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ARIES ~ Take charge of a project atwork and get it finished up. It’s been

languishing on someone else’s shouldersand desk for way too long. A sensibleoutlook will get you far this week.

TAURUS ~ You may find yourselffaced with many distractions this

week but you'll sail through and accom-plish much if you stay focused on eachtask and take them one at a time. Youknow you can do it this evening.

GEMINI ~ Creativity is favored andyours is especially favored with

some project that you've been workingespecially hard on. For the next few dayswatch for a romance that will bring spe-cial gifts.

CANCER ~ Your new ideas combinewell with your will and skill. You get

a lot done at work this week. Be soft andforceful. Make time for family lifetonight. Your rewards come from thosewho are related to you by blood.

LEO ~ Before you spend your moneycheck the quality of the goods. This

rule applies to intangible goods as well.Make the first move with your honey thisweek. Be sweetly aggressive.

VIRGO ~ Let your creative juicesflow. Advice from a child has a

reward in it. On the job, coworkers willhelp you expand your sense of accom-plishment. Only you can stand in yourway.

LIBRA ~ Opportunity knocks thisweek, be ready and waiting. An old

love resurfaces. This week is good foryou financially. Look for a special oppor-tunity at work. Families matters, spendtime with yours.

SCORPIO ~ Creativity comes from adeep source. Take the chance to pur-

sue creative goals. Others will under-stand later. You and a child can come toan unmatched understanding.

SAGITTARIUS ~ This week is aweek to let your diplomatic side work

for you. Forcing will get you nowhere.No man or woman is an island, focus ontogetherness even if you are annoyedwith people.

CAPRICORN ~ Take advantage of aburst of energy. Body and mind are

in sync. Don’t take things too personallythis week, you might get your feelingshurt. If you do, tonight is a great time tomake-up. Make the call.

AQUARIUS ~ You have wonderfulideas about interior decorating. Be

ready to accept a great opportunity atwork. Money doesn’t matter tonight,don’t make finances more important thanthey need to be.

PISCES ~ The influence of someoneclose can make all the difference in the

world. Don’t go alone. Your achievementsare closely tied to someone who might nothave agreed with you in the past.

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BY ANDREW TAYLORASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The mem-bers of President Barack Obama’sdeficit commission began to go onthe record Wednesday as theydebate politically explosive budgetcuts, including proposals to lowerSocial Security benefits, in a revisedplan to wrestle the national debtunder control.

The new plan by panel co-chairmen Erskine Bowles and AlanSimpson, unveiled Wednesday,faces an uphill slog because of pro-posals to raise the Social Securityretirement age and lower cost-of-living increases, cut Medicare costs,curtail a huge assortment of taxbreaks, like the deduction for mort-gage interest, and almost double thefederal tax on a gallon of gasoline.

Though the plan appearsunlikely to win enough bipartisansupport from the panel to beapproved for a vote in Congress thisyear or next, Bowles has alreadydeclared victory, saying he andSimpson have at least succeeded ininitiating an “adult conversation” inthe country about the pain it willtake to cut the deficit.

The plan faces resistance frommany commission members. HouseRepublicans appear uniformlyagainst tax increases, while liberalDemocrats like Jan Schakowsky ofIllinois appear unlikely to be able toaccept big cuts in federal programsfor seniors.

Obama named the commissionin hopes of bringing a deficit-fight-ing plan up for a vote in Congressthis year, but it appears to be fallingwell short of the 14-vote bipartisansupermajority needed.

A new version of the plan,obtained by The Associated Presson Tuesday, makes mostly minorchanges to a draft that whipped upenormous controversy when un-veiled earlier this month. Some

domestic spending cuts are modest-ly higher than previously proposed,and health care savings from over-hauling the medical malpracticesystem would reap less than pro-posed earlier this month.

Unlike their original proposal,Bowles and Simpson stop short ofcalling for caps on medical malprac-tice awards. Instead they recom-mend changes in how awards aremade.

But other proposals remain thesame. Among them are a gradualincrease in the Social Securityretirement age to 68 by 2050 and 69by 2075, using a less generous cost-of-living adjustment for the pro-grams and increasing the cap onincome subject to Social Securitytaxes.

The plan also retains a 15-cent-a-gallon increase on gasoline, athree-year freeze on federal workerpay and the elimination of 200,000workers from the federal payrollthrough attrition.

The proposal obtained by TheAP was a draft that was still under-going changes Tuesday evening.

Other recommendations:• Eliminate congressional pet

spending projects known as “ear-marks.”

• Reduce the corporate incometax rate to 28 percent from 35 per-cent and stop taxing the overseasprofits of U.S.-based multinationalcorporations.

• Overhaul individual incometaxes and corporate taxes, givingCongress the choice of reducing thetop rate to as low as 23 percent andno higher than 29 percent. Thelower the rate, the fewer the taxcredits and deductions that would beavailable to taxpayers.

Under one scenario proposedby Bowles and Simpson, taxpayerswould face three tax brackets of 12percent, 21 percent and 28 percent.Taxpayers would still be able toclaim an earned income tax credit

and child tax credit as well as allstandard deductions and exemp-tions. Capital gains and dividendswould be taxed at ordinary incometax rates. Taxpayers could claim amortgage interest deduction up to$500,000, but only on their primaryresidence.

If Congress does not undertakea comprehensive overhaul of the taxsystem by 2013, the plan calls for a“fail-safe” provision that wouldtrigger across-the-board reductionsin tax breaks, designed to raise rev-enue by $80 billion in 2015 and$180 billion in 2020.

Bowles was White House chiefof staff when former President BillClinton negotiated a balanced budg-et plan in 1997; Simpson is a formerGOP senator from Wyoming.

Only Bowles and Simpson areguaranteed to support the plan whenthe panel votes. None of the 12House members and senators namedby Obama have committed to theproposals, though Bowles and Sim-pson could pick up support fromnonelected deficit hawks like Dem-

ocrat Alice Rivlin and HoneywellInternational’s chief executive,David Cote, a Republican, whowon’t have to defend themselves tovoters. Republican senators seemmore likely to vote for the plan thantheir rigidly anti-tax increase Housecounterparts.

“I don’t know if we’re going toget two votes or five votes or 10votes or 14 votes,” Bowles toldreporters. “There are enough rea-sons to vote ‘no’ in this plan for any-body to vote ‘no.’ ”

A supermajority of 14 of the 18panel members would have to

approve recommendations for apossible vote in the lame-duck ses-sion of Congress. That seems out ofreach, but Bowles says it’s just asimportant to have jump-started anational debate on what it’ll reallytake to bring the deficit under con-trol.

“Our goal in this whole processhas been really simple,” Bowlessaid. “It’s basically been to start anadult conversation here in Wash-ington about the dangers of this debtand the deficits we are running.”

He added, “The era of deficitdenial in Washington is over.”

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AP Photo by Alex BrandonErskine Bowles, left, accompanied by former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson,co-chairmen of President Barack Obama’s bipartisan deficit commission,take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday,Nov. 10, 2010.

Social Security cutsare part of deficit plan

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BY STEPHEN OHLEMACHERASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Democratsand Republicans are working toreach a deal to extend Bush-era taxcuts that expire at the end of theyear, but neither side is budging asnegotiations begin in earnest.

Even as they talk, House lead-ers are planning to hold a politicallycharged vote Thursday to extendmiddle-class tax cuts while lettingtaxes for the wealthy expire.

The bill, even if it passes theHouse, stands no chance in theSenate. Nevertheless, Senate Major-ity Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., saidhe is considering holding a similarvote.

“House Democrats have longsupported extending the tax cuts forAmerica’s middle class,” HouseSpeaker Nancy Pelosi said. “Demo-crats continue to have concernsabout the impact on the deficit ofgiving a tax cut to the nation’swealthiest 2 percent.”

President Barack Obama metwith congressional leaders fromboth parties Tuesday at the White

House to discuss taxes and otherissues. Republicans and Democratssaid it was a cordial, productivemeeting. But both sides emergedwith the same stances on tax cuts, apending nuclear treaty with Russiaand other pressing matters.

They agreed to appoint a bipar-tisan working group to discuss thetax cuts. The four lawmakers andtwo administration members won'thave much time to come up with adeal to prevent sweeping taxincreases that would hit taxpayers atevery income level. The first meet-ing was planned for Wednesday.

White House press secretaryRobert Gibbs said Budget DirectorJack Lew was going to Capitol HillDec. 1, saying that Obama “believeswe can find common ground.”Gibbs said both sides on this disputehave a responsibility “to figure thisout by the end of the year.”

Appearing on morning networknews shows, the spokesman alsosaid he’s confident that Obama canwin Senate ratification of the NewSTART nuclear pact before Christ-mas, saying Republicans increas-ingly are moving in the direction of

supporting the treaty.Obama and Democratic leaders

in Congress want to extend tax cutsfor individuals making less than$200,000 and married couples mak-ing less than $250,000. Republicansand some rank-and-file Democratswant to extend the tax cuts foreveryone.

Obama signaled he was readyto compromise after elections inwhich Republicans won control ofthe House and gained seats in theSenate. But the president has yet tomake a detailed proposal.

Republicans, meanwhile, havelittle incentive to make major con-cessions in December, consideringtheir power on Capitol Hill willgreatly increase in January.Democrats still control both cham-bers until the end of the year, butthey need Republican votes in theSenate to pass a tax bill.

“If President Obama and Dem-ocratic leaders come up with a planin the lame-duck session to cutspending and stop all the tax hikes,they can expect a positive responsefrom Republicans,” said House

AP Photo by Ron EdmondsIn this May 4, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama makes a statementon tax reform with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, in the GrandFoyer of the White House in Washington. Whether Congress extends formerPresident George W. Bush’s tax cuts into 2011 in the weeks after Tuesday’smid-term election or lets the automatic increase start cutting into most peo-ple’s paychecks early next year is pretty much up to Obama.

Lawmakers stand firmon taxes as talks start

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Civil Liberties Face Threatin BurundiSPECIAL TO THE NNPA FROM THEGLOBAL INFORMATION NETWORK

A newly-released report by theNew York-based group HumanRights Watch (HRW) is expressingconcerns that President PierreNkurunziza of the East Africannation of Burundi is moving toimpose a dictatorship.

