m.

“It’s different,” he said of the switch from sports. “But I looked at it as a new challenge. And as I’ve gotten older, I realized that it’s cool to do mostly hard news.”

And it gives him time to spend with his kids, Owen, 6 and Charlotte, 4. “Between work and the kids, I haven’t had a lot of time to get involved in a lot of community organizations, but I think that will happen in the future. At the moment, each day is exciting and that’s enough.”

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MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

by Julie Buehler

Tiger is a cheater off the course, why is it so hard to believe he’d cheat on it?

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be Lincoln said it best, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” When Tiger Woods became the most powerful athlete on the planet his world crashed around him with revelations of a sordid personal life and cascading lies.

His character tested, and publicly failed.

He seemed contrite. Probably was.

Among other things, he was sorry he got caught in multiple affairs and had his private life splayed open for the world’s critique.

Remarkably though, he resurrected his golfing career and re-emerged as the #1 player in the world. Fought through that “adversity” and regained his power in the world of commercialism and sport.

Now what? More character tests and more failures.

On 4 separate occasions this year alone, Tiger was penalized for improper procedures. According to Golf.com his violations were: taking an illegal free drop at the Abu Dhabi Championship, avoiding disqualification at the Masters despite signing an incorrect scorecard following an illegal drop, giving himself a favorable drop after hitting into a water hazard at the Players Championship, and a two-stroke penalty for causing his ball to move while removing a twig resting against it at the BMW Championship.

Those are facts. Indisputable.

And because of the MULTIPLE rule infractions, a writer for Golf.com, Brandle Chamblee, suggested Tiger cheated and was “cavalier with the rules.” Which he has.

And which he was.

The public uproar was hilarious. Golf apologists claimed the ultimate gentleman’s game could never feature a “cheater” and the nature of competition in the sport is diametrically opposed to cheating. Aghast that the sport’s top player was called into question, they ran to Tiger’s defense, offering him the benefit of the doubt.

Naïve? Yup. But not as bad as what Tiger himself did in response.

He and his agent claimed they’d take legal action and asserted his client was beyond reproach and offended by Chamblee’s assertions. They then backed off the idea of filing suit, because there really was no suit to be filed, and claimed Chamblee needed to be punished for his analysis, and put pressure on the Golf Channel, another employer of Chamblee that had nothing to do with the controversy, to “do the right thing” in suspending him or firing him.

So for those keeping score at home, Tiger pushed for a man to be punished and his livelihood taken from him for offering his analysis based on 4 rules violations in 1 year.

If Tiger were in MLB, he’d be done for the season.

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If he were in the NFL he’d be suspended “indefinitely” and told to shed his tears on Lindsey Vonn’s ski jacket.

Seems when high-profile athletes are accused of cheating, usually based on factual evidence, a steady pattern has emerged that goes like this: Athlete is accused based on exhibit A, B, and/or C. Athlete denies allegations because he or she is “honest and has integrity” and flings personal insults at accuser.

Worst case: accuser loses job (as was the case with Lance Armstrong and Ryan Braun). Best case: they feel public scorn for pointing out 2+2 is 4 (as is the case with Chamblee).

For many of these cases cheaters who get caught turn on the offensive and attack their accusers, wielding their power and influence to distract the conversation from the evidence presented and pile on the accuser in hopes of discrediting them.

That’s what Tiger and his agent tried to do.

Didn’t work on me. Did it work on you?

And this brings me back to good ‘ole Honest Abe. When we know Tiger’s character has been tested and failed when he was given power, and we know he has amassed the same level of power even after having it largely stripped from him, why on earth are people so naïve to conclude his character is not to be questioned again?

Tiger can handle adversity, but when his character is tested, he’s as honest as the knuckleheads in Washington.

Julie Buehler hosts the Coachella Valley’s most popular sports talk radio show, “Buehler’s Day Off” every day from 3-6 on 1010 KXPS, the valley’s all sports station.

She’s an avid gym rat, slightly sarcastic and more likely to recite Steve Young’s career passing stats than American Idol winners.

Tune in M-F 3-6 pst at www.team1010.com or watch the show on Ustream.

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Congratulations Red Sox, From underdog to Dynasty…

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fter 108 wins, including four in the World Series and 11 in the postseason overall, choosing one that captures the essence of the 2013 Red Sox is akin to locating the proverbial needle in a haystack.

In rallying from an early one-run deficit and beating the Cardinals, 4-2, in Game 4 of the World Series at Busch Stadium, the Sox exhibited their trademark resilience, shrugging off an unprecedented and potentially crushing obstruction call that doomed them in the ninth inning only one night earlier. They also showed off their invaluable depth, as manager John Farrell used 17 players, including six pitchers, to nail down the first of three straight victories to clinch the championship.

Indeed, it was quintessential Red Sox. Think about it: Was there anyone in any corner of the clubhouse who didn’t play a role in the Sox’ third title in 10 years? Since the beginning of September, when they pulled away from the pack in the AL East, even the most obscure players who wound up on the postseason roster had at least one meaningful contribution that merits a spot in the highlight video of a season that was as satisfying as any ever played in the 101-year history of Fenway Park.

And so, as the streets were lined up for another rolling rally this past Saturday, here’s a look at the signature moment of a few Red Sox who appeared in the postseason: David Ortiz When it comes to the new Mr. October, it’s impossible to narrow it down to just one.

But if we must, does it get any bigger than the game-tying grand slam against Tigers closer Joaquin Benoit in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the ALCS? Good luck finding a bigger hit all season.

Jon Lester Leave it to Yale-educated reliever Craig Breslow to ask the only relevant question remaining about the redeemed Red Sox ace: “How many times can you throw the game of your life?” Lester did it five times, posting a 1.56 postseason ERA. And he saved his best for last, 72⁄3 solid innings in Game 5 in St. Louis.

Koji Uehara After the Red Sox’ accidental closer had the kind of season that would make even

the great Mariano Rivera blush, there was only one way it could end — with one last hellacious splitter for a strikeout and Uehara leaping into catcher David Ross’ arms.

Dustin Pedroia The de facto captain was so consistently good that you almost took him for granted, at least until he made the uncharacteristic mistake of bobbling a potential double play in ALCS Game 4. True to form, he picked up two hits in Game 5 and everything was back to normal.

Jacoby Ellsbury If this was it for Ellsbury with the Red Sox, he went out the way he came in — with another stellar postseason that led to another World Series ring. Ellsbury was at his very best in the Division Series, going 9-for-18 with four stolen bases to help beat the Tampa Bay Rays.

Shane Victorino Through the words of Bob Marley, his walkup music assured us that “every little thing gonna be all right.” And then, Victorino made it so. Cementing his reputation as a clutch postseason performer, he won the ALCS with a grand slam then hit a three-run double in Game 6 against the Cardinals.

John Lackey The personification of redemption: After 62⁄3 innings in Game 6, Lackey walked off the mound and tipped his cap to 38,447 fans who were chanting his name nearly two years after wishing to never see him again once he emerged from Tommy John elbow surgery.

Ryan Dempster Who cares if he was mostly along for the ride in the playoffs? After 16 seasons, he finally won a World Series then celebrated on the Fenway mound at 2:45 a.m. by pitching to friends and family.

Mike Napoli As big hits go, it doesn’t get much bigger than a seventh-inning homer against Justin Verlander to push the Red Sox to a 1-0 victory in Game 3 vs. the Tigers. Napoli went 6-for-12 with two homers during the three games in Detroit. It’s a wonder he wasn’t named ALCS MVP. One last Congratulations Bo Sox Nation.

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DJ Remise Making a Name for Himself

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he story of DJ Remise (Eddie Jimenez) is a familiar one. Young boy watches older relative and decides he wants to try his turn. At the impressionable age of 13, Remise began toting record crates for his older cousin who was a DJ. After shadowing his cousin for a few years, Remise began to practice his skills and decided he liked playing and mixing music. At 19, Remise officially began his DJ career when purchased his own set of Technics turntables and began playing wherever he could.

A native of the Coachella Valley, he was fortunate enough to make friends local radio personalities DJ Supa James and DJ PJ who have both been influential in his career.

Remise began to venture into the club scene and would find himself again shadowing seasoned night club DJs. Remise remembers his first shot at controlling the dance floor was at good old “RED 74”in Palm Desert. Remise describes how he felt when his partners in crime PJ and Supa James pushed him to play, “I was shy about playing in front of crowds at first but quickly shook it off, cause that

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feeling had me hooked,” recalls Remise. Soon after that the trio would started throwing a lot of their own events around the valley.

The definition of the word Remise means to give up or relinquish. DJ Remise had realized this was his calling and decided to surrender himself to the music, hence the name was born. He would go on to play in some of top night clubs in the Coachella valley and began making a name for himself.

Along the way Remise learned how to re-mix songs to create his own sound.

For the past few years Remise has been producing a mix show for a cluster a of radio stations: 97.7 KRCK Hot Hits - Palm Springs, 92.7 KREV The Revolution - San Francisco and 104.3 KFRH NOW - Las Vegas. Remise now calls Las Vegas his home although he finds himself in the Coachella Valley quite often doing shows and visiting family Getting to meet some of the artists he mixes has been one of the perks of radio.

Remise has a collection of photos from special events with celebrities which include but are not limited to, Pitbull, FloRida, Carly Rae Jepson and Justin Bieber just to name a few. When asked who the most exciting person to meet, Remise said Lady Gaga made him nervous.

He is also a part of network of other DJs who call themselves the “Mixicans.” Remise feels fortunate to have the support of the group of eight or nine DJs who help promote each other. Jokingly Remise says, “we’re kind of like the little rascals.” If you would like to know more about the Mixicans you can visit their web site and download their mix tapes at: www.mixicans.com.

In addition to his mix duties, Remise continues to spin music for private parties and enjoys playing an open format. If you would like to contact DJ Remise you can email him at: djremise@gmail.com or follow him on Titter and Instagram.

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Local Music Spotlight by noe gutierrez

Burning Bettie: Hot and Beautiful

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urning Bettie has been a band for not much more than a year and they have already captivated the Coachella Valley with the upbeat tempo of their single “I’m Gonna Go”. The song is available for free download, along with “All We Know”, a slower tempo song with emotional allure, on their Facebook page. In listening to these songs intently, there is an apparent ambidextrous rock kick to their sound with a lot of other schools of thought applied for good measure.

I would even make comparisons to the 70’s sound of Santana but refurbished. These four band mates met via Craig’s List and formed a friendship only after connecting musically.

Lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Giorg Tierez is the primary lyricist for the band. He was the mastermind in determining the name ‘Burning Bettie’. “Burning Bettie came from it being so hot here in the valley through most of the year. The ‘Bettie’ from Bettie Page, the famous 50’s pin-up model, so kinda like “hot” and “beautiful” is what the band name means”.

Tierez’ ability to vacillate his voice throughout the song is his biggest strength. There is soul in his vocalizing reminiscent of Al Green and Marvin Gaye. Josh Ballard is proficient in his drum fills and percussion while lending background vocals. Frank Michel is Burning Bettie’s mixed bag lead guitarist and provides background vocals as well. Shawn “Stretch” Fisher rounds out the quartet on bass guitar.

All band members have a multitude of talents besides music. Tierez shares,“We are all artists in one way or another, from drawing and painting to full-on culinary chefs”.

Their influences run the gamut. All the rock acts like Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Deftones are represented in their music.

There are also the surprising imprints left by Styx, Queen and Muse. “We get inspired by everything and anything. Sometimes songs get made from absolutely no inspiration at all”, Tierez explains. A Burning Bettie complete album release is in the works to be released by Summer 2014. Stretch shares, “We have several songs competed and are still laying tracks.

We are taking our time because we want the people to hear quality production”.

Burning Bettie will be performing at the

Synergy Fest at Dateland Park in Coachella on Saturday, November 16th along with a host of other musical acts. Synergy Fest 2012 was Burning Bettie’s first ever performance. Slim recalls their participation last year, “Performing at the Synergy Fest is special to us because it was our first performance together as a band. Doing it again, we hope to bring our fans new music and energy as we have grown significantly.

We’ve only been together just over a year”.

These four comrades have enjoyed their ride in Burning Bettie. They’ve all been involved in other music projects. Tierez spells it out, “We’ve all been part of other bands in our past, but this one seems to be the most significant one, the one with most meaning”. In addition to the seriousness of their ambition, they also partake in the monkey busness that can only be found in a band setting. “Burning Bettie rehearsals are full of joking around and having full conversation in complete movie dialogue, lol, and of course some liquid persuasion to accompany us with our music writing”.

