Santa Monica Daily Press, October 21, 2008

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Economy could force voters to think twice

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

DOWNTOWN Amid the credit crisis and rumors of the Great Depression’s second coming are fears among various pro-tax measure campaigns that the economy could sway voters.

In a time when Americans are pinching pennies and bracing themselves for a possible recession, the local ballot boasts a series of measures that could altogether dig deep into pocketbooks, including a a handful of spending proposals in Santa Monica and Los Angeles County.

Among the local issues on which voters will decide are a $295 million capital bond measure for safety improvements at Santa Monica College, an update of the telecommunications portion of the Utility Users Tax, and a county sales tax increase from 8.25 to 8.75 percent to fund various transit projects.

The local measures are in addition to the roughly half dozen state propositions that could also force taxpayers to open their wallets, ranging from an estimated $9.95 billion bond for high-speed passenger rail to a $980 million capital bond for children’s hospitals.

The state of the economy combined with competition from other bonds are leaving some campaigns concerned.

“We are in a challenging time but even in tough economic times, we have to make investments in the future and voters have shown historically that they are very good about setting priorities,” Diana Dooley, the president/CEO of the Children’s Hospital Association, said.

The association is the group behind Proposition 3, which would authorize $980 million in general obligation bonds for constructing, expanding, remodeling and renovating eligible children’s hospitals. The campaign recently began running a series of advertisements.

A field poll conducted about two weeks ago showed that roughly 47 percent of voters are in favor of the measure, 35 percent are against and about 18 percent are undecided.

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MOTHERLY LOVE: Daisy Perez, 16, holds her daughter Destiny, 2, at the cal-SAFE day-care center at Santa Monica High School on a recent Thursday afternoon, while friend and fellow teen mother Carolina Martinez, 16, (in back) plays with her 9-month-old daughter Jayla Amberly Polio.

Teen moms finding a way to keep education in focus

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

SAMOHI Every weekday morning, Daisy Perez embarks on a long bus ride from Downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica High School for an opportunity to be just a regular teenager.

She sits on the bus patiently waiting for her destination, listening to announcements for each stop and watching passengers get on and off, periodically checking on her 2-year-old daughter, knowing the lengthy ride is well worth the time.

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The 16-year-old junior is one of 17 teenage mothers who attend high school in Santa Monica through the California School Age Families Education (Cal-SAFE) program, a state-funded initiative that gives students the option to keep up with their studies by providing day care for their kids.

The program, which aims to increase student retention among expecting and parenting students, is offered at Samohi where teenagers can leave their children at an on-site day care center while they’re in class.

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Most funding for Cal-SAFE is provided from the state, with a portion coming from City Hall, and occasionally, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.

The state on average provides each school district about $6,400 per pupil per year for the Average Daily Attendance. The figure is slightly lower for teenage parents who could miss classes because of complications with child rearing.

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The latest methods that can make your home more secure

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the men’s pack for the second consecutive year, in 30:32.4, and Christine Bolf of Los Angeles, won the women’s field, in 36:17.8.

The festivities began early Sunday morning under partly-cloudy skies and as L.A. based yoga teacher Rainbeau Mars led a group stretch to the thousands of athletes.

The post-race “Party on the Pier” featured several live bands and a pancake breakfast.

Race proceeds benefit Saint John’s Health Center. With 30,000 patient visits each year, the Saint John’s 24-hour Emergency Department provides life-saving services to the community each and every day.

CITYWIDE Homeowners here have more options than ever these days for making their homes less tempting targets for thieves.

But before laying out obstacles for wouldbe burglars, they must get past hurdles of their own: Determining just how much security they need and how much they can afford.

Santa Monica has seen a spike in burglaries of late, particularly in the Sunset Park area, leaving many residents on edge, wondering what the best method is to protect themselves and their valuables.

At the top of the security wish list is a comprehensive home security system with remote monitoring, because thieves are more likely to target a house that appears not to have an alarm rather than risk breaking into one that does, says Frank Santamorena, a principal at Security Experts, Consulting & Design LLC in Rhinebeck, N.Y. “Make sure you do have an alarm system,” he says. “Burglary is a crime of opportunity.”

Affordability is key, because top-end home security systems for large homes can easily run several thousand dollars when you add in monthly monitoring costs.

Still, the advent of wireless technology has helped bring down installation costs, eliminating the need and expense to run wires throughout a home from every door and window sensor. That’s brought many alarm systems within range of budgets for single-family homeowners.

One example on an entry-level to midrange alarm system is GE Security Inc.’s Simon XT, which can be found for around $200 — higher for a deluxe version — plus the between $30 to $50 a month for monitoring by a separate central monitoring station.

Out of the box, the unit can track activity in 40 zones, or areas of a home such as windows or doors equipped with remote sensors.

Like many systems today, they can be programmed to alert the homeowner over their cell phone when a sensor is triggered.

Connect a digital video camera and the system can also relay images, such as of the front door, for example, over the Internet.

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HE’S GOT LEGS: Phillip Reid, 22, (number 44) who hails from San Luis Obispo, leads the pack during the third annual Saint John's Santa Monica 5000 on Sunday. Reid came in first place in the 5K event with a time of 13:99 and won $1,500 for his first place finish, along with a $300 time bonus for breaking 14:20. Money raised from the event supports programs at the hospital.

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BY DAILY PRESS STAFF OCEAN AVE In a thrilling finish, San Luis Obispo-based runner Phillip Reid successfully held off Christian Hesch from Morro Bay to win the Los Angeles Sports and Fitness (LAS&F) Invitational at the third annual Saint John’s Santa Monica 5000.

Reid’s time of 13.58.9, shattered the course record of 2006 and 2007 winner, Kenyan Haron Lagat, by 6 seconds. Reid won $1,500 for his first place finish, along with a $300 time bonus for breaking 14:20.

The total time between first (Reid, 13.58.9), second (Hesch, 14:00.9) and third (Brett Gotcher, 14:01.8) was less than three seconds, captivating hundreds of spectators

on the bluffs of Santa Monica.

The LAS&F Invitational, which was first run in 2004 in Agoura Hills, brings together the best athletes from Southern California and the world to compete in the Championship of L.A. Road Racing.

“The LAS&F Invitational is the stage for California’s best to compete. It makes for outstanding competition, a great race and also a wonderful event to watch,” said LAS&F Publisher Danny Greenberg.

In the women’s 5k race, Ethiopian Belainesh Gebre easily won in 15:47.1, holding off Kenyan Evelryne Lagat. Fellow Ethiopian and New Mexico-based countrywoman Naser Teyba finished third.

