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Contents. P OSTS

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CURRENTS

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COVER STORY

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S TA G E , A R T & EVENTS

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B E AT S C A P E CLUB GRID FILM

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ASTR OLOGY

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ON THE COVER Illustration by Kathy Reddy White

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takings issue [t takings [taking aking of endan endangered ngered sp species]. ecies].� cityy responded IIn n the EIR, EIR R, the cit responded d to this request: request: ““NOAA NOAA F Fisheries isheries iiss ssuggesting uggesting tthat hat tthe he ccity ity is rresponsible, esponsible, thr through ough the Integrated Inttegrated Water Plan prior P lan ((IWP), IW WP), ffor or rremedying emedying p rior iimpacts mpacts on not o n eendangered ndangered species species in in aareas reas tthat hat aare re n ot Proposed Program. has rrelated elated tto o tthe he P roposed P rogram. The Th he city city h as partt of the no such obligation as par t IWP IWP P.� In P� In other words, desal plant, but w ords, the the ccity ity wants wants tto o build build a d esal p lant, b ut doesn’t do esn’t want want to be be rrequired equired to o use it to allow greater water streams. gr eater w ater fflows lows in the str e eams . IIn n yyour our rreport eport NOAA NOAA Fisheries Fisheries sstates tates tthat hat tthe he aalternatives lternatives tto od desal esal ““won’t won’t h happen appen q quickly uickly help note eenough nough tto oh elp tthe he ffish. ish.� I want want tto on ote tthat hat off iimmediate benefit cconservation onservation iiss o mmediate b enef it tto o ffish ish habit at, as would a cit dinaance rrequiring equiring habitat, cityy or ordinance bee w water-neutral. So would aany ny ggrowth rowth tto ob ater-neutral. S ow ould a LAFCO decision bee L AFCO d ecision rrequiring equiring UCSC UCSC growth growth tto ob water-neutral. would not w ater-neutral. Itt w ould aalso lso n ot ttake ake llong ong tto o

implem implement ment w water ater eexchanges xchanges between between districts, d districts , which th he st ate of California Califfo ornia encourages encouragees ffor or o the state the vvery ery purp purpose ose of habit habitat at cconservation. onservatio on. Ap oint o larif ication, S anta C ruz D esal point off cclarification, Santa Cruz Desal A Alternatives, lternatives, D DesalAlternatives.org, esalAlternatives.org, iiss n not ot af ff iliate i d with Tr ransition Sant ruz. affiliated Transition Santaa C Cruz. Rick Longinotti, Longinot o ti, Santa Santta Cruz Desal Alternatives Altternativ e es

B7;3 B= :/03: B7;3 B= :/03: 5; =A 5;=A I THIN THINK K that it is high time that the F Food ood aand nd D rug A dministration iiss rrequired equired tto oh ave Drug Administration have the proper on products which the p roper llabeling abeling o n ffood ood p roducts w hich contain iitems tems tthat hat h ave b een ggenetically enetically contain have been modified. The United States needs quickly modif ied. Th he U nited S tates n eeds tto oq uickly off tthe European Japan ffollow ollow tthe he llead ead o he E uropean Union, Union, Ja apan have which aand nd other other nations nations tthat hat h ave gguidelines uidelines w hich rrequire equire mandatory mandatory labeling labeling of of ggenetically enetically modified have started mo diff ie ied foods. foods. Many Man ny ccompanies ompanies ha ave st arted owns llabeling abeling their their o wns ffoods oods ““Non Non GMO, GMO,� which which means product does m eans that that the the p roduct d oes not not contain contain aany ny ingredients have genetically modified ingr edieents which ha ave genetic ally mo d f iied dif organisms, or ganism ms, but this is done at the companies’ comp panies’ discretion, not byy tthe How d iscretion, n ot aass aan n eeffort ffort b he FDA. FDA. H ow are are people people and and families families supposed supposed to to make make educated educated choices choices about about the the foods foods that that they they are without proper The are eeating ating w ithout tthe he p roper llabeling? abeling? Th he American deserves information. American a public deser ves this inf fo ormattion. The deserves The American Americ m an public deser ves to aavoid void ingesting potentially harmful possibly ingesting p otentially h armful aand nd p ossibly even products haven’t even life-threatening life-threatening p roducts tthat hat h aven’t had the needed time to b bee analy analyzed zed and d studied. Some off tthese may bee OK studied. S ome o hese ffoods oods m ay b OK tto o ingest. Wee don don’t Food and Drug ingest W ’tt know yyet. et The et. Th he F ood an nd D rug Administration needs off A dministration n eeds tto o rrequire equire llabeling abeling o products, efforts these pr roducts, ccontinue ontinue the ef ffo orts to study sstudy, y, off tthese aand nd ffollow, ollow, tthe he eeffects ffects o hese ggenetically enetically modified on human beings keep m odif ied ffoods oods o nh uman b eings aand nd k eep tthe he informed safe. public in nfformed o and saf fe. Linda Butler, r, Lindda Butler Hidden Valley Valle a ey Lake Lake

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Currents. C urrent n s. ;CAA3: ;/< U.S. ;CAA3: ;/< U..SS. Rep. Rep ep. Sam Farr has requested reequestteed $2.4 million millioon to to prevent prrevent the spr spread read e of the zebra mussel, m which has caused heavy damage d ttoo infrast infrastructure trructurre thr throughout rooughout the t Gr Great reat e LLakes aakkees rregion. eegion.

