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Rick
‘Rockin Fig’
Fignetti,
Southern California
Surf Community Staple,
Dies at 64
Alexander Haro
R
ick “Rockin Fig” Fignetti, a staple of the
Southern California surfing community,
died of a heart attack on Friday, July 16.
He was 64 years old.
If you are a surfer in Southern California, you
have very likely heard the voice of Rockin’ Fig.
His distinct voice was behind the surf report on
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., /PRNewswire/ mission the last major discretionary permit needed to build
P
KROQ radio station for listeners across Southern
oseidon Water today announced the company has sub- the long-awaited seawater desalination plant as federal and
California for 25 years, and he was the announcer
mitted a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) applica- state government officials work on appropriating billions of
for countless surfing contests. Rockin’ Fig was a
tion to the California Coastal Commission for the dollars to water infrastructure projects designed to help com-
beloved member of the community; a fixture in
construction of the proposed Huntington Beach Desalination munities weather the effects of climate change. Earlier this
Huntington Beach who owned Rockin’ Fig Surf
Project ("Project"). The Project is in the final phase of its year the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed
Headquarters.
permitting process and Poseidon Water anticipates the its 2019 selection of the Project to receive up to $644 million
Fignetti was known for his long hair and
Coastal Commission's consideration of the CDP before the in credit assistance under the federal government's Water In-
goatee, along with his friendly smile and willing-
“
end of the year. frastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA). The
ness to help. His shop was a throwback to surf
WIFIA program accelerates investment in the nation's water
shops from a bygone era, when the doors would
infrastructure by providing long-term, low-cost supplemental
Poseidon Water has a lengthy loans for regionally and nationally significant projects.
close if the waves were good. Over the years, he
15-year history of working co- hired hundreds of young surfers to work in the
The benefits of the credit assistance provided by WIFIA to
shop. He wasn’t in it for the money — instead,
operatively with the Coastal the Huntington Beach Project will result in a direct financial
friends said, he ran the shop because he simply
Commission on the permitting pass through to Orange County water ratepayers, which Po-
”
loved everything about surfing.
seidon estimates will reduce consumer water costs by $290
of the proposed Huntington million over the life of the Project as compared to
Fignetti got his nickname from the same per-
Beach Desalination Project current financing options.
~ Poseidon Water Vice President
and Project Manager Scott Maloni About Poseidon Water
Poseidon Water is a private company that partners
"Poseidon Water has a lengthy 15-year history of working with public agencies to deliver water infrastructure
cooperatively with the Coastal Commission on the permitting projects. The company's primary focus is developing
of the proposed Huntington Beach Desalination Project," said large-scale reverse osmosis seawater desalination
Poseidon Water Vice President and Project Manager Scott plants implemented through innovative public-pri-
Maloni. "As California continues to grapple with climate vate partnerships in which private enterprise as-
change-induced drought and wildfires we remain committed sumes the developmental and financial risks. For
to building on the success of our Claude 'Bud' Lewis Carlsbad more information on Poseidon's Carlsbad Desalina-
Desalination facility by delivering Southern California a section Plant, visit the plant website at www.carlsbad-
ond large-scale, environmentally responsible and cost-effec- desalcom. For more information on Poseidon's
son who taught him to shape surfboards: Chuck
tive desalination facility in Orange County," he said. Huntington Beach desalination plant, visit the project website
Dent. “One night, we were in the shop in the
The Project is preparing to obtain from the Coastal Com- at HBfreshwater.com.
middle of winter, and I was dancing on the coun-
tertop. Chuck goes ‘you’re rocking Fig,’” he re-
HE'S 94.... SHE'S 91... counted in a 2006 interview with the OCRegister.
“That kind of claimed it for me. People from way
There is still time! back when used to say, that Fig guy, he’s rockin’
out. It’s just one of those names that stuck.”
In the 1980s, Fignetti began doing the daily
surf report for KROQ. Every morning at 7:20
a.m., Fignetti looked out at the ocean and called
out a live surf report. It was invaluable to surfers
at the time, long before live cams hung pre-
viewed the waves online. For a quarter of a cen-
tury, Fignetti continued his morning coverage,
finally calling it quits in 2010.
His love for surfing was never more apparent
than when he was the announcer for competi-
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'Oof,' 'yeet,' 'deplatform,'
Vintage

'minoritize,' 's--tshow'
Among Dictionary.com's
W
Newest Words
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hat does 'WSG' mean on Tik-
Tok?. People have started using
"WSG" in captions and hashtags
press one’s own.
“Perhaps these lighter slang and pop cul-
ture newcomers to our dictionary reflect
another important aspect of our time — a
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on social media. The term "WSG" stands cautious optimism and a brighter mood
for "What's good?" according to Urban about the future ahead after a trying 2020,”
Dictionary. The phrase is prevalent in the Kelly said in a statement.
Black community as a greeting or saluta- Other interesting additions include:
tion, similar to "What's up?" . While the ● 5G: fifth-generation: being or relating
expression is usually used in an upbeat or to communications technology or a mobile
innocuous way, it largely depends on the device that supports much faster data-
tone of the speaker. It can have a negative transfer speeds with significantly lower la-
or positive connotation based on the intent tency than previous versions.
of the speaker. The user @.trap8 gave a ● a—hat: a foolish, annoying, or con-
very helpful lesson on different TikTok temptible person; a—hole.
slang terms. "Wyd = What you doing? Hbu ● asynchronous: relating to or being a
= How bout you? Brb = Be right back. computer operation that can occur inde-
Wsg = What's good? Ngl = Not gonna lie. pendently, without waiting for another
Istg = I swear to god. Wdym = What do event.
you mean? and Wtt = Watching TikTok," ● blamestorm: the process of assigning
according to her blame for a negative outcome or situation.
The relentless coronavirus pandemic, the ● boondoggle: a wasteful and worthless
nation’s ongoing reckoning with race and project undertaken for political, corporate,
identity, and the ever-changing world of or personal gain, typically a government
technology continue to shape the English project funded by taxpayers.
language — including slang. ● cultural appropriation: the adoption,
The latest additions to Dictionary.com usually without acknowledgment, of cul-
include a series of race- and virus-related tural identity markers from subcultures or
terms, such as “Black Code” and “long minority communities into mainstream
hauler,” as well as increasingly common culture by people with a relatively privi- Robert Williams Wood, Max Planck And Albert Einstein In
expressions like “yeet,” “oof” and “s— leged status.
tshow,” the online lexicon revealed ● domestic terrorism: the unlawful use
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Wednesday. of violence or threats against a country’s On July 28, 1931
“The latest update to our dictionary con- civilian population or government by an
tinues to mirror the world around us,” said individual or group based and operating
John Kelly, the website’s managing editor. within the same country and without for-
“Long COVID, minoritize, 5G, content
warning, domestic terrorism — it’s a com-
plicated and challenging society we live in,
eign direction, with the goal of furthering
political, social, or ideological objectives.
● deplatform: to prohibit (a person or
When you think
you’ve seen it all
and language changes to help us grapple people) from sharing their views in a pub-
with it.” lic forum, especially by banning a user
Dictionary.com defines “long COVID” from posting on a social media website or
as a condition characterized by symptoms application.
or health problems that linger or appear ● hypodescent: the classifying or identi-
after recovering from the virus. “Long fying of a biracial or multiracial individual
hauler” has a similar use, relating to the as a member of the lower or lowest socially
long-term effects of an acute illness or in- ranking racial group from which that per-
fection. son has ancestry.
“Minoritize” was updated to define the ● ingénue: the role of a young, innocent,
action of making a person or group subor- and appealing character in a play, movie,
dinate in status to a more dominant group TV show, etc., typically a female role.
or its members — one of multiple updates ● lemming: a person who follows the
showing how the ongoing debate on race will of others, especially in a mass move-
ment, and heads straight into a situation or
circumstance that is dangerous, stupid or
destructive.
● misper: a missing person.
● one-drop rule: a social classification,
codified in law in some states during the
20th century, that identifies biracial or mul-
tiracial individuals as Black if they have
any known Black African ancestry, even
from a Black ancestor many generations
has changed the English language. “Black removed.
Code,” for instance, is now defined as any ● s—tshow: a person or thing that is a
code of law that limited the rights of for- total mess, failure or disaster.
merly enslaved African-Americans follow- ● scrappy: having or showing spirit and
ing the Civil War. determination, especially in spite of obsta-
The website also updated its entry for cles
“Aunt Jemima,” which is now defined as ● snack: a sexy and physically attractive Strange Facts About the U.S.
a disparaging and offensive term used to person; hottie.
refer to a Black woman considered by ● synchronous: relating to or being a
other Black people to be subservient to or computer operation that must complete be-
to curry favor with white people. fore another event can begin.
“DEI” — which stands for diversity, eq- ● TW: abbreviation; trigger warning. a
uity and inclusion — was also added to de- stated warning that the content of the im-
scribe a conceptual framework promoting mediately following text, video, etc., may
the fair treatment and full participation of cause distressing psychological or physio-
all people, including those who have his- logical reactions, especially in people who
torically been underrepresented or subject have previously experienced a related
to discrimination, especially in the work- trauma.
place. ● trap house: a place where illicit drugs
But the English language sometimes are bought, sold or used.
changes “just for fun,” Kelly said. ● y’all: you (used in direct address usu-
“Yes, yeet is now in the dictionary, ally to two or more people, or to one per-
which may prompt some of us to use one son who represents a family, organization,
other of our new entries: oof!” he said. etc.).
The increasingly popular exclamation ● youse: you (usually used in addressing
“yeet” is used to show enthusiasm, ap- two or more people).
proval, triumph, pleasure and joy, accord- ● you-uns: you (used in direct address The total length of Idaho's rivers could stretch across the
ing to Dictionary.com. “Oof,” on the other usually to two or more persons). United States about 40 times.
hand, is an exclamation to sympathize with ● zaddy: an attractive man who is also 7
someone else’s pain or dismay, or to ex- stylish, charming and self-confident.
A Veteran Owned Business BROOKS KOEPKA SAID HIS FEUD
WITH BRYSON DECHAMBEAU IS 'FAIR

