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Teachers oppose slow-growth measure

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

DOWNTOWN Fearing the potential impact to public schools, the teachers union has joined a chorus of opponents to Measure T, criticizing the anti-development initiative as a poor approach to policy formation.

The position by the Santa MonicaMalibu Classroom Teachers Association (SMMCTA) wasn’t unexpected considering that various other educational advocates and groups have taken a similar position in the past few months, including the Community

for Excellent Public Schools and various district officials.

The measure, which would limit commercial development to 75,000 square feet a year, has been a polarizing issue, causing divisions among otherwise political allies and differences among city officials. The list

of endorsements and opponents has grown rapidly since Measure T was placed on the ballot earlier this year by Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City.

Among the Measure T critics are five of the seven City Council members, businesses, developers, and the nonprofit and healthcare

sectors. The pro-T campaign is just as deep in supporters, headlined by Councilmembers Bobby Shriver and Kevin McKeown, and backed by mainly neighborhood groups and long-time residents.

The SMMCTA is one of a handful of unions that have come out against Measure T, including the Santa Monica Police Officers Association. The existing public employee union opposition to the measure was one of the reasons why SMMCTA took a position against.

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SAMOHI When children head off to high school, it is natural for parents to worry.

Bullies, large class sizes and overwhelming homework assignments are just some of the concerns, many of which are based solely on rumor.

That’s what parents of Lincoln Middle School students discovered last week during a panel discussion with students and teachers at Santa Monica High School.

The event, coordinated by Samohi parents Lynn Levitt, Amy Kivnick and Rose Nelson, was held in order to introduce Lincoln parents to Samohi, clear up any rumors and inform them of the school’s positive characteristics.

“This is basically a PR campaign for Samohi because we are so passionate about the school and we want you to be too,” Nelson said enthusiastically before making a few announcements to the crowd.

There were approximately 50 students and parents who attended the question and answer session, the majority of whom were eighth grade parents anticipating their kid’s freshman year at Samohi.

“How much homework does the average student get per night?” asked one concerned parent.

“It really depends on your classes and what grade your in,” said Samohi junior Ali Kivnick, who is a member of the marching band and the yearbook club.

“You want to challenge yourself [with your workload], not kill yourself,” junior Theo Benjamin added.

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but the event planners moved the date to fall. Co-coordinator Kvinick recalls that the cafeteria was so overcrowded that people were forced to stand for roughly three hours.

Parents first asked the panel to explain the current house system at Samohi. Panel members explained that houses are divided into S, A, M, O, H and I with two counselors and a principal per house. The break-up was made to foster closer relationships between students and administrators on a campus that can be overwhelming to some because of its size.

“The beautiful thing about Samohi is we’re huge but the house system gives students a chance to know their teachers really well,” said English teacher Jennifer Pust.

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PROTECTED: The Santa Monica Animal Shelter is taking special measures to protect cats this year, which are often abused during Halloween.

Animal shelter takes precautions

BY SABA HAMEDY Special to the Daily Press

SANTA MONICA The month of October is known for Halloween decorations, candy corn and autumn weather. But for animal shelters across the United States, it’s a month connoted with animal cruelty, particularly cat abuse.

In the past year, over 2,000 cases of animal cruelty have been reported across the United States, according to pet-abuse.com.

Many of these incidents have occurred in October due to superstitions which involve satanic cults sacrificing black cats on Halloween.

Although the Santa Monica Animal Shelter has not seen any cat abuse in recent years, shelter manager Donn Umber emphasizes that black cats, like other colored cats, must be protected by their owners from all the various risks that they face, especially during this month.

“Many people ask us, ‘Do you stop adopting black cats around Halloween?’

IT WOULD MAKE NO SENSE TO DENY A HOMELESS ANIMAL AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PLACED IN A GOOD HOME.” Donn Umber Santa Monica Animal Shelter Manager

My answer is no,” Umber said. “It would make no sense to deny a homeless animal an opportunity to be placed in a good home.”

To ensure the safety of animals, shelter staff members spend a considerable amount of time with anyone seeking to adopt a pet, observing them as they interact with the animals and verify that they are there to adopt a companion and not just a temporary addition to their household.

They also require adopters to identify themselves with valid identification, such as a driver’s license.

Before anyone can adopt an animal,

the shelter makes all members of the household come to the shelter the day of adoption. But, Umber added, “Anyone who has cruel intentions is not likely to want to pay for the pet’s mandatory spay and neuter surgery and then have to wait a day or two before they can bring it home.”

Umber emphasizes that owners of black cats and all other types of cats need to realize their pet is “completely dependent upon them for their health and safety” especially with all the mischief in October.

should move swiftly to enact a second economic stimulus package to help teetering homeowners or face another possible crisis — banks stuck with a massive stock of vacant homes, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned Wednesday.

A day after urging congressional leaders to consider a new jolt for the ailing economy, the Republican governor said Washington needs to “put money into the housing market.” California has been devastated by the mortgage crisis, with thousands of foreclosures and median home prices falling sharply.

“The key is to make people stay in their homes,” the governor said during a panel discussion with investor Warren Buffet. “I think that this is the direction that the second economic stimulus package should go in.”

Money should be used to buy loans, he explained, after the value of homes has been adjusted to reflect lower market prices.

His proposal appeared to mirror John McCain’s prescription to ease America’s mortgage crisis. The Republican presidential candidate has proposed a $300 billion plan for the government to buy bad mortgages and renegotiate them at a reduced price. Democrat Barack Obama wants a mandatory 90-day freeze on some SEE ASSISTANCE PAGE 13

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The goal of the collaborative is to achieve significant breakthroughs to strengthen the quality and the climate of special education.

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Making a deal Editor:

I’ve noticed something as I ride my bike in Santa Monica. It seems as though many drivers are actually trying to hit me. Now I realize fully well that this is unintentional for the vast majority of drivers. Upon seeing me peddling alongside them in the road, the driver explicitly thinks to him/herself, “Don’t hit the biker!” Unfortunately, the last bit of that phrase is “hit the biker,” and this has the ironic effect of causing the driver to momentarily swerve toward me before correcting course and moving away from me (Dan Wegner of Harvard University calls this an ironic effect on motor behavior).

That charitable interpretation is decidedly not true of other drivers who have been known to shout, honk, wave obscene gestures toward me, or try to beat me through an intersection by flooring it (often running stop signs to achieve their goal). You know who you are.

The only explanation for such apparent hostility is that these drivers actually think that I am motivated to slow them down.

I have many motivations for riding my bike in Santa Monica. It’s healthy. It’s environmentally friendly. It’s convenient (especially parking). It’s often faster than driving. And it’s just plain fun. The list goes on and on.

Rest assured, however, none of my motivations for biking in Santa Monica involve slowing you down or making your drive more difficult. So can we call a truce? I’m quite confident that my goal not to be hit by your car is much stronger than your goal to quickly arrive at your destination. So let’s make a deal. I’ll ride in a safe and predictable manner, and you do the same. And the next time you feel tempted to let out your road rage on a bicycle, consider stopping to buy a bike of your own instead. Exercise can go a long way to help rid you of that rage.

Kerri L. Johnson Santa Monica

Exporting cavities Editor:

Dr. Kari Sakurai offers to exchange candy for cash (“Dentist offers cash for candy,” page 1, Oct. 20). She will trade one pound of candy for $1. She does this to reduce damage to children’s teeth which can be caused by sugar, including cavities and possible gingivitis. The candy will be given to a charity which will ship it overseas to U.S. troops. The troops will give some of the candy to children “in communities they are controlling in Iraq and Afghanistan.” The charity, Operation Gratitude, says that last year it sent a ton of candy and hopes to send two tons this year.

Dr. Sakurai’s purchases will probably have a positive affect on the dental health of children in her neighborhood. But what about the overseas recipients of those sweets? Are they not harmful to the dental health of troops? Perhaps this is not too important as the military provides dental care when needed. Much more worrisome is the candy given to Iraqi and Afghani children. I doubt that they are likely to have dental checkups. Are these efforts merely exporting a local problem to somewhere overseas?

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In defense of faith

EDITOR IN CHIEF Kevin Herrera editor@smdp.com

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STAFF WRITER THE PROTECT MARRIAGE COALITION

has inspired countless volunteers statewide from the Orthodox Jewish, Evangelical, Catholic, Muslim, Mormon and other faith communities to stand up for traditional marriage by supporting Proposition 8. Many of these volunteers were among the 61 percent of California voters who supported Proposition 22 in 2000, which was recently overruled by four judges on the California Supreme Court.

Given that Mormons make up less than 2 percent of the state’s population, my guess is that there are a whole lot of non-Mormons here who voted for Prop. 22 and don’t support gay marriage in the current debate.

However, judging from David Pisarra’s poorly-researched essay (“Mormon maneuver,” page 4, Oct. 21), support for the millennia-old institution of traditional marriage in California is due primarily to Mormons who want to legislate how Californians live their lives. Rather than discuss the merits and demerits of gay marriage, Mr. Pisarra prefers to criticize his own distorted concept of “Mormon” religious beliefs, many of which we do not hold. For example, we do not take a position on contraception (which many faithful Mormon couples use), we encourage marital sex for pleasure as well as parenthood, we emphatically believe that blacks have souls, we do not ban caffeine (while faithful Mormons do not drink coffee or tea, the church takes no position on caffeinated soft drinks), and we believe that men and women have equal standing before God. In a particularly glaring distortion, Mr. Pisarra claims that if Prop. 8 is approved, “we are opening the door and letting the Mormon missionaries into our state to begin legislating how we live our lives.” Mormon missionaries have been preaching in California for well over 150 years. Approval of Prop. 8 won’t change that in any way.

