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Brandon Wise brandonw@smdp.com Father Mel Jurisich (left), of the Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, gives a blessing to Gracie, a Boston terrier, with owner Kim Tuverson at the St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals event at Reed Park on Sunday afternoon.

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St. Monica back in winning ways

BY WILL WEISS Special to the Daily Press

ST. BERNARD Action was explosive, immediate and one-sided during Friday’s matchup between St. Monica and Lucerne Valley.

The St. Monica Mariners jumpted out to a 28-0 lead during the first half, helped along the way by a 95-yard interception return for a touchdown by senior defensive back Danny White and two touchdown passes by junior quarterback Matthew Partyka as St. Monica won, 42-0.

Late in the half, Partyka would also scram-

ble for another touchdown following a Lucerne Valley fumble on their own two-yard line.

To start the second half, the Mariners delivered an onside kick, recovering the ball just short of the 50-yard line.

“We just wanted to get an advantage, get the ball back and score some more points,” said Head Coach Larry Muno when asked why St. Monica chose to retain possession with a large lead. “All in all we felt that the game warranted it. We needed to get some momentum. Our momentum lulled and we

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Samohi falls to Valencia, 63-7 Santa Monica High School’s football team lost to Valencia 63-7 on Friday.

With the loss, Samohi is now 1-3 on the season. Next up for Samohi is a road matchup against Capistrano Valley.

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SANTA MONICA AIRPORT Between Cash for Clunkers and auto industry bailouts, the message we are receiving from every angle is that it is time to move on with the way we move. For Santa Monica resident and local artist Louise Anne Marler, there is no better way to convey that message than through her new photography exhibit, “Oil is History.”

“It marks a point in time and the insight to create the awareness that the shift has begun,” Marler said.

This shift is taking the world away from the machinery and transport of Marler’s past and toward her passion for the environment.

Growing up in St. Louis, Mo., Marler’s was raised around Chevrolet cars and small machines; her father owned a typewriter factory, while her mother worked as a seamstress. Through this background, Marler

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Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 Meet a radio personality Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center 1310 11th St., 7:30 p.m.

You’ve heard him on the radio, now it’s time to see and hear his stories in person. Come see Garrison Keillor, famous radio personality and host and writer of the variety radio broadcast “A Prairie Home Corporation,” during “An Evening With Garrison Keillor.” His radio program is listened to by four million people annually and is broadcast on over 500 public stations. Visit www.thebroadstage.com/index.php/243 for more information and ticket prices.

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Join in during an instructive knitting and crocheting session designed for children ages 5 and up and their parents every Monday evening. This event is free, but participants need to bring their own supplies. Call (310) 450-0443 for more information.

Fun and games Fairview Branch Library 2101 Ocean Park Blvd., 1 p.m. — 3:00 p.m.

Keep your mind active in a relaxed, social atmosphere while playing Scrabble or bridge with people of all ages every Monday beginning Oct. 5 through Dec. 28. This event is free. Call 310-450-0443 for more information.

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 College 101 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 1855 Main St., 6:30 p.m — 9:30 p.m.

Learn everything you need to know about college during Santa Monica High School’s 23rd Annual College Fair. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from colleges all across the country. Two seminars on the college-entrance process will also be offered. This event is only for students from Santa Monica, Olympic, and Malibu high schools. Participants must have their student ID. Auditorium parking is $8. Send questions and comments to samocollegefair@smmusd.org.

Author comes to town Santa Monica College HSS 165 1900 Pico Blvd., 11:15 a.m.

Author Hector Tobar, a columnist and former national and foreign correspondent at the Los Angeles Times, will speak for the SMC literary series. He will be discussing “Los Angeles: Social Conflict, Social Change, and the Narrative of Unity.” Admission is free. Visit www.smc.edu/apps/pub.asp?Q=2065 for more information.

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Firefighters protect town THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WRIGHTWOOD Firefighters launched an aggressive ground and air assault Sunday against a wind-fanned wildfire that erupted in the San Gabriel Mountains and threatened a popular resort community.

Crews spent the day cutting fire lines while battling erratic winds. Helicopters and air tankers, which were briefly grounded due to the weather, dropped water and retardant on the blaze, which doubled overnight to 3,500 acres.

Flames, chewing through chaparral and timber, advanced within a quarter-mile of the mountain resort community of Wrightwood, which was under mandatory evacuation. By Sunday afternoon, firefighters were cautiously optimistic about keeping the fire at bay.

“Firefighters have been able to beat the flames back,” said John Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service.

Miller stressed that the fight was far from over. Firefighters had to contend with shifting winds, which gusted up to 50 mph and occasionally dropping to zero.

The so-called Sheep fire destroyed three homes in remote canyons and was 10 percent surrounded.

Between 4,000 to 6,000 residents were ordered to evacuate, said Robin Prince, public information officer for the San Bernardino National Forest.

“The winds are quite a problem,” Prince said.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for San Bernardino County, freeing up state resources to battle the fire.

Erratic winds and low visibility temporarily grounded air support, but helicopters and air tankers took to the skies by Sunday morning aided by about 1,000 firefighters on the ground, some spraying fire retardant gel to structures.

The blaze broke out Saturday afternoon near Lytle Creek, a small community surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest. Fueled by thick timber and brush, the fire pushed over hills and canyons by fast-moving winds.

Evacuation centers were set up at a high school in nearby Rialto and at the Victorville Fairgrounds.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

In Arizona, some residents of the city of Williams remained away from their homes for another day as a prescribed burn that grew out of control threatened the town known as the “Gateway to the Grand Canyon.”

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A place to call their own Santa Monica College opens new Veterans Center

BY DAILY PRESS STAFF SMC Brad Jones is by all measures highly successful. The 28-year-old business major has an A-minus grade point average, works on campus 25 hours a week and is involved in extracurricular activities.

But the model student is not typical even by Santa Monica College’s diverse student population standards. A U.S. Marine Corps infantry veteran, Jones served two tours of duty in Iraq — the first during the initial invasion in 2003 and again during the bloody operations in Fallujah for seven months in 2004-05. And his wartime experiences have stayed with him.

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And now they all share one thing in common — a place to call their own.

This semester, the college opened a Veterans Center in a small complex of former faculty offices that SMC officials say will help them serve this special population better.

“Veterans trust other veterans,” said Linda Sinclair, coordinator of the Veterans Center. “Some veterans just want a place to decompress or feel comfortable.”

But the new center goes far beyond providing an oasis of trust and comfort for these students. The facility has a staff — albeit small — that includes a part-time counselor, part-

time secretary and part-time student assistant, herself a vet. It has a free textbook-lending library, a meeting room and a computertutoring room. And it has an office where representatives from other SMC departments or outside agencies — such as financial aid, disabled students and the Veterans Administration — can come to provide assistance and guidance to the students.

Sinclair has ambitious plans for the center, ranging from establishment of an emergency loan fund to brown bag lunches.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Take a different approach Editor:

Bill O’Reilly: I truly appreciated you head-to-head with Ann Coulter regarding the “you lie” statement. I do believe the following: The president must clearly separate himself from the pieces of the passed legislation in the House — HR 3200 — and delineate his proposal. I believe the shouted out “you lie” statement during his speech had to do in part by the president not clearly stating that while House bill HR 3200 states that this health care cannot be provided to those that do not legally reside in this country this bill does not state how this will be regulated.

I will also state that the shouted out statement was not appropriate during the speech. Another form of protest during the speech could have been given, as was done during many of President Bush II’s speeches, perhaps a resounding “boo.”

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City Hall responds to ACLU lawsuit CITY HALL HAS ANSWERED A LAWSUIT FILED

by the Southern California branch of the American Civil Liberties Union on July 14 in U.S. District Court against City Hall and the Santa Monica Police Department.

ACLU Legal Director Mark D. Rosenbaum claimed City Hall and the SMPD were “violating the constitutional rights of chronically homeless people by arresting and harassing them” and “waging a war against poor persons.”

I wrote two columns about the suit (July 27 and Aug. 3) commenting that the ACLU’s complaint was “riddled with factual errors, tortured reasoning and faulty conclusions.”

The ACLU and its pro-bono legal firm, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP parroted complaints from alleged homeless persons and disgruntled homeless services case workers from one or more of the city-subsidized services and failed to do proper research.

Here are the highlights of City Hall’s response: The ACLU’s complaint stated that Santa Monica didn’t do enough to help the homeless. City Hall responded mentioning a long list of services and programs it funds — “a total of $5.4 million for direct services and housing for homeless people.” City Hall’s answer also mentioned the Homeless Court and the SMPD’s “Homeless Liaison Program (HLP team) of specialized law enforcement officers that focuses on homeless related issues in the city and outreach efforts.