GAME' AHEAD OF BRITISH OPEN
Yahoo Sports / Ryan Young is that happening now?
People and Their Issues - Our Business... T he way Brooks Koepka sees it, taking shots
at Bryson DeChambeau is “fair game.”
Koepka, speaking at Royal St George’s ahead
“Besides that, I'm just here to play golf and
focus on that. If we want to keep bantering back
and forth, obviously being respectful and keep-
THE LOCAL NEWS is published on the 1st and 15th. of this week’s British Open, elaborated again ing lines where they aren't getting crossed,
THE LOCAL NEWS serves the residents/business men on the feud between the two that has dominated yeah, I think it's fun and a good environment
the golf world in recent months. for people in golf.”
and women of Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley and The whole thing started back at Liberty Na- Brooks Koepka during a practice round for
tional for The Northern Trust, when the two ap- the 2021 British Open
Westminster, California with entertaining, informative parently had a conversation in the locker room
and objective looks at ourselves, neighbors and the and put things to bed after Koepka had made a Can DeChambeau and Koepka get along
comment about DeChambeau’s slow play. at the Ryder Cup?
world as issues are debated, people interact socially and That, though, didn’t last. Both DeChambeau and Koepka are both cur-
After more comments made both in news rently in a position to earn an automatic spot on
politically and events take place locally. We also believe conferences and on Twitch, Koepka said any the Ryder Cup team this fall.
that we should have fun and thank volunteers! agreement they made is over — which has led Though that’s still several months out — the
to seemingly constant chirping in recent biennial event between the United States and
Award Winning Staff months. Europe will take place at Whistling Straits in
Rex Gerlach & “We had a conversation at Liberty [National], Wisconsin in September — throwing the two
Jim Horton (Emeritus) and he didn't hold
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Jen Miller bargain and I didn't
Sales: Account Manager: like that,” Koepka
said Tuesday. “So
Kevin Garofalo
I'll take my shots.”
Marketing Coordinator Koepka will kick
& City Editor: off his opening
Nancy Gray round at the British
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Jason Kokrak and
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Photography & Freelance: Thursday morning,
Chris MacDonald where he’ll attempt
Contributors: to add another
Chris Epting, Cathy Green, Moe Kanoudi, major champi-
onship to his belt.
Jordan Kobritz, City of HB PIO, & VisitHB He finished in a tie
All inquiries for Advertising and Editorial call (714) for fourth in 2019,
914.9797. Any omissions/errors in copy or advertising his best perform-
ance in the tournament, and is listed at +1400 on a team together amid this controversy could
limited to in kind cost of actual newspaper space occupied to win on BetMGM. Only Jon Rahm has better make things a bit awkward, to say the least.
by the error. Letters-to-the-Editor policies include: odds. Koepka, however, insists he isn’t worried
address letters to Editor at address below. Include your DeChambeau — who will tee off about an about it. He doesn’t expect to get paired up with
name, daytime phone number, occupation or company hour after Koepka with Jordan Spieth and DeChambeau, so there isn’t much to stress
affiliation, group or organization membership, should Branden Grace, and was listed at +3000 to win about, he said.
those issues be appropriate. THE LOCAL NEWS on BetMGM — was also asked about Koepka’s “It's only a week. I mean look, I can put it
reserves the right to print all or part, editing for brevity latest comments. aside for business,” he said. “If we're going to
or language. Reproduction in whole or part is strictly While he said he isn’t sure what agreement be on the same team, I can deal with anybody
Koepka is talking about, the eight-time Tour in the world for a week. I'm not playing with
prohibited without written permission. Subscriptions are winner played it off like he’s just focused on him. I'm pretty sure we're not going to be paired
$35 per year, $19 for 6 months and $12 for 3 months. his game this week. together, put it that way. I think it's kind of ob-
Substantial copies of The Local News are direct-mailed to “He can say whatever he wants,” DeCham- vious.”
residents and businesses in our circulation area. Subscrip- beau said. “I think he said something back at DeChambeau said he felt the same way —
tion sales are a major part of our business approach. Liberty National not upholding something. I other than the fact that he’s interested in being
Home delivery is augmented by direct mail to specific don't know what he's talking about in that re- paired up with Koepka.
local residents, business and officials. We encourage your gard. Maybe that's on me. Maybe I didn't. I re- “I think it would be kind of funny actually,”
support and participation. Seal Beach, Rossmoor, ally don't remember anything about that. We DeChambeau said. “I think we'd do well, to be
Los Alamitos, Surfside & Sunset Beach have Market just had a conversation that I really don't know honest. It would create a little interesting vibe
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On the road in Surf City

The Local News
By Chris MacDonald, Writer/Photographer,
HB Ambassador/The Local News Columnist
$1,000 Raised at the

57th Annual Sunset
Beach Pancake Breakfast
T
he 57th Annual Sunset involved."
Beach Pancake Breakfast Lorna Roberts said she looks for-
was a success. Over 200 ward to the event and the joyful
neighbors got to meet in person at community camaraderie. "That's
last Saturday's event, which raised what makes Sunset Beach such a
$1,000 to assist in paying utilities, special place."
property tax and insurance, accord- Dan Kalmick, a former Sunset
ing to Kevin Paulson, Sunset Beach volunteer firefighter & cur-
Beach Community Association rent Huntington Beach City Coun-
President. cilman, said, "Everything was
"I want to thank all our generous great, especially the Orange Juice."
sponsors, including Harry's Grill, Huntington Beach City Historian
The Perricone Family, Ohana Jerry Person attended to document
Kitchen, The Sunset Beach this historic event: "I'm thrilled to
Woman's Club and Las Damas," Sunset Beach Resident Eric Schlange,
Paulson said. "Because of a gen- Sunset Beach Community Association
erous donation from the Tony President Kevin Paulson and Sunset
Nobles Family we were able to Beach Sanitary District President Gra-
have the exterior of the Nobles ham Hoad.
Community Center painted.The
Nobles paid for the labor and the see so many locals come together
MAKIN WAVES SALON community association paid for the to support the community and en-
supplies." courage other areas of the city to to