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which ther 7, tot aling ar ound theree ar aree 57 57, totaling around $155 million. A ll o hese, says says Farr’s Farr’s p ress ssecretary ecretary All off tthese, press Da avvid Beltran, are are “well-scrutinized— “ “wellscrutinized— David and needed.� Sur e reading Suree enough, in reading Farr’ ’s rremarkable emarrkable how downFarr’ss list, it it’s tto-earth o - earth aand nd ttechnically echnically ffocused ocused tthe he rrequests equests ar e. There There are are no set -asides ffor or o are. set-asides aM useum o urfer B ro’hood o ny Museum off S Surfer Bro’hood orr aany C elebration o ocal S pecialness. T his iiss Celebration off L Local Specialness. This serious stuf ff. stuff. M any rrequests, equests, ffor or iinstance, nstance, ccenter enter o n Many on monitoring; ther e’s more more monitoring there’s her ls’ dorm at a ccoed oed heree than in the girl girls’ pr ep scho ol. There’s There’s $39,0 00 ffor o or prep school. $39,000 monitoring C Coast water water qualit y, entral Coast Central quality, $3.5 million for fo or mon nitoring ccoastal oastal monitoring curr ents for fo or increased increaseed marine safety saffeety and currents $ illion worth worth o arine b ioregion $11 m million off m marine bioregion cclassifying lassifying aand nd tracking tracking of of m ovement o movement off o cean lif fe ar ound th he P aciff iic Shelf ocean life around the Pacific Shelf.f. And m ost aambitious mbitious o ll, a $ illion p roject most off aall, $33 m million project to map the entir e egional seaf loor. entiree rregional seafloor. A ssecond econd sset et o onitoring p roggrams off m monitoring programs iinvolves nvolves ffood ood aand nd food food safety. safety. Farr Farr h as has rrequested equested $1 million n ffor or a blue ffin o iin tuna– ttagging agging p roggram sstudying tudying w hy the the ttuna una program why p opulation iiss d eclining sso op recipitously population declining precipitously aand nd w here tthe he ffish ish aare re ggoing. oing. He’s He’s aalso lso where aasked sked ffor or ffunds unds ttotaling otaling $3.5 $3.5 m illion million ffor or ttwo o wo programs programs to o enhance enhance ffood ood ttraceability—which raceability—which w ould h opefully would hopefully aallow llow tthe he aagg iindustry ndustry tto o ttrack rack d own down individual ccases ases of pr p oduce and aavoid void produce rrepeats epeats of the gr eatt spinach h/EE. ccoli oli great spinach/E. d isaster tthat hat b rought llocal ocal aagriculture griculture tto o disaster brought its knees in 20 06. 2006. Then ther e’s the p est-prevention e stuf ff. there’s pest-prevention stuff. Farr is seeking $1.355 million ffor or a P o estPestD etection A ugmentation P roggram tto o sset et Detection Augmentation Program thousands of additi onal insect -snaring additional insect-snaring ttraps, raps, w hich w ill h opefully aamp mp u p eearly arly which will hopefully up d etection aand nd p ossibly p revent m ore detection possibly prevent more mass spra ayyingg. spraying. A nd, p erhaps m ost m emorably, h And, perhaps most memorably, hee h as aasked sked ffor or a Zebra Zebra M ussel E radication has Mussel Eradication Pr ogram designed to t addr ess the Program address m igration o he sstriped triped ccreatures reatures ffrom rom migration off tthe tthe he U kraine tto o coastal coastal California. California. Back Back Ukraine iin n tthe he G reat L akes, ttheir heir m idway p icnic Great Lakes, midway picnic zzone, one, tthese hese sslimy limy llittle ittle m enaces ttook ook menaces o ver w ater p ipes, sscreens creens aand nd cconduits onduits tto o over water pipes, the p oint that pr eseerving water water flow f low and point preserving ccommercial ommercial ffishing ishing w ould, aaccording ccording tto o would, N OAA, eeventually ventually ttake ake a m inimum o NOAA, minimum off $5 billion. And now it ’s hap ppening her e, and it’s happening here,