In a conversation I had with him following the publication of his essay, Mr. Pisarra admitted that he had simply pulled information about our faith off a few Internet sites.

If he had any interest at all in knowing what we actually believe, he should have asked us, not our antagonists.

As Mormons, we are not trying to force our doctrines on anyone. Rather, we are joining forces with like-minded citizens of all faiths to oppose the efforts of those who want to force the entire state to embrace same-sex marriage, and in the process redefine the institution of marriage.

I have supported gay rights since I was old enough to vote. No decent person wants to see

gays discriminated against in employment, housing, or education. Gay bashing is immoral, unacceptable behavior. All Mormons I know feel the same way. I also support the inclusion of sexual orientation as a protected status for hate crimes. However, I make a huge distinction between gay marriage and gay rights. As a gay rabbi recently admitted to me, the push for gay marriage was not a part of the historic gay rights movement and is incompatible with the theology and moral standards of many Abrahamic faiths. On the other hand, support for true gay rights is praiseworthy.

As a bi-racial Mormon leader, I was outraged to read Master Pisarra’s bizarre, patronizing assertion that blacks who support Prop. 8 are either “morally bankrupt” or “just plain stupid.” This common red herring reveals a profound lack of understanding of the civil rights movement in this country. While there are no differences among races that should be legally recognized, there are profound differences between men and women, as well as benefits of male-female couplings, that have been and continue to be recognized and/or promoted by governments throughout the world. Unsurprisingly, in our conversation Mr. Pisarra was unable to name a single prominent African-American civil rights leader who agrees that gay marriage is a civil rights issue, regardless of whether he/she supports gay marriage for other reasons.

On a similar note, I was highly amused by Mr. Pisarra’s regurgitation of Bill Maher’s ridiculous assertion that Mormons didn’t believe that blacks had souls until 1978. We have always believed that blacks are children of God, with souls, and stand as good a chance of reaching heaven as anyone else. The church did not ordain black men to the priesthood for 120 years for the same unknown reason that the priesthood in ancient Israel was only given to Aaron and his descendants, or that Jesus announced in the New Testament that he would only preach to Jews, not Gentiles.

Mormons have endured far worse than Mr. Pisarra’s ill-considered rantings. We care more about being right than being popular, and will continue to support Prop. 8 even as we reject gay-bashing and reach out in love to our gay and lesbian family members, neighbors and friends.

MARK PAREDES is a high councilor in the Santa Monica Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While the views expressed here are his own, his stake president agrees with him.

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inches wide. The recipe called for 24 turkey meatballs, which took me seven hours to toast in batches of four and another six hours to simmer on the stove. Having only ever experienced gas ranges, I hadn’t a clue that the ceramic covers on the electric burners were merely decoration and meant to be removed prior to heating. That slowed down the cooking process considerably.

My parents sat on the futon couch, my sister got the chair and my brother-in-law took the bed. I ate standing up. “That was very brave of you to serve something to guests that you’d never cooked before,” my mom commented kindly after dinner.

When I left New York, I was determined to cook more often. For better or worse, my signature dish quickly became fajitas, which I made by improvising with ground turkey, frozen artichoke quarters, mushrooms, garlic and canned tomatoes in a big pan. And I substituted couscous for tortillas.

My then boyfriend, now husband, took to calling the fajita concoction Manhattan Gumbo. He was great at lying and telling me he liked it, so we ate Manhattan Gumbo twice a week in the first year we dated. He got out of it in year two of our relationship by telling me it was the couscous he disliked.

Luckily there might still be some hope for my inner Emeril Lagasse. I look to my mom as inspiration. My family will never let her live down the pecan chicken dinner disaster of the mid-1980s. It’s the only time we ever threw out a meal after one bite and went to a restaurant instead. If she can recover from having prepared the foulest fowl in history, I’m determined to make something that my family will eat out of something other than polite pity.

In anticipation of their visit, I called my sister to get her recipe for lasagna with sausage that my mom said had become a family favorite.

“Um, it’s just lasagna with sausage.

Haven’t you ever made a lasagna?” she asked gently. After we got off the phone I imagine that she Googled a list of local restaurants to keep on standby.

Regardless, as long as no one ends up in the emergency room with food poisoning or goes out for pizza immediately following dinner, I will consider the evening a success. Bam!

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which means one thing (well, two if you count the inevitability that my dad will complain incessantly about how he and my mom never go to the movies): I feel compelled to cook.

I’m never really sure why I want to cook for my family. My aunt could cook Rachael Ray under a table in well under 30 minutes, my mom stuffs veal breasts like she’s vying for the Iron Chef title and my sister knows how to caramelize things. How do I compete with that?

Upon moving into Manhattan after graduating from college, I felt so grown-up that I asked my family over for a dinner party.

However, I overlooked something prior to issuing the invitations. At 208 square feet, there wasn’t a whole lot of space in my studio apartment when I was there alone. So add my parents, my sister and her husband and subtract about 70 square feet for the bathroom, entryway and hallway and all that remained was 27.6 square feet per person (and that figure doesn’t take into account any of the apartment’s furniture).

The part of the apartment that took up the least amount of space was the kitchen, or the kitchenette, as it’s known in small Manhattan apartment-speak. I took to calling mine the kitchenette-ette since it was just that much tinier. It had two small electric burners, a sink more compact than the one in the bathroom, no counter or oven and a college-size refrigerator that either refrigerated or froze. It was incapable of doing both at the same time.

So naturally I chose to prepare the most complicated dish from my only cookbook — the Williams-Sonoma Beans and Rice cookbook — a ragout of lentils, turkey meatballs and mint. The recipe called for an awful lot of chopping for someone lacking a counter, cutting board and sharp knife. All of my pots, plates and utensils were inherited from my brother-in-law, who had held onto them from his college days. When he moved in with my sister, she rejected his kitchenware at the front door. It wasn’t easy dicing carrots, onions and garlic with a butter knife on a glass coffee table. But I managed.

The trickiest part of the meal, though, was preheating the oven to 350 degrees.

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Having it slow and in your own way

BY MICHELLE LOCKE Associated Press Writer

BERKELEY From handcrafted cheeses at $20-plus a pound to free-range turkeys commanding $100 each, the cost of eating “slow food” can add up fast.

But advocates of slow food — a movement that emphasizes the nutritional and cultural benefits of eating foods produced locally with fair labor and ecologically sound practices — say eating feel-good food doesn’t have to take such a big bite of your budget.

“It’s been sort of touted as being an upper-income thing, which is unfortunate because that is not the bottom line,” says Gail Feenstra, food systems analyst at the University of California, Davis. “The slow food movement needs to be about everybody having access to good quality food.”

Perhaps more aptly thought of as “slower food,” here are some solutions to save time and money while still aiming for the slow food ideal: DO THE MATH, AND THINK BIG

Buying local and fresh food can cost extra money. But maybe not as much as you think.

Brian Wansink, author of “Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think,” says people who think slow food is much more expensive than processed food usually aren’t comparing costs to the way they really eat — that is, eating out.

“Almost anything, even eating the slightly more expensive ingredients, at home will almost always end up being cheaper per person if you’ve got a family of four,” he says.

BE A BARGAIN HUNTER-GATHERER

As with anything else, there are bargains to be had at even the farmer’s market.

Alia Ghabra, a 24-year-old low-income Oakland resident on a budget says she pools funds with her roommates and sticks to cheaper foods, such as greens at $1.50 a bunch. She shops later in the afternoon when prices sometimes go down. Smart shopping — such as buying cosmetically challenged produce, including “drops” and other bruised produce — can also help make money go further.

ORGANIZE TO LOCALIZE

Many city centers and rural areas lack

large grocers, never mind farmers’ markets.

Cathi Lamp, a UC Cooperative Extension nutritionist who works as a family and consumer sciences adviser in Tulare County in Central California, says people can band together to try to solve this problem, even in small ways.

In one community too small to support a full market, parents are helping run a vegetable stand once a week at an elementary school, she said.

A state extension service can give advice on how to get started.

GET GREEN AT THE GROCERY

If you can get to a grocery, but not a farmer’s market, go green anyway.

Shop the outer ring of your grocery store, home to the freshest and least processed (and therefore often the least expensive) foods.

“Stay away from prepared foods,” says Beth Pool, a Northern California high school teacher who was among the thousands who attended Slow Food Nation, a recent four-day conference in San Francisco celebrating eating fresh and local. “You’re paying for people’s labor, you’re paying for packaging when you buy prepared food.”

TIMING IS EVERYTHING

Another issue with slow food is that it can live up to its name, from requiring more, and more frequent, shopping trips for fresh produce to the preparation involved in cooking from scratch vs. ripping open a microwave pouch.

“Time is money for everybody. I don’t care if you are rich or you are poor,” says Lamp.

But you can plan fresh dishes that require little prep, or that incorporate both fresh and prepared foods.

How about pasta with fresh vegetables or raw vegetables with dip — slow foods with the advantage of being inexpensive and quick.