The lawsuit stated there was a cap on homeless funding. City Hall responded that it “did not maintain any cap in funding” and had “increased funding over the past several years” and said City Hall spends $60 per resident for services to homeless persons within the city.

The response says the defendants (City Hall) couldn’t admit or deny numerous (unsubstantiated) allegations and claims contained in the ACLU complaint. It then responded that the ACLU’s half-dozen plaintiffs had unpaid warrants, were in violation of court orders, or had been warned, cited or arrested numerous times for violations of various municipal ordinances that prohibit “presence in a park during closure hours … ” and “lying down in an entrance or doorways in the downtown or Main Street areas” where there are signs posted prohibiting such conduct among other offenses.

Referring to plaintiff Nadine Chlubna, the ACLU claimed, “The city provides no other place for her to sleep,” and that the SMPD routinely harassed or told her to “move on” or “go back up north.” City Hall responded that Chlubna voluntarily removed herself from city-provided housing and services, disobeyed court ordered stayaway orders and refused to participate in Santa Monica’s Homeless Community

Court.

The ACLU asserted plaintiff Keith Greene was “arrested for sleeping outside a local shelter.” He was actually arrested for three outstanding warrants and violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits camping on a public sidewalk.

The ACLU claimed Alejandra Solana “had been arrested and taken to jail three times by the SMPD for sleeping in public.”

City Hall responded, “between 2004 and 2009 said plaintiff was arrested on seven separate dates for various offenses including camping, outstanding warrants and petty theft.”

City Hall denied the ACLU’s allegation there were “only 180 beds available in Santa Monica shelters.” The city countered, “Approximately 673 emergency, transitional and permanent housing beds are available year round.”

It appears to me that the ACLU’s presentation of distorted facts and gross misinformation about services provided, its plaintiffs and alleged misdeeds by the SMPD is amateurish, inexcusable and reeks of a desperate attempt at seeking headlines.

In the Affirmative Defense section of its answer, the city attorney said, “The complaint and each cause of action therein fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against defendants upon which relief may be granted.” In other words, the ACLU and Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP didn’t do their research and have no case. The city confirmed it, “has no policy, pattern, custom or practice of training or engaging in the deprivation of any constitutional or statutory rights as alleged in the complaint.”

My favorite statement is, “Plaintiffs have not made factual allegations sufficient to establish that homelessness or poverty is a protected class under the Equal Protection Clause or the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or a disability… or that any acts of omissions by the defendants (Santa Monica) as alleged... constituted cruel and unusual punishment within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment or subjected plaintiffs to unreasonable searches and seizures within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.”

The city therefore concludes the plaintiffs are not entitled to injunctive relief, fees or costs and requests attorney fees and costs incurred in connection with its defense.

Because Santa Monica provides services to the world’s homeless attracted here by our wide array of services, programs and handouts, it’s too bad the city attorney didn’t cross-complain the 80-plus surrounding municipalities that provide little or nothing to help the homeless.

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That Rutherford Guy John W. Whitehead

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Loving Big Brother THE FILM “1984” PORTRAYS A GLOBAL

society of total control in which people are not supposed to have thoughts that in any way disagree with the corporate state. There is no personal freedom. Snitches and surveillance cameras are everywhere. And people are subject to the Thought Police, who deal with anyone guilty of such thought crimes.

The government, or “Party,” is headed by Big Brother, who appears on posters everywhere with the words: “Big Brother is watching you.”

George Orwell’s story revolves around Winston Smith, a member of the Outer Party. When Winston meets and falls in love with Julia, they begin seeing each other secretly, thus embarking on an illegal relationship. They are eventually arrested by the Thought Police and placed into reprogramming.

Much of what Orwell envisioned in his futuristic society has now come to pass.

Surveillance cameras are everywhere. The government, as we have learned, listens in on our telephone calls and reads our e-mails.

The National Security Agency has developed incredibly pervasive devices to study and track our every move, including everything we post on the Internet. As the American military empire expands and the local police have become more militaristic, the threatening cloud of martial law hovers overhead.

Political correctness — a philosophy that discourages diversity — is now the guiding principle of American society. Increasingly, we only have the “freedom” to believe what society wants us to believe. Hate crime legislation punishes motivation, thoughts and eventually so-called “hate speech.” We are increasingly ruled by multi-corporations that are wedded to the state, while a celebrity-obsessed media has now become, by and large, the mouthpiece of the government. Much of the population is either hooked on illegal drugs or ones prescribed by doctors. Many of us have, so to speak, become consumer zombies walking comatose in shopping malls.

All of this has come about with little more than a whimper from a clueless American populace largely comprised of nonreaders and television somnambulists — one that no longer thinks analytically and is easy prey to smiling politicians promising change.

However, we have been warned about our ominous future in novels and movies for years. In fact, film may be the best representation of what we now face as a society on the verge of fulfilling Orwell’s prophecy.

The following are five of the best films on the topic.

“Fahrenheit 451” (1966). Depicted here is a futuristic society in which books are banned, and firemen ironically are called on to burn contraband books. This film is an adept metaphor for our obsessively politically correct society where everyone now precensors speech. Here a brainwashed people addicted to television and drugs do little to resist governmental oppressors.

“THX 1138” (1970). This is a somber view of a dehumanized society totally controlled by the state. The people are force-fed drugs to keep them passive, and they no longer have names but only letter/number combinations such as “THX 1138.” Any citizen who steps out of line is quickly brought into compliance by police equipped with “pain prods" — electro-shock batons. Sound like tasers “Soylent Green” (1973). The year is 2022 in an overpopulated New York City. A policeman investigating a murder discovers the grisly truth about what soylent green — the principal food for people — is really made of. The theme is chaos where the world is ruled by ruthless corporations whose only goal is profit.

“Nineteen Eighty-Four” (1984). The best adaptation of Orwell’s dark tale, this film visualizes the total loss of freedom in a world dominated by technology and its misuse and the crushing inhumanity of an omniscient state.

“Children of Men” (2006). It is 2027, and the world is without hope since humankind has lost its ability to procreate. Civilization has descended into chaos and is held together by a military state and a government that attempts to keep its totalitarian stronghold on the population. But hope for a new day comes when a woman becomes inexplicably pregnant.

Likewise, as Orwell’s novel concludes, Winston and Julia are taken to the Ministry of Love as part of the reprogramming process. Since Winston fears rats, he is tortured with rats until his feelings for Julia are destroyed. As confirmation that he sees the new reality of the state, Winston writes that 2+2=5. The reprogramming is successful.

He is cured. As the final sentence of Orwell’s book concludes, “He loved Big Brother."

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Changes at the top As the retirement date for current City Manager Lamont Ewell approaches, city officials have begun looking for his replacement.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: What qualities should the new city manager possess?

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KNOW BEFORE YOU GO Annual Tree Trimming Project Starting Thursday, Oct. 1 through Friday Oct. 9, tree trimming will be taking place on Montana Avenue between Seventh and Stanford streets. The annual tree trimming schedule is subject to change without notice due to inclement weather, emergencies, community events, budget conditions, street repairs or other public improvements. Residences and businesses will be notified in advance of tree trimming operations, blocks will also be posted with no parking signs.

Big Blue Bus Campus Expansion (1620 Sixth. St.) Possible parking limitations along Seventh Street.

Parking Structures 1-6 Façade Improvement Project Artwork installation work is ongoing in parking structures 2, 4 and 5. Expect delays upon exit.

Street and Park Lighting Project The most disruptive underground work is done. There will be some temporarily lost parking at many various locations throughout the city.

Saint John’s Santa Monica 5,000 Marathon The race takes place Sunday, Oct. 11 from 7:30 a.m. — 11 a.m. Race route begins at Barnard Way south of Ocean Park Boulevard, continue south on Barnard Way, east on Marine, north on Main, west on Colorado Avenue, north on Ocean Avenue, east on San Vicente Boulevard to 11th Street where participants turn around and go west on San Vicente, south on Ocean ending at the 1500 block of Ocean (before entrance to pier ramp). 5K runners will turn around on Ocean between Santa Monica and Wilshire boulevards. Streets will be reopened as soon as participants clear each section of route and Police determine it is safe to do so.

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DON’T LET THEM BITE: Certain cities across the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe and Africa have seen an explosion in bed bugs in recent years. Increased worldwide travel and the rising popularity of second-hand goods may be factors. Some suggest that bringing back DDT and other harsh insecticides, long banned, is going to be the only way to halt an epidemic.

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Dear EarthTalk: Why are bed bugs a big issue right now?

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insects of the Cimicidae family, live by feeding on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts.

They get their name from their favorite habitat: mattresses (they like sofas and other cushy furniture, too). Bed bugs are most active at night, just when you’re asleep in your bed and easy prey.

