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| − | <div class="body">Muddy Leek is in kind of an odd location,christian louboutin sale, just a block or two away from the restaurants in Culver City's Helms complex yet seemingly well outside of the area,cheap ghd. It's part of a building that briefly served as a design museum before it was converted into architects' offices,christian louboutin, in an awkwardly proportioned space that runs through restaurant identities like Spinal Tap goes through drummers,louboutin sale. The neighborhood is rich enough in gelaterias and boutique art galleries that it is nearly impossible to find a parking space on Saturday nights,ghd hair straighteners, and the big windows face out onto a panorama that includes two liquor stores,christian louboutin uk, the ice cream sandwich shop Coolhaus,christian louboutin sale, and a shop that flashes slides of sleekly designed kitchens on its exterior as if they were movies at a drive-in,gucci outlet online.</div>
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| − | <div class="p402_premium"><p><strong>MEDITERRANEAN COAST</strong></p><p><span><strong>Antalya</strong></span><span><br /> </span>A jewel of the Turkish Riviera, historic and metropolitan Antalya is the country’s largest international sea resort, with several gorgeous beaches offering crystal-clear water, soft sand and much more. Where to start? Cleopatra’s Beach was beloved by the monarch temptress for its shimmering, shallow surf and fine golden sand. Lara Beach Park is long and wide, rimmed by pine trees and lined by five-star resorts and lively nightlife (some call it the Las Vegas of Turkey). Explore Antalya a bit and discover scenic rock formations, waterfalls, secluded coves, watery caves and recreation galore.</p> <p><strong>SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA</strong></p><p><span><strong>La Jolla</strong></span><span><strong><br /> </strong></span>Set amid majestic towering cliffs and lush greenery, La Jolla is a prime destination for beachcombers who prefer a range of options and activities. La Jolla Cove <span>&mdash,christian louboutin sale;</span> the best spot for swimming, snorkeling and diving <span>—</span> is ecologically protected, with calm water full of colorful fish. Next door is Scripps Park’s wide grassy expanses for spreading out and enjoying the view. A family favorite, La Jolla Shores has soft sand and good surfing,christian louboutin uk. Perched beneath lush Torrey Pines and its PGA-caliber golf course is Black’s Beach, a secluded spot that’s clothing-optional at its north end. Looking for more? San Diego is just a short putt away,louboutin sale.</p><p><span><strong>Catalina</strong></span><span><strong><br /> </strong></span>Catalina is California’s only island resort destination, making it an excellent choice for a quick beach getaway. Best of all, it’s just an hour away by boat (quicker if you take a helicopter), so you can be relaxing in an island paradise in the time it takes to get across town. The island is almost always delightfully sunny, with water temperatures warm enough to enjoy all the activities Catalina is famous for: boating, snorkeling and relaxing on the beach. <span><br /> </span></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><span><strong>Los Cabos</strong></span><span><br /> </span>Where land ends at the southern edge of Baja California,<strong> </strong>lush<strong> </strong>Los Cabos has much to offer, not the least being sapphire surf and lazy strips of white sand.A must-visit spot for couples (Cabo is a popular wedding destination, after all), the secluded Playa del Amor (Lover’s Beach) is a romantic hideaway surrounded by abstract, arching rock formations and schools of colorful fish that are a magnet for snorkelers,christian louboutin sale. A short jaunt away is, ahem, Playa del Divorcio (Divorce Beach), a perfect spot for surfing and sun worshiping. is celebrated for its resorts and nightlife, sport fishing, golf and fine Mexican and international cuisine.</p><p><strong> & </strong></p><p><span><strong>Margaret River</strong></span><span><br /> </span>This charming town on the west coast of Australia <span>—</span> a magnet for surfers of all stripes <span>—</span> is acclaimed for its spectacular beaches with fine talcum sand and brilliant South Pacific water that sparkles in all shades of blue. Perhaps the crown jewel is Conto’s Beach, an Aussie favorite that’s gaining international acclaim for its surreal natural beauty and a number of spots with excellent surf and clean breaks. Not incidentally,christian louboutin uk, Margaret River is home to scores of acclaimed wineries that offer tours and tastings,louboutin shoes. Wine-sipping paired with the area&rsquo,louboutin;s many art galleries, a product of its bohemian heritage, is highly recommended.