In-season apples or pears served with natural peanut butter make a good brownbag lunch. Locally grown potatoes purchased at a farmer’s market keep for weeks and can be quickly baked in the microwave and stuffed in dozens of ways.

New books to get you cooking with the kids

BY J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor

The holidays are the perfect excuse to carve out a little extra time for cooking with your kids. Embrace the fact that it will be a messy experience, and that wonderful memories will be made. Here are some recent cookbooks for easy inspiration.

• “Kids in the Holiday Kitchen” by Jessica Strand and Tammy Massman-Johnson (Chronicle Books, 2008) This is a mix of easy holiday crafts and edibles, including tomato soup with snowman-shaped grilled cheese sandwiches, reindeer bark (chocolate and almond bark), baked goods for gifts, and holiday themed soaps (Santa’s Suds).

• “Jewish Holidays Cookbook” by Jill

Colella Bloomfield (DK Publishing, 2008) This fun book covers the gamut of Jewish holidays, offering easy recipes kids will enjoy making and eating, including mandel bread (similar to biscotti), baked stuffed apples, even jam doughnuts.

• “Paula Deen’s My First Cookbook” by Paula Deen (Simon & Schuster, 2008) Charming illustrations walk children through easy recipes for kid-friendly classics, such as monkey bread, pancakes, various stews, sloppy joes and beef kebabs.

• “Cooking Italian with Kids” by Liz Franklin (Ryland, Peters & Small, 2008) Budding gourmets will appreciate Franklin’s easy takes on classic Italian dishes, such as rosemary foccacia, tomato and bread soup, tomato crostini (called tomato toasts for the little ones) and calzone.

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Tasty take on a traditional treat New West Symphony Presents

CHURRO CARTS ARE A FAMILIAR SIGHT

in Mexico and in several areas of East Los Angeles, not to mention amusement parks like Disneyland or Magic Mountain. They look a lot like popcorn carts. For about $3, patrons get a pastry looking like a sugar coated extruded donut — actually imagine something resembling a cross between a donut and a fritter.

Now Vicente Cisneros and his wife Begoña Amaya have taken this basic concept and created something new and wonderful: a place called XOORO (an alternate spelling of churro) located at 125 Broadway in Downtown.

Their offerings are not like the traditional churros sold from the carts. At XOORO you’ll find any one of a number of different soft centers nestled in a long pastry, including dulce de leche flavored creme, white chocolate creme, hazelnut, cappuccino, macadamia nut, and coconut flavored custards. On the outside expect various coatings including dark chocolate, white chocolate, and milk chocolate with pecan dust, to name but a few.

Freshly made each day, the churros at XOORO feel lighter than donuts and, to my taste, lighter than even the best fritters. I would compare a chorro to a French pastry, but they’re not all that similar due to the churro’s distinctive shape and more intense flavors. I had one filled with dulce de leche cream, coated with milk chocolate and pecan dust, and it was a real treat.

The delicacies are a bit pricey for those who are used to the plain churros bought on the street (around $5), but the quality is worth the price.

In Spain and Mexico people customarily drink hot chocolate while eating churros, or, of course, you can drink a good cup of coffee. Other than bottled water, that’s the entire selection at XOORO. Sitting there listening to a guitarist playing Spanish music prompted me to day-

Creamy mashed potatoes without all that extra fat

BY JIM ROMANOFF For The Associated Press

Potatoes often get a bad rap nutritionally, but it usually is because of what gets put on or in them.

A plain, medium potato is a great source of vitamin C and has more potassium than a banana, yet it has only 160 calories with no fat. Turn it into the traditional batch of fluffy, butter-drenched mashed potatoes, however, and it’s another story.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. Making mashed potatoes that are creamy, satisfying and healthier is easier than you might think.

It’s all a matter of using the right potatoes and being careful about what you mash into them.

Typically, russet (also called baking or Idaho potatoes) are the best for mashing. For healthier mashed potatoes, a better choice is Yukon Gold potatoes.

Bravo Beethoven

Sunday, November 9, 2008 Barnum Hall, Santa Monica 4pm Boris Brott, Conductor Corey Cerovsek, Violin 2006 Grammy Nominee XOORO 125 Broadway (310) 260-2919 Closed Mondays.

Tuesday through Thursday, Sunday: Noon to 9 p.m.

Friday and Saturday: Noon to 11 p.m.

Beethoven Leonore Overture No, 3, Opus 72a Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Opus 36 Beethoven Concerto in D Major for Violin & Orchestra, Opus 61

dream about eating dinner in a local restaurant topped off by a churro for dessert, with a cup of joe, enjoying another of the varied pleasures of living in Santa Monica.

MERV HECHT, the food and wine critic for the Santa Monica Daily Press, is a wine buyer and consultant to a number of national and international food and wine companies. He can be reached at mervynhecht@yahoo.com

Buttermilk mashed golden potatoes Servings: 6 2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks 1 tablespoon butter 1 1/4 cups nonfat buttermilk 1/2 teaspoon salt, or more to taste 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, or more to taste Place the potatoes in a large saucepan, then add enough water to cover by at least 1 inch. Bring to a simmer and cook over medium heat, covered, until the potatoes are very tender, about 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a small saucepan melt the butter over low heat. Stir in the buttermilk and heat until just warm (the buttermilk will curdle if overheated).

When the potatoes are done, drain them in a colander, then return them to the pan.

Mash the potatoes with a potato masher, electric mixer or by putting them through a ricer. Stir in enough of the warm buttermilk mixture to make the potatoes fluffy but not soupy. The amount of buttermilk will vary depending on the moisture content of the potatoes. Season with salt and pepper.

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BABALU Excellent Carribean dining featuring a fresh menu focusing on seafood, burgers, salads and world famous homemade desserts. Open daily from 11:30 to 10pm. Wine and beer menu, take out available.

1002 Montana Ave

(310) 395-2500

Blue Plate 1415 Montana Ave. Cafe Dana 1211 Montana Ave. Cafe Montana 1534 Montana Ave Di Dio's Italian Ices 1305 Montana Ave.

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The Duck Blind 1102 Montana Ave. Father's Office 1018 Montana Ave. Il Dolce Cafe 1023 Montana Ave #B Le Marmiton 1327 Montana Ave Locanda Portofino 1110 Montana Ave. Louise's Trattoria 1008 Montana Ave. Marmalade 710 Montana Ave. Montana Restaurant & Lounge 1323 Montana Blvd.

Patty's Gourmet Take & Bake Pizza 625 Montana Ave. Pradeeps 1405 Montana Ave. Ristorante Vincenzo 714 Montana Ave. Rosti 931 Montana Ave. Spumoni 713 Montana Ave. Sushi Sho 1303 Montana Ave. Via Dolce 1627 Montana Ave. Vincenzo Ristorante 714 Montana Ave.

MID-CITY Akbar Cuisine Of India 2627 Wilshire Blvd Back On Broadway 2024 Broadway Bergamot Cafe 2525 Michigan Ave. # A3 Big Jos 1955 Broadway Bistro Of Santa Monica Santa Monica Blvd

(310) 586-7469 (310) 453-8919 (310) 828-4001 (310) 828-3191 (310) 453-5442

BISTRO 31 Bistro 31, the culinary student-run restaurant of The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles, offers an incredible dining experience at a reasonable price. Students prepare sumptuous international cuisine and deliver it in an elegant setting. Lunch and dinner.

2900 31st St

(310) 314-6057

Bizou Garden 2450 Colorado Ave. #1050 Bread And Porridge 2315 Wilshire Blvd Buon Giorno Caffe 1431 Santa Monica Bl Cafe L'etoile D'or 2311 Santa Monica Blvd Chandni Vegetarian 1909 Wilshire Blvd Coogie's Cafe 2906 Santa Monica Blvd The Corner Cafe 28th St. #121 The Cutting Board 1260 15th St. #105

(310) 472-6020 (310) 453-4941 (310) 260-0073 (310) 315-4375 (310) 828-7060 (310) 829-7871 (310) 452-2905 (310) 434-9924

DAGWOODS Pizza lovers love DAGWOODS for its real hand tossed authentic NY Style Pizza.

Others come for the delicious Italian food: custom made calzones, 100% semolina pasta dishes, giant subs and zesty salads and side dishes. Whatever you choose, it comes at great prices with friendly service. Free Delivery.

820 Wilshire Blvd.

(310) 899-3030

Daily Grill 2501 Colorado Ave. #b-190 Drago Restaurant 2628 Wilshire Blvd Dragon Palace 2832 Santa Monica Blvd El Cholo 1025 Wilshire Blvd Fromins 1832 Wilshire Blvd House Of Billiards 1901 Wilshire Blvd I H O P 1920 Santa Monica Blvd Casa Escobar 2500 Wilshire Blvd

(310) 309-2170 (310) 828-1585 (310) 829-1462 (310) 899-1106 (310) 829-5443 (310) 828-9203 (310) 829-9100 (310) 828-1315

IZZYS DELI Where the stars meet the locals. Izzys features 10.95 dinners nightly. Since 1970, Izzys has been serving hungry locals the world famous Reuben sandwich and generous omeletes for generations.