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Saying yes to children Editor:

There will be a number of measures and initiatives on the ballot, but only the Children’s Hospital Bond Act — Proposition 3 — speaks to the health of millions of children and the hospitals that serve them.

Children’s hospitals must have access to the latest technology to effectively treat the most seriously ill and injured children. But, without continued investment in new facilities, California’s children’s hospitals simply will not be able to meet the needs of the state’s rapidly expanding pediatric population. Statewide, all children’s hospital are either under construction, or in the planning stages, to meet the increasing demand for services.

Children’s hospitals are very fortunate to have generous philanthropic support for these projects, and their other needs, but private philanthropy alone is just not enough.

Prop. 3 will make $980 million available to the five University of California children’s hospitals and to California’s eight eligible not-for-profit children’s hospitals, which will be able to apply for grants for new construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishings and equipment to meet the increasing demand for their services.

We depend on our children’s hospitals. They save lives. Many children are cured; others have their young lives extended for many years. For most, the quality of their lives improves.

Many organizations throughout the state have endorsed Prop. 3, including The New Majority Los Angeles, the California Chamber of Commerce, the California PTA and the League of Women Voters; and many business and civic leaders, including former Gov. Pete Wilson, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer support the bond initiative, too.

I urge a “Yes” vote on Prop. 3.

Beth Lowe Santa Monica Member of the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Board of Trustees.

Undecided doesn’t make you racist Editor:

Lloyd Garver wonders why there are still undecideds in this election. He thinks the answer is racism. That’s an odd conclusion. Have you ever met a racist who was undecided about their opinion? Me neither. Racists by definition are decidedly decided. They aren’t open to being swayed. They don’t sit around picking petals off flowers wondering aloud “I love people, I love them not.

I love people, I love them not.”

So what are some of the real reasons someone could honestly be undecided?

• The Hillary Effect. There is a contingent of women voters who ideologically align closer to Obama yet hold bitterness that he did not at least make Hillary his vice president. They were very vocal that they would consider McCain and his female running mate. This may be a tough decision for some women but it doesn’t make them a racist.

• Inexperience. Some voters struggle with the fact they like Obama but they think Mc Cain, with his decades of experience, would make a better leader.

They think Obama would make a good president someday, but he needs more experience. Are they racists for still mulling over who to pick?

• Moderation. Most of America is moderate.

Moderate Republicans. Moderate Democrats. They have a lot in common and they don’t like the extremes of even their own parties. So they can all easily find Obama appealing in some areas yet still be wary of the fact that he is the most liberal voting member of Congress. It’s enough to make them undecided, but it doesn’t make them racist.

Being undecided doesn’t make you a racist for not already picking Obama anymore than it makes you an ageist for not already aligning yourself with Mc Cain.

It’s an important decision. Take you time. Vote wisely.

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Mormon maneuver THE ELECTION IS JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY

and we have the opportunity to stop an invasion. The Mormons are coming and this time, rather than sending the fresh-faced youth of their ranks, the ones that can open doors, they are sending in scare tactics, Newt Gingrich and a slew of lies.

Yes, it’s all about the gay marriage amendment, brought to you by the same people who don’t believe in alcohol, caffeine, contraception and pre- and post-marital sex for pleasure.

They want to “protect marriage” and are using that lying blowhard Newt Gingrich to scream “activist judges” from every mountaintop they can, and in commercials and on YouTube. They want to say that you, the voters, have the final say. Which is correct, in that by a state Constitutional amendment, which is what Proposition 8 is, you can enshrine discrimination and bigotry in our Constitution, and override our state’s equal protection clause.

If we do so, we are opening the door and letting the Mormon missionaries into our state to begin legislating how we live our lives. They want to make the whole world in their image, which is why they do so much evangelizing, and why they baptize you when you are dead and not even in the room. They believe they have all the right answers for you.

So what, why does this matter?

It matters because in the eyes of the courts, everyone is supposed to be treated equally. The courts are supposed to administer secular law without resort to the Bible, Qur’an, Torah or any other religious text.

In your church you can discriminate, and moralize all you want. You can say that premarital sex is a venial/mortal sin. You can say that contraception is an abomination. You can say that sex is only to be for procreation and that married couples who engage in recreational sex are sinning in the eyes of the lord. Seriously, it’s the sin next to murder for the Mormons.

They baptize dead people by proxy, because they think they’re going to save souls. All of that is behavior and philosophy, and morality, that is appropriate for a church to dictate to its adherents. And that is where it should stop.

Because I’m not Mormon, and odds are neither are you, I don’t want them to decide what I can and can’t do. I don’t want to be told by a repressed white male living in Utah that I can’t drink a latte or pick up another adult who I find sexually attractive and enjoy them — male or female.

Our courts currently support the view that adults are free to decide for themselves their private lives, but up until 1967 some states still had laws on the books that prevented blacks from marrying whites. It’s called anti-miscegenation, and it means that the races can’t intermarry. No Mexicans marrying blacks, no whites marrying Japanese.

But the Mormons want to change that.

They want to say that two people of the same sex must adhere to the doctrine of the prophet in Salt Lake City. The saddest part about this is that right now, Proposition 8 has a chance of passing, and the reason why is the black vote. Black voters who are being instructed by their churches that it’s a moral decision to keep marriage between a man and a woman. These are the same people who 60 years ago were told who they could and could not marry. It was only 40 years go that blacks were told where they could and could not go to school. You’d think they’d be more attuned to discrimination.

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They are being led by the Mormons, the same Mormons who until 1978 thought that black people had no souls. Black people were denied the right to be “priests” in the Mormon church because they bore the “mark of Cain.”

Frankly, I think if you are black, and you vote yes on Prop. 8, you are either morally bankrupt, or just plain stupid. Same goes for Hispanics, Asians, Indians, hell, anyone who is not white, Mormon and preferably male, because women are still not treated equally by the Mormons.

California did away with racial profiling for marriage in 1948, the first state to do so in the 20th century. We led the country in 1947, when then Gov. Earl Warren signed into law a school desegregation bill, which was similar to the case of Brown v. Board of Education, that he would 20 years later preside over as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Prop. 8 matters because language matters, because people matter and their private lives should be private and not regulated by the state.

Please vote no on Prop. 8. Don’t let the Mormons enshrine their still bigoted views into our Constitution.

DAVID PISARRA is a family law attorney focusing on father’s rights and men’s Issues in the Santa Monica firm of Pisarra & Grist. He can be reached at dpisarra@pisarra.com or (310) 6649969.