While their bites can be itchy, bed bugs are more of a nuisance than a health threat at this point.

For reasons still unknown to public health experts, certain cities across the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe and Africa have seen an explosion in bed bugs in recent years. According to Larry Pinto, author of The Techletter, a leading information source for the pest control industry, increased worldwide travel and the rising popularity of second-hand goods may be factors in the resurgence of bed bugs, but the most likely reason is our rejection of DDT and other harsh insecticides composed of chlorinated hydrocarbons.

Pinto suggests that the kinder, gentler pesticides available now, as well as more conservative pest control methods (such as using bait traps for specific infestations instead of all-around, periodic preventative spraying) are less effective at keeping bed bugs — and likely other pests — away.

“Modern insecticides are proving to be somewhat ineffective against bed bugs,” he reports, adding that insects can also develop some level of resistance to insecticides in general.

Due to the bed bug problem in many cities, charities like Goodwill often won’t

accept old mattresses or couches any longer.

Consumers should beware of purchasing reconditioned or used mattresses and furniture accordingly. Even new mattresses can arrive at your home already infested, especially if they travel in trucks that contain old mattresses that new customers are discarding.

If you can drive your new mattress home from the store yourself you are more likely to avoid a bed bug infestation altogether.

The upside of our abandonment of pesticides like DDT, of course, is the resurgence of bald eagles and other wildlife negatively affected by the accumulation of such toxins in the environment during the latter half of the 20th century. DDT was causing the shells of bird eggs to be thin and weak, resulting in many fewer hatchlings.

By the mid-1960s, the U.S. played host to only 400 breeding pairs of bald eagles — less than one percent of the bird’s estimated population in the region prior to white settlement. DDT was finally banned in 1972, and today nearly 10,000 breeding pairs of bald eagles thrive in the continental U.S. Some home-use treatments made with natural non-toxic ingredients are now available. XeroBugs’ Best Yet, a top choice of hotel/motel managers, makes use of cedar oil and natural enzymes to kill bed bugs.

Another leading product is Rest Easy Bed Bug Spray, which uses cinnamon and other natural ingredients.

Although these products are deemed effective, some argue that they don’t work nearly well enough to eradicate what some are calling a bed bug epidemic.

Some are even calling for bringing back DDT (for use in small doses and for specific applications only) to help eradicate the growing bed bug problem.

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White House sees progress from talks with Iranians STEVEN R. HURST Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON The White House said Sunday it sees signs of progress in confronting Iran’s nuclear program while members of Congress endorsed authorizing tougher U.S. economic penalties against the Tehran government.

International inspectors are to visit Iran’s newly disclosed uranium enrichment site on Oct. 25. That announcement Sunday capped a furious week of diplomacy, including Thursday’s session in Geneva where Iran and six world powers resumed nuclear talks.

“The fact that Iran came to the table and seemingly showed some degree of cooperation, I think, is a good thing,” said James Jones, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser.

“But this is not going to be an openended process. We want to be satisfied. We, the world community, want to be satisfied within a short period of time,” Jones added.

“So it’s not going to be extended discussions that we’re going to have before we draw our conclusions to what their real intent is. But for now, I think things are moving in the right direction.”

Suspicions about Iran’s nuclear intentions have risen steadily along with fears — and some evidence — that Tehran wants to build an atomic bomb and is using what it calls is a civilian nuclear energy program as cover. The Iranians are under three sets of U.N. penalties for refusing to stop enriching uranium, a key first step toward building a bomb.

“Our whole approach is predicated on an urgent need to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapons capacity,” said Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

“Right now we are in a period of intense negotiations. It’s not an infinite period. It’s a very finite period,” she said.

Rice said that in the best outcome, Iran would not have any nuclear weapons, no longer pose a threat to its neighbors or support terrorism, and treat its people with respect, allowing them to participate peacefully in a democratic process. “That’s the Iran we hope to see.”

Current penalties have failed to change Tehran’s course and have been watered down through efforts by Russia and China. Those countries, along with the U.S., Britain and France, can block action in the Security Council.

Rice said the U.S. had three options: to push sanctions through the U.N.; work with European allies to punish Iran; or to take unilateral action in conjunction with the other possible courses of action.

Members of Congress are ready to authorize steps the U.S. can take against Iran, in addition to possible U.N. action.

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., said the U.S. “cannot allow talking and negotiation to replace strong action if we feel we have to take that step.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he would like Congress to pass measures that would “empower the president and our country to be tough and to put some actions behind words. So let’s have ‘Iran Week’ in the Senate and get something done.”

Lawmakers are talking about trying to block gas and refined petroleum exports to Iran, possibly causing serious disruptions in the lives of ordinary Iranians. Others moves could affect Iran’s financial institutions and impose new trade bans.

Iran is a major oil producer but imports gasoline and refined petroleum products.

Socialists trounce conservatives in Greece ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press Writer

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ATHENS, Greece Greece’s Socialists trounced the governing conservatives in a landslide election Sunday, with voters angered by scandals and a faltering economy ousting Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis halfway through his second term.

Humbled by his New Democracy party’s worst electoral performance ever, Karamanlis, 53, resigned as its leader and said a new chief is needed for the party founded by his late uncle Constantine Karamanlis 35 years ago.

George Papandreou, 57, now follows in the footsteps of his father, Andreas Papandreou — who founded his Panhellenic Socialist Movement party, or PASOK — and grandfather and namesake George Papandreou, both of whom served several terms as prime ministers.

“We bear a great responsibility to change the course of the country. ... We know that we can make it,” Papandreou, a former foreign minister, told jubilant supporters lighting flares and waving PASOK flags depicting the party’s symbol of a green rising sun outside his party headquarters in central Athens.

“I know the potential of the country very well, a potential being drowned by corruption, favoritism, lawlessness and waste,” Papandreou said.

“We must all believe again we can succeed ... we cannot waste a single day.”

Results from 87.65 percent of votes counted showed PASOK winning with 43.93 percent, compared to 34.03 percent for New Democracy. Turnout was at 70.44 percent.

Voting is compulsory in Greece, although penalties for failing to vote are no longer enforced.

The result gives PASOK a solid majority of 160 seats in the 300-member parliament, bringing the party back to power after five years of conservative governance.

Papandreou’s victory, along with a recent election win by socialists in Portugal, bucks a European trend that has seen a conservative surge in the continent’s powerhouse economies, including most recently in Germany, where Chancellor Angela Merkel won re-election last week.

“This is a historic victory for PASOK, which means great responsibility for us,” senior party official and former minister Evangelos Venizelos said.

Papandreou will now have to deal with a faltering economy that is expected to contract in 2009 after years of strong growth, while the budget deficit will probably exceed 6 percent of economic output.

In contrast to Karamanlis, who advocated an austerity program of freezing state salaries, pensions and hiring, Papandreou has promised to inject up to 3 billion ($4.4 billion) to jump-start the economy.

However, his government will likely have to borrow heavily just to service the ballooning debt — set to exceed 100 percent of GDP this year — and keep paying public sector wages and pensions.

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Samoans flock to churches to mourn tsunami victims AUDREY MCAVOY & ROD MCGUIRK Associated Press Writers

APIA, Samoa Islanders gathered Sunday to mourn victims of the South Pacific tsunami that obliterated entire villages on the shores of American Samoa and Samoa, leaving at least 176 dead.

Monsignor Ioane Vito celebrated the first Mass of the day in a 19th century Roman Catholic cathedral on the waterfront of the Samoan capital, Apia, urging the congregation to unify to rebuild from the disaster that devastated the opposite side of Upolu island.

“Don’t dwell on it but rebuild our lives together as a community,” Vito said at the Immaculate Conception of Mary Cathedral.

“Pain will unite us, and unity will give us strength.”

Unity also was the theme on American Samoa, where residents were set to hold a national prayer service that territorial Gov. Togiola Tulafono said would bring the community together. It will be held at the headquarters of the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa, the largest religious denomination in the U.S. territory.

Families were still coming to terms with the sudden losses inflicted by Tuesday’s tsunami waves that roared ashore after an

underwater earthquake with a magnitude of up to 8.3. The disaster claimed at least 176 lives in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.

Villagers in remote areas of American Samoa were waiting for government officials to assess damage to their homes and shops before they can start to clean up.

Jina Jang, a high school junior whose family runs a convenience store in Fagatogo town, and her father were sweeping waterlogged papers, canceled checks and family photos into piles in front of their home and store. Broken store shelves sat under the store’s collapsed aluminum roof.

“We’re waiting for FEMA and others,” the 17-year-old student said. “They said, ‘Don’t touch anything yet,’ so we’re just waiting.”

Scores of grieving people made a heartbreaking decision Saturday to sign over victims of the tsunami to the state for burial rather than take them back to ravaged villages for traditional funerals — a radical departure from Samoan tradition.

