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oters in four small sewerage districts in Southern Marin will decide May 7 whether to consolidate. Actually, they’re being forced to decide. The four districts, Alto, Almonte, Homestead Valley and Richardson Bay Sanitary, are the subject of Measure C, which, if passed, would consolidate the districts into one agency. The consolidated district would have a governance structure that eventually would include a five-member board elected at large. In the short term, for a period of two years, the board would comprise members from each existing district. The arrangement aims to ease the transition to a single consolidated agency. According to supporters, existing fees would cover services after the consolidation. Voters in the four districts must get their mail-in ballots to the county election office by the end of the day May 7. They also may drop them off at the Mill Valley Community Center or San Rafael City Hall. Both of those locations will be open from 7am to 8pm. Critics of the consolidation have said it would disadvantage districts—and residents in those districts—that had come up with the funds to improve infrastructure when other districts had not raised the same amount of money and completed the

same amount of improvement. A consolidation, critics have said, would amount to giving away a public asset. But drafters of the plan met that criticism with an approach that calls for creating four rate zones for the four existing districts after consolidation. According to the ballot argument in favor of Measure C, “Expenditures of reserves generated in any existing district rate zone on improvements in another rate zone are prohibited under legally enforceable terms and conditions of approval.” The move to consolidate is either a wise approach to improving a decentralized system that lacks cohesion and has duplicate administrative structures or an attempt to eliminate small agencies that are close to residents and represent the epitome of local control. The four existing agencies, with a total of 20 board members and four managers, are part of the Sewerage Agency of Southern Marin. They collect and pump sewage to the SASM treatment plant. In an attempt to share costs and responsibilities, Southern Marin sewerage agencies banded together in 1979 to build the SASM treatment plant in Mill Valley. But the agencies that joined the SASM joint powers agency also retained their individ9> ual identities, along with control of

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Good Earth flips switch on 852 new solar panels Good Earth is really feeling the heat this week—thanks to the 852 new solar panels the natural foods store has installed to energize its Fairfax market When the organic market opened the doors last year at its new location on Center Boulevard, its rooftop solar panels were enough to supply energy to heat the store’s water. But since then, according to owners Mark Squire and Al Baylacq, they’ve leased the rooftops of the Fairfax Plaza across the street and installed enough panels across 40,000 square feet of rooftop to supply about 35 percent of Good Earth’s total energy. The partially grant-funded photovoltaic project was managed by San Rafael’s Cooperative Community Energy; its installation was by Sun First Solar, also of San Rafael. Baylacq says that although they tried to build an energy-efficient business, “the reality is full-service grocery stores are huge energy suckers.” Thanks to the new solar system, he says, “[we] can feel good about supporting a truly green business for a long time.” San Rafael maps out homeless ‘hot zones’ San Rafael isn’t exactly

PacificSun.com Poll Results Should San Rafael be asking homeless to avoid certain downtown business areas? Yes, a friendly request that we respect certain community standards is perfectly acceptable ........25% No! Scapegoating the needy to please entitled Marin shoppers in not what we stand for ........ 25% Perhaps, but I wll miss smiling at the man at Fourth and B with the ‘don’t forget to smile’ sign .......8.3% So if we spread them out a little they won’t be as notieable?.......................................................16.7% Sure beats solving homelessness! .................. 25%

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“herding” the homeless, but police officials are suggesting they steer clear of certain “hot zones”—where neighborhood complaints have reached a fever pitch. While San Rafael’s abundance of homeless services in the downtown has led to a natural rise in homeless pedestrian traffic in the area, San Rafael police have earmarked three “current hot zones” that have become a bit troublesome: 910 Lincoln Avenue (near Hospice by the Bay thrift shop); the corner of Fourth and B streets (near Starbucks and the Rafael Film Center) and Fourth and B streets (two blocks up from the St. Vincent de Paul dining room). The St. Vincent de Paul Free Dining Room is a “community partner” of the SRPD and is distributing a hot-zone map to its clients at its B Street location, where it serves about 300 people a day. The map is asking homeless folk to “be a good neighbor!” and to curb Dumpster diving, public urination and defecation and not to drink alcohol in public (“go to a bar” the flier advises). Other requests include “don’t store your property in the city flower boxes,”“don’t steal power from the businesses or the city” and “no camping at Elks Club or San Rafael Hills.”

Buck Institute banking on stem cell research The Buck Institute will soon be the world’s one-stop shop for stem cells, as a pair of research firms plan to rent space at the Novato facility to operate a stem-cell bank. Coriell Institute for Medical Research, out of New Jersey, and Cellular Dynamics International, of Wisconsin, will use a $26 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to operate the banks on approximately 4,500 square feet at the Buck Institute. According to CIMR officials, the bank will house “pluripotent” stem cells, which, like human embryonic stem cells, can potentially develop into any type of cell—blood, skin or other 9> major organs—but are already mature and don’t have to be harvested from embryos.

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on. Man crack was visible. He bent further and exposed most of his bare butt, sans underwear. She excused herself and ate lunch outside with Thomas, the plumber. Coach had a knack for showing up when no one else was around. On Wednesday, he sat on the floor next to Lizanne. While he slurped soy yogurt, he inquired about her rates for landscaping. Upon being informed that she charged $40 an hour, he proposed a trade. “I’ll work on improving every aspect of your life and you do my landscaping,” he said. “My week is free, since my girlfriend is out of town.” “I’m booked through the end of summer and I don’t do trade,” she responded. “Your loss,” he said. On Thursday, Lizanne was building kitchen cabinets and Thomas was installing new pipes in the kitchen. He had noticed Randy’s inappropriate behavior around her and tried to stick close by. Still, Coach Randy succeeded in finding a moment when she was alone. “Monday is nudist day, so don’t wear any clothes,” he announced. Randy outdid himself on Friday. Lizanne stayed on the move to avoid contact with him. She gathered empty boxes from around the house, carried them out the back door and broke each one down. Back and forth she went. Soon enough, Randy entered the backyard dressed in running shorts and a T-shirt emblazoned in a rainbow of letters that read “Dream, Then Do.” He talked on his iPhone and never acknowledged Lizanne’s presence. Or did he? On her fourth trip to the pile of boxes, he urinated on a nearby hydrangea bush. She assumed he didn’t know she was there. To alert him, she made a loud racket when she threw the refuse down. Unbelievably, he did it again later. Peeing in front of her twice within an hour was no accident. Lizanne dropped her load and looked for Thomas. Though she hated leaving a job unfinished, she had to quit. Thomas accompanied her as she informed Randy and requested her pay. Coach wrote a check and muttered that she couldn’t take a joke. With tears in his eyes, Thomas shook Lizanne’s hand to say goodbye. “I’m sorry he abused you. This is why men get a bad rap. I’m going to have a word with him when I’m finished here.” Lizanne went straight home and took a shower to wipe off the grime from Coach Randy. After contemplating the week’s events, she concluded that he likely felt emasculated by a woman doing a “man’s work” and was humiliated by her rejection. “The life coach is a creep and the plumber is respectful and kind,” said Lizanne. “You can’t judge a man by his occupation.” True that, Lizanne. Not all men are created pigs. < Email: nikki_silverstein@yahoo.com.

BONUS QUESTION: The first American woman to graduate from law school, Harriet Kepley, received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Union College of Law, now Northwestern, in what year ending with 0? Howard Rachelson welcomes you to live team trivia contests on Wednesdays at 7:30pm at the Broken Drum in San Rafael. If you have an intriguing question, send it along (including the answer, and your name and hometown) to howard1@triviacafe.com.

VRay Slater, a 7th- and 8thgrade teacher at Venetia Valley School in San Rafael, has been named the local winner of the My Favorite Teacher Contest sponsored by Barnes & Noble. Middle- and high-school students submitted essays, poems or thank-you letters to explain how their favorite teacher has influenced their life. Entries were judged on criteria such as the compelling nature of the teacher’s qualities and the sincerity of the student’s appreciation. Mr. Slater was nominated by student Carla Acevedo, who wrote the winning thank-you letter. Suzanne Logan, a retired teacher from Venetia Valley School, will also receive special recognition for an essay written by student Natalie del Carpio. Congratulations to these exceptional teachers and the students they inspire.

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WHere’s a number with a few zeroes: $464,000. According to a recently released audit of the College of Marin Foundation, that’s the amount of money misused to pay administrative expenses, including accounting, legal and consulting fees. The actual budget for admin costs during the fiscal year ending in June 2012 was a mere $7,200. Big difference. Sadly, the $464K was earmarked for student athletics, art and other activities at the College of Marin. The entire foundation board resigned, as did the foundation accountant. the brouhaha about who is to blame While continues, the foundation is only doling out money for scholarships. We hope the bickering soon ends and student programs receive the full benefits intended by the generous donors.—Nikki Silverstein

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y friend Lizanne, a Scandinavian beauty, wears dresses most of the time. If you don’t know her, you might mistake her for a delicate flower. You would be wrong. She’s considered a heck of a fighter at the Marin City Boxing Club. For real. She punches people in the face. Need something fixed? Call Lizanne. She’s also a talented seamstress and gardener. Best of all, Lizanne assembles Ikea components with precision and speed. “It’s in my DNA,” she says modestly. Through word of mouth, many know of her innate Ikea skills and hire her to put together the box store’s furniture and kitchen cabinets. That’s how she came to work at the Mill Valley home of a “life coach.” During her initial meeting with chatty Coach Randy, he revealed his life story. Once a successful stockbroker, he had been laid off during the financial meltdown. While watching daytime TV, he saw an interview with a life coach who mentioned she charged $150 an hour. When the show was over, Randy plunked his money down for an online training program and within six weeks was reborn as a Certified Life Strategies Coach. He decided his practice would specialize in guiding women. His first client was half his age. According to Randy, he tried to keep the relationship professional; however, the two couldn’t resist temptation. Goodbye wife and boring, middle-aged life. Hello nasty divorce, nubile Nina and new Mill Valley house. Last Monday, Lizanne’s first day on the job, she arrived at the job site and noticed a plumber’s truck parked in front of the house. Coach Randy was outside wearing black running tights and a bright orange T-shirt adorned with a smiley face and the words “I’m in a Happy Place.” Lizanne approached him and extended her hand. “Oh, no,” said Coach Randy as he opened his arms. “We hug. Namaste.” Lizanne felt trapped and allowed the embrace, which included a quick slip of his hand on her tush. “It was gross,” she told me later. “He claims he helps women grasp their dreams, but I think he also grabs their derrieres.” On Tuesday, Lizanne was putting together the bedroom furniture. The homeowner stepped into the room wearing loose jeans and a red T-shirt bearing the affirmation “This is my best day ever.” “I like having a pretty girl in my bedroom,” he said. When she didn’t respond, he left, but later in the morning, he returned and stood over her. “Did it make you uncomfortable when I called you pretty?” he asked. “That would make some people uncomfortable. You’re probably flattered.” Lizanne shook her head. Coach Randy turned around and made a production of bending over the nightstand she was working

1. About 200 years ago, what were the two most prevalent Indian tribes living along California’s coast from the Bay Area to Big Sur? 2. Dating from the 16th century, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is one of London’s oldest what? 3. What was the first country of Europe, in 2001, to recognize same-sex marriage? 4. Pictured, right: What’s the French title (and English translation) of 4 Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 novel that describes the adventures of a band of men whose motto was “all for one, one for all”? 5. The San Francisco Giants recently signed what player to a long-term contract? And for how much money over the next nine years? 6. Pictured, right: This pungent, blue-veined cheese is named for the 6 northern Italian town where it was first made. 7. Music: If you begin to play the “circle of fifths” starting with the note of F, what six notes follow? 8. In 1885 what engineer, working in Mannheim, Germany, placed a gasoline engine on a wheeled vehicle, creating the world’s first automobile, and a well-known brand name? 9. Pictured, right: What actor won an Oscar, playing what boxer, in what 9 1980 movie? 10. The mental and physical discipline known as yoga evolved in what country or region of the world?

