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NEWSWORTHY

OIL SPOIL UPDATE AS REPORTED BY SURFLINE.COM

CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE VOTES TO BAN NEW OIL DRILLING OFF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SB 788, aka the California Coastal Protection Act of 2015, passes after May 19 oil spill On May 19, a ruptured pipeline at Refugio State Beach spilled over 101,000 gallons of oil onto the beach, with an estimated 20,000 gallons of crude making its way into the water. Two weeks later, the California State Senate stepped up to pass SB 788, also referred to as the California Coastal Protection Act of 2015.

The legislation had been introduced prior to the spill, but after the disaster, it swiftly made its way through Senate, winning approval with a 21-13 vote.

“In the wake of last month’s devastating oil spill, we cannot afford to wait any longer to permanently ban new oil drilling off our coast,” said Senator Mike McGuire, who introduced the bill along with Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson.

The original California Coastal Sanctuary Act, written in 1994, allowed for the possibility of drilling in state waters off of Vandenberg Air Force Base, the only place on the California coast that could potentially be opened up for new oil production. The Western States Petroleum Association, along with other lobby groups in the oil industry, have voiced opposition to the bill. Their aim is to potentially open up the disputed Tranquillon Ridge for oil development. Essentially, what this new bill does is eliminate that possibility. “The Refugio oil spill has been a dramatic wake-up call,” said Senator Jackson, “reminding us just how destructive and dirty oil can be.”

The legislation is now on the desk of the State Assembly awaiting their review.

A similar bill was introduced last year, but failed to get the necessary votes for passage.

“The Surfrider Foundation is pleased this bill cleared an important hurdle,” said Stefanie Sekich-Quinn, California Policy Manager for Surfrider Foundation.

“This legislation is particularly important in light of the recent oil spill in Santa Barbara. SB 788 would ban new offshore drilling by closing a loophole in the California Coastal Sanctuary Act that allows for drilling in state waters conducted by adjacent oil platforms in federal waters. We are hopeful the bill will clear the Assembly and be signed into law by the Governor.”

More than 15,000 people have put their signature to endorse SB 788, and the legislation is supported by a number of environmental organizations including the Sierra Club, Audubon of California, California League of Conservation Voters, Center for Climate Protection, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, as well as various fisherman’s organizations, tribal groups and clean water advocates. Meanwhile, the State Lands Commission has not approved new oil and gas leases since the January 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHOLE FOOD E.I.R

MONDAY JULY 20TH at 4 p.m.

THIS MEETING IS CRUCIAL TO THE FUTURE OF MALIBU.

Malibu’s youth show up to oppose the Whole Foods EIR: Yasmine Diba and

Sam Mc Gee, right, were present on Monday July 13 for the hearing. The matter was continued to July 20th at 4 p.m. in order to give the community enough time at the podium to voice their concerns.

97.5 KBU FM Malibu has asked for public documents requesting state agencies to provide test results of oil samples taken from Zuma Beach. State agencies and investigators have denied KBU’s request for the results that could link All Plains American Pipeline spill to the Refugio Oil Spill to Zuma oil samples although other samples taken from the South Bay have concluded that those samples were from the Refugio spill. Could the cozy relationship between state regulators and oil industry officials have anything to do with delaying or denying the request for Zuma Beach Oil sample results?

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MAILBOXBREAK-INS A rash of recent curbside Post Office box break-ins leads to stolen mail strewn all over PCH.

Multiple freestanding U.S. Mailboxes located near the Civic Center have been broken into recently leaving one local business owner, Helena Henderson with a bag full of mail she found littering PCH as a result of the theft of federally protected mail.

Henderson had deposited mail last Thursday into the U.S. Mailboxes in front of the Chevron Station/Urgent Care. The boxes were apparently broken into late Thursday night or early Friday morning. A man appearing to be homeless tracked Henderson down at her business, Malibu Farm on the pier, approached her manager with opened mail he found ( some containing checks ) in hopes of securing a reward.

Henderson took the mail that was returned to her and walked from the pier to the post office to report the vandalism/theft. While walking on PCH, she found mail all over the street, most of which was ripped open and ransacked for content. Henderson picked up as much as she could carry in her bag, approximately 50 pieces of mail and added “...but there was much more on the street”.

When Henderson arrived at the post office to file a complaint, handing over the found mail, she was taken aback by the lack of interest - or attention - the local Post Office seemed to be giving to this serious matter. While making the complaint, other patrons in line had overheard Henderson and added that the boxes outside next to CVS were broken into as well. Upon further conversation with the postal employees, Henderson learned someone has a “key” or a tool that can open the mailbox and is regularly accessing the boxes and stealing mail.

Henderson then called the police to make a report, but they informed her there were limits on what they could do as mail theft is a federal matter and is not their jurisdiction. She then called the US Mail Fraud number - again, with no results.

The bottom line for Malibu residents: If you have mailed something in the mail box by the Chevron station on Thursday July 9 - check if that mail reached the recipient as there is a good chance their mail was stolen. If they have mailed something from the mailboxes by the postal station next to Ralphs in the last couple of weeks - you should also confirm the mail was received. Consider walking your mail into the post office until this issue is resolved.