Opposition parties are partlybanned, journalists imprisoned, andthere are reports of torture, accord-ing to the report “Closing Doors?The Narrowing of DemocraticSpace in Burundi.” More than 100members of opposition parties,activists, journalists, governmentofficials, diplomats, and electionmonitors were consulted for thereport.

According to HRW, the situa-tion took a turn for the worse before

this year’s controversial election,and has not improved since that.

Nkurunziza was returned tooffice last June 28 after five opposi-tion parties boycotted a presidentialelection that month and a parlia-mentary vote in July. They accusedthe ruling party of winning munici-pal elections through rigging,Human Rights Watch said.

The July election was the firstsince a U.N.-backed peace processthat helped Burundi, a coffee-pro-ducing nation with a population ofabout 8 million, end a decade-longcivil war that killed 300,000 people.Fighting broke out in 1993 when thecountry’s first democratically elect-ed president, an ethnic Hutu, wasassassinated by members of theTutsi-dominated army.

Nkurunziza is a former rebelleader and a born-again Christian.The son of a Tutsi mother and aHutu father, he lost his father in1972 during a wave of ethnic vio-lence that resulted in the deaths ofmore than 100,000 Hutus and morethan 10,000 Tutsis.

Mandela’s Wife Grieves forZimbabwe Children Lost to AIDSSPECIAL TO THE NNPA FROM THEGLOBAL INFORMATION NETWORK

During a weeklong tour ofZimbabwe, Graca Machel, wife offormer South African PresidentNelson Mandela, decried the loss of100 children who die each day in thatsouthern African country, many ofthem as a consequence of HIV/AIDS.

Machel, a UNICEF Children’sAdvocate, noted there is knowledge,medication and capacity to reducethe number of children infected with

HIV and to treat those with AIDS.There was no reason, she said, whychildren in Zimbabwe and othercountries in the region should con-tinue to die because they have noaccess to treatment.

On her tour, the former firstlady met with children from severaldifferent organizations, and calledthe experience “emotional.” A fre-quent critic of the government ofPresident Robert Mugabe, Macheldid not openly fault the presidentduring the visit but urged him tocontinue with a constitution-rewrit-ing process started in June.

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Republican leader John Boehner ofOhio, who is in line to become thenew speaker in January. “If thelame-duck Congress is unable orunwilling to act, the new Housemajority will in January.”

The president appointed Trea-sury Secretary Timothy Geithnerand Budget Director Jacob Lew tothe tax negotiating group. Rep.Dave Camp of Michigan, the topRepublican on the House Ways andMeans Committee, will representHouse Republicans and Rep. ChrisVan Hollen of Maryland will repre-sent House Democrats. Sen. MaxBaucus of Montana, chairman ofthe Senate Finance Committee,will represent Senate Democrats;Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, the sec-ond ranking GOP leader in theSenate, will represent SenateRepublicans.

Gibbs appeared on ABC’s“Good Morning America,” CBS’s“The Early Show,” and NBC’s“Today” program.

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AP Photo by Sayyid AzimBurundian president Pierre Nkurunziza, as he arrives to attend the secondSummit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, Thursday,Dec. 14, 2006, at the United Nations Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.

BY PAUL WISEMANAP ECONOMICS WRITER

WASHINGTON — If Congresslets unemployment benefits expire thisweek for the long-term unemployed,they won’t be the only ones to feel thepain. The overall economy would suf-fer, too.

Unemployment benefits helpdrive the economy because the joblesstend to spend every dollar they get,pumping cash into businesses. A cut-off of aid for millions of people unem-ployed for more than six months couldsqueeze a fragile economy, analystssay. Among the consequences theyenvision over the next year:

• Annual economic growth couldfall by one half to nearly 1 percentagepoint.

• Up to 1 million more peoplecould lose their jobs.

• Hundreds of thousands wouldfall into poverty.

“Look for homelessness to rise

and food lines to get longer as weapproach Christmas if the situationcan’t be resolved,” says Diane Swonk,chief economist at Mesirow Financial.

The issue is expected to be takenup in the lame-duck session ofCongress that resumed Monday.Among other unfinished business,lawmakers are likely to vote onwhether to extend 2001 and 2003 taxcuts that are set to expire at year’s end.

The average weekly payment forthe roughly 8.5 million people receiv-ing unemployment benefits is$302.90. But it ranges widely: from anaverage of $118.82 in Puerto Rico toan average of $419.53 in Hawaii. Eachstate sets the amount through a formu-la meant to replace a portion of anunemployed person’s old income.

That money ripples through theeconomy, into supermarkets, gasolinestations, utilities, convenience stores.That allows those businesses to hiremore people, who, in turn, spend moremoney.

The Congress-ional Budget Officesays every $1 spenton unemploymentbenefits generatesup to $1.90 in eco-nomic growth. Theprogram is the mosteffective govern-ment policy forgenerating growthamong 11 optionsthe CBO has ana-lyzed.

Mark Zandi,chief economist atMoody’s Analytics,puts the bang-for-a-buck figure at$1.61, and a recentLabor Departmentstudy estimates itat $2.

Analyst MarkMiller of WilliamBlair & Co. figures

that, in particular, discount retailerslike Dollar General and Family Dollarwill see their revenue pinched by acouple of percentage points next yearif extended unemployment benefitsexpire.

“If you’ve been unemployed forsix months, you’ve gone through yoursavings,” says Heidi Shierholz, econo-mist at the Economic Policy Institute.“You have no choice but to spend(benefits) immediately.”

By contrast, money given tohigher-income families — say,through tax cuts — tends to deliverless economic benefit because thosetaxpayers typically save a big chunk oftheir windfall.

In July 2008, Congress beganextending unemployment benefits,which can now last for up to a record99 weeks: 26 weeks of regular benefitsfrom the states, plus up to 73 weeks infederal aid in states with high unem-ployment rates. As of last week, abouthalf the states offered the maximum99 weeks of benefits. The extendedfederal benefits will start phasing outon Wednesday if Congress doesn’t act.

When lawmakers extended thebenefits, they were responding to ajobs crisis: Unemployment was on itsway to double digits for the first timesince the 1981-82 recession. The long-term unemployed — those out of workfor more than six months — hit arecord-high 6.8 million in May thisyear. Those people represented 46 per-cent of all unemployed Americans.That’s the highest such proportion onrecord dating to 1948.

Unemployment peaked at 10.1percent in October 2009. It’s beenstuck at 9.6 percent the past threemonths.

At its peak in the first week ofthis year, just over 12 million peoplewere receiving unemployment bene-fits — the most on records dating to1986. The Labor Department esti-mates that if Congress lets the aid runout, nearly 2 million people will losetheir benefits by Christmas.

Without an extension of aid, thenumber of impoverished Americanswould rise, economists say. Theincome from unemployment checks

kept 3.3 million people from fallinginto poverty in 2009, according togovernment estimates. The CensusBureau defines poverty as annualincome of less than about $22,000 fora family of four.

Some economists worry thatrenewing jobless aid would discour-age some unemployed people fromseeking work. But a study this year bythe Federal Reserve Bank of SanFrancisco downplayed the impact as“quite small.”

For most recipients, the average$300 weekly unemployment checkdoesn’t go very far: It covers just halfof basic household expenses, accord-ing to the National Employment LawProject.

In Glenview, Ill., Robert Horvathis barely hanging on. He says his job-less aid — $385 a week — doesn’tamount to even 15 percent of his for-mer income as a commercial loan offi-cer. Out of work nearly six months,he’s paying $1,300 a month to keep hishealth insurance. He’s burningthrough his savings and is trying tohold onto his home of 25 years.

Thirty-three economists havesigned a statement circulated by theliberal Economic Policy Institute call-ing for benefits to be extended for 12more months. Signatories includedAlan Blinder, a former vice chairmanof the Federal Reserve, and five win-ners of the Nobel Prize in economics,including Joseph Stiglitz and RobertSolow.

Republican lawmakers oppose anextension of the unemployment aid ifit would enlarge the government’s$1.3 trillion budget deficit. They insistthat the cost — around $5 billion amonth — be offset with budget cutselsewhere. Those cuts would reducethe economic impact of extending thebenefits. Some in Congress want topair an extension of unemploymentaid with a deal to also extend theBush-era tax cuts.

Just outside Chicago, Horvathwonders why the lawmakers can'treach a deal: “What’s going to happenDec. 1 when I have no benefits at all?”

AP Business Writer ChristopherS. Rugaber contributed to this report.


AP Photo by Matt RourkeIn this Nov. 22, 2010, photo, Yvette Ward who has been unemployed for two years displays asign during a ‘Vigil for the Unemployed’ at the Arch Street Methodist Church in Philadelphia.Unemployed persons, the Philadelphia Unemployment Project and other organizations gath-ered to draw attention to federal unemployment benefits that are scheduled to expire.

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BY DOROTHY ROWLEYSPECIAL TO THE NNPA FROM THEAFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER

The victory scored by Blackfarmers with the U.S. Senate’sunanimous approval of funds due tothem in the 1980’s Pigford discrim-ination lawsuit has been mired byallegations of fraud.

The U.S. Senate approved thedispersal of as much as $50,000 toeach farmer involved. But whileJohn Boyd, president of theNational Black FarmersAssociation, stated to the HouseJudiciary Committee that, accordingto his assessments, there were18,000 Black farmers due compen-sation with more than 90,000 claimsthat have been filed for a share of

the $1.25 billion payout.As a result, a group of Repub-

licans led by Steve King, of Iowa,and Michele Bachmann, of Minne-sota, claim that the settlement,which has the support of the Obamaadministration, is rife with fraud.

Republicans, who will soontake charge in the House in light oflast month’s midterm elections, arenow promising to do a thoroughinvestigation on disparities sur-rounding who applied for the moneyand who is actually eligible toreceive it.

According to estimates by theU.S. Department of Agriculture andthe FBI, 50 percent to 95 percent ofthe claims submitted may be fraud-ulent.

AP Photo by Alex BrandonJohn W. Boyd Jr., from Baskerville, Va., founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, speaksduring a rally in front of the United States Department of Agriculture with his mule in the foreground in WashingtonTuesday, April 28, 2009. The group rallied in support of a bill for government funding of compensation for blackfarmers, who were discriminated against.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti —Protesters demanding cancellationof Haiti’s weekend presidential elec-tion clashed with U.N. peacekeepersTuesday, the United Nations missionand Haitian radio reported.