Feeling a part of the music community is an important aspect of their journey. Burning Bettie members all agree that they can be paired with any other band or artist. Slim expounds, “The music scene in the Coachella Valley has embraced us and we are thankful in their support not just for us, but for all musicians trying to share their music with the valley. It is a great time to be part of this scene, as the music and cultural diversity is shared and strengthens the vibe that is the Coachella Valley”.

There is no doubt that Burning Bettie is moving onward and upward. Their unique start has developed into a harmonious concoction.

As I like to say, “Everything happens for a reason. It’s our job to figure it out”. Burning Bettie members are calculating their next move.

Tierez has lofty goals and foresight. “Long term goal is to rule the world man. Short term goal is to perform at Coachella”. Don’t forget to catch Burning Bettie’s performance at Synergy Fest in Coachella on Saturday November 16. It also goes without saying, ‘Like’ their page on Facebook for up to date information on shows and their upcoming album release.

To contact the band, you can e-mail them at burningbettieband@gmail.com .

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November 7 to November 13, 2013

by Jack st. clair

A Chat with the “Godfather of Desert Rock” : Fatso Jetson’s, Mario Lalli

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atso Jetson is one the most highly regarded bands ever to come out of the Coachella Valley. They are credited with being forefathers of the “Desert Rock Scene”. They have successfully toured Europe multiple times, which has included top spots at several large festivals.

You wouldn’t expect to see them playing on a four band bill as the first band. But this Friday night at The Hood in Palm Desert it will be a special occasion. That special occasion is getting to play on the bill with Jello Biafra and The Guantanamo School of Medicine.

Jello Biafra is a punk rock legend, having fronted the Dead Kennedys. He is credited with bringing political content to punk rock in the late 70’s. His fervor for political issues is perhaps what fueled him to run for mayor of San Francisco in 1979, and run as a Green Party candidate for president in 2000. He has taken part in other bands, including Lard, with members of Ministry and Jello Biafra and the Melvins (or The Jelvins as they are sometimes called) with the afore mentioned Melvins. His current band, the Guantanamo School of Medicine includes Billy Gould of Faith No More on bass and Ralph Spight of Victims Family on guitar.

“I’m super stoked to be playing with Jello Biafra and Ralph Spight,” says Mario Lalli, guitarist and co-founder of Fatso Jetson.

“The Dead Kennedy’s were a huge influence

on anybody that was into punk rock coming out of California and Jello has always been a huge influence on me. I’ve been into all of the projects he’s done since.” Lalli says that Biafra has seen Fatso Jetson shows and picked up a few of their records. The genesis of this show came from Guantanamo’s guitarist, Spight, whom Lalli has known for some time. Upon seeing each other when Fatso played with Mondo Generator in San Francisco, Spight mentioned to Mario and the band that Guantanamo would be playing in Palm Desert in November and that they should be on the bill with them. A few phone calls later and on the bill they were.

“We’re just excited to play with those guys,” says Lalli. He promises that Guantanamo will not disappoint. “The musicianship in the band is up there. It’s going to be a really good show.” The night will also include performances by Death Hymn Number 9 and the desert’s own You Know Who. While this weekend is a thrill for Lalli, he also has other things to be excited about.

He is looking forward to the new year.

Both of his kids are reaching adulthood.

His daughter will be moving to Chicago in December and his son, Dino, who plays guitar in Fatso Jetson, will be graduating high school. Dino, 17, has been playing with Fatso Jetson now for a few years and it’s been a fulfilling experience for father and son. “It’s really everything you’d imagine,”

says Lalli. “Music has been so rewarding for me. I’ve always wanted friends and family people I love - to get it. It’s just like anybody.

If you’re a surfer or skateboarder or a golfer or whatever, you love something so much, you want your kid to experience it.” Though Lalli bought his son a guitar when he was 7, he never forced it upon him and it took a few years before Dino found it himself.

Once Lalli realized his son had progressed up to his own level – “Technically, as a guitar player, beyond me” - he decided to bring him to Fatso practices. Organically this led to him becoming a permanent addition. “I never really asked the rest of the band if it was ok,” says Lalli with a laugh.

Dino has traveled to Europe twice with the band and Mario is proud of how he has matured into a professional musician, challenging the other members to be on their toes. The rest of the band has embraced Dino, though occasionally there can be awkward moments. Lalli recounts a recent conversation with Fatso’s drummer, Tony Tornay. “I said ‘What do you think about this? Do you like it? Be honest.’

Tornay replied that he loves it, but there can

be those awkward father/son exchanges at practice. “I said, ‘Sorry, but that’s just gonna happen.’” He says that “For sure the honeymoon is over – which is kind of messed up using that analogy for a father and son. I want him to be responsible, accountable and professional. But first and foremost I want him to have fun. I don’t want to burn him out. I need to give him his space. But if he wants to go on the ride, he’s welcome.”

With Fatso Jetson on the cusp of celebrating 20 years as a band, Lalli plans on 2014 being quite a busy ride. ”We’ve never really had that opportunity since I’ve had kids,” he says. “It’s been number one to get to work in the morning or in the evening and bring home a paycheck. I’ve held off doing a lot with the band.” He’d like to do a West Coast tour that would include traveling up California and swinging down through Denver (his hometown) and including stops in Nevada, Arizona and maybe even as far as Texas. “The idea would be to kick it off in the desert with an old time generator party. No fancy stages. Just a few lights and my generator. Call it “Twenty Years Later”.

And then go tour. If the rest of the band is down and ready to go, then I’m excited about 2014 because we’re going to be able to get out and travel and be a real band for a change.”

Until then, if you want to see Fatso Jetson live you need to be at The Hood this Friday. But get there early. It’s going to get crowded quick and they start at 9PM.

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ormer vocalist for bands such as Dead Kennedys, The Melvins and Lard, Jello Biafra is no stranger to the music scene. Political Activist, Writer, Punk Icon, Musician, he is also no stranger to controversy. After an appearance earlier this year at Coachella, Jello Biafra is back in the desert at The Hood Bar and Pizza.

I recently visited with Biafra to talk about The Guantanamo School of Medicine, “It’s

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the first band that’s been my band since Dead Kennedys. I never stopped making music and what not, the ones with The Melvins, Mojo Nixon, DOA, and of course Lard with the Ministry folks, so far its been me writing the music so it has some of that sound and kind of widening the base of the pyramid and some other areas in the process. Some of which might even appeal to my sturgic damaged desert rock people that you got out there, we’ll find out.”

Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine are currently touring their latest CD release White People and the Damage Done, released by Biafra’s own Alternative Tentacles Records. It is the long awaited, second full-length album from Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, which is the anti-austerity blast-a-thon with the teeth, venom and one-of-a-kind music of Jello Biafra.

Catching up with Biafra I had to ask about one of the first singles off of White People and the Damage Done, which happened to be “Werewolves of Wall Street”. “The point of Werewolves of Wall Street is ‘Hey, wait a minute. What is the real terrorist

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threat today that has done more damage to the world? Which kind of addiction does more damage to the world crack addiction, meth, or wealth addiction?’ People are so obsessed with money and they already have way more than they ever spend in their entire life, but they still want to play the game they’re addicted to.”

Above all, White People and the Damage Done rocks! No pop punk here, just Jello and crew taking punk fire in unexplored directions, with wall-of-sound, in-your-face production from Marshall Lawless and Matt Kelley (lots of Jello projects, Hieroglyphics, The Coup, Digital Underground, Zen Guerrilla). Lineup retains the doublebarreled guitar attack of Ralph Spight (Victims Family, Freak Accident) and Kimo Ball (Freak Accident, Griddle, Mol Triffid), joined by bassist Andrew Weiss (Rollins

here is an immense amount of highly talented bands being drawn towards our valley. With a soundscape that is beginning to reform itself, stronger than before, bands from just outside the valley have begun to take notice. One such band feeling the pull of our great desert is Execrationer. With pulverizing guitar lines and INSANE blast beats, this 4-piece is breaking their way into our blossoming metal scene.

Hailing from Aguanga, just outside Temecula, Execrationer consists of Chris McCreight on guitar and vocals, Miles Royse also on the 6 string, Kelvin Vavao keeping the low end on bass and James Conant on the drums. When asked where they draw their influence for their music, the band stated, “Most of the current songs we play have lyrics that deal with our creation as a race, the hatred that is eminent in mankind, and the blind belief in a higher power.” With such polarized subjects, it’s plain to see how the band can fit as a part of the California Death Metal genre.

Being a modest 3 years in the making, Execrationer has begun working to spread their brutality throughout all of Southern California. They’ve played at a multitude of venues, including the Tropics Lounge and the Ocean Beach Playhouse. “I think our favorite venue that we have played is Electric Ladyland in Ocean Beach. The shows never have much attendance, but the staff is nice and the place is cool for the musicians. If more people came out, it would be a killer show for sure,” says McCreight. On the subject of show quality, the band had this to say, “A good show is more dependent on

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Band, Ween, Butthole Surfers, more) and drummer Paul Della Pelle (Helios Creed, Nik Turner’s Space Ritual, and Philly HC legends Ruin).

Fans of The Melvins, Lard, Mojo Nixon, and Dead Kennedys will not be disappointed with Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine. Biafra explains that his stage set is no “Biafra Light, and It’s not a Retro Act”. So give it to us Jello, what can we expect at a show with The Guantanamo School of Medicine? “It’s basically me doing my thing, the way I like people to do their thing, try to do it full on, as you can regardless of what age you are, which I think people like Radio Birdman, and especially The Stooges, and The Sonics have proven definitely can be done. We’re doing our part, trying the best we can, we don’t stick to formulas, yes its punk.”

You can check out all things Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine by visiting www.alternativetentacles.com Friday night is a night of ear grinding, in your face music at The Hood Bar and Pizza in Palm Desert with Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine and don’t miss special guests Death Hymn Number 9, You Know Who, and Fatso Jetson.

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people who actually enjoy the music and have a good time. 5 people that are having a great time and going nuts is a lot better than a hundred people standing around with their arms folded.”

The band also had some sound advice for anybody considering starting a metal band in our current scene. “My advice is do what you like, and be ready to have thick skin.

There will be good and bad shows. Don’t let anything get you down and keep having a good time,” stated McCreight, and when asked for his “words of wisdom,” he had this to say, “Support your local music scene people! It breeds creativity, and any little bit of support makes a world of difference.”

With a surprisingly positive outlook and determination that could stop a freight train, Execrationer maybe be one of the next big names in Death Metal. Be sure to catch them on Nov 16 with In the Name of the Dead, Brain Vat and Drop9 at Plan B in Thousand Palms, as well as on Facebook at facebook.com/execrationer.

t 15, Derek Jordan Gregg picked up a Johnson acoustic guitar and used a piece of blue hay bailing wire as a strap. At 23, Derek is doing what many up and coming musicians only dream about: playing paid gigs every week, writing songs and recording a new album.

The Hive Minds is Derek’s new project and their album Paradise is due out by Christmas of this year. His goal in playing and recording is to bring real music back to America, with honest, naked and true musicianship.

Listening to a number of Derek’s original songs reminds you of a simpler time, before the electronics, Garage Band, and gadgets being used as instruments instead of real people and real skins.

During his sets, you can hear the early influences of Bob Dylan, Huddie William Ledbetter more commonly known as Lead Belly, Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Mayer, and Jimmy Page in the songs. His first song learned on guitar, “Where Did You Sleep Last Night”, by Lead Belly, is a straight blues tune that became iconic when Kurt Cobain / Nirvana covered it during their Live Unplugged MTV session.

“The Cowardly Lion’s Firewater ; The Tinwoman’s Black Blood”, which was published last December, is an original with a folky, bluesy, down-home sound with layers of musical and lyrical intricacy done on one acoustic guitar. “Well I’m not brave but you, you’ve got no skin, the vessel that encompasses your soul is made of tin,” from that song, gets the listener thinking and feeling about the need for “Firewater” and the pain felt, the essence of a good bluesy song.

Derek says, “That’s my most favorite song ever written.”

It is always a challenge for any performer to engage his or her audience and take them on a personal musical journey. The more an artist can relax and be comfortable while performing, the more engrossed the audience will be. For a musician who plays a simple Fender acoustic getting the audience’s attention, and getting them to stay on the journey as the set progresses could be a challenge. Performers with millions to spend can rely on special effects to entertain even if the song and the music might be less than meaningful.

Derek has no special effects, no lights or fog, just straight up guitar and vocals with some backing musicians. Derek’s inspired sound is true to its roots and Derek can convey a message and carry the tune vocally and musically while engaging his audience. In his playing and writing, there is a Dylan-esque style mixed with some of his more recent musical nuances such as Sublime, that comes through. His other influences can be felt in each of his songs as he plays the hooks that grab your attention.