"It’s always fun to see old friends the same."
Precision hair cutting and Beautiful hair color and meet new neighbors at this The next Sunset Beach event is
event," said 30-year annual break- on August 6th--The Tin Can
Men, women and children welcome fast volunteer Eric Schlange."I Beachcomber Movie Night. For
Offering complimentary neck shaves and bangtrims! would encourage all who are inter- More Information Visit:
Scalp massage with every service! ested to come to a Community As- http://www.sunsetbeachca.org .
sociation meeting and get
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Where You Should and Shouldn’t Cut Costs
in the Second Half of 2021
GoBankingRates / Sam DiSalvo Harder, the founder and CEO of Jennifer Harder Mortgage Brokers, said it’s time
How to save money on a low income to reexamine debt payments and try to pay off as much as possible.
Saving money can be a challenge but when you have very little disposable in- “Credit card debt must be a key priority when it comes to debt repayment,”
come it can be hard to put anything aside. Check out our top tips for saving money Harder said. “It grows and extends, unlike your car or mortgage payment, and is
on a low income. difficult to cut.” Harder also recommended increasing your monthly payment on
How to save money on a low income. This year has been a time of rapid change. your car or house if you still need to pay them off and have the means.
We entered 2021 with a worldwide now seven months later, many people are vac-
cinated, returning to work and a somewhat normal life. Limit Impulse Buys
This change in lifestyle calls for a reevaluation of finances. Perhaps now that In a year that lacked a sense of control, many of us turned to online shopping to
going out and traveling is an option, your savings are dwindling. Or maybe you’re help us get through. While it helped cure boredom and provided a little retail ther-
in scarcity mode trying to save every nickel in fear of another lockdown. apy, experts are saying it’s time to tighten back up now that things are returning
GOBankingRates talked to financial experts to determine what you should cut to normal.
from your budget and where you can feel best spending your hard-earned money. Woroch said to take a really close look at what you’re buying and why. “Though
there’s nothing wrong with indulging in a dinner away from home and going on
Look For Lower Insurance Costs a trip here and there, it’s really important to understand the reason behind your
If you’re looking for areas to instantly reduce your budget, consider looking splurge. Purchasing new clothing just because you can go out and do it in person
into lower car, home and renters insurance. Andrea Woroch, a writer and money- is wasteful and can result in serious damage to your budget and lead to debt,”
saving expert, said looking for cheaper insurance takes seconds and can help you Woroch said.
save a lot of money if you look to the right sources. If the temptation to spend money is too great, Woroch recommended cutting
“Begin by shopping around to see if there are any better deals with competitor down by unsubscribing from retail newsletters and searching for apps that can
companies, (then) take it a step further and increase your deductible to reduce help you save money when you shop online, like Cently or Rakuten.
your premium even further.” Woroch said. Woroch recommended TheZebra.com
to get personalized car and home insurance quotes in minutes. Take a Trip
Though it might seem like experts are ruling out any indulgences, most agree
Focus On Paying Off Debt traveling doesn’t have to be one of them.
During the pandemic, many people deferred payments on student loans or paid “As long as you set a travel budget, going away with your family and friends is
the minimum payment on credit cards. Now that the economy is getting back on good for the soul!” Woroch explained. “I think it’s important for you to continue
its feet and the work- spending money on (traveling), especially if it means reuniting with loved ones
force is returning you haven’t seen throughout the pandemic.”
to the office, Of course, there are always budget tricks to make trips as affordable as possible.
Jennifer Woroch recommended using a credit card you can earn miles on for a free trip in
the future, and seeking out sites like ScottsCheapFlights.com for good deals on
airfare.
Pick Your Essential Subscriptions and Ditch the Rest

Since we were glued to our couches in 2020, we opted for every entertainment
subscription possible. But now that we have destinations beyond the living room,
we can decide which ones are worth keeping.
“There’s a high chance you’re paying for at least one subscription service from
which you’re not receiving any value,” said Ebony Chappell, co-founder and
CMO of Formspal. “Examine your credit card bills for regular monthly
charges and create a list of the services you’re paying for. Consider if each
one is really worthwhile, or whether the money might be better spent on
anything else.”
Keep Saving
“I would urge my clients to continue to set aside money,” said Danielle
Holden, a family office advisor. Holden cautioned that you don’t
need to save like a crisis can happen at any moment, but you
don’t want to totally neglect stashing money away
now that the world is opening up.
“A lot of people also had to dip into
their savings during COVID, so I
would recommend trying to build
that back up as much as possible to
avoid taking on any new debt to
fund emergency spending,”
Holden said. At the end of the day,
save what allows you to feel com-
fortable in your day-to-day life
without constantly worrying about
the future.
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THE SUITS SHOULD BE Kobritz