Radio Kisekya said at least 15people had been injured in two daysof demonstrations north of the capi-tal.

U.N. police sent reinforcementsTuesday but had no reports ofinjuries, police spokesman Jean-Francois Vezina said.

Rampant disorganization andallegations of fraud hang overSunday’s critical vote for president,a third of the Senate and all of thelower house.

The winner of the presidentialrace will have to deal with Haiti’scrushing poverty, a cholera epidemicthat has killed more than 1,700 peo-ple, and post-earthquake reconstruc-tion — including overseeing billions

of promised aid dollars from theUnited States and other nations.

Violent protests that causedseveral deaths occurred acrossnorthern Haiti before the election,fed by suspicions shared by publichealth experts that the cholera epi-demic was caused by a contingent ofU.N. peacekeepers.

While votes were still beingcast Sunday, nearly all the majorpresidential candidates alleged gov-ernment-backed hopeful JudeCelestin was benefiting from fraudand called for the election to be can-celed. On Monday, however, leadingcontenders Mirlande Manigat andMichel Martelly backtracked andsaid the vote should stand.

Radio Kiskeya said that most ofthe people protesting Tuesday in St.Marc were supporters of Manigat. Apowerful senator also led pro-Manigat protests farther north inGonaives.

Martelly told supporters in aTuesday address: “We will win thisbattle. Stay mobilized.”

Haiti’s provisional electoralcouncil said problems were limitedand called the election a success.Organization of American Statesobservers acknowledged many vot-ers had been disenfranchised by dis-organization, intimidation and vio-

lence but called the vote valid.But a delegation of U.S.

Congress members led by Rep.James Clyburn of South Carolinavoiced “serious concerns” about theelection.

“We urge the U.S. government,

the OAS and the UN to give fullconsideration to the charges of fraudand abuse and to await the result ofany investigation before passingjudgment on the conduct of Haiti’selections,” the legislators said in astatement Tuesday.

AP Photo by Nicolas GarciaElectoral workers counts votes after the closing of polling stations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010.Haitians wrapped up their election in discord, with nearly all the major presidential candidates calling for the vote tobe voided over fraud and reports that large numbers of voters were turned away across the quake-stricken country.

Post-election violence reported in Haitian town

BY YUSSUF J. SIMMONDS

Since becoming the chairmanof the National NewspaperPublishers Association (NNPA),Danny J. Bakewell Sr. has beenworking aggressively to make surethat the members of the nation’slargest Black newspaper organiza-tion have a voice at all levels ofsociety and government – especial-ly in areas of policymaking.

Recently Bakewell met withsenior presidential adviser ValerieJarrett to make sure that NNPA canbe in a position to readily articulatethe President’s agenda effectivelyto the community and by becomingmore actively involved in thatagenda as a national organization.The meeting covered a wide rangeof topics that included ways inwhich the NNPA and the adminis-tration could jointly affect the qual-ity of life for African Americansthroughout the country.

According to Bakewell, “Iwould not divulge the specifics ofthe meeting at this time, but Ms.Jarrett was extremely committed toensuring that the Black Press hadfull access to the President’s agen-da.” He also added that the meet-ing was very fruitful and that hewould put off discussing the fulldetails until a later date. “I will bereleasing a list of activities whichwill be undertaken by NNPA andthe President, as a result of themeeting and that story woulddepict future plans and involve-ment between NNPA and thePresident.”

Some of the actions thatBakewell has taken on behalf of theAfrican-American community and

as chairman of the NNPA includetestifying before Congress duringthe Census count; seeking ways forNNPA members to get their fairshare of stimulus dollars; holdingelected officials accountable; andraising the organization’s profile toact on, instead of reacting to, prob-lems within the African-American

community.The NNPA, which has a mem-

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San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris declared vic-tory Nov. 30 in the state’s tight race for attorney general and called attention to issues she plans to address as California’s top law offi cer.

Speaking before dozens at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown L.A., Harris thanked supporters and talked about sever-al topics, including reforming California’s criminal justice system, as well as dealing with mortgage fraud and environmental issues.

Her speech came nearly a week after L.A. County District At-torney Steve Cooley conceded in the race, in which votes were counted for more than three weeks before Harris emerged as the winner; (the candidates had been trading off leads in vote counts by only thousands of votes.)

Harris — who will make history when she becomes Califor-nia’s first African-American, Indian-American and female attorney general in January — defeated her opponent by ultimately getting 46.1 percent of votes compared to Cooley’s 45.3 percent, accord-ing to the Secretary of State’s figures as of Nov. 30.

Besides making a mark in history because of her race and gender, Harris also participated in what was reportedly one of the closest elections in California history.

Cooley conceded Nov. 24. “While the margin is extremely narrow and ballots are still

being counted, my campaign believes that we cannot make up the current gap in the vote count for Attorney General,” Cooley said in a statement last week. “Therefore, I am formally conceding the

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In January, she’ll make history when she becomes the first Black and first woman a orney general

Kamala arrisdeclares victory

shares plans

Hrace and congratulate Ms. Harris on becoming California’s next Attorney General.”

Harris also prevailed over Cooley in L.A. County, which has been viewed by some as Cooley’s stronghold.

“I stand before you today humbled to be chosen to be the next attorney general,” she said, drawing cheers and applause from supporters in the hotel’s Emerald Room.

Harris pledged “to work hard every day to make sure that the law of this state is on the side of the people” of California.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Sentinel and L.A. Watts Times later that day, Harris said the first issue to address is her transition into offi ce.

At the press conference, she announced that she has been having many conversations with Governor-elect Jerry Brown, the current attorney general, and has put together “a very stellar” bi-partisan group of leaders. That group includes former LAPD Police Chief Bill Bratton, former Secretary of State Warren Christopher and others. And the members will be working, as they have been, to lead a transition into the attorney general’s office, she said.

Later that day, Harris told the Sentinel and Watts Times her team will help look at issues her office needs to address. She called some of those issues statewide “problems.”

One of those problems is mortgage fraud, which Harris said has been committed against many Californians.

“There are predators that have been coming in, in the form of … financial institutions,” she told the crowd. “There must be (consequences) and it can and should be the next attorney general of this great state that takes that on.”

She also said the attorney general’s office can and should have a role in reforming the criminal justice system in California, which Harris said has the highest recidivism rate in the nation.

What must also be taken seriously, she said, are issues that

impact the state’s environment because they impact all Cali-fornians, who she said need to be able to drink clean water and breathe clean air.

Harris, 46, started her career as a prosecutor in Alameda County. The Berkeley native eventually became San Francisco’s district attorney, a post she’ll leave to become attorney general.

Several politicians, community figures and others attended the press conference, including L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry, California Assemblymember Mike Davis and community activist Willis Edwards.

John Van de Kamp, a former attorney general of California, told the L.A. Watts Times he supports Harris because he felt she was the best choice of all the attorney general candidates he in-terviewed.

“My conclusion was, at the end of the day, that she had a broader gauge that was a better fit for the office,” he said.

Some issues he said she will have to confront include mort-gage fraud, issues that have come up due to the scandals in the City of Bell, and water problems in the City of Barstow.

After the press conference, Black community fi gures charac-terized Harris as “enlightened” and a “visionary.”

“I think she’s an enlightened prosecutor; I think she (dis-tinguishes) herself as such,” said L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, later citing that “the emphasis of her work is on prevention rather than focusing on what happens on the back end of the problem.”

He said he hopes to see her address what he calls scam art-ists in the foreclosure industry and said he thinks she’ll make sure that ballot titles are “solid and fair.”

Edwards, who is on the board for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said, “I think she’s a visionary. She thinks outside the box about solving a problem. And, in this day and time, we need someone who’s a real visionary who thinks outside of the box and thinks that we can do better.”

Between Harris and Cooley, California State Assemblymem-

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ber Steven Bradford said he thinks Harris was the best choice.One thing he hopes to see Harris do as attorney general is

give a more comprehensive look at some of the environmental justice issues that he says primarily fall on poor and minority communities.

“A lot of times people have turned their back on that … think-ing that’s not (an) issue of great concern but it really is,” Bradford said. “It impacts kids, be it childhood asthma, increased cancer rates, things of that nature.

“And the attorney general will have to be the hammer to work with some of these corporations to make sure that they’re not polluting, and if they have polluted, that they clean up the mess they’ve made.”

Later that day, she told the Sentinel and Watts Times: “There’s a lot of work that I plan to do and to begin what will hopefully be work that will impact people … over a period of time.”

“...to make sure that the law of this state is on the side of the people...”

~ KAMALA HARRIS

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Notes, quotes and thingspicked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in betweenand beyond.

Serena Williams will not seekher sixth Australian Open title inJanuary, nor will she play in theHopman international mixed teamscompetition. Reason: Cutting herfoot on broken glass has led to asecond operation.

And the beat continues…This is UCLA-USC week.It’s the traditional smack-talk-

ing time when one will have brag-ging rights for another year —depending on whichever team beatsthe other on Dec. 4.

UCLA (4-7) hasn’t had muchsmack to talk about against USC (7-5) in recent years or in 2010.

The Trojans suffered a 20-16loss to Notre Dame last Saturday atthe Coliseum, so Rick Neuheisel’sgood-for-nothin’ UCLA Bruins mayhave a prayer against the Trojans atthe Rose Bowl this weekend.

Notre Dame (7-5) made its sea-son by upsetting the Trojans. Itsteam had lost to USC eight times ina row before winning last Saturday.

The Bruins were drubbed byArizona State, 55-34, on Nov. 26,nearly a week before its scheduledgame against USC.

BY TIM REYNOLDSAP SPORTS WRITER

MIAMI – When it comes to theMiami Heat, it almost seems likethere’s no choice between loving‘em or hating ‘em.

Most hate ‘em.Booing, sure, that’s a given.

Happens in every arena in theleague, even sometimes their own.Hawkers of “Beat The Heat” T-shirts in Orlando were busy whenMiami visited there last week. InPhiladelphia, Dwyane Wade gotjeered more loudly than ever, get-ting no love in the city where it’sallegedly brotherly. And the onlytime LeBron James draws applauseon the road is when something goeswrong.

Which, to the delight of manyin the NBA, is happening far moreoften than anyone expected.

“I want them to lose all theirgames,” Dallas owner Mark Cubansaid.