“Usually they’re very large communal ceremonies, but this is memorializing this event to serve as a constant reminder to us that we need to be prepared for natural disasters,” Naomi said, tears welling in her eyes.

Some were concerned about bodies staying so long in the city’s overcrowded morgue.

Fuel truck explodes near airport; cause unknown HAMED AHMED Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD A fuel tanker exploded Sunday near a checkpoint outside of Baghdad International Airport, Iraqi officials said, along a route once known as the world’s deadliest road because of frequent attacks there during the height of the insurgency.

There were conflicting reports about the cause of the explosion, which wounded at least five guards at the checkpoint. No fatalities were reported.

A police official said a bomb attached to the tanker detonated at the checkpoint on the four-lane road leading to the airport. But airport spokesman Kareem al-Timini said the explosion was an accident that was caused when the driver started a fire to cook breakfast on the side of the road.

The explosion caused four other tankers to catch fire, al-Timini and the police official said.

The tanker caught fire at a checkpoint that also leads to Camp Victory, the U.S. military headquarters next to the airport. AlTimini said the tanker was part of a fuel convoy on its way to the American base.

But Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Piper, a military spokesman, denied the truck was part of a U.S. convoy or that it was headed to Camp Victory. He said it was headed to the airport.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

“We have conflicting reports on the cause,” Piper said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. “Eyewitness reports said it was due to the driver cooking under the truck.”

The police official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.

The road, dubbed “Route Irish” by the U.S. military, connects the fortified Green Zone with the airport. It gained notoriety after the 2003 U.S.-lead invasion because of the frequent attacks along it during the height of the insurgency.

Attacks along the road all but stopped during the past two years as violence declined dramatically in Iraq.

Also Sunday, Iraqi police announced one al-Qaida-linked fugitive was killed and another was arrested in a raid just west of Samarra, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south from where they made a stunning jailbreak late last month.

The two were among five al-Qaida prisoners who had been sentenced to death to break out of a makeshift jail in Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit. The arrest brings to at least nine the number of prisoners recaptured.

The one fugitive killed Sunday was resisting arrest, a police official said.

That official also spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media.

The escape was an embarrassment for Iraqi authorities as they struggle to upgrade detention facilities before absorbing thousands more inmates from U.S. forces by next year.

An official in the office of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Iraq is looking for a country to accept 36 detained members of an Iranian opposition group.

The announcement was the first clear signal from the government on its plans for the men, who were arrested in a raid on their camp in northern Iraq in July and have been ordered released by Iraq’s chief prosecutor. The official spoke on condition of anonymity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Santa Monica invites sealed bids for the: City TV Tenant Improvement Project (SP2109) Bids shall be delivered to the City of Santa Monica, Office of the City Clerk, Room 102, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, California, not later than 3:00 p.m. on October 26, 2009, to be publicly opened and read aloud after 3:00 p.m. on said date in City Hall. Each Bid shall be in accordance with the Contract Documents.

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“I didn’t have any brothers, so I would go fix the car and change the oil,” Marler said.

At the same time, Marler remembers looking through Foxfire nature books, absorbing the survival techniques and earthly living tips. As a Girl Scout, she went on a camping trips and learned about leaving no trace on the environment.

“I was definitely a 1970s child, so the ecology thing was always a cause that I was down with,” Marler sad.

On a recent trip back to Missouri, these contradicting influences combined. Marler came across a local junkyard filled with decaying Chevrolet cars and “Oil is History” was born.

“I was so stricken by how the nature was really enveloping the rusting heaps of old cars,” Marler said. “It wasn’t so much contrasting, but it was kind of blending.”

The photographs — now on display as large format prints in vivid dye inks — convey everything from the rusty details of a Chevy hood ornament to the bigger picture of multiple cars overgrown by nature. Some of the photos, which will be on display through the end of the month, are exhibited in reclaimed frames. The work is impressive considering Marler only began taking photos as a hobbyist in the ‘90s.

“Photography came later,” Marler said, explaining that printing was her first love.

Marler began to sell prints on the Westside in 1989, honing her skills through computer design courses at Santa Monica College.

Then, just a year after moving to Santa Monica in 1994, Marler opened a printing business and was recognized as the first green printer in the area. Using recycled paper and eco-friendly dyes, she and her partner took a risk by putting the environment before more traditional methods.

“I thought it was that important, and I thought that this community would be receptive to it,” Marler said. “That was kind of the start of the public statement about my passion.”

Though continuing on her eco-friendly path, Marler sold her half of the business just five years later and began explore fabric printing and note cards. As she also continued her photography, people began to take note.

“I didn’t have very much money, and so I was very judicious about the shots I took,” Marler said. “People said how it was just as good as what they’d seen in the museum, so I stepped forward a little more.”

Today, Marler works in a studio at the Santa Monica Airport, enjoying the creative environment of the other artists around her. “Oil is History” opened there on Saturday among live plant collages and an electric car for people to ride. In this manner, Marler brought the juxtaposition between industry and ecology to life.

“We’re kind of creating our own different spin on the gallery experience,” Marler said.

“It could be called experiential marketing.”

As a former psychology and marketing major, Marler has a mind for consumer behavior and hopes to use this technique to bring her message elsewhere. With sponsorship, “Oil is History” has the potential to be utilized in museums, exploratoriums and product campaigns.

“I’m hoping to actually work with these alternative car companies who want to use my images to promote their new models,” Marler said.

Though she has already received interest from innovative car companies like Tesla, Marler also hopes work with older companies like Chevrolet.

“I have felt very conflicted about the idea that they got a bailout when they could have seen the writing on the wall,” Marler said of the company she grew up with.

After graduating from Southeast Missouri State University in the ‘80s, Marler worked for a time at her local daily paper before hopping in her Chevy Cavalier to move west. Having visited an uncle in the South Bay as a teenager, Marler always knew that she wanted to come back.

“I spent a little bit of time in West Hollywood, a little bit of time in Venice,” Marler said. “I’ve been [in Santa Monica] since 1994 and seen it grow up around me. I just love this place.”

I WAS DEFINITELY A ‘70S CHILD, SO THE ECOLOGY THING WAS ALWAYS A CAUSE THAT I WAS DOWN WITH.” L.A. Marler While a fan of everything from the air to the music, Marler has felt that the West and Santa Monica have ultimately helped to foster her career path.

“You see people making a living in ways that you could never access in St. Louis,” Marler said.

Additionally, Marler loves the lifestyle.

On any given day, the artist leaves her apartment on 17th Street and bikes the 2 1/2 miles to her studio, which she rents from the city. There, she works on not only her own personal photography, but commercial work on everything from red carpet events to specific projects in the L.A. area. In fact, some of her work has even been featured in films and shows like “Two and a Half Men.” “I work very consistently, so I’ve amassed quite a bit,” Marler said. “I have a pretty decent body of work.”

To add to the creative atmosphere, Marler often “confabs” with the other artists around her, loving the unique people who wander in to look at her work.

Combine these opportunities with the ability to walk to restaurants and entertainment venues within Santa Monica itself, and Marler has truly found her ideal place.

“I am definitely a Santa Monican,” Marler said, citing that while she loves the city’s progressive nature, she feels the need to take her message elsewhere.

“I feel that the timing is so important,” Marler said. “We can embrace our past and love our past, but yet also it’s time to grow.”

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St. Monica improves to 2-2 FROM MARINERS PAGE 1 wanted to get some back.”

From there forward, the Mariners operated like an object not easily stopped, going on to score two more touchdowns enroute to a 42-0 shutout.

“It’s great. Two shutouts already? Mariners football is back — a new era,” said senior running back Tommy Murray, who received short passes and carried for significant gains including the Mariners’final touchdown with less than a minute remaining in the game.“I think our coaches made the right calls and I’m behind them 100 percent.

Whatever they tell me to do I’m going to do it.”

Toward the end of the third period a fight broke out on the field on the Mariners’ side of the play. Though a number of players eventually became involved, the principle violence appeared to have transpired between St. Monica senior wide receiver Raul Ramos and Lucerne Valley sophomore defensive back Alondre Logan.

Following the play and a 15-minute delay,four players were ejected including Lucerne Valley junior linebacker David Spann and junior defensive linemen Jaon Lopez and Daniel Juaregi.

“The team we played tonight had no class whatsoever,” said Lucerne Valley coach Chris Klinger. “There was incredibly bad sportsmanship and a complete lack of character on the sidelines. It was the worst experience I’ve ever had with another football team.”

He felt that the officiating of the game had been tainted. He couldn’t understand why more of his players were ejected than from St. Monica.

“I feel like my team acted with class and with character and tried to break the fight up and do the right thing, but we still had three ejections,” Klinger said. “It makes me wonder what the officials are doing and getting paid or what.