1433 Wilshire Blvd

(310) 394-1131

J P's Bar & Grill 1101 Wilshire Blvd Kaido Japense Cuisine 2834 Santa Monica Blvd Kay 'N Dave's 262 26th St. L A Farm Ltd 3000 Olympic Blvd Lee's Chinese Food 1610 Santa Monica Blvd The Lincoln 2460 Wilshire Bl Lucys Lunchbox 710 Wilshire Bl #100 Maya Japanese Food 2840 Santa Monica Blvd Manhattan Bagel 2216 Wilshire Blvd Nawab Of India 1621 Wilshire Bl Networks Cafe 2700 Colorado Ave. #190 Noma Restaurant 2031 Wilshire Blvd Norms Santa Monica 1601 Lincoln Blvd O' Briens 2226 Wilshire Blvd Our Cafe 2104 Wilshire Bl Overunder 1333 Santa Monica Blvd Pacific Dining Car 2700 Wilshire Blvd Pot & Pan Thai Food 2315 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica Pizza 1318 Wilshire Blvd The Shack Restaurant 2518 Wilshire Blvd The Slice 915 Wilshire Blvd Sizzler 2025 Wilshire Blvd Snug Harbor 2323 Wilshire Blvd Sunshine Cafe & Grill 2021 Santa Monica Blvd Sushi King 1330 Wilshire Blvd Tacos Por Favor 1406 Olympic Blvd Taqueria Chihuahua 1909 Lincoln Bl Tazzina 1620 Wilshire Blvd Thai Dishes 111 Santa Monica Blvd Toi On Wilshire 1120 Wilshire Blvd Wilshire Restaurant 2454 Wilshire Blvd

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DOWNTOWN

3 on Fourth 1432 4th St. #A Abode Restaurant 1541 Ocean Av #150 B O A 101 Santa Monica Bl Baja Buds 1315 Third Street Promenade Bangkok West 606 Santa Monica Blvd

(310) 395-6765 (310) 394-3463 (323) 655-3372 (310) 393-6060 (310) 395-9658

BENIHANA Traditional Japanese teppanyaki room. Sushi appetizers. Open Daily. Please call for specific hours.

1447 4th St.

(310) 260-1423

Bookmark Cafe 601 Santa Monica Bl Bravo Cucina 1319 Third Street Promenade

(310) 587-2665 (310) 394-0374

BRITANNIA PUB Britannia Pub has been a favorite for years for locals and visitors alike. This English pub has a traditonal charm with a Californian flair. A cozy inviting atmosphere makes this a great place to relax and meet new people. Our friendly staff provides you with excellent service for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner or Cocktails. We also offer live music, karaoke, pool and an unbe-

318 Santa Monica Blvd.

(310) 458-5350

Broadway Deli 1457 Third Street Promenade Brunos Italian Rest Deli 1652 Ocean Ave. Bubba Gump Shrimp Co 301 SM Pier Buca Di Beppo 1442 2nd St. The Cafe 445 Pacific Coast Hwy Cafe Crepe 1460 Third Street Promenade Cafe Paradiso 2408 Wilshire Blvd Cafe Presto 2425 Colorado Ave. #107 B Cafe Sol 2425 Colorado Ave. California Chicken Cafe 2401 Wilshire Blvd California Crisp 13 Santa Monica Place California Pizza Kitchen 214 Wilshire Blvd Callahans Restaurant 1213 Wilshire Blvd Capo 1810 Ocean Ave. Carousel Cafe 1601 Ocean Front Walk Chez Jay 1657 Ocean Ave. Comfort Cafe 420 Broadway Cora's Coffee Shoppe L P 1802 Ocean Ave. Crepes Company Inc 213 Arizona Ave. Dennys Restaurant 1645 1560 Lincoln Blvd Fast Taco 2901 Ocean Park Blvd #115 Fritto Misto 601 Colorado Ave.

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FUNNEL MILL The Funnel Mill features imported, organic coffee and teas from around the world. If you eat McDonalds, drink two buck Chuck, and think Starbucks is gourmet, this place is not for you.

Discover what coffee and tea should really taste like to the discerning palate. Try our traditional tea ceremony to truly appreciate the flavors of the East. www.funnelmill.com 930 Broadway Suite A

(310) 597-4395

Gate Of India 115 Santa Monica Blvd Gaucho Grill 1251 Third Street Promenade Georges Bistro 1321 Third Street Hedwigs Cafe 1509 4th St.

(310) 656-1665 (323) 468-0220 (310) 451-8823 (310) 394-3956

THE HIDEOUT The Hideout is Santa Monica's best lounge! We pay attention to details, so you don't have to. Whether you want to come alone, as a couple, with a group of friends, or throw an unforgettable party, we've got you covered!

112 W. Channel Road

(310) 429-1851

Hot Dog On A Stick 1633 Ocean Front Walk

(760) 930-0456

HOUSTON'S Upscale steak and seafood. Live jazz on thursdays upstairs lounge. Full bar, open 11:00 to 11pm daily. Reservations suggested.

202 Wilshire Blvd

(602) 553-2111

I Cugini Restaurant 1501 Ocean Ave.

(310) 451-4595

IL FORNAIO In the tradition of Italy's trattorias, the sight, sounds and aromas of authentic Italian cuisine are recreated everyday at Il Fornaio.

Mornings bring crisp crusted bread hot from the oven accompanied by the scent of fresh brewed espresso. During lunch and dinner, pastas and flavorful sauces simmer while meats and vegetables roast over hot coals.

1551 Ocean Ave.

(415) 945-0500

Infuzion Cafe 1149 3rd St. #100 Interactive Cafe 215 Broadway Ipanema Cafe 150 Santa Monica Place Ivy At The Shore 1535 Ocean Ave. Jinkys Cafe 1447 2nd St. Jiraffe Restaurant 504 Santa Monica Blvd

(310) 393-9985 (310) 395-5009 (310) 838-8586 (310) 278-2908 (818) 981-2250 (310) 917-6671

JOHNNY ROCKETS Every Johnny Rockets restaurant boasts an all-American look and feel with great tasting food including juicy hamburgers, classic sandwiches and hand-dipped shakes and malts. Come in and see for yourself why Johnny Rockets is the place Where the Good Times Roll!TM” 1322 Third Street

(949) 643-6100

Kaiten Restaurant 1456 Third Street La Botte, Inc. 620 Santa Monica Blvd #A La Salsa #44 1401 Third Street Promenade La Serenata 1416 4th St. Le Merigot Hotel 1740 Ocean Ave. Leonidas 331 Santa Monica Blvd Light House Buffet 201 Arizona Ave. The Lobster 1602 Ocean Ave. Locanda Del Lago 231 Arizona Ave. Loews Santa Monica 1700 Ocean Ave. Manchu Wok 11 Santa Monica Pl Mariasol 401 Santa Monica Pier Michaels 1147 3rd St. Musha Restaurant 424 Wilshire Blvd Newsroom Santa Monica Inc 530 Wilshire Ocean Avenue Seafood 1401 Ocean Ave. Ocean Cafe 100 Wilshire Blvd #B1-10

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THE ORCHID Asian fusian at it’s best. This Thai restauraunt blends eastern spices and traditional Thai ingredients to make a unique and special dining experience, just a block from the ocean.

119-121 Broadway

(310) 801-5240

P F Chang's China Bistro 326 Wilshire Blvd Panera Bread 501 Wilshire Bl Perrys Pizz 930 Ocean Front Walk Perrys Pizza 2600 Ocean Front Walk Perrys Pizza 1200 Ocean Front Walk Perrys Pizza 2400 Ocean Front Walk Promenade Cafe 321 Santa Monica Bl R A W 609 Broadway Real Food Daily 514 Santa Monica Blvd Renees Court Yard 522 Wilshire Blvd Rustic Canyon 1119 Wilshire Blvd

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RUSTY’S SURF RANCH Rusty's Surf Ranch on the Santa Monica Pier is a multi-use facility, featuring the best in live music, dancing and awardwinning cuisine in a California beach environment. With an extensive collection of historic surfboards and memorabilia, Rusty's pays homage to the "Surfing '60s", the Golden Era of California Surf Culture. Rusty's lunch and dinner cuisine are consistent award winners, but great meals share the stage with great music at Rusty's when the Dining Room stage welcomes live music and dancing with top area bands and national acts. Rusty's is available for Special Events during normal operations or as a restricted facility for Private Parties. Rusty's Surf Ranch is a perfect reminder of a simpler time in California's beachfront history, with good food in a casual environment, live music and FUN. Open daily at noon. Happy Hour 4-7p.m.

256 Santa Monica Pier

(310)393-PIERS

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been a staple for Santa Monica locals. 6:30 am to 2pm daily.

Scarboni 312 Wilshire Bl

(310) 704-8079

SONNY MCLEAN’S A true bit of Boston on the west coast. A haven for all Boston Sport fans and the west coast home of Red Sox Nation West with an excellent menu offering including fried calms, bellies and all, lobster rolls and great clam chowda’.

2615 Wilshire Blvd.

(310) 449-1811

Stefano's 1310 Third Street Promenade Sunset Bar & Grill 1240 Third Street Sushi Mon 401 Santa Monica Blvd Sushi Roku Santa Monica 1401 Ocean Av Sushi Shogun 1315 Third Street Sushi Teri Express 1551 Ocean Ave. #130 B

(310) 216-7716 (310) 393-3959 (310) 576-7011 (310) 655-3372 (213) 500-4989 (310) 394-2189

SWINGERS The local diner, serving traditional diner fare with a southern california twist. Open 24 hours, the crowd in Swingers will change from late night clubbers to early morning coffee drinkers around 4am.

