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Local Walmart
Huntington Beach Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Partners with

Huntington Beach / Fountain Valley Boys and Girls Club and local Walmart
to make a huge difference with area needy kids!
he team at Huntington
Beach Chrysler Dodge Jeep
Ram continued their tradition of community volunteerism
during the 2015 holidays by partnering with the local Huntington
Beach / Fountain Valley Boys and
Girls Club and Walmart to provide
community support.
The team at Huntington Beach
Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram continued their tradition of community
volunteerism during the 2015 holidays by partnering with the Huntington Valley Boys and Girls Club
our Huntington Beach Walmart on
Beach Blvd and Talbert to provide
community support.
According to Huntington Beach
Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, they
spent an entire afternoon shopping
with 50 underprivileged children at
the Huntington Beach Walmart. There, they to help make the afternoon even more of a success.
Pete Shaver, the dealer principle, brought his
shopped for warm clothes. The dealerships staff
also partnered with the Boys and Girls Club with family, and many of the staff members followed
65+ volunteers. Walmart also provided extra staff suit by bringing their family members to volunteer.
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inter rains have come and are washing our streets and cleaning our
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Shaver said, We are overwhelmed by

the opportunity to help these kids, and
we've had a glimpse of how many opportunities there are to help within the
community during the holiday season.
Thank you for allowing us to do this!
Huntington Beach Chrysler Dodge
Jeep Ram is dedicated to offering a
world-class experience for both customers and team members that is designed with the goal of ensuring
complete satisfaction.
We tip our hat to Pete and the entire
crew at HB Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram
and their long term and ongoing commitment to the community. And, the
partnership with the community was
enhanced by having a large well managed Boys and Girls Club ready, willing and able to be the heart and soul of
the needy children helped that day.
The perfect storm was realized when
HB Chrysler, H/V Boys and Girls Club and Walmart teamed up to supply the Time, Talent and
Treasure to make this a moment worth remembering. Thanks to all.
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Little Susie was not the best student in Catholic School. Usually
she slept through class.
One day her teacher, a Nun, called on her while she was sleeping.
3. There are at least 6 people in the world 12. You can survive without eating for
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Capt. Allan Hancock was a noted

California sea captain, land developer,
oilman and philanthropist, who leased
his property for $1 a year to a Junior
College in Santa Maria, California in
1954. Four years later, voters approved a bond measure to purchase
Left: Photos of Capt. Allan Hancock, Hancock College, and Hancock's Student Vineyards in Los
Alamos. Below: Nick Refice of
Huntington Beach and a Hancock
College Viticulture and Enology
Student in front of the college's
own popular wine sold at Lucci's
Italian-American Deli, 8911 Adams
Ave. in HB
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For over 11 years, Colettes Childrens

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credible, said Nick Refice, son of the

owner of Lucci's Deli in HB and a
Viticulture and Enology student at
Hancock. Nick's grandmother owned
a 20-acre winery in Temecula and got
him interested in the grape. Its so
exciting to think that our schools
namesakes roots go back to The Fa-
the land and build additional buildings on the campus, they renamed
Allan Hancock College.
Recently, that college gained international fame for its agribusiness program and was officially bonded to sell
its very own wine, appropriately
called Captains Reserve, in honor
of Allan Hancock, whose grandfather-Agoston Haraszthywas The Father of California Viticulture.
Agoston, from Hungary, founded the
states first commercial winery
Buena Vistain Sonoma and built
the first stone winery building. The
business flourishes to this day.
Both Agoston Haraszthy and Allan
Hancock would be extremely proud
of the colleges current agribusiness
program, which offers Associate in
Arts degrees in Viticulture, Winemaking and Wine Business. The program
has a huge potential, said Alfredo
Koch, Ph.D., who once worked in his
familys vineyards in Argentina. Its
so important to California, the main
winemaking state in the country.
The educational experience is in-
ther of California Wine. Im learning

so much here about the whole business of winefrom the fields to the
processing to the marketing.
Students from around the world
come to Hancock to seek degrees in
the program, which has four acres of
practice vineyards in its outdoor classroom on campus as well as in a
nearby Los Alamos field, near Highway 101. Captains Reserve offers 11
varieties of wines, including Bordeaux, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Money from the sales of wine goes
back into the schools agribusiness
program. You can Google the college
to find out where to purchase the
wines, whose popularity is taking off.
In Southern California, theyre already a popular item at the 70-yearold, Luccis Italian-American Deli,
8911 Adams Avenue., Huntington
Beach, where Nick, his brother, Taylor, mother Joyce, father Rick and
Rick's brother Bill Refice have
worked for years to create one of California's finest, most diverse and successful businesses.
The information contained in this column does not necessarily

reflect the opinion of The Local News.
Margaritas By The Liter

Full Bar & Cocktails
an Salisbury of Money tells us what is

less in our future...Its no secret Americans are drinking less soda. Now that trend
is starting to take its toll on the restaurant
industry, where cheap-to-produce and
easy-to-mark-up soft drinks have long
been a cash cow.
A recent report by the NPD Group found
that over the past five years, Americans ordered 4% fewer beverages at restaurants
a whopping 2 billion fewer servings.
The apparent culprit: Americas love affair
with healthier options, such as bottled
water, coffee, and so-called sports
drinks, which have also been cutting into
profits at corporate icons like Coca-Cola
and PepsiCo.
In fact as far as soda goes, the 2 billion
number doesnt tell the whole story.
The kinds of beverages that saw
orders fall including carbonated soft drinks and
milk, which account
for about half of all beverage orders actually registered a decline of 4 billion orders over the past half decade according
the study, which was reported in QSR
magazine, a trade publication for the fast
food and fast-casual dining industries.
The development cant come as welcome news for the restaurant industry. Outlets like McDonalds and Wendys have
come to rely heavily on their sometimes
loss-making dollar menus which offer
enticing prices for food on the assumption
that diners will round out their bill by tacking on orders for highly profitable items
like french fries and soda.
Fast food chains are backing away from
the dollar price tag with new ploys like
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breakfast. The hope is that even if
youre staying away from
soda, maybe you will
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As we reported, Playboy Enterprises,
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TSA: Stop Touching