RAINCATCHER FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION

On July 4th, Malibu based non-profit, RainCatcher.org, hosted their third annual Malibu Fireworks and Celebration at Don Wildman’s beach house near Paradise Cove. More than 200 guests enjoyed BBQ, Surf and Blues in support of clean water initiatives around the globe. RainCatcher.org raised the funds needed to add ten additional rainwater harvesting systems to the 106 systems they have completed since 2008.

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Gabby Reece, Laird Hamilton, Orlando Bloom and RainCatcher board member, Darin Olien.

Cindy Landon with RainCatcher founder, Mark Armfield and RainCatcher executive director, David Zielski.

Nimisha Popatia chats with RainCatcher board member Hutch Parker, and his wife, Rebecca Parker. RIGHT: Ted Silverberg and Heather Carter.

Hutch Parker, Darin Olien and Laird Hamilton watch as Don Wildman takes his shot during the Bocce ball tournament.

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Since 2008, RainCatcher’s rainwater harvesting efforts have mainly been focused on the desperate need for clean water in Africa. This remains a place where the water crisis has life or death consequences – especially for the very young and very old. This year RainCatcher has been called to take action closer to home. While the need in Africa remains dire, the Malibu-based non-profit also wants to be a service to those in this nation who lack a sustainable supply of water and access to healthy food.

In December 2013, RainCatcher received a donation from Sean Reily, a resident of Paradise Cove, and retired managing director of the Los Angeles Times. Reily had a longtime interest in supporting domestic water projects after reporting on the springs, washes and groundwater that all went dry after a mining company withdrew 3.3 million gallons a day from Navajo and Hopi lands in Arizona. On June 6, 2004, the Los Angeles Times published Reily’s article “Gathering Clouds” which gave an account of the Hopi and Navajo’s grass-roots struggle to save the Navajo aquifer; the aquifer is considered vital to Native American culture and spiritual life.

Having established the need and seed money, RainCatcher met with the Tolani Lake Foundation of Arizona whose mission is renewing and strengthening relationships between the people and the land, with all its elements - water, soil, plants and animals. The elders they met with despaired about the epidemic of diabetes and obesity among their people.

In 1900 there was only one reported case of diabetes on the reservation and now nearly 40% of the people are affected - in one location that rate climbs to an unimaginable 90%.

Water tank in Navajo Nation.

The Native American elders realize the epidemic has been fueled by a lack of water and a shift in their diets from native corns, squashes and beans to readily available fast and processed foods. The elders asked RainCatcher to help design grow beds to produce a healthier food supply and serve as a tool to teach the younger generation how to grow their native crops again.

During RainCatcher’s initial visit it became clear that rainwater harvesting was going to be an essential component for the native crops to be grown and sustained. Mark Armfield, founder and chairman of RainCatcher, recognized the need for more resources and spoke with a long-term supporter. Armfield shared the details of the dire health situation facing the Navajo and Hopi people and how RainCatcher could help. This supporter immediately understood the challenges and agreed to support several large-scale pilot projects on the reservation.

In May, David Zielski’s RainCatcher executive director went back to the Tolani Lake location and another location in Pinon to complete two pilot rainwater-harvesting projects. The Navajo people were amazed by the speed at which RainCatcher operated - normally years go by before projects get started. Within 3 months the organization had the projects designed and fully completed.

Mark Armfield with Bill Edwards of Tolani Lake Enterprises looking at the corn that is lacking water.

Both of these projects now have two 2,150-gallon tanks on the original buildings, one on each side of building to capture the rainwater. One week after RainCatcher had completed the rainwater harvesting projects, Tolani Lake was fortunate to have an early summer storm that dumped over two inches of rainfall in one night. Upon waking, the Navajo people discovered that both rainwater harvesting tanks in Tolani Lake were almost full. The drip irrigation systems were then hooked up and began to feed the newly planted native crops.

RainCatcher will continue to work on the Navajo Nation and also on projects in Uganda and Kenya where they initially started their work to provide sustainable sources of clean water. To date RainCatcher has completed 106 rainwater harvesting systems, distributed over 13,000 clean water filters and provided over 1 million people access to water.

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David Zielski standing with tanks that were transported to Tolani Lake.

Raised in Malibu, CA. and influenced by rock n roll and the West Coast hip-hop sound, Shwayze has been known for his creation of the California beach hip-hop/pop sound that has been very influential amongst west coast and national acts alike. It is not often that an artist can actually take credit for creating a style of music that continues to inspire, ignite and influence other performers and fans of the music. In addition to music, Shwayze has taken on acting and has successfully landed a few films over the last year. Wherever you are, preferably at the beach, his music makes you feel like its always summer.

Since 2008, Shwayze and the summer season have become synonymous. With the Billboard Top 20 hits “Buzzin” and “Corona and Lime”, people have fallen in love with Shwayze’s breezy melodies and his smooth rhymes. We got a chance to catch up with Shwayze, as his new EP King Of The Summer is set to be released July 17th 2015. For more info go to Shwayze.com

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DONE TO DESERVE THIS? A TALE OF THREE MEN

By David Stansfield

Where are our values? What is happening? Have we all gone completely crazy?