Hey, they’re coming closer tothat than many ever imagined.

A team that expected magnifi-cence is getting mediocrity instead— a 9-8 record entering Monday’sgame against Washington. The Heatbegan the day in sixth place in theEastern Conference, a half-gameahead of the New York Knicks. Ifthe Heat had that record in the West,they’d be barely hanging on to thefinal playoff spot.

And this week, James goesback to Cleveland for the first timeas a visiting player. For as harshly asthe Heat have been received untilnow, Thursday’s trip to a cityscorned by its longtime hero mightprove downright venomous.

“If you lose, no one’s going tobe happy, nor should they be,” Heat

coach Erik Spoelstra said.Well, actually, plenty of people

are happy about it — the rest of theNBA, for starters.

From the moment that Jamesmade his decision on July 8 to playfor Miami, the Heat knew this wascoming. They knew they wouldcarry the biggest bulls-eye in theNBA, even though the Los AngelesLakers are the defending championsand the Boston Celtics are the reign-ing kings of the Eastern Conference.

“As an opposing player, you’regoing to have those boos, no matterwhat,” James said. “I had those booswhen I was a Cleveland Cavalierand I’m having them again as aHeat.”

Taking hits from across theleague, that’s one thing.

Taking hits from one another,that’s the latest issue.

James bumped Spoelstra dur-ing a time-out in Dallas on Saturdaynight, a shoulder-to-shoulder bumpthat may have been unintentional,may have been out of frustration,may have been intended to send amessage. James reached backinstantly, almost as if making anapology, but no matter — by thetime that quarter was over, the playwas already on YouTube and theTwitterverse was buzzing that thetwo-time NBA MVP just hit hiscoach.

“A perfect case of overspecula-tion on this team,” Spoelstra said.

Yes, but to that fire, the Heatadded plenty of fuel.

Spoelstra said he will notchange his coaching style — “I’mgoing to demand, push, prod. A lotof times players don't know what isneeded for a team to breakthrough,” he said — and, at least

BY JANIE MCCAULEYAP SPORTS WRITER

SANTA CLARA, Calif. —Frank Gore’s season is over — andwhat a hit for the San Franciscooffense.

The 49ers placed their star run-ning back on season-ending injuredreserve Tuesday. Gore fractured hisright hip during the Niners’ 27-6 winat Arizona on Monday night and wasscheduled to undergo further tests todetermine the severity of the injury.The team made the announcementless than two hours after Mike

Singletary’s weekly news conference,then released a statement from thecoach.

“It is unfortunate that we had toplace Frank on IR,” Singletary said.“He is not only a great football player,but a tremendous leader. He playswith such passion and desire, twotraits that will serve him well as herecovers from the injury.”

Singletary said he wasn’t surewhen Gore got hurt. The two-time ProBowler, in his sixth NFL season, ranfor 853 yards and three touchdownsthis season and also caught a team-leading 46 passes for 452 yards andtwo TDs. Gore’s 24 100-yard rushinggames are the most in 49ers franchisehistory.

Losing him is a big blow for SanFrancisco, which at 4-7 is only a gameout in the NFC West despite an 0-5start.

The 49ers actually hid Gore’shelmet from him on the sidelinebecause he wanted to stay in thegame.

San Francisco also placed widereceiver Dominique Zeigler on IRwith a torn anterior cruciate ligamentin his left knee.

For now, Brian Westbrook androokie Anthony Dixon will be called


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Born in England to a family ofNigerian immigrants, AdewaleAkinnuoye-Agbaje has built his act-ing career in television and block-buster films that span action, dramaand comedy. His face is familiar tomillions of TV viewers for his rolesas Mr. Eko in “Lost,” and SimonAdebisi in the cult HBO prisondrama, “Oz.” Akinnuoye-Agbaje’swork stands out because of his abili-ty to bring multi-dimensional char-acters across cultural and nationalborders. He co-stars with DwayneJohnson in “Faster,” opening thisweek — in which Akinnuoye-Agbaje plays a Southern evangelistpreacher. His next project is evenmore of a challenge. The SkannerNews’ Lisa Loving spoke with himabout his art, his motivations, andthe secret of his wide-ranging career.

The Skanner News: Where areyou right now?

Adewale: Right now I’m inNottingham, it’s a town about threehours north of London. I’m on theset of my latest film, “Best LaidPlans,” which is a modern adapta-tion of the book “Of Mice and Men,”in which I’m playing the Lennycharacter.

TSN: Wow.Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje:

A 37-year-old man with a seven-year-old mentality. Very, very chal-lenging.

TSN: That’s quite a literaryrole.

AAA: That’s right. It’s quite a

leap from our friend the Evangelist,let’s put it that way, in “Faster.”Both of these roles are very differentin nature, and challenge me toextend my range. That’s why I real-ly loved being the Evangelist,because he’s embedded in part of theBlack American history that I relish,you know, Martin Luther King-esque kind of feel. But, there’s agreat arc in the character, you seewho he was before. Obviously beingBritish, it’s an opportunity for me toget into another culture, anotheraccent, another language. And, thenwith the full regalia — the choir —it’s just one of those roles, as anactor, you relish. Certainly I was,being part of that African-Americansnippet of history.

TSN: You know what’s reallyinteresting, looking at your historyof films, you have a foot in so manydifferent cultures, and it’s really fas-cinating to hear you talk about yourrelationship with African-Americanculture. I mean as a Brit, and as achild of Nigerian immigrants — Iwould have to describe you as a real-ly truly international person. So,what is your relationship withAfrican-American culture?

AAA: Well, I mean really, it’s asource of inspiration and the founda-tion of my career, to be honest. Imean obviously being an immigrant,or the son of immigrants that migrat-ed to England, I was placed inEngland at a time when there was alot of racial tension and just anunwillingness to accept the immi-grant population. In fact we were the

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BY KIMBERLY C. ROBERTSSPECIAL TO THE NNPA FROMTHE PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE

As the legend and the legacy ofMichael Jackson continues to grow,fans and curiosity seekers world-wide still have a voracious appetitefor his music, his magic, and hismystique. With that in mind, Epic/Legacy Recordings has released“Michael Jackson’s Vision,” mark-ing the first time that the entirelibrary of short films produced byJackson during his career has everbeen made available.

Packaged as a deluxe boxedset, “Michael Jackson’s Vision,”now available is stores, containsmore than 4 1/2 hours of content inthree DVDs, capturing the “entirespectrum” of Jackson’s pioneeringshort films that “transformed theentertainment industry with time-less, pop culture classics thattoday’s youth embrace with as muchpassion as their parents did a gener-

ation earlier.”The compilation consists of

more than 40 videos, 10 of thempreviously unavailable on DVD,and each presented in newlyrestored color and remastered audio.And, this release marks the debut ofthe short film for the R. Kelly com-position “One More Chance.”

The label states that the simul-taneous emergence of MTV as a tel-evision force and Jackson’s break-out as a global superstar providedthe most epochal musical/culturalshift since the Beatles. Seizing thepotential of MTV’s 24-hour reach,Jackson produced and starred in aseries of what would become iconicshort musical films that redefinedand established the perimeters, andparameters, of an entire new medi-um.

“Thriller,” Jackson’s wildlypopular short-form masterpiecedirected by John Landis (“AmericanWerewolf in London”), recentlybecame the first and only music

video to be inducted by the Libraryof Congress into the National FilmRegistry, an elite collection of onlya few hundred films.

“Michael Jackson’s Vision”includes the full-length versions of“Thriller” and “Black or White” aswell as the classic “Bad,” directedby Academy Award-winning film-maker Martin Scorsese. Alsoincluded in the boxed set areJackson’s collaborations with suchnoted film directors as JohnSingleton (“Remember the Time”),Spike Lee (“They Don’t Care AboutUs”) and David Fincher (“Who IsIt?”) as well as “Ghosts,” his rarely-seen collaboration with specialeffects legend Stan Winston.

The limited edition boxed-setincludes a third disc with bonus fea-tures, as well as a 60-page glossyhard-bound book that includesbehind-the-scenes photos fromJackson’s personal archives. And tothink that there was a time whenMTV wouldn’t show his videos.

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E V E N T LISTINGS 12/2010happening this month

12-04-10

TOWN HALL (OFFICE OF MIKEDAVIS) —

AssemblymanMike Davis(D-LosAngeles) willhold a utilitiestown hall Dec.4, 10 a.m. tonoon, to dis-cuss energyconservation,the cost ofenergy, spe-cial programsand new leg-islationregarding

utilities. Attendees willhave the opportunity to ask questions. Theevent will take place at the FAMERenaissance Center, 1968 W. AdamsBlvd., Los Angeles. Its purpose is toinform consumers of legislation concern-ing utilities and how it will have an impacton their household expenses. More infor-mation: (213) 744-2111.

LUNCHEON — The 31st Annual Kick-Off Luncheon will take place Dec. 4 at theLAX Marriott, 5855 W. Century Blvd.,Los Angeles. The aim of the event is toraise funds for Ruth Moore’s 45th AnnualChristmas Party, which will be put on byF. Ruth Moore V.S.O. Inc. The party willbe for at-risk youth. Tickets for the lunch-eon cost $60 per person and $600 pertable. Checks can be made out to F. RuthMoore V.S.O. Inc., P.O. Box 1380, LosAngeles, CA 90001. More information:www.frmvso.org.

HELP & HOPE FAIR (LA NHS) — TheHelp & Hope Fair will take place Dec. 4, 9a.m. to 2 p.m., at The Tabernacle, 321 N.Eucalyptus Ave., Inglewood. Los AngelesNeighborhood Housing Services (LANHS) is sponsoring the event in partner-ship with several entities. At the event,there will be HUD-certified housing agen-cies, lenders/servicers, and attorneys withinformation on foreclosure prevention andthe home-buying process, including downpayment assistance programs. Bank ofAmerica, Carrington, CitiMortgage andseveral others will be onsite working tohelp families. Information:http://www.lanhs.org. Information to signup: (888) 895-2647, [email protected].

12-05-10

LUNCHEON (SPEAKLA.COM) — Aluncheon honoring grandparents and care-givers will take place Dec. 5, 1:30 to 3:30p.m., at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel atLAX, 6101 W. Century Blvd., LosAngeles. The event will be presented bythe Wiley Center for Speech and Language

Development. Tickets, more information:www.speakLA.com, (310) 649-6199.