early iintervention early ntervention iiss ccrucial. rucial. A Ass B Beltran eltran n oted, tthe he need need tto o stop stop zzebra ebra m ussel noted, mussel ffouling ouling o off w waterways aterways aand nd p pipes ipes before before iitt b becomes ecomes ccritical ritical iiss u urgent: rgent: ““If If this this not iinfestation nfestation iiss n ot eeradicated radicated iin n tthe he next mussels will n ext ffew ew years, years, zzebra ebra m ussels w ill likely likely sspread pread tto o other other rreservoirs, eservoirs, waterways waterways pipelines and d pip elines in the region. region. This would w bee truly b l ccatastrophic. atastrophic hi .� The Th rrequested equestted d $2.4 $ 2.4 million million will, will, hopefully, hopefully, stop stop that that fr om mo ccurringg. from occurring. Farr has many F arr h as aalso lso rrequested equested m any infrastructure-improvement projects, infr frastructure-improvement pr ojeects, primarily p rimarily water water ssystem ystem and and transit transit On eenhancements. nhancements. O n tthe he llist: ist: $2 $2 million million each eac ch for for o widening Highway High hway 156 an and nd ffixing iixiing the 101/San Ju uan Road Ro oad disas ster, Juan disaster, $11 m million Cruz $ illion tto o rehabilitate rehabilitate Santa Santa C ruz County C ounty rrail ail llines ines aand nd $ $55 m million illion tto o eextend xtend tthose hose of of Monterey Monterey County, County, aan n $800,000 GPS $ 800,000 G PS system system ffor or immediately immediately $11 m million ffinding inding buses buses in in trouble trouble aand nd $ illion ffor or o purchase purchase of low-p low-pollution ollution bus buses ses for for o thee Monter ey-Salinas transit district. distrrict. Monterey-Salinas Finally, Farr’s $37 million F inally, F arr’s llist ist iincludes ncludes $ 37 m illion iin nn new ew o orr upgraded upggraded ffacilities acilities ffor or eeducational, ducational, aagricultural gricultural and and psychiatric psychiatric institutions. inst titutions. Ther There’s e’s also an eeye-catching ye-catching a “Re-skinning $10 0 million earmark titled “R Re-skiinningg Hangar Ha angar One at F Former ormer NAS Mof Moffett fffeett Field, F ield,� which which also also aappears ppears iin n rrequests equests ffrom rom S Santa anta C Clara lara V Valley alley rrepresentatives epresentatives Zoe Z oe L Lofgren ofgren aand nd M Mike ike H Honda. onda. F Farr’s arr’s name n ame on on tthis his rrequest equest ssimply imply iindicates ndicates his project, not monies h is support support for for tthe he p roject, n ot m onies project ffor or o our district. The pr oject would d iinvolve nvolve sstripping tripping aaway way tthe he ccurrent urrent metal blimpme etal membrane on the giant bli imp llaunching aunching (and (and oft-fantasized oft-fantasized ultimate ultimate rrock ock sshow) how) structure structure and and replacing replacing it it with w ith new new tougher tougher sstuff, tuff, ffor or “NASA’s “NASA’s new new mission m ission o off p public-private ublic-private p partnerships artnerships to to iimprove mprove rresearch esearch ffocused ocused o on n space. space.� The The ffinal iinaal fr frontier. ontier. S which of these will actually pass? So Nobody knows.. A Ass of this writing writing, N o ody knows ob g, Senate GOP Mitch McConnell S enate G OP leader leader M itch M cConnell had d managed to rally his tr oops and a troops vvote ote d down own the the iinitial nitial 2 2011 011 federal federal b budget udget proposal pr o osal ccontaining op ontaining these rrequests, equestts, because b ecause some some 1 percent percent o off iitt iiss m made ade u up p of, of f, y’know, y’know, earmarks—including $85 own—and $ 85 million million of of his his o wn—and that that would wo ould ha have ave been been just intolerable intolerable.. Stay Wee S tay ttuned, uned, aand nd llisten isten ccarefully. arefully. W may m ay or or m may ay not not hear hear tthe he ssound ound of of a garrulous gar rrulous ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. ho. 0

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OR SEVERAL centuries the American folkloric tradition has held that on Christmas Eve, one man pulled by a team of f lying reindeer has delivered presents springing forth from a single sack to all the good little children of the world. Against all odds, people have bought in. It’s not turning water into wine or parting the Red Sea, but Santa Claus sure has a following. The cult of Santa has infiltrated much of the Western population, but instead of sparking 60 Minutes specials and court prosecutions, it’s promoted by ad agencies, the state and parents. And it’s powerful. Straight from the days when folklore was king, Santa Claus packs as much meaning as any ancient story. Just ask the experts, who have seen through Santa’s shtick for years. UCSC classics professor Mary-Kay Gamel has made a name for herself analyzing Greek drama. Rife with complexes and characters who don’t listen to their oracles, Greek myth finds a trusty plot device in theoxeny—the god coming down to earth. “In the eighth book of Ovid there’s the myth of Baucis and Philemon,â€? says Gamel. “Jupiter and Saturn come down and ask for hospitality of all these villagers and are denied, but Baucis and Philemon are a pious couple who let them in even though they’re poor.â€? In gratitude, their house is turned into a temple while their neighbors drown. Narratives of judgment are classic and plentiful, and Santa Claus is part of one that restates that hospitality is a virtue, and that those cookies and milk by the fireplace probably shouldn’t be ¨ ! forgotten. The reward is that fancy new iPad.