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Last week’s Alfred Hitchcock-themed Best of Marin was truly a Psycho of an edition, but it was also a bit like The Lady Vanishes—as a handful of kudos to our 2013 winners accidentally “vanished” from the issue. Here are those notorious standouts to whom we were remiss in our accolades: BEST WEST MARIN RESTAURANT BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT We all know we should eat more fish, and that the fish we eat should be responsibly harvested, and that above all else it should taste really, really good. That’s where Marin’s best seafood restaurant comes in. The snapper-ly named Fish dishes up fresh, local seafood from healthy fisheries—“We tend to have stricter standards than the Monterey Bay Aquarium,” says owner Rebecca Chaboya. They also have educational programs on ocean health and environmental issues; check their entertaining website for details. The eatery is also kid- and dog-friendly (on the deck, natch) and is cash only, so you aren’t going to be running up the credit card. “We’re a little different,” says manager Nina Atkinson, and smiles. Just like Marin. ---Fish

350 Harbor Dr., Sausalito 331.3474 331fish.com 2NDYankee Pier, Larkspur 3RDThe Spinnaker, Sausalito

BEST THAI RESTAURANT Royal Thai has stood the test of time—winning accolades and awards since the early 1980s. Owner Jamie Disyamonthon’s continued presence in the kitchen has a lot to do with that, though she’s quick to say that everyone who works there is very important. Jamie emphasizes the value of cooking with “fresh, high-quality ingredients,” saying that she buys vegetables not only in season, but several times a week. And MSG is never used. In fact, most everything is made from scratch: Coconuts are opened and shredded by hand and sauces are made in-house, including Jamie’s green curry sauce, which continues to be a customer favorite. Thai food aficionados continue to rely on Jamie’s authentic cuisine—prepared mild, extra-hot or anywhere in between. --Royal Thai

610 3rd St., San Rafael 485.1074 royalthaisanrafael.com 2ND MyThai, San Rafael 3RD R’NohThai, Larkspur

The Station House Cafe, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and delicious cocktails, has been a West Marin destination for locals and travelers alike since 1974. In its current location since 1989, part of the cafe’s success is attributed to a local customer and employee base—many of the staff have been with Station House for more than two decades. Though the atmosphere and menu items will remain top quality, owner Sheryl Cahill says there may be some new surprises on the menu this spring. And a bonus for those who enjoy music: The Station House Cafe has regular live music nights featuring the best of the local music scene. “The Station House Cafe staff and management are grateful to Pacific Sun readers for their support,” says Cahill. “And [we] look forward to welcoming each and every one for breakfast, lunch, dinner or cocktails this year.” --Station House Cafe

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BEST PET GROOMER BEST WINE BAR Three years ago co-owners Jacquelyn and Jeff Mahaney, James Gregory and Dominic Phillips completely transformed the original home of Good Earth Natural Foods into 123 Bolinas, a wine bar with a clean, modern, ecosensibility (really, they even made the furniture themselves from recycled wood) and a distinctive wine list—plus more than a dozen (mostly local) beers and ciders on tap and by the bottle. Chef Jeremy Goldfarb creates his inspired menu using local, organic and sustainable ingredients to pair with the wine and beer (123 placed third for Best Organic/ Sustainable Restaurant). Jacquelyn says their wine distributors know what they’re looking for: primarily California (Oregon is well represented, too), small-production, organic wines from sustainable and biodynamic vineyards that appeal to a range of palates— and food. No pretensions, no attitude here— all are welcome to imbibe and enjoy. --123 Bolinas

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BEST NAIL CARE While there’s no shortage of nail salons in the county, those who want a little something special get their manis and pedis at Lavande Nail Spa. Owner Jennifer Leung emphasizes that Lavande’s No. 1 priority is hygiene and safety—stainless steel sinks for soaking, sanitized and disinfected implements, etc.—but the attention to cleanliness doesn’t detract in any way from all the extras in the pampering department. Jennifer says Lavande specializes in seasonal treatments: for spring, it’s a refreshing lemon thyme treatment with mint and cucumber. Essential oils, aromatherapy soaks, paraffin dips and scrubs are

Ira Lawson made a truly major career change when he left his entertainment industry job (of 34 years), moved up here and bought Who Does Your Dog?. His passion for animals, and involvement with the Golden Retriever Club of Greater Los Angeles Rescue, led him here, and within a year, his new business has become the Best of Marin. He credits his staff, who feel like family to him, with his success, particularly Nadine Napier—he says “she’s the finest groomer in the area.” Since taking over he has renovated and upgraded, established relationships with animal-related community organizations and come up with lots of ideas for expanding his offerings. Stay tuned for those. As to his transition from L.A.? He says, “Dealing with four-legged creatures is much easier than dealing with on-camera talent.” ---Who Does Your Dog?

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< 6 Sewerage vote coming down the pipe their local pipe and pumping infrastructure. As is often the case in Marin, local control of infrastructure and rate setting were big issues in the alignment of the SASM system. The entire Sewerage Agency of Southern Marin system serves a population of about 29,700 residents, “a modest size even among other sewer service organizations in Marin County,” notes a report compiled by the Marin Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO). The report served as a basis for a proposal to consolidate the system to simplify “the diverse and complex service arrangements within the SASM system.” The differences among the agencies underscore the complexity of the sewerage agency system and highlight why the SASM agency should undergo consolidation, say proponents of folding some of the agencies into a new governance structure. Currently SASM includes one city, Mill Valley; one community services district, the Tamalpais Community Services District; and the four sanitary service districts, Alto, Almonte, Homestead Valley and Richardson Bay. The latter district serves Strawberry and the west side of Tiburon. Mill Valley and the Tamalpais district are substantively different from the others because they are multi-service agencies that perform a variety of services, including sanitation. The four sanitation districts are single-service agencies, and only they are the focus of the consolidation proposed in Measure C. The decentralized governance structure of the agencies was questioned after two sewage spills in 2008 sent 3.4 million gallons of raw and partially treated sewage into Richardson Bay. The spills resulted in fines and fees that topped $1.5 million. In addition to the monetary slap on the wrist, SASM received close scrutiny from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which issued an administrative order to review the agency’s operations. A Marin grand jury wrote a report critical of SASM in 2004. And in 2005, a LAFCO review estimated that consolidation could save money and result in a streamlined governance structure that would provide benefits to the Sewerage Agency of Southern Marin and Southern Marin residents. Then in 2009 another grand jury recommended consolidating SASM agencies. Former state Assemblyman (and current congressional representative) Jared Huffman crafted a legislative stick in the form of AB 1232, a bill that took effect in 2011. Passed in 2009, the bill was intended to give SASM and its member agencies a few years to craft a practical consolidation. “LAFCO and the public should recognize the earnest and energetic efforts of SASM and its member agencies in addressing problems in sewer facilities and operations following the spills of 2008,” the LAFCO report states. “However, recent improvements in performance and

reinvigorated efforts to improve facilities do not justify preservation of an obsolete governance structure.” California law sets difficult hurdles for consolidation. Huffman’s bill added another one. The usual procedure for LAFCO goes like this: If a consolidation proposal meets LAFCO guidelines, the agency distributes notices aimed at landowners and voters within the boundaries of the proposed consolidation. Then comes the protest stage. If less than 25 percent of the registered voters or less than 25 percent of the property owners within the boundary protest, the consolidation proceeds. If between 25 percent and 50 percent of registered voters submit a protest, or if 25 to 50 percent of property owners representing at least 25 percent of the assessed value of property in the boundary submit protests, then the consolidation goes to a vote. But AB 1232 changed the rules for the four Southern Marin districts. Huffman’s legislation authorized the Marin LAFCO to initiate and approve a consolidation of the Southern Marin sewerage agencies without protest hearings or any election. It also allowed the local LAFCO “to impose terms and conditions on this reorganization or consolidation that would require SASM and its members to pay for the commission’s costs.” Under the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act, which passed in 2000, if a LAFCO initiates consolidation proceedings, which is the case in Southern Marin, instead of the 25 percent needed to successfully protest a consolidation and send it to a vote, just 10 percent of registered voters is needed to send it to a vote. In a 4-3 vote, LAFCO board members rejected imposing consolidation on the four districts without a vote of residents. Supervisor Kate Sears, who represents Southern Marin, voted against allowing LAFCO to proceed with consolidation without a vote in the four districts. Under state law, if consolidation critics had garnered a 50 percent protest in any one district, “it would have killed the whole thing,” says Peter Banning, executive officer of the Marin LAFCO. The four districts have a total population of just 14,819. The Alto district has just 693 voters. “If the districts had worked together and gone to Alto, they could have killed this with the signatures of half of those few voters,” says Banning. “But they didn’t do that.” Banning notes that if Measure C passes and consolidation proceeds, the four boards of the existing agencies will work to move into a transition that will point toward consolidation in September. It could happen. But virtually no one thinks voters will approve the consolidation. A majority of voters in each district would have to approve the proposal. If consolidation garners less than a majority in just one district, the deal dies. The proposal received support from no board member in the four agencies.

“We worked this out so they had a year to prepare from the time that LAFCO acted on the [Huffman] proposal,” says Banning. “To my knowledge they have not been exactly active.” John Elam, general manager of the Tamalpais Community Services District, has no direct dog in this hunt. His agency would not be part of the consolidation. But TCSD does send sewage to the SASM plant and does interact with Southern Marin sanitary districts. “The premise that led LAFCO to support consolidation is not necessarily accurate,” says Elam. “If the only reason to consolidate, as LAFCO suggests, is to save money, then you better have a nice, tight grasp on the true costs.” Supporters say no additional revenue would be needed to run the revamped consolidated agency. Critics dispute that and say additional personnel would be required, a contention that consolidation supporters challenge. On one point virtually everyone agrees: Volunteer and part-time personnel in the four agencies have worked hard since 2008 to ensure that residents within their districts see their toilets flush when they push the handle and that improvements to aging infrastructures are a priority. Elam says consolidation proponents fail to grasp that it’s a proposal handed down from the top. “You do not necessarily want to do consolidation where people have not had a real role in the sharing and shaping of the future. And in this case, you had 20 elected officials from four districts, and not one of the 20 endorsed the proposal, but LAFCO merrily went down the road.” Even if voters reject consolidation, Elam says, “The reality is that this will leave a very bad taste in a whole bunch of different peoples’ mouths.” But Elam adds that if consolidation proceeds, residents in the four districts will see little change in their sewage collection systems. And the four agencies have made significant strides to correct inadequacies revealed in the 2008 spill. Consolidation is primarily a political adjustment rather than one that focuses

on engineering details and transport of waste, according to Elam. Consolidation proponents underscore the cost savings that can come from reducing redundant positions and reducing the amount of money paid to board members for attending meetings. But according to the ballot argument against Measure C, the savings that would result isn’t worth the loss of local control. On the issue of local control, consolidation proponents say the four districts hold uncontested elections and few members of the public attend meetings. A consolidated agency that has meetings on a webcast, for instance, is much more transparent than a little agency with a board that meets in a little room on a schedule generally unknown to residents. “We have had an amazing amount of transparency in our local governments in these past few years as more jurisdictions are webcasting their meetings,” says Cliff Waldeck, a former Mill Valley city councilman. Sanitary district boards meeting without much advertising about the meeting schedule “might be local control for the board, but it’s not local oversight for the informed and curious constituency.” Waldeck thinks Measure C is a good first step. He could see consolidating all SASM members and then bringing in Sausalito and Belvedere/Tiburon. The system Waldeck envisions would own the sewage treatment plant and would be a true Southern Marin agency. Elam, who says Measure C is ill advised in part because it’s a top-down imposition and insufficient proof exists that it would improve anything for residents, acknowledges that “if we were starting all over again” to fashion a best-practices agency from scratch, “it would be very different and there would be a unified county sewer district.” Considering the opposition consolidation has received in the four districts, that may a bridge too far, at least for the foreseeable “local control” future. < Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com.