Sensitive Areas
By Bishop E.W. Jackson

hen I joined the United States Marine Corps in
August 1970, I took an oath to the Constitution.
I take that oath more seriously today than I did then.
Although I was young, it was a solemn commitment
which I will never regret. The orders sending me to
Viet Nam never came, but we were all prepared to give
our lives in defense of our country.
Therefore, it is not easy for me to take issue with an
agency that purportedly helps keep the American people safe. Nevertheless, I have come to the conclusion
that the TSA - Transportation Security Administration
- as it presently operates is rolling the dice with our
safety on commercial flights.
I fly about 250,000 miles a year, which gives me
considerable experience with security checks. Americans have come to view these invasive encounters as
anyone's body, especially a ten year old girl.

Although TSA agents seem to go above and beyond
in searching innocent Americans, a Department of
Homeland Security Inspector General probe released
in May showed that they missed 67 out of 70 tests carried out by special investigators. That is a 96% failure
rate. One undercover investigator got through security
with a fake bomb strapped to his back. In other words,
they see things that are not there and miss things that
are. That same IG report said that 73 airline workers
were found to have terrorist links.
It is time to start identifying people with terrorist intentions instead of making the American people suffer
for the sake of political correctness. Here is what citizens should demand.
First, Congress must investigate TSA, especially the
effectiveness and calibration of the machines that are
the price we pay to keep airplanes from being highjacked or blown up. In fact it is smoke and mirrors the facade of security with no substance behind it.
Every time I go through the "see you naked" machine it identifies hot zones that require further search.
Those zones always seem to include the groin area.
Some men might find it flattering and a little funny
that this sensitive region of the body makes metal detectors ring and x-ray machines flash red. However, in
the age of Islamic terror, there is nothing flattering or
funny about it. When the machine shows "something"
near untouchable areas of the body, even though nothing is there, an agent has to run both hands to the top
of your thighs, across the front of your pants outside
and inside, making contact with your most private
zones. Women have a little different physiology, but it
can't be any fun for them either.
Because I detest these assaults on my person, I was
motivated to apply for my Known Traveler Number.
That is a number assigned by TSA to those who file
an application, go through a background check, pay
an $85 fee and interview with a TSA agent at one of
their designated offices. My application was approved.
I had my precious KTN. I could breathe a sigh of relief. No more airport gropings, or so I thought. As it
turns out, even after getting your coveted number, you
can be "randomly selected" for the full body screening.
The week after I was approved as a Known Traveler,
I was randomly selected for a full body screening and
the nightmare began all over again. Apparently even
"known travelers" aren't known well enough.
It is the understatement of the millennium to say
that the screening machines are poorly calibrated.
Law abiding citizens are treated like terrorists and
asked to endure humiliating searches because the
machines show "something." Kevin Payne had to
watch his ten year old daughter subjected to a two
minute pat down because of a false positive for explosive material on some liquid the girl had in a
pouch. Instead of retesting the liquid, they immediately began groping the child. She said, "I was very
scared. I had no idea what was going on. I was confused and felt like screaming and running out of
there." Two minutes is a long time to feel all over
being used to identify dangerous substances.

Second, machines which consistently give false positives should be replaced. Perhaps a new kind of machine needs to be used because the ones we have are
not working.
Third, TSA agents must be trained to profile for
five characteristics: 1) Is the person a Muslim? 2) Is
the person of Arab, African or Middle Eastern origin? 3) Has the person traveled to the Middle East
or a country which harbors terrorists? 4) Has the individual visited websites or social media that spew
terrorist propaganda? 5) Is the person between the
ages of 18 and 30?
This is not racism or "Islamophobia." It is common sense. It's about time the TSA got its hands out
of our underwear and politicians got their heads out
of the sand. The agencies charged with protecting
our homeland security should cooperate and share
information with TSA to identify and apprehend terrorists, and leave the rest of us alone.
Every American should contact your Congressional Representative to demand that the Transportation Security Administration stop the general
assaults on law abiding citizens and start profiling
for likely bad guys. Until the politically correct nonsense stops, TSA should be renamed the "Touching
Sensitive Areas" agency.
About the author/contributor:

E.W. Jackson was born in
Chester, PA, near Philadelphia.
After graduating from high
school, he joined the Maine
Corps, and was honorably discharged after three years of
service. He went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude
with a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts and
from Harvard Law School.
While in law school, he studied at Harvard Divinity
School, was ordained in 1979 and consecrated a
Bishop in 1998. He practiced small business, criminal
and civil law for fifteen years in Boston. In 1997
Bishop Jackson retired from the practice of law to devote full time to ministry.
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Worthy of Debate, Concern and Remedy