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Measure T, which comes before voters in November, aims to put a yearly 75,000-squarefoot cap on commercial development. Backers say it would fight traffic and slow rampant growth while opponents say that it goes too far and is misguided.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: How will you vote on Measure T and why?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

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Similar claims were made by the British and French when they built the Channel Tunnel. Yet they have had to seek more money twice already and the end is not in sight. Already the estimates to build and operate the high-speed rail operation are double the original projections.

The Reason Foundation claims that the California High Speed Rail Authority has underestimated expenditures by $30 billion because the authority has not fully taken into account the added expense of building “in the world’s most active geological zone and (including the cost of) erecting sound walls to abate noise and other nuisances.” The authority also claims that 65 million people would ride the system annually. This is far higher than either France or Japan, both of which are more rail-oriented countries.

In addition, the authority is promising a one-way ticket for $70, which is far lower than the New York-Washington route of Amtrak’s Acela trains and other routes the world over, many of which are shorter than the L.A. to San Francisco route. Were I a voter in California, and as strong an advocate of rail as I am, I doubt that I could bring myself to vote for this project.

Were the state in decent fiscal shape I would almost certainly support the project.

Somewhere in the United States a highspeed system needs to be built. However, the projections of cost, ridership and revenue need to be realistic. So I must conclude that California is just too broke to afford to build this system at this time. Unlike the Reason Foundation, I do not think that this project would be a white elephant. Millions would ride it but the projections being sold to the voting public are way off base.

A good time to bring this proposition back would be when the state finally gets its financial house back to good order. Passage this year is far from assured. If Californians hear the real cost of high-speed rail I would not be surprised if they ended up voting “No” on Proposition 1a, as would I.

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$700 billion bailout, California’s Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson asking for a $7 billion loan to make up for the enormous gap between the demands of the state’s budget and projected revenues The governor has since withdrawn the request but he nevertheless is supporting a proposition on the November ballot which would have California go further in debt, this time to the tune of $9.9 billion. The money would be used to build a high-speed rail system between Los Angeles and San Francisco. I am correctly perceived as a strong proponent of rail transportation. But I wonder if now is the time to build this “bullet” type train, given the state’s dreadful financial circumstances.

Shikha Dalmia, a senior analyst at the libertarian Reason Foundation, quoted the governor at the Commonwealth Club of California, “… just because we have a problem with the budget does not mean people should vote ‘no’ on high speed rail.” This statement comes from the governor who said he intended to veto the bill which would place the issue before the people. He was against it before he was for it.

Proponents of high-speed rail claim it would create 450,000 new jobs. I have no idea as to the source of that figure but highspeed rail projects in Japan, France, Germany and Sweden have not created nearly that number of new jobs. Perhaps the proponents’ claim that high-speed rail would reduce greenhouse gases would prove correct if the system is built but the claim that it would reduce traffic congestion is somewhat dubious.

Dalmia points out that the state’s generalobligation debt has tripled in the past six years. Without any new debt California would already spend 6.1 percent of its budget merely to service the debt. The deficit had kept on growing to the point that the governor felt that he had to write that remarkable letter to Paulson.

This is only the first phase of a plan which fully would be implemented by 2030. By then high-speed trains would be running from San Diego to north of San Francisco (some have even suggested hooking Sacramento into the system). Well and good, but the proponents claim they would not

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bailouts has been on subprime home mortgages, Americans are also late in making their car and truck payments to the tune of $25 billion and probably more. And if you’ve already had a vehicle repossessed, you’re not alone; industry experts say we’ll see a record number of repo’s this year, as many as an astounding two million of them.

But there is cause for hope, with new rules which could allow people to keep their vehicles, late-pay or not, and possibly even get repo’d cars and trucks back from the bank or lender.

In the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, the so-called “Bailout Bill,” the treasury secretary is authorized to “purchase troubled assets from any financial institution.”

Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson can now buy-up anything and everything, from home mortgages to car loans, insurance policies to stocks to bonds. The government then holds these designated troubled assets until private firms again want to own them.

I think it’s probable that late car and truck loans and even leases will be labeled as troubled assets.

The auto industry, worldwide, is getting slammed as our economy moves towards official recession and possibly a second Great Depression in the next few months.

Many prospective car-buyers find they now can’t get financing. Last week, finance giant GMAC announced they won’t loan to any potential car-buyer with an under-700 FICO score. Car dealers can’t get financing either, which they need to buy the cars and trucks they need from the factories to put in their showrooms and sell.

Many hundreds of supplier companies, making everything from floor mats to circuit breakers to windshields and almost every other part of new cars and trucks, are laying off skilled workers and even closing their doors as new vehicle sales sink into an ever deeper morass.

Last week, industry analyst J.D. Power and Associates predicted sales this year of 12 million new cars and trucks, which sounds like a lot until one considers an average sales year has been around the 16 million mark for several years running. It’s as if 25 percent of the market for new car and truck sales in America is expected to simply disappear.

And the factories, the car-makers them-

selves, need tens of millions of dollars every day just to keep their doors open, their assembly lines running and their products making their way to dealerships and carbuyers.

No one wins at this game; I don’t think that even those “Masters of the Universe,” the Wall Street traders and hedge fund managers in Tom Wolfe’s masterful, “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” can come up with a way to cash in on this financial disaster.

So, what does all this mean for those late with their car payments?

They should treat their car payments the same way those in danger of home foreclosure need to treat their mortgage payments.

That means to stay in close touch with the lender, trying to work out some sort of payment schedule which will keep your car in your driveway and not in some repo lot, waiting to be sold at auction.

Remember, too, that banks don’t like being in the real estate business and they like the car-selling business even less. This can work to the advantage of someone late making their payments and who wants to keep their car or truck.

If car loans are labeled troubled assets, there’s the chance the loan may be re-written so interest rates, payment frequency and amounts and even the principle owed might be changed. And if a car or truck has recently been repossessed, there’s a chance, though probably small, that some might be returned; banks don’t want a bigger vehicle inventory than they already have.

So hang in there, stay in touch with your lender, don’t lose hope and follow the news carefully. Banks and other lenders don’t want your car, they want car payments. And while government moves slowly, when it finally does move, sometimes good things happen.

STEVE PARKER has covered the world’s auto industry for over 35 years. He’s a two-time Emmy Award-winner who reported on cars for almost a decade at both KTLA/TV5 and KCBS/TV2. He is a consultant to the NBC-TV show Whipnotic and the show’s companion website, www.Whipnotic.com. He created, writes and moderates the only all-automotive blog on The Huffington Post at www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-parker. Contact Steve through his own automotive issues Web site at www.SteveParker.com.