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“I honestly couldn’t even deal with people when I came out of the Marine Corps,” said student Adam Lybbert, who served in the military for four years, including seven months with a communications battalion stationed just outside Fallujah. “I was very on edge, so I needed to take a few months off. I know a number of guys who take time off and travel to figure out who they are.”

Though Lybbert says he was “lucky” to remain mostly on base during his Iraq stint, he noted that he was in the area during the bloody battle of Fallujah in late 2004 and that, “I had several experiences with incoming fire and several close calls with that.”

SMC has made great strides in handling veterans’ issues ever since it recognized the need for specialized attention in 2005 and assigned Sinclair, a counselor, to this population, college officials said.

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the kickoff and that’s just not good. It was tough for our guys,” Muno said after the game. “It was what it was but certainly you never like to see a game deteriorate to where kids are being ejected.It really tries your patience and your discipline, and I think our kids showed a lot of discipline in not reacting. I think we handled it pretty well.”

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And she worked with the SMC Center for Students with Disabilities on an SMC-VA program to help returning soldiers with brain injuries.

Still, the issues facing veterans on campus and in the classroom are many and come with special challenges. For example, a professor who includes in lectures images of flag-draped coffins can trigger strong emotional reactions among vets.

Some professors or counselors might mean well, she said, but ask questions that are too tough to handle, such as whether a student killed someone in the line of duty.

But Sinclair believes things are changing, and slowly but surely, SMC employees are becoming more sensitive to veterans’ issues.With the rising visibility of the Student Veterans’ Association — which has held campus-wide Veterans Day ceremonies and other observances — and the increasing number of veterans on campus, progress is being made, she says.

Nevertheless, the complex web of issues that comes with this special population continues to pose many challenges.

Sinclair is hopeful that with the new Veterans Center and some additional staffing, she can turn her attention to building up even more services.

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BRIDGEWATER, S.D. Behind the freezer doors at a meat plant mysteriously abandoned by its owner, the 44 tons of bison meat managed to hold its own for months, masked by the brutal chill of two South Dakota winters.

Once the power was cut and spring thaw arrived, nature took over. And enough rotting meat to fill a high school gym did exactly what you’d expect: It stank.

It stank at the bank. It smelled at the law office. It reeked at the cafe. Even the jewelry store wasn’t immune. Everyone in this tiny town could smell it, everywhere they went. A putrid odor so downright nasty the cleaners sent to mop up the gooey mess of liquefied meat — topped by a blanket of swarming white maggots and buzzed by a legion of flies — gave up after two days.

“You’ve also got the city offices, the grocery store and the post office. And then you spread out to the local residences,” said Mayor Marty Barattini, pointing to each place. “This is a small town. We have just over 600 people, so that stench was enough to overwhelm the entire town. Not just this street.”

Fed up with the smell, a brave crew of 18 city and county workers took matters into their own hands this summer and stormed the plant to haul away the putrid meat and take back their town. What came next was the biggest indignity: Three months after the cleanup, the owner still hasn’t paid the $11,151 cleanup bill, and owes about $14,085 in unpaid property taxes on top of it.

“We tried to work with that guy,” said a dismayed Barattini.

The saga of the smell began in January 2008, when owner Ilan Parente closed Bridgewater Quality Meats and moved the business to Dawson, Minn., as Noah’s Ark Processors LLC. He left the boxed kosher bison meat behind, apparently to be sold to a pet food company. It stayed frozen until the electricity was cut off in December for lack of payment.

When the town about 40 miles away from Sioux Falls began to warm in the spring, the smell began to creep out. Some said the scent was like road kill. The mayor said he spent two tours of duty in Vietnam and could not recall smelling anything as bad.

“This is worse than rotten bodies,” Barattini said.

The city sent a notice to Parente to remove the caustic cause, and he dispatched two workers who toiled without protective masks, clothing, equipment or access to water or electricity. Defeated by the mess, they quit after two days.

So city and county officials got permission from the South Dakota Animal Industry Board to go inside and finish. It then became clear that the source of the smell was the meat: 88,420 pounds, according to the scale at the Sioux Falls landfill, where the mess was hauled in five dump trucks and three extra-large trash bins.

The crews and a skid loader spent two days removing the meat, which had swollen so much that the shrink-wrapped bags had burst, which caused the stacked boxes to topple. Most crew members wore an oxygen mask and hazardous materials suit because of the strong ammonia odor. Crews cleaned the building with fire hoses and doused it with bleach.

City employee and volunteer firefighter Todd Letcher wore his fire gear. “I don’t think anybody should ever do something like that,” he said of the job. “That was bad.”

Parente’s phone number is disconnected and the attorney representing him, Mike Unke, declined to comment. A woman who answered the phone at the Minnesota business said Parente is no longer affiliated with it. Requests for someone to comment went unanswered.

Parente has said before that he checked the meat in May and found it iced over due to a broken water pipe. He’s claimed the meat might have stunk but says he never put anyone in danger.

“I feel bad for the people of Bridgewater who had to live with the smell. But that’s really where the extent of my feeling bad goes. It wasn’t ever a health hazard to anyone,” he told The Daily Republic of Mitchell in July.

The county spent about $5,000 on dump trucks and men to drive them, the city submitted a bill of $3,918 to Parente for trucking costs, landfill fees, attorney fees, overtime and pest control, and the fire department’s cost came in at $2,233 for wages, air tanks, two fire trucks and clothing replacement.

Parente also owes $8,628 in back property taxes and interest on the business and $5,457 on a rural house he owns, according to McCoy County records. Bridgewater City Attorney Mike Fink said that the city is in the process of discussing a settlement to recoup the cleanup costs. Months after the massive cleanup, though, the city hasn’t seen a dime.

The stink wasn’t the first issue with the plant. Problems with the business started several years ago when the city’s sewer system began getting stopped up because of blood and other parts going down the drain at Bridgewater Quality Meats.

The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources filed a civil lawsuit against Bridgewater Quality Meats in 2003 seeking $10,000 per day of violation for dumping between October 2001 to October 2003.

The last action on the case was a delay issued in March 2008. If convicted and assessed every day of that period, the penalty could top $7 million.

The fate of the building is in limbo.

Parente has a “for sale” sign up in the window, but so far, there haven’t been any takers.

The mayor says the building could be used again, “but it would take some work.” So after all the mopping, slogging, bill-paying and legal wrangling, the mayor and his citizens are left with one small, but not insignificant, benefit.

The smell is gone.

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Nursing homes forced to cope with less funding DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Writer

HARTFORD, Conn. The nation’s nursing homes are perilously close to laying off workers, cutting services — possibly even closing — because of a perfect storm wallop from the recession and deep federal and state government spending cuts, industry experts say.

A Medicare rate adjustment that cuts an estimated $16 billion in nursing home funding over the next 10 years was enacted at week’s end by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — on top of state-level cuts or flat-funding that already had the industry reeling.

And Congress is debating slashing billions more in Medicare funding as part of health care reform.

Add it all up, and the nursing home industry is headed for a crisis, industry officials say.

“We can foresee the possibility of nursing homes having to close their doors,” said David Hebert, a senior vice president at the American Health Care Association. “I certainly foresee that we’ll have to let staff go.”

The funding crisis comes as the nation’s baby boomers age ever closer toward needing nursing home care. The nation’s 16,000 nursing homes housed 1.85 million people last year, up from 1.79 million in 2007, U.S. Census Bureau figures show.

Already this year, 24 states have cut funding for nursing home care and other health services needed by low-income people who are elderly or disabled, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonprofit research firm based in Washington, D.C. Some facilities are now closed because of money problems — including four in

Connecticut — and others have laid off workers because of what industry officials say are inadequate Medicaid reimbursement rates. Medicare cuts are troubling, they say, because the higher Medicare reimbursements have been used to compensate for the lower Medicaid rates.

In Griswold, Conn., the community’s only nursing home shut down earlier this year because of rising costs and an inability to pay for $4.9 million in needed renovations for the 90-bed facility.

“A 92-year-old woman was screaming and crying as she was loaded into the ambulance, saying ‘This is my home,’” Griswold First Selectman Philip Anthony said. His 88year-old mother was a resident of the same home at the time.

Anthony sought and found a new facility for his mother, but she died of pneumonia before the Griswold Health and Rehabilitation Center closed in the spring.

“To be hit with a sudden and deliberate closure like this, it just drained the heart right out of you,” Anthony said.

Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell and state lawmakers gave no Medicaid rate increases to nursing homes in the state last fiscal year and kept the funding flat for the next two years.

The Griswold home was one of four nursing homes in the state that have closed since December because of financial problems, a higher rate than usual, said Deborah Chernoff, a spokeswoman for District 1199 of the New England Health Care Employees Union in Connecticut, which represents more than 20,000 health care workers in the state.