802 Broadway

(323) 656-6136

Tandoor Cafe 395 Santa Monica Place #009 Tastie16 Santa Monica Place Thai Dishes Restaurant 1910 Wilshire Blvd Tokyo Kitchen 15 Santa Monica Pl T's Thai 1215 4th St. Tudor House 1403 2nd St. Victoria Pizzeria 1607 Ocean Front Walk Villa Italian Specialties 8 Santa Monica Pl Wahoo's Fish Taco 418 Wilshire Blvd Whist 1819 Ocean Av Yangtze 1333 Third Street Promenade Yankee Doodles 1410 Third Street Ye Olde Kings Head 116 Santa Monica Blvd

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PICO/SUNSET PARK 310 Lounge & Bistro 3321 Pico Blvd.

Abbots Pizza Company 1811 Pico Blvd Acapulco Restaurant 3360 Ocean Park Blvd.

Air Conditioned 2819 Pico Blvd Ameci Pizza Pasta 2218 Lincoln Bl B B Q Garden 1707 Pico Blvd.

The Bread Factory Inc 1900 Pico Bl Buddha Boba 1701 Pico Bl Bud's Famous Deli & Desserts 2727 Ocean Park Blvd.

Cafe Bolivar 1741 Ocean Park Blvd.

Campos Mexican Food Inc 2008 Pico Blvd Classic Pizza 2624 Pico Blvd The Counter 2901 Ocean Park Bl #102 The Daily Pint 2310 Pico Blvd El Indio 2526 Pico Blvd El Pollo Loco Restaurant 1906 Lincoln Blvd El Torito 3360 Ocean Park Blvd.

El Texate 316 Pico Blvd.

Fresh & Natural Cafe 1900 Pico Blvd Ocean Park Pizza 2819 1/2 Ocean Park Blvd Georges Burgers 3101 Lincoln Blvd Gilbert's El Indio Mexican Food 2526 Pico Blvd.

Hotel Casa Del Mar Restaurant 1910 Ocean Way The Hump 3221 Donald Douglas Loop South The Hungry Pocket 1715 Pico Blvd Il Forno Caffe & Pizzeria 2901 Ocean Park Blvd Josie Restaurant 2424 Pico Blvd La Playita 3306 Lincoln Blvd Lazy Daisy Inc 2300 Pico Blvd Le Pain Du Jour 828 Pico Blvd #2 Mandarin Food Service 2618 Pico Bl Michael D'S Cafe 234 Pico Blvd Miyako 2829 Ocean Park Blvd

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THE OP CAFE A Small Neighborhood Place With A Family Feel – Serving Breakfast and Lunch Daily. The Freshest Foods, Friendly Service At Unbelievable Prices! So when you want to be treated like family and enjoy some delicious food –The OP CAFÉ is the PLACE!!

3117 Ocean Park Blvd

(310) 452-5720

One Pico Restaurant One Pico Blvd.

Panchos Tacos 2920 Lincoln Blvd Pedals Cafe One Pico Blvd.

Raes Restaurant 2901 Pico Blvd Santa Monica Bar and Grill 3321Pico Blvd Santinos 3021 Lincoln Blvd Sheraton Delfina 530 Pico Blvd The Slice 1622 Ocean Park Spitfire Grill 3300 Airport Ave. Star Of Siam 3133 Lincoln Blvd Subway 2901 Ocean Park Blvd Sunset Grill 1701 Ocean Park Blvd Tandoor India 2622 Pico Bl Tom's No 1 Pico 2350 Pico Blvd.

Typhoon 3221 Donald Douglas Loop UnUrban Coffeehouse 3301 Pico Blvd.

Valentino Restaurant 3115 Pico Blvd

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RICHIE PALMER’S PIZZERIA Owned and operated by Richie Palmer, founder of the worldfamous Mulberry Street Pizzeria in Beverly Hills. Palmer says he had to open in Santa Monica so all the people here would stop calling Beverly Hills for delivery. Same great pizza and Italian food.

1355 Ocean Ave

(310) 255-1111

Vitos 2807 Ocean Park Blvd Windows Restaurant 530 Pico Blvd.

Yongs Cafe 3020 Nebraska Ave. Yuni Sushi 1928 Lincoln Blvd Zabies 3003 Ocean Park Blvd

(310) 450-4999 (310) 399-9344 (310) 828-4775 (310) 396-4039 (310) 392-9036

MAIN STREET Amelia's 2645 Main St. Bravo Pizzaria & Deli 2400 Main St. Chinois On Main 2709 Main St. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Ocean Park Blvd.

Creative Sushi 2518 Main St. Dhaba Cuisine Of India 2104 Main St. Elvira's Cha Cha Chicken 1906 Ocean Ave. The Enterprise Fish Co 174 Kinney St. Euphoria Loves RAWvolution 2301 Main St. Finn McCools Irish Pub & Restaurant 2700 Main St. Goudas & Vines 2000 Main Street

Groundwork Coffee Co. 2908 Main St. The Galley 2442 Main St. Holy Guacamole 2906 Main St. It's All Good Bakery 2629 Main St. Joes Main Street Diner 2917 Main St. La Vecchia Cucina 2654 Main St Library Alehouse 2911 Main St. Lula Cocina Mexicana 2720 Main St. Main Street Bagels 2905 Main St. Malia 2424 Main St. Manchego 2510 Main Street

Mani's Bakery & Cafe 2507 Main St. O'Briens Irish Pub Oar House 2941 Main St.

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OCEAN PARK OMELETTE PARLOR The best breakfast in town, featuring locally grown vegetables from the Farmers Markets. Sinc 1962, the Omelete Parlor has

2732 Main St.

(310) 399-7892

Oyako 2915 Main St. Panini Garden 2715 Main St Rick's Tavern 2907 Main St Schatzi On Main 3110 Main St Shoop's Delicatessen 2400 Main St Sparky's Fine Frozen Yogurt 3110 Main St. #12 Urth Caffe 2327 Main St. Via Veneto 3009 Main St. The Victorian Baker Cafe 2640 Main St. Wildflour 2807 Main St. World Café 2640 Main St. Yose Restaurant 2435 Main St.

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26 Beach Restaurant 3100 Washington Blvd.

Abbot's Habit 1401 Abbot Kinney Blvd Abbot's Pizza Co 1407 Abbot Kinney Blvd Agra Indian Kitchen 2553 Lincoln Blvd.

Axe 1009 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

Azteca Restaurant 835 Sunset Ave. Baby Blues BBQ 444 Lincoln Blvd.

Beechwood 822 W. Washington Blvd.

Benice 1715 Pacific Ave. Big Daddy and Sons 1425 Ocean Front Walk The Brig 1515 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

The Brick House Cafe 826 Hampton Dr. Cafe 50's 838 Lincoln Blvd.

Casablanca Restaurant 220 Lincoln Blvd.

Chaya 110 Navy St. China Beach Bistro 2024 Pacific Ave. Danny's Deli 23 Windward Ave. French Market Cafe 2321 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

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SAN FRANCISCO A girl in pigtails bounds into the kitchen after school and asks her mother to guess what she learned that day. “I learned how a prince married a prince, and I can marry a princess,” she exclaims to her mortified mom.

This television advertisement for a ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage in California urges voters to “protect children” by approving the measure.

There’s not a word about education in Proposition 8, but what public schools will be required to teach about same-sex marriage has emerged as the central issue in the campaign.

The measure’s supporters warn that teachers will be forced to tell young children about gay marriage if the measure fails on Nov. 4.

Opponents of the measure say that’s deceptive because schools already are required to teach tolerance of gays and lesbians, and the ballot measure won’t change that.

“I’ve seen the spots on the TV, and (legalized gay marriage) just isn’t going to require any kind of teaching of personal relationships or lifestyle,” said state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell, who has joined the state’s largest teacher’s union in opposing the measure. “That’s just not an accurate statement or portrayal.”

To combat anti-gay discrimination, California schools have addressed topics such as gay households, homophobia and sexual orientation for years, well before the state Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal this year. But how school districts choose to deliver that instruction is decided locally instead of mandated by the state, according to educators and legal experts.

Supporters of Proposition 8 — which would overrule the state Supreme Court decision — received fodder for their claims earlier this month. With parental permission, a public charter school took 18 first-graders on a field trip to San Francisco City Hall where their teacher and her female partner had just been wed by Mayor Gavin Newsom.

“The other side’s argument is (Prop. 8) has nothing to do with education. Our argument is this has everything to do with education,” said Chip White, a Proposition 8 spokesman.

“It’s already happening.”

An estimated 52,000 children are being raised by two mothers or two fathers in California, which is one of 12 states with comprehensive anti-bullying laws that apply to gay students and children with unconventional families.

Some elementary schools have acquired books depicting families with same-sex couples, middle schools have taught students not to use anti-gay slurs, and high schools have sanctioned gay-straight alliance clubs. And school districts have been found liable for not taking steps to prevent anti-gay harassment.

The mother-daughter campaign ad refers to “King and King,” a children’s book about two princes marrying that became the subject of a lawsuit in Massachusetts, the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. The parents of a second-grader sued after the book was read in class, but the school district successfully argued that advance notice of the reading was not required because the book was not part of the sex education curriculum.