</p><p><span><strong>Onetangi Bay</strong></span><span><strong><br /> </strong></span>On the pristine shores of New Zealand’s Waiheke Island is Onetangi Beach, a 1.5-mile stretch of white sand that’s home to Onetangi Beach Races, a historic <span>h</span>orse-racing event that’s been staged here for more than a hundred years. Swimming and fishing conditions are just about perfect, and Onetangi transforms into a sublime surfing spot when the wind blows in from the north. There are two stellar beachfront restaurants nearby, perfect for refueling after a day in the sun.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><span><strong>Maya Bay</strong></span><span><strong><br /> </strong></span>A strikingly beautiful paradise, Thailand&rsquo,cheap ghd straighteners;s Maya Bay <span>—</span> the setting for ’s 1999 film “The Beach” <span>&mdash,gucci sito ufficiale;</span> is tucked amid tall jagged cliffs on three sides, with silky white sand and coral reefs. Exotic and secluded but far from alone, Maya Bay on Phi Phi Leh island draws hordes of tourists by boat, including snorkelers who come to swim with the colorful neon fish. No food is available; day trippers and campers bring their own. If you’re not into roughing it, stay in nearby Phuket, where luxury accommodations abound, and take a speedboat or long boat to Maya Bay. Getting there is half the fun.</p><p><strong>CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL COAST</strong></p><p><span><strong>Pismo State Beach</strong></span><span><strong><br /> </strong></span>Towering sand dunes and oceanfront recreation meet small-town allure at Pismo Beach, proving that SoCal denizens needn’t go far for a world-class beach experience. Just 170 miles up the coast from L.A., Pismo is another world, a haven for surfing, skim boarding and ocean kayaking. And Oceano Dunes has more than 3,000 acres for off-road activities and horseback riding. A popular attraction, Monarch Butterfly Grove draws thousands of beautiful orange-and-black butterflies to Pismo from late October to February. Just a half hour away is Santa Maria wine country, a short drive for that perfect glass of Pinot Noir or Syrah,ghd.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: right;"><br />—Bob Young, Custom Publishing Writer</p><br /><p><em><br /></em></p><p> </div>
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| − | <div class="p402_premium"><br><br>Me, I was down in the dim expanse beneath the right-field pavilion, where my mind is on LDLs — the bad cholesterol. I could practically hear it churning through the arteries of people around me who bleed Dodger blue but feed nacho-cheese orange.<br><br>Spring, the season that launches diets and hope eternal, also launches the Dodgers' new "all you can eat" section: 3,229 bleacher seats where last season's $6 ticket has turned into a $35 passport to bottomless nachos, endless Dodger Dogs, bushels of peanuts and popcorn and lagoons of soda.<br><br> This, I had to see. (What does one wear to an "all you can eat" affair, anyway? Elastic? A tarp?)<br><br>Sports — watching, not playing — already is so entwined with party food that a ballgame without edibles would be like Thanksgiving without the tryptophan-turkey coma. But does an "all you can eat" ticket push from excess to grotesque? Would anyone eat himself into the black? <br><br>On the upper stadium levels Dodger Dogs are $4.75, popcorn $4,louboutin shoes.50. So, if you eat about seven Dodger Dogs, you're seeing the game for free. But then, of course,ghd hair straighteners, you'd also have a bellyache and a few ugly pounds as a souvenir. <br><br>That seemed to be the plan for quite a few of the bleacher fans. As Rocky Lopez hollered as he hit the concession stand — and mind you, he's been coming to see the Dodgers for 19 years, since he was 5, so it takes a lot to get him excited — "All you can eat! Wooooooooooo,christian louboutin shoes!"<br><br>The concession windows here open 90 minutes before the game and close two hours into it,louboutin sale, 'round about the 7th-inning belch, but hours of grazing still weren't enough for some. I saw one scrawny young man brace himself with his back to the concession window and try to shove the steel shutters up as they rolled down.<br><br>The Dodger people told me that the 3,000 or so "all you can eat" ticket-holders ate about 8,000 hot dogs and yet-untallied quantities of peanuts and popcorn and nachos. <br><br>What I can tell the Dodger people is that their little marketing scheme isn't just going to harrow the lab boys at the Center for Science in the Public Interest — it's going to serve as social metaphor. <br><br>Monica Ortega bought bleacher tickets because they were the only ones left, and she was eating sparingly. But what about all those people who weren't? Is "all you can eat" really a good idea in a democracy where everyone puts his pants on one leg at a time — but sometimes can't zip them? <br><br>"People need to learn self-restraint and take responsibility for their own actions," Ortega told me. "Just because you go to the "all you can eat" section doesn't mean you have to eat it all."