LISTENING TO WHAT on
DRIVERS HAVE TO SAY Sports
“J
ust think about it. Everybody needs to The July 18 race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway could be a tipping point for
just think. There ain’t nobody think- the creation of a union. Against the strong recommendations of drivers and teams,
By Jordan Kobritz ing. Brains for sale. Never used. Op- NASCAR elected to start the race on a wet surface during a heavy mist, which led to
erating racetracks.” Kyle Busch, two-time worsening track conditions. Sure enough, the inevitable happened – a crash on lap
NASCAR Cup Champion on changes to Atlanta Motor Speedway. three involving multiple drivers including pole sitter and race leader Busch, who was
The week before the July 11 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, NASCAR announced done for the day.
significant changes to the track in advance of the 2022 season. In addition True to form, Busch blasted NASCAR publicly,
to repaving the surface, the banking on the for which he will likely face discipline. Denny
speedway’s turns will be increased from 24 to Hamlin joined him, but other drivers were less
28 degrees and the racing surface in the turns forthright, going out of their way to avoid criticiz-
will be narrowed from 55 to 40 feet. The ing the governing body.
changes, according to NASCAR and Speed- The suits should be listening to what drivers
way Motorsports Inc., owner of the track, will have to say and drivers should be free to speak
result in more competitive racing. The changes without fear of penalties or retaliation from
were done to “Optimize the racing with the NASCAR. They’re the ones putting their lives
Next-Gen car [due to debut in 2022],” said and careers on the line. They should have a
NASCAR Executive Vice-President Steve O’- forum in which to share an opinion on matters
Donnell. that affect them directly, something they don’t
As has been the case since the inception of have now.
NASCAR, drivers weren’t consulted on the Hamlin has been vocal about starting a union
changes. The quote above by Busch, winner of for years, but the nature and structure of the
this year’s Atlanta race, summed up their feelings sport have made that goal impossible – until now.
although few spoke on the record. When asked It’s high time for a drivers’ union.
his thoughts, Chase Elliott offered a typical non-reply: “I was never personally asked,
but I also don’t really want to be asked.” Busch is among the handful of exceptions: Jordan Kobritz is a non-practicing attorney and CPA, former Minor
veteran, marquee drivers whose success mostly insulates them from the heavy-
handed, dictatorial nature of the sport. League Baseball team owner and current investor in MiLB teams. He
A union would give the drivers a collective voice to speak on issues that affect their is a professor in the Sport Management Department at SUNY Cort-
pocketbooks, health, and safety. The reality is no one in the executive suite at land and maintains the blog, sportsbeyondthelines.com. The opinions
NASCAR knows what it’s like to race a stock car around a track at 200+ miles per contained in this column are the author’s. Kobritz can be reached by
hour with 39 other cars in hot pursuit or inches from their door panels. No amount email at jordankobritz@cortland.edu.
of testing or simulator research can tell you the way aerodynamics or track changes
impact a car like sitting in the driver’s seat during an actual race. The information contained in this column does not necessarily
reflect the opinion of The Local News.
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On the Vine
or Nearby
Johnnie Walker Black
Label vs. Johnnie
Walker Double Black
Scotch Reviews
Even single malt snobs can enjoy Johnnie Walker Double Black whisky
this blended scotch. takes a classic and turns it up to 11.
Written by Tony Sachs Written by Tony Sachs Our Review
J ohnnie Walker Black Label is a
blended scotch that even single
malt snobs will enjoy. It’s a solid, re-
J ohnnie Walker Double Black
scotch is a sweet and smoky
whisky marked by intense flavors of
Johnnie Walker is a rare beast, a
wildly popular brand that’s found vir-
tually everywhere Scotch whisky is
liable option that can be found behind sweet apple, honey, cinnamon and sold, but it’s also widely respected,
most bars and in retail shops world- clove. even revered, by whisky snobs who
wide. generally gravitate to single malts over
Fast Facts blends. Johnnie Walker Double Black
Fast Facts Classification : Blended Scotch is a smokier, more Islay-centric varia-
Classification: blended scotch whisky tion on the brand’s classic Black Label
Company : Diageo Company: Diageo expression. It was originally a travel re-
Distillery: Various, Scotland Distillery : Various, Scotland tail exclusive before making its way to
Cask type: ex-bourbon and rejuve- Cask type: Ex-bourbon and sherry general release in 2011.
nated bourbon casks casks Johnnie Walker’s Black Label is one
Released: 1909; ongoing Still type: Various of the most beautifully balanced
Proof : 80 Released : 2011 blended scotches, with a gentle sweet-
Aged: at least 12 years Proof: 80 ness tempered by light smoke. Double
Mash bill: malted barley Aged : No age statement Black aims to crank up the dry smoky
MSRP : $35 Our Review MSRP: $42
Johnnie Walker may be the best- notes through an increase of peated
Awards won; Double Gold Medal, Awards won: Category Winner, malts in the blend, as well as with the
San Francisco World Spirits Compe- known name in scotch, and it’s also World Whiskies Awards, 2020
one of the most respected. Founded in use of heavily charred ex-sherry casks.
tition 2020; Gold Medal, International (Blended category); Gold, Scotch The result is not just cranked-up smoke
Spirits Competition 2020 1819, J.W. is known today for its Whisky Masters, 2018 (Blended—No
color-coded label expressions, from but cranked-up everything: a blended
Age Statement category); Gold, whisky for single malt lovers.
Pros: the mixable and inexpensive Red World Whiskies Awards, 2018
Label to the opulent Blue Label and Or is it? While it’s surprisingly high-
Just about any bar or liquor store octane for a blend, it still lacks a certain
that stocks whisky will have a bottle beyond. The expressions change from Pros :
time to time, but Black Label, intensity and regional specificity that
of Black Label handy. It’s solid and A blended whisky for a generation defines the best single malts. And it
reliable, no matter how divey the lo- launched in 1909 and containing that grew up on single malts: big,
more than 40 malt and grain whiskies may be a little too out-there for lovers
cale. smoky and flavorful of classic, lighter blends, including
There are few better introductions from throughout the Diageo portfolio, A versatile blend that makes a fine
is a cornerstone of the brand. Black Label. That said, it holds together
to peated whisky. The smoke is im- sipper and also a distinctive addition surprisingly well considering how eas-
mediately noticeable, but it’s gentle An 80-proof blended scotch can to cocktails calling for scotch
dazzle only so much, no matter how ily it could have gone off the rails. It’s
and restrained, giving plenty of room big and bold and goes great in cocktails;
to the sweet and malty flavors that well-executed. If single malts are the Cons :
steaks of the whisky world, then try it in a Whisk(e)y Sour or Rob Roy
also make up Black Label. Fans of blended whiskies may find for starters. And sipping it neat or with
lower-proof blends are like burgers. Double Black too intense for their lik-
But we all know that burgers can be an ice cube is also quite the treat.
Cons: ing, while single malt aficionados While Johnnie Walker hasn’t dis-
The very restraint that can make pretty terrific in their own right, and may find it not quite challenging
in context, Black Label is indeed closed which single malts are included
Black Label so appealing to scotch enough. in the Double Black blend, based on
novices can make it seem a little bor- pretty terrific. For the novice whisky
drinker who wants to learn more the flavor (and the brand’s ownership
ing and unappealing to drinkers who Tasting Notes by Diageo), it’s a good bet that substan-
are looking for something a little about peated malts, its gentle, re- Color: Unlike Johnnie Walker’s
strained smokiness is a perfect entry tial amounts of smokier whiskies such
more unbridled. classic Black Label, which comes in as Caol Ila and Talisker are in the mix.
point. Its sweet-malty-smoky flavor a clear bottle, Double Black is housed
Tasting Notes profile is an ideal baseline for anyone in a translucent black bottle, most
who wants to dive deeper into scotch. Interesting Facts
Color: An elegant coppery or- likely to better differentiate it on store While Johnnie Walker Black Label is
ange—Diageo uses caramel coloring It’s a solid dram either neat or on the and bar shelves. In the glass, it’s the
rocks, and it’s quite serviceable mixed aged at least 12 years, and has the label
in many of its whiskies, but assuming same golden caramel color as Black to prove it, Double Black lacks an age
it’s done here, it’s not overdone. It’s into cocktails ranging from highballs Label, perhaps just a touch lighter.
to Rob Roys. statement.
not unusually dark for a whisky of The bottom line: Not for the faint of
Black Label’s age. Johnnie Walker’s sibling, Double Nose: Light smoke predominates,
Black, which was introduced in 2011, heart, Double Black is an intense
more so than with Black Label, but blend designed for a generation of
Nose: Light smoke is immediately does amplify the smoke and ups the just beneath the surface are powerful
proof a bit. But though it’s a fine whisky fans raised on big, bold single
recognizable, as are apricots, ripe sweet notes of toffee, honey, ripe red malts. This isn’t your grandparents’
peaches and malty grain, along with whisky in its own right, it’s not as per- apple, peach and melon.
fectly balanced as Black Label. Few blended whisky, and in this case,
a touch of dry oak. that’s a good thing.
whiskies are. Palate: As with the nose, the smok-
Palate : Sweet honey, caramel and iness of Double Black is more intense
vanilla are soon overlaid with a dry, Interesting Facts (double the intensity, perhaps?) of
gentle smoke. Wood and tart citrus Black Label contains some of the Black Label, complemented by fla-
make an appearance on the back of best-known and most beloved of Di- vors of sweet apple and pear dipped
the palate. The smoke gradually in- ageo’s single malts, including in honey. The smoke, along with hints
tensifies as it moves throatward but Cardhu, Lagavulin and Talisker, of spices like cinnamon and clove,
never overwhelms. It’s restrained which add their distinctive smoky lingers on the tongue the longest
throughout. notes to the blend.
The bottom line: Black Label may Finish : Both sweetness and smoke
Finish: An appealing combination not dazzle, but it always satisfies. linger for quite a while, along with a
of malt, lemons and oak, with a gentle Whether drunk neat or mixed into touch of menthol; inhale deeply post-
alcoholic kick on the swallow that cocktails, it’s a terrific everyday sip, and it’s a little reminiscent of a
feels a bit stronger than its stated 40% whisky at a price to match. clove cigarette.
ABV.
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By The Brake Report cromobility provider that can reliably detect Ferrari’s SF90 Stradale
Cambridge, Mass. — Superpedestrian, the and correct unsafe rider behavior in real
BY SAM D. SMITH |
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MIT spin-off engineering firm behind time, and at scale across an entire fleet. The
LINK, “The Volvo of E-Scooters,” has un- new technology integration also allows Su- hile we’re busy seeing world governments and man-
veiled a breakthrough active safety system perpedestrian to translate sensor data into ufacturers embrace the transition to electric vehicles,
dubbed “Pedestrian Defense.” other interventions, from direct notifications there’s one aspect of a sci-fi future that no one has
The new system does not just detect un- and incentives for riders, to comprehensive quite been able to deliver on: the promise of a flying car. Now
safe behaviors like riding on the sidewalk, dashboards for policymakers that show it turns out that the reality of a winged automobile doesn’t look
but puts a stop to them in real time in order safety trends and illustrate locations prone as far off as it once did – but it’s not going to be anywhere near
to prevent serious injuries. to unsafe behavior or increased chance of a affordable.
crash. Having factored in the various expensive elements needed
The Pedestrian Defense to make an airborne car a reality, including retractable wings,
active safety system will: jet engines and large fuel tanks, the Pentagon Motor Group did
• Detect a range of dan- the math. The result is a model that, if available for purchase,
gerous behavior such as would be pricier than Ferrari’s 986 hp SF90 Stadale hybrid su-
riding on the sidewalk, percar.
riding the wrong way The estimated asking prices has been calculated to be
down a one-way street, $686,455; by comparison, the 2021 SF90 Stradale has an
aggressive swerving, and MSRP of $625,000 in the U.S. According to a report by Fox
repeated hard braking Business, Pentagon Motor Group’s marketing chief Shakeel
• Correct bad behavior Hussian says that the cost of owning a flying car isn’t realistic
by immediately slowing for most, with it being identified as a luxury machine whose
or safely stopping a ride calling card is technology. But he expects costs to decrease as
autonomously time goes on, following a trajectory similar to that of EVs.
• Alert riders violating “The cost of the first electric cars started high and has slowly
Superpedestrian announcement rules with lights and audi- started to become more affordable and widely available.”
ble notifications on the If you’re in the market for a flying car, Pentagon Motor
The safety breakthrough is made possible vehicle Group shortlisted some of the cars they looked at when esti-
through the acquisition of Navmatic, and the • Educate riders with customized SMS mating a price, including the likes of AeroMobil, PAL-V, Aska,
application of its patented Super Fusion alerts, in-app trainings, and incentives the Moller Skycar 400, Terrafugia, and the SkyDrive, all of
technology, which combines multiple • Inform cities with data and in- which are expected to cost you a small fortune. But the ex-
sources of real-time vehicle dynamics data sights about safety conditions, includ-
to yield the most accurate, practical and re- ing customized dashboards that
liable fleet positioning and vehicle control identify locations with repeated errant
available today. Superpedestrian finalized behavior
the acquisition of Navmatic, a startup fo- • Generate collision reports that pro-
cused on micromobility safety, in June. vide authorities with detailed infor-
Superpedestrian’s new Pedestrian Defense mation in the case of a crash
capabilities will resolve deeply ingrained At the end of each ride, all riders
challenges in micromobility that have led will receive a Safety Rating that
many cities to restrict, sanction and even ban chronicles both unsafe and safe be-
shared e-scooters. haviors. This individual Safety Rating
By integrating Navmatic’s Super Fusion is used to deliver customized in-app
technology into Superpedestrian’s existing and SMS safety training. As ride be-
Vehicle Intelligence (VI) platform, Pedes- havior improves, riders receive dis-
trian Defense was born to ensure that unsafe counts on their future rides.
behaviors like sidewalk riding, wrong-way Chronically unsafe riders are not al-
riding, aggressive swerving and repeated lowed to ride again.
hard braking are detected, then immediately More than behavior, data from the
corrected by slowing or safely stopping the Pedestrian Defense system can be put to penses don’t stop there, between a flying license, insurance,
scooter. work to improve infrastructure too, helping as well as parking and fuel, owners can expect to pay an addi-
Pedestrian Defense is a unique system cities target locations that may need mainte- tional $69,000 during their very first year of ownership, which
which makes Superpedestrian the only mi- nance or safety upgrades. is easily convincing enough to conclude that, at least in the be-
ginning, flying cars will only be aimed at the privileged few.
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An Old Man and a Bucket of Shrimp