-Buddy System For Women in Cabs
OL's Autoblog Staff paints

a picture that could be applied to any city or town,
big or small with any segment of
our community..."It's a classic
urban fear. A woman gets into a
cab late at night and is attacked by
the driver.
New York City's police added
fuel to that fear with statistics
showing 14 of the city's reported
rapes last year, and two already
this year, were committed by forhire cabbies. And Police Commissioner William Bratton raised
eyebrows with comments on the
phenomenon that some felt
blamed the victims.
women to implement buddy

systems,
but
rather saying,
'You have a
right to be
safe,'"
City
Councilwoman
Vanessa Gibson
said at the news
conference. "If
you decide to
go out and
enjoy yourself
in any borough
and you get into
a cab, there is
an expectation
Recently, women in New York City were able to request a female

driver through a new livery service called SheTaxis SheRides. The
service, will take requests for rides through an app (available only
through Apple for now)
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"One of the areas of concern that

we have is particularly young
women coming out of clubs and
bars," Commissioner William
Bratton said during a radio interview on WNYC. "They're by
themselves and intoxicated getting
into a cab ... and we've seen an increase in assaults in those instances. So we're encouraging
women to adopt the buddy system."
Some women who spoke to The
Associated Press about taxi safety
said Bratton's suggestion smacked
of sexism.
"It's the idea that somehow we
have a hand in this," said Jamie
Lopez, 20, who works in retail and
often takes cabs late at night because she finds them safer than the
subway. "It's not the victim's
fault."
At a news conference Monday,
city politicians and women's rights
advocates demanded more concrete measures to combat cabbie
rapes. One proposal would require
taxis and car services like Uber to
have a back-seat panic button that
could summon the police to a passenger in trouble.
"We want to ensure that when
we're working with our police department, we're not encouraging
that you arrive at your destination

safely."
Police said the suggestion was
simply a safety measure for women,
who are overwhelmingly the victims
of such assaults.
The NYPD noted that the 14
reported rapes of women in cars
for hire was out of 164 reported
"stranger rapes," and among
1,439 total reported rapes last
year. The figure is small, considering there are 440,000 yellow cab rides and up to 120,000
Uber rides in the city every day.
It's actually far more likely for
a driver to be attacked; at least
three were killed in New York
last year alone.
But instances of attacks by
drivers have grabbed international headlines in recent
months. In India, an Uber driver
was sentenced to life in prison
for raping a passenger. A driver
in London was sentenced to 8
months for sex assault. In New
Orleans, a cab driver was sentenced to five years for rape.
In New York, most of the
cases last year involved women
out at restaurants and bars late
at night who hailed a taxi alone
to go home.
In one case, prosecutors said,
the driver of a taxi

picked up a woman in
an upscale Brooklyn
neighborhood, locked
the doors, pulled over,
climbed into the back
seat with her and raped
her. The driver pleaded
not guilty to rape and
other charges.
Another woman was
attacked by a driver
who displayed an Uber
sign, only to discover
he wasn't a member of
the popular ride-hailing app.
New York has by far
the largest fleet of forhire cabs in the country, with more than 86,000
licensed vehicles; including
taxis, Uber vehicles and livery cabs. All for-hire vehicles
must be licensed, and the
rules are stricter for Uber drivers in New York than anywhere
else in the country.
Bhairavi Desai, president of the
National Taxi Workers Alliance, a
driver advocacy group, said a few
attacks should not poison the profession. But she worries that the
market has been flooded with the
rise of the ride-hailing app industry, and that not all of the new
drivers operate with professionalism.
Uber spokesman Matt Wing said
technology is a core piece of how
the company improves safety, noting that app discloses the driver's
name and overall rating before a
rider gets in, tracks every trip with
GPS, and allows riders to share
their trip with friends and family
in real time.
Another woman who spoke to
the AP about cab safety, Brittany
Blonkvist, 25, an advertising exec
at Vox Media, said she doesn't fear
taxis, but she worried about how
distracted some women are by
their phones.
"They have no idea whether
they're going home or someplace
else," she said. "I pay attention
when I get in."
The AP contributed to this report.
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to be in Baseball Americas preseason top 50,
Huntington Beach is the clear favorite, thanks to
a robust pitching staff that includes Logan
Pouelsen, Nicholas Pratto, and Hagen Danner, a
potential first-round pick for 2017.
Blake Rutherford (Chaminade) and Mickey
Moniak (La Costa Canyon) are the nations topranked outfielders. Rutherford brings a combination of speed and power, while Moniaks
lefthanded bat is among the best in the class, high
school or college. Other notable prospects slated
to attend the event include: Josh Stephen (Mater
Dei), Nick Kahle (Chaminade), Chase Strumpf
(JSerra), Ryan Orr (La Costa Canyon), Will Proctor (Mira Costa), Christian Moya (South Hills),
Holden Groff (Loyola), among others.
Chaminade and Huntington Beach are both

slated to play in the National High School Invitational (NHSI) in Cary, N.C., in the week prior
to the southern section of the Boras Classic,
meaning that each team will have the challenge
of competing against many of the top teams in
the country.
Being able to give back to the community
through the Boras Baseball Classic for players to
achieve their goal of taking their passion for baseball to the next level is what this is all about, said
noted MLB player agent Scott Boras, the director
of the Boras Foundation. Growing the Classic
each year and watching the players grow into collegiate and professional athletes is why the Boras
Foundation started the Classic.
MICKEYMONIAK
udson Belinsky of Baseball America hits