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Arrow injury likely accidental, say Berkeley police Parents should not be adding “arrow attack” to their list of family worries, police officials are insisting, as the crossbow spear that pierced the leg of a San Rafael 8-year-old girl last week was likely launched at her accidentally. A field trip to the Lawrence Hall of Science took a bizarre turn Tuesday, March 26, while a third-grade class from Mary E. Silveira School in Marinwood frolicked innocently on the lifesize whale climbing structure outside the Hall—when suddenly student Nadine Hairston was spiked through the leg by a 20-inch-long projectile. Nadine remained in good spirits and was taken to Children’s Hospital in Oakland where the arrow was removed and her recovery, according to medical officials, was coming along splendidly. The shooter remains unknown. Investigators are asking people present at the LHS that morning if they’d seen anyone doing anything out of the ordinary—such as carrying a crossbow to a science museum—or acting otherwise suspiciously. Berkeley police officials 10 > APRIL 5- APRIL 11, 2013 PACIFIC SUN 9

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ehind that door.” industry is struggling all over the David Pointing to an country, in the wake of several innocuous-looking TEMPLETON major DFX company bankruptcies office, Scott C. Smith stops recently, there is a very real fear that briefly as he leads a tour of this more companies will soon be on their sprawling but quiet industrial way to the museum, relics of a time when complex in San Rafael. “Behind that the effects trade was booming, and Marin door,” he acknowledges, “is where the THX County was the focal point of some of the sound system was developed. And over here,” industry’s most revolutionary innovations. he continues walking, “behind this door, this O O O O is where Pixar was basically formed.” He keeps THERE ARE ABOUT a dozen companies going, pointing out the birthplace of one currently doing VFX work in the Bay Area, technological marvel after another. “It’s like four or five of which make their home in moving through history, walking these halls,” Marin. he says. That number has been steadily dwindling. Smith is the CEO of Creature Art and MeThree years ago, Disney’s ImageMovers chanics Digital (CAMd), a fledgling visual efDigital, employing 450 artists at a state-of-the fects (VFX) company that officially launched art complex in Novato, shut its doors after in June of 2012. Currently his company octhe parent studio experienced losses from the cupies space at 32TenStudios, a complex that films made there (A Christmas Carol, Mars was once the home of Industrial Light and Needs Moms). Magic, the legendary visual effects company Then there’s Matte World Digital. created by George Lucas. The walls are still Last year, after 25 years in business, decorated with posters from the movies that featured special effects created here: Star Wars, contributing to such films as Terminator 2: Back to the Future, Pirates of the Caribbean, Joe Judgment Day, Batman Returns, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Titanic and Captain vs. the Volcano. For nearly three decades, this America, the Novato-based company also spot was ground zero for some of Hollywent out of business. Citing the rising costs wood’s most innovative processes and digital of technology and research and development, special effects developments, the launching coupled with the cost-saving pressures from pad of a DFX (digital effects) revolution that studios and rising competition from overseas changed the face of modern movie entertaineffects companies, Oscar-winning owner ment. Craig Barron pulled the plug in August. In 2005, ILM abandoned the site and Such closures are part of a wide national moved to its current home in the Presidio in trend, which has seen the failure of some San Francisco. The facilities were taken over major DFX companies over the last several by Kerner Optical, which continued to create months. Last year, Southern California’s innovative video effects for several years. UnDigital Domain filed for bankruptcy and was fortunately, Kerner Optical is also gone now, quickly purchased by a pair of companies filing for bankruptcy in 2011, the victim of from India and China. Earlier this year, anothchanging times and shifting demands within er company, the El Segundo-based Rhythm the industry. & Hues, also filed for bankruptcy, and was Ending the tour in a cavernous room snapped up at auction by Prana Studios, decked out for green-screen special effects based in Mumbai. shoots, Smith says, “There has been talk, now “We’re in the dark ages of the visual effects and then, about turning this building into industry,” observes Smith, “and things are some kind of special effects museum.” definitely looking pretty grim.” It’s actually a sad thought. So why in the world, in the midst of an At a time when the digital special effects

industry-wide meltdown, when DFX companies are going down like plastic ducks in a shooting gallery, has Smith just launched a new DFX company? Can a small effects house, even one made up of a team of respected DFX artists and innovators, possibly hope to make it in an industry beset with problems, haunted by the specters of outsourcing and downsizing and increasingly fierce competition? What does Smith know that makes him think there’s a future for Creature Arts and Mechanics, and for the North Bay as a continued presence in the VFX industry? It all comes down to learning from the past. And not panicking.

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“IT’S A REALLY bad roller coaster right now, and we have to ride it out and see what happens,” says Smith. “I think that if anyone in the ’90s, in the technology industry, could look back they would say, ‘Listen! You guys just have to ride this out. It’ll settle down.’ It did for the auto industry. We now have Japanese cars being made in the U.S. It took 20 years, but that’s where the industry is at now. “Technology is slowly coming back to the U.S., too,” he adds. “I call HP or Apple for support, and I get someone in Denver now, or in Sacramento. I don’t get someone in India as often.” Formed under the umbrella of After August Entertainment, an entertainmentbased company established in 2011, Creature Art and Mechanics Digital is founded on a daringly simple business model. As the name implies, the company creates digital characters and creatures for film, television and video games. Simple, right? Actually, no. “It’s extremely complex work, NASA-level complex,” Smith says, “and we feel that we are a bit ahead of the game on it. China and India still can’t do creatures and characters very well. It’s a very complicated art form, and it takes very specialized training.” The company was formed by Smith along with equal partners Andrea Maiolo,

Chad Vernon and Tim Naylor—a quartet of artists who’ve made a name as four of the best respected in their field. Taken as a team, they’ve worked on everything from Star Wars and Transformers to Pirates of the Caribbean and Rango. The company’s mission statement emphasizes the use of “radically new methods and technologies,” calling for a major rethinking of how CG characters are created, promising to both dramatically reduce costs and increase efficiency while simultaneously giving directors and producers more direct access to the design and development process. With its focus on quality, combined with cost effectiveness, Smith—who worked for several years at ILM before leaving to start his own company and work as a freelancer—believes CAMd is well positioned to deliver a monster-sized return of Hollywood’s increasingly ravenous hunger for VFX creatures of all kinds. Most important, Smith points out, the company plans to observe a clear distinction between the artistic side of the business and, um, the business side of the business. It’s a contentious point. “Most VFX studios are not started by businessmen,” he says. “They are started by artists.” That’s good, right? Not always. “A lot of effects artists,” he explains, “grew up in the studio system—we call it the matrix, because you’re just one little piece in a much larger process—and when we finally came out into the world, it was a little difficult, because we didn’t have the same resources, we don’t have the same HR support, or technology support, and we no longer had armies of people to help us get our projects done. But people come out thinking, ‘I’m free! I’m free from the tyranny of upper management,’ and then they find that they need upper management’s business acumen. “In a lot of cases, business people aren’t even welcome,” he adds. “That’s one thing that definitely has to change if VFX companies are going to make it.” CAMd, he elaborates, has brought 12> APRIL 5 - APRIL 11, 2013 PACIFIC SUN 11

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< 11 Behind the green-screen door seasoned technology business people aboard as advisers who watch the cash-flow and consider the long term implications of every expenditure. In many studios, Smith suggests, the underlying drive is to do whatever you have to get the shot done, and done well. But if you spend all the money on making the shot beautiful, but leave no money to keep things running until the next project, that can kill a company. “It doesn’t have to be that way,” Smith says. “Studios can be run as good businesses, as long as they have good business leadership. You can treat people well. You can ask them to work reasonable hours. You can keep them employed in between projects. These are all possible options, if people would just stop and plan a little bit better—and start learning to play chess instead of checkers.” This is not to say that Hollywood isn’t to blame for what’s been happening to the VFX industry. While many producers like to blame the FX houses for the problem, the truth is, they have done more than their share in establishing the us-against-them feeling between VFX studios and movie companies. Much media attention has been trained on this issue recently. In February, director Ang Lee publicly complained that VFX costs were too high, at a time when Rhythm & Hues—the same company that provided the Oscar-winning effects for his hit film Life of Pi—was filing for bankruptcy, no longer able to make a profit in an industry where studios demand state-of-the-art innovation and the cheapest possible rates. Many artists pointed out that without Rhythm & Hues, Life of Pi, with its stunning shots of a boy gradually taming a tiger on the high seas, would have been done with tiger puppets. In which case, it might not have won Lee the Oscar for best director. With Hollywood taking advantage of the competition to drive down VFX costs, and 12 PACIFIC SUN APRIL 5 - APRIL 11, 2013

with more and more work going overseas, it wasn’t just bad taste to whine about how much quality FX shots cost. According to Smith, such shortsighted thinking is also dangerous, another form of playing checkers instead of chess. “Outsourcing to a place like China might seem advantageous,” he says, “if you are a brand-new TV network making science fiction movies, or if you are not so much concerned about quality as you are concerned with building your viewership quickly and cheaply.” But in a market where the consumer is increasingly picky about the quality of the digital effects he or she sees, with audiences outspokenly turning their backs on films with subpar imagery, it can be a dangerous move to choose economics over excellence. “When you are talking about a $200 million dollar movie, and people are studying the quality of the special effects really closely,” he says, “when audiences are judging the overall product based on the special effects, you’ve got a different thing altogether. Cutting corners can be devastating to the finished product. “And then everyone loses.”

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our young men were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms that could keep them locked up for the rest of their lives for murdering a Novato family man in a plot to silence him as a witness to the robbery of his San Francisco market four years ago. In pronouncing judgment, Marin County Judge Terrence Boren weighed pleas for mercy from the convicted killers’ attorneys against an anguished statement from the widow of Tong Van Le. The 44-year-old father of two young children was shot to death with a rifle when he arrived home from work on a Saturday night in September 2008. Boren compared the challenges the killers, three of them 17 at the time, faced growing up in a crime-ridden San Francisco housing project with Le’s hardships in his native Vietnam. He lived through the Vietnam War, saw his brother killed in the conflict and came to the U.S. at 18, unable to speak English. “It does appear to me that the defendants certainly have not had a lot of guidance from people to direct them to wholesome and rewarding activity,” Boren said before pronouncing judgment. “While it’s hard to compare how people do in difficult and adverse circumstances, Mr. Le went through horrors and managed to find the right path. The defendants chose the wrong path.” A jury last May convicted Kevin Abram, Deandre Blay and C. Autis Johnson Jr., all 21, and Larry Blay Jr., 23, of first-degree murder and conspiracy. Abram, Blay and Johnson followed Le home from his San Francisco market to his Pizarro Avenue house, where Abram shot the hard-working immigrant to death in the garage before he could turn off his car’s engine or unbuckle his seat belt. Larry Blay Jr. made the arrangements to have his younger brother, Deandre Blay, and his friends kill Le from his jail cell after being arrested for robbing Le’s convenience store. Ironically, prosecutors say Blay was wrongly accused of the robbery that set off the crime. Boren sentenced Abram and Larry Blay Jr. to life without the possibility of parole and Johnson Jr. and Deandre Blay to 26 years to life in prison. The convicted killers wore blue jail jumpsuits and faced the judge. Johnson Jr. appeared relieved that he was spared the impossibility of parole and would be able

to petition for release after 26 years behind bars. It was difficult to read the reaction of the other defendants. The judge said he imposed the harsher sentence on Abram because he was the shooter. Boren said state law compelled him to sentence Larry Blay Jr. to life without parole because he was an adult at the time of the murder. Boren described Johnson Jr. and Deandre Blay as accomplices. Mary Stearns, Abram’s attorney, called her client’s sentence “cruel and unusual punishment” because Abram had just turned 17 three weeks before the killing. “The court has been overly swayed by the horrific elements of the crime,” she told the judge. She and the other defense attorneys argued that juveniles deserve a chance at rehabilitation. Through a Vietnamese interpreter, Le’s widow, Phan Nguyen, told the judge of the pain her family has experienced since her husband’s killing. Wearing a black pantsuit, the thin widow sat behind a framed photograph of her husband and averted her eyes from the killers by staring at her hands. “We have lost everything. I lost my husband. My children lost their father. We lost our happiness,” she said. Her daughter, who was 7 when her father was murdered, no longer smiles. Nightmares haunt her son, who was 6. Nguyen cried throughout her testimony, while relatives of the killers sobbed. Abram’s grandmother was so overcome with emotion that the judge had to pause the hearing so paramedics could check her heart, which she complained was hurting. Le bought the Nasser Market a few months before armed robbers held him up in August 2008. About two weeks before he was slain, he told police five masked AfricanAmerican teenagers came into his store. He said one of the youths held a shotgun to his temple while the others robbed him of liquor, cigars, a BB gun, white T-shirts and about $400 in cash. He identified Larry Blay Jr. from a book of mug shots. The prosecution’s star witness, Sean Washington, testified that he drove his three friends to Le’s market the night of the killing, watched the store owner get into his car and followed him over the Golden Gate Bridge to Novato. Washington pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in exchange for a five-year sentence. < Email ronniecohen@comcast.net.