True Story.., Might have been around before but or very empty. They can seem altogether unimportant, cap. It was a seagull!
still a great bit of info…... maybe even a lot of nonsense. Old Ed would later describe how he sat perfectly
An Old Man and a Bucket of Shrimp... a true story... Old folks often do strange things, at least in the eyes still, planning his next move. With a flash of his hand
a wonderful story . You will be glad that you read it, of Boomers and Busters. and a squawk from the gull, he managed to grab it and
especially those who know Key Biscayne, Florida. Most of them would probably write Old Ed off, wring its neck. He tore the feathers off, and he and his
I hope you’ll pass it on. down there in Florida. That's too bad. They'd do well starving crew made a meal of it - a very slight meal
It happened every Friday evening, almost without to know him better. for eight men. Then they used
fail, when the sun resembled a giant orange and was His full name: the intestines for bait. With it,
starting to dip into the blue ocean. Eddie Rickenbacker. they caught fish, which gave
Old Ed came strolling along the beach to his fa- He was a famous them food and more
vorite pier. hero in World War I, bait...and the cycle continued.
Clutched in his bony hand was a bucket of shrimp. and then he was in With that simple survival
Ed walks out to the end of the pier, where it seems he WWII. On one of his technique, they were able to
almost has the world to himself.The glow of the sun flying missions endure the rigors of the sea
is a golden bronze now. across the Pacific, he until they were found and res-
Everybody's gone, except for a few joggers on the and his seven-mem- cued after 24 days at sea.
beach. Standing out on the end of the Pier, Ed is alone ber crew went down. Eddie Rickenbacker lived
with his thoughts ... and his bucket of shrimp. Miraculously, all of many years beyond that or-
Before long, however, he is no longer alone. Up in the men survived, deal, but he never forgot the
the sky, a thousand white dots come screeching and crawled out of their sacrifice of that first life-sav-
squawking, winging their way toward that lanky plane and climbed ing seagull... And he never
frame standing there on the end of the pier. into a life raft. stopped saying, 'Thank you.'
Before long, dozens of seagulls have enveloped Captain Ricken- That's why almost every Fri-
him, their wings fluttering and flapping wildly. Ed backer and his crew day night he would walk to
stands there tossing shrimp to the hungry birds. As he floated for days on the end of the pier with a
does, if you listen closely, you can hear him say with the rough waters of bucket full of shrimp and a
a smile, “Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank the Pacific. They heart full of gratitude.
you” fought the sun. They Reference: (Max Lucado,
In a few short minutes, the bucket is empty. But Ed fought sharks. Most of all, they fought hunger and "In The Eye of the Storm", pp..221, 225-226)
doesn't leave. He stands there lost in thought, as thirst. By the eighth day, their rations ran out. No PS: Eddie Rickenbacker was the founder of Eastern
though transported to another time and place. food. No water. They were hundreds of miles from Airlines. Before WWI he was a race car driver. In
When he finally turns around and begins to walk land and no one knew where they were or even if they WWI he was a pilot and became America's first ace.
back toward the beach, a few of the birds hop along were alive. In WWII he was an instructor and military adviser,
The Pier with him until he gets to the stairs, and then Every day across America millions wondered and and he flew missions with the combat pilots. Eddie
they, too, fly away. prayed that Eddie Rickenbacker might somehow be Rickenbacker is a true American hero. And now you
And old Ed quietly makes his way down to the end found alive. know another story about the trials and sacrifices that
of the beach and on home. The men adrift needed a miracle. That afternoon brave men have endured for your freedom
If you were sitting there on the pier with your fish- they had a simple devotional service and prayed for a As you can see, I chose to pass it on. It is a great
ing line in the water, Ed might seem like a 'funny old miracle. story that many don't know. You've got to be careful
duck,' as my Dad used to say. Or, to onlookers, he's They tried to nap. Eddie leaned back and pulled his with old guys, you just never know what they have
just another old codger, lost in his own weird world, military cap over his nose. Time dragged on. All he done during their lifetime.
feeding the seagulls with a bucket full of shrimp. could hear was the slap of the waves against the raft. P.S. And the road into Key Biscayne is the Ricken-
To the onlooker, rituals can look either very strange Suddenly Eddie felt something land on the top of his backer Causeway ...
Why Divorce is ‘not really an option’ for Chip and Joanna Gaines
Yahoo Entertainment / Raechal Shewfelt Captions will look like this
Chip and Joanna Gaines decided early on that divorce is not Joanna and Chip Gaines say racism and homophobia allega-
an option for them tions are ‘so far from who we really are’
Home improvement gurus Chip and Joanna Gaines have been Chip and Joanna Gaines say they aren't immune to the criti-
married for 18 years, and they expect that number to grow much cism they've faced in the public eye The "Fixer Upper" two are
larger. finally launching their much-touted Magnolia Network, July 15
"One thing that I would say is our superpower is that Jo and I on Discovery+, and while their empire expands, the spotlight on
are not quitters," he told Access Holly-
wood in a new interview in response to
a question about whether there had
been a moment they thought about
"throwing in the towel" in their mar-
riage. "I mean, throwing in the towel is
not something that, honestly, ever even
comes to mind. And I would say that
that happened pretty early in our rela-
tionship, where we just thought, that’s
interesting, that divorce or leaving one
another is not really an option for us."

Together, the Fixer Upper couple
have built a reality TV empire — their
Magnolia Network debuts Thursday on
Discovery+ — and a family. They
share five kids: Drake, 17; Ella Rose,
14; Duke, 13; Emmie Kay, 11; and 3-
year-old Crew.
"And so somehow that little founda-
tion has definitely served us well," he
continued, "because things have defi-
nitely been challenging. We're not per-
fect, and we have issues and trials and
errors, just like anybody, but I would
say that it's funny when you say 'throwing in the towel' ... in fair- them grows — and so does the judgment. In an interview with
ness, I would admit, if we had considered that along the way, The Hollywood Reporter, they discuss some of their recent con-
but relationally, we're in it forever." troversies — and their handling of them.
He pointed to the financial crisis in the late 2000s as a partic- The two also discussed the time Chip had wanted to replace
ularly difficult time. the small engagement ring he had originally given Joanna, which
"You know, that crisis, Jo and I had multiple opportunities to he had purchased with "basically whatever I could borrow from
quit and throw in the towel and that was just not, not in our my mother." He wanted something much fancier.
DNA," he said. "So now I think we’ve taken that and realized As Joanna recalled, she told him, "Don't touch my diamond!"
that, you know, it's like, you can't ever lose, if you don't quit. The ring reminds her of their early days together.
And Jo and I keep showing up, day after day. Sometimes it's "To me, this was where it started," she said. "Chip working his
right, sometimes it's not, but we keep putting one foot in front butt off for something that meant the world to him, and so I'd
of the other." never want to change it.
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Biden Order Could Make it Easier for

Americans to Borrow
Yahoo Money / MARISSA GAMACHE
A
key part of President Joe Biden’s executive
order this month could ultimately make it
easier for Americans to qualify for loans,
and on more favorable terms, using an alternative
to credit score data.
The order — which includes broad reforms for
tech, health care, and labor — also directs the Con-
sumer Financial Protection Bureau to issue rules
that would allow bank customers to download their
banking data and take it with them. That would
allow consumers to prove their creditworthiness to
lenders outside the traditional credit reporting and
scoring system.
“Banking data allows lenders to understand in
granular detail what a person’s cash flow is, how
much money they have coming in every month,
how much they are spending, and how much they
have leftover at the end of the month,” said Jesse
Van Tol, CEO of National Community Reinvest-
ment Coalition.
A credit score, on the other hand, may not give a
full and accurate picture of a person’s ability to pay
a loan or credit card, Van Tol said.
“Using your bank data as a record of paying for Similarly, recurring bills like utility payments and to lenders and brokerages themselves,” said Linda
things that don’t get recorded [on a credit report] streaming subscriptions aren’t automatically in- Sherry, director of national priorities for Consumer
— like insurance and rent — may actually show cluded in credit reports. In some cases, they can be Action.
that you do pay bills on time,” Van Tol said. added through tools offered by some credit bu- While the bureau was given the power to give
For instance, a recent study by TransUnion found reaus. bank customers access to their data in 2010 with
that rental payments could boost someone’s credit But the track record of these payments appears the Dodd-Frank Act Section 1033, it has been slow
score by 60 points if that history is included in a on bank statements. to solidify a rule. According to the regulations
credit report. But the problem is that most landlords “This could signal a move away from ‘black box’ docket, the comment on the rule making closed
don’t report those payments to the credit bureaus, credit reporting to an era when consumers can February 2020 and will move on to pre-rule stage
so that track record is not used by lenders when prove they are responsible enough to borrow and by April 2022.
considering loan applications. invest because they can provide transactional data
Women's Labor Force U.S. DETAINED NEARLY 100,000 MIGRANTS AT