Mostly listening and playing to records of his favorites as he grew up, Derek taught

himself how to play guitar and sing. His earlier instruments, drums at 4 and saxophone in middle school, helped him develop his own style.

“I play every day or I feel guilty.” Devoting 80% of his time to music – clubs, bars, private parties, writing and recording new material – Derek gets a small amount of time to spend with friends and get to the gym. “I’m super unbalanced. If I want to hang out I have to trade sleep time.”

From Palm Springs to Palm Desert and beyond, Derek spends his evenings and weekends playing at local clubs and restaurants with the various musicians that work with him to create the sound that he has worked to achieve.

Depending on the locale, his sets vary from mostly covers to a mix of originals and cover tunes to cater to each crowd. “Breathe, by Pink Floyd is my favorite Floyd song,” Derek said after his set at Eureka! last Sunday. It was an impressive cover with just a guitar, bass, drums and vocals - easily a good sing along for fans who also love Floyd.

“Playing around bars is like washing dishes to me,” said Derek when asked if he gets nervous before sets. “I do get a little worried because you never know who is in the audience.”

If you would like to be in Derek’s audience and experience a down home musical journey, you can find him regularly at Clinic Bar and Grill on Wednesdays and at Eureka! on Thursdays.

Wednesday’s from 10:00 P.M. – 1:00 A.M. @ Clinic Bar & Lounge, 188 S Indian Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262. Performing an eclectic mix of 80’s 90’s and current rock and reggae covers as well as a contemporary blend of original music.

Thursday’s from 6:30 P.M. – 9:30 P.M. @ Eureka! 74985 Highway 111, Indian Wells, CA 92260. Performing a mix of covers and new material. www.facebook.com/TheHiveMinds Derek Jordan Gregg – (760) 774-1446

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By 1990, Mazzy Star released their first effort, She Hangs Brightly through the British indie label, Rough Trade. The album was a sharp distillation of swirly ‘60s psychedelia and the decadent ennui of the Velvet Underground.

(R.I.P. Lou Reed). Sandoval’s laconic vocals were the perfect foil for Roback’s minimal backing vocals and reverb-drenched guitar.

The Rock cognoscenti completely embraced She Hangs Brightly. Rough Trade folded and Mazzy Star was signed to Capitol Records.

Their sophomore effort, So Tonight That I Might See, was released in late 1993. The lead off track, “Fade Into You” was an enormous hit, catapulting the band into the Top 40.

That song continues to resonate, popping up in pivotal scenes in movies and TV shows like “C.S.I.” and “Desperate Housewives.”

Among My Swan was Mazzy Star’s third album and it came out in 1996. And then… nothing.

Although there was no new music from Mazzy Star, there was never a definitive break up announcement. Roback busied himself composing movie scores. By 2002, Sandoval was splitting her time between Northern California and Ireland. Her side project, Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions recorded two albums, Bavarian Fruit Bread and Through The Devil Softly.

In late 2011, with minimal fanfare, Mazzy Star released a two-sided single, “Common Burn”/”Lay Myself Down.” KCRW played the crap out of both songs. As suddenly as the band

disappeared, they were back. Anticipation for the forthcoming album increased when they played a few select live dates and two Coachella sets in 2012.

Now nearly two years after the release of the single, Mazzy Star has finally released their fourth album, Seasons Of Your Day. True to form, the album gets off to a slow start with the opener, “In The Kingdom.”

Church-y organ runs collide with a cascade of Roback’s bespoke guitar notes. The track is as trippy and familiar as a shimmery mirage.

Sandoval’s lyrics are laid back but welcoming …

“If all is right in the kingdom tonight, You know we’ll play songs in this town.”

The 2011 singles, “Common Burn” and “Lay Myself Down” are included here. On the former, Sandoval’s vocals are hypnotic as she limns the heartbreak of unrequited love.

The instrumentation is moody and elegant.

Roback’s fret work blends a series of acoustic and electric filigrees, as a soaring harmonica fills glide overhead.

The latter is a loping cowpoke symphony.

Jangly guitar riffs and a lonesome pedal steel intertwine. Sandoval is elusive and cryptic, offering up opaque statements like “Would I forget laying myself down just to regret and that’s all.”

Four tracks, “California,” “I’ve Gotta Stop,” “Sparrow” and “Seasons Of Your Day,” completely envelope the listener in a rich sonic tapestry. “California” is a pastoral paean to

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the band’s home state. Ethereal acoustic riffs and a light dusting of keys cushion Sandoval’s elliptical tribute… “I think I hear the whisper of an old best friend, I think I hear the bells ringing in the square.”

On “I’ve Gotta Stop” Roback’s clarion riffs meander through a desultory melody, underpinning Sandoval’s angst. Resolving to end an unhealthy relationship she remains hesitant…… “I’ve gotta stop making you stay, I’ve gotta know you’d never say those words aren’t meant to be thrown/ But when you’re weakened in my arms shining….”

“Sparrow” is dusty lo-fi shuffle. The rattlesnake shake percussion, along with Roback’s sidewinder riffs anchor the melody.

Both surrender the spotlight making way for sprightly Harpsichord fills. The mood suddenly shifts from country comfort to Elizabethan elegance.

Finally, the title track is swathed in a crushed-velvet groove. Layers of cello and acoustic guitar echo the somber melancholy of Nick Drake. Sandoval’s typically laconic vocals mask the urgency of her words… “Won’t you let me come inside, I’ve released all of my pride.”

Other interesting tracks include the bluesy tone poem, “Does Someone Have Your Baby Now” along with the ghostly “Spoon”which features Bert Jansch. The late Scottish musician has influenced artists as disparate as Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Marr and Fleet Foxes. His sitar-like guitar adds a prickly patina.

The album closes with the bittersweet bottle-neck blues of “Flying Low.” Powered by a kick-drum rhythm and spiky guitar chords, Sandoval offers up some hard won wisdom…

“Right now you got your life in your hands, you spent your simple days counting them down.”

Aside from Hope Sandoval and David Roback, these days Mazzy Star consists of longtime cohorts Suki Ewers on keys and William Cooper Glenn on violin. Newer members include ex-My Bloody Valentine bassist Colm O’ Ciosoig, drummer Keith Mitchell and Josh Yenne on pedal steel.

Apparently Sandoval and Roback have been writing and recording all along. Sandoval was recently quoted as saying they were finally “really in the mood to release music.” Like a sullen Sonny & Cher, or (at the very least), a new millennial Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra, the music of Mazzy Star still has the power to seduce. All they require from their fans is patience.

November 7 to November 13, 2013

COD Marks Center for the Arts Presents New Exhibition, Phantasmagoria

ollege of the Desert’s Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts presents the paintings and mixed media artworks of five artists whose haunting imagery straddles a thin line between abstract and surreal in Phantasmagoria, November 3 – December 12, 2013.

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ho waits 17 years between records? Mazzy Star, that’s who! The core of Mazzy Star is Los Angeles native David Roback and Hope Sandoval. Back in the early ‘80s, Roback was one of the architects of the Paisley Underground scene. Fronting The Rain Parade, he made one perfect record, Emergency Third Rail Power Trip, before leaving the band.

Although The Rain Parade continued without him, Roback formed Opal with exDream Syndicate bassist/vocalist Kendra Smith. After a handful of demos (later released as “Early Recordings), Opal released their perfect debut, Happy Nightmare Baby in 1987.

But Smith abruptly left the band in the midst of a tour.

Hope Sandoval grew up in East L.A., the youngest of 10 kids. A fan of the nascent Paisley scene, Sandoval paired up with Sylvia Gomez as the duo Going Home. David Roback produced their (as yet unreleased) album.

When Kendra Smith ditched Opal, Hope Sandoval was able to step in and finish the tour, and Mazzy Star was born.

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An artists’ reception will be held Wednesday, November 20, from 5:007:00PM; this is free and open to the public, with light refreshments and musical entertainment.

The reception will be followed by the monthly Cup of Happy Open Mic, 7:30-9:30PM, a SafeHouse of the Desert event that is also free and open to the public.

“Phantasmagoria” as an art form has its roots in late-eighteenth century theater, in which a modified lantern was used to project frightening figures, shadows and reflections onto a surface. The exhibition title, Phantasmagoria, refers to deceptive images and illusions. These surreal and dreamlike images began in the minds of the artists and are completed by the imagination of the viewer.

This compilation of collage, assemblage and paintings by artists Lee Balan, Shaktima Brien, Shahram Farshadfar, Peggy Vermeer, and Brian Wilson wavers between abstract and surreal. Familiar objects and imagery appear from a fog of color, brushwork, light and sometimes chaos. It is up to the viewer to decipher what is really portrayed and what is surfacing from their own subconscious.

The Marks Art Center is always free and open to the public, Monday-Thursday, and the first Sunday of the month (November 3 and December 1), 11:00-4:00PM, and by appointment; for more information, please call (760) 776-7278, or check online at www. collegeofthedesert.edu/community/gallery or www.facebook.com/marks.artcenter.

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his is a “tail” of the love between two dogs, the foster parents who lovingly cared for them, and the photograph that found them a home where they would always be together. We don’t know Scooby and Ina’s history, but it is believed they were together in a previous home.

Ina and Scooby showed up almost magically one day outside the gate of Curtis Sweesy’s and Vanessa Ruggles’ home.

The couple are foster parents for Loving All Animals specializing in saving German Shepherd dogs. They have a “wall of love” on their dining room wall, a collection of photographs paying tribute to the many shepherd foster dogs they have cared for and rehomed.

How did these two shepherds know the right home to pick? We will never know, and they can’t tell us. The timing was perfect because Mahko, the couple’s previous foster

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dog, was adopted two days earlier and there was a “vacancy in the inn”. A neighbor, not distinguishing these were different dogs, called to report, “Your dogs are sitting outside your gate!” The dogs were abandoned and emaciated, and no owner could be located.

The 100 pound male who was a German Shepherd/Great Dane mix was named Scooby after the famous cartoon character.

The smaller female German Shepherd became “Ina” which means “little mama” in Lakota Sioux. Ina had recently given birth to a litter of puppies.

Soon the foster parents saw the unbreakable bond between the pair. When the dogs were separated at the veterinary clinic for spay and neuter, their reunion was a loud, joyous affair, even in their semi-sedated state. These best friends tumbled and wrestled every day, their games playing like a well- choreographed ballet, with the dogs

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jumping and rolling in synchronized timing.

After playtime came nap time, and the two dogs sleep with the tops of their heads touching. Scooby nuzzles Ina’s back, nibbling on her fur. Although significantly smaller, Ina is the Alpha dog who took charge of the pack that included Scooby and her foster siblings.

Wherever Ina goes, Scooby is not far behind.

The decision was made to keep them together as a pair for adoption. It’s always harder to find a home willing to take two dogs, particularly when their combined weight is 175 pounds. We made flyers with their picture and promoted the dogs on Facebook. Occasionally someone would call, but inevitably they were interested in just taking the smaller dog. The months passed, the dogs thrived, but no home appeared.

Then master animal photographer, Nanette Martin, arrived in Palm Desert to teach a photography workshop. Nanette founded Shelter-Me Photography, a nonprofit endeavor which promotes the adoption of shelter animals through beautiful photography. Nanette describes her work, “As time passed, we began to realize our images were accomplishing something much bigger than just creating adoptions. We were

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changing the way people perceive shelter animals.” Her photographs connect through the animal’s eyes and freezes a moment that captures their soul. Nanette set up a temporary studio in the foster parents’ back yard, and within minutes had the perfect image with Scooby and Ina looking into the camera, ears pricked. It was amazing how she got the two dogs to sit still simultaneously.

Loving All Animals posted the new flyer on Facebook and on bulletin boards around the Valley. A phone call came quickly. A friend of Donna and Phil Dempsey knew how sad the Pasadena couple was after losing the second of their two rescued German Shepherds. This friend was visiting Palm Springs and spotted the flyer on a Starbucks bulletin board. When Donna saw the photo, she immediately connected with the look in Ina’s eyes and felt the spirit of her dog who passed.

The Dempsey’s soon headed out to the desert, and Donna describes their first meeting, “We love the dogs! We’re empty nesters, and the dogs are a good fit. We knew the moment we saw them.” She had already changed the foam in their homemade dog beds, preparing for the newcomers.