FILM ON MUMIA — A film screeningtitled “Justice on Trial: The Case ofMumia Abu-Jamal” will take place Dec. 5,7 p.m., at Downtown Independent, 251 S.Main St., Los Angeles. Doors open at 6:30p.m. Tickets, which cost $12 at the door,can also be purchased at http://downtown-independent.com. More information: (213)321-0575.

TENNIS TOURNAMENT(LAGARDÈRE UNLIMITED) —Several talents in U.S. tennis are teamingup to bring a charity tennis event to theManhattan Country Club in ManhattanBeach on Dec. 5: the Inaugural CharityChallenge. The format will consist of a ProAm, three exhibition matches and anevening party that includes surprise musi-cal guests and an auction — all held at theClub. The Boys and Girls Clubs ofAmerica and the UNC LinebergerComprehensive Cancer Center will benefitfrom the event. The Pro Am event will seeamateur participants test their skills againstsome of the greatest names in past, presentand future tennis. Other players alreadyconfirmed include former world No. 1 andthree-time grand slam winner LindsayDavenport and former world No. 1 andtwo-time U.S. Open champion TracyAustin, as well as African-American tennisplayer Sloane Stephens and Denis Kudla.There will also be exhibition matches tak-ing place at the country club. The matcheswill be a fan-friendly, close up showcaseof American tennis, spanning three genera-tions. The event will also feature celebrityumpires and live giveaways. Pro Am spotscost $3,500 and include a VIP box for theexhibition matches plus a table at theevening dinner/auction/party for partici-pants and their five guests. Grand Slamtables are available at $2,000 and includesix box seats to the exhibition and a tablefor six at the evening party. Exhibitionmatches will begin at 3 p.m., but ticketholders are also invited to come early andsee the Pro Am action, which begins at 10a.m. Courtside tickets are available nowand are priced at $100. For ticket sales, goto www.ticketalternative.com, and tosecure a Pro Am spot contact StuartDuguid at [email protected] or (202) 721-9571.

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COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS(YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS) —Best Start, a program from First 5 LA thatis designed to help infants and toddlers getoff to a good start in life, is holding com-munity discussions in December.Attendees will have the opportunity tolearn what Best Start can mean for theirfamilies and communities. One Best Startdiscussion will take place Dec. 6, 1 to 4

p.m., at the Maxine Waters EmploymentPreparation Center in the Mobley Multi-purpose Room. The center is at 10925 S.Central Ave., Los Angeles. Refreshmentswill be served. A second discussion willtake place Dec. 14, 5 to 8 p.m., at theRita D. Walters Learning Complex in thegymnasium, 915 W. Manchester Ave.,Los Angeles. Dinner will be served.Transportation and childcare are availableupon request. For reservations, contactTina Chinakarn, program officer, at (213)482-7521 or [email protected].

12-07-10

OPEN HOUSE (YOUNG COMMUNI-CATIONS) — Hollywood’s BlessedSacrament School invites neighbors andparents to visit its historic campus Dec. 7,from 10 am to noon. The pre-K to 8th-grade school recently added a separatepreschool for 3- to 5-year-olds. The school is at 6641 Sunset Blvd.,Hollywood, adjacent to the Blessed Sacrament Church. Enter the school grounds from CassilPlace, east of the school building. Youmay park there for free. More information: (323) 467-4177,www.schoolblessedsacrament.org.

12-08-10

WORKSHOP — “Feeling Good AboutDoing Good: What You Need to KnowAbout Representing Non-Profits orSitting on the Board of a Non-Profit” isa workshop that will take place Dec. 8,noon, and is also scheduled for next yearon Jan. 12. Some topics for the Dec. 8workshop include government regulation,legal checkups and more. The workshopwill take place at 300 S. Beverly Drive,Beverly Hills. Cost, more information:http://www.bhba.org/intus/event3/signup.asp?event_id=2759.

12-09-10

COMEDY (PLANETPIX MEDIA &ENTERTAINMENT GROUP) — Acomedy tour, titled “FUNATICAL:Taking Comedy to the Extreme,” willcome to Los Angeles Dec. 9 at TheComedy Store, at 8433 W. Sunset Blvd.The aim of the tour is to unify allAmericans. “FUNATICAL” features anIndian Jewish comedian, a black Muslimconvert, an Arab Jewish performer, a halfIranian/half black performer, Hinducomedians and more. “FUNATICAL”will also take place at Beyond the StarsPalace theater in Glendale (at 417 1/2 N.Brand Blvd.) on Dec. 10, and the LosAngeles Theatre Center (at 514 S. SpringSt.) on Dec. 11. The tour’s motto is “WeCome in Peace.” More information:www.funaticalcomedy.com, www.planet-pixproductions.com/blog/?p=57.

12-11-10

COLORS OF CHRISTMAS (CITY OFCERRITOS) — For 17 seasons, theColors of Christmas extravaganza hastaken place at the Cerritos Center for the

Performing Arts

Mike Davis

PeaboBryson

James Ingram

Oleta Adams

(CCPA) with holiday melodies and popmusic. This yearly celebration returnswith two-time Grammy winner PeaboBryson again headlining an array ofentertainers that include James Ingram,gospel great Oleta Adams, and Grammywinner Stephanie Mills. Backed by a fullorchestra and a gospel choir, Bryson,Ingram, Adams and Mills individuallyand collectively deliver greatest hits andyuletide favorites in the Colors ofChristmas. Performances are at 8 p.m. onDec. 11 and 3 p.m. on Dec. 12. Tickets,priced from $50 to $95, can be pur-chased at the CCPA Ticket Office, atwww.cerritoscenter.com, or by calling(562) 467-8818. The center is at 12700Center Court Drive, Cerritos. More tick-et or event information: (562) 467-8818,to www.cerritoscenter.com.

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ART SHOWCASE (JEFFCLEMENTS) — Dr. Jeffery A.Clements’ artwork is being displayed aspart of his latest “Nostalgic Pastimes”showcase through Dec. 11. His work isbeing showcased at the FrameStoregallery, 8692 Washington Blvd., CulverCity. Clements was on the scene fouryears ago with fine arts drawings ofdilapidated houses. His artwork will beon display from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.,Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 6p.m. on the weekend. Information: (310)837-4531.

HOW WE ROLL (CAAM) — TheCalifornia African American Museum(CAAM) is presenting “How We Roll,”an exhibition featuring AfricanAmericans in skateboarding and surfing.“How We Roll” takes the viewer throughan historical step-by-step voyage of howsurfing evolved into skateboarding, thekinship with roller-skating, and how“The Roll” created a cultural revolutionthat has influenced many parts of popu-lar culture over the past four decades.This exhibition is free to the public, andbegan its six-month run on July 28 atCAAM, 600 State Drive, Los Angeles.The exhibit will conclude Jan. 2, 2011.When entering the museum, viewers cansee artwork in an 11,000-square-footenclosed modern courtyard. The 5,100cubic feet of wall space allows the skate-boarders (who are also the artists, pho-tographers, musicians and much more) tocreate large-scale installations. Central tothe exhibition is a Skater’s Gallery fea-turing action pictures, personal stories,skater bios, magazine covers,decks/boards and artwork from manylegendary skateboarders. Other sectionsof the exhibition expound upon the influ-ence of musical genres such as punkrock, hip-hop, jazz and reggae on theindustry and culture, and the importanceof the skate shop as the core or hub ofthe culture. More information: www.caa-museum.org.

PLAY (DC PUBLICITY) — “MuchAdo About Nothing” will continue itsrun until Dec. 19 at the Kirk DouglasTheatre in Culver City. This productionof William Shakespeare’s “Much AdoAbout Nothing” will be the first full-


scale,indoor production presented by theShakespeare Center. The performingcompany of 17 actors and musicians willinclude Chris Butler, Helen Hunt,Anthony Manough, Sara Watkins andothers. The choreographer is JulieArenal. Director Ben Donenberg has setthis production on a California vineyard.In a press release, he is quoted as saying,“We are thrilled about Helen Hunt andTom Irwin playing Beatrice andBenedick – they are both picture perfectto play these parts because they can sobeautifully explore how two people witha rocky unresolved past can drop theirdefenses and pretenses, rediscover eachother, and find a new way to love.”Ticket cost $35 to $70, and premiumtickets are also available. Ticket informa-tion: (213) 628-2772, centertheatre-group.org/muchado. The Kirk DouglasTheatre is at 9820 Washington Blvd.,Culver City.?More information:www.shakespearecenter.org, www.face-book.com/shakescenter.

CIVIL RIGHTS EXHIBITIONS(MOT) — “The Courage” and “ParaTodos Los Ninos” exhibits at theMuseum of Tolerance (MOT) will runthrough Dec. 13. These exhibits highlightin separate but related installations thecontributions of both Latinos andAfrican-Americans to the Civil RightsMovement. “Courage” is the story of theRev. Joseph Delaine and some citizens ofClarendon County, S.C., who, in 1950,brought a lawsuit to challenge racial seg-regation in schools that led to the land-mark Supreme Court decision in Brownv. Board of Education. This interactive,multimedia presentation depicts what lifewas like for African Americans living inthe South during this time and features adiorama of a fire-bombed church, and re-creations of the separate and unequalclassrooms that existed at the time. Also,while most people know about desegre-gation in the South, a separate exhibit atthe museum, “Para Todos Los Ninos:Fighting Segregation in California,”focuses on a lesser-known case: the storyof the landmark case in SouthernCalifornia that took place almost 10years before Brown v. Board ofEducation. This new bilingual exhibition

shows the history of segregation inCalifornia through the personal story ofthe Mendez family and their struggle toend school segregation. Their sacrificesresulted in the closing of not onlyMexican-American schools but alsoabolishing segregated schools for Asian-American and Native-American childrenas well. The museum is at 9786 W. PicoBlvd. (at the southeast corner of PicoBoulevard and Roxbury Drive), LosAngeles. More information: (310) 553-8403.

