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GARBOUSHIAN presents
Roni Feldman –
Another Excellent Exhibition

Friday, March 16th, 2012

In the past, the GARBOUSHIAN has had the privilege of hosting Roni Feldman’s work, but this time the entire gallery is dedicated to the latest from the monochromatic master.

Roni Feldman at GARBOUSHIAN Gallery from March 23 - April 28, 2012

The works are not simply black and white, but are reflective in a way that draws the viewer in, enchants them, and entices them to keep searching.

Works of incredible detail, Feldman’s paintings feature many layers of paint creating many layers of social interrogative.

GARBOUSHIAN‘s opening reception happens Friday, March 23rd at 7pm.

IBL partners with legendary Summer Pro League

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

From the IBL:The Southern California Summer Pro League Partners with the International Basketball League

Vancouver, Wash.: The International Basketball League is excited to announce a new partnership with the prestigious Southern California Summer Pro League (SPL) for the 2012 season.

Summer Pro LeagueThe Southern California Summer Pro League (SPL) was originally founded in 1970 and is entering its 39th year as a premier showcase for some of basketball’s greatest teams and players during the summer. The league gives both raw and experienced players an opportunity to maintain and develop their skills with competitive play. Every NBA team has participated in the SPL as some point during its illustrious history, and over 800 current and former NBA players have competed in the league.

The IBL-SPL partnership means the two leagues will work together, collaborate and align with strategic partners as they continue to provide a platform for undiscovered talent. IBL All-Star and international teams will participate in the SPL this summer, with both sides sharing the opportunities they provide with each other’s audience.

“The IBL is very proud to announce an exclusive partnership between our two leagues as we both enable opportunities for undiscovered players to shine and keep developing their game in front of the best teams, agents and scouts in professional basketball, internationally. With our shared vision the synergies and opportunities will continue as we look forward to the 39th annual SPL season, where the IBL All-Star team and Japan team will compete this July,” IBL Commissioner Graf shared.

Summer Pro League Owner and CEO John Younesi shares the Commissioner’s optimism, stating “The SPL is proud to partner with the IBL in an effort to provide the best venue for accomplished basketball players to showcase their skills. The SPL has played host to basketball players from more than 60 countries. In some instances, some of the greatest foreign players made their debut in the Summer League. The IBL has been a mainstay in the realm of International and domestic basketball. Together, I believe the SPL and the IBL will make a dynamic team that will help develop and launch the careers of many basketball players with lofty dreams.”

“We look forward to a long and auspicious association, one that will make a difference in the global world of basketball,” Younesi concluded.

The 2012 SPL season will run from July 15-30, with games taking place at the Roybal Center in Los Angeles.

About International Basketball League (IBL)
The International Basketball League (IBL) is a professional sports association based in Vancouver, Wash., that engages high level basketball talent. The league is dedicated to fostering international basketball talent and focuses on providing family friendly events as well as helping players find positions in international leagues such as the BJ League, Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), and the Portuguese Basketball League (LCB). The IBL is in its eighth year of operation with teams across the United States and Canada. To learn more about the International Basketball League visit: www.IBL.com.

About the Summer Pro League (SPL)
The Southern California Summer Pro League (SPL) is entering its 39th year as the premier summer showcase for basketball’s greatest teams and showmen. The League is the summer stage where undiscovered players perform. It is the medium through which both raw and experienced basketball talent can maintain and hone their skills through competitive league play. Every NBA team has participated in the SPL throughout its unprecedented history and it has served as a launching pad for many great NBA careers. Over 800 current and former NBA players have participated in the League. No basketball organization in the world possesses the quality and diversity of great competitors that the League has enjoyed for over three decades.

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Resources to Extend Your Knowledge and Understanding of this story visit: www.ibl.com and www.summerproleague.com.

If You Need Frontage on Hawthorne, Talk to Sheri Messerlian

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Commercial Real Estate Agent Sheri Messerlian is a Senior Vice President at NIA Capital and a member of the Company’s Elite Platinum Club. She also has 32,000 sqft available on Hawthorne Boulevard, in Torrance, CA – if you’re interested.

Sheri currently has about 100,000 sqft for sale around the South Bay, and about 75,000 sqft for lease.Sheri Messerlian offers the Thomas International Building - 32,000 sqft with huge frontage on Hawthorne Boulevard Torrance Recently, she’s leased over 62,000 feet and sold close to 40,000 sqft.

Among the more impressive properties that Sheri is brokering is 32,000 sqft of frontage on Hawthorne Boulevard near the intersection with Sepulveda. It’s a large retail space with a loading dock and more than ample parking. If you need something smaller, she’s leased spaces as small as 175 feet all the way up to the tens of thousands, and everything in between.