The dogs now have a huge yard, the size of a small park, and also enjoy a second home at the beach. The Dempsey’s report that Ina is the brains in the family while Scooby is the brawn. Scooby is the gentler dog, and looks to Ina for direction. Ina sets the pace and gives the orders. The pair enjoy outings on their new boat wearing lifejackets for safety.

Most important of all, they are together. The joy of pet ownership multiplies when you are lucky enough to have animals who love their humans AND each other. Thanks to a photo, their love story continues.

For more information about ShelterMe Photography see their website at www.sheltermephotography.com or for information about adopting a rescue dog go to www.lovingallanimals.org.

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by Rick Riozza

Fun! Fun! Fun! With Thanksgiving Wine!

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unno—maybe because of the long hot summer we’ve gone through, everyone out here seems to be getting into holiday mode quickly. And some of the first things on our minds are which wines we’ll be enjoying this season. Just the idea comforts us, for as Benjamin Franklin said, “the fact we have wine to enjoy, shows us that God really loves his people.”

You know you’ve stepped into the wine ethos when images of overflowing wine bottles and carafes share the mind’s visual stage with the turkey, ham and surrounding temptations.

The weight of the on-going discussion is that wine is a food served best at this family feast.

Yeah—bring on the wine & food, friends & family: it’s the ensemble for the ages.

The great rule of thumb for the feast is: to drink what you like! More focused, however, is that a Thanksgiving or holiday wine is all about the wine speaking up at these annual gatherings. It could be the quiet type: subtle on the fruit but its presence felt in the background and always supporting the food. Or, one with an intense character that challenges and contrasts the different flavors sprawled upon the table.

It’s the time to treat ourselves, family, and friends to some good wine. Even Two-Buck Chuck takes the day off and serves up better wine. Further it’s fun for everyone to bring over a bottle or two to share and speak about— thus, you’ve got a veritable wine tasting event included in the festivities! And God is still loving us because good wine these days doesn’t have to be expensive—there are good buys all around.

Whether big families or small, prep time early Thursday morning can be as fun and exciting as sitting and enjoying the big turkey meal itself. Sometimes it’s the only time of year that families get to work on something together—and it’s all about the food & fun!

And there is no better “prepping wine” to keep that morning fueled-up than Prosecco sparkling wine. Fresh and very light on the alcohol, Prosecco is a festive wine that keeps everyone happy and enjoying their tasks. It’s not sweet—carries flavors of almonds, and is just a touch bitter, which works really well as you’re munching through your projects.

Sparkling wines are so versatile, one can enjoy the panopy of Proseccos, sparkling whites & rosés, Cavas, and Champagnes throughout the entire banquet! Just remember the brut (non-sweet) sparklers are fresh-tasting,

cleansing and work best to complement the hodgepodge of dishes on the table.

In place of a Sauvignon Blanc or Chardonnay try A Mosel German Riesling QBA with its fresh tart apple flavors and a tinge of sweetness that is balanced by food friendly acidity. It’s another standard on the holiday table. Moderately chilled, this white wine goes with all of the season’s classic flavors. A good Riesling QBA can be found at around $15 to $20 and may well be the “treat” wine of Thanksgiving.

The wine artist in us sees the beloved task of painting through the holiday meal with reds, whites, and rosés over all the textures, weights, and aromas of the grand food display. Which takes us to the wine enthusiasts’ debate as to which wine is indeed the quintessential quaffer for the Thanksgving table.

Did the Pilgrims argue about this? Hardly a real dispute—but certainly a fun one, especially when the participants bring over the bottle they’re lobbying for. And that’s how you do it!

A little less talking and a lot more tasting.

For a while, the red wine discussion was Pinot Noir vs. Zinfandel. Lumberjacks everywhere argued that we needed an “American wine” to celebrate an American holiday. Of course our vino forefathers brought over Pinot from Burgundy and Zin from Italy/ Croatia—but enough of that!

Pinot Noir, for all its popularity at Thanksgiving, needs to be powerful enough to stand up to the kaleidoscope of flavors. I’ve tasted the Barefoot Brand Pinot Noir which I think is a little light for the meal, but at $5 a bottle, it beats a poke-in-the-eye.

Generally speaking—for a good buy of around $12 to $15 bucks, California Central Coast Pinot can really burst from the glass with expressive red fruit, flowers, spices, and mint— and that fits the table perfectly.

On the other hand, a hearty & sturdy red Zinfandel (sometimes referred to as “fruit bombs”)—especially the ones that carry over 14% alcohol, can clobber and take down most of what’s serving. Finding an inexpensive Zin is sometimes the deal because of the muted flavors. But for some—for that very reason— desire the bombast: “Hey! This is a once-a-year deal! Let us enjoy every big flavor in town!” I got the sentiment—Cheers!

And while California has certainly taken charge of producing great Zinfandel and the Pacific coastal regions are creating Pinot Noir to

die for, the world has opened up with tasty reds from all over that can happily take their place on the festive table.

Always the effervescent romantic, bringing color to the table, is the “real” Italian Lambrusco such as the dry (non-sweet) Vignetto Saetti. Good Lambruscos are versatile, delicious, and energetic enough to break the fatigue of a long meal. Some like the powerful carbonation, others look for “frizzante” on the label for a softer fizz. Around $18.

Mais oui—of course, the classic pairing

for a traditional turkey Thanksgiving meal is Beaujolais, a light fruity red wine with pleasant sour cherry notes. It’s not the Beaujolais Nouveau we’re partying with, but rather ask for a regular Beaujolais.

With all that said, the most important thing to bring to the table, of course, is a humble and grateful heart.

For next week’s column Dan Sullivan of Dan’s Wine Shop in Palm Desert will offer up his Thanksgiving wine picks.

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the grill on main: ANother La Quinta Gem

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t is no secret that most of my favorite dining venues are in La Quinta.

Whether fine dining or casual, from pizza and burgers to filet and lobster, Old Town La Quinta has something for every palate. For a quiet night on the town, my date and I chose to have dinner at The Grill on Main. It was the perfect setting for a romantic dinner on the patio, and after hearing about their somewhat recent addition of Chef Brett Maddock, formerly from Arnold Palmer’s, I knew we were in great culinary hands.

We would begin with a cocktail from a large list of specialty cocktails. The Peach Drop and the Crisp Pear Martini were great ice breakers as we took our time reviewing

the menu. Our server, Lana, was quick with suggestions and never without a genuine smile. We would share a couple appetizers to begin. The seared, sesame crusted Ahi Tuna was incredible, a perfect balance of savory and spicy complimenting the fresh natural sweetness of the tuna. Our Beet Salad was also a perfect starter, with ruby beets and crisp greens. I was impressed with not only the great flavors but the beautiful plating and presentation that showcased the chef’s attention to detail.

Entrées arrived in perfect timing as we slowly savored our starters. Lana was attentive without being overbearing, a rare find in local service. The fresh pan seared Sole was placed in front of me accompanied

by fresh green beans and oven roasted potatoes, finished with a lemon caper sauce. The fish was mild and delicate, pairing well with my chardonnay. Upon Lana’s suggestion, my date would enjoy the roasted chicken and risotto. It was not only flavorful with a crisp skin, but very tender.

Our meals were generous in portion and I felt no regret on passing up the nightly specials.

The restaurant was not packed but still quite busy for a Monday night. It is nice to dine at a restaurant in which everyone wants to dine; if the other servers are as

pleasant as ours, I could see how this is a favorite for many! We could not end our date without sharing some dessert so we ordered the butterscotch pudding with caramel sauce and a touch of sea salt. It was rich and creamy and there was no hope for any leftovers. We also shared the pumpkin cheesecake which was also light and creamy, unlike other dense cheesecakes I have tried. It was the perfect end to our night on the town.

The Grill on Main has long been known for their happy hour, offering favorites like fish tacos, burgers and sliders. The bartenders clearly know their craft and if you don’t believe me, go have yourself a martini! Happy Hour is offered Monday through Sunday from 2pm to 6pm and also Friday and Saturday from 9pm to 11pm. But I recommend you consider this restaurant for any special occasion as their quality of food is superb without being pretentious.

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Movie Reviews with Robin E. Simmons

ILLUSIONS & DELUSIONS

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Book Review

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A laugh and A Cry let’s explore

ENDER’S GAME

diabetes with owls By david sedaris

There’s an active boycott of “Ender’s” author Orson Scott Card’s movie adaptation because of his public statements about gays based on what critics claim is his “Mormon bigotry.” Be that as it may, I was entertained by the movie and admit to having not read Card’s popular novel. The basic story is about a kid, Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) who has a gift for strategy and is recruited into a military training center to play virtual war games in preparation for a real battle with the dreaded Buggers. The move is repetitive. It feels like it’s all training and set-up for the final battle. A gruff, older looking Harrison Ford (with wildly inconsistent, unkempt eyebrows from scene to scene), has a lot of screen time as International Fleet Commander Hyrum Graff. Wiggin turns out to be the best of the children recruited to command and save the earth in what is foreseen an inevitable future battle. But everything is not as it seems in Wiggen’s virtual world of combat training. The movie seemed a lot longer than it was and the theme of understanding -- and perhaps even loving -- one’s enemy, of course relevant in our world of deep divides over religion, was oddly ambiguous at best. Or was it merely naïve? Destroy most of your enemy and then learn a lesson of compassion?

What’s that about?! Can’t have it both ways.

Some imaginative effects enhance this wouldbe epic sci-fi adventure that raises as many moral questions as it offers answers. Besides Butterfield and Ford, look for co-stars Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, and Abigail Breslin. Now playing.

NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE HOME THEATER: THE WIZARD OF OZ 3D What more can be said about this classic MGM adaptation of L. Frank Baum‘s timeless children’s tale about a Kansas girl’s journey over the rainbow? On the brink of the 75th anniversary, the movie is destined to remain a pleasure to successive generations in whatever new system surfaces. (THE WIZARD OF OZ opened at Grauman’s Chinese Theater on August 15, 1939!) But of all the previous, and seemingly endless versions that have been released for home consumption, it’s hard to imagine one that’s better looking than this latest restoration with its exquisite 3D formatting.

The Dolby Digital 5.1 sound is crisp and clean – remember, it was remastered from a monaural track! And, big surprise here, the 3D is immersive and not intrusive or just an exploitive gimmick for additional sales (although it will certainly accomplish the latter). In my opinion,

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the extra dimension adds immeasurably to the viewing experience. Even if you have seen this film multiple times, you will see it anew with fresh eyes. (I still enjoy playing Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” in sync with the movie.

For an uncanny experience for the length of the recording but not the movie, start “Dark” on the third roar of the MGM lion logo.) There are over 2 hours of extras on the 2-disc edition including an all-new “The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of OZ.” Big recommendation. Warner.

Blu-ray 3D.

Or something worse? Based on the novel by Dorothy Macardle, and directed by Lewis Allen, THE UNINVITED is a serious, elegant and eerie experience. Victor Young’s beautifully haunting score, especially his memorable jazz standard “Stella By Starlight” (lyrics by Ned Washington), adds just the right romantic touch that makes this a certified classic. Criterion. Blu-ray.

guerilla tactics against the formidable forces of the Italian Army. One critic said the heroic Mukhtar exemplifies the spiritual dimension of freedom. Moummar Quaddafi financed this surprisingly well-mounted epic of desert warfare. Anchor Bay. Blu-ray.

THE MESSAGE

DECEPTIVE PRACTICES

NOSFERATU

Shot on real locations in the Carpathian Mountains, F.W. Murnau’s 1922 NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR, the unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” has survived litigation and an order to destroy all prints. November is a season for horror and this acclaimed, classic film has been resurrected in hi-def from the 35mm restoration by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung with an orchestral track using Hans Erdman’s original score. This version of the vampire’s tale retains its unsettling mojo thanks to the lean, bald, spidery blood-sucking manifestation of the diabolical Graf Orlok by the inimitable Max Schreck. The 2-disc set includes the German intertitled version, the 1922 score, a 52 minute “Language of Shadows” on the making of NOSFERATU and lengthy excerpts from other films by Murnau. Recommended for the digital library. Kino Classic. Blu-ray.

The full title of this fascinating documentary is DECEPTIVE PRACTICES: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay -- and that is exactly what it is. Directed by David Mamet, the film presents a brief, mostly visual bio of Jay with unexpected clips of him performing magic as a very young costumed man of 4. Interspersed throughout are fascinating, grainy, video and film clips of the men who most influenced Jay (Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller), usually performing closeup magic. Jay is an actor, author, performer and scholar of the arcana of odd stage art that relies on weird and baffling illusions, cards being a specialty. If you like to be deceived by the secretive masters of magic, this unique documentary will fascinate. Generous bonus footage includes Jay’s colleagues in discussion and performance. Especially noteworthy is Steve Martin’s “Flydini” act. Kino Lorber. DVD.