Gasoline prices tumble despite likely OPEC cuts

BY STEVENSON JACOBS Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK Consumers got another break at the gas pump Monday, as prices dropped further below $3 a gallon and approached year-ago levels even as the nearcertainty of an OPEC production cut pushed oil prices marginally higher.

Gasoline has fallen more than a dime a gallon since Friday, hitting a national average of $2.92 on Monday, according to auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright

Express. Pump prices have fallen 29 percent from their July record high of $4.114 a gallon and are only 10 cents higher than a year ago.

That difference could be bridged this week if gasoline keeps falling at the current rate.

The pullback at the pump comes amid a dramatic turnaround in crude oil prices.

Chakib Khelil, president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said Sunday that members plan to announce a “substantial” output cut at an extraordinary meeting that begins Friday in Vienna.

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THE BEACH WAS POSTED TODAY — NO

swimming and no surfing. Wouldn’t you know, the waves were awesome. They lured us closer, promising sweet rides. We were tempted. The water looked fine, but then it also looked fine that day we took our cousin, Juanita, to the beach.

She got that horrific rash on her feet just wading in the surf. We learned a tough lesson that day. Not only was Juanita’s long awaited beach experience ruined, the rash kept her from wearing her new Manolo’s the entire week!

Since then, we have learned to check the beach report and take the signs posting beach closures very seriously. The surf continued its siren song, but we remained strong and resolute. Sadly, we repositioned our boards under our wings and with our spirits heavy, turned back for home.

We were already dressed for swimming and did need some exercise. We climbed on our unicycles, for ducks they are so much easier than bicycles, and headed for Santa Monica College to swim some laps. Rusty, outgoing as always, began chatting with people around the pool. Just for fun, he told them he was in training for the Iron Man competition.

He introduced Richard and myself as his coaches. He is always kidding around. While wiping imaginary sweat from his brow, he described a grueling, make believe morning training session of cycling and running.

Then, with an elaborate twirling dive, he slipped effortlessly into the water and began, to the delight of all watching, a demonstration of his back stroke.

As you might imagine, it is an extremely difficult stroke for a duck. Always competitive, he then challenged the swimmer in the next lane to a race. Poor guy, we should have warned him. With built in flippers, Rusty won by a mile.

Exhausted after many laps, we decided to do a little research while we rested. The SMC library was there and we were curious.

What was in the water when they closed the beach? What we discovered turned out to be quite gross.

Never before had we considered where the oil in the street or the dog and cat waste we jumped over or side stepped on the sidewalk ended up.

We now understood why Richard always cringed when he saw the residue from the neighbors toxic pesticides and fertilizers flowing down the sidewalk into the street.

We found that all that stuff and more works its way from yards, sidewalks, streets and storm drains directly to the beach.

The sewage spills too. All of it — what is called “urban runoff ” — ends up in the ocean and ultimately on everything that is in the water or uses the water. That includes the fish, the plants and us!

Rusty said with that mental image he would have no trouble staying out of the water when the beach was posted. Richard felt sad for the sea creatures and plants. He said he could only imagine what it was like to be stuck, without any options, in the one and only place you could call home.

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Experts question benefits of putting kids in time out

BY MICHAEL J. CRUMB Associated Press Writer

DES MOINES, Iowa After failing to finish a reading assignment, 8-year-old Isabel Loeffler was sent to the school’s time-out room — a converted storage area under a staircase — where she was left alone for three hours.

The autistic Iowa girl wet herself before she was finally allowed to leave.

Appalled, her parents removed her from the school district and filed a lawsuit.

Some educators say time-out rooms are being used with increased frequency to discipline children with behavioral disorders.

And the time-outs are probably doing more harm than good, they add.

“It really is a form of abuse,” said Ken Merrell, head of the Department for Special Education and Clinical Sciences at the University of Oregon. “It’s going to do nothing to change the behavior. You’re using it as an isolation booth.”

Segregating children removes them from the positive aspect of the classroom and highlights that they’re different from other children, said Stephen Camarata, director of the Kennedy Center for Behavioral Research at Vanderbilt University. And isolating an autistic child might be particularly counterproductive.

Though there are no data on the use of

time-out rooms, Camarata speculates that they’ve become widespread as schools confronted a growing enrollment of children with behavior disorders.

“I believe it’s because classrooms are much less flexible with more focus on compliance,” he said.

The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund in Berkeley, Calif., receives calls from parents across the country who complain about time-out rooms, said Cheryl Theis, an education advocate for the organization.

“Parents call and say their child’s disability has been exacerbated by this and are traumatized by this,” she said.

Merrell said he’s encountered time-out rooms he felt were unsafe.

“I once consulted with a school in another state and had a weekly appointment with a child to do some counseling and when I got there they told me he was in a time-out room,” he said. “He was in a janitor’s closet with no windows, no ventilation, open cans of paint, a mop bucket with disinfectant, and he had been in there for over an hour.”

Merrell, who has published nearly 100 studies and 10 books on teaching social and emotional skills, said time-out rooms can be used effectively but seldom are. The key, he said, is to combine the time outs with social skills training.

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BY BOB THOMAS Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES Mr. Blackwell, the acerbic designer whose annual worstdressed list skewered the fashion felonies of celebrities from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears, has died. He was 86.

Blackwell died Sunday at CedarsSinai Medical Center of complications from an intestinal infection, publicist Harlan Boll said.

Blackwell, whose first name was Richard, was a little-known dress designer when he issued his first tongue-in-cheek criticism of Hollywood fashion disasters for 1960 — long before Joan Rivers and others turned such ridicule into a daily affair.

“How sad that he died, because Bjork and Jennifer Lopez will no longer know which of their gowns they should deliver to Goodwill,” Rivers said in a prepared statement. “It also goes without saying that he will be best-dressed body of the season.” Year after year, Blackwell would take Hollywood’s reigning stars and other celebrities to task for failing to dress in what he thought was the way they should.

Being dowdy was bad enough, but the more outrageous clothing a woman wore, the more biting his criticism. He once said a reigning Miss America looked “like an armadillo with cornpads.”

A few other examples: Madonna: “The Bare-Bottomed Bore of Babylon.”

Barbra Streisand: “She looks like a masculine Bride of Frankenstein.”

Christina Aguilera: “A dazzling singer who puts good taste through the wardrobe wringer.”

Meryl Streep: “She looks like a gypsy abandoned by a caravan.”

