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Time of transition at Early Years School Retiring preschool co-director passes torch to daughter BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
For decades the Early Years School has facilitated transitions for others, helping children learn about the world around them and preparing them for kindergarten and beyond. These days, the Santa Monica preschool is going through a transition of its own. Co-founders and longtime directors Tama Taub and Joy Siegel are retiring at the end of the school year. Taub’s daughter, Lisa Taub, is currently on staff and will officially take over directorial duties next school year. It’s the start of a new chapter for
the school, which was established in 1982 and which has operated on Montana Avenue near 3rd Street for more than 30 years. “Transitions are hard,” Tama Taub said. “It’s been our main work for so long, and it’s hard to have that come to an end. It’s a big transition. But I’m excited about it. I’m looking forward to a more leisurely pace.” The transition also yields an opportunity that her daughter envisioned seizing one day. “It feels like coming full-circle,” said Lisa Taub, a licensed clinical social worker who studied child development at Cal State Northridge before earning a master’s degree from Boston
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University. “I have always been focused on early childhood, and I’ve worked at lots of different schools and child care centers. I was in college when they first started the school. It was the beginning of my career. I’ve had my professional journey, but I always had this goal as a touch point.” When Tama Taub met Siegel, both were working in education. They eventually decided to go back to school together, earning their master’s degrees in human development from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena. “We wanted to use our education and work experience, plus our Courtesy Photo
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SMC, Uber partner on carpool service BY MATTHEW HALL
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On regular visits to Santa Monica’s beaches during college, Katie Everds had a routine. She’d plop down near the shore, bunch sand together to build a makeshift pillow and then place her towel down. She and her boyfriend at the time got to thinking: What if beach towels came with built-in pillows? That question now has an answer in the form of the Tillow, a product that Everds is bringing to a Third Street Promenade kiosk this week as she deepens her foray into entrepreneurship. It’s the next step on what has been a whirlwind journey in business for Everds, a UCLA alumna and current Santa Monica resident who hails from San Diego. “I always looked up to women who started their own businesses,” she said. “It was kind of like, ‘If anyone can do it, why can’t I?’”
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FAMILY TEAM: Tama Taub will retire and her daughter, Lisa, will take over.
Santa Monica College and Uber have announced a new partnership to promote carpooling as a viable method of transportation for students, staff and faculty. The new partnership has created dedicated drop-off/pick-up locations on campus, provided financial incentives to try the program and is contributing to a new environmental studies scholarship on campus. Ferris Kawar, sustainability project manager for SMC, said the college has a history of promoting alternate transit options, including past efforts to promote carpooling, but the new program capitalizes on existing student behavior. “Students were using Uber for social meet-ups, taking it out on a Friday night or a Saturday,” Kawar said. “We said lets harness that power that Uber has created, which is using technology to know where one person is and where they want
to go and match it up with other people that are on the same path.” With uberPool, riders share a ride - and the cost - with others who happen to be traveling along a similar route. Michael Amodeo, with Uber’s public affairs division, said the company can see that many Uber trips have a “lookalike” trip - a trip that starts near, ends near, and is happening around the same time as another trip. He said most of these trips transport a single or dual passenger, leaving up to three empty seats. With uberPool the company can match those lookalike trips together, reducing the cost to all passengers while adding minimal time to the ride. The system also benefits drivers who spend more time per hour earning money on longer trips without the downtown of waiting between passengers. Kawar said the college is offering a financial incentive to first time riders that is having a real impact beyond the first ride.
“We’ve actually found there was a really high rate of redemption, using that code to try it for free for the first time,” he said. “After it was used for the first time, there was a 70 percent repeat rate so we’re seeing a pretty high usage of uberPool specifically.” He said the system is one of several SMC promotes. “It’s just another tool in our tool box of things people can use,” he said. “It’s not going to always work for everyone. We’ve got Expo opening up, Big Blue Bus, our shuttles connecting the campuses, we also have traditional carpool and vanpool hookups and we have a website where any student or staff member can log in and insert home address and then the school address and be given personalized transportation options. “ Ridesharing companies, like Uber, have had a significant negative impact on traditional cab companies, slashing the number of SEE CARPOOL PAGE 6
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Santa Monica Reads Author Talk: An Afternoon with Emily St. John Mandel Author Emily St. John Mandel presents an engaging discussion of Station Eleven, her past work and her future plans. A book sale and signing follows. Seating is first come, first served. Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., 2 - 4 p.m.