<br><br>Wait a minute — lemme see those tickets. What is this, the Libertarian section?<br><br>Candy Vega-Gomez came from Paramount with her three grown sons. Issac Gomez, who's 19,gucci sito ufficiale, had made it through six trays of nachos, three Dodger Dogs, two popcorns, two peanut bags, "and I'm still going." He works it off working at , but what about everyone else, the obese Americans who don't? Isn't this a cruel trick on them?<br><br>"That's a lifelong habit," Vega-Gomez shrugged. "It has nothing to do with the Dodgers." <br><br>By my eyeball estimation, at Dodger Stadium, the average body mass index goes down as the ticket price goes up. Several levels above the "all you can eat" seats, I ran into the perpetually bright-side City Councilman Tom LaBonge, and asked him about the $35 ticket's public health message.<br><br>"As chairman of the health committee for the City Council, I hope they don't eat too much,louboutin," he said. Then again, that might not be so bad "as long as they walk down to Sunset Boulevard and catch the MTA and walk off those great Dodger Dogs!"<br><br>Don't doubt that there was plenty of high-end noshing going on too. I saw a dessert cart the size of a calliope parked outside one private suite, where former Secretary of State (and very svelte) Warren Christopher poked his head out the door. Wolfgang Puck popped out of another suite. A tale of two levels, the prole and the aristo versions of the same thing: the passionate conviction that when you're on vacation —,louboutin sale; and a day at the ballpark is surely that — you aren't spending real money or eating real calories.<br><br>There were some champion chow-hounds there on opening day, but I doubt that the Dodgers will lose money on the "all you can eat" deal, just as I doubt that the ticket-holders will lose weight,louboutin shoes. <br><br>Every food issue that public health is grappling with is right there under the right-field bleachers. <br><br>Would "all you can eat" tickets be a sellout if the food came from the "healthy plate" menu instead? Would guys be hollering and high-fiving over bottomless hummus plates and endless veggie dogs,louboutin? Then again, is the concession stand the place to take a stand on public health policy?<br><br> Let me put it this way: Does the chubby kid I saw trailing behind his dad see a fat guy with food issues,cheap ghd, or a hero who takes him to ballgames and buys him hot dogs? <br><br><hr width="20%"><I><br><br></I></div>
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| − | <div class="p402_premium"><p>He returned rusty following a six-week layoff after a foot injury, the Lakers losing their first two games. Since then, Gasol has played at least 32 minutes with the Lakers winning four of five.</p><p>Over that five-game stretch, Gasol has averaged 14,christian louboutin.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and five assists while shooting 54.8% from the field.</p> <p>"We're using him the right way,louboutin uk," said of Gasol. "We're using his strengths in terms of his ability to facilitate and his ability to shoot the ball,christian louboutin. Pau doesn't really even want to score the ball, really -- he likes getting other guys involved. We're putting him at the elbow. We're slipping him out on screens. When he has a shot he's taking it and when he doesn't, he's getting other guys involved and it's working very well for him,louboutin uk."</p><p>The Lakers have improved to 40-36, despite recent injuries to (hamstring) and (knee).</p><p>The Gasol/Bryant two-man game has been a big part of that charge, especially offensively.</p><p>"You can't stop it. You can't guard it," said Bryant,cheap ghd straighteners. "You just hope we miss. There's really no reasonable way you can defend that."</p><p>With Gasol setting the screen, Bryant can create a shot for himself or look to pass,louboutin shoes, including getting the ball back to Gasol, who can do the same.</p><p>"It's a huge, huge threat,louboutin," said Bryant. "Then you have ] ducking in on the inside and you put Jody Meeks in the corner and you just hope we miss."</p><p>Naturally that changes with players like Nash and World Peace in the lineup. Nash is the team's best three-point shooter.</p><p>Why has it taken so long for the Lakers to turn to the Bryant/Gasol pick and roll?</p><p>"It's been a lot of figuring out, it's been coaching changes," he said. "It's been injuries,christian louboutin sale. It's been all that crap man, but it's better late than never. Everybody's kind of panicking a little bit ,christian louboutin... but the reality is, we play well this last stretch of games, you go into the playoffs very confident because you beat some very tough teams. We'll be ready to roll."</p><p>The Lakers came into the season with championship aspirations,cheap ghd. Now they're just holding onto eighth place, and the final playoff spot, in the Western Conference by a half-game over the .</p>The Lakers play Sunday afternoon against the on the "road" at Staples Center.<br /><p><strong>ALSO:</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Email Eric Pincus at and follow him on Twitter .</p><br /> </div>