“We’re really teetering on the edge of what we see as the collapse of the long-term care system,” she said.

Chernoff said many of Connecticut’s 240 or so nursing homes have been reducing

workers’ hours to deal with money problems, while two are in bankruptcy now.

Also this year across the country: — The Motion Picture & Television Fund said in January it would close a hospital and nursing home in Woodland Hills, Calif., founded to care for actors and other entertainment industry workers, because of financial losses.

— The Westchester Medical Center in suburban New York said it would close a nursing home and cut 400 jobs to deal with Medicaid and other fund cuts.

— The Dove Health Care nursing home in Glendale, Wis., near Milwaukee, closed this summer because of heavy debt.

— Medicaid reimbursement rates to nursing homes were cut this year by Rhode Island (5 percent); Michigan (4 percent) and Florida (3 percent).

— Washington state legislators whacked nursing home funding by $93 million for the next two fiscal years.

Gary Weeks, executive director of the Washington Health Care Association, said some of the organization’s 400 assisted living and nursing homes have laid off workers. Some will not survive, he said.

At the request of Weeks’ association, a federal judge in July issued a temporary restraining order blocking the cuts because state officials didn’t do a required analysis of how the reductions would affect care quality and access.

“There’s a lot of pain going on everywhere, but it’s clearly a crisis in long-term care,” Weeks said.

“You’re going to find that some folks go out of business,” he said. “Some will look for more Medicare patients — Medicare pays more than Medicaid.”

In Washington, D.C., health care interests are resisting President Barack Obama’s plan

to pay for his health care overhaul by slowing Medicaid and Medicare spending.

Obama wants to trim $313 billion from the two programs over 10 years.

It’s not clear exactly how all the health spending cuts will affect nursing homes.

A University of Pittsburgh study earlier this year found nearly 1,800 nursing homes nationwide closed from 1999 to 2005, about 2 percent each year.

One of the study’s authors, health policy and management professor Nick Castle, said the annual closure rate is rising, for reasons that include inadequate Medicaid reimbursement rates and the push for more home and community care.

“It’s come to a head recently with state budgets being in such jeopardy that they’re cutting in all areas,” Castle said.

The federal stimulus package approved in February includes $87 billion in Medicaid funding to help states. But Connecticut and several other states are using a loophole in the legislation to divert the money to budget items unrelated to health care, according to a congressional study.

On average, Medicaid payments by states to nursing homes fell short by $12 per patient, per day last year — nearly $4.2 billion in unreimbursed costs for Medicaidallowed expenses, according to the AHCA. In New York City, the Metropolitan Jewish Health System laid off about 200 of its 1,000 employees at three nursing homes in Brooklyn because the state cut Medicaid funding by 10 percent to 14 percent, said President and Chief Executive Eli Feldman.

“We understand there’s a recession/depression,” Feldman said. “But this is not health reform ... and the victims are basically the people who live in the facilities. The Legislature basically says, ‘Too sick, too old, too bad."

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in five innings, and the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers finished the regular season with a 5-3 victory over the wild-card Colorado Rockies on Sunday.

The Dodgers took sole possession of first place for good on April 19 with a 14-2 win over the Rockies, won the season series 14-4 and finished three games ahead of Colorado.

Los Angeles clinched its second straight division title Saturday night with a 5-0 victory. The Rockies, who nearly erased a deficit that was 15Ω games before play on June 4, had needed a sweep to gain its first division title.

Los Angeles finished an NL-best 95-67 in its second season under manager Joe Torre — the first time the Dodgers have had the league’s best record since 1983. They host St. Louis on Wednesday in their postseason opener, while Colorado starts the same day at Philadelphia.

The Dodgers, who won their first 13 home games to set a modern major league record, finished 50-31 at Chavez Ravine — their best home mark since going 54-27 in 1991. They were 29-21 while Manny Ramirez served a 50-game drug suspension.

Colorado went a franchise-best 92-70, including 74-42 after Jim Tracy replaced Clint Hurdle as manager on May 29.

Padilla (4-0) allowed one run and four

hits without issuing a walk. The right-hander had a 2.99 ERA in seven starts and one relief appearance with the Dodgers, after going 8-6 with a 4.92 ERA in 18 starts with Texas.

Ramon Troncoso allowed a run in the ninth before finishing for his sixth save in seven attempts.

Jason Marquis (15-13) gave up four runs and eight hits in four innings, finishing the season with a 4.04 ERA and a career-high 216 innings.

The Dodgers, who outscored their opponents 121-54 in the first, took a 4-0 lead in the opening inning on a two-run single by Casey Blake and RBI singles by Doug Mientkiewicz and A.J. Ellis.

Just as Clayton Kershaw did on Saturday, Padilla struck out his first five batters. Brad Hawpe followed with his 23rd homer, one more than last season.

NOTES: Ramirez, who enters the playoffs with a record 28 postseason home runs, hasn’t hit one in 31 at-bats since Sept. 18. ... The Dodgers drew an NL-leading 3,761,669 to Chavez Ravine, the second-highest figure in franchise history behind 3,857,036 in 2007. ... The Rockies finished 41-40 on the road, their first winning road record in club history. ... Todd Helton, one of several Colorado regulars to get the day off, finished with a .325 batting average — his highest since 2004 and 61 points better than during his injury-plagued 2008 season.

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Niners blank winless Rams JANIE MCCAULEY AP Sports Writer

SAN FRANCISCO The San Francisco 49ers have a new Mr. Reliable on offense — and the same ‘ol one on defense.

Tight end Vernon Davis caught a 13-yard pass for his third touchdown in two weeks, Patrick Willis returned an interception 23 yards for a score and the 49ers overcame the absence of star running back Frank Gore with a 35-0 rout of the winless St. Louis Rams on Sunday.

The 49ers (3-1) scored in every way to take command of the NFC West after already beating reigning division champion Arizona and Seattle, recording their first shutout in 119 games since Jan. 6, 2002, 38-0 at New Orleans.

The Rams (0-4) lost their 14th straight, the longest skid in the NFL. St. Louis was blanked for the second time after losing 280 to the Seahawks in the season opener.

San Francisco scored touchdowns via special teams, offense and defense for the first time since Nov. 10, 1997, in a 24-12 win at Philadelphia. This also marked the 49ers’ largest margin of victory since a 50-14 win over Arizona on Dec. 7, 2003.

Josh Morgan caught a 24-yard touchdown pass from Shaun Hill early in the fourth quarter, then Ray McDonald scooped up a fumble by Rams quarterback Kyle Boller and ran 11 yards for another TD 14 seconds later.

San Francisco found a fortunate, wacky way to finally get on the board late in the first half. Rookie fifth-round draft pick Scott McKillop recovered a botched punt return

by St. Louis in the end zone. And a lackluster first half by the Niners’ offense turned lively in the last 30 minutes.

McKillop capitalized when St. Louis’ Danny Amendola let Andy Lee’s punt go and teammate Quincy Butler tried to pick up the ball but couldn’t gain control. The 49ers swarmed and McKillop came up with the ball at the bottom of the pile.

Boller had a tough return to the Bay Area in his first start for St. Louis. A former college star at Cal , he went 13 for 24 for 108 yards and was sacked five times in place of injured starter Marc Bulger (bruised rotator cuff).

Willis wreaked havoc, often blitzing untouched and coming at the Rams’ offense from every angle to finish with eight tackles — five solo — and 2Ω sacks.

Without Gore, who injured his ankle during a last-second loss at Minnesota in Week 3, the 49ers struggled to move in their power run offense. Rookie Glen Coffee took on a bigger role, but finished with 75 yards on 24 carries.

Hill improved his career record at Candlestick Park to 7-0. He was 14 of 24 for 152 yards and four sacks.

Rams kicker Josh Brown missed a 51-yard field goal in the opening quarter and St. Louis had few other opportunities.

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■ An August 2000 Wall Street Journal dispatch from Nuoro, Sardinia (Italy), described locals' love for "casu marzu" (rotten cheese), brown lumps of sheep dairy, crawling with maggots, a "viscous, pungent goo that burns the tongue" and whose "wiggling worms (often) jump straight toward the (diner's) eyes with ballistic precision." Though the cheese is banned by the government, a black market has pushed the price to double that for ordinary cheese. Some locals believe the live maggots provide authentication, in that only when the maggots die does the cheese become inedible.

■ What is believed to be the world's only commercial lounge openly serving cocaine operates in La Paz, Bolivia, though the owners of "Route 36" have to change locations from time to time, depending on the moods of the bribed authorities. An August dispatch in London's The Guardian reported that a nearly pure gram costs the equivalent of about $14 ($22 for "premium"), served by waiters in an empty CD case, with straws, but bar drinks are also available. Route 36 is well-known to backpacking tourists. Recalled one waiter, "We had some Australians; they stayed here for four days. (T)he only time they left was to go to the ATM."