Sharon Stone: “An over-the-hill Cruella DeVille.”

Lindsay Lohan: “From adorable to deplorable.”

Patti Davis: “Packs all the glamour

of an old, worn-out sneaker.”

Ann Margret: “A Hells Angel escapee who invaded the Ziegfeld Follies on a rainy night.”

Camilla Parker-Bowles: “The Duchess of Dowdy.”

Bjork: “She dances in the dark — and dresses there, too.”

Spears: “Her bra-topped collection of Madonna rejects are pure fashion overkill.”

The critic acknowledged he had mixed feelings about appearing so publicly mean. Most of the women he put through the wringer, he said, were people he genuinely admired for their talent if not their fashion sense.

“The list is and was a satirical look at the fashion flops of the year,” he said in 1998. “I merely said out loud what others were whispering. ... It’s not my intention to hurt the feelings of these people. It’s to put down the clothing they’re wearing.”

He told the Los Angeles Times in 1968 that designers were forgetting that their job “is to dress and enhance women. ... Maybe I should have named the 10 worst designers instead of blaming the women who wear their clothes.”

Surprisingly, the woman who topped his worst dressed list for 1982 (announced in early 1983) was the newly married Diana, Princess of Wales. He said she had gone from “a very young, independent, fresh look” to a “tacky, dowdy” style. She quickly regained her footing and wound up as a regular on Blackwell’s favorites list, the “fabulous fashion independents.”

Blackwell had started out as an actor himself, having been spotted by a talent agent while still in his teens. He landed a job as an understudy in the Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley’s heralded drama “Dead End.” Although he got to play the role of the Dead End Kids’ leader on stage only one time, it led him to Hollywood where he landed bit parts in such films as “Little Tough Guy” (uncredited) and “Juvenile Hall” (as Dick Selzer).

He abandoned his acting career in 1958 after failing to make it in movies and switched to fashion design. He claimed to be the first to make designer jeans for women, and his salon had begun to attract a few Hollywood names when he issued his first list covering the fashion faux pas of 1960.

(Italian star Anna Magnani and Gabor were among his early victims.)

It quickly brought him the celebrity he had long coveted, and he quickly became a favorite on the TV talk show circuit. He also became for a time, in his words, “The worst bitch in the world.”

He hosted his own show, “Mr. Blackwell Presents,” in 1968 and appeared as himself in such TV shows as “Matlock” and “Matt Houston.”

In 1992, he sued Johnny Carson for claiming that he had added Mother Teresa to his list, saying the comment exposed him to hatred and ridicule.

NBC’s response was that the “Tonight Show” host was obviously joking.

“Did you see what he said about Mother Teresa? ‘Miss Nerdy Nun is a fashion no-no,’” Carson had said.

“Come on now, that’s just to During his heyday the issuing of Blackwell’s annual list was an eagerly anticipated media event.

On the second Tuesday in January he would assemble reporters at his mansion for a lavish breakfast before making a dramatic entrance for the television cameras.

By the turning of the millennium, however, the list had lost its juice and Blackwell took to issuing it by e-mail.

Born Richard Sylvan Selzer in 1922, Blackwell recounted in his autobiography, “From Rags to Bitches,” a troubled, poverty-ridden childhood in which he was variously a truant, thief and prostitute.

He is survived by Robert Spencer, his partner of nearly 60 years.

Associated Press writers Andrew Dalton and Christopher Weber contributed to this report.

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BY THOMAS WATKINS Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES The city’s police officers are more likely to stop and search black and Hispanic residents than they are whites, even though whites are more often found carrying guns and contraband, according to a report released Monday by a civil liberties group.

“The results of this study raise grave concerns that African-Americans and Hispanics are over-stopped, overfrisked, over-searched, and over-arrested,” report author Ian Ayres, a Yale Law School economist and professor, said while disclosing the results.

Ayres’ report, published by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, analyzed the Los Angeles Police Department’s own accounts of 810,000 pedestrian and motor vehicle stops in the year from July 2003 to June 2004.

Even after researchers controlled for demographics and neighborhood crime rates, they found significantly higher stop rates for black and Latino residents. For every 10,000 residents, blacks were nearly three times more likely to be stopped than white and other “non-minority” residents, facing 3,400 more stops. Hispanics were stopped on 350 more occasions.

“These stark statistics ... give a numeric lens for the lived experience of ‘driving while black’ or ‘driving while Hispanic,’” Ayres wrote in his report.

Even though Ayres used the LAPD’s own data, his findings were at odds with an earlier analysis carried out for the department. The LAPD acknowledged racial disparities in some divisions but, after controlling for several variables, found “no consistent pattern of race effects.”

Ayres, however, said one officer stopped more than 100 blacks and 100 Hispanics but only one white. The professor did not include that officer in his analysis because it was an extreme situation and could skew results.

A summary of Ayres’ report states that during the past five years the LAPD has received nearly 1,200 citizen complaints alleging racial profiling, but the department hasn’t sustained a single one.

“Los Angeles officials have yet to acknowledge the scope of the problem of racially biased policing or to fully embrace solutions,” the summary stated.

LAPD spokesman Officer Sam Park said the department had no immediate comment.

Not only were blacks and Hispanics more likely to be stopped than whites, they also faced increased odds of being ordered out of their car, frisked, searched and arrested. Black residents were 29 percent more likely than whites to be arrested, and Hispanic residents were 32 percent more likely to be arrested, the report found.

Whites who were searched were more likely than blacks and Hispanics to be carrying guns and contraband. This shows police officers have a higher threshold for searching whites, so searches of that race are more likely to yield results, ACLU attorney Peter Bibring said.

“That result shows they are using a different standard when searching African-Americans and Latinos than they do when searching white people,” Bibring said. “That kind of difference in treatment raises fundamental concerns about equal protection under the law.”

Glauz Diego, 23, of South Los Angeles said he and his peers were routinely stopped, even when they had not committed a traffic violation.

“I have never been arrested, I work hard ... to support my family,” said Diego, who is black. “Yet I am viewed as a criminal by the LAPD in the community I live in.”

ACLU legal director Mark Rosenbaum said Police Chief William Bratton and his department had taken positive steps in recent years but more needed to be done.

“These are very disturbing conclusions,” Rosenbaum said. “It suggests that race matters. ... It suggests that we do not yet have a colorblind LAPD.” The ACLU has sent a letter to the Police Commission, the civilian board that oversees the Police Department, asking for several changes, including better anti-bias training for officers and an improved complaints procedure.