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| − | <div class="p402_premium"><p>The department that Browning agreed to head was — and still is — riddled with problems. Paperwork sometimes overwhelms the best intentions of its staff,cheap ghd; experienced social workers are often assigned to desk jobs,louboutin shoes, replaced by less-seasoned colleagues. Supervision is uneven and workloads unfairly distributed.</p><p>But Browning has already started addressing those issues. He completed a strategic plan in September. Now, he's working on a new organizational structure and has begun to put more experienced workers back into the field. He's lobbying for better technology so that social workers can access records remotely. He's rotating field-office bosses, an unpopular move but one intended to smooth out uneven management.</p><p>One profoundly important shift has been Browning's approach to children. In recent years, the department has stressed the importance of keeping families together whenever possible. Browning argues that a child's safety should trump all other concerns, even when it means taking children from their parents,ghd sale.</p><p>"If we think the child is safe, we leave the child with the biological parents," he explained in the soft Southern accent that causes some to underestimate his toughness,cheap ghd straighteners. "Sometimes, of course, that's just not possible."</p><p>Browning's more stringent approach has meant an increase in the number of children removed from their homes,ghd. Last year, the agency filed 14,785 petitions, most of them in connection with detaining children,louboutin shoes, an increase from 13,481 the year before. What that means in raw terms is that the county last year removed a child from his or her home more than 200 times a week on average.</p><p>The hope is that children are protected once they're under the county's care, but the sad truth is that they face a capricious future. Some land with capable foster families, and perhaps will be adopted. Some are returned home to families that have recovered from the initial incident and will go on to raise them well. Others, however, are shuttled from one foster home or group facility to another, and grow up without any sense of coherent,christian louboutin uk, dependable family. Some are physically or sexually abused. Some die.</p><p>The other day, I talked to Leslie Heimov, executive director of the Children's Law Center, about the changes Browning is making in the department. When I laid out the approach he'd described to me, she agreed with many of his priorities. But she also talked about the frustrations she's had again and again in dealing with the county.</p><p>When asked for examples, she recounted a recent episode in which a 7-year-old girl, after years of bumping from home to home, eventually was placed in a stable home with her aunt. Unfortunately, the aunt lived in Lancaster, and DCFS had ordered that the child undergo at Children's Hospital in Hollywood,borse burberry. That meant a long trip twice a week for the aunt, and she was forced to leave her other children in the care of her mother, who had a history of and was not approved to babysit by DCFS. Social workers took the niece away. She was placed in yet another foster home, which officials assumed might be permanent but turned out not to be. Two days before Christmas, the little girl was moved again.</p><p>That's just one case, she noted, but anyone familiar with the system can describe dozens more like it every day.</p><p>"The department continues to put up barriers … to taking care of kids," Heimov said. "They need to make their policy work for every child, not just half or just the lucky ones."</p><p>Certainly, Browning recognizes that there is more to do,gucci borse. But one hint that events may be moving in the right direction is the attitude of the county supervisors. They notoriously pick on department heads and have battered more than one DCFS chief, but for the moment they seem uncharacteristically deferential.</p><p>Yaroslavsky calls Browning "the best turnaround artist in public administration." Browning hasn't done it yet, but there's finally some basis for hope.</p><p><em>’s column appears Mondays,burberry outlet. His latest book is "</em><em>." Reach him at </em><em> or follow him on Twitter:</em> <em>.</em></p></div>
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