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fan and a bottle of Evian Spray. Trust me, climate change brings nothing good to our gardens: severe droughts, devastating floods, the spread of plant disease, pests, invasive species and more WEEDS! The only tribe happy about all of this is the fire ant. Scientists project fire ants could spread wildly because the cold weather will no longer be there to eradicate them. We have a choice. We can do something about this mess now or we can all work for the fire ant someday. Earth Day is upon us and it’s time to right our wrongs. Our collective goal? Stop carbon in its tracks. Start by using fewer gasoline-powered yard tools, planting native trees and grasses and using layers of compost and mulch to feed and retain water for your plants instead of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. “The fungi in compost actually builds our soil and its health and contribute to taking greenhouse gases out of the air— counteracting global warming,� says Paul Hepperly, Ph.D., a Fulbright scholar and former scientist at the Rodale Institute. The Rodale Institute’s 20-year-old Farming Systems Trial shows that organically farmed soil stores carbon. A lot of carbon. “So much in fact,� says Maria Rodale, farmer, author and CEO and chairman of Rodale, Inc., “that if all the cultivated land

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“Native� Plant Sale at Green Point Nursery in Novato The Marin Chapter of the California Native Plant Society, led by Master Gardener Charlotte Torgovitsky, has been working the ground for the last year turning part of Green Point Nursery into a beautiful new California native demonstration garden. Did all of your thirsty, needy plants and cranky lawn brown-up and kvetch all last summer from the heat? Then it’s time to plant natives. They can stand the heat and still look fab. Plus they require no fertilizer or pesticides. Just a handful of compost here and there to keep them healthy and make you look like a pro as the compost-filled amended soil stores

carbon. It’s a win-win. Expert gardeners will be on hand to help with your selection from their extensive inventory of native plants grown on-site. Their collection includes unusual annual and perennial wildflowers, a selection of flowering perennials, lots of bunch grasses, a variety of salvias and an assortment of shrubs and trees. Native seeds are also offered; choose from more than 60 different species. For a complete inventory list, go to marinnativeplants.org or call Kristin Jakob at 415/388-1844. Cash or checks only. Plants for school gardens at a discount price. Free demos and talks are scheduled throughout the day. Don’t miss Torgovitsky’s talk on Attracting Butterflies in your Garden. Saturday, April 13, 10am-3pm Green Point Nursery, 275 Olive Avenue, Novato

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›› THE BEAT

Open your Pie holes! Fairfax band shows that the proof of the soul is under the crust by t he Space Cowb oy

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t was 2005 and Tommy Odetto was doing what he usually did after school, walking around Fairfax playing his guitar. At 15 years old he was already known for his dedication to his instrument, but on this day something special happened. It began to rain and as he sat under an awning, playing through the storm to no one in particular, he attracted the attention of a certain passerby, none other than ex-Santana conguero Michael Carabello. Impressed with Odetto’s talent and enthusiasm, Carabello promised to sit in with the youngster’s band someday. Six months later on the main stage of a packed Fairfax Festival, Carabello made good on his word and joined Odetto and his band (the youngest to ever headline) for a riotous set, marking the arrival of Marin’s next great original rock band: Soul Pie. Since then, Odetto and childhood friend, keyboardist John Varn, have stuck together, adding bassist Tim Baker, drummer Ethan Turner and vocalist Jesse Ray, a Redwood High graduate they met at the KortUzday jam sessions in 2009. Their sound has evolved into a soulful, grooving,

contemporary rock that is as hard-edged as it is radio-ready; keyboard and organ hooks float over Zeppelin-esque guitar and bass licks, their airtight arrangements setting the stage for stratospheric solos. The members of Soul Pie are, at a young age, talented beyond their years, with many credits to their name already. John Varn has joined Journey’s Neal Schon, S.F.’s Thriving Ivory and San Diego’s Endoxi for various tours while Odetto was a semi-finalist in Guitar Center’s nationwide King of the Blues competition last year and joined legendary blues queen E.C. Scott for a U.S. tour. Bassist Tim Baker has played with the Miles Schon Band, among others, and became sponsored by Wyn bass guitars after an impromptu performance at last year’s NAMM event. Baker and vocalist Jesse Ray have also toured with Ray’s former band Billions Upon Us. Both Odetto and Varn have been joining in the fun down at Terrapin Crossroads lately with friend Grahame Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band. “It’s about making music that we all love,” says Varn. “While we are definitely

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seeking broader recognition, we stick to certain principles. The band functions best when all five of us are interacting musically and excited about the product. That means writing songs as a group and melding our collective influences—progressive, Southern and classic rock along with R&B, soul, funk.” One of Soul Pie’s biggest fans is none other than the legendary L.A. studio guitarist Michael Landau (Robben Ford/ Boz Scaggs/James Taylor). Approached by Odetto at a gig, Landau has since played with Soul Pie on numerous occasions and will welcome them as an opener on his Northern California tour later this

month. “Soul Pie is a wicked band,” says Landau. “I love those guys!” Drummer Ethan Turner (20 Minute Loop) recently left the band amicably, after engineering and co-producing their album at his Owl Mountain Studios, to become a full time member of Beso Negro (the subject of this column in January). Two of the drummers currently playing with Soul Pie are Lex Razon (Vinyl) and Thomas Pridgen (Mars Volta/The Memorials). Pridgen, an Alameda native, won the Guitar Center Drum-Off at age 9 and was the youngest recipient of a Zildjian endorsement ever. Last month the band celebrated the release of their debut CD, Battling Mountains, with a sold out show at S.F.’s Boom Boom Room and raised almost $10,000 on Kickstarter to help finish the project and prepare for some summer touring. “The support from the community has been incredible,” says fifth-generation Fairfax resident Odetto. “ I don’t know where I’d be musically today without Fairfax. I have been so inspired by local legends such as Otis Scarecroe, Danny Uzilevsky, Tom Finch and Jose Neto. I look forward to doing the same to future generations.” April is a busy month for Soul Pie. Tommy Odetto & Friends, featuring Thomas Pridgen, will appear Saturday, April 13, at Peri’s Bar in Fairfax. They will play Sonoma County twice: April 20 at Last Day Saloon in Santa Rosa and April 26 at Steiner’s in Sonoma. Soul Pie opens for Michael Landau at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley Wednesday, April 24, and at Fairfax’s 19 Broadway Nite Club Thursday, April 25. They will also for the Michael Landau Group in Santa Cruz at Moe’s Alley on Sunday, April 28. Their first Southern California dates will be May 6 at L.A.’s Viper Room and May 7 at San Diego’s House of Blues. Check out www. soulpieband.com and watch for a full-page article on Tommy Odetto in the May 2013 issue of Guitar Player magazine. Goodbye and RIP Sean Hannan. The memory of your talent and smile will live on in your music. < Got a hot tip for the Beat? Email marinbeat@gmail.com. Rawk

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››THAT TV GUY

FRIDAY, APRIL 5 Death Wish V At some point, vigilante violence ceases to be a reaction to feelings of helplessness in a world of escalating crime and judicial indifference and becomes “a hobby.� (1994) AMC. 5:30pm. Undercover Boss The CEO of FatBurger does a stint at the drive-through window where “would you like some fries with that?� becomes “you’re going to have some fries with that. “ CBS. 8pm. The Expendables Sylvester Stallone leads a band of elite mercenaries on a secret mission to blow things up and shoot people. (2010) Spike. 8pm.

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the second film, he emerges as a sadist. ABC Family. 6:30pm. Ready for Love So it’s like The Bachelor but there are three bachelors and 36 bachelorettes. Also, part of it takes place in a “combat environment.� NBC. 9pm. Madagascar Don’t worry. It’s the place, not the movie. You don’t have to lie and tell your kids that the cable’s out. Animal Planet. 8pm. Late Show with David Letterman This may be one of Lindsay Lohan’s last public appearances before she enters courtordered 90-day “lockdown� rehab. You know what they say: The sixth time’s the charm! CBS. 11:35pm.

SATURDAY, APRIL 6 The Shawshank Redemption Marathon They’re showing it four times in a row but you’re eligible for parole after the second viewing. (1994) AMC. 2pm. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 P.S. I Love You A Mother’s Rage A mother and daughter A widow finds letters left by her dead huson a road trip are followed by a mysteri- band with messages that include “I love ous stranger. It turns out you,�“Our tax docuhaving a stalker makes ments are in the attic� the miles fly by. (2013) and “Don’t look in my Lifetime. 8pm. browser cache; that’s I Am Legend Will Smith somebody else’s porn.� plays the last living man (2007) AMC. 8pm. in New York after civiNumb3rs The team lization is crushed by investigates a series of flesh-eating zombies. restaurant robberies. But Manhattan is finally Doing what he loves, Friday at 5:30. Not only did the robaffordable, and there’s bers steal money and parking. (2007) TNT. leave bodies behind, they also posted nega10:30pm. tive reviews on Yelp. CBS. 10pm. The Real World The 28th season is set in SUNDAY, APRIL 7 Killers A suburban wife Portland. That’s right, 28th season. The oldlearns her husband is a spy. He’s played by est guy from the first season is three years Ashton Kutcher so she also learns he can’t away from his AARP card. (You’re that much act. (2010) TBS. 6pm. older, too.) MTV. 10pm. Academy of Country Music Awards We want to know what they do at the “Academy of Country Music.� Can you take classes? Is chewing tobacco an elective? CBS. 8pm. Mad Men One week after the season finale of The Walking Dead, we get the season premiere of Mad Men. It’d be more fun if they overlapped. The zombies would still shuffle around moaning but they’d wear tailored suits and smoke. AMC. 9pm.

THURSDAY, APRIL 11 Hannibal Hannibal Lecter gets a series now. There’s probably a reality show in the works too. And a game show. And a Saturday morning cartoon. And an interactive cookbook app. NBC. 10pm. Red Planet With ecosystems on Earth choking on industrial pollution and all resources used up, a team of astronauts is sent to MONDAY, APRIL 8 NCAA Basketball Mars to set up mechanisms that will give the distant planet a Tournament Final breathable atmosIt’s finally over and phere, a viable these esteemed environment, strip athlete scholars can malls and a series return to their studof lucrative Halies. CBS. 6pm. liburton contracts. Taxi Driver Rob(2000) SyFy. 9:30pm. ert De Niro plays Urban Tarzan This a socially maladnew series follows justed cabbie who the exploits of an meets a teenage Like zombies, only a bit stiffer‌ Monday, 9pm. “extreme animal prostitute played by Jodie Foster. This was a big hit. We still have handlerâ€? who rescues exotic animals that our action figure set. (1976) Sundance. 8pm. get loose in urban settings. It’s actually quite common. That noise isn’t your neighbor TUESDAY, APRIL 9 Home Alone Double- having sex. It’s his trained seal humping the header In the first film, Macaulay Culkin is monitor lizard. Spike. 10:30pm. < just defending his home from intruders. In Critique That TV Guy at letters@pacificsun.com.