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Santa Monica suspends negotiations for independent Malibu school District Following the filing of a lawsuit earlier this week challenging the manner in which Santa Monica- Malibu Unified School District Board of Education members are elected, the three appointed members of the Malibu Unification Negotiations Committee representing Santa Monica have issued a letter stating they have decided to not attend the planned negotiations meeting. Santa Monica negotiating committee representatives Tom Larmore, Paul Silvern and Debbie Mulvaney issued the letter to SMMUSD Board President Laurie Lieberman and Superintendent Sandra Lyon on Thursday, requesting that the process be paused until the committee members have an opportunity to confer with the school board and
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months to address the interest of the Malibu community to create its own district have been interrupted by this new development.” Superintendent Lyon shares Lieberman’s concerns over AMPS’ participation in this lawsuit and supports the request to pause the process of negotiations until the board may consider this development and its impact at a future board meeting. “We have been working collaboratively with the Malibu negotiating team through an interest based negotiating process to establish a basis of trust for consensus decision making,” Silvern said. “A carefully detailed facilitator process has been established and agreed upon by all six members. This surprise action involving two negotiating partners requires us to take some time to discuss the impact of this decision with the board.” The board will hear a report by the three members of the Santa Monica negotiations team to discuss the continuation of the Malibu unification negotiations process at a regular board meeting on May 5. The meeting will be at Malibu City Hall. The Malibu Unification Negotiations Committee was established in an effort to reach an agreement concerning terms associated with a potential reorganization of the District that would create a new Malibu Unified School District while also ensuring that the resulting Santa Monica Unified School District remains financially neutral, pursuant to a resolution of the board adopted in December. The resolution calls upon members of the committee to work collaboratively in an effort to meet certain financial objectives set forth by the board. Four meetings have been held since March 7, with the fifth meeting scheduled for this evening. Additional information regarding the Committee, purpose and progress to date is available online: http://www.smmusd.org/superintendent/MalibuUnifica tion/index.html SMMUSD is unable to comment on the lawsuit at this time. - SUBMITTED BY GAIL PINSKER, SMMUSD COMMUNITY & PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
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most influential American comedian of the 20th century, jokingly advised his audience one night, “Never get hot with the phone company.” He explained and I’m paraphrasing, “If you get out of line with Macy’s you can always go to Gimbels, but the phone company is like the Soviet Union, it’s a dictatorship. If you’re not careful you’ll wind up with a Dixie-cup and thread.” With that in mind, I proceed with caution. You see, as I write this, for four days now I’ve been without phone service thanks to Verizon. Actually, I should say Frontier Communications, which, as of April 1, took over Verizon’s landline phone, TV and Internet services in California. With all Frontier’s transition “glitches” it’s been a very auspicious two weeks. It’s a little ironic but it appears that after all these years of hating on Verizon, since the takeover by Frontier, I now long for the good old days when I was only miserable. And yet, because many of my neighbors at the Shores are without TV, phone and Internet since last Friday, I almost feel lucky. Let’s go back to when I first called Verizon to report my phone being out. I can’t fully describe the dread I always feel about calling Verizon. But this time I immediately had a sense it was going to be worse when I learned that I had to call another number for Frontier. In fact, it took a few calls to even get to speak to a human being. What a world it’s become when it’s almost a privilege to talk to a human. The human was a seemingly very nice female tech support in the Philippines. That is, until she kept repeating, “Not to worry.” She did it so often it got on my nerves. Over the years, experience has taught me that when tech support says, “Not to worry,” it’s time to start worrying. Poor woman, she kept having to put me on hold to ask questions of her supervisor. Poor me, I kept being put on hold. Finally, she accepted the reality that there was no freakin’ way she could fix the problem, something I had sensed an hour ago. Now she connected me with someone to make an appointment for a repair person to come to my apartment. And yes, once again I was put on hold! (In a modern day Dante’s Inferno, one level of Hell would have to be “On
