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Hook, Line and Sinker

 
Consumer rights activists  from Food and Water Watch staged a symbolic Halloween-themed tug of war between a bunch of small-scale fishermen  and a couple of executive fishermen in suits during a press conference in Palisades Park on Wednesday, October 28, 2009.
 
Members from Food and Water Watch came together on tuesday to urge Senator Barbara Boxer to support small-scale fishermen and sustainable fishing over the privatization of our nation’s fisheries. This event was coordinated with communities from across the U.S. as part of a National Day of Action. In Santa Monica, local fishermen, environmental leaders, and community members gathered to oppose the implementation of catch share programs that could devastate our local fishing communities and threaten our ocean ecosystems through privatization.  Citizens will be helping to raise public awareness about this issue and calling Senator Boxer to urge her to support healthy oceans, long term well-being of coastal fishing communities, and consumer access to sustainable seafood by requesting congressional oversight hearings on using catch shares as a way to manage U.S. fisheries.
 
Food & Water Watch is a nonprofit consumer action organization that works to ensure safe, wholesome food produced in a humane and sustainable manner, and public rather than private control of water resources, including oceans, rivers and groundwater. The Food & Water Watch Fish Program works to promote clean, green, safe seafood for consumers, while helping to protect the environment and support coastal communities.

 

Posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 08:33AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

SCARY

(1) Jesse Quintanilla, 20, dressed as Bruno, competes in a Halloween costume contest during Santa Monica College's Club Row on Thursday, October 29, 2009. (2) Weland Bourne, 19, (right) and Cary Martin, 19, from the Gaming, Animation and Effects Club compete in the Halloween costume contest. Club Row is an annual event is designed for many clubs at SMC to recruit members and raise funds. Club participants set up colorful booths across the SMC Quad, where they discussed their activities to prospective members and attract a multitude of students with promises of food and prizes. The event turn's out new club devotees and at least a spark of interest in many others.

 

Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 02:43PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

HEAVY LOAD

(1) Jocelyn Schutte, 24, carries 6 pumpkins during the "All You Can Carry Pumpkin Patch at the Third Street Promenade on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. (2) Charlie Lucas, 21, carries 4 pumpkins during the "All You Can Carry Pumpkin Patch. (3) Chef From Houston's Peter Prime carry's pumpkins during the "All You Can Carry Pumpkin Patch. (4) Chef From Houston's Robert Harding carries pumpkins during the All You Can Carry Pumpkin Patch. (5) Jennifer Taft carries pumpkins during the "All You Can Carry Pumpkin patch at the Third Street promenade on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. (6) Santa Monica Police Captain Wendell Shirley, (center) Officer  Miguel Rodriguez, (left) and PAL Officer Austin Brown (right) carry pumpkins during the "All You Can Carry Pumpkin patch at the Third Street promenade on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. The pumpkins will be donates to the Santa Monica Police Activity League which will be decorated by the PAL youth and featured at the PALloween Carnival at Barker Hanger on Saturday. The PALloween Carnival is from 5pm to 9pm. Free entrance.

Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 04:16PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

ICE AGE

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's one and only acorn-loving Scrat demonstrates his skating abilities during the opening of the ice skating rink, ICE at Santa Monica, on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. ICE at Santa Monica is an 8000-square-foot outdoor ice rink in Downtown Santa Monica. ICE at Santa Monica will remain open daily through January 31, 2010, and admission is $10 and includes rental skates. For hours and more information, please go to http://www.downtownsm.com/about/winterlit.html.

Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 12:04AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

ICE at Santa Monica

(top) Figure Skater Ella Ales, 8, performs  during the opening of the ice skating rink, ICE at Santa Monica, on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. (above) Members of California Gold synchronizing team perform during the opening of  ICE at Santa Monica on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.  ICE at Santa Monica is an 8000-square-foot outdoor ice rink in Downtown Santa Monica. ICE at Santa Monica will remain open daily through January 31, 2010, and admission is $10 and includes rental skates. For hours and more information, please go to http://www.downtownsm.com/about/winterlit.html.

Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 09:05PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

HELPING HANDS

(top) Santa Monica Police Activities League (PAL) Officer Jennifer Sekera helps PAL member Juliana De La Cruz to ice skate during the opening of the ice skating rink, ICE at Santa Monica, on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. (above) Kate Corsmeier helps her daughter Ondine, 4, ice skate for the first time during the opening of  ICE at Santa Monica, on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. ICE at Santa Monica is an 8000-square-foot outdoor ice rink in Downtown Santa Monica. ICE at Santa Monica will remain open daily through January 31, 2010, and admission is $10 and includes rental skates. For hours and more information, please go to http://www.downtownsm.com/about/winterlit.html.

 

Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 09:03PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

SCRAT

(top) Champion Ice sculptures Peter Slavin and Kevin Roscoe chisel a 45 foot Ice sculpture at ICE at Santa Monica on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. (above) Civil Engineer Paul Chretien takes an electronic distance measurement of the giant ice sculpture at ICE at Santa Monica on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Downtown Santa Monica will set the Guinness World Record for the tallest ice sculpture in the world at the opening of the ice skating rink, ICE at Santa Monica, on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 4:00pm. In the likeness of Ice Age’s Scrat character, this historical event coincides with the DVD and Blu-ray disc release of Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs. The community and press are invited to witness the unveiling and adjudication by the Guinness World Records™.

The Scrat ice sculpture will stand at 45 feet tall, using 133,000 lbs of ice from across four states. The model was created by artists from Blue Sky Studios, and a team of 14 skilled sculptors from ICE Bulb LLC have been constructing the sculpture at ICE at Santa Monica since Friday, October 23, 2009.
According to Marc Entin, Owner of Ice Bulb LLC, “What makes this 100% free standing ice sculpture so unique is that it is happening in a warm weather climate.” A project like this would normally take more than four days, but because of the 80-degree plus weather in Downtown Santa Monica, time is a big factor. The team in place has been working nights so that they do not have to worry about the ice being exposed to the warm weather elements.

The current record for the Tallest Ice Sculpture is 40.28 feet and was achieved by Michel Amann (France) in Ski Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on April 20, 2006.

 

Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 11:36AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

DOG TOWN

Doug Smith paints a memorial for Dennis “Polar Bear” Agnew at Memorial Skatepark in Venice on Saturday, October 10, 2009.

Posted on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 04:21PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint
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