Listen to this story of three men.

Man #1 is a hedge fund manager on Wall Street who produces nothing, contributes nothing, provides no definable service to any other human being apart from himself and a handful of cronies. All he does all day long is play with other people’s money in the lunatic casino called the Stock Exchange where he juggles shares and pensions and life savings and house loans and college funds and pork futures and widows’ mites to his heart’s content, making his living by systematically destroying the livings of others. He is motivated to do this, as he is proud to tell anyone who will listen, by only two things: Greed and Fear, greed for more and fear of less. Society’s reward for this good-for-nothing man who has never saved any life but his own: hundreds of millions – sometimes even billions – of dollars a year. Does any sane person think this is fair?

Man #2 is a heart surgeon in a famous hospital. Almost every day, he performs the noblest, bravest, most admirable service any man or woman can provide for another human being: he saves his or her life. Society’s reward for him: hundreds of thousands – sometimes even a million – dollars a year. More power to him. Would any sane person deny that he deserves every penny?

Man #3 is a lifeguard on a stretch of California beach that borders one of the most dangerous highways in the world: the Pacific Coast Highway, with the treacherous ocean on one side and the equally treacherous sheer face of the Santa Monica mountains on the other.

Almost every day, like the heart surgeon, he performs the noblest, bravest, most admirable service any man can provide for another human being: he saves his or her life.

But unlike the heart surgeon, each time Man #3 saves a life, he risks his own, whether it’s in swimming out into enormous waves to rescue a drowning child, stepping out into the latest pile-up on the PCH to save the life of a driver or a passenger or a motorbike rider who’s bleeding to death, or scaling the mountain to pick an over-ambitious climber up in his arms and carry him or her down to safety.

Society’s reward for Man #3 for putting himself in mortal danger multiple times a day on crowded summer weekends to save another soul? An hourly rate, which when you take into account the seasonal nature of his heroic job, works out at just below what he could earn at McDonald’s. Words fail me. A Baywatch babe or stud prancing about the beach in skimpy reds on make-believe Hollywood rescues earned more in one day than our lifeguard earns in a year doing the real thing.

There’s a kicker. The one pride and joy of our lifeguard and his colleagues was what they called their “Cove House” – their Lifeguard Headquarters that had been there since the fifties: a little wooden building on their beach, their one source of solace to which they could repair to do some training and bonding and general winding down after surviving another hectic, often terrifying, ten or twelve or fourteen-hour day, depending on the rescue count.

Then one fine morning a storm blew up and blew down their little house with crashing, crushing waves. They went to their bosses and asked for some money so they could rebuild their pride and joy with their own hands. The answer? A resounding no. We can’t afford it.

What have you ever done to deserve this?

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MALIBU

EMPTY SPACES

By Steve Woods

Has anyone noticed all of the “For Lease” signs in the windows of commercial properties from Topanga to Trancas?

With so many empty commercial spaces empty for years, it makes one wonder why there is so much pressure being put on the City of Malibu to permit undeveloped commercial properties in the Civic Center in order to build Malibu as a shopping destination that cannot be economically viable with Malibu’s small population base.

There are literally hundreds of thousands of square feet of commercial properties that have been vacant for years and years and many of these properties don’t have visible “For Lease” signs.

Some of the largest commercial office buildings in central Malibu are collecting dust, but you would not know unless you peaked inside or searched online. Some of the most visible and oldest empty spaces are Granita with its recent casualty, Theodore Beach and Theodore Man next door and just down the sidewalk is the empty Suntan Salon and the much missed Mailboxes and More. But starting from the West are the numerous empty spaces at the new Trancas Development, “for lease” signs above the Malibu Gym at Kanan and PCH, the entire Solstice Ranch formerly known as the Beau Rivage restaurant, entire office complexes between Puerco and Pepperdine, the old post Office next to UrgentCare, the Chevron Station just east of there, multiple retail outlets in the Country Mart, La Salsa , The Louis Busch building, the Thai Dishes Complex ( currently being renovated )the old Malibu Court House and a slew of other buildings large and small on either side of Zuma Jay’s building which also is lacking tenants.

Since our local population cannot support the success of existing commercial properties, developers who want to build new facilities have to invite out of town shoppers in order to be profitable.

Will the City of Malibu facilitate the creation of Malibu as a shopping destination on par with Rodeo Drive or Fashion Island in Newport even though the main artery in and out of Malibu is already a commuters nightmare?

Malibu has found itself at a tipping point of urban sprawl that is threatening it’s area’s 27 miles of semi rural coast line which has inspired the recent support of Measure R giving voters a chance to weigh in on proposed development.

One of the decisions for voters in November will concern a massive new complex that includes a proposed Whole Foods to be built on vacant land in the Civic Center even though Malibu has a Ralphs, Pavillions, Vintage Grocers and Pacific Coast Greens.