Critics of Proposition 8 point out that many schools in California already use “King and King” and other books to discourage discrimination against gay students or children

with gay parents.

“The education code already has a high expectation that school districts are going to create an environment where respect for human dignity and acceptance of differences, including sexual orientation, are promoted,” said Laura Schulkind, a San Francisco lawyer who represents school districts across California. “I don’t see how the legalization of gay marriage or the passage of Prop. 8 changes that obligation.”

The need for such awareness training was brought home to California in February, when a 15-year-old who sometimes wore feminine clothing and talked about being gay was shot to death at his Oxnard junior high school. A classmate has pleaded not guilty to murder and hate-crime charges.

“We have to address harassment and bullying, and there is no way to do that in America without talking about gay people,” said Debra Chasnoff, an Oscar-winning filmmaker who has made four documentaries to address antigay harassment in schools.

The opposing sides have debated what, if anything, schools must teach about marriage now that gays have the right to wed.

The state education code specifies that marriage should be discussed in sex education classes. But school districts are not required to hold the classes and parents can have their children excused if the course conflicts with their moral values. The vast majority of California districts do not teach sex ed.

“Current state law does not require school districts to teach anything about marriage or same-sex marriage,” Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley wrote in ruling on Proposition 8’s ballot arguments.

He added, however, that the state “may require” such instruction in the future.

Robin Sinks, the health education specialist for the 90,000-student Long Beach Unified School District, does not think what is taught in California schools will change much regardless of what happens on Election Day. Teachers in large, diverse districts now strive to make their sex education lessons relevant to straight, gay and bisexual students, Sinks said. “We’re talking about really refraining from using things like, husband-wife, boyfriend-girlfriend, those kind of things, and just say ‘partner,’” she said.

Gary Marksbury, a history teacher at Lakewood High School in Long Beach, plans to let his students debate Proposition 8 during a mock election, but he is so strongly opposed to gay marriage that he donated $1,000 to support the measure.

Marksbury said California should give parents more latitude to pull their children out of courses that offend their religious beliefs. “In today’s world,” he said, said, “it seems like tolerance is a one-way street for some people, so if you don’t like the idea of same-gender marriage you are immediately labeled a bigot.”

California gives local districts authority — and in the case of sex education, the imperative — to adopt curricula that reflect community mores while meeting certain standards.

So what students hear about homosexuality in Long Beach schools may be different from what they learn in the more conservative Central Valley.

Wendy Robertson, a teacher at Forest Park Elementary School in Fremont, is not worried about having to explain same-sex marriage to her pupils.

During her 17 years teaching kindergarten, Robertson says no one has ever told her to talk about any kind of marriage with her pupils.

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Winds return fire danger to SoCal THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RANCHO CUCAMONGA A wildfire brought an early morning scare to residents of the brushy foothills of San Bernardino County on Wednesday as hot, dry Santa Ana winds returned to Southern California.

The blaze grew to 250 acres but winds pushed it away from homes and by midmorning authorities said it was 60 percent contained. Flames were no longer evident in TV news helicopter views from overhead.

The fire was caused by fireworks, the San Bernardino County Fire Department said in a recorded update.

It began near Fontana, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, about 12:45 a.m. and winds over 30 mph pushed it west into the mountains and canyons of Rancho Cucamonga, county fire spokeswoman Angie Samayoa said.

People in about 100 homes near a Buddhist temple were told they may want to evacuate but were not ordered to do so, Samayoa said.

Firefighters quickly jumped on other small brush blazes in the region as temperatures soared into the 90s in many areas including along the shoreline.

Warnings for high fire danger due to

wind and low humidity were posted for a swath of Southern California from the mountains of Santa Barbara County southeast through Los Angeles and inland counties to San Diego.

The National Weather Service said a strong ridge of high pressure in the upper atmosphere along the West Coast and surface high pressure settling in the Great Basin was bringing a moderate, warm Santa Ana to Southern California. The offshore winds gusted to 50 mph in certain locations, the NWS said.

The Rancho Cucamonga fire broke out five years to the day after the beginning of the Grand Prix wildfire, which burned 59,000 acres and destroyed 135 homes in the same area, officials said.

Last week, Santa Ana winds fanned several wildfires in Southern California including two large blazes that burned more than 50 residences on the edges of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley.

Early Wednesday, a flareup occurred in smoldering vegetation within one of those zones, a 14,700-acre burn area above the northwest end of the valley. Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said it took about 75 minutes for firefighters to douse the smoky flareup.

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The order, however, did not include language that would prohibit Mongols members from wearing or displaying the logo. Prosecutors are seeking to take control of the gang’s trademarked name. At least 61 members were arrested under a racketeering indictment that accuses some of murder, attempted murder and drug sales.

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Buffet bullish on stocks Warren Buffet is bullish on Wall Street.

Even with global markets struggling, the legendary investor says he’s moved his personal portfolio into stocks — 100 percent. Buffet spoke Wednesday at a women’s conference hosted by California first lady Maria Shriver in Long Beach. Buffet says he can’t predict where the market will go in coming months, but over the next decade he’s confident it will be “appreciably higher.” Buffet says stocks have made a historical climb, even with the nation limping through depression and wars over the years. That record shows stocks will outperform cash-based investments like savings accounts over the long haul. He says the economy can get gummed up but “this country works.”

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Two arrested in boy’s 1976 murder, kidnapping Siskiyou County authorities have arrested two people in the 1976 kidnapping and murder of a 6-year-old boy taken from his father’s truck outside a store. Fifty-one-year old Gregory Nelson and 69-year-old Suzane Little, also known as Suzanne Aubrey, are each being held in the Siskiyou County Jail on $500,000 bail. They are accused of snatching Willie Cook Jr. from his father’s truck outside a store in Happy Camp in August 1976.

Willie’s body was found six months later stuffed into a barrel near the Klamath River.

The investigation into Willie’s death was rekindled last month when the sheriff’s office got new information from the Yreka Police Department. It’s not been disclosed what that new evidence was.

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“They’ve always been supportive of our school funding initiative,” Harry Keiley, the SMMCTA president, said regarding other unions. “It’s a way to reciprocate and maintain good relationships with other workers and middle-class employees in the city.”

Opponents have claimed there could be financial consequences for the school district, which receives money from City Hall every year. A City Hall consultant study on the impacts of Measure T found that there would be a loss of revenue to the general fund as a result of slower commercial growth. Beginning in 2023, City Hall could see $11.4 million less than what would have been generated without Measure T, with the biggest declines in the transient occupancy tax, business license tax, and sales tax, according to the study.

“The school district students have grown to rely on city funding and although its financial impacts cannot be quantified at this time, we believe there is a possibility that it could potentially have an adverse impact on city revenue and subsequently, on school funding,” Keiley said.

Opponents believe it will become harder to ask City Hall for more money if they are under budget constraints caused by T. Diana Gordon, who heads the Yes on Prop. T campaign, refuted claims that the measure would have any impact on education.

“Prop. T is about traffic and overdevelopment,” Gordon said. “It has nothing to do with schools and will have no effect on education.”

She added that city officials and business leaders have been putting pressure on public employees unions to side with developers against the measure.

Developers have been one of the biggest financial backers of the anti-Measure T campaign. Measure T supporters have claimed that opponents are using education as a scare tactic.

At least one educational advocacy group — the Santa Monica-Malibu PTA Council — has decided to take a neutral position on the measure.

Proponents argue that Measure T is needed to curb development and resulting congestion on the Westside, which they have in the past called uncontrollable.

But those against the measure, including

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS HAVE GROWN TO RELY ON CITY FUNDING AND ALTHOUGH ITS FINANCIAL IMPACTS CANNOT BE QUANTIFIED AT THIS TIME, WE BELIEVE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON CITY REVENUE AND SUBSEQUENTLY, ON SCHOOL FUNDING.” Harry Keiley SMMCTA President

the union, say they don’t believe the outcome would be reduced traffic. In taking its position on the measure, the union felt that a ballot initiative wasn’t the best way to deal with development issues, Keiley said.

“All of us … are affected by traffic but promoting alternative means of transportation would be a more appropriate approach to dealing with traffic,” he said.

Terry O’ Day, one of the co-chairs of Save Our City, a campaign against Measure T, said the union’s opposition, as well as those from other school advocates, shows that there is concern about the hit that education could take if the initiative passes.

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Stimulus considered FROM ASSISTANCE PAGE 3 foreclosures.

Schwarzenegger warned that if banks seize a large number of homes, their condition and value can quickly deteriorate without regular maintenance. He imagined swimming pools turned into breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

“They don’t want to get stuck with the homes,” he said. “I think there is something in there for everyone if government helps with those homeowners.”

On Tuesday, Schwarzenegger urged congressional leaders to support a second economic stimulus package that would include a temporary increase in federal Medicaid funds for states and another extension of unemployment insurance benefits for those who remain jobless.

He also called for more spending on large-scale construction projects, such as roads and bridges. The letter did not mention troubled homeowners.

Schwarzenegger’s appeal for urgent federal help comes at a time when foreclosures have ravaged the California market, jobless rates are climbing and Sacramento contends with an ongoing budget crisis.

This week, the governor said he will summon legislators back to the state Capitol, barely a month after passage of an overdue state budget. In a troubling sign, tax revenues have already slipped $3 billion below expectations.