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The theoxeny of Santa has clear connections to earlier myths found in Nordic, classical and biblical systems. From the pious Greek St. Nicholas of Myra (a bishop who distributed gifts to the needy) to the randy satyr Silenus (the booze-loving tutor of Dionysus who stumbled into King Midas’ palace) and all the way down through Dutch Sinterklaas (who rode over rooftops on Dec. 6 on a white horse), he’s a jolly composite of several theological traditions. And he happens to fit nicely into our political economic system.

The Magical GiftGiving Tour Jack Santino, professor in the department of popular culture at Bowling Green University in Ohio and the current Tocqueville-Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, has done extensive research into holidays and public ritual for the past 30 years. He brings up Santa’s well-known connection to capitalism, which thrives in the season of giving. “Christmas is the most important economic period of the year for our U.S capitalistic society,� Santino writes in an email. “And as we all know, many businesses depend on the Christmas trade for their continued existence. Santa magically creating and distributing gifts both enacts this reality and masks it.� So the economy’s well-being is in the hands of a myth? “I wouldn’t call it a myth, exactly,�

continues Santino. “Santa Claus is unusual—the story is told as truth to children, but presumably not believed in by adults. That said, watch a few Christmas movies and see how often the story involves adults coming to believe in Santa. Santa Claus is a story grownups invented out of the many standards of tradition (St. Nicholas, pre-Christian winter figures and gods, other gift-bearers) that we tell children is true and then tell ourselves, imaginatively, it is true.â€? In other words Santa, presumably a construct created for kids, has enormous relevance to adults. Enter the Rev. Cordelia Strandskov of First Congressional Church of Santa Cruz, childhood receiver of a single stocking’s worth of gifts every Christmas and benevolent Santa’s helper to a younger sister. Rev. Strandskov’s Christmas is about the biblical birth of Christ, but Santa is an aside that doesn’t detract from her message. “The spiritual side of Santa is this idea that he gives you a gift that celebrates you as a child, even if you are sometimes naughty and imperfect,â€? says Strandskov. “If I were explaining it to Sunday school I’d say that we don’t always deserve the gifts we get, but we get them out of love. God loves us anyway, and the presents are symbolic of the Christ child’s gift to us.â€? Santa Claus is attached to Dec. 25, which in the beginning was strictly a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Since then the mainstream has picked up on a Christmas minus Jesus. A ¨ #

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Guilt Fee So Santa knows when you’ve been bad or good, and the Christian God says the very hairs of your head are all numbered. The parallels come together in an intrinsic battle between good and evil, rewarded by presents and salvation or punished by eternal damnation. And coal is pretty much damnation. Judgment has been passed off to an omnipotent figure who knows what you’ve done even if fellow mortals don’t—a holiday guilt trip springing from Judeo-Christian philosophical innovations. “The ancient classical world was not entirely clear on conscience,� says Gamel. “They had the idea that if you don’t get caught there is no sin—a shame culture. Guilt is more typical of Judaism and Christianity, which have this idea of God, where he’s there all the time, allknowing. Maybe the Greeks wouldn’t like Santa Claus.� Today the world of the ancient Greeks is seen through a lens of meddling gods navigating through politics and private agendas, chasing maidens like it was going out of style and conspiring against humans, all reflections for sets of cultural values seen throughout a tumultuous rise and fall. In 1,000 years,

what will our stories reflect? “Myths give us ways to think about the world, perhaps primarily justifying the ways things are, but also as alternatives to what we have,� says Gamel. “I’d say Santa Claus simultaneously suggests that presents— the material proof of love—are good, but also questions whether the family connection for presents is necessary. Perhaps a further-away figure can understand whether we’re ‘naughty or nice’ better than those who are closer.�

It’s for the Children Santino confirms the religious vein that flows through the Santa story and brings up additional modern cultural references. “Santa reinforces the nuclear family structure, with an emphasis on children,� Santino says. “He leaves the gifts under the tree, for the kids. How many photographs are taken of them tearing into their Christmas gifts? And how many of the child sitting on the department store Santa’s lap? Is it a coincidence that the sacred symbol of Christmas is a divine child, also represented as a nuclear family?� In addition to the notion “children are good,� Santino observes that the Santa tradition reinforces socially affirming concepts of generosity, charity and peace on earth. Santa is an idealization of us, and is the harbinger of what we’re reaching for. It’s nothing but a story, but it’s still something to believe in—and if the belief is missing, the practice is strong enough to continue anyway. “Do you give presents?� Gamel asks in the middle of our conversation. Most people with a Sinterklaas figure in their consciousness do. “I don’t like to, but I feel like I should,� Gamel continues. “So there is a certain belief system at work here.� The holiday and the man have been adapting for hundreds of years. The spending and the giving are patterns of Western societal behavior reflected in myth, and while the chorus laments the passing of the holiday spirit into the gutters of materialism, the story of Santa has been evolving since Christmas incorporated the traditions of sunworshiping Gaels and a Greek saint gave gifts to the poor. It is what societies make it, but it’s also helping to make society. Thus the audience enacts the performance of culture. But that’s enough deep stuff for now. It’s time to go set out some milk and cookies, because you never know who’s going to come calling.0

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The righteous shadow of the late Joe Strummer looms imposingly over contemporary punk rock, but few do right by his considerable legacy. San Francisco’s multilingual ďŹ ve-piece La Plebe are the exception, turning out anthemic punk that is instantly classic yet very much of our time. The band has plenty of political and social grist to work with, focusing on working class concerns and the debate over immigration in songs that are as rousing as they are thoughtful. La Plebe’s latest release, Brazo En Brazo, ďŹ nds the band honing its already realized sound into an incredibly potent weapon in the culture wars. The Catalyst; $6 adv/$8 door; 9pm. (Paul M. Davis)

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come up with something that sounds like the Coffis Brothers. Born and bred in Ben Lomond, Jamie and Kellen Coffis ďŹ rst debuted their boot-tapping folk rock on KPIG’s Please Stand By radio show. Jamie, the elder, plays keyboard and younger Kellen doles out doleful riffs on harmonica while strumming a guitar. At Don Quixote’s, the brothers Coffis will be backed by the Mountain Men: Henry Chadwick, Mason Hutchinson and Kyle Poppen. Don Quixote’s; $8; 7:30pm. (Tessa Stuart)

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B@C3 5@7B B@C3 5@7B ectted e by by (PG-13; 110 min.), dir directed Ethan and and Joel Joel Coen Coen and and starring starring Ethan Jeeff Bridges, Bridgess, Matt Matt Damon, Josh Joosh Jeff B olin and Hailee Steinfeld, Br Stteeinffeeld, opens open ns Brolin Weednesdayy, Dec. Dec. 22. Wednesday,

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Film Capsules <3E 1/>A B63 />/@B;3<B (1960) In this classic Billy Wilder movie, an ambitious young businessman, C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon), devises an unconventional scheme he hopes will help him climb the corporate ladder: allowing executives from the insurance company he works for to use his apartment for their extramarital trysts. Complications arise when Miss Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), also a company employee and the mistress of one of Baxter’s managers, attempts suicide in the apartment and Baxter must nurse her back to health. (Plays Tue 12/28–Fri 12/31 at Aptos.) 5C::7D3@¸A B@/D3:A

(PG; 85 min.) Jack Black plays a writer on assignment in the Bermuda Triangle in this modern remake of

the Jonathan Swift story about a shipwrecked sailor. In the book, Gulliver washes ashore in series of strange lands, each more bizarre than the last. First he find himself in the land of the tiny Lilliputians, then of the gigantic Brobdingnags and finally in a place where wise horses, called Houyhnhnms, rule over the humanlike Wild Yahoos. (Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9 and Green Valley.)

E67B3 16@7AB;/A (1954)

118 min.) See review, page 32. (Opens Sat at Del Mar.)

Upon their return home, two World War II buddies (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) achieve fame and fortune as a song-and-dance duo. They meet and team up with a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen) to save a Vermont inn owned by their former commander from bankruptcy. Featuring the music of Irving Berlin, including the songs “White Christmas� and “Baby It’s Cold Outside.� (Plays Sat-Mon at Aptos.)

;7@/1:3 =< !"B6 AB@33B (1947) When the

man hired to play Santa in the Thanksgiving Day Parade is drunk, a bystander named Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) steps in to play the role and ultimately performs so well that he is asked to play Santa at Macy’s 34th Street store. Things go awry when Macy’s event coordinator Doris Walker (Maureen O’Hara) begins to suspect that Kringle fancies himself the real Santa Claus. A dramatic court battle ensues. Also stars a young Natalie Wood. (Plays Tue-Wed at Aptos.)

7 :=D3 G=C >67::7> ;=@@7A (R; 102 min.) Jim

Carey and Ewan MacGregor are star-crossed lovers in this romantic comedy based on the life of Steven Jay Russell, a convicted con artist who fell in love with fellow inmate Phillip Morris. After Morris was released, Russell escaped from incarceration four times to be reunited with his soul mate. (Opens Sat at the Nickelodeon.)