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F R I D AY A P R I L 5 — T H U R S D AY A P R I L 1 1 M ovie summaries by M at t hew St af for d O Admission (1:57) The straitlaced world compulsively watchable family saga; Jimmy of Princeton admissions officer Tina Fey Caan costars. O The Host (2:05) Extraterrestrial bodysnatchgoes kerblooey when the kid she gave up for ers meet their match in plucky homo sapiens adoption years ago reappears as one of her Saoirse Ronan; William Hurt plays Unca Jeb. applicants. O The Call (1:35) 911 operator Halle Berry’s O The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (1:41) emergency call from freshly abducted Vegas flash-and-glitter illusionists Steve Abigail Breslin plunges her into a disturbing Carell and Steve Buscemi face stiff competiconfrontation with her violent past. tion from flashy street magician Jim Carrey. O The Croods (1:31) Dazzling animation O Jurassic Park 3D (2:07) Spielberg adds anhighlights the story of a prehistoric family other dimension to his 1993 reinvigoratedemerging from their cave to behold the wide dinosaurs epic. O Life of Pi (2:05) Ang Lee’s adaptation of the world; Emma Stone and Nic Cage vocalize. O Django Unchained (2:45) Quentin Yann Martel novel about an Indian teenager’s Tarantino über-Western about a slavechallenging odyssey: navigating across the turned-bounty hunter (Jamie Foxx), his still- Pacific in a life raft with a hyena, an orangenslaved wife (Kerry Washington) and the utan and a Bengal tiger. plantation owner (Leo DiCaprio) who stands O No (1:50) Acclaimed Chilean drama about the 1988 grassroots in their way. O Emperor (1:38) Historicampaign to oust longcal drama about the U.S. time dictator Augusto Army’s postwar occupation Pinochet. O Olympus Has Fallen of Japan and the looming (2:00) Secret Service fate of Emperor Hirohito; agent Gerard Butler Tommy Lee Jones stars as gets all heroic when the Douglas MacArthur. O Evil Dead (1:31) Remake president and the White of the 1981 horror flick House are seized by ter‘The Sapphires’ bring the Motown to South finds five (sexy) friends Vietnam starting this Friday. rorists; Ashley Judd and in a (remote) cabin beleaMorgan Freeman costar. O On the Road (2:05) Jack guered by (demonic) forces Kerouac’s iconic Beat novel hits the big screen from the surrounding woods. O Exhibition: Manet: Portraying Life (1:40) at last with Sam Riley and Garret Hedlund as Feast your eyes on the London Royal AcadSal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, the coolemy of Arts’ dazzling exhibition of Édouard est cats to ever cross the wide expanse of the Manet’s greatest works. American continent. O 56 Up (2:24) Michael Apted’s acclaimed O Orchestra of Exiles (1:25) Gripping ongoing documentary series, checking in documentary about Bronislaw Huberman, on 14 disparate Britons every seven years, the man who smuggled a thousand Jewish is back, this time examining Apted’s diverse musicians out of Nazi-dominated Europe subjects at the age of 56. and helped found the Israel Philharmonic. O La Fille Mal Gardee (2:11) London’s Royal O Oz: The Great and Powerful (2:07) FanBallet presents Dauberval’s timelessly frothy tastical Sam Raimi prequel about the young tale of love, bumbershoots and cranky widows. wizard’s arrival in Oz stars Michelle Williams O Flushed Away (1:25) Family-friendly as Glinda and James Franco in the title role. cartoon about a posh rat accidentally flushed O Quartet (1:38) The cozy elegance of a retired musicians’ home is torn asunder when into the sewers of London’s East End; Hugh an ex-wife/diva arrives to open old wounds; Jackman and Kate Winslet vocalize. O 42 Biopic of the great Jackie Robinson, the Dustin Hoffman directs Maggie Smith, Tom Brooklyn Dodger who broke baseball’s color Courtenay and Michael Gambon. O The Sapphires (1:43) Four hip young Moline in 1947; Chadwick Boseman stars. O From Up on Poppy Hill (1:31) Animated town-era Australian aborigines find themselves Japanese romance about two teens falling in in war-torn Vietnam entertaining the troops! O Spring Breakers (1:32) Girls go wild when love on the eve of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. O The Gatekeepers (1:41) Thought-provokfour BFFs knock over a bank to finance a ing documentary features six former heads bitchin’ spring break and end up in thrall to of the Israeli Secret Service discussing their rapper/arms dealer James Franco. O Starbuck (1:48) French Canadian comedy mixed feelings about the agency’s often conabout a middle-aged slacker and onetime troversial counterterrorism methods. O G.I. Joe: Retaliation (1:50) Dogfaces Flint, sperm-bank donor who discovers that he’s Snake Eyes and Lady Jaye take on arch-enemy fathered 533 children, many of them anxious Cobra and—egad—their own government! to meet their biological daddy. O Ginger & Rosa (1:30) British period drama O Tyler Perry’s Temptation (1:31) Marabout the complex relationship between two riage counselor Jurnee Smollett’s affair with inseparable teenage girls; Sally Potter directs. a client results in remorse, acrimony and O The Godfather (2:55) Mafia don Marlon a nagging headache; Jerry Stiller and Kim Brando passes the reins of power to reluctant Kardashian costar! < son Al Pacino in Francis Ford Coppola’s epic,

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Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:50, 4:10, 7:05, 9:30 Sun-Thu 12:50, 4:10, 7:05 Playhouse: Fri 3:50, 6:55, 9:20 Sat 1, 3:50, 6:55, 9:20 Sun 1, 3:50, 6:55 MonThu 3:50, 6:55 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:15, 1:55, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Sun-Tue 11:15, 1:55, 4:50, 7:30 Rowland: 11:40, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Sequoia: Fri 5, 7:30, 10 Sat 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 Sun 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30 Mon-Thu 5, 7:30 The Call (R) Northgate: 12:25, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 The Croods (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1, 3:40, 6:10, 8:30 Sun-Thu 1, 3:40, 6:10 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:15, 9:55; 3D showtime at 7:35 Sat-Sun 12, 5:15, 9:55; 3D showtimes at 2:35, 7:35 Mon-Thu 9:45; 3D showtime at 7:15 Northgate: 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30; 3D showtimes at 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15 Playhouse: Fri 4, 6:30, 8:40 Sat 1:30, 4, 6:30, 8:40 Sun 1:30, 4, 6:30 Mon-Thu 4, 6:30 Marin: Fri 4:35; 3D showtimes at 7:10, 9:35 Sat 1:45; 3D showtimes at 4:35, 7:10, 9:35 Sun 1:45; 3D showtimes at 4:35, 7:10 Mon-Thu 2:15; 3D showtimes at 4:45, 7:40 Rowland: 11:45, 4:45, 9:45; 3D showtimes at 2:10, 7:15 Django Unchained (R) Regency: 11:50, 3:35, 7:20 Emperor (PG-13) Sequoia: Fri 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Sat 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Sun 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15 Mon-Tue 4:45, 7:15 Thu 4:45 N Evil Dead (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:35; Sun-Thu 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20 Northgate: 11:05, 1:20, 3:35, 5:50, 8:05, 10:20 Rowland: 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 N Exhibition: Manet: Portraying Life (PG) Marin: Thu 7:30 Regency: Thu 7:30 Sequoia: Thu 7:30 56 Up (Not Rated) Lark: Fri-Sat 4:45 Sun noon Mon-Thu 4:15 N La Fille Mal Gardee (Not Rated) Rafael: Sun 1 Tue 6:30 N Flushed Away (PG) Lark: Sun 3 N 42 (PG-13) Rowland: Thu 10pm, midnight From Up on Poppy Hill (PG) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:20, 1:50, 4:30, 7, 9:30 Sun-Tue 11:20, 1:50, 4:30, 7 The Gatekeepers (PG-13) Marin: Fri 4:20, 7:20, 9:45 Sat 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:45 Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:20 Mon-Thu 2, 5, 7:30 G.I. Joe: Retaliation (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 Sun-Thu 12:40, 3:50, 6:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 10:20; 3D showtime at 7:45 Sat-Sun 11:45, 5, 10:20; 3D showtimes at 2:20, 7:45 Mon-Thu 9:40; 3D showtime at 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:10, 2:55, 3:50, 5:40, 8:25, 9:20; 3D showtimes at 11:25, 1:05, 2:10, 4:50, 6:35, 7:30, 10:15 Rowland: 11:35, 5:05; 3D showtimes at 2:25, 7:40, 10:20 Thu 11:35, 5:05; 3D showtimes at 2:25, 7:40 Ginger & Rosa (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 4:30, 6:45, 8:45 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 8:45 Mon-Thu 6:45, 8:45 N The Godfather (R) Regency: Wed 2, 7 Sequoia: Wed 2, 7 The Host (PG-13) Northgate: 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Playhouse: Fri 3:40, 6:45, 9:30 Sat 12:45, 3:40, 6:45, 9:30 Sun 12:45, 3:40, 6:45 Mon-Thu 3:40, 6:45 Rowland: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (PG-13) Northgate: 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:10 N Jurassic Park 3D (PG-13) Cinema: Fri-Wed 12:50; 3D showtimes at 3:50, 7, 10 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:05, 6:55, 9:40; Sun-Thu 1:20, 4:05, 6:55 Marin: 4:05; 3D showtimes at 7, 9:55 Sat 2D showtimes at 1:15, 4:05, 7, 9:55 Sun 2D showtimes at 1:15, 4:05, 7 Mon-Wed 1:40; 3D showtimes at 4:30, 7:20 Thu 1:40; 3D showtime at 4:30 Northgate: 12:15; 3D showtimes at 10:55, 1:50, 3:10, 4:45, 6:05, 7:40, 9, 10:30 Rowland: 1; 3D showtimes at 4, 7, 10 Life of Pi (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 5; 3D showtimes at 2:05, 7:55 No (R) Rafael: Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu 8:30 Sat 1:30, 8:30 Olympus Has Fallen (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:15, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 MonThu 6:45, 9:35 Northgate: 10:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 Rowland: 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 On the Road (R) Rafael: Fri 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Sat-Sun 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Thu 6:30, 9:15 Orchestra of Exiles (Not Rated) Lark: Fri-Sat 2:30, 8 Sun 5 Mon-Thu 7:30 Oz: The Great and Powerful (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:40 Sun-Thu 1:10, 4, 6:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri 10; 3D showtime at 7 Sat-Sun 4, 10; 3D showtimes at 1, 7 Mon-Thu 9:30; 3D showtime at 6:30 Northgate: 1:45, 7:35; 3D showtimes at 10:50, 4:40, 10:30 Rowland: 1:05, 7:05; 3D showtimes at 4:05, 10:05 Quartet (PG-13) Rafael: Fri-Sun 4, 6:15 Mon, Wed, Thu 6:15 N The Sapphires (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 Sun-Tue 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40 Spring Breakers (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Sun-Tue 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45 N Starbuck (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 11, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 Sun-Tue 11, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10 Tyler Perry’s Temptation (PG-13) Northgate: 11:20, 1:55, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50

Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules. CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito • 331-0255 | CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley • 388-4862 | Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera • 924-6505 | Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax • 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur • 924-5111 | Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur • 461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael • 800-326-3264 | Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon • 435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael • 454-1222 | Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda • 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato • 800-326-3264

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Live music

Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.

04/05: Elephant Listening Project

04/06: The Tickets Band Original Rock and Blues Original blues, rock. 8:30pm. $10.

9:30pm. Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com 04/05: Key Lime Pie Rock, Latin, soul. 9pm. $10. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 453-3544. sausalitoseahorse.com.

04/05-06: Patterson Hood with Jay Gonzlasz and Brad Morgan 8pm. $27. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com. 04/05: Prezident Brown Reggae. 9pm. $15. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com

04/05: The 7th Sons Rock and Roll Show Dance songs of the ’60s-’70s 6:30pm. Free. A Taste of Rome, 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 847-2670. 04/05: Tom Rigney and Flambeau Cajun and zydeco two-steps, blues. 8pm. $21. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org. 04/05: The Wilson-Hukill Blues Revue 8pm No cover. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com. 04/05: Walking Spanish 8:30pm. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net 04/05: Zydeco Flames Zydeco, funk, blues. 8:30pm. $10. Hopmonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato. 04/06: Acoustic Lunch with Acacia 12:30pm. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net. 04/06: Jesse Cooke Guitar. World, latin fusion. 8pm. $30-35. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa. 707-226-7372. nvoh.org. 04/06: Joan Getz Quartet Jazz vocalist with Dave Getz, drums; Chris Huson, piano and Gary Lillard, bass. 8pm. Free. Osteria Divino, 37 Caledonia, Sausalito. 505-3663. joangetzsings.com. 04/06: Joel Harrison and Spirit House Guitarist, composer, vocalist. 8pm. $20. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

04/06: Miles Schon Band, Moods of Melody, Run Down Radio 9pm. $10-15. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com 04/06: Nova Albion Indie, pop, rock. 8:30pm. $10. Hopmonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

04/06: Peter Warren presents Riffat Sultana 9:30pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com. 04/06: Reckless in Vegas Michael Shapiro, vocals/guitar; Mario Cipollina, bass/vocals and Ryan Low, drums/vocals. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. fenixlive.com/music.

04/06: The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band Keith Little, banjo, vocals; Paul Knight, bass, vocals; Michael Witcher, dobro, vocals. 8pm. $20-25. Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 444-8000. marinjcc.org. 04/06: Stompy Jones Swing. 8:30pm $12-15.

Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 332-6858. sausalitoseahorse.com. 04/07: Freddy Clarke 5pm No cover. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com. 04/07: Jazzitude 6:30-10pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

04/07: Live Music Sunday Brunch with Justin Farren 9:30am. Free. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

04/07: Todos Santos Band with Wendy Fitz Jazzy roots. 6pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com.

04/07: Zigaboo Modeliste and the New Aahkestra Funkify Your Kids 2pm. $7-12. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera Ave , Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com. 04/09: Carioca Contemporary Brazilian jazz guitarist. 8pm. $15-20. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

04/09-10: Darkstar Orchestra with Phil Lesh All ages shows. 8pm April 9 at Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. terrapincrossroads.net and 8pm April 10 at Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. sweetwatermusichall.com. 04/09: Lorin Rowan Solo acoustic guitar and vocals. 7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com. 04/10: Clifford Lamb Piano Trio Jazz. 7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com. 04/11: Ben Sidran Aazz piano. 8pm. $17/$22. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley . 388-3850. swmh.com. 04/11-12: Spring Rambles With Phil Lesh, Luther Dickinson, Anders Osborne, Grahame Lesh, Tony Leone and Jason Crosby. 7:30pm. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net 04/11: Wanda Stafford Jazz vocalist.7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com. 04/12: ADD/C 8pm. $5-10. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com 04/12: Bill Evans Bluegrass/Americana banjo. Mokai opens. 8pm. $ 15. First Methodist Church, 201 Martina Ave., Pt. Richmond. pointcacoustic.org 04/12: Craig Jessup’s Rhythm Of Life Vocalist. With Ken Muir, piano. 8pm. $20. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org. 04/12: Dgiin 9:30pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com. 04/12-13: Hot Buttered Rum Bluegrass, folk, Americana. 8:30pm. $15-21. Hopmonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com

American gothic Sean Penn grabs the screen as never you’ve seen him in This Must Be the Place, playing Cheyenne, a spaced-out rock icon still reeling from the glory-and-destruction days of Goth. Wrapped in black three decades hence and sporting unaltered pancake makeup, lipstick and haystack haircut, Cheyenne seems frozen in time save for the crags on his No boy forgets seeing death metal live for the first time. face, his shuffling stoop and all-around look of shellshock. A firefighter wife, Jane (wonderful Frances McDormand), is there to run interference on most of reality’s demands, but the unreturned calls to MTV and near-total seclusion in his Irish manor house are built around a painful secret from those immolative days of youth. It might be for the best: Death metal’s hothouse flowers were never meant to touch ground again, let alone get old. How strangely fitting, then, that he should be suddenly impelled to embark on a manhunt for his dead father’s tormentor—an Auschwitz guard whose trail went cold years ago somewhere in the American badlands. The man would be in his 90s by now. Mordantly funny under Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s absurdist gaze, deeply poignant, and a special kind of love letter to those who felt the movement’s sway.—Richard Gould 04/12: Justin Farren Singer/songwriter. 8pm No cover. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com. 04/12: Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s Jump and jive piano 8pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

04/12: Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings Slide guitar. 8pm. $22. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com. 04/12: Swamp Thang 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com

Comedy 04/12: Kathy Griffin 7and 10pm. The popular comedienne returns. 7pm. $45-65. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707-546-3600. wellsfargocenterarts.org.

Theater 04/05: 100 Years of the Mountain Play 2013 Mountain Play Director Jay Manley will discuss the upcoming production of “The Sound of Music.” Mountain Play performers will sing selections from past shows and Executive Director Sara Pearson will speak and show slides of the play’s 100 years. Everyone attending receives a vintage Mt. Play t-shirt. Free wine reception at 6:30 for registered guests (over 21 years of age). Registration recommended. Event for adults and high-school students only. 7pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 ext. 203. millvalleylibrary.org. 04/05: Enchanted April Romantic comedy written by Matthew Barber, based on the novel

by Elizabeth von Arnim. Thurs. performances at 7:30pm; Fri.-Sat. at 8pm; Sun. matinees at 2pm. Audience members are invited to participate in “Talkback” with the director and actors after Sunday April 7 performance. $22-26. The Barn Theatre, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 456-9555, ext. 1. rossvalleyplayers.com. 04/05-13: Love Letters The award winning Porchlight Theatre Company presents A.R. Gurney’s tale. $15-30. 8pm. at Bolinas Community Center, 14 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 8pm April 12-13 at Fairfax Women’s Club, 142 Bolinas Road, Fairfax 251-1027 . porchlight.net. 04/06-14: Ophelia Re-imagined story of Hamlet’s tragic heroine, Ophelia. Inspired by Arthur Rimbaud’s elegiac poem to her. Kick off Ft. Mason Center’s 2013 Summer Season. 8:30pm April , 6-7, 11, 13-14. $22. Fort Mason Center, Marina Blvd , S.F. 925-285-7216. carteblanche-sf.com. 04/10: French Lessons Staged reading of a new comedy by Playwrights’ Lab member Martin Russell, directed by Phoebe Moyer. 7:30pm. Suggested Donation $10-$20. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org. 04/12: Viva Cuba! Written, choreographed and directed by David Alonzo Jones. 8pm. $1020. Showcase Theater, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 234-6549. vivacubainfo.org. Through 04/21: The Whipping Man Bay Area premiere of Off Broadway hit. 8pm Thurs.Sat.; 2 and 7pm Sun. See website for showtimes and information. $15-57. Co-produced by Virgina Stage Company. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 388-5208. marintheatre.org. APRIL 5 - APRIL 11, 2013 PACIFIC SUN 21

MARILYN IZDEBSKI THEATRE CAMPS 15 Cottage Ave., San Anselmo, CA 94960 t .BSJMZO*[EFCTLJ1SPEVDUJPOT DPN Marilyn Izdebski Productions in association with the Redwood High School Community Education Program will produce ONCE UPON A MATTRESS and EVITA as their 2013 Summer Musical-Theatre Camp Productions for young people ages 8-18 years. All rehearsals and performances will be held a the Redwood High School Little Theatre. The Camp includes rehearsal hours, production work and two dance classes each week for all participants. The workshop fee is $590. This is the twenty-ninth year Marilyn Izdebski has directed and produced this successful program. Judy Wiesen will be the Musical Director for both shows. MARIN SHAKESPEARE P. O. Box 4053, San Rafael, CA 94913 t XXX .BSJO4IBLFTQFBSF PSH Marin Shakespeare Summer Camps; Ross, San Rafael, and Novato. We make Shakespeare fun! Twoand three-week camps for ages 5 to 7, 8 to 12, and teenagers including the popular Tennis/Drama camp. OSHER MARIN JCC: CAMP KEHILLAH 200 North San Pedro Rd., San Rafael, CA 94903 t .BSJO+$$ PSH DBNQ Camps available for Pre-K through 10th Grade! Buy four weeks and get one more FREE! Buy 7 weeks and get two more FREE! Two-week camps include field trips, overnights, swimming, sports, music, nature, dress-up days, PJ parties, astro jumps, and beach days! One-week Specialty camps include Lego Jedi Master Engineering, Inventors Academy, Filmmaking, Animation, Sports Olympics and more! One-week Adventure Travel camps to Tahoe, Santa Cruz, and Whitewater Rafting on the Sacramento River! Make this a summer to remember! PRACTICAL MARTIAL ARTS: NINJA CAMP 5768 Paradise Dr., #F, Corte Madera, CA 94925 t 1SBDUJDBM.BSUJBM"SUT OFU Freestyle + Friends + Fitness = Fun. Summer Ninja Camps at Practical Martial Arts – Marin Karate Kids are like a cross-training fitness camp for kids. Ninjas train in Freestyle Martial Arts learning boxing, kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and self-defense as well as plenty of age-appropriate fitness regimes. Rest time includes games in the park and copious amounts of Legos. New and continuing students welcome! ROSS ACADEMY MONTESSORI SCHOOL MINI CAMP 2013 7 Thomas Dr., Mill Valley, CA 94941 383-5777 SBNT!SPTTBDBEFNZNPOUFTTPSJ DPN SPTTBDBEFNZNPOUFTTPSJ DPN The Ross Academy Montessori School Summer Mini Camp is a continuing Montessori Environment with regular staff the entire summer and lots of outdoor-fun, “guest appearances� and “special events.� Ages: Toddler Program 2-3 years. Primary Program 3-6 years. June 17-August 9. Full Day 9am-2:30pm, Half Day 9am-noon, extended day 22 PACIFIC SUN APRIL 5 - APRIL 11, 2013

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BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM DISCOVERY CAMPS; FORT BAKER 557 McReynolds Rd., Sausalito, CA 94965 t #BZ,JET.VTFVN PSH From shipwrecks to super heroes, messy art to fort building, campers ages 3 to 8 get creative in a stunning location under the Golden Gate Bridge, with expert facilitation from our professional and caring Museum educators. Over a dozen weekly themes offer fun for all, indoors and outdoors, June 3 to August 23.

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Concerts 04/05: Modern Mandolin Quartet With Dana Rath and Matt Flinner, mandolins; Paul Binkley, mandola and Adam Roszkiewicz, mandocello. 8pm. $25. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. fenixlive.com 04/06: Seventh Annual Redwood Empire Community Choral Festival With the Santa Rosa Symphonic Chorus, Cantiamo, Redwood Chorale, the Tangents, Sonoma Valley Chorale and more Free admission, donations accepted 7:30pm. Santa Rosa Bible Church , 4575 Badger Rd , Santa Rosa. 707-527-4999 ext. 9228. santarosasymphonicchorus.com. 04/07: S.F. Opera Ensemble Adler Fellows Gala Concert. Features the 2013 Adler Fellows sopranos Jennifer Cherest and Marina Harris; mezzo-sopranos Laura Krumm, RenĂŠe Rapier and Erin Johnson; tenors A.J. Glueckert and Chuanyue Wang; baritone Ao Li; bass-baritones Joo Won Kang, Hadleigh Adams and Philippe Sly; and pianists Sun Ha Yoon and Robert Mollicone. 4pm. $14-28. Dance Palace Community Center, 503 B. St., Pt. Reyes Station. 663-1075. dancepalace.org. 04/11: Jamie Sieber and Kim Rosen Electric cello/vocals and spoken poetry. 7:30pm. $15-20. Fairfax Community Church, 2398 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 755-3775. fairfaxcommunitychurch.net/.

Dance 04/05-06: Lines Ballet/BFA Dance Performance “Senior Projects.� Call 482-3579 for more

Shar Carlyle will be on hand to offer free resources, information, and coaching for kidney patients and their families April 6 at Whistlestop. and saltwater tanks. 2pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc. 04/06: Pam Donkin “A Hop, Skip and a Jump.� Singer/songwriter. 11am-noon. $5-15. Bay Area Discovery Museum, 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito. 339-3900. badm.org.

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together and about proper equipment, communications and behavior. For families with students in grades 2 through 5. 9:30am-noon. Free. Tamalpais Community Center, 203 Marin Ave., Mill Valley. marinbike.org.

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04/06: W. Marin Book Release Party: Marin’s Mountain Play, One Hundred Year

information. 7pm. $10. Angelico Hall, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. 482-3579.

In White: My Journey Through Breast Cancer.� Through April 5. Hours: 8am-7pm weekdays. Closed holidays. 8am. Free. Gail Van Dyke Atrium Gallery, Marin Cancer Institute, 1350 South Eliseo Dr., Greenbrae. 461-9000.

04/05-30: Chris Gwaltney: Postcards Paintings. Reception 6 -8 pm April 5. Free. Seager Gray Gallery, 23 Sunnyside Ave., Mill Valley. seagergray.com.

04/06-30: Seahorse Restaurant-Artist Opening Elaine Gentile, paintings. Reception 4-7pm April 6. Free. Seahorse Restaurant, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 331-2899. sausalitoseahorse.com.

04/06-28: New Works by Losangmonlam Paintings. Opening reception 3pm April 6. Free. Fairfax Community Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 453-8151. losangmonlam.com.

04/07-27: Open Craft & Sculpture - Traditional to Cutting Edge Juried group exhibition. Reception 2-4pm April 7. Free. Marin Society of Artists Gallery, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 454-9561. marinsocietyofartists.org.