a home run with this story of local and regional greats..."Likely 2016 first-round
picks Blake Rutherford and Mickey Moniak are
among the prospects who will take part in the
Boras Classic as the 32-team field was unveiled
Monday.
The event brings together 16 of the top high
school baseball programs in Northern and Southern California, and allows teams to compete for
a de facto California state championship.
This years tournament starts with the Northern
section, hosted by Elk Grove (Calif.) High from
March 21-24. The following high schools are
slated to compete for NorCal supremacy: Elk
Grove, Saint Francis, Oak Ridge, Yuba City,
Davis, Clovis West, Stockdale, Junipero Serra,
Turlock, Maria Carillo, Archbishop Mitty, Heritage, Saint Marys, Vintage, Los Gatos and
Tracy.
Some of the top prospects in the northern
bracket include righthander Jared Horn (Vintage),
outfielder Jeremy Ydens (Saint Francis), Ryan
Kreidler (Davis), Jarron Silva (Saint Marys)
Hunter Bishop (Junipero Serra), Kevin Milam
(Heritage) and Austin Manning (Heritage).
The southern section of the invitational, hosted
by JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
and Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), runs from
March 29 through April 1. The following high
schools will compete for the southern crown:
JSerra Catholic, Mater Dei, Notre Dame Sherman Oaks, Orange Lutheran, Huntington Beach,
Corona Santiago, JW North, South Hills, El
Camino Real, Vista Murrieta, Loyola, Mira
Costa, Great Oak, Chaminade, Damien and La
Costa Canyon.
Southern California high school baseball is
among the most competitive of any region in the
country, rivaling Florida, Texas and Georgia.
While several of the teams competing in the
southern bracket of the Boras Classic are likely
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I Dont Believe We
Should Pay
College Athletes
In a recent piece in The New York Times,
Joe Nocera proposed a salary cap for DiviBy Jordan Kobritz sion I football and mens
basketball
teams along with individual player
salaries.
After elaborating on his salary proposal
Nocera ends with the statement, Thats
my idea for paying college athletes. If
youve got a better one, Id love to hear it.
We can argue about it on Twitter. Unlike
Joe, Im not a tweeter so heres my response: I dont believe we should pay college athletes so theres no need to debate the
specifics of a salary cap.
That doesnt mean I support the corrupt system that permeates college athletics today.
Too many institutions use and abuse studentathletes and then discard them like yesterdays
newspaper. Academics are a farce even at supposedly top tier institutions like the University
of North Carolina, and recruiting is a cesspool
(see the University of Louisville).
While coaches are guaranteed $7-8 million per
year on long-term contracts heres looking at
you, Nick Saban and Jim Harbaugh many student athletes go hungry. A majority of schools refuse to pay the full cost of admission, even though
the NCAA voted two years ago to give them that option. Furthermore, most scholarships are limited to one year, although again, theres no prohibition against guaranteeing four-year commitments.
The argument that a student-athlete should be satisfied with a scholarship because thats all a band member or a debater gets is disingenuous, if not ludicrous.
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Sports
Debate teams and school bands dont generate the same amount of income as a
football team. Nor does playing the tuba or debating an issue create the
same health risks as playing linebacker or point guard.
Noceras proposal raises a number of issues, some of which are impossible to overcome; others will make lawyers rich for generations.
Salary caps violate antitrust laws, unless theyre negotiated by bargaining agents, i.e., unions. The only reason for unions of studentathletes is if institutions dont live up to their moral responsibilities,
such as guaranteeing health insurance and other benefits as discussed
above. Noceras suggestion would also create issues with Title IX
because he limits salaries to football and mens basketball players.
Rather than paying student-athletes we should commit to treating
them fairly and more humanly. That means guaranteeing them six
years to complete their education and subsidizing the full cost of
attendance or, in the alternative, removing all limits on working
and earning income. Athletes, particularly football players,
should receive more extensive, long-term health benefits. And
all student-athletes should be allowed to generate revenue from
activities off the field of play including endorsements, sponsorships, autographs and image rights, similar to the Olympic
model (a concept Nocera also supports).
So there you go, Joe. Theres no need to debate team salary
caps or individual player salaries in collegiate athletics because we shouldnt be paying student-athletes. Thats my position. Whats yours?
Jordan Kobritz is a former attorney, CPA, and Minor League Baseball

team owner. He is a Professor in the Sport Management Department at
SUNY Cortland and maintains the blog: http://sportsbeyondthelines.com
Jordan can be reached at jordan.kobritz@cortland.edu.
The information contained in this column does not necessarily reflect the
opinion of The Local News.
SAVE YOUR MONEY AND LIVE IN A

CITY THAT WILL PAY YOU
By Tierna Unruh-Enos
DailyFinance Staff is moving around the country looking for..."A city
will pay me to live there? How is that possible, you may ask. Well, it's
true. There are cities in the U.S. that will actually pay you to live there.
Might they always be your first choice for where you would live? Maybe,
and maybe not. But getting paid to move and live in a community, if
even for a short while, can be quite an adventure, save you a ton of
money and might even surprise you with how much you enjoy living in
that city.
Here are 3 U.S. cities, (and one state) that will pay you just for living
there:
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Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan has seen its fair share of rough times over the past
few decades. Abandoned neighborhoods are scattered throughout the
city. While this may seem like a depressing prospect for some, it can be
seen as a great challenge for others. Challenge Detroit is a program managed by the City of Detroit to encourage new career seekers and entrepreneurs to move into the city. The program pays the chosen applicants
to move to the city to work with businesses and non-profits while making
connections with the community. The hope is that the fresh new talent
will stay within the city and help bring it back to life.
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to have gigabit per second fiber Internet accessible to the entire city grid.
With this designation, Chattanooga has created GeekMove, which is an
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Alaska
It's not just certain cities in Alaska that will pay you to live there, it's
the whole state. The state of Alaska developed the Permanent Fund Dividend which essentially pays residents of Alaska to permanently live
there. Investment earnings on Alaskan mineral royalties are paid to
Alaska residents. It is an annual payment, and the state feels that it is an
investment in their current population as well investing in future generations in hopes that they stay in Alaska. To be eligible for the dividend,
you need to have lived in Alaska for one year, not be a convicted felon
and be present in Alaska for at least 190 days in a calendar year.
Niagara Falls, NY
Well known for its majestic waterfalls, Niagara Falls is trying to attract
a younger population. Niagara's Community Development program is
offering a limited number of newly graduated college students the incentive of student loan repayment up to $7,000 with a program called
Live NF. The city is aiming at developing its downtown area into a more
attractive place for young transplants to live."
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Wanna Make
More Money in
2016
aily Finance's Erik Sherman has probably asked for a raise and tells
us..."Look at the most popular New
Year's resolutions. In addition to spending
time with family, living life to the fullest, and
getting healthy, people want to stop being
broke. It's understandable -- and also one of
the most frequently broken resolutions.
Don't get discouraged. You really can
make more money, lower your debts, and
improve your financial future. There are no
easy and magic solutions and many of these
may seem obvious, but there's a difference
between hearing about a solution to a problem and actually taking action. With some
regular effort you can improve your lot in a
lot of ways.
1. Ask for a raise.
hether you're an employee or have a