The governor wants to address the shortfall in this year’s budget and figure out how

to stimulate the sputtering economy. He did not set a date for lawmakers to reconvene, but aides said the budget crisis is so severe that a special session must be called before the new Legislature is sworn in Dec. 1.

Democrats in Congress are pushing efforts to assemble a second economic stimulus program that could total $150 billion or more.

On Monday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said a “significant” stimulus package is appropriate. The White House has yet to endorse the idea, but has said President Bush was at least willing to consider a second stimulus measure. World leaders will gather in Washington on Nov. 15 to discuss the global economic meltdown.

Congress enacted a $700 billion financial rescue plan earlier this month.

Last month, Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have prohibited some of the lending practices advocates say contributed to the downturn in California’s housing market.

The legislation would have banned socalled negative amortization loans, in which homeowners pay less than the interest on their loan and can end up owing more than their homes are worth. It also would have prevented mortgage brokers from steering borrowers into more profitable but higherrisk loans if those buyers actually qualified for lower-cost mortgages.

It was one of several bills related to the housing crisis sent to his desk, some of which he signed.

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BY MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer

ATLANTA For the first time, an influential government panel is recommending a vaccination specifically for smokers.

The panel decided Wednesday that adult smokers under 65 should get pneumococcal vaccine. The shot — already recommended for anyone 65 or older — protects against bacteria that cause pneumonia, meningitis and other illnesses.

Federal officials usually adopt recommendations made by the panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The vote means more than 31 million adult smokers probably will soon be called on to

get the shot.

Studies have shown that smokers are about four times more likely than nonsmokers to suffer pneumococcal disease. Also, the more cigarettes someone smokes each day, the higher the odds they’ll develop the illnesses.

Why smokers are more susceptible is not known for sure, but some scientists believe it has to do with smoking-caused damage that allows the bacteria to more easily attach to the lungs and windpipe, said Dr. Pekka Nuorti, a medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Pneumococcal infections are considered the top killer among vaccine-preventable diseases. It’s a common complication of

influenza, especially in the elderly, and is considered responsible for many of the 36,000 annual deaths attributed to flu.

The committee voted 11 to 3 to pass the recommendation, with one member abstaining. The panel also added a call for smoking cessation counseling.

Some members said it might be more cost effective to recommend the vaccine for smokers who were at least age 40, because pneumococcal disease is relatively uncommon in younger smokers. Others at the meeting made the same argument.

Dr. James Turner, who oversees student health programs at the University of Virginia, said about one in five college students smoke but he has never seen a case of

serious pneumococcal disease in a student body.

“I wonder how many young people are truly benefiting from this” recommendation, said Turner, speaking as a representative of the American College Health Association.

The shot is less than perfect. First licensed in 1983, it is designed to protect against 23 strains of pneumococcal bacteria. But it hasn’t proved very effective against pneumonia, and hasn’t been very effective in warding off other pneumococcal illnesses in people with weakened immune systems and people age 80 or older.

It’s to be given to smokers as a one-time dose with no booster, but its protection drops off after five to 10 years.

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WASHINGTON The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and Barack Obama essentially running even among likely voters in the election homestretch.

The poll, which found Obama at 44 percent and McCain at 43 percent, supports what some Republicans and Democrats privately have said in recent days: that the race narrowed after the third debate as GOP-leaning voters drifted home to their party and McCain’s “Joe the plumber” analogy struck a chord.

Three weeks ago, an AP-GfK survey found that Obama had surged to a seven-point lead over McCain, lifted by voters who thought the Democrat was better suited to lead the nation through its sudden economic crisis.

The contest is still volatile, and the split among voters is apparent less than two weeks before Election Day. “I trust McCain more, and I do feel that he has more experience in government than Obama. I don’t think Obama has been around long enough,” said Angela Decker, 44, of La Porte, Ind. But Karen Judd, 58, of Middleton, Wis., said,“Obama certainly has sufficient qualifications.” She said any positive feelings about McCain evaporated with “the outright lying” in TV ads and his choice of running mate Sarah Palin, who “doesn’t have the correct skills.”

The new AP-GfK head-to-head result is a departure from some, but not all, recent national polls.

Obama and McCain were essentially tied among likely voters in the latest George Washington University Battleground Poll, conducted by Republican strategist Ed Goeas and Democratic pollster Celinda Lake. In other surveys focusing on likely voters, a Washington Post-ABC News poll showed Obama up by 9 percentage points, while a poll by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center had Obama leading by 14. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, among the broader category of people registered to vote, found Obama ahead by 10 points.

Polls are snapshots of highly fluid campaigns. In this case, there is a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points; that means Obama could be ahead by as many as 8 points or down by as many as 6. There are many reasons why polls differ, including methods of estimating likely voters and the wording of questions.

Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin political science professor and polling authority, said variation between polls occurs, in part, because pollsters interview random samples of people.

“If they all agree, somebody would be doing something terribly wrong,” he said of polls. But he also said that surveys generally fall within a few points of each other, adding, “When you get much beyond that, there’s something to explain.”

The AP-GfK survey included interviews with a large sample of adults including 800 deemed likely to vote. Among all 1,101 adults interviewed, the survey showed Obama ahead 47 percent to 37 percent. He was up by five points among registered voters.

A significant number of the interviews were conducted by dialing a randomly selected sample of cell phone numbers, and thus this poll had a chance to reach voters who

were excluded from some other polls.

It was taken over five days from Thursday through Monday, starting the night after the candidates’ final debate and ending the day after former Secretary of State Colin Powell broke with the Republican Party to endorse Obama.

McCain’s strong showing is partly attributable to his strong debate performance; Thursday was his best night of the survey.

Obama’s best night was Sunday, hours after the Powell announcement, and the full impact of that endorsement may not have been captured in any surveys yet. Future polling could show whether either of those was merely a support “bounce” or something more lasting.

During their final debate, a feisty McCain repeatedly forced Obama to defend his record, comments and associations. He also used the story of a voter whom the Democrat had met in Ohio, “Joe the plumber,” to argue that Obama’s tax plan would be bad for working class voters.

“I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody,” Obama told the man with the last name of Wurzelbacher, who had asked Obama whether his plan to increase taxes on those earning more than $250,000 a year would impede his ability to buy the plumbing company where he works.

On Wednesday, McCain’s campaign unveiled a new TV ad that features that Obama quote, and shows different people saying: “I’m Joe the plumber.” A man asks: “Obama wants my sweat to pay for his trillion dollars in new spending?”

Since McCain has seized on that line of argument, he has picked up support among white married people and non-college educated whites, the poll shows, while widening his advantage among white men. Black voters still overwhelmingly support Obama.

The Republican also has improved his rating for handling the economy and the financial crisis. Nearly half of likely voters think their taxes will rise under an Obama administration compared with a third who say McCain would raise their taxes.

Since the last AP-GfK survey in late September, McCain also has: • Posted big gains among likely voters earning under $50,000 a year; he now trails Obama by just 4 percentage points compared with 26 earlier.

• Surged among rural voters; he has an 18point advantage, up from 4.

• Doubled his advantage among whites who haven’t finished college and now leads by 20 points. McCain and Obama are running about even among white college graduates, no change from earlier.

• Made modest gains among whites of both genders, now leading by 22 points among white men and by 7 among white women.

• Improved slightly among whites who are married, now with a 24-point lead.

• Narrowed a gap among unmarried whites, though he still trails by 8 points.

McCain has cut into Obama’s advantage on the questions of whom voters trust to handle the economy and the financial crisis. On both, the Democrat now leads by just 6 points, compared with 15 in the previous survey.

Obama still has a larger advantage on other economic measures, with 44 percent saying they think the economy will have improved a year from now if he is elected compared with 34 percent for McCain.

Intensity has increased among McCain’s supporters.

A month ago, Obama had more strong supporters than McCain did. Now, the number of excited supporters is about even.

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and Georgian architecture, Edinburgh is often considered one of Europe’s most picturesque cities. Thousands of tourists flock here each year to walk the shops of the Golden Mile, marvel at the soft green hills, and the cold North Sea at the city’s edge. It’s unique and striking city skyline is dominated by one of Scotland’s most famous and oldest castles. But, around some corners in the old city and just under your feet lies the legends and lore of one of the world’s scariest spooky spots.

Kirkyard is the Scottish term for “churchyard” and Edinburgh has plenty of them.

Old Calton Graveyard, below Edinburgh’s Calton Hill, features a stone watchtower that dates back to the 17th century. It was from this tower that Irish grave robbers William Burke and William Hare watched for funerals. But, after the funeral ended they brought spades and shovels to the grave site rather than flowers. They dug up bodies to supply the Royal College of Surgeons with fresh cadavers for research.

Their diabolic plan took form one night in a pub during a chance encounter with Dr. Robert Knox. During that fateful evening Knox complained that he could get only one body a year from authorities, only one pair of lungs and one heart to do his research. The lads, Burke and Hare, told their newfound friend they could promise him more bodies to assist with his research for the right fee.

Soon they were regularly delivering cadavers.

However, as time went by, there were fewer funerals in the city, so the grave robbers turned to murderers, killing people to stay in business. They even devised their own special form of strangulation to ensure the bodies were delivered without bruises or marks. But, one day another doctor noticed that the bodies were too fresh and notified the authorities. It was not long before the body snatchers-turned-murderers were discovered.