THE UNINVITED This atmospheric, ghostly love story does not opt out for a rational explanation while retaining the tropes of the Old Dark House genre. When Roderick Fitzgerald (Ray Milland) and his sister Pamela (Ruth Hussey), buy an old house on the Cornish coast on a whim, they don’t suspect it’s haunted. But when they are visited by Stella (Gail Russell), they realize something serious is amiss. Is the ghost of Stella’s mother out to do her harm?

THE LION OF THE DESERT It’s 1929. Benito Mussolini (Rod Steiger) has been at war with Bedouin patriots for decades over the Italian colonization of Libya. Mussolini has appointed General Rodolfo Graziani (Oliver Reed) as governor to Libya, confident that he can crush the rebellion. However, Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn) – a teacher and humanist who is also skilled in desert warfare – has assumed leadership of the resistance. Led by Mukhtar, the Bedouin troops fight on horseback, using

Set in the 7th century, THE MESSAGE is about the resistance of powerful tribal leaders against Muhammad who attacks the profligate greed and cruelty in Mecca after a visit from the angel Gabriel urges Muhammad to destroy the 300 idols of Kaaba and worship the One True God. Historically, Muhammad’s successful campaign eventually unified Arabia under a single God and religion but he and his followers were forced to retreat to Medina where they lived in exile and worshipped Allah as they saw fit.

Muhammad came to be known as the Prophet, the Servant, and the “Bearer of Good Tidings.”

This cinematic religious epic was controversial before, during and after production. It remains the only significant film about Islam and Muhammad, even though he is not depicted in the movie. This great-looking film, produced and directed by Moustapha Akkad (a USC film school grad), was first rumored to star Peter O’Toole or Charlton Heston as Muhammad.

This of course raised the ire of devout Muslims.

To dampen the controversy, Akkad hired a team of Islamic scholars to consult on the film’s accuracy, but they eventually quit after disagreements with Akkad. The film was shot on location in Libya under the ”sponsorship” of Muammar Qaddafi. When the film was set to premiere, the Washington D.C. chapter of the B’nai B’rith threatened to blow up the theater (and the audience in it) when they were falsely told Anthony Quinn was playing Muhammad.

The bombing was diverted, but the unfortunate and wide-spread negative attention killed any prospects for the 1976 film’s further success. In 2005, producer-director Akkad and his daughter were attending a wedding in Amman, Jordan when they were killed by an Islamist suicide bomber. Anchor Bay. Blu-ray.

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non-fiction

can’t imagine a world without humor.

Life is challenging enough, take away the laughs and, in my opinion, we’d be living in a very dark and sad place. David Sedaris is a favorite literary humorist and in his new book Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc (Little Brown, 276 pages) we get a few laughs as well as some tears.

This is Sedaris’ eighth book. Like most of his others, Owls includes his personal experiences and observations that are most often, in the best way, self-defeating and self-deprecating -- which is why we love him so. A guy who can spin a yarn, laugh at himself and the world around him is the kind of guy you want at your dinner party.

Sedaris diverges from the essays, and includes five short stories and a poem. In the 26 chapters, we get a Sedaris that is antagonistic and judgmental. Even with his traditional use of sarcasm, this work is less poignant and sometimes just mean.

It starts strong. The first chapter, “Dentists Without Borders”, has you laughing and learning about the differences in health care between the United States and Europe. Sedaris has lived and has had homes in the US, France and England. We get a picture of his hypochondria and the distinct way in which doctors deal with his health issues. In Europe, a simple ‘you’re fine’ and he’s sent home without a prescription and only a small fee. In the states it’s testing, probing, prescriptions, mega-charging and then ‘you’re fine.’

Finishing the first chapter, and scanning the chapter headings, I felt confident I was going to get many of my fears and concerns about health care alleviated through great Sedaris narrative satire. I thought the strange nonsensical title might represent the books overall theme of the changing nature of healthcare and well-being through Sedaris’ crazy experiences and good humor.

To be sure, there are chapters related to bodily functions and his health.

Sedaris has a first person short story about a tea party nut that doesn’t have the simple ability to write a protest sign titled “Healthcare and Why I Want My Country Back.” It is a convoluted, ugly character that comes off more cliché. It is all too familiar and it’s just not funny.

“A Happy Place” is an essay in which Sedaris describes a pleasant experience having a colonoscopy. His level of descriptive detail might comfort those who haven’t had the procedure done. So don’t let the title fool you, there is no theme to this book regarding health care or diabetes.

Although there is an essay on owls – stuffed owls that is.

“Understanding, Understanding Owls” is a bizarre essay that may not be to everybody’s taste. Sedaris visits an outof-the-way taxidermy shop in London and sees some sideshow quality items. It’s a bit twisted but also fascinating. The only

problem with the essay is that I wanted to know more.

The book may be more travelogue than anything else. He shares his experiences going to Japan, China, France, London and even a train trip from Raleigh to Chicago.

Some of the material is a challenge to read and may not be a book to give your grandmother for Christmas. “#2 to Go” is a chapter to skip. You’ve been warned. It’s not pretty or funny. Just disgusting.

But nestled in the semi-funny chapters is a short story that moved me. “Mind The Gap” is a first person narrative about a high school girl who goes to London with the smart kids from the history club. Not that she’s a member, but the club needed one more to make the trip possible.

Her mother, ill with cancer, insisted she not miss the opportunity. Her first time out of the country, the girl realizes there is a whole world that is not “American.” She comes home to terrible news and uses a British accent and jargon her father and friends don’t understand.

Only six pages long, this story made me forgive everything in the book that wasn’t funny. There is a teenage subtext to “Mind the Gap” that Sedaris nails. The protagonist is a creative, sad and lonely child desperate to engage with a bigger world but is stuck in a life that offers little challenge or intrigue.

There is so much depth to this portrait that my heart ached for the child and her future.

I cried when I realized she lost her mother.

In other chapters, Sedaris shares his own teenage angst. A homosexual, he tells family stories about growing up with a strong father who he seemed to never be able to please. Sedaris also tells of feeling different from the other boys at school.

He talks about his beloved partner Hugh and their life together. But in these very personal stories, I felt the humor was most often misplaced and that Sedaris wanted to be thoughtful but couldn’t find the right balance between his humorous and serious voice.

The world is a better place because of people and writers like Sedaris. With humor, he gives us insight to our families, our communities, our world and ourselves.

I hope he never stops. But I also wish for him the freedom to write more short stories and to not be afraid to stray into more serious commentary. I’m certain that somehow he can be serious and still make us laugh. In fact, those are the best laughs of all.

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The Stanley Kramer Film Festival New Program at the Palm Springs Cultural Center: November 15 – November 17

the top pre-opening party, and a birthday celebration complete with a giant birthday cake. We plan on making this quite an event.”

Tickets and All Access passes for The Stanley Kramer Film Festival will be available at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs, and online, starting Tuesday, October 8th.

To purchase tickets in-person, visit the Camelot Theatres Box Office (Open Daily, Call for Hours), 2300 E. Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, 92262, Box Office: 760-3256565. For telephone orders, call: 888-7184253, or order on-line at: Camelottickets.com

continued Karen Sharpe Kramer. “Set in the American South against the specter of segregation, the two men, one white and one black, are at first motivated to cooperate with one another purely to survive, but gradually, they begin to respect , and even like one another. This was powerful story-telling. Can you imagine that film playing in 1958?”

The second film in the schedule is 1967’s GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER, starring

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he Palm Springs Cultural Center is pleased to announce a new addition to its annual line-up of cultural programs and special events. The Stanley Kramer Film Festival will debut at Camelot Theatres on Friday, November 15th and run through Sunday, November 17th. The 2013 event, which is designed to coincide with other Stanley Kramer Centennial events taking place this year, will include special screenings of six of Stanley Kramer’s bestknown films. It will also feature special events, and special appearances with actress Karen Sharpe Kramer, Stanley Kramer’s widow, and his daughter, the actress and singer, Katharine “Kat” Kramer.

“We are so thrilled that The Palm Springs Cultural Center has elected to create this annual celebration of Stanley’s films, as well as his legacy,” said Karen Sharpe Kramer.

“And having it launch during his Centennial celebration makes it even more special to us.”

The inaugural edition of The Stanley Kramer Film Festival will open with 1958’s THE DEFIANT ONES, starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier as two escaped convicts who are shackled together, and must learn to get along in order to elude capture.

“THE DEFIANT ONES was ahead of its time, as were so many of Stanley’s films,”

Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn. The film contains what was, at the time, a rare positive representation of the controversial subject of interracial marriage (which was still illegal in 17 states), right up until June 12, 1967, when the Supreme Court struck them down (just two days after Tracy died). “Katharine Hepburn never saw the completed version of GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER,” said Katharine “Kat” Kramer (Hepburn’s god-daughter and namesake).

“She said the memories of Spencer Tracy were just too painful for her.”

THE WILD ONE (1953), starring then-

heartthrob, Marlon Brando, opens Saturday’s Festival schedule. Often lauded as the first of the “outlaw biker film” movie genre, THE WILD ONE provides a gritty, somewhat romanticized version of the lives and loves of the rebel motorcycle-riding clubs that became popular in California after World War Two. THE WILD ONE was based on a short story that loosely chronicled an actual event.

Saturday evening takes audiences from the world of outlaw gangs into the mad, mad world of comedy with the ever-popular film, IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD. Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer in

1963, the epic comedy centers on the search, by a crazy and colorful group of characters, for $ 350,000 in stolen cash. Led by veteran actor Spencer Tracy, IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD features an all-star ensemble cast, including the likes of Edie Adams, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Phil Silvers, TerryThomas, and Jonathan Winters.

Sunday morning, November 17th, opens with the powerful drama, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG, which chronicles the events of the Holocaust, and the post-World War II complexities of the Nuremberg War Trials.

Stanley Kramer produced and directed this monumental film, which stars such film greats as Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Werner Klemperer, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, William Shatner, and Montgomery Clift.

JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, won two (Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay), and earned Stanley Kramer the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.

The last film of the festival is THE CAINE MUTINY, starring Humphrey Bogart, Van

Johnson, Jose Ferrer, and Fred MacMurray.

Set during World War II, and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk, THE CAINE MUTINY was a huge box office success in 1954, and received seven Oscar nominations. It has also been described as featuring Humphrey Bogart’s last great film performance. When the U.S. Navy was hesitant to endorse the film, it was almost lost to history. No studio, at the time, would touch it. Finally, Stanley Kramer, determined to tell the story, purchased the rights to Herman Wouk’s novel himself and set about to produce the film.

“The 2013 The Stanley Kramer Film Festival will include a number of wonderful special events,” said Janie Hughes, Project Manager for the festival. “There’s a private Tea with the Kramers for All Access Passholders, an over

FILM SCHEDULE DETAIL: Friday November 15 Camelot Theatres 2:30pm - The Defiant Ones (1958) Q&A with Karen and Kat Kramer 5pm - Centennial Celebration and Cake Cutting 6pm - Vintage Car Procession 6:30pm - Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967) Q&A with Karen and Kat Kramer Saturday November 16 Camelot Theatres 2:00pm - Million Dollar Motorcycle Procession 2:30pm - The Wild One (1953) Q&A with Karen and Kat Kramer 6pm - Fire Truck Procession 6:30pm - Awards Presentation It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) Q&A with Karen and Kat Kramer Sunday November 17 Camelot Theatres 2:30pm - The Caine Mutiny (1954) Q&A with Karen and Kat Kramer 6pm - Vintage Car Procession 6:30pm - Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Book Signing To purchase your tickets in-person, visit: Camelot Theatres Box Office (Open Daily, Call for Hours) 2300 E. Baristo Road Palm Springs, CA, 92262 Box Office: 760-325-6565 Telephone Orders: 888-718-4253 Order online: Camelottickets.com TICKET INFORMATION: NOTE: All screenings will be held at Camelot Theatres PASSES: All Access Pass $120.00 (includes Tea with the Kramers, Pre-Opening Party, Birthday Party and all screenings) INDIVIDUAL TICKETS: Pre-Opening Party: $50.00 Festival Screenings = $13.00 (on sale Oct. 8th)

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A Question of Ethics

New Valley School Conducting Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Other Valley Events

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ope Academy cordially invites the Coachella Valley residents to come to the Palm Desert Hope Academy Charter Ribbon Cutting on November 19, beginning at 12:00 pm. The event will be held at Hope Academy Charter, 47535 Highway 74 in Palm Desert, which is located near the intersection of Haystack and HWY 74 in Palm Desert. “This event will give the public a chance to come see what our school and program does for the children of the Coachella Valley. We strive to go beyond the normal classroom teachings with enriching lessons and project based assignments.