business, there are people who pay
you. When's the last time you asked for
more? It may be that you ultimately aren't
successful, but if you don't ask, you can't get.
2. Research your field.
s part of looking for improved salary or

wages or setting better pricing, you
need to know what your occupation and industry typically pay. Do the research to see
how you fit into the bigger picture so you
know how much room there might be for
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ou negotiate much more than a raise or

higher prices for your work. Practically
everything in life has an element of negotiation. The better you are at the science and art,
the more effectively you move through the
world, and that includes making money.
4. Sharpen your skills.
nother aspect of getting paid more is

boosting what you bring to the table.
No matter how long you've done what you
do, there are possible improvements in how
you do it. Improve your skills and make
yourself more valuable.
5. Brag (though action).
f you've been improving your capabilities,

that's great. But you have to let people
know. Do so by showing the improvement
and not talking about it. Become the expert
people rely on and build your value in their
eyes.
6. Change careers or jobs.
ometimes you get to the end of what's

possible doing what you do where you
currently are. You might need a significant
shift in the type of work you do, or to find
someplace that will value you more highly.
As the job market has been picking up, that
should become easier.
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7. Start a business.
he real way people get rich is by creating

businesses that build value. Start doing
that part time (if you aren't already running
a business).
8. Teach.
here are many occupations that people

want to learn, whether through evening
classes, workshops, or direct tutelage. Get
out there and start teaching what you know.
9. Get more sleep.
conomics have found a connection between lack of sleep and diminished income. If you're short on rest, you'll also
suffer from muddy thinking and poorer
health, which affects your ability to make
money.
10. Spend less.
ere's one of those obvious points, but

one that's within your control to address
now: Keep more of what you make to have
the capital you'll need.
11. Create intellectual property.

hether in the form of writing, inventions, images, know-how, or other
forms of intangibles, intellectual property is
the driving force behind many business successes. Create something you can own that
can make money over and over again.
12. Be helpful.
m not one for complex metaphysical

speculation about everyday occurrences,
but I have noticed that the more you help
people, the more comes back to you. In perhaps the most bottom-line practical interpretation, if you help people make money, you
can generally earn a portion. But the bigger
idea of not always looking for how some
generosity will benefit you is the bigger one.
13. Start investing.
f you're not investing, start today. Compound interest has power.
14. Study the habits of people who

make money.
f you want to know how to play basketball, you want good basketball players. To
learn to paint, you study the work of great
artists. To make more money, observe what
rich people tend to do.
15. Do something on the side.
arly in my life, I remember being

shocked by the simple idea that if you
do additional work on the side, you made
more money. Take time you'd otherwise
waste and build your bank account.
16. Advance your education.
igher levels of education generally correlate with higher incomes. Go back to

school for a first degree or an advanced one.
17. Get all your tax deductions.
alk to accountants and CPAs and you'll

be surprised at the number of commonly
available tax deductions and credits that people fail to take. That effectively means people send money off that could be in their
pocket instead. Make sure you keep what
you can.
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Duck-a-Thon
Friday
May 13th
Saturday
May 14th
Sunday
May 15th
Dont Miss
The 24th Annual
at the
Huntington
Beach
Pier
Friday, May 13th
6 pm - 9 pm Reception
The weekend kicks off with our Food and Wine Tasting by
the sea. Come join us and sample outstanding wines,
beer and food from local restaurants as the sun sets
over the Pacific! Enjoy entertainment,
opportunity drawings and a silent auction.
Ticket - $45 advance / $55 at the door
Includes a souvenir wine glass
VIP Tickets: $55 in advance / $65 at the door
(includes deluxe wine glass, VIP check-in, parking validation)
For tickets visit www.duckathon.org

Saturday, May 14th
3 pm The Main Event
Classic little yellow ducks and Super Star Heroes ducks

race to shore for prizes. The first 60 ashore
win prizes for their owners!
Winning Super Star Heroes ducks win TWO prizes.
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businesses, organizations and

individuals compete for the coveted
Golden Duck Traveling Trophy and
year-long bragging rights!
Corporate Duck $100

Corporate Super Star Heroes Duck $125
Flock of Five Corporate Ducks $500
(Flock includes 1 Super Star Heroes duck and 4 Corporate ducks)
Kid Zone Carnival
The Festival includes a childrens area with

activities galore for your ducklings, featuring:
Carnival Games Bounce House Face Painting
Duck Decorating Duck Dip Cotton Candy
Popcorn & more! A scoop at our famous Duck
Dip booth could win you multiple prizes!
Grown-up kids welcome to take a dip too!
Buy online!! www.duckathon.org