“GREAT EXPECTATIONS” (ANW)— A Noise Within (ANW), the classicalrepertory theater company, offers achoice for family holiday entertainmentwith Charles Dickens’ “GreatExpectations.” The production, which isthe West Coast premiere of a stage adap-tation by Neil Bartlett, plays throughDec. 19. Special rates for groups (10 ormore) and school groups are available.“Great Expectations” is the story of Pip,orphaned as an infant and thrust into achildhood of cruel poverty, who clings tothe hope of a brighter life. On a rain-swept winter’s eve, great tidings arrive:An anonymous benefactor hasanointed Pip heir to a tremendousfortune, setting into motion a life’sjourney ripe with wonder, heart-break and finally triumph. A NoiseWithin is at 234 S. Brand Blvd.,Glendale. To purchase tickets or fora full season brochure, call (818)240-0910, ext.1, visitwww.ANoiseWithin.org.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN (ERT)— Phylicia Rashad is set to makeher Los Angeles directorial debutwith a production of LorraineHansberry’s classic play “A Raisinin the Sun.” Ebony RepertoryTheatre is returning this play to LosAngeles. Preview performances begin onMarch 23, 2011, at the Nate HoldenPerforming Arts Center, 4718 W.Washington Blvd., Los Angeles. Singletickets are on sale. Rashad has starred inmany films including: “For ColoredGirls Who Have Considered SuicideWhen the Rainbow is Enuf,” “JustWright,” “Free of Eden,” and severalother movies. Her television credits

include Clair Huxtable in “The CosbyShow.” “A Raisin in the Sun” will playfrom March 23 to April 17, 2011. Ticket,showtime and more information:www.ebonyrep.org.

EXHIBITION (CSU DOMINGUEZHILLS) — “Winston Hewitt: ARetrospective Exhibition of his Paintingsand Prints,” will continue through Dec. 8.Hewitt (1922 to 2006) had a long career,including a profession as an artist and pro-fessor of French literature at CaliforniaState University, Dominguez Hills. His artis the summary expression of his “authen-tic interests.” Colored landscapes andprints by Hewitt will be on display in thisvisual celebration of his life. The openingreception will take place from 5:30 to 7:30p.m. on Nov. 10. Admission is free. Thegallery, in La Corte Hall A-107, is openfrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday throughThursday. It will be closed for Veteran’sDay, Nov. 11. CSU Dominguez Hills is at1000 E. Victoria St., Carson. Visitor park-ing permits may be purchased for $4 atdispensing machines in each campus lot.More information about Hewitt: www.win-stonhewitt.org. Event information: (310)

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BY ELDER JASONMALVEAUXBETHESDA TEMPLECHURCH, LOS ANGELES

Scripture: St Mark16:17-18

This season ofAdvent brings to the fore-ground of our thoughts theentrance of Jesus, theChrist, onto the worldstage. We consider themeaning, impact and mes-sage of the baby born in amanger under a celestialmiracle. We also take timeto contemplate what Hislife and ministry means ona personal level.

Inarguable is the im-pact of Jesus Christ on thehistory of the human race.The name of Jesus hasoutstripped the heroicstature of any that camebefore Him or after. Morethan a world leader, peaceadvocate, or spiritualteacher, Jesus’ name haswon the hearts of billionsthe world over.

Jesus is revered notonly for the virtuousnature of His character,but also for the mysticalaffect of His Name. H.G.Wells solidifies my claimby saying, “I am an historian, I amnot a believer, but I must confess asa historian that this pennilesspreacher from Nazareth is irrevoca-bly the very center of history. JesusChrist is easily the most dominantfigure in all history.”

No other figure is so loved likeJesus. However, this fact would bearlittle consequence had it not beenfor the mystical, spiritual power ofHis name. No other name underheaven has been responsible forphysical healings, whole life sus-tainable transformation, and drivingout the power of demons except thename of Jesus.

Some people utilize the nameof Jesus as a defensive weapon

against perceived spiritual attackwhile others gain personal strengthand power from the use of Hisname. Apparently, the authority inHis name can not be faked. Onemust be connected, leagued, andlocked in with Jesus in order to uti-lize the influence of His name.

Such an ability to influencephysical outcomes by spiritualmeans is the right of all who carrythe name of Jesus Christ in them.This gifting, this impartation to youfrom the Holy Spirit is made evidentto serve others. 1 Corinthians 12:7& 11 states, “The Spirit has giveneach of us a special way of servingothers… But it is the Spirit who doesall this and decides which gifts to

give to each of us.” Therefore, in the

worship service, we arecharged to be mindful thepresence of those whomay not understand andare therefore closed to thepossibility of supernaturalimpartation. The agentthat keeps the visitor fromthinking we are “crazy,”opening his heart to JesusChrist is our orderly con-duct and the love withwhich we express the giftsof the Holy Spirit.

The fact is the lamewalk on a fairly regularbasis in the church. Thedeaf ear is opened.Moreover, the demonicforces are commandedand expected to leaveindividuals quite regular-ly. However, such activityis not regular in the world.The world seeks the guid-ance of professional coun-selors, doctors, and thelike because they are com-pletely unfamiliar withand therefore have nofaith in the influence ofthe name of Jesus.

As we hasten towardto history’s closing hourswe should also return to aresolute sense of the awe-

some power of the name of Jesus.Not only should we press in to thecharacter of Jesus as an influencerof our daily decisions, but also ofour health and spiritual well-being.While we recognize with great clar-ity the effects of Jesus personalityon the human historical front evi-dent in the dedication that men haveexhibited toward him, we are alsoaware that He is much more.

He promised to be with us tothe end of the age. He is indeed withus because the power of His name isstill as effective as He promised itwould be to those who believe.

May we ever love, honor,revere, and glory in the wonderfulname of Jesus.

The Wonderful Name of Jesus

Elder Jason Malveaux

Willis F.E. Edwards, who is California’s representative to theNational Board of the NAACP and First Vice President of the BeverlyHills/Hollywood branch, was honored at the 10th Annual “Heroes in theStruggle” awards ceremony. The ceremony was held annually on WorldAIDS Day, in order to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and to honorindividuals who have made outstanding contributions in the fight againstHIV/AIDS in black communities.

Edwards has a long and distinguished history in progressive politicsand activism, and has been a longtime member of the NAACP. In 1967he founded the NAACP Image Awards show, which is still the premiereawards show honoring people of color in film, television, music and lit-erature. In 1986 Edwards helmed production of the first ceremony to betelevised nationally on NBC.

Edwards was diagnosed with AIDS in the 1990s. Undeterred, hecontinued his involvement in civil rights activism, helping Rosa Parksearn a seat next to then-First Lady Hillary Clinton at the 1999 State of theUnion address. He is still the Vice President of Development andPlanning for the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute in Detroit. Edwardsalso began working with the Minority AIDS Project to prevent and raiseawareness about HIV/AIDS among people of color. An estimated 1.1million people in the United States today live with AIDS, 51 percent ofwhom are African American.

“Willis Edwards is an inspiration to a new generation of activists,”said NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock. “Through his continued commit-ment to civil rights, as well as his outspoken crusade against AIDS, Willishas always stood up for what he believes in and has done so with convic-tion and humility. We should all remember his mantra, ‘Do what you canfrom where you are.’ ”

“Willis Edwards personifies the dedication to civil rights that hasdefined the NAACP over our one-hundred year history,” said NAACPPresident & CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. “Even after being diagnosedwith a life-altering illness, Willis continued his life work with the samepassion and imagination that he always brought to it. We are proud thathe is being given this prestigious honor.”

Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest civilrights organization. Its members throughout the United States and theworld are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities,conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in thepublic and private sectors.

Person of the WeekNAACP Board MemberWillis Edwardshonored at World AIDSDay ceremonyCalifornia representative celebrated forcontributions to fight against HIV/AIDS

Willis F.E. Edwards

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first Black British generation thatwas born there, so we got the bruntof that. Any time there’s any kind ofsomething new there’s alwaysteething problems, and it took theform of a skinhead subculture, so Iwas subjected to a lot of racism andbrutality growing up.

And, what always gave mehope and inspiration was actuallywatching images on the TV fromthings like “The Cosby Show,”“Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” because itreally signified to me that there wasanother reality for me as a Blackman. And, the moment I got theopportunity I just leapt at it. I didn’tknow at that point what I wanted todo, I just knew what I didn’t want to

do and what I didn’t want to be atthat time.

So it provided a gateway for mydreams. And again just watching thestruggle of the African Americans,coming through slavery, civil rights,to the African Americans as weknow them today, it was inspiring tome. I remember reading Malcolm X,as a teenager, his book, and that wasvery influential for me as a teenagergrowing up, you know as a source ofidentity. And, just how to basicallyapproach life and feel proud of your-self as a Black man. So, the AfricanAmerican culture has for me beenvery significant in my developmentas a Black man and also as an artist.Many of the artists inspired me, and

not just African American artists —Hollywood’s great movies.

TSN: One of the things I’malways curious about artists such asyourself is who are the other artistsor people who inspired you to dowhat you do.

AAA: There’s a whole range. Ilike the classic era of Hollywood —Peter Lorre, Kirk Douglas, youknow, some of those greats, right upthrough Daniel Day Lewis, JeffreyWright, Sean Penn, because for methey signify the artistry in our craft,and they always seek the truth intheir characters and in their perform-ance. So I always aim to emulate that

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BY MARC H.MORIALNNPA COLUMNIST

As recently re-ported in The WallStreet Journal, Whilecentrist Democratsbore the brunt of themidterm electionlosses, members ofthe Black and His-panic caucuses won56 of 60 re-electionbids. The more than40 returning African-American membersof Congress and atleast five new onesare coming to Wash-ington fired up anddetermined to beatback the comingattacks on the pro-gressive agenda thecountry voted for in2008.

As a result of theelections, seven newAfrican Americanswill be sworn-in asnew House memberson Jan. 5. These include two TeaParty endorsed Black Republicans— Tim Scott, of South Carolina,and Allen West, of Florida, — andthe first Black woman ever to repre-sent the state of Alabama, TerriSewell.

A native of Selma, Sewell (D-AL) comes from a politically activefamily that placed a strong emphasison education. Her mother was thefirst African American womanelected to the Selma City Council.Sewell is a graduate of bothPrinceton and Harvard Law Schooland currently works as a publicinterest lawyer in Birmingham.High on her legislative priorities listis job creation, health care, and helpfor Black farmers.