Our teachers can connect the lessons to our students more directly because we try to stay away from the lecture based teachings. We can do this because we are based as an independent study program.

Everyone is invited to come and see our beautiful school, meet our teaching staff, and learn more about our advantages over the traditional school setting,” shared Ericka Steele, lead teacher at Hope Academy Charter Palm Desert.

Events, such as ribbon cutting ceremonies are a great way for a new school to give their name and ideas out to the community.

I hope everyone can make this event and help support and welcome this new school.

Another ribbon cutting ceremony is taking

place on Friday, November 15, at Rancho Mirage High School (RMHS). School families and valley community, please show your support and make it out to RMHS’s ribbon cutting ceremony. RMHS is another new and beautiful school bringing great new potential to our children.

Parents, please mark Monday, November 11, as a no school day for Veteran’s Day. All public schools in our valley will be observing National Veteran’s Day and will not be open for school. Take this opportunity to spend

SELMAGROWS at C.O.D. with krystofer do

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upport and Education for Local Music and Arts Chapter 1, Coachella Valley, would like to introduce to you; SelmaGrows COD Chapter 2 Theater Productions Coordinator: Krystofer Do. Mr. Krystofer is a community engaged Sophomore at College of the Desert. He has been involving himself with the production of our local music and arts for over 17 years. With a passion for community creation he has led himself to take on the director position as Theater Productions Coordinator with SelmaGrows COD. This position comes with great responsibility. We are looking forward to Krystofer’s participation in the February 7, 2014 event at the Palm Desert Learning Tree Center (www.thelearningtreecenter.org). His

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involvement provides educational stage space for local bands, musicians and comedians along with his production of an original musical written and directed by Mr. Krystofer and collaboratively produced by the members of SelmaGrows COD. The director of makeup and costume design for the musical, Brooke Blumenthal says “Knowing Krystofer it will be a really fun and upbeat show. I am looking forward to working with my good friends.”

“This production is meant to inspire not only the community but also the entire production team.” states Mr. Krystofer. Being careful not to spoil the musical production’s content, he continues on to say, “It’s a special and exciting thing to offer entertainment while keeping educational substance intact. It’s a community effort and in that, we all shine.”

Krystofer’s creative partner and fellow SelmaGrows COD committee member, Juan Espino have also come together in other

projects. Local Hip Hop Funk group, What the Funk, has been together for over 2 years.

Often you will notice Krystofer giving a fresh funk life to our beloved Michael Jackson tracks.

The group’s rapper, Gabe Perez pillars a high energy. The rest of the bands is compiled of; Juan Espino (keyboards), Hernan Hernandez (percussion), Kim Shaw (vocals), Steve Zepeda (bass), Joaquin Rosalea (drums) and Rafael Beas on guitar. This group has headlined all over the desert at recognizable venues like The Hood, Date Shed, and Synergy Fest. Look for them this year at the Tamale Festival, December 8th.

Krystofer Do and Juan Espino’s brain child is an independent band called Kyd Icarus.

This Electronic Pop Rock group actively involves itself with local endeavors. They will be performing on New Year’s Eve at Miracle

some scholastic time with your children and research with them what Veteran’s Day is about, when it started, and why we as a nation observe the day. I would also suggest allowing your child to talk to a veteran in an interview fashion. A lot can be learned on days off from school. Keep your kids’ minds thinking and their curiosity strong.

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Springs Resort and Spa through a Selma Grows opportunity. We are looking forward to their growth and development as they continue to enrich the Coachella Valley as they reach out with their talents and agreeable natures.

Upon the success of the musical at the Palm Desert Learning Tree Center, it is our intent to bring the musical on a local school tour of C.V. If you are interested in participating with the original musical February 7, 2014 please contact Ktystofer Do directly at kendryque@ yahoo.com (760)851-9658.

Support and Education for Local Music and Arts Chapter 1 Coachella Valley Selma Grows: www.facebook.com/SelmaGrows .

Chapter 2 College of the Desert SelmaGrows COD: www.facebook.com/selmagrows.cod . www.selmagrows.org

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nethical behavior in business, government and religion seems commonplace. Does it surprise you anymore when you hear that a business paid a multi-million dollar fine for illegal activities or a politician was deeply in the pocket of a special interest group or a religious leader profited by prophet-ing?

While few are punished, each incident of unethical or immoral behavior seems to cause more unethical behaviors by others in all walks of life. Resultingly, society devolves and fails to perform at its highest levels.

Looking at the ills facing our community, our nation and the world, many of today’s problems have roots in immoral or unethical behaviors left unchecked or disciplined by those who could have stopped things years before.

Ann Tenbrunsel, a professor at Notre Dame on business ethics and David Messick of the Kellogg School of Business studied the psyche necessary to behave unethically and immorally. Their study found that the descent into unethical and immoral behaviors often starts with self- deception.

The deception might start with a sense of entitlement or a mindset where ‘the end

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Haddon Libby:It’s all local

justifies the means.’ Self-deception often involves avoidance of the truth with lies told to one’s self that justify the behavior.

The Center for the Study of Global Christianity illustrated how rampant this behavior is in Christian churches. They estimate that church-related financial frauds for 2013 will be $37 billion! Meanwhile, monies spent worldwide on missions will be $33 billion. Whether it is raiding the collection plate or fraud, many are involved in this self-deception to varying levels.

In many cases, the person engaged in the unethical and immoral behavior believes that they are truly an ethical person who did something that did not hurt anyone. They believe that their actions were necessary to achieve some ‘good‘ for themselves or their cause. This self-deceit is key to behaving unethically. Also important to the advance and growth of someone behaving in this manner is their tendency to be surrounded by enablers who allow or assist in the advance of the unethical behavior.

Staying with religion for an example, we need look no further than local pastor David Moore who ten years ago was reported to have misappropriated Southwest Community Church funds while financing a lavish lifestyle here and in Hawaii. Despite

ample evidence, many around him would not believe that he did what was attributed to him.

As time goes on, the unethical or immoral person has a mental numbing that allows for an increased comfort level with bad behavior. A disconnection between socially appropriate or morally correct behavior cannot compete with the need for self-gratification.

Former Rancho Mirage part-time resident Jim Bakker is a classic example of this disconnect. After being arrested and spending five years in jail for fraud, Bakker remarried and returned to televangelism.

As he still owed the government $6 million in taxes, his ministry was structured so that others owned his new 600 acre estate near Branson, Missouri. He then went back on

television talking about “end times” while selling 320 pounds of dehydrated pinto beans and 200 pounds of tomato flakes with 20 year shelf lives for $1,000 donations (all weights based on water you add). Bakker declares the beans as a miracle that helps him to share his revelations with us. It sure sounds like a load of beans to me.

Beyond all of Bakker’s nonsense, why does satellite and cable television allow him to continue committing his apparent fraud against the religious? It’s all about the Benjamins.

Next time you see unethical or immoral behavior, report what you see to an appropriate watchdog organization such as the police, the press or a person’s supervisor. By turning a blind eye, you are helping to foster a society fraught with bad behavior and corruption.

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t is your nickel that pays taxes. People pay various types of taxes: income taxes, property taxes, and sales taxes for example. Everyone pays at least one of those, if not more. With that money the government promises us life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The defense of our country, and the education of our people, and the health of our population all must be guarded to uphold those promises.

One small program to help assure that those promises are kept is the program commonly known as Food Stamps. As a result of Federal cuts, the average family of four receiving this benefit (from taxes they themselves also pay at least in some part) is now immediately reduced by $36 per month. 4.2 million Californians are affected by the move, including 1.1 million in the LA area alone.

This amounts to $46 million less spent in grocery stores each month. That’s quite a bit.

This leads to further declines in economic activity and fewer sales by shops and merchants at a crippling time when the weak economy is trying to grow legs. At least $9 in economic activity is generated by every $5 spent on groceries.

Interestingly, the idea of the work ethic

is used as an excuse for why this relatively small government program “deserves” to be cut, but the families affected are most often the working poor. A person earning $8 an hour at 30 hours a week does not earn enough to rise above the poverty line. That person would pay sales taxes on everything they purchase with those earnings. A person spending those wages could expect to pay over $900 yearly in sales taxes alone.

The size of proposed cuts for a reconciled budget in congress is about one tenth when

compared to the cuts requested by the Republican controlled House. $4 billion in cuts are being compared to $40 billion that Republicans want to the program. A number somewhere in the middle is likely.

What does that mean? Further cuts are likely; it is simply a question of how much. I refuse to write an article that makes people fear government, and we need to remember that the Governor has signed legislation increasing the minimum wage in California to $10 in two years’ time.

Cutting this particularly small program (in comparison to spending levels in other government programs) may not prove to be very popular later. That is a calculated risk our joint government is evidently willing to make at this time.

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Questions from readers

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ear Readers: Thank you all for you letters and emails. Today I have bunched together emails and letters I have received on related topics. Many of you have asked questions about civil lawsuits, costs of same and finding a lawyer. Here are answers to several of your related questions.

Q. I have a civil lawsuit I want to file.

Will a lawyer take it on a contingency by gambling with me and my not paying him for his time?

A. Initially a lawyer would need more information to decide if there was a case.

If it is an auto accident case of some kind then lawyers will usually take the case on a contingency and front the costs and when the case settles the lawyer gets paid. IF it is any other type of civil case then lawyers will normally only take the case on an hourly and they usually will not front the costs. They will leave it up to the client to pay all costs and hourly fees which can be substantial.

Q. If I file a case pro per, what am I looking at in costs?

A. The cost for filing a lawsuit in the Indio court is $450 for the filing fee alone.

Add on another few hundred dollars to serve the defendant. If there is more than

one defendant then the costs cost goes up proportionally. Often the other side is not cooperative and does not answer written questions that are sent called interrogatories or they refuse to produce a document. The lawyer then has to go to court and make a Motion to Produce. The court costs vary from $60 for a Motion for Production of Documents, to a motion for Summary Judgment’s fee of $500.

If you want to take the other parties deposition it cost $5.35 per page. A typical transcript runs 300-400 pages and costs about $1500-2500 plus an appearance fee of $75.

If you go to trial and need copies of the transcript the Court Reporter will charge

you $518 per day or $259 for a ½ day. In addition you must post jury fees of about $150 up front. If you get a judgment and they do not roll over and pay you must file for a Judgment Debtor Exam and pay $60 for this court fee.

If the court ruled against you then an appeal will cost $775 to be paid to the court and $100 for the clerk’s transcript.

When you total all this you are at about $5000 in fees to the court/state. This is not counting lawyer’s fees for the time they have expended.

Q. Why won’t lawyers I have called take a non-accident civil case on a contingency?

A. As a rule lawyers only take contingency cases when they are going against an insurance co because they know the insurance companies have money and there

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will probably be a settlement at the end of the case. However with a private individual there is no way of knowing if they will have the money to pay a judgment. A lawyer can handle a case for 5 years and then get a judgment only to have the defendant file bankruptcy. In a civil case the lawyer could put in hundreds of hours of work and advance ten’s of thousands of dollars and right before trial have the client say I do not like the offer of $100,000 because I have to give some of it to my lawyer. They then decide they can do an end run and fire the lawyer and settle the case for the $100,000 with the insurance company themselves.

Dale Gribow has been “Rated” TOP LAWYER by Palm Springs Life Magazine from 2011-2013 and has a Superb Avvo Legal Rating. Dale Gribow has been Man of the Year 7 times including the City of Palm Desert and the City of Hope and Dale Gribow Day has been declared 4 times.

If you have any questions regarding this column or ideas for future columns please contact Dale Gribow Attorney at Law at his NEW number 760 837 7500 and or his new email: dale@dalegribowlaw.com

from family members, friends, and friends of friends. Jump on your favorite form of social media and put the word out that you are looking to rent a home and are looking for a good real estate agent to assist you.

Once you have the name of an agent that has been highly recommended to you from a trusted source you can go on the internet and check them out before scheduling an appointment to meet with them. Many people are surprised to learn that quite a few Coachella Valley Real Estate companies have a property management division that specializes exclusively in managing homes for rent.

Of course you can find a rental home on your own. By why run the risk of a Craig’s List scammer or take on the responsibility of negotiating with an owner directly when professional help is readily available and best of all it is FREE! That’s right, just like buying a home, when you rent a home your real estate agent’s fee is paid for by the property owner.