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A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Santa Monica Daily Press.

Date: SEP 11, 2009 CANDACE J. BEASON Judge Of The Superior Court 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009

The address of the court is Superior Court North Central District, 300 East Olive Avenue, Burbank, CA 91502.

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Date: SEP 29, 2009 CANDACE J. BEASON Judge Of The Superior Court 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009, 10/26/2009

Name Changes ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. ES 013480 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of MICHAEL KULAK DIMAIO for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner or Attorney: MICHAEL KULAK DIMAIO filed a petition with this court for a decree of changing names as follows: MICHAEL KULAK DIMAIO to MICHAEL MARIAN KULAK. The court orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Notice of Hearing: Date: DECEMBER 4, 2009 Time: 8:30AM, Dept. B. The address of the court is Superior Court North Central District, 300 East Olive Avenue, Burbank, CA 91502.

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Date: SEP 22, 2009 CANDACE J. BEASON Judge Of The Superior Court 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009, 10/26/2009 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. ES013487 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of JOSE ROBERTO R. MAGAT for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner or Attorney: JOSE ROBERTO R. MAGAT filed a petition with this court for a decree of changing names as follows: JOSE ROBERTO R. MAGAT to BOBBIE AI R. MAGAT. The court orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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DBAS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091360643 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as DK's Donuts, 1614 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : Seang Uy Tao, 3407 Greenwood Ave, LA , CA 90066; Mayly Tao 3407 Greenwood Ave, LA , CA 90066 This Business is being conducted by, a general partnership. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)7/1/2009. /s/: Seang Tao, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/4/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/14/2009, 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091350050 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CHRIS ROBLES TRUCKING, 12236 YORK AVE. APT A, HAWTHORNE, CA 90250. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : CRESENCIO ROBLES, 12236 YORK AVE. APT A, HAWTHORNE, CA 90250 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)9/2/2009. /s/: CRESENCIO ROBLES This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/2/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/14/2009, 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091363799 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as FILM MARKETING SERVICES, 12441 SHORT AVE, #2, LOS ANGELES, CA 90066. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JONATHAN GURSHA, 12441 SHORT AVE, #2, LOS ANGELES, CA 90066 This Business is being conducted by, an individual.

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ANDIKA, 19537 DRYCLIFF ST, CANYON COUNTRY, CA 91351 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MERVIENDO D. ANDIKA, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 8/28/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/14/2009, 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091386763 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as INDIGENOUS CONCEPTS & CONSULTING, 11929 JEFFERSON ST, APT 4, CULVER CITY, CA 90230, COUNTY OF LA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : AUBREY JOHN THOMAS BARTON THE II, 11929 JEFFERSON ST, APT 4, CULVER CITY, CA 90230 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: A.J. BARTON, CEO/PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/10/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/14/2009, 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009

a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009

ducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: JENNIFER KATE MANDEL This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/18/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009

FAMILY HOME III, 249 W. 118TH ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90061. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : GROOMES FAMILY HOME III 249 W. 118TH ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90061 This Business is being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/8/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091456453 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as DESIRE 2 RETIRE UNLIMITED, 10225 S. 1ST AVE. INGLEWOOD, CA 90303. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : SHAWN HUNT 10225 S. 1ST AVE. INGLEWOOD, CA 90303 DAVID HUNT 10225 S. 1ST AVE. INGLEWOOD, CA 90303 This Business is being conducted by, a general partnership. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: SHAWN HUNT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/24/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091369965 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as EPIC ACCESS, C/O RAJ PURI-CLARK & TREVITHICK, 800 WILSHIRE BLVD, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES, CA 90017. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ENDEMIC ACCESS GROUP, INC., C/O RAJ PURI-CLARK & TREVITHICK, 800 WILSHIRE BLVD, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES, CA 90017 (CALIFORNIA) This Business is being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: DAVID FINK, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/8/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/14/2009, 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091322308 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as THE SHRILL, 1222 N. OLIVE DR, #416, LOS ANGELES, CA 90069, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : SETH E. B. ROMANO, 5320 HARMONY AVE, #13, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91601; HARRISON OSTREM, 1222 N. OLIVE DR, #416, LOS ANGELES, CA 90069; BRANDON M. DAVAR, 1208 S. ORANGE DR, LOS ANGELES, CA 90019; ZAK ST. JOHN, 342 W. CHEVY CHASE DR, #E, GLENDALE, CA 91204 This Business is being conducted by, a general partnership. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: HARRISON OSTREM, GENERAL PARTNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 8/27/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/14/2009, 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009 Statement of Abandonment of Use of Fictitious Business Name Document Record # 20091269534 Current File No. 42594536 State of California, County of Los Angeles The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious Business name: BURTS BEES located at 112 PLAZA DR, WEST COVINA, CA 91790 The fictitious business name referred to above was filed on 10/7/04 In the county of LOS ANGELES. Registered owners: WALDEN BOOK COMPANY INC, 100 PHOENIX DR, ANN ARBOR, MI 48108, (COLORADO) This business is conducted by: A CORPORATION /s/ EDWARD J JACKSON, VP TAX This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 8/18/2009 Published: SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS 9/14/2009, 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091367965 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as GROOMES FAMILY HOME II, 213 W. 108TH ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90061. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : GROOMES FAMILY HOME II 213 W. 108TH ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90061 This Business is being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/8/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091405953 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as QUIRKY LIVING, 11842 VENICE BLVD., #C, LOS ANGELES, CA 90066, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : QUIRKY LIVING, 11842 VENICE BLVD., #C, LOS ANGELES, CA 90066, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)9/7/2009. /s/: BAIYINA HUGHLEY, 11842 VENICE BLVD., #C, LOS ANGELES, CA 90066 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/15/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091399194 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ADAM O'HERN, CONSULTANT; HICKS GIBBON STUDIOS, 1546 S. BUNDY DR, #206, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025, COUNTY OF LA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ADAM MICHAEL O'HERN, 1546 S. BUNDY DR, #206, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 This Business is being conducted by, an individual.

Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ADAM M. O'HERN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/14/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091363784 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as BRIAR BOOKKEEPING, 2121 OCEAN AVENUE, #26, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : SARAH ANN BRIAR, 2121 OCEAN AVENUE, #216, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: SARAH BRIAR This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/4/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091410957 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CAST FIRM, 1547 EUCLID ST., #6, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : BRIAN CASTELLANOS, 1547 EUCLID ST, #6, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404 This Business is being conducted by, an individual.

Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: BRIAN CASTELLANOS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/16/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091386793 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LA PEDIATRIC UROLOGY SOCIETY, 1223 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 490, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : STEPHEN R. SHAPIRO, MD, 930 CALIFORNIA AVE, #102, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 This Business is being conducted by, an unincorporated association other than a partnership. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: STEPHEN A. SHAPIRO, MD This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/10/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091425956 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as DOB PROPERTIES, LLC; DOB PROPERTIES, 1112 9TH ST, #7, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : DOB PROPERTIES, LLC, 1112 9TH ST, #7, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 This Business is being conducted by, a limited liability. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: DOB PROPERTIES, LLC, PRESIDENT, DAVID BOOKER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/18/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091425957 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as 3N REAL ESTATE ADVISORS; DOB REAL ESTATE ADVISORS, 1112 9TH ST, #7, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : DAVID BOOKER, 1112 9TH ST, #7, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: DAVID BOOKER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/18/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/21/2009, 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091333781 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CUTE COOKIE; CUTE COOKIE CLOTHING; MY CUTE COOKIE; CUTE COOKIELAND; SMART CUTE COOKIE, 13425 BEACH AVENUE, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292; PO BOX 12261, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90295. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : DEIRDRE A. LECLERCQ, 13425 BEACH AVENUE, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)8/31/2009. /s/: DEIRDRE A. LECLRECQ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 8/31/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091427177 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as COLLEGERIGHT COLLEGE COUNSELING, 1405 AMHERST AVENUE, APTARTMENT 209, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 (COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES). The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JENNIFER KATE MANDEL, 1405 AMHERST AVENUE, APTARTMENT 209, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 This Business is being con-

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091429483 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as APHRODITE, 1112 MONTANA AVE, #621, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : SURRENDER, INC., 1112 MONTANA AVE, #621, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403, (CALIFORNIA) This Business is being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: SURRENDER, INC., SECRETARY, ERIKA I. MOURELO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/18/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091367964 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as GROOMES FAMILY HOME I, 235 W. 107TH ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90003. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : GROOMES FAMILY HOME I 235 W. 107TH ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90003 This Business is being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/8/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091370445 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as REMBAO NATURAL PRODUCTS, 6351 ARBUTUS AVE. HUNTINGTON, CA 90255. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JANET SOTELO 756 N. SIMMONS AVE. MONTBELLO,CA 90640 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: JANET SOTELO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/8/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091420917 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as AUTUMNKIND, 7605 W. MANCHESTER AVE, #3, PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293, COUNTY OF LA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MELISSA WESSELY, 7605 W. MANCHESTER AVE, #3, PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)9/17/2009. /s/: MELISSA WESSELY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/17/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091367966 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as GROOMES

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091404624 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as EXPRESS AUTO CENTER, 4580 HUNTINGTON DR. N. LOS ANGELES, CA 90032. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JORGE CHAVEZ 5602 SAN JOSE ST. MONTCLAIR, CA 91763 ERNEST CHAVEZ 632 W. 4TH ST. ONTARIO, CA 91762 This Business is being conducted by, a general partnership. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ERNESTO CHAVEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/15/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091414830 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ARC & ART, 16362 OLDENBURG DR. CHINO HILLS, CA 91709.