MEXICO BORDER IN FEBRUARY, SOURCES SAY
Participation is at a Reuters / FRANK JACK DANIEL AND TED HESSON
33-year Low WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. border agents detained nearly 100,000 migrants
at the U.S.-Mexico border in February, according to two people familiar with pre-
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early a million American mothers have left the work- liminary figures, the highest monthly total since a major border surge in mid-2019.
force during the pandemic — and many of them might The figures, which have not been previously reported, show the scope of a growing
not return. migrant influx at the southwest border as U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat,
Why it matters: We've dialed the clock back decades in terms seeks to roll back some of the restrictive policies of former President Donald Trump,
of women's workplace progress. Women in the U.S. hit a mile- a Republican. February was Biden's first full month in office.
stone in February 2020 when, for the first time in history, they Last month's total would represent the highest tally for the month of February
held the majority of non-farm payroll jobs, outnumbering men since 2006. The sources who provided the figures to Reuters spoke on the condition
in the workforce. of anonymity.
One year later, women's labor force participation is at a 33- An increasing number of children arriving at the border without a parent or legal
year low. This is due to the fact that women-owned businesses guardian has forced U.S. officials in recent weeks to scramble for housing options
tend to dominate industries such as education or social assis- and take steps to speed up their release to sponsors in the United States.
tance which is why they were some of the first businesses to The nearly 100,000 migrants detained at the border in February represent an in-
be shut down and the last to re-open. crease over a figure of 78,000 in January. February's total appears to be the highest
Take a look at the latest data found by accounting software monthly number since June 2019 during a large border surge that Trump cited as
firm, Freshbooks: justification for a broad immigration crackdown.
Nearly 60% of women say it will take them longer than 6 A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman said official statistics for
months to recover their business to previous COVID levels, last month likely will be released next week.
compared to 47% of men U.S. Border Patrol agents caught more than 4,500 migrants crossing the U.S.-
Women-owned businesses are taking 3X longer to recover Mexico border in a single day on Wednesday, according to government figures
from the financial setbacks brought on by COVID-19 com- shared with Reuters, a sign that illegal entries could continue to rise in March.
pared to businesses owned by men in the United States. Republicans have criticized Biden for rolling back Trump's hardline immigration
The crisis women face today has the potential to affect future policies, saying the shift will lead to more illegal immigration.
generations and their decisions to start families or strive for Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in the House of Representatives, sent a letter
promotions in their careers. to Biden on Friday that requested a meeting to discuss the issue, saying he had "great
concern" with the administration's ap-
proach to border.
"We must acknowledge the border cri-
sis, develop a plan, and, in no uncertain
terms, strongly discourage individuals
from Mexico and Central America from
ever making the dangerous journey to our
southern border," McCarthy wrote in the
letter.
The recidivism rate among migrants at-
tempting to cross the border illegally in-
creased over the past year under a
Trump-era policy known as Title 42. That
policy, issued on public health grounds
amid the coronavirus pandemic, allowed
U.S. authorities to rapidly expel migrants
caught crossing. In some cases, migrants
attempt to cross the border again. 21
Airtech 3D-printed Resins Deliver
BBi Autosport joins with Airtech Advanced Materials Group to develop high-performance carbon
fiber body panels for its Porsche race cars using Dahltram resins and Print-Tech services.
Grace Nehls / Photo Credit: BBi and 3D-printing technologies. further enables aerodynamic devel- ing, laser surface scanning and con-
Motorsport The high-performance vehicles’ opment and part manufacturing to tact material testing have generated
BBi Autosport (Huntington carbon fiber composite body panels be completed in weeks, rather than data supporting more than 250 au-
Beach, Calif., U.S.) is returning to were produced using 3D-printed months. toclave cycles, Airtech says, with-
Pikes Peak, Colorado, for the 99th mold tooling manufactured by BBi Airtech’s Dahltram range of out degradation of the Dahltram
running of the Pikes Peak Interna- technical partner, Airtech Advanced resins have been made distinctly manufactured tooling.
suitable for multiple print plat- Airtech’s retains Dahltram addi-
forms, providing production tive manufacturing resins and Print-
flexibility with end use material Tech large-scale 3D-printed tool
approvals. Continuous thermal manufacturing capabilities in the
cycle testing, pressure leak test- U.S. and Europe
tional Hillclimb on June 27, 2021. Materials Group (Huntington

Known as “The Race to the Beach, Calif., U.S.), as well as
Clouds,” the automobile hill climb Airtech’s Dahltram range of resins
is regarded as one of the most fa- and Print-Tech in-house tooling 3D
mous and arduous racing events print service. Motorsports programs
globally. For this year’s 2021 effort, require rapid development cycles,
BBi says it is bringing three Porsche BBi Autosport says, and with Print-
race cars, all of which make exten- Tech, molds are able to be produced
sive use of carbon fiber composites much more quickly. This advantage
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VANILLA SUGAR COOKIES BLYTON
Ingredients
2 3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons McCo
E nid Blyton (11
August 1897 –
28 November 1968)
1 teaspoon baking soda (also known as Mary
1/2 teaspoon salt Pollock) was the most
1 1/2 cups sugar successful children’s
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened writer of her genera-
2 eggs tion. A prolific writer, she completed over 400
2 teaspoons books during her lifetime. She is in the top 10
all-time bestseller lists – her books having sold
Instructions over 600 million copies
Mix flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in
large bowl. Set aside. Beat sugar and butter in large
bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light
and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Gradually
beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed.
Refrigerate dough 2 hours or until firm.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Shape dough into 1-inch
balls. Roll in additional sugar or Colored Sugar. Place
2 inches apart on baking sheets. Bake
Margarita Cocktail
Ingredients agave syrup to a cocktail shaker filled with ice,
2 ounces blanco tequila and shake until well-chilled.
1/2 ounce orange liqueur Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
1 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed Garnish with a lime wheel and kosher salt rim
1/2 ounce agave syrup (optional).
Garnish: lime wheel
Garnish: kosher salt (optional)
Steps
Cocktail
Add tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice and
Corner
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EarthTalk
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Dear EarthTalk: the amount of fuel necessary to keep it airborne. and little predicted turbulence due to reduced en-
Is blimp travel re- HAV reports that the Airlander will emit 90 percent gine usage, the Airlander is perfect for luxury eco-
ally making a come- less carbon dioxide per passenger than a commer- travel. In fact, Swedish travel firm OceanSky has
back? Is it eco-friendly? cial jet. However, the company plans to replace all already purchased an Airlander that will include a
– J. Roe, Islip. NY hybrid versions with 500 kW electric motors—two customized luxury cabin, where passengers can
forward motors by 2025 and two rear motors by enjoy stunning, unparalleled views while flying
The blimp, forever besmirched due to the Hin- 2030—to make the aircraft fully electric and pro- over places like the North Pole.
denburg explosion in 1937—when one of Although an Airlander prototype crashed during
the first commercial blimps caught on Believe it or not, blimps are making a comeback as a 2019 test flight, another test flight performed in
fire—never really fulfilled its potential as a green short hop commuter travel option. 2021 proved successful. As with all commercial
a commuting vehicle. aircraft, the Airlander requires certification from
Fast forward to the 21st century, and regulators before operation. Though the Airlander
companies like Hybrid Air Vehicles does not yet have approval, HAV looks forward to
(HAV) are taking steps to reintroduce air- building 12 Airlanders yearly with hopes of pro-
ships safely. HAV’s Airlander 10, for ex- ducing upwards of 250 over the next few decades.
ample, uses inert helium for buoyancy
instead of flammable hydrogen (which the CONTACTS:
industry began doing right after the Hin- “How airships could return to our
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When Buying a House
By Daniel Bortz,
Buying a home is an exciting journey, but it can also be a bumpy ride.
“Mistakes happen, especially if you don’t know what to watch out for,” says
Greg Beckman, a real estate agent at Coldwell Banker Realty in Annapolis.
So, what can go wrong when buying a house? Below are four of the most com-
mon obstacles that can waylay the homebuying process and how to get around
them.
A LOW HOME APPRAISAL