714-500-0DUCK (0382) email:info@duckathon.org
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Huntington Beach Community Clinic & their Support Group
Baby Ducks $10

Baby Super Star Hero Ducks $20
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By Anna Norris weather.com

housands of cans and vacuum
packed bricks of Cafe Bustelo
brand coffee washed up on the beaches of
Indialantic, Florida in December. (Tim
Shortt/Florida Today via AP)
Beachcombers have been finding much
more than shells on beaches this year. In
fact, the beach has seemed more like a
grocery store or museum, with everything
from cans of coffee to rocket parts washing ashore. We've compiled a list of the
strangest things found on beaches so far
in 2015.
1. COFFee CAnS, RAMen

nOODLeS AnD MORe
In December, residents of Florida's
coast walked outside to find wine, pet
food, paper towels and thousands of cans
of Bustelo coffee dotted throughout the
sand. The beach was turned into a veritable grocery store of items when containers
fell off a cargo barge in the waters from
Cape Canaveral to Palm Beach.
2. A BOMB
In August, a family on a beach outing
in Wales were shocked to find out the
the size of a hand, this tooth came from a

creature that once lived to be about 60 feet
long. Rain and high tides from Hurricane
Joaquin brought the fossils ashore.
5. GIAnT PURPLe SeA SLUGS

In June, slimy purple blobs the size of
a human heart washed ashore in California. The strange creatures are actually
known as sea hares. El Nio's warmer
water encouraged them to make a beeline
to the shore.
4. A PReHISTORIC MeGALODOn
TOOTH
In October, a beachgoer in North Carolina found a fossilized tooth from a prehistoric shark. Six inches long and about
"
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7. HyPODeRMIC neeDLeS
In September, a Los Angeles beach was
closed down after medical waste washed
ashore and water samples came back
showing high bacteria levels. Hypodermic needles, tampon applicators and condoms were all found on the beach after
heavy rains caused a malfunction in one
of the pumps of nearby Hyperion Treatment Plant.
9. TAR BALLS
In May, mysterious black oil
clumps washed ashore at
Manhattan Beach in California. The dangerous tar balls
caused the beach to close for cleanup. Officials were unsure of whether the tar balls
came from an oil spill or a local refinery.
10. HUMAn-SIzeD CHUnkS

OF ICe
In March, massive chunks of ice began
appearing on the coast of Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts. The
mounds of ice looked like icebergs and
some were bigger than humans. CBS
Boston's chief meteorologist Eric Fisher
called it a "once-in-a-generation" event.
11. RARe SeA SeRPenT

In December, a slimy and venomous
sea snake washed onto Huntington Beach
in southern California. The yellow-bellied
sea snake was dead when a coastal
cleanup crew discovered it, but alive its
venom has the power to paralyze. It's believed that El Nio's temperature changes
could have lured the snake north to hunt
fish and eels."
3. ROCkeT WReCkAGe
In May, Kevin Eichelberger was on a
Bahamas getaway when he discovered
debris from a SpaceX rocket on the beach.
The Falcon 9 rocket had successfully delivered supplies to the International Space
Station and a failed landing caused it to
explode and crash into the ocean. The debris had GoPro cameras on it but Eichelberger didn't find any data.
6. A ReALLy exPenSIVe yACHT

In March, lifeguards at the North Island
Naval Beach in Coronado, California
found a 45-foot yacht washed up on the
beach after a flash storm. The $200,000
luxury boat was sunk after sand began to
fill up the staterooms.
8. CReePy OARFISH
In August, a rarely-seen fish
washed up on the beaches of
Santa Catalina Island off the
coast of California, a startling
sight for beachgoers. The dead
fish was 15 1/2 feet long and
officials estimate it probably
weighed as much as 200
pounds. It did not have its tail
- sometimes oarfish shed their
tails to save energy - but would
have been around 24 feet long
with it. Scientists hypothesized
that earthquakes could be the
reason why the oarfish washed
up on the beach, while others
posited it may have been because of El Nio's warm water
currents.
'buoy' the kids were playing with was actually a bomb. The kids were jumping and
playing on an unexploded World War IIera mine bomb.
The Royal Navy coast guard detonated
the bomb in a controlled explosion shortly
thereafter.
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and I look forward to
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I wrote a newspaper
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In the Pipeline. In it, I
tried hard to document
slices of local life, history, local heroes, local
issues and more. Just
like I'm going to do
here.
I love this city and I
thoroughly enjoy looking for stories. In the
17 years that my family and I have lived
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this last year and so I'll also be fo- certain elected officials. I find it
cusing on that especially when it fascinating when I read the codes
comes to covering the candidates of behavior expected of children
in the district, and then realize that
for City Council.
There is a school board the people in charge of the district
new columnist, Chris Epting in this city which I be- illustrate the exact opposite of
lieve to be exhibiting those codes. It's a story I'm very
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me, that ban is not about the ensome pains. It's a complex city
with many moving parts and I
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it's an election year. So we'll see
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EarthTalk
Dear earthTalk:
Why do many green
groups oppose the
Trans-Pacific Partnership
(TPP) governing trade in the Pacific?
~ Jane Donahue, Larchmont, NY
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is an international

agreement that seeks to unite the economic interests of 12
countries that border the Pacific Ocean by lowering trade tariffs and establishing an international trade court to settle disputes. TPP emerged as a West Coast equivalent to the
proposed Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership,
designed to ease trade restrictions between the U.S. and Europe. But TPP has progressed much faster thanks to the willingness of Pacific
nations to play ball.