Through 04/17: ‘New Voices New Visions’ Exhibition Group exhibition featuring new work by Bay Area artists: Eliza Bui, Teymur Guseynov, Ivy Jacobsen, Li Ma, Jeff Snell, and Marie Van Elder. 11am. Free. Gallery Bergelli, 483 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 945-9454. bergelli.com. Through 04/29: Anne Hillsley Paintings and collage. Reception 4-7pm April 14. San Geronimo Valley Community Center, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Geronimo. 488-8888. sgvcc.org

Through 04/15: Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival Accepting Applications Inviting all artists to apply for the 57th annual Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, held September 21-22. $35. Online, zapplication.org, Mill Valley. mvfaf.org/.

Kids Events 04/06: Fish Feeding Frenzy Help Ranger Bill feed the hungry inhabitants of our fresh

Book Signing and Sing‚-a-long with author Elisabeth Ptak, artist Tom Killion and MountainPlay executive director Sara Pearson. Featuring musical tributes from Mountain Play Stars of the Past ‚ plus ice cream sandwiches. Co-sponsored by Point Reyes Books and Wildnature Cards and Calendars 3pm. Free. Dance Palace Community Center, 503 B St., Point Reyes Station. 663-1542. ptreyesbooks.com. 04/06: Windrush Family Farm Day Feed the barn animals, milk a goat, hold a chicken, pet a spring lamb and experience the process of transforming wool to yarn and cream to butter at this 25 acre mixed use farm. 10:30am1:30pm. $5-20. 2263 Chileno Valley Road, Petaluma. 663-9667. marinorganic.org.

04/08: Spring Break Film Festival: Kiki’s Delivery Service (G) 103 minutes. Freshly popped popcorn and pillows provided. 2:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 x4741. millvalleylibrary.org. 04/09: Learn to Ride a Skateboard Rangers will offer tips and techniques for beginners and ways to attack features that build confidence and skill. This event is geared towards the newbie and those looking to cross over from other board sports. Bring your board, helmet and pads. 3pm. Free. McInnis Skatepark, 310 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael. 446-4423. marincountyparks.org.

04/09: Spring Break Film Festival: Rise of the Guardians (PG) 97 minutes. Popcorn and pillows provided. 2:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 x4741. millvalleylibrary.org. 04/10: Game and Puzzle Day Roll the dice, spin the spinner, or pick a card! Play board games, cards, or work a puzzle. Light nibbles included. 2:30pm. Free. Creekside Room, Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 x4741. millvalleylibrary.org. 04/10: Nature for Kids at Deer Island The forests, grasslands and marshes of this Novato pre-

serve are home to a great variety of reptiles, insects, birds and other animals. Bring your favorite junior naturalists and see what their sharp eyes can find. No animals (except service animals) please. Heavy rain may cancel. Call 893-9527. 10am. Free. Deer Island gate, 324 Deer Island Ln, Novato. 893-9508. marincountyparks.org.

04/11: Spring Break Film Festival: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (PG) 124 minutes. Popcorn and pillows provided. 2:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 x4741. millvalleylibrary.org.

04/12: Spring Break Film Festival: Pixar Short Films Collection - Vol. 2 (G) 75 minutes. Popcorn and pillows provided. 2:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 x4741. millvalleylibrary.org.

Through 04/06: 2nd Annual Peeps Diorama Contest Create a diorama depicting your favorite story using marshmallow peeps and enter the Library peeps contest. Diorama display should have a book theme, fit inside a box the size of show box, all visible parts of the diorama should be decorated, and all characters must be made using peeps. Free. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr., San Rafael. 473-6058. marinlibrary.org.

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Film 04/05: Transformative Cinema: Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? Alernative look at the global bee crisis. 7pm. $10. Unity In Marin, 600 Palm Dr., Hamilton Center, Novato. 475-5000. unityinmarin.org.

Outdoors 04/06: California Trail Days - King Mountain Project honoring California Trails days. Dress in layers, wear sturdy shoes, and bring water. Heavy rain may cancel. Call 473-3778 after 7am. 9am. Free. End of Cedar Ave in Larkspur, 3 Cedar Ave., Larkspur. 473-3778. marincounty.org. 04/06: Spring Wildflower Walk Naturalist led wildflower walk. Learn about spring wildflowers and native plants in the grasslands and oak woodlands. Rain cancels. Call to register. 3pm. Free. China Camp State Park/TurtleBack Trailhead, N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 415 456 0766. friendsofchinacamp.org. 04/07: Wildflowers of Mount Burdell Visit a variety of habitats which include volcanic outcrops, serpentine soils, freshwater springs and oak woodlands. This walk is for adults. No animals (except ser-

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04/12: Third Annual “Relay For Life�Walkathon 24-hour fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Walkathon will begin at 11am on April 12 with an opening ceremony. Planned activities include a Zumba class, live music and movies. There will be a luminaria candle lighting ceremony on April 12 at 7pm. The closing ceremony will be at 10:30am April 13. 11am. Conlan Recreation Center, 1475 Grand Ave., San Rafael. 482-3569. relayforlife.org.

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Cafe, 12781 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Inverness. 302-4603. susannasolomon.com. 04/08: Madeleine Zeldin “Our Last Dance: A Memoir, Madeleine Zeldin.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 04/09: Barfly Book Signing “I Am Not James Bond and Neither Are Y.ou.� 7pm. Free. Larkspur Public Library, 400 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. jeffburkhat.net. 04/09: Elizabeth Berg “Tapestry of Fortunes,� 7pm. 0Free Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 04/10: Ana Homayoun “The Myth of the Perfect Girl: Helping Our Daughters Find Authentic Success and Happiness in School and Life .� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 04/11: Rachel Kushner “The Flamethrowers.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

Winter Lecture Series. 1:40pm. Guzman Lecture Hall , 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. 458-3763. 04/06: Free Kidney Health Screening 9am1pm. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave., San Rafael. 543-3303. kidney.org. 04/06: MAM JAM Dance Dance in the joy of moving with others. Mingle, connect and enjoy fresh food provided by Michelle Carmen Rossi or get a massage. Presented by Marin Arts and Music 8pm. $15. Yoga Tree Corte Madera, 71 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 259-4035. alistcalendar.com.

04/06: The Art and Luck of Growing Tomatoes in Marin Learn about the history of the tomato plant. Liz Peer will cover staking, pruning, and watering, common problems and suggestions on how to avoid them. 2pm. Free. Novato Library, South Branch, 6 Hamilton Landing, Hanger 6 Suite 140A, Novato. 473-4204. ucanr.edu. 04/06: Trekking the Model Join a ranger guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5 acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. 1:30pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc. 04/07: Community Blood Drive No appointments needed. 7:45am-1pm. St. Patrick’s, 409 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 948-5904. 04/07: Contra Dance All dances are taught and prompted with live music. No experience is necessary. Come alone or bring a friend. 7:30pm. $12. Strawberry Recreation Hall , 118 E. Strawberry Ave. , Mill Valley. nbcds.org.

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04/09: Diabetes Prevention: The Real Low down Learn about common risk factors for developing pre-diabetes and diabetes. 6:30pm. Free. Braden Diabetes Center, 100 South Eliseo Dr., Suite 4, Greenbrae. 888-996-9644. maringeneral.org.

04/09: Family to Family Education Program 12 week course for family and friends of people with mental illness. Starts April 9. Through June. 7pm. Free. Center for Nonprofit Leadership, 555 Northgate Dr., San Rafael. 444-0480. namimarin.org.

04/09: Internet, Voice, and Remote Connectivity Options Seminar summarizes and compares telecommunications technologies. With panelists Glenn Illian, Hilary Gadda, Charlie Rodriguez, Nick Tornetta and Steve Moore.11:30am. $35. Best Western Plus Novato Oaks Inn, 215 Alameda Del Prado , Novato. 707-575-7400. vistaconsulting.com.

04/09: So You Want to Start a Business— Business Planning This is the first of a 3-part series that can be taken separately or in tandem. 11am. $20. Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center Marin, 1115 Third St., San Rafael. 707-826-3975.

04/09: The Path to Peace: Manage Stress and Cultivate Resilience for Better Health Tuesdays to Your Health lecture series hosted by Bradly Jacobs MD MPH, Integrative Medicine specialist. In this experiential workshop, you’ll learn how to identify and maintain the optimal level of stress to live your best. 6:30pm. Free. Healing Arts Center and Spa, Cavallo Point Lodge, 601 Murray Circle, Fort Baker, Sausalito. 339-2692. cavallopoint/drbrad.com. 04/09: We The Corporations? Move to Amend coalition presents critical information about the need to overturn Citizens United to promote democracy and eliminate corporate control of campaign finances. 7pm. Free. Town Center Suite 201, 770 Tamalpais Dr., Corte Madera. 488-9037. dfa-marin.

04/10: Climbing Mount Shasta: Tips for First-time Climbers As a climbing ranger for the U.S. Forest Service, Mount Shasta Ranger District, Nick Meyers makes weekly climbs of Shasta. 7pm. Free. Corte Madera Town Center Community Room, 770 Tamalpais Dr. Ste. 201, Corte Madera. 927-1938. rei.com/cortemadera.

04/10: Know your Soil and How to Take Care of It Healthy soil is the key to a beautiful, healthy landscape. This seminar will teach you how to test your soil using inexpensive test kits, how to prepare your soil for planting, as well as learning how and when to add amendments. Noon. Free. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr., San Rafael. 473-4204. ucanr.edu.

04/11: Packing for Mars Book Group Discussion Join a library book group for a lively, engaging discussion of Packing for Mars, The Curious Science of Life in the Void, by Mary Roach, the 2013 One Book One Marin selection. 10am. Free. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr., Corte Madera. 924-6444. marinlibrary.org.

04/11: Sausalito Waterfront Single Mingle 7pm. $10. The Spinnaker, 100 Spinnaker Dr, Sausalito. 507-9962. thepartyhotline.com.

04/11: Tasting and Cooking with Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Join Chef Jennifer Luttrell from the Farmstead crew tasting cheeses like their Original Blue and learn to create a cheese platter with mostarda, figs, apples and pears, maple peppered walnuts and local honey. Tickets include tasting and dinner; wine will be available for purchase. 6:30pm. $55. Homeward Bound of Marin, 1385 N Hamilton Parkway, Novato. 847-3331 x243.

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04/12: 2nd Annual Antiques and Appraisal Day Bring your antiques, decorative arts, books,

to guide the next generation of readers. If you are 50+, you can be an early literacy tutor with AARP Experience Corps Marin. 2pm. Free. California State Automobile Association, Stinson Room, 2nd Floor,

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131630 The following individual is doing business as CLAIRITY, 100 PROFESSIONAL CENTER DR. SUITE 112, NOVATO, CA 94947: CLAIRE A. NIEMISTE, 33 MARTIN DR., NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on MARCH 7, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 7, 2013. (Publication Dates: MARCH 15, 22, 29; APRIL 5, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013131647 The following individuals are doing business as SARA FILMS, 100 EBBTIDE AVE. SUITE 210, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: STEPHEN R SARA, 100 EBBTIDE AVE. SUITE 210, SAUSALITO, CA 94965; LAWRENCE A SARA, 100 EBBTIDE AVE. SUITE 210, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by CO-PARTNERS. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on JANUARY 1, 2009. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on MARCH 11, 2013. (Publication Dates: MARCH 15, 22, 29; APRIL 5, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013131624 The following individuals (are doing business as LIFEFORCE FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC, 412 REDHILL AVE. SUITE 11, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: HEIDI KELLER CHIROPRACTIC INC., 167 OAK MANOR DR., FAIRFAX, CA 94960; JAMES S LENIHAN, 80 EAST CRESCENT DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION . Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on FEBRUARY 15, 2001. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on MARCH 7, 2013. (Publication Dates: MARCH 15, 22, 29; APRIL 5, 2013)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013131626 The following individual is doing business as TREASURES BY AUNT LOIS, 48 PARKVIEW CIRCLE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: LOIS LERMAN, 48 PARKVIEW CIRCLE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on JANUARY 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 7, 2013. (Publication Dates: MARCH 15, 22, 29; APRIL 5, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131627 The following individual is doing business as MISS PAULA'S PLACE, 8 ELAINE WAY #2, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: PAULA D. LONDOW, 8 ELAINE WAY #2, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 7, 2013. (Publication Dates: MARCH 15, 22, 29; APRIL 5, 2013)