Malibu has a population of just over 13,000 residents but Whole Foods Corporate Franchises recommend that interested investors establish an outlet in a population base of at least 200,000. In order for a Whole Foods to be viable in Malibu, owners will have to seek tens of thousands of out of town shoppers reach central Malibu via an already congested PCH and funnel them down a pedestrian clogged Cross Creek Road and the traffic gridlocked intesection of Webb Way. Even if a Whole Foods were to commit to a bonafide lease, what would happen if it failed? What retailer would takes its place? Would Malibu vote for a Target or a Walmart?

Local residents used to be able to vote for the success of businesses with their pocketbooks. But now we are left with nationally subsidized corporate franchises who need tax write offs and who cater to serving non locals instead of business that support local needs.

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NAPA VALLEY EXCURSIONS

By Olivia Smith

It seems that everyone is Napa bound these days, or am I just getting older? It used to be Coachella, SXSW or the obligatory Vegas trip. Now it’s relaxation time somewhere secluded with good friends. If you’re from California, and want to drink some wine, Napa is the only way to go. And by road. God bless the PCH. This trip was in honor of a friend’s fortieth. The fun part about road trips is always the hilarity that ensues. It may take years to laugh about like the month in the South of France when our Renault Twingo refused to go in reverse and made for the craziest meltdowns, tire kicking, and eventual laughter, once we found our way out of the round-about…

Luckily our Prius beeped along backwards just fine and my husband and I had fun annoying each other with clashing music choices all the way to our first stop in Cambria.

I wanted to listen to Biggie’s “It was all a dream, I used to read word up magazine,” and he wanted to chill to jazz. Prius speakers almost blowing out, we made our way into the gorgeous Sand Pebbles Inn, a perfect pit stop on the way to San Francisco where we were due to meet up with our friends the next day.

This is a beautiful, inviting, beachy hotel right at the edge of the ocean. The views are truly spectacular. Awaiting you at check-in is a spread of cucumber water, a perfect glass of wine, and equally perfect snacks to take back to your room. The ocean views from the rooms lure you down to the beach. What’s better than that? After enjoying the sunset, we wended our way through Cambria – so cool, so mellow, so easy going, just what Malibu used to be like before they started messing it up. And so to the Madeline Restaurant and the chef’s tasting menu with wine perfectly paired with every delicious bite and spoiled so rotten by the waiters it was our honeymoon all over again.

Back to the Sand Pebbles Inn and our super comfy bed. Up bright and early, I couldn’t wait to take in the view again… and eat! While my husband slept, and slept, I hit the buffet, hard! The hotel had the best breakfast topped by delicious croissants for the road as we took off to San Francisco. Now onto some musical middle ground with Ray LaMontagne and croissant crumbs in our laps, we crossed the stunning Golden Gate Bridge, full of excitement for the adventure ahead.

Meeting up with a great group of friends in another part of the world is truly one of the best ever feelings. After greeting all the friendly faces from around the country, we went our separate ways to freshen up for dinner and drinks at the Clift Hotel, a great hang spot in San Francisco. Between the architecture and the vibe, not to mention how packed the bar was; it was pretty hard to leave. Next day, we all made our sleepy way up to Napa, stopping for lunch at Gott’s Roadside café – try the Mahi-Mahi tacos!

First up on the agenda was the superb Staglin Family Vineyard, which incredibly has raised over $800 million for charity over the last thirty years. Next up was a private dinner and tasting at the Andrew Geoffrey Vineyards… amazing is the only word for this! The rest of the night was a fun blur of a bus ride to a local bar – privacy will be preserved in this piece, but let’s just say by the end of the evening, the only thing in the place with legs was the wine. Uber to the rescue!

Gargiulo Vineyards immediately made us feel tons better the next morning: an awesome musical spot filled with guitars was the perfect place to start any day. A Nashville native, the owner often brings in musicians to play sessions with him. Sitting at the top of the vineyard listening to the Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” while enjoying one of Gargiulo’s cabernet sauvignons was something I’ll never forget. Next up were Barnett Vineyards, where we had lunch and enjoyed some of the best wine I think I’ve ever had, right out of the vat, by the name of Rattlesnake. I’ll never forget that name or taste either.

Next it was on to Ovid Vineyards and the most delicate, intricate wine paired with spectacular architecture designed by Backen, Gillam & Kroeger. This barn style vineyard is so incredible you never want to leave. (Excuse me: I’m running out of superlatives, but it’s all true!) Finally a private dinner at the eighty-acre Napa Valley Wine Reserve, a members-only compound (maximum 60 couples), where you can actually have your own vineyard with your name on it.

That sun came up again and sadly it was time to say goodbye. We shot back in just shy of nine hours, no stops… exhausted in a wine haze. That’s Napa for you. If you leave Vegas with the motto “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” Napa’s would be “what happens in Napa lives on in every sip of wine you will ever enjoy again.” Who wants to be around a bunch of teens throwing up when you can kick back in a gorgeous room overlooking peaceful vines full of juice you can drink all day without judgment. Sounds like a party to me.

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The Local asked owner Khalil Rafati about the mystical moments behind creating a healing environment for the community to enjoy at the new Malibu Country Mart location.