International negotiators released a draft of the TPP agreement in October 2015 and are awaiting approvals from par-
ticipating governments. However, despite the theoretical advantages of more fluid international trade, the current draft
has several complications that could lead to a variety of problems for participating nations and others, meaning its implementation is far from a sure thing at this point.
Green leaders criticize the Obama administration and negotiators from other countries for keeping early talks on the
formation of the TPP closed to observers and media. Many
individuals and public interest groups requested access to the
discussions, fearing that the agreement would unfairly favor
large corporations. However, those appeals were ignored and
the drafted document revealed what many feel was a prioritization of corporate interests over health and environmental
concerns. Without any enforceable guarantees for environmental protection, the TPP
could actually significantly
contribute to global warming
through increased exportation
of U.S. fossil fuel supplies.
Additionally, differences
in national policies regulating chemical use, artificial
fertilizers and seeds from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have yielded
an agreement that encourages minimal protection.
The non-profit Public Citizen points out that existing
U.S. regulation of pesticide
and GMO labeling on
packaging could be challenged in the international
court as trade barriers.
Another point of contention is the distinct advantage given to foreign
corporations under the
current TPP model. Overseas firms would
be able to sue the U.S. government over new policies that
disrupt the companys expectations.
Perhaps more troubling is whats not included in the doc-
From the Editors of

E/The Environmental
Magazine
ument, which fails to mention how it will protect from overharvesting of limited natural resources. Green groups point
out that, while the TPP accounts for nearly a third of global
fish harvest, there are no provisions to protect against overfishing. The draft also barely mentions enforceable safeguards of endangered species products, such as elephant
ivory
Yet another issue critics say is woefully ignored is social
justice. With free-trade opening up, even more American jobs
would be sent overseas to reduce costs. Economists estimate
that five million U.S. jobs could shift oversees under the TPP,
resulting in serious pay cuts for American workers. Meanwhile, the richest 10 percent would profit at even higher rates,
adding to an already drastic U.S. wealth inequality.
Clearly, the current draft of the TPP agreement needs a lot
of work before Congress should even consider it. Those opposed to the current version of the TPP can voice their dissatisfaction by signing onto the Stop the Trans-Pacific
Partnership petition on MoveOn.org, or by urging your representatives in Congress to vote against it altogether.
CONTACTS:
TPP Page,
https://ustr.gov/tpp;
Public Citizen,
www.citizen.org;
MoveOn.orgs Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership Petition,

petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-the-trans-pacific.
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n January 12, 2007, one of the

worlds greatest violin players set
up shop in the LEnfant Plaza
Metro station in Washington, D.C. Wearing jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt, and a
Washington Nationals baseball cap, 39-year-old
Joshua Bell pulled out his instrument handcrafted by Antonio Stradivari in 1713 and purchased in 2003 for nearly $4 million and
played six classical songs for rush-hour commuters.
With Wine
Endless
Treasures
Await
The setting of Bells 43-minute performance
was unusual, to say the least. By the time he was
14, the violin prodigy was soloing for the
Philadelphia Orchestra. At 17, he made his first
appearance at Carnegie Hall. He has performed
as a guest soloist for the New York Philharmonic three times and currently directs one of
worlds
the
most celebrated
chamber
orchestras.
More
than David White
1,000 commuters came
within earshot of Bell that morning and witnessed
a world-class performance from a musical genius
on one of the finest instruments ever crafted. Yet
among the mass of hurried Metro riders, Bell
went almost unnoticed.
What does any of this have to do with wine?
Quite a bit.
Giant corporate producers dominate the wine
market. In the United States, three brands E.
& J. Gallo, the Wine Group, and Constellation
produced 172.3 million cases of wine in 2012, accounting for roughly 50 percent of wine sales.
Yet most of the worlds finest wines are produced by small, unassuming, and largely ignored
grape growers. Unlike the big brands, these vignerons produce wines that reflect the regions
and vineyards in which the grapes are grown.
Their wines have a distinctiveness that cant be
matched by mass-produced alternatives.
In other words, wine consumers are surrounded
by Joshua-Bell level brilliance. Serious wine enthusiasts are finally paying attention.
On the Vine
David White is the founder and editor of

Terroirist.com, which was named
Best Overall Wine Blog" at the 2013
Wine Blog Awards.
His columns are housed at Grape Collective.
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They keep a lower profile these days and you may

associate them with another time, but ob-la-di, ob-la-da,
life goes on
BRENDA LEE
nly Elvis, Ray Charles and the Beatles had more hits than she did in
the '60s. In fact, Brenda Lee began the decade with what would become
her signature song ("I'm Sorry"), and the Beatles opened for her when
she toured the U.K. in 1963. And the four-foot-nine singer known as Little Miss
Dynamite hasn't fizzled. Her November 15 concert in Biloxi, Miss., takes place
two weeks before her 70th birthday.
These mind-blowing photos, in both black and white

and color, portray profound moments from recent history. Each photo reveals a snapshot of a time gone by.
Some of the photos show instants that shook the world.
Other photos reveal ordinary moments that open a
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Main Street Eyewear

Looks at Life Through
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Why Cant We Just Fix