ST. #24, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ABRAHAM TERRAZA COBO, 155 CANAL ST. #24, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 1, 2013. (Publication Dates: MARCH 29; APRIL 5, 12, 19, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131567 The following individual is doing business as S AND C CONSULTANCY, 1123 SANTOLINA DR., NOVATO, CA 94945: CHRISTOPHER STEIN, 1123 SANTOLINA DR., NOVATO, CA 94945. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on FEBRUARY 28, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEBRUARY 28, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013131666 The following individual is doing business as A-1 LARKIN & SON; A-1LARKIN&SON, 2090 VINEYARD RD., NOVATO, CA 94947: KEVIN LARKIN, 2090 VINEYARD RD., NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business names listed herein on MARCH 12, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 13, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131597 The following individual is doing business as GARCIA BROTHER'S LANDSCAPING, 343 IRWIN ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ELISEO GARCIA, 343 IRWIN ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 4, 2013. (Publication Dates: MARCH 15, 22, 29; APRIL 5, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131638 The following individual is doing business as YUCATECH TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, 805 4TH ST. SUITE 4, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ABRAHAM E LOPEZ, 1563 LINCOLN AVE. #3, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on MARCH 8, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 8, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131540 The following individuals are doing business as GOLDEN COUNTY CLOTHING, 201 UPPER TOYING DR., KENTFIELD, CA 94904: LUCIAN A. HAYES, PO BOX 150526, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94915; CHAD B. PETERSON, 201 UPPER TOYING DR., KENTFIELD, CA 94904. This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on FEBRUARY 25, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEBRUARY 25, 2013. (Publication Dates: MARCH 15, 22, 29; APRIL 5, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131658 The following individual is doing business as SECOND CHANCE GREETINGS, 1 SIMMS ST. SUITE 225, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JAMES BRUCE BARNES, 1 SIMMS ST. SUITE 225, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on MARCH 12, 2013. (Publication Dates: MARCH 15, 22, 29; APRIL 5, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131691 The following individuals is doing business as DAN'S PLUMBING AND SEWER SERVICE, 111 G ST. APT 5, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DANIEL EDISON DUPIRAK, 111 G ST. APT 5, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on MARCH 15, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013131573 The following individual is doing business as CATHCART STRATEGIC ADVISERS, 722 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD., KENTFIELD, CA 94904: SCOTT CATHCART, 722 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD., KENTFIELD, CA 94904. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on FEBRUARY 3, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEBRUARY 28, 2013. (Publication Dates: MARCH 29; APRIL 5, 12, 19, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013131665 The following individual is doing business as ROWFITUSA, 451 VIA CASITAS NO. 16, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: BARRY SEGAL, 451 VIA CASITAS NO. 16, GREENBRAE, CA 94904. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on MARCH 13, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 13, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131583 The following individual is doing business as ON-SITE COMPUTER CONSULTING, 149 CLARK ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KYLE PRODROMOU SCHIEN, 149 CLARK ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 1, 2013. (Publication Dates: MARCH 15, 22, 29; APRIL 5, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131570 The following individual is doing business as KALENA’S GOOD SKIN CARE, 1000 FIFTH AVE. SUITE 2, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KAREN MARIE KEOPULIWA, 24 LOMITA DR., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on MARCH 3, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEBRUARY 28, 2013. (Publication Dates: MARCH 29; APRIL 5, 12, 19, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013131552 The following individuals are doing business as FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON SAN

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131581 The following individual is doing business as TERRAZA LANDSCAPING, 155 CANAL

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131614 The following individuals are doing business as LUMINOX WATCH COMPANY, 2301 KERBER BLVD. SUITE A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LUMUNDI INC., 2301 KERBER BLVD. SUITE A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION . Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on MARCH 15, 2006. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 6, 2013. (Publication Dates: MARCH 15, 22, 29; APRIL 5, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131633 The following individual is doing business as PHIL THE FLOOR GUY HARDWOOD FLOORS, 352 DIVISADERO ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117: PHILIP VILLARREAL, 352 DIVISADERO ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on APRIL 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 8, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131707 The following individual is doing business as CEDAR HOUSE, 1637 5TH AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DAVID G. ROBINSON, 1637 5TH AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on MARCH 19, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131585 The following individuals are doing business as BULA CAREGIVERS REFERALS, 215 BAYVIEW ST. APT 117, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: AKANISI KANADI GIBSON, 215 BAYVIEW ST. APT 117, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901; VASEVA KAMAKOREWA, 1564 LINCOLN ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by CO-PARTNERS. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on MAY 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 1, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304450 The following person has abandoned the use of a fictitious business name. The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County ClerkRecorder's Office. Fictitious Business name: APHRODITE, 1139 FOURTH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. Filed in Marin County on: FEBRUARY 8, 2012. Under File No: 128764. Registrant’s Name: CHARLES MEI, 819 E 23RD, OAKLAND, CA 94606; GIN NGO, 2189 E 24TH ST., OAKLAND, CA 94606. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 19, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013131606 The following individual is doing business as GODDESSSNAKES.COM, 1253 ROYAL OAK TERRACE #B, NOVATO, CA 94947: KIMO R BRUVRY, 1253 ROYAL OAK TERRACE #B, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JANUARY 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 6, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131703 The following individuals are doing business as FUKUSUKE RESTAURANT, 578 MAGNOLIA AVE., LARKSPUR, CA 94939: WARREN NAKASU, 582 17TH AVE., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121; HITOMI NAKASU, 582 17TH AVE., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is being conducted by CO-PARTNERS. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 18, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013131763 The following individual is doing business as SOUNDWIRE, 180 TAMAL RD., FOREST KNOLLS, CA 94933: CHRISTOPHER KROTKY, 180 TAMAL RD., FOREST KNOLLS, CA 94933. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on MARCH 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 26, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131755 The following individual is doing business as BIMBO BOOKS, 35 SIRARD LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ELISABETTA PONTI QUARONI, 35 SIRARD LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 25, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131687 The following individual is doing business as YES I'M COOKING, 22 PARK ST. APT 6, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: YESIM OZKURT, 22 PARK ST. APT 6, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN

INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on MARCH 14, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012129943 The following individuals are doing business as BEACHLAKE LANE PARTNERS, 6 SHORES COURT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: VICTORIA F COHEN, 6 SHORES COURT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903; SCOTT TREE, 3234 GENTRY AVE., NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91606. This business is being conducted by CO-PARTNERS. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JULY 9, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 15, 2012. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131773 The following individual is doing business as IL TOCCO KITCHEN, 936 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD. #403, KENTFIELD, CA 94904: CHIARA PAOLETTI, 936 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD. #403, KENTFIELD, CA 94904. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on MARCH 27, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131778 The following individual is doing business as ANABELLA'S HAIR STUDIO, 50 A BELVEDERE ST. SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ANA TORRES, 350 BOLINAS RD., FAIRFAX, CA 94930. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 28, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131780 The following individual is doing business as DIVER, 613 NEVADA ST., SAUSALITO, CA 94965: TIMOTHY DUANE SELL, 613 NEVADA ST., SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on MARCH 28, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131770 The following individual is doing business as CARNIVORE CULTURE, 28 PRESIDIO DR., NOVATO, CA 94949: MATTHEW JORDAN BYERS, 28 PRESIDIO DR., NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 27, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013)

OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1300980. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner HARPER BELLE SULLIVAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: HARPER BELLE SULLIVAN to TYCHO BELLE LISITZA; LIA KAI ERNST TO LIA KAI LISITZA. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: MAY 3, 2013 9:00 AM, Dept. E, Room E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A

copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: MARCH 5, 2013 /s/ PAUL M. HAAKENSON, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Publication Dates: MARCH 15, 22, 29; APRIL 5, 2013) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1301024. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KATHLEEN JIMENEZ ON BEHALF OF RILEY JIMENEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: RILEY MICHAEL JIMENEZ to RILEY MICHAEL JIMENEZ O'CONNOR. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: MAY 3, 2013 8:30 AM, Dept. B, ROOM B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: MARCH 4, 2013 /s/ ROY O CHERNUS, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1301229. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KELLEY MARIE ASHER & DAVID JOHN HINSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JOHN DOMINIC HINSON to JOHN DOMINIC TOWER HINSON; KELLEY MARIE ASHER TO KELLEY MARIE TOWER; KELLEY MARIE GAPPS TO KELLEY MARIE TOWER. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: MAY 23, 2013 9:00 AM, Dept. E, ROOM E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: MARCH 21, 2013 /s/ PAUL M. HAAKENSON, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Publication Dates: APRIL 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013)

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Q:

I’m going to propose to my girlfriend, and it seems there’s this trend of doing crazy, elaborate things to ask a girl to marry you. I know I can’t compete with the guys like the New York City dude I just read about who threw down $45,000 to pop the question. But even if friends help me out for free, I don’t know whether I can make my proposal cool enough to go viral like the Portland guy who had his choreographed and filmed.—Don’t Want to Disappoint

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“Will you marry me?” is a pretty powerful question. Asking this of a woman who loves you can provoke tears, and not because you didn’t hire Beyonce to sing “Put A Ring On It” and spend a year training a humpback whale to swim by at exactly the right moment and shoot the ring out its blowhole. Regarding the proposals you mention, the New York guy is 27-year-old online marketing company honcho Josh Ogle. He wrote on reddit.com that he actually spent around $13K on a lavish proposal evening, starting with his popping the question to Nataliya Lavryshyn on a Manhattan hotel rooftop, decorated for the event with pages of Pablo Neruda’s poetry. This price included $3,500 for a professional “proposal planner” and a $1,500 post-proposal private dinner cooked by a celebrity chef. (Media outlets came up with the $45K proposal cost by adding in the $21K custom-made ring and the $10K post-engagement European “honeymoon.”) As easy as it is to mock the guy for outsourcing his proposal, Ogle is reportedly a self-made multimillionaire (apparently, after growing up poor while his dad was in prison), so for him, $45K probably spends like $45 does for the rest of us. The Portland guy, actor and theatrical director Isaac Lamb, pulled together 60plus friends and family members in an elaborate (and wildly adorable) lip-synced song-and-dance routine to Bruno Mars’ “Marry You.” His girlfriend, choreographer Amy Frankel, listened to the song on headphones from the tailgate of a Honda CRV pulling her slowly down the street while everyone danced in formation behind it. Lamb then got down on one knee and said to Frankel, “You have already given me a lifetime of happiness. Will you let me spend the rest of my life trying to give you the same?” (Not surprisingly, she said yes.) Although the trend toward extreme proposing is surely the lovechild of reality TV and social media, it has something in common with the mythic quest—an epic mission a man would go on to prove his love and worth to a woman. Of course, these days, the most dangerous journey a man can usually take for a woman is a trip to 7-Eleven on bald tires. So, conspicuous romancing can act as a stand-in proving ground—an extravagant display that a man’s “all-in” and somebody the woman can count on...to keep life exciting and to call a singing, dancing, plumbing flash mob whenever the garbage disposal’s broken. That said, you’re asking a woman to grow old with you, not auditioning for “America’s Got Proposal Talent.” If you are “all in,” you probably show your girlfriend that in a lot of little ways every day. Keep in mind that Ogle’s and Lamb’s proposals reflected who they are and will likely continue to be—a really rich guy and an artsy, creative guy, respectively. Your proposal likewise needs to reflect who you are and tell your girlfriend that you get who she is—starting with whether she’s someone who’d be horrified to have an intimate moment like a marriage proposal take place on the Jumbotron. The truth is, there’s no need for Jumbotrons or trying to hire away the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from some bar mitzvah gig they picked up. Even if every one of Lamb’s dancers stayed home in bed, his proposal would have been extremely moving simply because of the words he spoke. Put your effort into telling your girlfriend why you always want to be there to hold her hand, even when it gets all wrinkly. Couple that with an essential element from the elaborate proposers—delighting a woman with the element of surprise. You can do this by planning your proposal around something your girlfriend once said (and will be amazed you remembered) or just by serving her toast a slightly different way: with a heart cut in the middle with the ring inside it. This sort of proposal sends a message—“I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you” (not to be confused with “Bet I can get more YouTube hits than that big dog teaching the puppy to go down the stairs!”). < © Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. www.advicegoddess.com. Got a problem? Email AdviceAmy@aol.com or write to Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave. #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405.

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