Karen Bass (D-CA) of LosAngeles is the nation’s first Blackwoman State Assembly Speaker.She will represent California ’s 33rdCongressional District in the U.S.Congress. Congresswoman-electBass is a graduate of Cal StateDominguez Hills and the Universityof California School of MedicinePhysician Assistant Program. Shecredits having led the Californiastate assembly during the state’s his-toric fiscal crisis for giving her agrassroots understanding of what itwill take to cure the nation’s eco-nomic woes.

Hansen Clarke (D-MI) ofDetroit, assumes the House seatoccupied by U.S. Rep. CarolynCheeks Kilpatrick for the past 14years. A graduate of Cornell Uni-versity , Clarke formerly served as amember of the Michigan House and

State Senate. He brings years of leg-islative experience and a trackrecord of bi-partisan accomplish-ment to his new role. He says thathelping the people of Detroit navi-gate the often confusing labyrinth offederal benefits and services avail-able to them will be a major focus inCongress.

Cedric Richmond (D-LA) wona landslide victory over one-termLouisiana Congressman Anh JosephCao. A lifelong resident of NewOrleans, Richmond is a graduate ofMorehouse College, Tulane LawSchool, and the Harvard Universityexecutive program. He has servedas a member of the Louisiana Houseof Representatives since 2000 andcreated a new markets tax credit,which has steered more than $250million in investment to the state’shurricane-ravaged areas.

With a personality as bold asher big, stylish Stetsons, FredericaWilson (D-FL) will be occupyingthe House seat previously held byFlorida’s Kendrick Meeks. Con-gresswoman-elect Wilson is a for-mer teacher, principal, and schoolboard member who vows to carryher fight for resource equity to hallsof Congress.

All of these new African-American members bring freshideas and energy to the U.S.Congress. For the sake of our nationand our communities, here’s hopingthey make the right kind of differ-ence.

Marc H. Morial is presidentand CEO of the National UrbanLeague.

Hunger in a season of plenty To Be Equal

New African-AmericanCongress memberselected in midterms

BY JULIANNE MALVEAUXNNPA COLUMNIST

Thanksgiving. I don’tknow how many times Imoved away from a table,full as I could be with foodand fellowship, friendshipand renewal. Goodwillabounds with a specialsweetness as I offer andaccept hugs from friendsI’ve not seen in a year. Andthe food — always foodbecause it is one of theways that we express loveand connection — is boun-tiful; turkey, greens, macand cheese, gumbo, chick-en, ribs, and yams. Not allat one time, to be sure, butthere were a lot of folk thatput their foot in some potsthis thanksgiving weekend.

If I had not already feltfortunate, a report from theFood Research and ActionCenter puts my bountifulweekend into perspective. While myfriends and I ate well, almost 18 per-cent of Americans said they strug-gled to afford enough food to feedthemselves during the last year. Thenumber who are hungry droppedfrom 18.6 percent a year ago to 17.7percent, still one in five Americanscannot afford enough food.

Poor people are the most likelyto experience food insecurity, andwe know who the poor are. They areAfrican American and Latino. Theyare very young or very old. They arelikely to live in Mississippi,Arkansas, Alabama, Missouri,Georgia or Texas. They depend onfederal aid for food stamps andother assistance, and yet this aid isnow being considered for cuts bythe lame duck Congress.

There are signs that our reces-sion is abating, signs that moremoney is being spent, that more jobsare being generated. But the unem-ployment rate is still well over 9percent, and in the African Ameri-can community the real unemploy-ment rate may be as high as 28 per-

cent. If the recession is abating, ithas not trickled down to the peoplewho are hungry. With projectionsthat unemployment rates may stayhigh through 2011, the possibilitythat some people will have enoughto eat is bleak.

Our lives are rife with contra-dictions. Childhood obesity coexistswith extreme hunger, and yet child-hood obesity is a result of the waythat food is priced, the unavailabili-ty of healthy food in some neighbor-hoods, and our failure to providenutritional education to so many.First Lady Michelle Obama is to becommended for tackling childhoodobesity issues. Still, our lives arerife with contradictions and even asthere are obesity issues, our young-sters are barraged with advertise-ment touting fatty, fried, unhealthyfood.

The contradictions persistwhen we see food being discardedin one home while people are hun-gry in another. It shouldn’t takerocket science to connect thesehomes, and yet connections are so

weak that people are man-aging hunger just steps fromplaces of plenty. Whatmight we do to ensure thatthe bounty of the season isshared, that we celebrate aholiday season when not asingle person goes hungry?

I know dozens of folkwho turned out onThanksgiving Day to sharethe bounty of the season,serving meals and puttingtogether baskets for the hun-gry. In Greensboro, our ownBennett Professor Rev. EricCole’s Shalom CommunityChristian Church fed hun-dreds; efforts like his hap-pened all over the country.There is a symbolic richnessto feeding people onThanksgiving Day, but whowill feed them in February,in April, in June. This end ofthe year richness and gen-erosity is wonderful andimportant, yet it is not

enough. There are structural reasonsthat so many are poor, that so manyare hungry, that so many are out ofwork. Even as we manage thisrecession, there are some who arebecoming enriched by the chal-lenges that others face.

The Washington, D.C.-basedFood Research and Action Centerdeserves kudos for the work they doto keep the issue of hunger out front.This is a season when, for so manyof us, our cup runneth over withfood, with friendship, with energy.Is it possible that we can share theoverflow with those who are hungryand needy, by donating to importantcauses, by rolling our sleeves up andserving food, and most importantly,by working to change public policyaround poverty to ensure that thereis more work and that all who workcan earn a living wage? If we can’ttackle these issues, how can wepush back from a full table in goodconscience?

Julianne Malveaux is presidentof Bennett College for Women inGreensboro, N.C.


Julianne Malveaux

Marc Morial

and be around those kinds of actors,because I feel I’ll stretch out myreach and that’s what you want to doas an artist.

TSN: The obvious follow up is– when you look at the work you’vedone I can’t think of very manyactors who move so seamlesslybetween drama and action — “TheBourne Identity” action films,“Lost,” and “Ace Ventura: WhenNature Calls.” And I just rememberyou so well in that episode of“Monk.” That was one of thoseepisodes that make you cry! So howdo you do that? Do feel like that’sremarkable? Or do you have to puton a different hat? Because you justhave an ability to dig right into theemotional reality whether it’s silly orwhether people are being shot at orwhether it’s making this heartfelt

relationship within the script. What’syour secret?

AAA: I think my secret is thequest for truth in the character. And,I don’t want to cheat the audience ofan ounce of that truth. So, to me I justwant to give them every last drop ofmyself in portraying a characterbecause if they’re not passed throughthe performance being inspired thenI haven’t really done my job. And,also I think this is a personal quest —I enjoy the journey of discovering thecharacters, particularly with a char-acter like Monk and even theEvangelist — every time you closeyourself in with these characters,with the spirits of these characters,it’s a journey, and one that’s reallymeaningful and enjoyable. It’s some-thing that I think I was born to do.

I wouldn’t put it on somebody

because it’s not easy, migrating andgoing between these differentrealms. Certainly with Monk I wasup against an extremely good actor,Tony Shalhoub, who just makes thatprocess easy. And, even withDwayne in his movie — I think theaudience will be blown away by thelevel of the drama and the perform-ance, because I was. There werescenes where we really went for it,because it’s rare that you see two bigmen onscreen being that emotional,but, at the same time, still having thedignity and the masculinity of a man.There are a couple of lovely scenesthat we relished, but Dwayne wasjust on point, and he cried in thescenes several times; we only didtwo or three takes and nailed it. It’salways a pleasure when somebodycomes to work. And, he came.

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Trustee Sale No. CA09001261-10-1 . Loan No. 0020724746 Title Order No. 100463502-CA-GTI APN 6050-019-025 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED May 17, 2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TOPROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. On December 13, 2010, at 01:00 PM, At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building,350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA, MTC FINANCIAL Inc., dba Trustee Corps, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on May 24, 2007, as Instrument No. 20071261480 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA , executed by: ADOLFINA DE JESUS UITZ, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN , as Trustor, in favor of BEAR STEARNS RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLYDESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 817 AND 819 EAST 97TH STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90002 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest theron, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $429,243.05 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder`s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. DATE: November 18, 2010 MTC FINANCIALINC dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA09001261-10-1 . 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE ATwww.NoticeSolutions.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-786-5351 Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in Civil Code s 2923.53(k)(3) declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded or the time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in Civil Code Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to Civil Code Sections 2923.52. Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE.Ad #6707 2010-11-18 2010-11-25 2010-12-02

Trustee Sale # CA0946745-2 Loan# 1915315977 Order # 4168107 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST DATED 01/06/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. On 12/09/2010 at 01:00PM, MTC FINANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 01/13/2006 as Document No. 06 0089920 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, TELMA M. MARROQUIN, A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor, MORTGAGEIT, INC., as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). AT: At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State describing the land therein: APN # 2747-020-011 AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 21726 MERRIDYSTREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 91311 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee's Sale is: $471,026.39 (estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof.Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 Does X Does not apply pursuant to

section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 11/18/2010 MTC FINANCIALINC., DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By:CLARISA GASTELUM, TRUSTEE SALES OFFICER TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)786-5351, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 [email protected] #7175 2010-11-18 2010-11-25 2010-12-02

Trustee Sale # CA0947980-3 Loan# 3002777732 Order # 090439055 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST DATED 02/20/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. On 12/09/2010 at 01:00PM, MTC FINANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 02/28/2007 as Document No. 20070428726 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, JORGE HERNANDEZ AND LISBETH HERNANDEZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, MORTGAGENT, INC, as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). AT: At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State describing the land therein: APN # 5019-013-013 AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 633-635 WEST 43RD ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90037 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee's Sale is: $617,199.50 (estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.The Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 11/18/2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC., DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By: CLARISA GASTELUM, TRUSTEE SALES OFFICER TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)786-5351, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 [email protected] #7186 2010-11-18 2010-11-25 2010-12-02

Trustee Sale # CA0932393-3 Loan# 1009806546 Order # 090070180 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST DATED 03/12/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. On 12/09/2010 at 01:00PM, MTC FINANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 03/16/2007 as Document No. 20070590882 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, SANTOS PORTILLO. A SINGLE MAN, as Trustor, JUST MORTGAGE, INC., as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). AT: At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State describing the land therein: APN # 5402-021-036 AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2419 2421 AND 2421 ½ KENT STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90026 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee's Sale is: $719,219.00 (estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made

a part hereof. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 11/18/2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC., DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By: CLARISA GASTELUM, TRUSTEE SALES OFFICERTRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)786-5351, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 [email protected] Ad #7189 2010-11-18 2010-11-25 2010-12-02