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Salary of House/Senate members
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Salary of Speaker of the House
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FOR LIFE I wonder why?
Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders
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debates over gun control, you'd be
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when comparing the ways Americans die, the latest batch of statistics
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Wow!
debate that
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There were 33,736 traffic deaths
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plateaued over the past three years,
while early estimates show traffic
fatalities will increase by 8 to 14
percent, the sharpest year-over-year
rise in more than six decades. It's
possible the lines won't cross for the
foreseeable future.
A 137-death difference aside,
you still might be tempted to interpret the numbers to mean the
likelihood of dying in a
motor-vehicle crash is approximately the same as
dying at the hands of a gunman. In the abstract, that's correct. But none of the 33,736
killed in motor-vehicle crashes
intended to die when they departed on their morning commutes or stepped off the curb to
cross the street. The total number of gun deaths reported, however, includes those who used
firearms to commit suicide.
Suicides comprised 71.6 percent
of the total number of firearm
deaths in 2014. If you remove those
21,334 deaths from the comparison
and only examine unintentional
deaths, you get a far different idea
of your chances of dying in a traffic
crash versus at the hands of a gunman. Evaluate those 33,736 motorvehicle deaths against the 12,265
non-suicide gunshot deaths those
that include homicides, "legal interventions" (as the CDC calls them),
accidental shootings, and undetermined deaths and it would appear
that traffic fatalities, in sheer num-
ber, are a much greater blight upon

America than non-suicide gun
deaths.
That's not what you'd expect, of
course. Traffic deaths get scant attention, usually relegated to the inside pages of a local newspaper
unless they're particularly unusual.
But our narrow focus on how people
die has led us astray from the sheer
number of people dying via one
method or the other, and as such,
distorted our perception and response to the threats.
Terrorism, for example, caused
zero deaths on US soil in 2014, according to CDC figures, and only
three deaths in the five-year
stretch between 2010 and 2014.
Yet the Department of Homeland
Security's budget reached $59.9
billion in 2014. The National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the federal agency charged
with keeping motorists safe, received $819 million.
Lest you think gun deaths and
motor vehicle crashes are vying for
the dubious title of top cause of unintentional fatalities in America, that
distinction belongs to drug overdoses, which killed a whopping
42,032 Americans in 2014, mostly
from prescription pain medications,
according to the National Safety
Council. "The United States is in the
midst of a prescription painkiller
overdose epidemic," the CDC said
in a recent report.
Gun violence is a scourge that
merits much attention and debate,
but when watching the nightly news,
remember that car crashes and overdoses are just as tragic, if less heralded, killers."
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truth is as much about how the data
is parsed as it is a potential indicator
of our tolerance of bloodshed from
car crashes and gun violence.
Call it a quibble, but the headlines
aren't quite accurate. Motor vehicle
deaths still exceed firearm deaths,
according to the CDC's annual Mortality In The United States report.
Not by much. But considering experts have long projected a moment
when trends of lower car deaths and
higher gun deaths intersect for the

first time in US history, it's important to note they haven't actually
crossed yet.
There were 33,736 traffic deaths
and 33,599 total firearm deaths in
2014, the latest year for which full
data is available a difference of
137 deaths. A small gap, but significant nonetheless given how the
symbolic convergence of the two
has become a talking point swept up
in the national conversation on gun
violence, a
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Understanding
FHA Mortgage
Insurance
ver the last few weeks Ive been

reminded of just how many people with FHA loans simply do
not understand how their mortgage insurance works. The most
common misconception is that the mortgage insurance automatically
goes away after theyve had the loan for five years. This is simply not
true.
Loans issued through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) are
fully insured and backed with the full faith and credit of the US Government. Because of this, these loans feature lower
interest rates than are available on other loan programs. Considering that underwriting guidelines
on these programs are also more accommodating, its easy to see why FHA loans have enjoyed much popularity and success.
These benefits of FHA financing do come
at a cost though, and that cost is the mortgage insurance (MI) which accompany
these loans. Although homeowner (and
homebuyers) understand this tradeoff, they
all look forward to the time when this
temporary expense can be eliminated. Understanding how the
removal of this insurance
works is key.
Unlike their conventional
counterparts, FHA loans are not
eligible for removal of mortgage insurance as soon as the balance of the
loan reached 80% of the propertys value.
There is more to it. There are two criteria that
must be met in order to remove the MI.
First off, FHA requires that the principal balance of the loan must be
reduced to 78% of the propertys value before the loan is eligible to
Arnaud Dufour
remove the mortgage insurance. The extra 2% that the FHA requires compared to the
80% of conventional loans is not that significant. What is significant
however is that the FHA will not consider appreciation in determining
the equity calculation. In other words, the balance of the loan must be
at 78% of the value assigned at the time the loan was originated. Any
appreciation thats accrued in the years since will not be
given credit when applying for the removal of mortgage
insurance. For individuals whose homes have appreciated 10% or more since acquiring the loan, this can be
significant.
Second, FHA loans also have a minimum time
frame before the mortgage insurance is eligible
for removal. For FHA loans originated prior to
June 3, 2013, that minimum timeframe is 5
years. After June 3, 3013, the FHA pushed the
minimum time requirement up to 11 years for loans
with 10% equity or more. For loans with less than
10% equity at the time of origination, the mortgage insurance is permanent and cannot be removed.
Understanding how the removal of mortgage insurance works on FHA loans is critical to determining whether to refinance and get out of the
mortgage insurance now, or stay with the current loan and wait it out until the mortgage insurance falls off naturally. The key is
remembering that one must meet both criteria before the MI can be removed, and also remembering that equity will be
determined by the original value not the current value.
Many homeowners who have had an FHA loan for 2 years or more
will find that property appreciation combined with current low interest
rates could likely make a refinance a financially wise decision.
Arnaud Dufour is a Sr. Mortgage Banker at Newport Beach based DLJ Financial. With more than eleven years in the industry,
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