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The pictures below are images of the pages appearing in the December 14-20, 2013 edition of The Economist magazine as part of its Intelligent Life Features.  I found the article fascinating, particularly the pictures which belie the beautiful color our exhibit must have had at one time.  You can double click on the image to enlarge it and read the article.  

20 Docents, Tiffany and Liz attended the annual holiday party at Taix's French Restaurant on Sunset and Alvarado.  The menu included pot roast, chicken or sole in the Wine Room: Nancy Sue and Jim Barbara and Ralph Mary and Christy Connie, Veronica and Susan Barbara and Maria Jan and John Joyce and Sherry Liz and Tiffany Marvin and Nic Chuck and Connie Ralph and Bob    Chuck conveying best wishes from Pat Bauer and Beverly Shulman both of whom could not attend today's lunch   Ralph the Red Nosed ..... Pot Roast Half Chicken Filet of Sole

King of gore dinosaur was the 'bad grandpa' of tyrannosaurs Meet the king of gore, a "bad grandpa" of Tyrannosaurus rex that tore through flesh with banana-shaped, meat-cleaver teeth.  Click on the link below to view article in the November 24, 2013 LA Times: http://fw.to/Ig0pxAR

More on LA water history.  Click on the link below:              http://www.ladowntownnews.com/arts_and_entertainment/water-water-everywhere-at-the-natural-history-museum/article_3f89c0f6-4afa-11e3-8094-001a4bcf887a.html#.UokirGCQbiw.email

I thought you'd like this article that appeared in today's LA Times.  Click on the link below to read: http://fw.to/qh2gv6V If dogs are descended from wolves, then explain chihuahuas Thursday was a true dog day afternoon, as scientists announced they had — perhaps — finally solved the riddle of the origin of domesticated dogs.

This month's field trip was to the Huntington Library and special Junipero Serra and the Legacies of the California Missions exhibit from Aug 17 to Jan 6, 2014.  The exhibit was a collection of 250 religious, paintings, maps, letters, drawings, Indian artifacts and other objects from the Huntington and 60 lenders in the US, Mexico and Spain to coincide with the 300th anniversary of Serra's birth on the island of Majorca.  It is interesting to note that November 24th is California's Father Serra Day.  Also noteworthy is the opening of the remodeled and restructured Huntington Library the preceding Friday, November 8.     This picture was taken with our tour leader Christine The Renovated Library and its collections This is t