Hold.”) Oh but dear friends, it got worse. When the next human came on the phone I was told the soonest anyone can come out wasn’t for three days. And I was also told that my appointment time would be between noon and 5 p.m. (God forbid I should have a life.) As I was resigned to my fate, a friend in the South Tower called who had lots of nightmare experiences with Verizon. So much so he said, “I have the number of a guy who’ll get someone out there almost immediately.” It sounded like a mafia connection. “Psst, you, see I know a guy who knows a guy. Interested?” Guess what? I called his “guy” and sure enough, though he shall remain nameless, the gentleman (notice he’s gone from “guy” to “gentleman”) had a repair person out to me within the hour. I was thrilled. The repair person, let’s call him Bob, seemed terrific. Unfortunately, to get to my cable connections we had to move furniture. Don’t ask how or why it was set up that way originally, it didn’t matter now. It was worth moving the furniture until two hours later, when Bob informed me nothing’s working. He added, however, “I have one more thing I could try... but you could also lose your Internet and phone.” Some offer, huh? I said, “Gee, Bob, when you put it that way, no thanks!” “So what are we going to do?” I asked in desperation. Folks, I swear I’m not making this up but he responded, “Often, these things take care of themselves, it’s just going to take time.” I couldn’t believe my ears! “Bob, that’s like the doctor saying take two aspirin and call me in the morning.” (He didn’t get it, I only hope you did.) All of the above was written on Tuesday. It’s now Thursday morning and, as I’m about to send this column in, I’m relieved to tell you that my TV connection is back. I even got to see Kobe’s amazing final game against Utah in which he scored 60 points! Now that you’ve allowed me to vent my frustration, I only hope no big-shot from Frontier happens to read this. If by chance they do, I should probably go out now and buy a Dixie-cup and some thread. JACK is at facebook.com/jackneworth, twitter.com/jackneworth and jnsmdp@aol.com.
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The danger of modifying the noise ordinance Editor:
I am writing regarding your article that described the efforts of City Council to modify the noise ordinance to remove restrictions on the amount of noise that can be made between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., in commercial areas, in order to promote the efforts of the hotel union, to pressure non-union hotels, to unionize. I did not think it was possible for me to ever agree with Councilwoman O’Connor, but she is absolutely right in accusing the rest of City Council of taking a complete leave of its senses in an effort to win the favor of the hotel union. The police, and other members of city staff, tried to warn City Council of unattended consequences, but were not specific on the harm that the proposed ordinance could have. Perhaps their warning would have been given more regard if they had if they had been more specific on the danger. There are a large number of residents who live in apartments in the commercially zoned areas of Santa Monica. The owners of the Shore Hotel, and other non-union hotels, have the same first amendment rights as union members. The highest level of first amendment rights is the right to protest against government entities, such as Santa Monica’s city council. If the city creates an ordinance granting the hotel union the right to prevent hotel guests from being able to get a good night’s sleep, they will also be granting hotel owners the right to prevent the residents of commercial area apartments from getting a good night’s sleep.
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time as parents and our work in our children’s schools, and put that together to run a school,” Tama Taub said. In the fall of 1982 they established the Early Years School in Santa Monica, where Tama Taub was already living. They rented out space at a synagogue near California Avenue and 19th Street, starting with just half a dozen children. They moved to their current location on Montana Avenue, which previously housed a different preschool, a few years later. Children from the former preschool grew up and sent their own kids to Early Years School. And former students at Taub and Siegler’s learning center have done the same thing. The preschool has seen many changes over the years. It earned accreditation through the National Association for the Education of Young Children in 1989. It
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brought on Lisa Taub as one of its first teachers. And it has since grown to serving some 50 children each year. “There weren’t many preschools around when we started,” Tama Taub said. “We’ve learned a lot more about the brain and how it develops and that impact on our journey as human beings. The brain is at a very growing place.” Lisa Taub said she plans to stay true to the preschool’s philosophy of offering a developmental, experiential, play-based early childhood learning program. But there are a few changes coming down the pike. In addition to the current tuitionbased preschool sessions and 10-week parent-toddler groups, which are offered to families before preschool, Early Years School will add a pre-kindergarten class in the coming fall. “I’m not going to wander far from our roots,” Lisa Taub said. “The school’s not going anywhere.” jeff@smdp.com
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It’s more than just a crowded, smoggy region of freeways with a concrete-bottomed waterway called the Los Angeles River. The mild subtropical climate is attractive to people as well as almost every kind of insect, reptile, plant and animal imaginable. “We’re in a biodiversity hot spot, one of 35 in the world. We’re on par, in California - here in LA right now - with the island of Madagascar and the tropical Andes,� says Lila Higgins who directs the center’s citizen science program. WHY IS THE WORK IMPORTANT:
Last spring the museum’s Urban Nature Research Center gave 400 volunteers a crash course in entomology and even sent some home with backyard bug traps. More than a thousand other citizen scientists are taking cellphone photos of interesting looking bugs, reptiles and other fauna and sending them to the center for study. The museum eventually hopes to enlist tens of thousands of cellphone-toting volunteers in a region where 22 million people live.