Perhaps the most impressive tell of her book is the demographics and the frontage she offers. She’s got a huge variety on offer for every budget.

So if you’re looking for a new office, or if you have a hot business plan for a great restaurant, or if you’re looking to open a large retail chain, talk to Sheri Messerlian. If somehow she doesn’t have exactly what you’re looking for, she’ll get you pointed in the right direction with her over 30 years of industry contacts.

Congrats on bringing your site up to date, Sheri!

Greater Hope Foundation Unveils New Logo and Colors to go with Fantastic Array of New Services for Children

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Greater Hope Foundation has a track record of being an incredibly successful Foster Family Agency operating in the high-need area of Barstow, California. Greater Hope Foundation puts children with loving families and gives those children a better chance for a more successful, happy life.

But recently, they’ve been growing. A lot.Greater Hope Foundation, Inc.

Greater Hope Foundation has unveiled its plans for Greater Hope Prep school, an innovative environment for young children to learn, explore, and be positively influenced. Also, last year Greater Hope Foundation launched a subsidiary business, All Clear Livescan, to assist and supplement their other businesses. All Clear Livescan is a service that fingerprints and uploads fingerprints for individuals requiring an “all clear”, whether it is to gain access to documents or to be allowed to be a foster parent.

These two services are in addition to the Foster Parent College, a training program for prospective foster parents, that Greater Hope Foundation has been working with for many years.

Most recently, Greater Hope Foundation announced it has the ability to support Supervised Visitations of non-custodial parents with their children.

After a call from a Greater Hope Foundation employee announcing that indeed Greater Hope Foundation would be able to expand its Foster Agency services into Riverside this year, GHF’s principle Helena Smith said, “I just keep getting good news” with a broad, bright smile indicative of all of the hard work that has gone into making all of this success possible.

To go along with all of the growth, the not-for-profit needed a facelift as its old monicker, Greater Hope Foundation for Children, was no longer reflective of all of the services the Foundation is engaged in. Thus, it is now Greater Hope Foundation, it has a new logo which WSmad designed and implemented on the site (which we originally designed and built), and we all decided it would be best to soften the blue of the site, which is now close to a “robin’s egg” blue.

The re-done site looks great and continues to perform extraordinarily well.

Congratulations from all of us at Web Site Maintenance And Design to everyone working their tails off at Greater Hope Foundation. We’re extremely pleased and very proud to be a small part of all that success.

Cook’s Doors & Windows Makes History: First to Get Vinyl Windows Approved in Palos Verdes Estates

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

As residents of Palos Verdes Estates know, making what even small changes in a home remodel is incredibly difficult. PVE’s Art Jury must approve every tiny modification you consider, and most of the time, they’ll say no. You want to upgrade your roof from red-tile shingles to a more modern style? NO. You want to change the color of your home to be like Mr. Pine? NO. You want to improve your Cook's Gets Vinyl Windows Approved in Palos Verdes Estates, CAwindows insulation performance, lifetime, and keep your house’s historical look? NO…well… That is, until recently.

Jim Cook of Cook’s Windows & Doors, a South Bay company that has been fitting windows and doors in new homes and remodels for almost 90 years, has finally been able to make an upgrade during a remodel. Jim knew what it was going to take going in as he and his family have been residents on the Palos Verdes Peninsula for over 55 years. But since that’s what his customer wanted, Jim lowered his shoulder, gritted his teeth, and worked hard with the art jury and all of the architects and contractors involved, and put in late hours to make sure that’s what his customer got. Nobody else in his business has ever been able to do it. Or, they simply weren’t willing to work hard enough for it.

But Cook’s is. They do whatever it takes to make their customers happy.

There are some things the Palos Verdes Estates Art Jury simply won’t tolerate. But thanks to Cook’s, there’s one less item on the list. It’s an impressive feat, and Cook’s Doors and Windows were the first to do it.

Congrats Jim, Bob, and the whole Cook’s team! We celebrate your triumph of collaboration to help make Palos Verdes Estates home owners happier!

WANNA PLAY? Southern California Basketball Summer Pro League Taking Applications

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

If you can guard Kobe but you’ve never had a chance to prove it, Summer Pro League is for you.

If you can knock down threes with a big sweaty hand in your face and the shot clock at 2, Summer Pro League is for you.Southern California Summer Pro League - July 2012 @ Roybal Center in Los Angeles

If you can drive the lane through three seven-footers and get the brick through the hoop, Summer Pro League is for you.

The Southern California Basketball Summer Pro League is back, and it’s taking applications for players, agents, and sponsors.

Tryouts are happening July 12th and 13th at the Roybal Center near Downtown LA – about a mile from the iconic Staples Center where both the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers throw down. League play commences at the Roybal Center on July 15th and concludes on July 29th.