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See review, page 29. (Opens Weds 12/22 at 41st Ave, Cinema 9 and Scotts Valley, and Wed 12/29 at Green Valley.)

Movie reviews by Traci Hukill, Kate Jacobson, Tessa Stuart and Richard von Busack

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(R; 103 min.) Apparently from the annals of the Gotham City Ballet: facing the dual role in a production of Swan Lake, a virginal ballerina (Natalie Portman) cracks. On one side she’s muscled by her heartless,

sexually harassing director (a convincing Vincent Cassel); on the other, she’s smothered by her mother (Barbara Hershey). And then a new dancer (Mila Kunis) arrives from San Francisco to inspire sexual panic and precipitate disaster. In the rehearsal scenes, the camera spins around with the dancers, and we hear the scuffing of their feet and their harsh panting, or we watch in close-up as a slipper is stabbed, sliced and stitched into shape. It’s ballet as murderous ordeal. It’s only when the music starts up that Black Swan starts to feel like a great movie, simply because the Tchaikovsky would make us believe anything. Director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler) takes this 1940ish plot about a frigid woman going nuts so very seriously that he probably should have done without the borrowings

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(PG; 115 min.) The elder Pevensies, Peter and Susan, are in America. Left behind are two younger children, Lucy (Georgie Henley) and Edmund (Skandar Keynes), who are billeted with their hateful cousin Eustace (Will Poulter). Inundated by an enchanted painting, Lucy, Edmund and Eustace end up bobbing in the sea right next to the Narnian navy vessel containing Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes). Eventually, seven golden swords have to be rescued and placed on the altar of Aslan. There are times when the Narnia movies are as good as CGI gets. The animators challenge themselves to pose their legions of creatures under highnoon lighting, instead of disguising the flaws with half-shadows or twilight. (Read a fulllength review at www. metroactive.com.) (RvB) 4/7@ 5/;3 (PG-

13; 108 min.) Doug Liman’s account of the felonious Valerie Plame business is a model of exciting, intelligent espionage lore. It’s shot with braced but fluid camerawork. Naomi Watts’ performance as Plame is one of the year’s best. Between the Sept. 11 attacks and the Iraq invasion, members of the CIA ask the independent consultant Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn) to go to Niger to confirm confidential reports of

uranium being sent to Saddam Hussein. Wilson quickly discovers there was no such shipment. In a Nixonian attempt to silence a whistleblower, high Bush administration figures leak the name of Wilson’s wife, Victoria Plame, to columnist Robert Novak, a move that destroys her career and puts her operations in jeopardy. Penn gives one of his strongest and slyest performances. (RvB) B63 4756B3@ (R;

114 min.) David O. Russell’s account of pugilists Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) and Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale) is juicy, touchingly acted and rich with atmosphere. Ward, who’s been training all his life with his half-brother Dicky, is in a career lull as a “stepping-stone� fighter, used as a boxer for other boxers to leapfrog over. He’s divorced, with a kid; one night he meets a weary bartender, Charlene (Amy Adams), who’s tough enough to fight off Ward’s overprotective family, a gaggle of seven high-haired, sharpnailed sisters and scary chainsmoking mom Alice (Melissa Leo). All put pressure on Micky to keep Dicky as his trainer. One little problem with the elder half-sibling’s work: he’s a hopeless crack addict. (RvB) 6/@@G >=BB3@ /<2 B63 23/B6:G 6/::=EA (PG-13;

146 min.) A second Battle of Britain has broken out between the mortals and the wizards; the Hogwarts alumni (Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe) flee through a blitzed-out land. Unfortunately, the single most flabbergasting part comes early on: an armada on broomsticks breaking through the cloud ceiling, straight into a dogfight of death-eaters. In the middle, the trio hides in the countryside amid blasted heaths and burned-out trailers, and things start to resemble Twilight before the

film gets on its feet again. The startling Balinese-style puppet animation of the title’s fable is a highlight of the series. Grint, the clumsy/suave best pal Ron Weasley, seems to be growing into another Malcolm McDowell. Our beautiful Snape (Alan Rickman) towers over his evil cohort. Helena Bonham Carter is almost as nasty as Margaret Hamilton. (RvB) 6=E 2= G=C 9<=E (PG-13; 114

min.) The son of an embattled corporate giant (Paul Rudd) and a professional baseball player (Owen Wilson) both vie for the affection of a professional softball player (Reese Witherspoon) recently cut from the national team and struggling to find new purpose for her life in this fluffy romcom. :7BB:3 4=193@A

(PG-13; 98 min.) Ben Stiller (male nurse Greg Focker) and Robert De Niro (Jack, a retired CIA agent and Focker’s father-in-law) are back and still at each other’s throats in the third installment of the Meet the Parents series. Greg, now the father of twin 5-year-olds and on the verge of a midlife crisis, struggles to remain in “the circle of trust.� :=D3 /<2 =B63@ 2@C5A (R; 113 min.)