The program is expected to create a massive database for scientists, providing information on how species get introduced to an area, how they migrate across a region and how they become endangered. Citizen scientists have already authored or co-authored five research papers. But beyond that, understanding and protecting a region’s biodiversity is key to protecting its human population. A better world for bugs, plants, reptiles and other creatures, Brown says, makes a better place for people as the food chain is maintained, the soil is improved and thriving plants clean the air.
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Forty-three species of flies that scientists didn’t know existed in Southern California have been cataloged, nearly doubling the known number. At that rate, says entomologist and center co-director Brian Brown, there could be as many as 20,000 species of insects in the region, not just the 2,000 to 3,000 that scientists currently estimate. Also discovered was a species of gecko from Australia and huge numbers of a species of
The announcement came 14 years after the Natural History Museum asked for the public’s help in finding specimens for its study of Southern California spiders. When it got more than 5,000 responses it began reaching out to volunteers for help with other studies. In 2013 it opened the Urban Nature Research Center in a first-floor wing of the museum. “In some ways we had a head start,� Brown says.
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went towards scholarships. “It was not that successful because I had no time or money,” she said. “But I love the idea of having an idea and turning it into something tangible.” By the time she graduated UCLA with a psychology degree in 2011, her entrepreneurial spirit hadn’t gone away. She thought about her many trips to the beach and how she wished she had a multipurpose towel that could improve comfort and protect valuables. While working full-time in marketing for NBCUniversial, Everds spent her nights brainstorming, prototyping and working with a designer to create a towel with a removable foam pillow, headphones-friendly touchscreen pocket and water-resistant storage pouch. She raised $30,000 in 30 days through a Kickstarter campaign as she learned the ins and outs of insurance, production, distribution and shipping. She spent three months trying to figure out how to source the product in the U.S., but it wasn’t feasible because doing so would have cost 10 times more than it did to manufacture the towels overseas.
“You never really know what you’re doing,” Everds said. “It’s not like I took a class at UCLA that taught me how to develop a business and bring a product to market. It’s learning as you go.” Everds went online in June of last year to launch Tillow, a portmanteau for “towel” and “pillow.” And although she’s had success with her Web business, including on Amazon.com, she was curious to test her product in the physical market. “I didn’t want to pigeonhole myself,” she said. Everds had been successful selling her towels from a booth at area beach volleyball tournaments, so decided to seek out a retail space with a similar demographic. And she wanted her spot to be tourist-friendly and close to the ocean, which led her to apply for a spot on Third Street Promenade. “There’s a long wait list, but I finally got called,” she said. “It feels really good to have some sort of physical thing to represent the work I’ve done. “It’s a huge project, and honestly I’m a little terrified. But I’m hopeful. I’ve done everything I can. If everything goes as projected, it should be really awesome.” jeff@smdp.com
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Rated R 100 Minutes Released April 8th We are all familiar with the sensation of being emotionally numb at one time or another, usually when our mental state is seriously overloaded. “Demolition” is a journey into a man’s feelings, his ability to react, which has become buried in the far reaches of his psyche. This man on the surface appears successful and comfortable by our society’s standards. However, our protagonist has been devoid of emotion for a while, until a horrific instant in his life sets off forces around him and inside his mind that slowly unlock pieces of his long hidden emotive abilities. The framework of the story is unusual. A letter of complaint to a vending machine company sets off a chain of interactions with random people that this man never would have met had it not been for that piece of written communication. Broken mentally from a totally unexpected catastrophic incident, Davis Mitchell, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, immerses himself into a letter writing campaign blown out of proportion, simply to obtain a refund for a candy bar that became lodged in a vending machine. Yet this overreaction becomes a pathway to his blocked senses. Soon he proceeds to take apart, literally and figuratively, all facets of his life. Jarring scenes of destruction ensue. Items large and small - items that we consider of great value in our society, are joyfully wrecked. Things that we amass to prove our worth, even a sleekly designed home, are smashed with great glee. Unlikely assistance comes in the form of