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The Crystal garden came about after we signed our lease with the Malibu Country Mart a little over a year ago. I went down to Cross Creek daily, at all different hours, and I would sit there on the old patio and fantasize about a magical garden with big crystals and strange Dr. Seuss looking plants. Almost immediately, I booked a trip to Brazil in search of the crystals - all of which I hand picked for their healing energy and natural beauty.

After my trip, and with the main focal point of the garden sourced and securely shipped back to the U.S., it was time to plan out the rest of the garden area.

When we began the project, I had a clear vision of how I wanted the furniture in the garden area to look. I love James Perse’s style - classic, clean lines, very natural.We borrowed heavily fron his aesthetic.

Initially, I hired a landscape architect to do the plants, but I felt like they didn’t understand my vision - not to mention the cost was completely prohibitive. I was discussing it with Erik Chicas, the general manager at the Sunlife Organics Point Dume location, and he suggested I hire his dad who has been creating and caring for landscapes in Malibu for over 30 years. What a great idea I thought. Erik’s father is the most incredible man and was always so kind to me back when I made my living washing dogs at Sherman’s Place 12 years ago.

Erik’s father understood what I wanted to create with this crystal garden and sent me to a wholesale nursery. There was no one there to guide me or help make choices - which turned out to be a blessing. I was really confused and almost left, and then I stopped, closed my eyes and asked God for help. I would pick up a plant, hold it near my heart and pray. If it felt right, I put it in a pile, and if not, I set it back down. That’s how I chose all the plants.

Erik’s dad and brother did all the layout and hard work. When I arrived the following morning and saw the plants in their new happy home, I cried. On a daily basis, I see people’s reaction to the garden, and it feels amazing.

-Khalil Rafati

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LIFESTYLE Like the theme song from the TV show “CHEERS”... “People want to be where everybody knows their name… and they’re always glad you came.”

During the summer months, it’s hard to resist the allure of an outdoor activity... however, don’t underestimate the value of keeping one foot in the gym.

CHEERS!

By Diana Nicholson

Exercising in groups provides strength in numbers.

Researchers and fitness professionals agree that working out together can provide a variety of benefits you might miss out on if you choose to work out on your own; a) Social environment b) Safe and effectively designed classes c) Consistent schedule d) Accountability e) Motivation f) Workouts that require no prior exercise knowledge or experience.

Experts agree that the support a group provides can help improve physical and mental health, and can also be pain relieving when exercising with others.

As kids, we loved to play with our friends. Group exercise provides us with an opportunity to feel young again.

According to Brad Norris, owner of the Malibu Health Club “You don’t achieve the same resistance training outdoors, so hit the gym regularly to adequately stimulate your fast twitch muscle fibers, which are the ones responsible for tightening and toning your body.”

Malibu Beach Pilates (inside the Malibu Health Club) is a community that you will take pride in being a part of, a place where everyone cares and has a vested interest in you reaching your goals.

Getting and staying motivated is difficult. Come join us at the “CLUB.” Additionally, if you ask your fitness instructors about their favorite outdoor activities, chances are they would invite you to join them on local hikes (http://www.meetup.com/Malibu-Hiking-Meetup/), paddle boarding, surfing, bike rides...etc.,

MALIBU BEACH PILATES IS A “CLUB” you will enjoy, the inspiration and personal attention Pilates instructor Diana Nicholson trained under Master Teacher, Marie Jose Blom Lawrence at “Long Beach Dance and Conyou get will fortify you, strengthen your core and keep you on task! ditioning” She is a certified “Health Coach” from “The Institute for Integrative Nutrition” and a graduate of the California Healing Arts College”, as well as Yoga Certified through UnityOneYoga.

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ADVENTURE

By Ted Mc Donald

YOGA and ENDURANCE Simple ways to decrease stress, extend longevity and increase happiness in your life.

Yoga is the only thing, besides breathing and sleeping, that I’ve done consistently for almost 20 years. My first class with Bryan Kest 2 decades ago was incredibly challenging, rewarding, and revitalizing, all at the same time. It felt like a physical, spiritual, emotional and mental cleanse all in one session. I couldn’t believe how weak I felt, how much I was sweating and my inability to handle my own body weight. After all, I played Lacrosse in high school and college. I went to the gym, worked out on a regular basis, and ran the occasional 10k. Why was I unable to support my own body weight? It was truly mind blowing, but opened a doorway that has paved a way for an incredible life. It didn’t start out that way and it’s not as easy as I’m making it sound.

First, you have to be up for the adventure. If you’ve never been to a yoga class, you’re definitely in for some excitement. Every teacher brings their own unique touch and hopefully leads you to a deeper connection with yourself. You might be sore for a few days after, but it’s that good kind of soreness. I was told once to imagine yourself in a car covered in mud. Then imagine turning on the windshield wipers and discovering a whole world outside (and inside)! That’s the yoga practice. You begin to feel your body and mind open like never before.

The principle of learning how to deal with a difficult situation gracefully is one of the paramount principles in the yoga practice. After a few years of only practicing yoga, I was “suckered” into running the San Diego Rock n’ Roll marathon. I trained for about 5 or 6 weeks and ran it in 4 hours and 35 minutes. The time didn’t matter, it was doing something I never thought I would. In fact, I always believed marathons were for olympians and professional runners. A guy like me could never run a marathon, yet there I was, dealing with a difficult situation and breathing through it. It was a 26.2 mile yoga pose and one of the most euphoric moments of accomplishment I’ve ever experienced.