Pseudo-sophisticated romance by Edward Zwick, loosely adapted from Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman by Jamie Reidy. In the 1990s, a breezy Pittsburgh-based pharma-salesman (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a freespirited lady (Anne Hathaway) meet in a doctor’s office. A hot yet hostile relationship breaks out. But Jamie quickly diagnoses what’s eating Maggie: she has stage one Parkinson’s and is determined to have a reckless good time while her body holds out. Hathaway could have carried this as light comedy, but she comes on furious and knocks this unsteady movie flat. And she’s not a sweeping force meeting an equal,

opposite reaction in Gyllenhaal, who is about as deep as Jason Biggs from the American Pie movies. Under the direction of the nice guy who created Thirtysomething, it carries the kind of happy ending you’d need a happiness drug to accept. (RvB) % 6=C@A (R; 94 min.) 127 Hours is director Danny Boyle’s version of the true-life story of climber Aron Ralston. In spring 2003, Ralston was pinned under a half-ton boulder in a remote Utah canyon; what he did to survive became worldwide news. 127 Hours records an ordeal so singular, Poe couldn’t improve on it. Unfortunately, Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) tries to blow up the story’s elemental horror through pyrotechnics. He starts with a burst of relentless motion, as in his Trainspotting. Unfortunately, this ADD style has been thoroughly appropriated for sportsdrink commercials. James Franco’s visceral acting in the service of this horror story probably should be praised, even if it’s not a pleasure to watch. One would have to be fairly simple-minded to think of this ghastly story as some kind of triumph of the human spirit. (RvB) B63 A=17/: <3BE=@9 (PG-13; 2

hrs.) Fiendishly clever and funny movie about the creation of an Internet monster. As Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Jesse Eisenberg gives a master class on recessive acting: he’s beady eyed and covert, with the occasional pit-viper-like sway of a truculent, lowered forehead. It’s the kind of remorseless superiority that can only look comically childish and wounded onscreen. The film shuttles between the present-day deposition of the now arrogantly rich Zuckerberg, as he’s sued by a quartet of burned partners (among them his former best friend Eduardo, played by Andrew Garfield).

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(R; 111 min.) The film adaptation of a comic strip in London’s Guardian newspaper about a glamorous newspaper columnist (Gemma Arterton) who returns to the

small town she left as an awkward teenager to prep her childhood home for sale. B/<5:32 (PG; 153 min.) Directors Nathan Greno and Byron Howard stress the most resonant interpretation of the tale: Rapunzel as a myth for all parts of the world where girls aren’t allowed to run free. The imprisoning witch Gothel is a curvy villainess feeding on the youth and hopes of the girl whom she imprisons. Remodeled as a Disney princess (voiced by Mandy Moore), this Rapunzel is freed by a rakish young thief. Third-act developments take the plot into a different resolution than the Brothers Grimm charted, adding to the surprise of the cartoon. You can see the influences and salute them as they pass: the antique charm of 3D Viewmaster fairy-tale slides, Romanian villages, Utah’s Canyonlands, the floating lanterns of the Japanese Obon festival; the block-headed yobs at the Snuggly Ducky tavern look as if they modeled for Britain’s Spitting Image. As for actual hero Maximus the horse, there hasn’t been such a hilarious steed since Chuck Jones died. (RvB)

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(Unrated; 98 min.) As is said of a talentless YouTube artist Jed (Alex Karpovsky), Tiny Furniture “is a little bit famous in the Internet way.� Director/star/ writer Lena Dunham stars as Generation Boomerang college grad Aura, moping over two different men, neither one worth the trouble. Loitering in her family’s Manhattan loft, Aura (or Dunham, where the dividing line between the two lies is a matter of opinion) coasts on the fame of having done “fat is a feminist issue� videos of herself, bikiniclad, primping in the fountain of her college quad. Going pantsless and dressing in front of the camera, Dunham exposes a lot of her pearshaped form, and she’s clearly not out to be loved unconditionally; she’s the first to admit she’s a self-involved whiner. Certainly there’s some courage here. But behind that courage is what? Emoting the heartbreak she’s supposed to be suffering is beyond Dunham as an actress—especially compared to similar antecedents: this year’s The Exploding Girl, or 2005’s Funny Ha Ha (or Greta Gerwig saying that she’d been out of college as long as she’d been in, a line she has in Greenberg). Explaining