Trustee Sale # CA0939348-1 Loan# 1915357296 Order # 4073237 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST DATED 04/19/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. On 12/09/2010 at 01:00PM, MTC FINANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 04/26/2006 as Document No. 06 0912076 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, ALEJANDRO L. OLIVARES, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, MORTGAGEIT, INC., as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). AT: At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State describing the land therein: APN # 2507-006-073 AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 12459 RALSTON AVENUE #B, LOS ANGELES (SYLMAR AREA), CA 91342 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee's Sale is: $342,296.07 (estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 __ Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 11/18/2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC., DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By: CLARISA GASTELUM, TRUSTEE SALES OFFICERTRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)786-5351, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 [email protected] #7192 2010-11-18 2010-11-25 2010-12-02

Trustee Sale # CA0940891-2 Loan# 1008814582 Order # 090258980 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST DATED 11/03/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. On 12/28/2010 at 01:00PM, MTC FINANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 11/15/2006 as Document No. 20062523411 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, AMELIA TRIGUEROS, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, as Trustor, LOANEX FUNDING, as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). AT: At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State describing the land therein: APN # 6088-019-009 AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 833 WEST 118TH, LOS ANGELES, CA 90044 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee's Sale is: $402,983.74 (estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore

executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof.Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 12/02/2010 MTC FINANCIALINC., DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By: CLARISA GASTELUM, TRUSTEE SALES OFFICER TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)786-5351, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 [email protected] Ad #7555 2010-12-02 2010-12-09 2010-12-16

Trustee Sale # CA0949538-1 Loan# 1009024173 Order # 090476437 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST DATED 12/21/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. On 12/27/2010 at 01:00PM, MTC FINANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 12/28/2006 as Document No. 06 2881056 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, JOSE REYES, A SINGLE MAN, as Trustor, INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B., AFEDERALLY CHARTERED SAVINGS BANK, as Beneficiary, WILLSELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). AT: At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CAThe property heretofore described is being sold "as is". All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State describing the land therein: APN # 5484-001-026 AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 5740 MERIDIAN STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90042 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee's Sale is: $401,379.19 (estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 12/02/2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC., DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By: CLARISA GASTELUM, TRUSTEE SALES OFFICERTRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)786-5351, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 [email protected] #7623 2010-12-02 2010-12-09 2010-12-16

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publicly, none of the Heat playershave demanded change.

But tensions are unquestion-ably high.

After that game, the Heat helda players-only meeting for 40 min-utes. And on Monday, Spoelstra washardly getting votes of confidencefrom players like Wade, who saidno one — not coaches, not players— should feel good about the stateof things in the Heat world. Boshsaid in an on-court interview withESPN after a recent game that play-ers want to “chill” more than theywant to practice. Then came Jamesgiving Spoelstra the shoulder, coldor otherwise.

And on Monday, Wade — whohas had a close relationship with

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Spoelstra — said he wouldn’t referto him as “my guy” but rather “ourcoach.”

“When you go through stretch-es where you’re not playing up toyour capability, there’s alwayssomething wrong,” Wade said.“There’s always a problem. There’salways a big problem. It’s not any-thing we’re concerned with. ...Sometimes players and coaches getinto disagreements.”

Wade said he didn’t see theJames-Spoelstra interaction duringthat time-out, which came during ahorrific start to the second half byMiami.

“If there was a bump, it wasjust two guys walking at the sametime, just happened to bump eachother,” Wade said.

There’s been no shortage ofbumps in the road, though, for theHeat this season.

And given the star powerMiami has with James, Wade andBosh — not to mention a Hall ofFamer like Pat Riley overseeing thefranchise — everything the Heatsay and do gets analyzed like noother team in the league experi-ences.

“It’s just crazy,” Magic coachStan Van Gundy said, lookingincredulously around Orlando’spress room. “You play the Heat andit’s like double the crowd in here.My God, it’s like they’re the onlyteam in the league.”

For their part, the Heat don’tnecessarily enjoy that feeling either.

It’s not that they don’t get somesupport on the road. When RudyGay hit a gamewinner for Memphis,at home, to beat Miami on Nov. 20,he pointed toward a man in thestands — who just happened to bewearing a Heat jersey.

“I’ve never understood peopleto come into Memphis and wearingdifferent people’s jerseys and rootfor other teams,” Gay said. “Youcan have favorite players, but Inever understood that. The guy washeckling me. I was at home. Whyare you heckling me?”

That’s a rarity. When the Heattravel, most of the negativity isdirected their way.

“Sometimes for us it’s one of82, but for other teams they circle iton their calendar,” Bosh said. “Weall wanted this coming in, so we’regoing to have to deal with it and justovercome it.”

See HEAT HATERS, page 19

The USC-UCLA game couldbe the battle of the tailbacks — acontest between the Trojans’ MarcTyler and UCLA’s 1,000-yard manJohnathan Franklin.

On the national scene, AuburnUniversity’s star quarterback CamNewton brought his team back froma 24-point deficit to squeak byAlabama, 28-27, to remain unbeat-en as it gets set for the SEC champi-onship game against South Caro-lina Saturday in Atlanta.

On the field, Newton is theleading Heisman trophy candidate.

And the beat continues…The Minnesota Vikings re-

cently fired Brad Childress andhired 41-year-old Leslie Frazier —

a man of color — as his replace-ment. Frazier directed the Vikings toa 17-13 victory over the Washing-ton Redskins. His team’s record iscurrently 4-7. Up next, the Vikingswill battle it out with the BuffaloBills on Dec. 5.

Will the Cincinnati Bengals’Marvin Lewis be the next headcoach to get the boot? The 2-8Bengals were even beaten by theBuffalo Bills, 49-31.

They will play the New Or-leans Saints on Dec. 5.

And the beat continues…Guess who was honored Dec. 1

as the Sportswoman of the Year at arecent luncheon? Lisa Leslie, theex-L.A. Sparks WNBA great andgold-medal-winning Olympian.

The March of Dimes New Yorkdivision also honored ex-New York

Giants star Michael Strahan asSportsman of the Year.

Local player Kaleena Mos-queda-Lewis is on Mater DeiHigh’s basketball team, and USAToday recently ranked the team No.1 out of its Super 25 ranking.

And the beat continues…The back-to-back, world-

champion Los Angeles Lakers andKobe Bryant lost again Sundaynight as they were defeated by theIndiana Pacers, 95-92, at theStaples Center. Bryant hit for 41points in a losing cause.

In other news, Andrew Bynumcould return to the Lakers line upbefore Christmas. But there’s a pos-sibility that he might not.

And the beat ends.Brad Pye Jr. can be reached at

[email protected].

SPORTS BEATContinued from page 12

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Dealing with it when visiting28 different clubs will likely bemuch easier than dealing with whatawaits in Cleveland on Thursday.

The Cavaliers and the NBA aretaking extra security measures, theHeat are involved in some of thosedecisions, and James — who saidhe was leaving in a criticallyacclaimed hourlong special on tele-vision from Greenwich, Ct. —acknowledged last week that itmight not be the best idea for hisfamily and friends to attend thegame.

“If James had made the

announcement of his decision inCleveland and explained his rea-sons for leaving, fans still wouldn’thave liked it, but they would haveaccepted it better,” said Dr. JackRamsay, the former Heat broadcast-er who will call Thursday’s game inCleveland for ESPN Radio. “As itstands, emotions at this game willrun high.”

Hating the Heat could take ona whole new meaning.

“We’ll deal with that when weget there,” Spoelstra said. “Rightnow, we have enough to thinkabout.”

HEAT HATERSContinued from page 18

upon to carry a bigger load as the49ers make a quick turnaround toplay at Green Bay on Sunday.Westbrook had all of 10 touches thisseason before carrying 23 times for136 yards Monday, though Singletarywants to be cautious not to overworkWestbrook and risk injury.

“Frank is a big part of what wedo — heart, soul, everything hebrings is what you want,” Singletarysaid. “But thankfully, Brian West-brook is a mature, experienced leaderand we just have to be careful abouthow we use him and how much expo-sure we allow him to see. I think there

49ERSContinued from page 12

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)

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All proposals must be received on or before 2:30 p. m. Pacific Time, January11, 2011 at the address listed above, sent to the attention of Brian P.Mahaffey, Sr. CA. Proposals received later than the above date and time willbe rejected and returned to the proposer unopened.

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will be a good mixture between BrianWestbrook and Dixon. We’ll just haveto see how we do that.”

Westbrook, who sustained twoconcussions last season, had the mostyards and carries — in fact the fourth-most rushes of his career — againstthe Cardinals since Dec. 7, 2008,when he had 33 carries for 131 yardsagainst the Giants. “I saw him a cou-ple of times on the sideline, and hegave me a couple of ideas of differentthings to do,” Westbrook said ofGore's influence. “Frank is a competi-tor. He wants to be out there.

”So does Westbrook, who cameto San Francisco for a fresh start.

The 31-year-old Westbrook wasreleased by the Philadelphia Eagles inFebruary after an injury-filled 2009season. He wound up with the 49ersafter talking to several coaches fromvarious franchises.

Westbrook led the NFL with2,104 yards from scrimmage in 2007,but missed eight games last seasonwith a pair of concussions and anankle injury while scoring only two

touchdowns.Singletary said 23 carries could

be too much of a load for Westbrookat this stage of the season even con-sidering he hasn’t had much time onthe field so far.

Westbrook began this seasonhaving rushed for 5,995 yards and 37touchdowns on 1,308 carries in eightNFL seasons, all with the Eagles, andalso caught 426 passes for 3,790 yardsand 29 TDs.

“I used to choose the Eagleswhenever I played Madden Football,just so I could be Brian Westbrook,”rookie offensive lineman AnthonyDavis said after Monday’s game.

Also Tuesday, Singletary de-clared kicker Joe Nedney healthy andready to return from a right kneestrain and bone bruise. San Franciscowaived his two-week fill-in, ShaneAndrus.

The 49ers promoted safety ChrisMaragos and running back DeShawnWynn from the practice squad andreleased tackle Xavier Fulton fromthe practice squad.

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