After realizing I could do that, the world was my oyster. What else was there in the world that I could do? This led me to more marathons, triathlons, mountain bike racing, and multi-day adventure races. I vowed not to be limited by my mind. I loved my yoga practice, I loved my endurance and I loved the adventure behind it all. This led me to start my company Adventure Yoga Retreats. The company organizes retreats around the world where we practice yoga, visit amazing locations and immerse ourselves in local culture.

Your path will be completely different, but it’s imperative you find it.

My plan for happiness and longevity is simple. Find those things that challenge you, move toward them, conquer them (and if it doesn’t work the first time, go after it again), create a new you, be proud, and then go share it to the world! This is how to create lasting change. See you on the path!

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MAN ABOUT TOWN:

THE

LAST DINOSAUR An Everyman’s Guide To The New Woman

By Marlon Young WOMEN - NO NUTSHELL Girls, chicks, broads, babes, hunnies, girlies, dames, sweeties, ladies, gals, and most recently, bitches. Call them what you will in public or in private, without one in your life, you are an unfulfilled mess. Unless, of course, you’re gay. I’m not and other than having a gay sister and a couple of gay pals, I don’t know anything about being gay. So I won’t speak on it. I stick to what I know.

Now, that’s not to say I know everything about women either. That’s my disclaimer for all the women who might get their panties in a bunch. I am saying that I have dated women, I grew up in a house with women, I have talked and listened to women, I married a woman, I have friends who have done the same and I’ve spent many years observing women. Especially when I didn’t have a woman (or they wouldn’t have me). I tried to figure out why I didn’t have one. Other guys had one or two. What was wrong with me? What the hell was wrong with them? Then, when I did have one, why couldn’t I keep her? That’s a lotta questions. Not a lotta answers.

So…therapy. That’s right...therapy, dammit! I told my Dad I was going to go to therapy and I may as well had told him I was gay and going to the moon. Men didn’t need some psychiatrist to help them figure out a problem. If you had something you needed to talk about, you grabbed a friend, went down to the bar. You sat down, ordered your usual, and you drank and you talked until you were sick of doing one or the other. Problem solved. Go home. Or you reached into your closet, grabbed one of your shotguns and a box of shells and you went hunting. Shooting an animal. A lost art in problem solving. Ahhh...the good ole days! I’m getting weepy.

By the way, if you don’t know that some of what I’m saying is “tongue-in-cheek,” screw you. You’re too sensitive and self-absorbed to get the gist of what’s here. I think most of you get it, though, so that wasn’t for you. Where the hell was I? Oh, yeah. Guys and therapy. Now, I know this is the section on women and I’m getting to how it relates so just roll with me.

So, I get my ass in therapy and I realize, after a few years, that I’m sane. I’m pseudo-normal. I’m not some creature that women are avoiding like the plague. So, if I’m normal (and I am by no means special), I have to assume that the women that I’m coming into contact with are normal as well. What’s the problem, then? I’ll tell you. I’m a product of my Dad’s generation. All that I was taught about how to relate to women came from generations of men who dealt with women as second-class citizens. Men first, women second. I’m not saying it was a good thing or a bad thing. That’s just how it was and, again, it worked for them. Should things have changed sooner so that women were treated equally? Of course. Change is necessary in order to grow. Things changed for blacks.

Things changed for gays. Things changed in the way we relate to our children. Things changed for women. And here we are. In the midst of that change.

It all happened abruptly around the mid-sixties. Women no longer had to simply stay at home, look pretty, and take care of the house. They could go out into the world and get a great education and a great job. I mean, they could do that before but now it was hip and totally acceptable and, more importantly, socially sanctioned. It was what women were expected to do. Great. In theory.

They could actually get their own homes and not worry about having some “husband” take care of them like their mothers before them. Women could now be free and independent. Newly independent. For the first time in history, they are independent. The first time. In history! That’s the rub, I believe. Because when you are the first to do something, there is no historical reference as to how to proceed. You’re breaking new ground. You’re making up new rules to follow for those who will come after you. They will then continue to add to this new thing and mold it and shape it until it’s not a new thing anymore. It’ll be just a thing that works extremely well and you are as familiar with it as you are with your television.

There was a time, though, when television was new. No one knew what it was or how to operate it. Some thought it was a useless invention and refused to have one in their house. They thought the way things were right then without the television was totally fine.

Those people went kicking and screaming, eventually, to the appliance store to get one. They had to. Television was the new form of media distribution. The new form of entertainment delivery. You had to have one. Vaudeville was gone. So, they got a TV. Now they had to figure out how to operate it. Figure out how to work this new thing into their old lives. That’s where women are right now. The women before them had a template. This is what marriage means. This is what a wife does. This is what a mother does.

No more. The women’s movement changed all that. The women of today, those who are the recipients of the freedoms the movement fought for, are redefining what women’s rules are in society. This society. I say “this society” because I don’t know enough about what is taking place in other societies and, as you know already, I only try to talk about what I know.