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Working toward a brighter future FROM TEEN MOMS PAGE 1 The state also pays more than $2,700 a year per student for support services, which is used to fund day-care managers and parent-education teachers who run the programs on site. Santa Monica College also provides funding for its students who use the day care center at Samohi, according to Dorie Meek, a multi-site supervisor for various child care programs, including the CREST afterschool program.

More than half of the students in CalSAFE live in Santa Monica, with the remainder coming from the Los Angeles area. The majority are students at Samohi with the rest attending Olympic and the Off Campus Learning Center, a small continuation school for students trying to catch up on credits.

While the program is open to mothers and fathers, all of the students are females.

The students are all required to take a parent-education course in which they learn the basics of being a mother, from changing diapers to introducing solid food. There is also a mandatory case management aspect that requires weekly meetings with a social worker from Family Services of Santa Monica, which operates the program.

Meek said the program serves two children — the student who aspires to graduate from high school and go onto college, and the infant who needs day care while their parent is in school.

“We say you deserve the right to go to school,” Meek said. “We will serve you and you will succeed.”

Students like Carolina Martinez, a 16year-old junior who is the mother of a 9month-old girl, say the program means the difference between staying in school and working toward a future in higher education or working full-time as a teenager.

“Before I got pregnant, I had my life all planned out,” Martinez said. “I was a straightA student and I always thought I could get a scholarship to go to a four-year school.”

Martinez was a student at Thomas Riley

High School in Gardena when she found out she was pregnant last year.

“It was really confusing at first,” she said.

“I didn’t know what to do.”

The couple agreed that abortion wasn’t an option.

“We decided to keep her and now we’re both happy,” she said.

Martinez transferred to Samohi this fall at the insistence of her boyfriend, a former student who was aware of the program.

The days are still hectic for the young mother, trying to keep her focus on school, spending time with her daughter during breaks between classes.

The issues are ones that all of the students share in their experiences as being a mother in school, relying on each other for support.

The teens participate in a support group every Friday, talking about some of the challenges they faced during the week, all with the hope of becoming better mothers.

“These girls are amazing parents,” Ariel Shumaker, a social worker with Family Services of Santa Monica, said.

Perez said she often struggles with finding a way to get to school, mostly opting for a long bus ride.

While she was excited to be a mother, Perez said she was surprised by just how much her life changed.

“I can’t go out like I used to,” she said. “I can’t go on dates.”

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Yesica de Luis, an 18-year-old senior at Samohi, had just dropped out of Hamilton Senior High School when she gave birth to Jonathan Arroyo about 15 months ago.

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Dooley said she believes that voters will be a little more hesitant to support the proposal than in a more favorable economy, but added that people are always willing to help children.

Measure R, which would raise $40 billion over the next 30 years for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, will stimulate the economy in the long-run by creating more jobs and more public transit, according to Marc Littman, MTA spokesman.

The sales tax increase, which is heavily backed by Westside transit advocates, could be used to pay for the Exposition Light Rail project and the Subway to the Sea, both of which would terminate in Santa Monica.

Littman said that while research shows congestion costs the average driver about $2,000 a year, the price of Measure R is roughly $25 per person and $80 per household.

“At a time when the economy is in the throes of recession, this is a measure that over 30 years generates about 210,000 jobs and more than $30 billion in new activity in the economy,” Littman said.

Several groups and individuals have come out against the measure, including elected officials from the San Gabriel Valley and the Bus Riders Union. The measure needs 66 percent in support to pass.

“The challenge for the yes on Measure R campaign is to inform the public on the service,” Littman, who as an MTA employee cannot advocate for the measure, said. “You look at the ballot and say these are tough times and there are other tax measures there.”

For other issues, like Measure AA, which would pay for construction projects at SMC, the challenge also exists in convincing voters to support another bond measure. A group of residents, many of whom live in the Sunset Park neighborhood, have formed an

opposition campaign called the Bond Fatigue Committee against Measure AA. Phil Hendricks, an SMC employee who runs the opposition campaign, said that he believes the economy is one of the biggest issues facing the pro Measure AA group.

“We’re not happy the economy is bad, but when it goes bad, people will look at what is going on around them,” Hendricks said.

Don Girard, the senior director of government relations and institutional communications for SMC, said a recent survey of 348 registered voters found 66.6 percent in support with 8.1 percent dissenting. Another 25.3 percent said they were undecided.

“I think that people have an understanding that education is key to obtaining the skills and the headstart that is required,” Girard said.

He pointed out that numerous school advocates and City Council members have come out in support of the measure.

The cost of the bond would be about $1.12 a month for renters and $7.34 a month for the average home or condo owner.

The economy could also have an impact on Measure SM, which would modernize the UUT to tax areas like T-1 cable and text messages that are not bundled into a package.

“Without a doubt voters are going to be tax fatigued when they go through this upcoming ballot,” City Manager Lamont Ewell said. “Voters are also very sophisticated in this region and look at the benefits they are going to derive from it.”

The UUT taxes areas such as water/waste water, natural gas, electricity and telecommunications, which brings in about $12 million a year to City Hall’s general fund. Advocates argue that the measure needs to be modernized to protect City Hall — which modeled the language in the UUT after the nowrepealed Federal Excise Tax — from litigation.

“I feel pretty good that when they get to the UUT and they see it for what it is … they’ll support it,” Ewell said. melodyh@smdp.com

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Home security doesn’t have to be expensive FROM SECURITY PAGE 3 “Homeowners want to be able to know not only what’s happening in their home when they’re not there, they also want to know if someone’s gotten in their liquor cabinet,” says Kirk MacDowell, residential business leader for GE Security Inc., a unit of General Electric Co. When shopping for an alarm system, experts say to look for one that includes sensors for all the perimeter doors, interior doors leading to a garage or mud room, several passive infrared motion detectors inside the home and glass-break sensors.

The system should also have an inside and outside siren to scare off intruders, but also a silent alarm code, in case someone is inside and forces the homeowners to shut down the alarm.

Santamorena says to make sure there are at least three alarm keypads in the house: near the front door, back door and the master bedroom.

“If you think there’s a problem, you ought to be able to press a panic button,” he says.

Avoid the temptation to buy fake alarm company stickers. Experienced thieves will see right through it.

“I don’t recommend people doing that at all, they’re just kidding themselves,” Santamorena warns.

Even if a monitored security system is beyond one’s reach, a slew of other products on the market offer ways to fill in the security gaps.

One item, by Armor Concepts LLC, can prevent someone from kicking in a door.

Dubbed the Door Jamb Armor, it’s a series of metal supports that slide over the existing door frame on a standard entry door, reinforcing it at the door jamb, the lock and the top and bottom hinges.