Once you figure out your budget and make your list of home and neighborhood features take advantage of the professional services available to you from a licensed real estate agent. They have the skills, experience and knowledge necessary to guide you through the rental process while saving you time and effort.

This week’s real estate tip: When possible rent a home through a licensed, professional, property management company. In addition to saving you from having to deal directly with the landlord, the management company generally holds themselves to a higher standard when it comes to making repairs in a quality and timely manner.

Bruce Cathcart is the Broker/Co-Owner of La Quinta Palms Realty, “Your Friendly Professionals” and can be reached by email at laquintapalms@dc.rr.com or visit his website at www.laquintapalmsrealty.com.

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Diabetes complications can cause vision loss or blindness. Stand Up for yourself as you may not feel foot injuries, so check both feet daily for blisters, cuts, or sores. Show Some Color by packing your plate with a palette of greens, yellows, and reds -- like spinach, quash, and tomatoes. Learn More by visiting: http:// www.diabetes.org/in-my-community/ programs/american-diabetes-month/ Stay Safe, Stay Healthy!

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Organic Cooking & Wine: A Perfect Pairing

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ori Cohen-Sanford, Owner of Nourishfoods, has been spreading her message of healthful, nutritious cooking in the Coachella Valley. She shares her passion for featuring organic ingredients in her cooking classes, personal chef services, and in-home/small-party catering services in Palm Springs and the surrounding Desert Cities. She owes much of her business growth to the space and support of ShareKitchen in Cathedral City, and has used their event space for a Farm-To-Table Organic and Raw Pairings dining event, as a featured client during Restaurant Week, and will be pairing with another local businesswoman, Annie Arnold, of Organic Wine Exchange, to conduct a joint cooking class and organic wine tasting on Sunday, 11/10/13 from 12:30 – 3:00pm.

Nourishfoods and Organic Wine Exchange are a perfect pairing in many ways. Both businesses are owned by entrepreneurial women who have created businesses that share a mission to cater to the growing market of consumers who want to know that what they are eating and drinking are healthfully made without harmful and unnecessary additives, preservatives and chemicals.

The event at ShareKitchen on 11/10/13 will feature a cooking class led by Lori as she shares easy, healthful recipes for autumn entertaining from 12:30 – 2:00pm. Annie will hold a private wine tasting immediately following the cooking class from 2:00 – 3:00pm, featuring a variety of organic wines. Cost to attend both the Nourishfoods cooking class and Organic Wine Exchange wine tasting is $25 and payment to reserve is required in advance.

Please visit nourishfoods.biz for more information about events and to visit the payment link. Lori Cohen-Sanford, Owner of Nourishfoods can be reached at info@ nourishfoods.biz or (973)960-8395. To contact Annie Arnold: (949)945-7083 and her business website is OrganicWineExchange.com.

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November is Diabetes Awareness Month.. It’s In YOUR Hands!

ovember is Diabetes Awareness month and some people are diabetic and/or borderline diabetic and don’t even realize it says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna. It’s best that you check with your family physician for some simple tests. Meanwhile follow these cool tips to stay at your peak! Say “Om” or at least learn to meditate to help reduce stress and improve your blood sugar levels. Step Out of your comfort zone and exercise which helps keep your weight and blood sugar under control. Just about everyone can do a brisk daily walk. Eat Right and follow your food plan. If you don’t have one, ask your doctor about seeing a dietitian who specializes in diabetes. Jet Set yourself...

Before you hit the road, get a checkup, pack extra meds, and plan your doses around time zone changes. Hang 10 or more. Drop 10% of your body weight through diet and exercise. Trade Up by Swapping saturated fats and refined sugar for healthy fats in nuts and sweet whole fruit. I can See Clearly now... or at least do so by scheduling an eye exam once a year.

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Finding a Home to Rent our parents are finally kicking you out of the family nest or your apartment is busting at the seams with kids, pets and the “stuff” you have collected over the past few years; either way the time has come for you to find a home to rent with extra bedrooms, a big backyard, a two car garage and a lot more space! So the first thing you do is go online and search “homes for rent” and about 102 million hits pop up (yes really, I checked!). Sometimes technology can be a little overwhelming. So before you start your search here are a few ideas that will hopefully make finding a home to rent a lot easier and with a lot less stress.

First things first, before you go shopping for the perfect home you need to determine how much you can afford to spend on rent.

If this is your first house you will need to budget not just for rent but also utilities like gas, electric, water, cable or satellite, maybe even trash pick-up. And don’t forget about yard maintenance and possibly even pool maintenance (if you want one). A good rule of thumb is to budget approximately one third of your take home pay for just the rent amount. Once you have a pretty good idea of how much you want to pay in rent

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you will then want to make a list of features that you would like to have in your home.

I always recommend starting with the basics of the “must haves” and add the “nice to haves”.

Start with the bedrooms. You must have three, but it would be nice to have four. You get the idea. The number 1 & 2 reasons given for wanting to rent a house instead of an apartment are a two car garage and a private yard so they should likely be on your list too as well as any other features of a home that are really important to you. Don’t forget about proximity to your job, schools, churches, shopping, and neighborhood features like parks, community/senior centers, libraries, hiking trails, etc. Sometimes these features can be more important than the actual home itself! Having a budget and making a list of these items will help organize and limit your search making it easier to locate the right home in the right area.

Now are you ready to go online? No, not quite yet. Not even Craig’s List! You do not have to do this on your own. My advice to you at this point is to contact a real estate agent to help you through the rental process.

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ast year’s inaugural Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo, was just that. An Expo Consisting of a small, intimate selection of vendors, few yet amazing cosplayers, and a handful of panels worth waiting for. This year, with the help of their newest sponsor Hot Topic (I KNOW RIGHT?!), they were able to boost the attendance, the marketing, and the media.

In 2012, I stayed in the Zombie Apocalypse Arena, and worked 90% of my weekend there as the Undead Unicorn, protecting children from the zombie hoards that awaited them inside, thanks to a last-minute, randomly requested exclusive design by Unicornatopia. This year, since I was only spending Saturday at the convention, I was determined to compensate for everything I had missed the year before.

The convention center was clean and illuminating, with fantastic artwork, posters, and banners celebrating the expo. This year, the expo featured some jaw dropping displays, including the Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters, the Munster Koach, Night Rider’s Kit, an entire museum of life-size character art pieces from Stan Lee’s genius works, and my favorite, the Arcade Museum. All free to play, all in working order, and like every convention, everyone is willing to share, play, and mingle.

Cosplayer’s were everywhere, in full force, and the quality was amazing. I saw a few regulars I run into at every con, and a few new faces and designs that were stunning.

Of course with every event like this, there were the attendees that grabbed a 50% off costume at their local Halloween shop, and pranced around expecting you to take a knee.

The award for best cosplay? T-rex. My heart sank the moment I saw him, and I knew what I had to do. I gave him hugs. All the hugs. It was a victory for the Unstoppable T-rexs everywhere!

There was no Zombie Apocalypse this year, instead they extended out the convention, and made more room for vendors, artists, and displays. The entire expo was small enough to walk an entire day, at your own leisure, with plenty of time to purchase everything you never knew you needed. And believe me, I did! Of course my first stop was to NewBreed Girl, where I reloaded on hoodies, unicorns, socks, and tees for the fall. Followed by Unicornatopia, who was doing very well and

offered FACE PAINTING! and Zombie Tramp, one of my favorite graphic comics.

The rest of the vendors seemed almost closer to first timers than the attendees themselves. Some shops were spot-on with their merch, while others made you wonder if the cleaned out a year’s worth of swag bags from previous cons, and placed it in a booth to get rid of. There were a few steals, including one-of-a-kind prints, and art pieces, custom weaponry, and my favorite, conexclusive apparel! Her Universe, Hot Topic, and Comikaze Expo all offered great pieces designed just for the con, at amazing prices.

Off in Narnia, aka the “Gaming Tournament Hall” which was super hidden in back corners of the convention center, hid the real heart of the Expo. The Star City Games Magic the Gathering Tournament. At $10,000 in cash prizes, and a chance to compete for a share of $50,000 in Vegas, the players in the massive convention room were far from amateur.

Ranging from 10-50 years old, players from all over the country battled in a game of wits and mana. The attendance was well in the hundreds, and as I mingled and observed pro matches being livestreamed, I paid close attention to trades being made, strategies planned, and dreams crushed. Ok, the last one was a little mean, but it’s true. The Forever Alone Face, was real, and in abundance there.

Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo has grown in both attendance and participation from last year, and I do not see it stopping anytime soon.

Over all, this has become one of my favorite annual events, but I fear it’s for reasons soon to be lost. Parking is available and only $15, Starbucks only takes about ten minutes to get through, and the food is amazing. I’m talking, REAL BACON, and pizzas weaved of cheesy dreams. Stan Lee, I tip my hat to you sir, you have started something amazing, and I have faith that you will not let us down.

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here’s nothing quite like the feeling of freshly styled hair or a rejuvenating facial and that bounce of coming out of a salon. And on Tuesday, November 12th, Shear Hair Design, one the longest standing salons in the Coachella Valley will celebrate their 35th Anniversary benefitting the Living Free Animal Sanctuary.

It started over 17 years ago when Alma Diaz took over Shear Hair Design, continuing and broadening the business to where it is today. With well over 30 years of experience in the business, Diaz is at the top of her game and bringing her salon into the fore front of hair technology with state of the art products and services.

The salon offers an array of boosted classic hair services such as hair styling/cut; Brazilian Blowouts, Keratin Complex treatments and more. They also offer skin care enhancements from facials to waxing and nail care too.

As a testimony to the salons technological advances, services now include the Rollerball dryer system that is progressive in hair color technology.

Shear Hair Design kicks off their 35th Anniversary with an evening of beauty in their newly remolded salon that will benefit Living Free Animal Sanctuary.

Living Free Animal Sanctuary is a non-profit no-kill rescue facility in Mountain Center. The facility was opened over thirty years ago as a safe haven for unwanted dogs and cats. Their goal is to save animals from euthanasia and to find them good loving homes.

Diaz connected with the rescue over the summer through Sharon Maguire, Director of the rescue. She went during the first week of the Idyllwild fires when the animals were being evacuated and was touched by their plight, “I wanted to help,” said Diaz, and she did. Diaz explains how important it is to adopt from Living Free, as when people adopt an animal, they are actually saving two lives, the one that they adopt, and the one that takes their place at the rescue. She is now extending her helping hand with having the rescue as the benefitting charity from her 35th Anniversary celebration.

The salon will feature several fantastic product lines at the event. Experts from the

popular hair product Moroccan Oil will be on hand to provide hair evaluations and giveaways. DSL Laboratory will also be giving hair analysis to those women who have issues with thinning hair or loss of hair, which affects 50% of women over the age of 30.

Specialists from Le Mieux Skincare line will be offering skin evaluations as well as giveaways. Le Mieux is Shear Hair Designs preferred product used by their aestheticians.

Jennifer Shepard, the salons lead aesthetician was trained by the experts of Le Mieux and is well versed on all of their products.

The event will be catered by Ruth Chris Steakhouse and will offer hors d’oeuvres and champagne. The night of beauty goes from 5:30 to 7:30 and 10% of the evenings sales proceeds will benefit Living Free Animal Sanctuary.

Shear Hair Design has been in business for 35 years and is leading the Coachella Valley with the latest in hair technology and advancements. And with Diaz’s efforts she is not only taking her salon to new heights, but bringing awareness to one of the most well established animal rescue centers in our area, making the salons anniversary truly beautiful.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

Week of November 7

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I’m not a big fan of fear. It gets far more attention than it deserves.

The media and entertainment industries practically worship it, and many of us allow ourselves to be riddled with toxic amounts of the stuff. Having said that, though, I do want to put in a good word for fear. Now and then, it keeps us from doing stupid things. It prods us to be wiser and act with more integrity. It forces us to see the truth when we might prefer to wallow in delusion. Now is one of those times for you, Aries. Thank your fear for helping to wake you up.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings,” wrote W.H. Auden. If that’s true, then your job is to be a poet right now. You seem to be awash in a hubbub of paradoxical inclinations, complete with conflicting desires and mismatched truths.