The women of my generation are pioneers and I don’t say that with tongue-in-cheek either. I mean it. They are the first to tread on this new territory of freedom for their gender. The jobs, the political positions and more. All of these things that were off-limits to them since the dawn of time, they have the right, the freedom, and the support from all sides to attack and conquer them. And they’ve done it and are still doing it. All great, positive, forward-moving stuff. Okay, enough with the positive.

Here’s the problem; they have no previous road map! This baby-boom generation of women have no previous generation of independent women who they can get guidance from. It’s a brand new deal for them and they’re in the midst of figuring it out. I don’t say that lightly, either. This isn’t a thing they can sit down with a group of pals over the weekend of margaritas and chocolate-covered strawberries and hash out with Yanni playing in the background. This is coming up with brand new rules after thousands of generations of women have been using these old rules. The rules that everyone has been playing by forever. The rules that your mother taught to you and her mother taught to her and so on, and so on. Movies have always catered to these rules. Television reinforced these rules. They were the only rules we knew.

“What friggin’ rules are you talkin’ about, man?” I’m glad you asked. The rules for women’s roles! The rules that said a woman’s place is in the home. The ones that said there were no women in the workplace and, if there were, they were in the secretarial pool.

The ones that said women didn’t wear pants, both literally and metaphorically. Remember those rules? The ones that June Cleaver followed? Remember how she never had a hair out of place when Ward came home? How her shoes and dress and face were always perfect? Yeah, I know. It all seems so silly now, doesn’t it? Maybe. Maybe it was. I don’t know. I mean, slavery was crazy and we eventually changed the rules for that. Similarly, those who were the first to enjoy freedom had a helluva time. A few stayed on the plantation because it was all they had known. Most, though, struggled to invent themselves. They had no road map either. Now, Photos by Denise Malone here we are, six or so generations down the road and we’re still trying to work it out. Trying to put the remnants of the restrictions of slavery behind us.

Marlon Young is an actor, screenwriter, and author of the most succinct, easy-to-digest book that addresses - continued in the next issuethe fundamental problems in relationships to come along in a while. www.thelastdinosauraudiobook.com

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PETS

CANINE CONVERSATIONS As custodians of our pets it’s our goal and responsibility to keep them healthy and safe.

It’s a lifelong quest for me thinking what else can I do for my dogs to keep them healthy and help them live longer and happier lives. After nutrition we focus on healthcare and that often involves relying on our veterinarians for advice. One place that always seems a little foggy is whether to vaccinate our pets and what for. There are vaccines for many different diseases including the major three: parvo, distemper, rabies. These are devastating diseases that can and often kill. Many puppies fall victim to parvo and distemper and these diseases often run rampant in shelters.

The question remains; How much do we need to vaccinate our pets and what other options do we have? Well, how much to vaccinate can be answered by the second part of the question, “What are our other options?” Next time you visit your vet ask him or her about a “titer” test. It’s a simple blood test that tells how much immunity your dog’s blood still carries to the particular disease. For example, you’ll have to do separate tests for distemper and parvo. Once the test is run you will get a result if your dog carries enough immunity to either disease, and if they do vaccines are usually avoidable. It is common knowledge that if a dog carries sufficient immunity, adding more vaccine doesn’t make them “extra immune.” There is also a rabies titer test, but the rabies vaccine is required by law. Some states, such as California, have a 3-year mandatory rabies vaccine, others have a yearly requirement. For more information on the rabies vaccine check out the Rabies Challenge Fund, www.rabieschallengefund.org Puppies are extremely susceptible to disease because of their weak and developing immune system. Puppies that are nursed by their mom are likely to get a small degree of immunity from their mother’s milk. But it is still important to vaccinate them before they go out into public places. It is crucial to be sure that your dog has immunity to these diseases before you take them out. That is why its important not to take a puppy our until at least their second dosage of vaccines.

There’s a fine line between the good and the bad of vaccinating. As we’ve shown, too much vaccinating can cause a host of issues including cancer, yet under-vaccinating can prove deadly. I’ve had this conversation with my vet Dr. Lisa for years and we now do a complete blood panel on my dogs once a year and include a titer test for parvo and distemper. If my dog has sufficient immunity, I don’t vaccinate. The best reference for anything relating to vaccines would be Dr. Jean Dodds, just google “Dr. Jean Dodds vaccine protocol” and “hemopet.” I do believe protecting our dogs from disease is important, but I do not believe in vaccinating when it’s not necessary. The titer test is more expensive than the vaccine, but that is a choice you can now make from an educated position. In either case, I can assure you that parvo and distemper are terrible, deadly diseases. Protect your pets. You now have another option. Most vets will offer the titer test at their office; you just have to know to ask for it. Alternately you can contact Hemopet and have them run the titer tests for you.

VACCINES and PETS

By Robert Cabral

NATURE

MIGALOO THE ALL WHITE WHALE

By Steve Woods

“Thar she blows!” In a scene straight out of Moby Dick, a rare white whale is putting on a show for whale watchers off the eastern coast of Australia.