“All the parts of the door that break when it’s kicked don’t break anymore,” says Alan Young, the company’s chief executive.

A full set runs about $125.

Next month, the company plans to debut a version of the Door Jamb that works with doors that have windows on either side of the door frame.

Another option to beef up doors is to install a biometric locks that use fingerprint recognition technology instead of a key.

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Once designed for commercial use, now many manufacturers are making models for homes.

Artemis Solutions Group’s BioCert Guardian XL biometric door lock runs on battery power and can store fingerprints for up to 30 users. It’s available for $189.

Artemis Chief Executive James Childers says the unit should be used in areas of the house that are not exposed to extreme moisture, like an interior door leading to the garage.

“We actually have a lot of people that are using it for securing the master suite inside the house and outside in condominiums,” Childers says.

Alarm systems and souped up doors may still not bar a determined prowler. What then?

Experts recommend homeowners have a safe bolted to the floor in which to keep their jewels, key personal documents and other valuables.

Safe technology hasn’t changed much in the last 50 years, says Jim Riccardi, who handles East Coast sales for Syracuse, N.Y.-based Gardall Safe Corp.

But now there are models with biometric sensors instead of combination keys, for example. So how much safe do you need?

“Safes are similar to an insurance policy,” Riccardi says. “The more you spend, the more protection you’re going to get.”

Still, for the average homeowner, an oldfashioned mechanical turn-dial or pushbutton safe will do. Gardall’s 1812/2-G-C, for example, runs about $740.

Riccardi says you want at least five working bolts — including some on the side where the door meets the hinge — and a bolt so it can be anchored to the floor.

Santamorena says homeowners can employ other measures that can be effective in dissuading the casual burglar.

In addition to putting indoor lights on a timer when you’re out of the house, also put the television or a radio on the timer and set it to go off during the course of the day.

One inexpensive way to dupe burglars into thinking someone’s home when they’re not is the Fake TV. The device flashes intermittently, simulating the light output of a television. It retails for about $31. news@smdp.com

Fabian Lewkowicz Fabian@FabianLewkowicz.com Lesleigh Owen, self-proclaimed fat activist who stands up for the rights of plus-size people, speaks with her “reader,” David Tandet, during the Santa Monica Public Library’s first Living Library on Saturday where people, or “books,” were checked out at 30-minute intervals.

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Vujacic returns to Lakers practice

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EL SEGUNDO Sasha Vujacic went through

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his first practice with the Los Angeles Lakers since spraining his left ankle on the first day of training camp.

“It feels good. There are just certain movements, certain things I can’t do,” the 24-year-old guard said Monday. “We’ll see how it feels tomorrow and go from there.”

Vujacic, who signed a three-year, $15 million contract July 28, has said he hopes to play in one of the Lakers’ three remaining exhibition games this week and be ready when the season begins Oct. 28 against Portland.

“He looked OK,” Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. “I saw him limping a little bit at

one time. No complaints.”

Vujacic was injured Sept. 30 after colliding with backup center DJ Mbenga in a scrimmage.

An MRI exam confirmed the sprain, but also revealed an avulsion fracture of the ankle, which means a small, thin layer of bone was peeled away.

Vujacic averaged a career-high 8.8 points in 72 games last season, his fourth with the Lakers, and 8.1 points while playing in all 21 playoff games.

The Lakers made the 6-foot-7, 205pounder from Slovenia the 27th overall pick in the 2004 draft.

He averaged 2.9 points in 35 games as a rookie, 3.9 points in 82 games in his second professional season, and 4.3 points in 73 games in his third.

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Cal goalie won’t let cancer keep her off the pitch

BY JANIE MCCAULEY Associated Press Writer

BERKELEY The puffy, inch-long pink scar is near her right collarbone.

It reminds Jorden LaFontaine-Kussmann of her chemotherapy treatment and the cancer that kept her from college soccer last season at California.

“It’s good and bad. It defines me, but it’s also kind of tough,” the redshirt freshman goalkeeper said. “It’s not my favorite thing.”

Less than a year after her lymphoma diagnosis at 18, LaFontaine-Kussmann is back on the field. She’s still finding her way, bouncing between No. 2 and 3 on the Golden Bears’ depth chart. But after months of conditioning and rebuilding her muscles, she now knows she can keep up in practice and compete in games.

“It feels like it was so long ago, especially now that I’m fully back into soccer and getting all my fitness back,” she said. “The only reminder to me is my hair being short. I miss the long hair.”

LaFontaine-Kussmann still has CT scans every two months to make sure the cancer hasn’t returned, but they’ve all been clear so far. The next one will come in early November. Eventually, the scans will go to every three months, then to twice a year.

It’s been a long process, and LaFontaineKussmann isn’t the most patient person. The cancer, though, forced her hand. Her oncologist emphasizes that she needs to concentrate on staying healthy. The soccer part will get there in time.

“That’s what’s frustrating. I’m very competitive,” she said. “But at the same time, I’ve made a full recovery in such a short period of time. I have to be patient; I’ve become more patient. I have to remind myself I’m ahead of schedule right now. It’s crazy to think of all the chemicals (I had in me). Luckily I was in really good shape when I had all this done.”

She was diagnosed with lymphoma — an aggressive cancer that can respond well to treatment — on Oct. 5, 2007. She had the first of six chemotherapy sessions a week

later to attack a large mass in the middle of her chest.

She refused to feel sorry for herself, certain she would beat the cancer and play again. The alternative was never an option.

Those who know her best never doubted it for a second.

“As weird as it is, it started when she heard the word cancer. She could either roll over or say, ‘What’s next?’” said Kelly Bendixen, her personal goalkeeping coach for the past decade back home near Tacoma, Wash.

“That was her decision and I just helped her along. Cancer’s not a pretty game. It beat on her pretty heavily. We started running and she could only go for two minutes. Then she got to 20 minutes, then 45 minutes and an hour. She felt great coming back into this season. She just knew.

“She uplifts everybody. How could I have a bad day? She says, ‘I went through cancer, no big deal.’ To everybody else, she’s an inspiration. She never said quit, never said die. She always beat it.”

LaFontaine-Kussmann stayed in school and never wore the wig she bought. She instead went for an array of beanie hats to keep her head warm last winter. Her sister, Kari, moved to the Bay Area from Washington state to help.

LaFontaine-Kussmann — known by teammates and friends as “Jorde” — received T-shirts, cards and well wishes from coaches and players across the country. The men’s water polo and football teams at Cal signed posters that still hang on the walls in her apartment, about a five-minute walk from the soccer field. Several men’s soccer players shaved their heads in support last fall.