If you’re getting a mortgage, your lender will require that any offer you make is
contingent on an appraisal, which is when a professional evaluates the property to
make sure the home is worth what you’ve offered to pay for it.
A lender won’t let you borrow more money than a house is worth. Low appraisals
are more common in hot sellers’ markets, where stiff competition forces buyers to
bid above a home’s market value. However, a low appraisal “doesn’t have to be a
deal breaker,” Beckman says.
If you receive a low appraisal, you can appeal it. An appraisal appeal, also called
a rebuttal of value, is where your agent puts together a list of comparable homes
that show the house is worth what you’ve offered to pay for it. The appraiser re-
views the evidence and can choose to revise their valuation.
If that doesn’t work, and the seller is just as committed as you are to keeping the
deal alive, you may be able to renegotiate the purchase price to keep the transaction
moving along.
BEING TOO ‘HOUSE POOR’

Spoiler alert: Your income impacts what size mortgage you qualify for. Mortgage
lenders determine your borrowing power by looking at your debt-to-income ratio
(DTI) — a comparison of how much money you owe (on things like student loans,
credit cards, car loans and, soon, your a mortgage) to your pre-tax income. For a
conventional mortgage, most lenders prefer your DTI not to exceed 36 percent.
So, before you start shopping for a house, Beckman says you need to take an
honest look at your budget. “What we tell buyers to do is to go through their fi-
nances and make sure they’re comfortable with what their monthly mortgage pay-
ment would be,” he says. “At the end of the day, you don’t want to be house poor.”
Another
good guide-
line many fi-
nancial pros
suggest is to
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housing ex-
penses lim-
ited to 28
percent of
your gross
monthly in-
come. For ex-
ample, if you
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make $5,000
a month, your monthly mortgage payment should be no higher than $1,400.
For many buyers, patience is crucial, Beckman says: “It may take some time to
find the right home that’s in your price range.”
A LESS-THAN-STELLAR CREDIT SCORE

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FOR TIKTOK PARTY IN CALIFORNIA BEACH TOWN
By Summer Lin and Don Sweeney Times, citing police and arrest logs.
As reported in the Miami Herald... The party was billed in a TikTok video as “Adrian’s Kickback,” ap-
H
untington Beach police in California announced Friday they parently after a song by Adrian Hour, an Argentinian DJ and music pro-
charged 35 juveniles for allegedly attending “Adrian’s Kick- ducer, Deadline reported. It’s not clear whose birthday the party was
back,” a beach party promoted on TikTok. Screengrab from celebrating.
KABC video The video generated more than 3 million views, according to the pub-
After a birthday party promoted on TikTok resulted in a massive lication. Police said they had been monitoring social media threads on
2,500-person celebration in Huntington Beach and nearly 200 arrests the party plans.
in May, 35 more minors have now been Some partygoers even
charged, according to California police. photo New York Post turned up for a pre-party
Huntington Beach police announced Friday event.
that they filed charges against 35 minors for at- “It’s like don’t you remem-
tending “Adrian’s Kickback” on May 22, the ber when you were young?
Los Angeles Times reported More than 175 par- You just want to go and have
tygoers were arrested that weekend after police fun, have parties, and we
said attendees clashed with law enforcement on kind of lost that this year be-
Main Street, some of them throwing objects, cause of COVID,” Erica
lighting fireworks and spray-painting stores, re- Ramirez, who was at the rau-
sulting in unlawful assembly being declared and cous event, told KCBS
a curfew enacted. The party began on a
“This is just the beginning! We will be sub- beach but moved into down-
mitting more charges for both adults and juve- town later in the evening,
niles. We will also be making additional arrests KABC reported.
in the coming weeks for those that have been Police declared a curfew at
identified by our detectives since the event,” au- 11:30 p.m., the Los Angeles
thorities said Friday on Facebook. Times reported. Officers initially arrested 121 adults and 28 juveniles.
The minors face charges for “vandalism, failure to disperse, illegal No serious injuries were reported but some downtown Huntington
use of fireworks and curfew violations,” according to the Los Angeles Beach businesses were vandalized.
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2021’s Best Cities for WFH Value

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eed more space to work from home while cutting 4 Little Rock, AR sion: Rochester, New York, lands at the top spot in our
your living costs? Check out our ranking of 2021’s 5 Fort Worth, TX ranking of the Best Cities for WFH (Work from Home)
Best Cities for WFH Value. 6 McKinney, TX Value.
LawnStarter ranked the 120 biggest U.S. housing mar- 7 Frisco, TX How did Rochester get it right for remote workers? The
kets to find out where remote workers can get the most 8 Arlington, TX city boasts the coolest real estate market — as in it ranks
bang for their buck. 9 Cincinnati, OH No. 1 for Buyer-Friendliness. On closer inspection, it has
We compared the cities based on 20 key metrics — from 10 Huntsville, AL the fifth highest change in new listings over three months,
home and yard sizes to sale- and rent-price fluctuations to and its inventory has sat on the market the longest. While
suitability for remote work. We also looked into whether 2021’s Worst Cities for WFH Value these could be construed as signs of unattractive homes,
each city will pay remote workers to move there. (Overall) they also could be interpreted as less competition and more
See which 10 cities offer the most (or least) square Rank City room to negotiate.
footage for the lowest (or biggest) price below. We also 111 Santa Clarita, CA It’s only natural, then, that Rochester also would clock
broke down the best cities for buyers vs. renters, followed 112 Rancho Cucamonga, CA in at No. 1 among the Best Cities for WFH Buyers. So head
by some highlights and lowlights from our report. 113 Glendale, CA on over with your wallet and all your puffy furniture.
114 Irvine, CA • Suburban Persuasion: Consistent with pandemic trends,
2021’s Best Cities for WFH Value 115 Ontario, CA suburbs still hold the cure to claustrophobia and high costs.
(Overall) 116 Oakland, CA Except for Houston and Las Vegas, all the cities in our top
Rank City 117 San Jose, CA 10 are small to midsize cities and suburbs. Among them are
1 Rochester, NY 118 Boston, MA Rochester, New York, at No. 1; Tulsa, Oklahoma, at No. 2;
2 Tulsa, OK 119 Fremont, CA Orlando, Florida, at No. 5; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
3 Cincinnati, OH 120 San Francisco, CA at No. 8.
4 Shreveport, LA These cities are a mixed bag when it comes to square
5 Orlando, FL 101 Huntington Beach, CA footage and teleworker-friendliness, but they’re among the
6 Baton Rouge, LA best markets for both buyers and renters. Two, including
7 Little Rock, AR Tulsa and Las Vegas, also are among the few U.S. cities in
8 Pittsburgh, PA Highlights and Lowlights: our ranking with baiting schemes to attract remote workers
9 Las Vegas, NV • Rochester: The Right Choice: America’s first “Boom from out of town.
10 Houston, TX Town” appears to be poised for a second economic explo- Move to one of these cities to stretch your legs and your
budget.
2021’s Best Cities for WFH Buyers • Texas: The Temporary Tenant State: While Tulsa,
Rank City Oklahoma, steals the No. 1 spot in our standalone ranking
1 Rochester, NY of the Best Cities for WFH Renters, Texas cities are the
2 Orlando, FL real standout acts of this show.
3 Miami, FL The Lone Star State sends four cities to the top 10: Fort
4 Tulsa, OK Worth, McKinney, Frisco, and Arlington in fifth through
5 Cincinnati, OH eighth places, respectively. More impressive, Texas claims
6 Pittsburgh, PA half of the top 20, including Houston, El Paso, and Plano
7 Las Vegas, NV in 11th to 13th places, San Antonio in 15th, Dallas in 17th,
8 Fort Lauderdale, FL and Garland at No. 20.
9 Shreveport, LA What’s so special about Texas? For one, several cities
10 Overland Park, KS are in the top 10 of our ranking of the Best Cities for Re-
mote Workers (McKinney claims first place). But overall,
2021’s Best Cities for WFH Renters multiple Texas cities earn high marks in the Space category
Rank City — everything’s bigger in Texas, as they say — and Renter-
1 Tulsa, OK Friendliness. Sadly, none offers a bribe for incoming re-
2 Baton Rouge, LA mote workers, but the savings on rent is a good tradeoff.
3 Shreveport, LA
The Story of the World’s First Known Museum