Migaloo is Australia’s most well-known humpback whale. When he was first sighted, he was the only known all white whale in the world. As he migrates up the east coast of Australia from Antarctica to the warmer waters of tropical north Queensland, his distinctive all white colouring allows people to report sightings.

Though the large humpback whales off the Malibu coast are not seen as frequently as our smaller migrating gray whales, sightings of several pods of Humpbacks have been witnessed launching massive breaches and giant repetitive splashes off shore from the Encinal Bluffs. In early July, I was fortunate to have observed these rare humpbacks who were heading west outside the kelp beds as they launched dozens of massive airs with nearly their entire bodies out of the water. From the top of the Encinal Bluffs it was amazing to have seen the huge explosions of white water that appeared to reach 50 feet off the surface of the ocean.

With currents changing directions and waters warming, marine creatures are following the migrating food chains . This last week ,at Zuma ,what appeared to be a mysterious quick moving underwater oil slick was a thick concentration of what some lifeguards thought was krill that quickly moved from Westward to Trancas enveloping body surfers and boogie boarders who wondered what the zillions of little creatures were . Perhaps the Humpbacks have been following the currents seeking pockets of these thick concentrations of Krill Red Tuna Crabs have been washing up and fisherman are reporting warmer water fish being locally caught that are normally found off of southern Baja. Later in the day, a missing swimmer was found by lifeguards who had drowned most likely due to larger than normal surf, strong riptides, and rough windy conditions.

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ENVIRONMENT

AN OPEN LETTER TO:

ADIDAS

By Lisa Kaas Boyle

Adidas, I am a fan, so I write to you out of love. I grew up with your stripes on my feet singing Run DMC’s “My Adidas!” I am also an environmental attorney with an expertise in plastic pollution, so I write to you out of my concern for the Oceans. You have partnered with Parlay for the Oceans to make a statement about Marine Plastic Pollution, but I am concerned that you are not fulfilling both halves of the equation of another Run DMC classic, featuring Aerosmith: “Walk This Way, Talk This Way.” In fact I believe you are talking about stopping plastic pollution, but acting in a way that creates it.

Though touted in the press as being a solution to plastic pollution, your shoe using reclaimed fishing nets as a topical design element is not a solution, and is not even for sale!

It’s a prototype. The publicity claiming that the shoe is “made entirely from ocean plastic trash” is confusing to your average consumer and may persuade them to believe they can keep on using single use plastics because now the plastic has a place to GO: Oh, it will be a shoe. Not so. This marketing image for the shoes you are actually selling shows the truth: Your shoes are made from virgin Plastic.

We are producing more and more single use plastic every year, and much of it is ending up in the environment. This plastic in our environment has entered our food chain as even plankton are consuming microplastics from our disposable and toxic culture. Glamorous projects like your prototype shoe, or even Parlay’s collaboration with G-Star Raw jeans incorporating plastic yarn from plastic bottles, will not change that fact. Closed loop recycling, producer responsibility, and using better materials for single use products and packaging WILL solve the problem. But that is cutting fossil fuels out of the picture, and fossil fuels have enormous power and are extremely cheap because we are externalizing the cost of the environmental damage they cause. Hardly anyone wants to recycle plastic in a closed loop design, product to same product, because the virgin stuff is so cheap. There is a glut of natural gas thanks to tar sands extraction, off shore drilling and fracking. And the toll on our climate, air and water is deadly. Soon there may be no more clean water left to go in those fossil fuel plastic bottles!

All of the shoes above are from 1,000 yards of one beach, Kehoe Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore. Photo: Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang, beachplastic.com

What’s more, your prototype shoe wouldn’t do anything to stop plastic pollution even if it were for sale. This shoe design with threads from reclaimed fishing nets as a topical design seems hypocritical considering the bulk of your shoe is virgin plastic. It’s a bit like a tar sands driller featuring a solar display at the entrance to their drilling fields. Except solar is legit. Making shoes from plastic pollution from the ocean is not. Even You and Parlay admit that: “They won’t be using the tiny fragments of plastic that swirl, soup-like, in places like the Pacific Gyre...If you want to take it out of the ocean, you can trawl for days and days and get a tiny spoonful of plastic,” Gutsch says. “At this point we didn’t see a feasible technology. What we believe now is that you can instead avoid the microplastic that’s coming into the system.”

The oceans are filled with plastic: 95% of it is smaller than a grain of rice. We need to turn of the tap and stop making plastic stuff from fossil fuels that get into our environment during their entire life cycle from extracting the fossil fuels to end of life when almost all plastics last forever in a dump, get burned creating dioxins, or get lost at sea. We need producer responsibility, not green/brainwashing.

There are companies that are really doing something to stop plastic pollution, not trying to make a buck with greenwashing. Take Note of Nike’s policy to take back and reuse its shoes and in the UK, Selfridges just stopped selling plastic water bottles. Now those are real solutions. Walking the Talk!

It’s time for real solutions that change the model of business, not plastic bandaids applied to business as usual in order fool the public. We aren’t fooled. No more waiting on the change. Adidas, I call on you to Be the change.

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