“She wore a smile every day. Nobody knows the hell that she went through,” said her mother, Didi Kussmann. “She has had so many wonderful people in her life. I feel like she really made a statement. Throughout this whole thing, she has been so incredibly strong.”

Her radiation ended in mid-March, and her hair began growing back in February after she completed her chemo.

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★★★★ Friends, associates and people in general surround you. Through your ability to relate on a deep and meaningful level, you will come out on top of your game. Tonight: Visit with a neighbor or friend. Catch up on news.

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★★★ You could be feeling the demands and weight of recent responsibilities. You might try very hard to complete details. It seems as if you cannot get projects finished as you might like. Tonight: Happy to head home.

★★★ You end up in the limelight, whether you are ready or not. Do not allow someone to put you down or push you too hard. Understand your limits. A change in your budget ultimately will prove to make you more comfortable.

Tonight: Burn the midnight oil.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★★★ Your inquisitive style makes you a sure-fire winner. Though you might not finish all that you need/must do, you accomplish a lot. Be adaptable and willing to change your plans in any manner that seems more feasible.

Tonight: Visit with a pal.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★★★ You have the ability to see past words and another’s act. This person might wonder how you do it, but you use detachment and empathy. The two skills, though very different, work well together. Tonight: Out enjoying a favorite piece of music.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) ★★★★ You could be baffled by all that happens. You might have difficulty making a point, as others seem distracted. Focus on areas where you do not need as much input. Be aware of what is being offered. Tonight: Indulge.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★★ You are all smiles. Expenses could change if you decide to take fewer risks. Be careful with an emotional situation that could be much more volatile than you think. Your efforts come back multifold. Tonight: A force to behold.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ★★★★★ Work with one associate directly.

Your abilities to read between the lines and get past a problem allow new opportunities. Defer on a money matter, even if you feel you are right. This person needs to see the end results.

Tonight: Dinner for two.

★★★★ Others seize control. Don’t make a big deal out of it, as you cannot change the results.

You could be very tired and drawn, despite good news. Tonight: Decide who, when or where.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

★★★ Take your time, as you could be mentally elsewhere. How you see a situation could radically change if you so choose. You must be willing to hear the other side. You could be too tired for your own good. Proceed slowly with a family/personal issue. Tonight: Get extra R and R.

★★★ You might have little recourse, as you are overwhelmed and have a lot to do. Though you might not be sure as to the best direction to head in, you will make an excellent choice.

Trust your judgment. Tonight: Another admires your ability to get the job done.

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Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from ★ (easiest) to ★★★★★ (hardest).

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GETTING STARTED There are many strategies to solving Sudoku. One way to begin is to examine each 3x3 grid and figure out which numbers are missing. Then, based on the other numbers in the row and column of each blank cell, find which of the missing numbers will work. Eliminating numbers will eventually lead you to the answer.

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■ Not Ready for Thugdom: (1) Police in Wilmington, N.C., arrested Anthony Mallette, 30, and Capria Rouser, 28, in September, driving a stolen car, after they had allegedly tried to extort money from the owner for its return. They wanted $40. (2) Two men attempted an armed robbery of the Brighton Mini Mart in Chicago in August, and when it was over, the man with the gun had accidentally shot himself in the foot and been stabbed in the back by the 61-year-old store owner. The pair fled, but the wounded man was arrested in a hospital waiting room.

■ Rookie Mistakes: (1) Kody Merrival, 21, was arrested in Iowa City, Iowa, in September after he used an alleged stolen credit card in three different establishments. At a coffee bar, he asked for points on his personal account while using the card; at another store, he absentmindedly signed his own name; and in the third, he offered his own ID to accompany the card (leading the merchant to confiscate the card and notify police). (2) Tommy Patterson, 41, vacationing in Ormond Beach, Fla., in July, decided to do some impromptu shoplifting at a WalMart, according to police, but was caught after a chase that was brief because he was still wearing flipflops from the beach.

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1996 Ford Explorer 4WD $3795. Are you an outdoorsy person? Do you go skiing, to the mountains, or have dogs you don’t want to tote around in your nice car? This is your vehicle. Don’t wait because this is priced to move. VINA42842 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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FOUR FULLY self contained trailers for rent across from Will Rogers state beach 2 miles from Santa Monica Pier $1095/mo and $995/mo (310)454-2515 Mar Vista $2300.00 2Bdrms, 2 Baths W / Loft Stove, Refrig, Dshwshr, Wshr/Dryr, Gated Parking, NO PETS 4077 Inglewood Blvd, # 1 Call for Appt. (310)780-3354

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2007 Toyota Corolla CE $12,995. This is a great, reliable car. It’s not a car you pull up to the Oscars in, but you’re fine getting around town and to the stores.

Plus, with the money you save on this car, you can go to the stores more. Good MPG. VIN834748 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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03 Toyota Celica GT. $12,995. This sporty 2 door coup is great for a couple with no kids, needs a second sporty car or single person. If you want to zoom around town and look stylish doing so, this is your car. And being a Toyota, you know it’s reliable and gets good MPG. VIN152214 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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1992 Dodge 1 Ton Van $2995. This is your Plain Ole Work Van. It was a postal van. It is great for hauling. Perfect for contractors to have a mobile shop or any delivery company. VIN167697 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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Bookkeeping Services QUICKBOOKS BOOKKEEPING service, personal or businesses. Online version available. Call 310 977-7935

Services 2005 Chevrolet Astro Van $9995. If you need a work van with bins already in it, here is your chance to pick one up. If you don’t need the bins all of the time, they are removable. This is your portable work space. VIN121431 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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TRAINED PROFESSIONAL SINGER Will sing at all parties, churches, women’s clubs, and all occasions.Jolson, Sinatra, Tony Bennett, popular songs, and will have a sing along. Lots of fun. Call Gabe 310-392-6501

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1991 Dodge Van Conversion $5995. Your home away from home.

Perfect for those weekend trips to the mountain or the beaches. Has a built in cooler, and TV. If you don’t want to buy a full motor home, this is a good alternative. VIN404374 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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LOS ANGELES County on 10/7/08. 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 10/21/2008, 10/28/2008, 11/4/2008, 11/11/2008

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DBAS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081797095 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SABAL EXPERT CONSULTING, 855 W. EL REPETTO DR. #D-64 MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : DALIA SABALIAUSKAS 855 W. EL REPETTO DR. #D-64 MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754 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/: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of

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