Applications for basketball players who wish to demonstrate their talents on the NBA Level in front of Talent Scouts, Agents, Pro Teams and NBA Players should be sent in immediately. Applications completed and paid before May 20th, 2012 are $150. Direct applications, for players with pro-level résumés, are $185. After May 20th, the price goes up. For agents or other organizations wishing to enter teams, the price is under $2500.

Players, here is your Pros versus Joes moment. You want your one game to prove what you got? $150 and you have your chance to play against the best. Test yourself. See if you really can play in the Pros.

SiteCon Concrete Construction is Helping to Bring the City of Anaheim into the 21st Century

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Sitecon Concrete has been awarded the concrete portion of the new Water Recycling Demonstration Facility at Anaheim City Hall.Sitecon Concrete Construction providing concrete contracting for City of Anaheim Water Recycling Plant

Michael Nolen of Sitecon Inc, is excited about the project. “Sitecon is performing all of the concrete scope of work for this project”, Mike told us, with a certain confident excitement in his words.

The miniature water recycling plant is the first of its kind in Southern California. It will treat 100,000 gallons of wastewater per day, saving 35 million gallons throughout a year’s use. That’s enough water for 220 houses, and it will save the City of Anaheim $70,000 annually.

Construction has already begun and the site is fully operational by March 2012.

Great work, Mike and Sitecon! Saving us all some taxpayer money and one of our world’s most precious resources – water – that’s something we can all get excited about!

For more information, contact:
SiteconInc.com

Project Overview Video

City of Anaheim

Think Only of the Best and Expect Only the Best – Bryant Sports & Entertainment

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Desi Bryant has one mantra when it comes to making things happen: To think only of the best and expect only the best.Desi Bryant and Bryant Sports and Entertainment

Mr. Bryant is an experienced mover and shaker – a bona fide hustler in the world of Sports and Entertainment. Out of Los Angeles, Bryant has his hands in movies, sports, and talent, and with a background in law he is making things happen behind the scenes.

If you’re interested to see what’s coming in the Entertainment or Sports industries in the coming years, have a look at what Bryant Sports & Entertainment is doing now at www.BryantSpEnt.com. Everything he works on is “the next big thing”.

Medawar Fine Jewelers Invites you to their Annual Open House, December 9th and 10th

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Medawar Fine Jewelers, in Palos Verdes, CA, is well known to the Peninsula Community through the famous Talking Clock it donated, its excellent in-house jewelry, clock and watch repair services, and of course, for it’s fantastic offering of fine jewelry.

Every year, they open their doors to the community to host a Holiday Open House. It’s a very fun event Medawar Fine Jewelers holiday Open Housewhere the whole family joins in to have fun and catch up on old times with the customers. It’s also an excellent opportunity to come in to the relaxed atmosphere, and look at Pandora bracelets, Rolex Watches, and literally hundreds of other gift ideas, from jewelry and watches, to knives and jewelry cleaners.

Medawar has taken this opportunity to significantly upgrade their web site from a half-dozen pages to nearly a hundred pages with links to all of the manufacturers offerings they sell. This makes it easy for guests to the site and their regular customers to peruse what they have on offer before they come in.

Also in the upgraded site are details about the history of the Store, the Medawar Knowledge Center where you can learn all about jewelry, and details about their custom service center, where they create from scratch and repair jewelry, repair clocks and watches, all in-house.

If you’re puzzled as to what to get that special someone, Medawar has a very good answer – in fact, the best answer money can buy!

Greater Hope Prep Taking Enrollments in Barstow, California – Where Children Reign Supreme!

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

Greater Hope Preparatory School for infants to five-year-olds is open in Barstow, California with the first day of school set to be January 16th, 2012.

The new school, “Where Children Reign Supreme”, focuses on creative energy and giving children a place to Greater Hope Prep School is Taking Applications and Enrollmentsgrow and thrive, already has a waiting list. Founded by Greater Hope Foundation’s Helena Smith, the school for kindergarten and pre-school aged children only has 74 spots available, and they have all been filled.

The Greater Hope Foundation for Children (www.GreaterHopeFoundation.com) assists with the placement of children into foster care in the high-need area of Barstow, Calfiornia. AllClearLivescan.com is a fingerprinting and checking service in Barstow, also.

One of the pieces that Greater Hope Prep boasts for parents is the use of KidCam, which allows parents to check in on their children at any time during the day using their telephone or computer. Greater Hope Prep also has a brand new 3000 square foot purpose-built facility and some of the best teachers on the planet. They all retain a Master’s Degree in Child Development (or higher degree) and are trained in CPR and first aid. It’s a top-notch school to promote top-notch learning and growth.

Congratulations to Helena Smith and the whole Greater Hope gang! Opening Day is just around the corner!