Burke’s sentence was death by hanging in front of a large crowd that chanted “Burke him, Burke him.” In an ironic twist to the end of Burke’s story, his body was donated to the medical college and used for dissection.

If you go there today, you can still see Burke’s skeleton and a nice journal on display that looks leather bound. The “leather” is, in fact, Burke’s skin.

While a walk in the Carlton Graveyard may bring a shiver to your spine, the scariest place in Edinburgh is really just under your feet. A forgotten city lies beneath Edinburgh’s South Bridge — an underground maze of chambers, vaulted rooms, tunnels, and passageways shrouded in mystery and intrigue. The bricked-in city opened in 1788 when the cities old town was

overcrowded and a bridge was built over a ravine to move people to the new town. The excavated area of land under the new bridge had many lightless chambers and rooms that became known as the Edinburgh Vaults.

Here in the underbelly of the city thousands of people lived and died, many of whom never glimpsed the light of day.

The vaults remained the crypt for many who died in the plague, were the site of a witches coven, and home to the most seedy and grisly people in the city until the early 1880’s when it began to flood due to insufficient waterproofing. Soon, it was flooded and uninhabitable. As the years went by this watery underground and its history was forgotten and became virtually unknown to the thriving city above until it was rediscovered in 1985.

Nowadays, 20 or so rooms and merchant quarters have been excavated, and tours through the cavernous hollows pass by oil lamps, leather shoes, smelting metal, animal bones, wine bottles, and other haunting remnants of the people who lived here. Not surprisingly, the vaults are famous for their strong paranormal presence, as well; many visitors swear they’ve seen wraithlike ghost shadows down below — some have even captured the haunting images in photographs.

To get a first-hand glimpse of the ghostly area there are several tour operators who will dare to take you on a tour. Auldreekie Tours has costumed guides who will take you on a journey into the grisly past of the underground burial grounds, witchcraft temples and vaults that were the hotbed of criminal activity, disease and death. They offer several tours including a one-hour Terror Tour and a special Halloween Ghost Haunt. The Ghost Haunts are overnight tours that some claim to be the scariest tour on earth. These vigils take place between 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. and are lead by a Grand Master who presides over the Source Coven of the Blue Dragon witchcraft temple.

The tour operator says that they will take only people over 18 years old, and warn that it will be cold, dark, and lit only by candles; although the guides carry flashlights they say the batteries often go mysteriously dead.

This is not a tour for the faint of heart. For more info on Scotland, visit www.homecomingscotland.com.

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LONDON David Beckham’s possible jump to

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Beckham needs to stay competitive to keep his spot on the England team, and the loan would come with Major League Soccer in its offseason.

AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani said Wednesday a deal is close. Beckham would join the Italian club in January and play in Serie A for a few months before returning to the Los Angeles Galaxy.

But there could be more to Beckham’s move to Milan, a glamorous city as famous for fashion as for soccer and opera. It could be an ideal new home for Beckham and wife Victoria, the Spice Girl heavily into promoting her own fashion lines.

If her husband joins the likes of Brazilian stars Ronaldinho and Kaka at Milan it will raise his profile in Europe again and make him even more marketable.

Milan could consider buying out the remainder of Beckham’s five-year contract with the Galaxy, for whom his appearances and performances have been inconsistent.

Beckham announced his move to the Galaxy in January 2007, although he didn’t start playing for the team until July of that year after the conclusion of his contract with Real Madrid.

Although Beckham’s move to America was greeted by hype and hoopla, it has hardly been a major success. He hobbled into MLS with an ankle injury that kept him sidelined for weeks. His arrival was responsible for a big hike in sales of tickets and merchandise, but his impact on the field was minimal.

For the second straight year, Los Angeles failed to make it to the MLS playoffs after a season in which the president/general manager who took him there, Alexi Lalas, was fired.

In his short spell, Beckham has played under three coaches — Frank Yallop, Ruud Gullit and Bruce Arena — or four if counting Cobi Jones. He was put in charge for one game before Arena replaced Gullit.

Such a history suggests Beckham could be going nowhere with the Galaxy despite his salary of $6.5 million a year — twice that of the next-highest earner.

Although Beckham and his family are friends and neighbors with another celebrity couple, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, the former England captain may conclude his soccer career will stagnate if he stays in Los Angeles.

A return to Europe, where he won six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the Champions League with Manchester United and the Spanish league with Real Madrid, would certainly mean the chance of more championships.

Milan is climbing in Serie A title race and

BECKHAM IS A GREAT PROFESSIONAL AND AN EXCEPTIONAL GUY. HE’S NOT GOING TO BE A BOTHER, AND IF HE’S STILL THE PLAYER I KNEW A FEW YEARS AGO, HE’LL GIVE SOMETHING EXTRA TO THE TEAM.” Arrigo Sacchi Former Milan and Italy coach

doing well in the UEFA Cup. It is a seventime winner of European soccer’s most prestigious club competition, the Champions League, and Beckham would join a starstudded lineup — Ronaldinho, Kaka, Andriy Shevchenko, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Nesta, Andrea Pirlo, Gennaro Gattuso and Filippo Inzaghi.

With his trademark free kicks and accurate passes, Beckham would fit in well. He would also stand a good chance of keeping his place on the England team, now run by former AC Milan coach Fabio Capello, who also was his coach at Real Madrid.

“I advised Galliani to take Beckham because he’ll only help the squad, compared to other players which, in some cases, are a risk,” said former Milan and Italy coach Arrigo Sacchi, who also had a spell as sporting director at Real Madrid when the former England captain was there.

“Beckham is a great professional and an exceptional guy. He’s not going to be a bother, and if he’s still the player I knew a few years ago, he’ll give something extra to the team.”

Beckham hasn’t started in any of England’s four World Cup qualifying victories, although Capello used him as a late substitute each time.

That means the 33-year-old Beckham is still in his thoughts. But Capello made it clear to Beckham and other players that he will bypass those not playing regularly.

With England to play exhibition games against Germany in November and Spain and Slovakia early next year, Beckham doesn’t want to lose his place before World Cup qualifying resumes against Ukraine on April 1 and Kazakhstan and Andorra in June.

A move to Europe and regular starts for Milan would help him stay on course for what he hopes would be a fourth World Cup in South Africa in 2010. If he stays with the Galaxy, Beckham might end up watching it on TV.

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★★★★ In light of dealing with mass confusion, throw yourself into your work. You will get an enormous amount done and will feel very good about yourself. Bosses are reminded just how precise, complete and careful your work is.

Tonight: Run an errand or two on your way home.

★★★★ In the morning, you have a greater chance of success by expressing what might be an expanding idea. Yes, you need feedback, especially from those you trust. Use the afternoon to get some important work done. Yes, close your door if you can. Tonight: A good night’s sleep.

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★★★★ Though you might be off in the morning, you demonstrate the true power of your imagination and diligence. They merge in a very dynamic manner. News from a distance could change your plans considerably. Tonight: Flex with the moment.

★★★★★ Whether it’s the boss or an associate, you discover that your concepts and leadership are well-received. You could be overwhelmed by all that is on your plate. Revise your schedule, prioritizing tasks. Tonight: Find your friends.

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★★★★ Speak your mind, but also make sure that the essence of what you are saying is heard. You might need to ask for a confirmation. If you must, close your door in the p.m.

You have a lot to do. Many seek you out.

Tonight: Happy at home.

★★★★ Make important calls in the a.m., as by afternoon you will be in heavy demand. People will want your attention, and nothing less will do.

Revise a money decision in the near future. The picture has changed. Tonight: A must appearance.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) CANCER (June 21-July 22) ★★★★★ Try as you might, juggling your finances seems overwhelming. Let go of what doesn’t work. Make calls, schedule meetings. You discover how many different ideas could be put on the table. Tonight: Hang out with a favorite friend.

★★★★★ Get all the feedback you need from a partner who honestly does care. If you relax, your perception could change what appeared to be a difficult situation into a piece of cake.

Find experts if need be. Tonight: Put on a favorite piece of music.

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★★★★ Your energy and charisma might be more distracting when you’re communicating.

Tone it down a bit, and maybe your message will get through. Be careful about deciding on a revision to your budget. Tonight: Romance flickers through for nearly everyone.

★★★★ Though you do not intend to, somehow you make a situation more confusing that it needs to be. Relax with others, and let them handle this problem. The end result might be more to your liking. Tonight: Have an important talk with a partner.

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★★★★ By afternoon, you move quickly and accomplish a lot. Review a creative project with your eye on success and understanding. Great ideas also need strong foundations. Communication flourishes. Tonight: Whatever would make you happy.

★★★★ Get as much done as you can in the morning. Your popularity or superb networking skills emerge in the afternoon. You will not get a moment of peace. Work with a key associate or partner. Tonight: Follow another’s lead.

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JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: ★★★★★Dynamic ★★ So-So ★★★★ Positive ★ Difficult ★★★ Average

You discover just how many possibilities you have this year.

You enjoy those around you and what they offer more than ever. Focus on your long-term goals and desires. Though you might have to work hard to achieve these goals, ultimately it will be worth it. Your professional status grows because of your superb insight and follow-through. If you are single, you will meet someone through friends. This bond could be karmic and not easy. Be sure you want it when you opt to dive in. There are other fish in the sea. If you are attached, you discover that homing in a long-term goal together keeps your bond healthy and vibrant. VIRGO can be a drag, but also is fun.

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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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