The full name of registrant(s) is/are : CHUL SUK CHUNG 16362 OLDENBURG DR. CHINO HILLS, CA 91709 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: CHUL SUK CHUNG This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/16/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091421451 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as FOUR SEASONS PRODUCTS, 1123 E. ELK AVE # 4 GLENDALE, CA 91205. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : LORENZO C. LUNA 1123 E. ELK AVE # 4 GLENDALE, CA 91205 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: LORENZO C. LUNA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/17/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091421471 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as BE SPUN BOUITIQUE & FITNESS, LEGENDS MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, 5176 SANTA MONICA BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90029. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : LEGENDS MIXED MARTIAL ARTS 5176 SANTA MONICA BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90029 This Business is being conducted by, a limited liability. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/17/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091415286 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as KEITH AND THE CREW MAINTENANCE, 3010 WILSHIRE BLVD. #233 LOS ANGELES, CA 90010. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : KEITH YANG 13606 LA JOLLA CIRCLE #C LA MIRADA, CA 90638 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: KEITH YANG This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/16/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091449805 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as TLSSK, 14030 CHADRON AVE. # 216 HAWTHORNE, CA 90250. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : KEAB ALEMAYEHU 14030 CHADRON AVE. # 216 HAWTHORNE, CA 90250 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)7/20/2009. /s/: KEAB ALEMAYEHU This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/23/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091419586 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as HANDYMAN ANTONIO'S PLUMBING SERVICE, 1537 PLAZA DEL AMO #3 TORRANCE, CA 90501. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ANTONIO SUAREZ ALCANTARA 1537 PLAZA DEL AMO #3 TORRANCE, CA 90501 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ANTONIO SUAREZ ALCANTARA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/17/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 Statement of Abandonment of Use of Fictitious Business Name Document Record # 20091398028 Current File No. 20090290059 State of California, County of Los Angeles The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious Business name: GOD’S BUILDING MAINTENANCE SERVICES located at 1245 EAST AVE, R-4, PALMDALE, CA 93550 The fictitious business name referred to above was filed on 3/2/2009 In the county of LOS ANGELES. Registered owners: YADIRA NUILA NOCHEZ, 1245 EAST AVE, R-4, PALMDALE, CA 93550 This business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL /s/ YADIRA NUILA NOCHEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 9/14/2009 Published: SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091441271 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CSA LOGISTICS, 20687-2 AMAR RD. # 839 WALNUT, CA 91789. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JOHN DIAZ 20687-2 AMAR RD. # 839 WALNUT, CA 91789 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: JOHN DIAZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/22/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091441810 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CEJAS MEDICAL CODING COMPANY, 2007 COUNTRY CANYON RD. HACIENDA HEIGHTS, CA 91745. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MARIA E. BALISADO 2007 COUNTRY CANYON RD. HACIENDA HEIGHTS, CA 91745 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MARIA E. BALISADO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/22/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 8/31/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009

GELES, CA 90049 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ALBERT MAHANIAN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/18/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009, 10/26/2009

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091427686 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CALIFORNIA MARKETING & ADVERTISING CENTER, 2810 E. CESAR CHAVEZ AVE. LOS ANGELES, CA 90033. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : GROUP BANKERS FUNDING, INC. 9901 PARAMOUNT BLVD. # 155 DOWNEY, CA 90240 This Business is being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/18/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091378737 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as VICTORIA HOME CARE SERVICES, 9456 WALNUT ST. BELLFLOWER, CA 90706. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ALFONSO BENITEZ TRINIDAD 9456 WALNUT ST. BELLFLOWER, CA 90706 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ALFONSO BENITEZ TRINIDAD This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/9/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091441806 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as VINCORP, 2007 COUNTRY CANYON RD. HACIENDA HEIGHTS, CA 91745. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : VINCENT IAN CEJAS BALISADO 2007 COUNTRY CANYON RD. HACIENDA HEIGHTS, CA 91745 This Business is being conducted by, an individual.

Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: VINCENT IAN CEJAS BALISADO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/22/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091378248 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as BOOTRIDDAS, 1824 E. 85TH ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90001.

The full name of registrant(s) is/are : BOOTRIDDAS, INC. 7606 MAIE AVE. LOS ANGELES, CA 90001 This Business is being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)1/20/2006. /s/: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/9/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091442832 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as BEST CARE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, INC., PACIFIC GRAND PHARMACY & SUPPLY, 501 W. GLENOAKS BLVD. # 12 GLENDALE, CA 91202. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : BEST CARE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 501 W. GLENOAKS BLVD. # 12 GLENDALE, CA 91202 This Business is being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/22/09. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091453921 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as GLOBAL WORLD SALES NETWORK; CHRISTIAN SALES NETWORK, 11500 OLYMPIC BLVD., SUITE 400, LOS ANGELES, CA 90064, COUNTY OF LA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JOE WOOD, 212 26TH ST., #154, SANTA MONICA, CA 90402; CAROLE DUPUY, 31343 P.C.H., MALIBU, CA 90265 This Business is being conducted by, a general partnership. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)9/24/2009. /s/: JOE WOOD, PARTNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/24/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091453922 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as GPS TOUR DETECTIVES; DESTINATION GPS DETECTIVE TOURS; GPS DESTINATIONS TOUR; DESTINATION DETECTIVE TOURS; HIT THE ROAD TOURS; NAVA TREKS GPS TOURS, 984 INDIANA AVENUE, VENICE, CA 90291, COUNTY OF LA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : PAMELA FOX, 984 INDIANA AVENUE, VENICE, CA 90291; KRISTINE GAINE, 739 MUSEUM DRIVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90066; ANASTASIA HAHALIS, 4600 VIA DOLCE, #104, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292; JANE WILLIAMS, 1703 BARRY STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 This Business is being conducted by, a general partnership.

Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: PAMELA FLAX, PARTNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/24/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091335952 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as THE AUTOSPOT FOUNDATION, AI #/ON 3149335, 22525 MAPLE AVE, SUITE 106, TORRANCE, CA 90505, COUNTY OF LA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : THE AUTOSPOT FOUNDATION, 22525 MAPLE AVE, SUITE 106, TORRANCE, CA 90505, (CALIFORNIA) This Business is being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: THE AUTOSPOT FOUNDATION, PRESIDENT, GREG KOLTSOV

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091429480 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as STUDIO FLORES, 315 S. VIRGIL AVE., APT. 318, LOS ANGELES, CA 90020. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : CARLOS FLORES, 315 S. VIRGIL AVE., APT. 318, LOS ANGELES, CA 90020 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: CARLOS FLORES This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/18/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 9/28/2009, 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091450461 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as FIRST IMPRESSION ENTERTAINMENT, 14426 ADDISON ST, #5, SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91423. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JON PIRINCCI, 14426 ADDISON ST, #5, SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91423 This Business is being conducted by, an individual.

Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: JON PIRINCCI This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/23/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009, 10/26/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091491214 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as DECADENTLY RAW CONFECTIONS, 1223 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 1035, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403, COUNTY OF LA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MEGAN MCMURRAY, 1223 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 1035, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MEGAN MCMURRAY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/1/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009, 10/26/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091491215 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN & BODY IMAGE, 723 EUCLID ST, #D, SANTA MONICA, CA 90402, COUNTY OF LA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : KATHRYN HALL, 723 EUCLID ST, #D, SANTA MONICA, CA 9040 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: KATHRYN HALL This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/1/2009. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/5/2009, 10/12/2009, 10/19/2009, 10/26/2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20091428591 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as A M CONSTRUCTIONS, 916 KENFIELD AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90049. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ALBERT MAHANIAN, 916 KENFIELD AVE, LOS AN-

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