a teenage boy who is going through his own similar growing pains trying to realize his place in the world. He joins Davis in the dramatic catharsis. While the plot and storyline have some major spinouts, the performances make watching this film worthwhile. Gyllenhaal is never over dramatic as the broken protagonist. Naomi Watts is also subtle as a harried customer service rep, and Chris Cooper is great as a patient, tragic and ultimately fed-up father-in-law. Newcomer Judah Lewis steals scenes as the teen, even though his character seems to spread in all directions at once (well, life in your teens can be that way). All the characters come alive with great realism. Director Jean-Marc Vallee brought with him to this project his cinematographer, Yves Belanger, and production designer, John Paino, from his two previous excellent films, “Dallas Buyers Club” and “Wild.” It is interesting to note that editor Jay M. Glen has no prior credits. Perhaps this name is a pseudonym for the director acting as his own editor: “Jay M” as Vallee’s first two ini-
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★★★★ You have get-up-and-go, especially in
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the morning. You might be thinking of your weekend plans. A misunderstanding looms in the background. Be careful to recognize what is happening as it occurs. You could prevent a big problem for yourself if you do. Tonight: Opt for what you know and avoid new experiences.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ★★★ You could be a lot happier if you relax and don’t worry so much about a personal situation. Clearly you cannot change someone’s reaction; however, you can control yours. Don’t let a difficult situation evolve. Cut it off immediately. Tonight: Entertain at home.
★★★★ Pressure builds, and you seem to be unable to get a situation that involves others under control. You cannot control anyone. Consider kicking back and seeing what happens. At times you can be very controlling. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Someone might be abnormally flirtatious at the moment. Enjoy it, but don’t read anything into this person’s behavior. A misunderstanding could happen sometime during the day. Tonight: Flirt away.
★★★★ You might want to make a point, but because of others’ mood and lack of concentration, you will have difficulty even getting anyone’s attention. Recognize that it is Friday and people are tired. Some people might be exhausted because of a last-minute push to get their taxes done. Tonight: What would TGIF be without you there?
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
★★★★ You could have a problem before you know it. Be very careful when dealing with a friend or a group of friends. No one means to cause a problem, yet it could happen. Clarify meetings and times. Be forgiving if there is a flub-up. Tonight: Your treat.
★★★★ You could be saturated by a situation that keeps recurring. You wonder why you cannot get the other person involved to stop a pattern. This person recognizes it and sees it as a problem. Tonight: Have a serious conversation if you believe the timing is right.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
★★★★★ You might feel like a ray of sunshine
★★★★ Defer to others and be ready to take a
to another person. This person’s mood lightens up, and you feel more connected and in touch with your feelings. Confusion surrounds a higher-up, supervisor or someone you need to look up to. Tonight: A star wherever you go.
stand only if need be. Another person might be better suited to carry the cause and explain it. A friendship or interaction could be developing into more. Be more flexible and upbeat than you normally are in this type of situation. Tonight: Say yes.
★★★★ Keep the conversation moving.
Garfield
By Jim Davis
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★ You might need to pull back and not get into the middle of someone’s views and a potential change of plans. The less said by you, the better. You could be far more serious than you realize. Tonight: Feel free to do whatever your heart desires.
Friday, April 15, 2016
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★ You might want to focus on clearing your desk and eliminating many of the details and other sundries that make your days longer. You could be surprised by how much you do accomplish. Tonight: TGIF.
The Meaning of Lila
By John Forgetta & L.A. Rose
JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: ★★★★★Dynamic ★★ So-So ★★★★ Positive ★ Difficult ★★★ Average
This year you are more gregarious and caring than in the past. Actually, you feel more secure, thus willing to express your feelings. Others delight in your openness. Do not allow someone who is at a distance or whose intellect you believe is better than yours to rain on your parade. You have a lot to offer. If you are single, you meet someone with ease, but is it someone you want to keep in your life? From the fall on, you are more likely to acquire a long-term friend or loved one. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy each other’s company more and more. Be impulsive. Be spontaneous. LEO knows how to get you going.
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