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here would you imagine finding history’s first gathered together. These included a large black stone from words — an interest in history was common among mon-
museum? If you said London or New York, about 1400 B.C., which was covered with carvings indi- archs of the period. They were the first home-grown leaders
you’re on the wrong part of the map. The earliest cating the boundaries of a property (plus a “terrific curse” of Mesopotamia after centuries of foreign rule. History was
evidence we have of something like a museum comes from on anyone who defaced it). They also found the arm of a perhaps a fitting preoccupation for an empire on its last
southwest Iraq, where a port city called Ur once flourished statue of a king, apparently trimmed to show writing on it, legs, and one that often looked back toward past glories as
along the Euphrates River. One of the earliest cities in perhaps from about 2280 B.C.; clay tablets and foundation a means of preserving power for the present.
human history, Ur was the heart of ancient Sumerian civi- cones from about 2000 B.C.; bronze figurines; and a large Alongside her work as perhaps the world’s first museum
lization. It was home to a thriving trade network and reli- “votive stone mace-head” whose date was unclear. curator, Ennigaldi-Nanna was the priestess of a moon deity
gious culture that first emerged about 6,000 years ago. “What were we to think?” Woolley
We have a British archaeologist named Charles Leonard later wrote in his book Ur of the Photo 12/ Getty Images
Woolley to thank for much of what we know about Ur. Chaldees. “Here were half a dozen di-
Born in London in 1880, Woolley worked as an assistant verse objects found lying on an unbro-
at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum before excavating sites in ken brick pavement of the sixth century
northeast England, Africa, Italy, and Syria. In the Middle B.C., yet the newest of them was seven
East, he worked alongside T. E. Lawrence — the archaeol- hundred years older than the pavement
ogist, military officer, and writer later known as "Lawrence and the earliest perhaps two thousand:
of Arabia." Lawrence was just one famous figure Woolley The evidence was altogether against
crossed paths with; he also later became friends with their having got there by accident, and
Agatha Christie, who wrote a detective novel about his digs the trimming of the statue-inscription
in Mesopotamia and eventually married one of his assis- had a curious air of purpose.”
tants. After a bit more digging, Woolley

found the key. “A little way apart lay a
Discovering the Riches of Ur small drum-shaped clay object on which
In 1922, after the first World War interrupted his work were four columns of writing” in several
with Lawrence, Woolley started the work that would make languages, he wrote in Ur of the
him famous: 12 years of excavations in the ancient city of Chaldees. Woolley transcribed part of
Ur. In digs sponsored jointly by the British Museum and the text on the cylinder, which read:
the University of Pennsylvania, he uncovered troves of an- “These are copies from bricks found in
cient artifacts that became the basis for much of what we the ruins of Ur, the work of Bur-Sin king of Ur, which while called Sin or Nanna, whose rites and traditions her father
know about Ur and the Sumerians. His most spectacular searching for the ground-plan [of the temple] the Governor had helped resurrect from centuries ago. She also ran a
discovery was a sprawling royal cemetery packed with of Ur found, and I saw and wrote out for the marvel of the scribal school, which likely helped elites translate and un-
gold, silver, and bronze treasures. It was also packed with beholders.” derstand the past.
bodies — a royal court sacrificed as part of funeral cere- To Woolley, this clay cylinder was the first-ever museum
monies for a monarch. Both the treasures and the graves label, proving that “the room was a museum of local antiq- Echoes of Ennigaldi at the Ashmoleon
earned splashy coverage in the press, competing only with uities maintained by the princess Bel-Shalti-Nannar,” using It would take roughly two millennia after Ennigaldi-
Lord Carnarvon’s discovery of King Tut’s tomb around the an older name for Ennigaldi-Nanna. The drum was also a Nanna lived for European precursors of the modern mu-
same time. record from “the first scientific excavations at Ur,” Woolley seum to develop, first as “cabinets of curiosity” or “wonder
About two years after the excavations began, Woolley wrote. Although the bricks to which the writing referred rooms” assembled by wealthy aristocrats and church mem-
discovered something less headline-grabbing, but perhaps had long since been lost, Woolley believed they were likely bers in the 16th century. It would be a few more centuries
equally important to history. While excavating ruins that once located near the cylinder and among the other artifacts still before the modern museum really got going, with in-
he interpreted as a palace complex, Woolley and his team in the museum. He also speculated that both Ennigaldi- stitutions such as London’s British Museum (founded in
found chambers belonging to Ennigaldi-Nanna, daughter Nanna and her father Nabonidus were archaeologists, who 1753) and Paris’ Louvre (founded in 1793).
of the Neo-Babylonian King Nabonidus. The chambers ap- may have personally dug up some of the objects in their Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum, which opened in 1683, is
peared to date from around 530 B.C., just before Ur was collection. often said to have been the first modern museum to open
abandoned (possibly due to drought) and absorbed into the its doors to the public. Perhaps it was Woolley’s days as an
Persian Empire. Priestess of the Past assistant there, back at the start of his career, that helped
But something about the discovery perplexed Woolley. While we know little about the specific motivations be- him recognize Ennigaldi-Nanna’s museum for what it was
Among the loose rubble and bricks, the team found an odd hind the collection — we don’t have records from Enni- — despite a gap of thousands of years and just as many
assortment of objects from various places and times, all galdi-Nanna about what she was doing, let alone her own miles. 27
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IRS TO SEND 4 MILLION

ADDITIONAL TAX REFUNDS
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT Don’t Let
Yahoo Money / Denitsa Tsekova
Why another round of stimulus checks is unlikely
The Internal Revenue Service will issue 4 million tax refunds this week
“Mis-information”
Ruin the
to filers who paid too much in taxes for their 2020 unemployment bene-
fits.
The refunds by direct deposit will start on July 14, while those by paper
check will begin July 16.
"To ease the burden on taxpayers, the IRS has been reviewing the Forms
1040 and 1040SR that were filed prior to the law’s enactment to identify
those people who are due an adjustment," the agency said in a statement
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on Tuesday. "For taxpayers who overpaid, the IRS will either refund the
overpayment, apply it to other outstanding taxes or other federal or state
debts owed."
Under the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the first $10,200 in un-
employment benefits aren't taxed for eligible filers. Because the legisla-
tion was signed into law halfway through the tax season, some taxpayers
had already filed their federal returns without taking advantage of the new
MYTH ONE
tax break. “I’ve heard I won’t qualify for a reverse
mortgage because of my limited income.”
MYTH TWO:
“If I take out a reverse mortgage the lender
will own my home.”
MYTH THREE:
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“There are restrictions on how reverse

mortgage proceeds may be used.”
MYTH FOUR:
“Only low-income seniors get
reverse mortgages.”
The agency identified 13 million taxpayers who may be eligible for an
adjustment as of June. For this round of refunds, the agency reviewed 4.6
million returns and approximately 4 million were eligible for an average
MYTH FIVE:
refund of $1,265. The agency issued another 2.8 million refunds in June. “If I outlive my life expectancy, the lender
The review and the processing of the additional refunds will continue will evict me.”
throughout the summer.
Filers whose tax returns have been processed will receive two tax re-
funds: the first reflects how they filed and the second refund will reflect
MYTH SIX
any tax break they get on their unemployment benefits. The IRS will issue “A reverse mortgage will affect my
refunds by direct deposit for taxpayers with valid banking information government benefits.”
on their 2020 return. If that information is not available, a paper check
will be sent instead.
The refunds will be subject to normal offset rules, including past-due MYTH SEVEN:
federal tax, state income tax, state unemployment compensation debts, “There are no objective advisors available
among others. If the refund is used to pay unpaid debt, the IRS will send
a separate notice. to seniors trying to decide if a
Both regular unemployment benefits and the jobless benefits provided reverse mortgage suits their needs.”
by the stimulus legislation are subject to income tax. But the newly added
tax exemption is for the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits; any ben-
efits above that threshold are taxable. The break applies to the 2020 tax
MYTH EIGHT:
year and for households making up to $150,000. “My children will be responsible
Taxpayers who become eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit for the repayment of the loan.”
(EITC) after the unemployment benefits exclusion is calculated may have
to file an amended return to claim new benefits, the IRS said.

MYTH NINE
Continued from pg 1 “Reverse mortgage lenders take
advantage of seniors.”
Rick ‘Rockin Fig’ Fignetti, MYTH TEN::
Southern California “I cannot get a reverse mortgage if I have an
Surf Community Staple, Dies at 64 existing mortgage.”
Scholastic Surfing Association National Championships. He announced many up
and coming world champions, including Kelly Slater and Andy Irons at the NSSA
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Nationals. Slater, in fact, was there when Fignetti was inducted into the Surfing
Walk of Fame in 2010. He was also the announcer for the US Pro Tour from 1987
to 2002.
He wasn’t just the voice of surfing, though — he was an extraordinarily talented
surfer, as well. He entered his first contest in 1978, when he was 22 years old, and
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Fignetti’s passing leaves a gaping hole in the Huntington Beach community and
the global surfing community, as well. His infectious smile and boundless stoke sr.rslater@gmail.com
left an indelible mark and he’ll forever be in our memories. Our sincerest condo-
lences go out to the friends, family, and anyone affected by his death. Thanks for
everything you did, Fig. You’ll be missed.
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Police, Fire
& All Public Safety
WE Appreciate YOU
Every Day of Every Year
you show up to work
To protect US!
Your Badges
are as shiny
as your hearts
and character
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