There’s no shame or blame in that. But you do have a responsibility to communicate your complexity with honesty and precision. If you can manage that, people will treat you with affection and give you extra slack. They might even thank you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): What can you do to improve your flow? Are there obstructions in your environment that keep you from having a more fluidic rhythm? Do you harbor negative beliefs that make it harder for life to bestow its natural blessings on you? Now is the time to take care of glitches like these, Gemini. You have more power than usual to eliminate constrictions and dissolve fixations. Your intuition will be strong when you use it to drum up graceful luck for your personal use. Be aggressive. Be bold. Be lyrical. It’s high time for you to slip into a smooth groove.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the beginning of his novel The White Castle, Orhan Pamuk offers this meditation: “To imagine that a person who intrigues us has access to a way of life unknown and all the more attractive for its mystery, to believe that we will begin to live only through the love of that person—what else is this but the birth of great passion?” How do you respond to this provocative statement, Cancerian? Here are my thoughts: On the one hand, maybe it’s not healthy for you to fantasize that a special someone can give you what you can’t give yourself. On the other hand, believing this is true may inspire you to take an intriguing risk that would catalyze invigorating transformations.

Which is it? Now is a good time to ruminate on these matters.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Canadians Tommy Larkin and Stephen Goosney are biological brothers, but they were adopted by different families when they were young. They lost touch for almost 30 years.

Once they began looking for each other, it didn’t take long to be reunited. Nor did they have to travel far to celebrate. It turns out that they were living across the street from each other in the same small town in Newfoundland. I foresee a metaphorically similar experience in your future, Leo. When you get reconnected to your past, you will find that it has been closer than you realized.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This will be an excellent week for you to talk with yourself -- or rather, with yourselves. I’m envisioning in-depth conversations between your inner saint and your inner evil twin... between the hard worker and the lover of creature comforts... between the eagerto-please servant of the greater good and the self-sufficient smartie who’s dedicated to personal success. I think that in at least some of these confabs, you should speak every word out loud.

You should gesture with your hands and express colorful body language. It’s prime time for your different sub-personalities to get to know each other better.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the coming week you will probably have more luck than usual if you play keno, craps, blackjack, bingo, or roulette.

People who owe you money will be inclined to pay you back, so you might want to give them a nudge.

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the sidewalk or if a store cashier accidentally gives you way too much change. In the wake of these tendencies, your main assignment is to be alert for opportunities to increase your cash flow. For example, if you wake up in the middle of the night with an idea for boosting your financial fortunes, I hope you will have a pen and notebook by the bed to write it down.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Not for all the whiskey in heaven,” begins a poem by Charles Bernstein. “Not for all the flies in Vermont. Not for all the tears in the basement. Not for a million trips to Mars. Not for all the fire in hell. Not for all the blue in the sky.” Can you guess what he’s driving at? Those are the things he will gladly do without in order to serve his passion. “No, never, I’ll never stop loving you,” he concludes. According to my understanding of your astrological cycle, Scorpio, now is a good time for you to make a comparable pledge. What is the one passion you promise to devote yourself to above all others? And what are you willing to live without in order to focus on that passion? Be extravagant, pure, wild, and explicit.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Dmitri Razumikhin is a character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment. His surname is derived from the Russian word for “reason.” At one point he makes a drunken speech that includes these observations: “It’s by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! Not one single truth has ever been arrived at without people first having talked a dozen reams of nonsense, even ten dozen reams of it.” Let’s make this a centerpiece of your current strategy, Sagittarius. Just assume that in order to ferret out the core insights that will fuel your next transformations, you may need to speak and hear a lot of babble.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): At the 2013 Grammy Awards, actor Neil Patrick Harris introduced the band Fun this way: “As legendary gangster rap icon Katharine Hepburn once said, if you follow all the rules, you miss all the fun.”

Everything about that vignette is a template for the approach you can use now with great success. You should gravitate toward festive events and convivial gatherings. Whenever possible, you should sponsor, activate, and pave the way for fun. Toward that end, it’s totally permissible for you to tell amusing stories that aren’t exactly factual and that bend the rules not quite to the breaking point.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some spiritual traditions regard the ego as a bad thing. They imply it’s the source of suffering -- a chronically infected pustule that must be regularly lanced and drained.

I understand this argument. The ego has probably been the single most destructive force in the history of civilization. But I also think it’s our sacred duty to redeem and rehabilitate it. After all, we often need our egos in order to get important things done.

Our egos give us the confidence to push through difficulties. They motivate us to work hard to achieve our dreams. Your assignment, Aquarius, is to beautify your ego as you strengthen it. Build your self-esteem without stirring up arrogance. Love yourself brilliantly, not neurotically. Express your talents in ways that stimulate others to express their talents.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Dr. Seuss wrote his children’s books in English, but he liked to stretch the limits of his native tongue. “You’ll be surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond ‘Z’ and start poking around,” he said. One of the extra letters he found out there was “yuzz,” which he used to spell the made-up word “yuzz-a-ma-tuzz.”

I recommend that you take after Seuss -- not only in the way you speak, but also in the ways you work, play, love, dream, and seek adventure. It’s time to explore the territory beyond your comfort zone.

Homework: Make two fresh promises to yourself: one that’s easy to keep and one that’s at the edge of your capacity to live up to.

Rob Brezsny Free Will Astrology freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

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by Bronwyn Ison

Something To “Bragg” About

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t is probable you have heard the old adage, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” According to the founder of Apple Cider Vinegar they believe the axiom is absolute truth. Paul C. Bragg N.D., Ph.D. and his wife Patricia Bragg N.D., Ph.D. developed an elixir for life. As a couple they are recognized as America’s health crusading pioneers.

I will openly admit the thought of drinking Apple Cider Vinegar doesn’t exactly titillate my taste buds. Each morning I measure a teaspoon or two into a glass, add water, drink and repeat one or two times during the day. Fortunately I have developed an affinity for the tart cider. Add a hint of Stevia (a natural sugar substitute) to relieve the bite. I feel energized, alert, and ready to take on the day after I drink my 8-ounce glass. Why should you consume the cider?

The operative question should be, why not?

The plethora of benefits in consuming the cider may motivate you to reach for a bottle on your next visit to the grocery store.

In 2012 the Bragg family and their loyal audience celebrated “100 Years.” Fans of the cider were published in the Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar book raving about how the cider positively affects their life. Jack LaLanne (the famous nutritional expert)

is quoted, “Paul Bragg saved my life at 15-years-old.” Others exalted the cider and advocate using the cider to help with any and all ailments. Patricia Bragg says, “The research worldwide supports Hippocrates, who similarly treated his patients in 400 BC. Hence he discovered the natural, unfiltered ACV (Apple Cider Vinegar) as a powerful cleansing and healing elixir. Plus a naturally occurring antibiotic, antiseptic, that fights germs and bacteria for a healthier, stronger, longer life!” Who does not desire to have one product that serves such a myriad of benefits?

The benefits of ACV • Assists with alleviating sore throats, laryngitis, and throat tickles • Regulates calcium metabolism • Fights germs, viruses, bacteria and mold naturally • Promotes healthy skin • Promotes a healthy body • Assists in the removal of plaque, infections, and body toxins • Assists with controlling and normalizing body weight • Detoxes the sinuses, helps those with asthma, and flu sufferers • Helps regulate menstruation, relieve PMS, and assists with UTI symptoms • Helps with digestion, assimilation and helps balance pH The benefits are genuine. Cider can enhance your health. Fortunately ACV is available at most grocery retailers and is exceptionally affordable. Visit: www.bragg. com for more information.

Bronwyn Ison is the Owner of Evolve Yoga in La Quinta, CA www.e-volveyoga.com

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Hey Doc, I feel like I am getting a cold. My friends say I should get a Zpack from my doctor, but I can’t get in to see him for a week. What is a Zpack? Vincent, Palm Springs

As a life and career coach I spend countless hours helping clients get to the finish line by continual prodding with one simple question. “When will you do that?” is my constant refrain. This query prompts the individual to schedule the activity. Once an action is firmly planted on the calendar, the success rate is exponentially increased.

Designing a goal is easy but it is important to understand there is a price to be paid on the way to achievement. In order to accomplish our life dreams, we must be willing to pay the price in effort, action, sacrifice and time. Whiling away one hour may seem like a minuscule incident, but in comparison, think of how much you can accomplish in an hour. The path to the goal line is lined with bite-sized action items many of which can be knocked off in 60 minutes or less.

On Sunday night as I bade farewell to the day, I experienced a gentle disappointment for missing the experience of that extra hour. Next year will not catch me in lethargic nothingness. When I sacrifice the hour as we spring ahead, I’ll hatch a plan to recoup that time wisely. I’ve learned from Ben Franklin who first conceived of daylight savings time in 1784 that “by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

Sunny Simon is the owner of Raise the Bar High Life and Career Coaching. More about Sunny at www.raisethebarhigh.com

PSYCHIC READER

Vincent, a Zpack is an antibiotic called azithromycin that you take for 5 days. It works well against a broad spectrum of antibiotic infections, but does not work against viral infections. A “cold” is a viral infection and will not respond to any antibiotic. I very frequently have a discussion with patients about the misuse of antibiotics for colds.

The very common argument that I get is, “well the Zpack worked the last time I got a cold”.

The truth is, patients generally get better on their own in a week, and if they

happen to have taken antibiotics, feel it was the antibiotics that cured them, but in reality the antibiotics had nothing to do with it. Antibiotics are not benign, they can adversely affect your gut, destroy good as well as bad bacteria and cause bacterial resistance with overuse. When you get a cold, rest, drink plenty of water and increase supplementation with vitamin C and D. If the cold symptoms (cough, sneezing, congestion, runny nose) persist for greater than 1-2 weeks, then see your doctor for further evaluation.

Dr. Kadile, I’m trying to lose weight. I started running 3 times a week and have modified my diet by decreasing my bread and pasta intake. I don’t drink much alcohol except 1-2 glasses of wine with my meals, is that okay?

Stephanie, Rancho Mirage

Stephanie, it’s great that you have decided to lose weight. A regular exercise plan and modified diet are excellent starting points for you to start losing weight.

Unfortunately, regular alcohol intake is a weight gainer. Depending on the wine, one

glass of wine can have 110-300 calories.

Wine has alcohol and sugar in it, with alcohol having 7 calories per gram and sugar having 4 calories per gram. So if you need your wine to “relax” after a hard day, don’t be surprised if you can’t lose weight.

George, in addition to the good advice your doctor gave, a good nutritional supplement that helps with control of blood sugars is cinnamon.

According to a study published in

Diabetics Care, consuming up to 6 grams of cinnamon per day “reduces serum glucose, triglyceride, LDL cholesterol, and total cholesterol in people with type 2 diabetes”.

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Dr. Peter M. Kadile is Board Certified in Family Medicine. He has an integrative, osteopathic medical practice and is also known as the local, house call doctor; Desert House Call Physician. He is on staff at Eisenhower Medical Center and medical director for Serenity Hospice. His office is located in beautiful Old Town La Quinta, 78-100 Main Street, Suite 207, La Quinta, CA 92253. (760) 777-7439.

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The idea of turning back the clock is so appealing. Since most of us are always racing against time, to be gifted with an extra hour to do anything our heart desires is pure bliss. Over the years I’ve found creative ways to enjoy those extra 60 minutes. At the end of the day, I always experience an extra boost of fulfillment.

This year I blew it! I ended up doing nothing but staying in bed practicing laziness. I could excuse myself if I were exhausted and needed the extra snooze time, but to the contrary I found myself eyes-wide-open awake.

How did it happen that I failed to utilize the hour to accomplish a task or even joyfully and mindfully soak in the quiet of daybreak? As a student of time management I can tell you in three words… failure to plan. When you are not intentional with time and energy nothing happens. This fact is illustrated by my favorite Chinese proverb: “Talk does not cook rice.”

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COMING NOV. 15 - 17 • CAMELOT THEATRES, PALM SPRINGS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 THE PIKUS HARLEY ARTIST HOME/STUDIO 7:30 PM - Midnight “WILD & MAD” Kick-Off Party

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, CONT’D 6:30 p.m. - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) Q&A with Karen Sharpe Kramer and Kat Kramer

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 CAMELOT THEATRES

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 CAMELOT THEATRES

2:30 p.m. - The Defiant Ones (1958) Q&A with Karen Sharpe Kramer and Kat Kramer

2:00 p.m. - Million Dollar Motorcycle Procession

5:00 p.m Centennial Celebration & Cake Cutting 6:00 p.m. Vintage Car Procession

2:30 p.m - The Wild One (1953) Q&A with Karen Sharpe Kramer and Kat Kramer 6:30 p.m. - Awards Presentation It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, CONT’D Q&A with Karen Sharpe Kramer and Kat Kramer SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17 CAMELOT THEATRES 2:30 p.m. - The Caine Mutiny (1954) Q&A with Karen Sharpe Kramer and Kat Kramer 6:00 p.m. Vintage Car Procession 6:30 p.m. - Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Book Signing with Karen Sharpe Kramer and Kat Kramer

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