her woes to her mom, Aura says, “I’m a young, young person, and I’m trying really hard.� It’s practically a plea to the audience. (RvB) B63 B=C@7AB (PG13; 114 min.) Johnny Depp stars as Frank, a hapless American tourist unlucky enough to have been targeted by Elise, a woman with a dangerous past, played by Angelina Jolie. Frank attempts to kindle a romance while Elise attempts to evade her pursuers—a criminal exboyfriend, the gangster he stole from and the agent (Paul Bettany) hot on their trail. B@=< :35/1G (PG; 127 min.) In this highly anticipated remake of the 1982 cult sci-fi flick, a wonder programmerturned-hacker Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) must beat a series of computer games from the inside. Featuring a soundtrack composed by legendary electronic duo Daft Punk. G=57 03/@ (PG; 80 min.) Dan Aykroyd voices Yogi and Justin Timberlake voices Boo Boo in this animated film based on the longrunning 1960s HannaBarbera cartoon series about bears who steal “pic-a-nic baskets� from campers in Jellystone Park. Also starring Tom Cavanagh as Ranger Smith.

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HE PERSONAL crises of constitutional monarchs don’t seem the stuff of fascinating drama. There’s a scene in The King’s Speech of a temper flare-up between George VI (Colin Firth) and his therapist (Geoffrey Rush). Facing the royal wrath coolly, the latter suggests, “You could put me in the Tower.� He smiles as he says it, knowing full well those days are gone. The surprise here—and the reason why Firth gives the performance of his life—is that the joke ends. Firth gives us a shame-wracked, deeply affecting portrayal of a man born and bred to be a spokesman, yet who is handicapped with a crippling stammer. Set in the 1930s, The King’s Speech contrasts a pair of royals. Early on, Firth is the Duke of York, a family man with two daughters and a wife named Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter). The stammering Duke, known to his family as “Bertie,� is the official spare to the heir, next in line to the Prince of Wales. A superlatively cast Guy Pearce embodies this Edward’s upper-class shadiness and monstrous entitlement.The Prince is the love slave of a twice-married American named Simpson; his affair and his indifference to world troubles (“Hitler will sort them out,� he offers) are pushing events to a constitutional crisis. A mess. And the man tapped to solve it is Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), a down-at-the-heels Australian speech therapist on London’s Hartley Street. The Duke is a prickly, shy patient. It takes much coaxing to get him to practice odd exercises to firm up his larynx, and to expose the Freudian traumas that are tying his tongue. Imagine what it would

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be like to grow up facing Queen Victoria across the breakfast table. And as the bearded old king George V, Michael Gambon shows the kind of snarling fierceness that would unman any son. Most of The King’s Speech is an inspired actor’s duel about the conflict between pride and need. Rush’s wit and nimbleness counterpoints this story of majesty. This agreeably homely actor’s gregariousness also shows us the climber in Logue. He likes to flabbergast the King into speaking without thinking, even if it takes pouncing on the monarch’s throne to do it. Logue is as altruistic as a good healer ought to be. But, believably, he does look out for himself. Bonham Carter’s portrayal of the lady we all remember as the doddering Queen Mother is a pleasure, too. This elder Elizabeth was a blueblood, but by royal lights she was officially a commoner. This might be reflected in the mischief Bonham Carter displays; she knows how to pull rank when it amuses her. The source book for this film claims that Logue personally saved the monarchy by helping the new king to

raise his voice against Hitler. This typical bit of biopic inflation may be why the primarily comedic actor Timothy Spall is cast as Winston Churchill. It’s a spot of comic relief by caricature. However, in making him slightly comic, director Tom Hooper diminishes the speaker who actually rallied the world against Hitler. The King’s Speech is almost exactly as tragic as it is comic. When we see Firth’s Bertie, figged up in braid and medals, in a green tunic and stiff collar that looks about as comfortable as an Iron Maiden, one’s heart goes out to him. The wrongness of doing this to a person—of making a king out of some unwilling soul—strikes one harder than the usual Masterpiece Theater assurances that there will always be an England.

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Indian. Authentic Indian dishes and specialties served in a comfortable dining room. Lunch buffet daily 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner daily 5pm to close. www.ambrosiaib.com. American and specialty dishes from the British and Emerald Isles. Full bar. Children welcome. Happy hour Mon-Fri 2-6pm. Open daily 11am to 2am. Italian. Ambience reminiscent of a small trattoria in the streets of Italy, serving handmade lasagna, pasta dishes, gnocchi and fresh fish. Wed-Sun, lunch 11am-2pm, dinner 5-9pm. Continental California cuisine. Breakfast all week 6:30-11am, lunch all week 11am-2pm; dinner Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun-Thu 5-9pm. www.seacliffinn.com.

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meat and vegetarian kebabs, gyros, falafel, healthy salads and Mediterranean flatbread pizzas. Beer and wine. Dine in or take out. Tue-Sun 11am-8pm.

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200 Monterey Ave, 831.464.3328

Japanese. This pretty and welcoming sushi bar serves superfresh fish in unusual but well-executed sushi combinations. Wed-Mon 11:30am-9pm. California Continental. Swordfish and other seafood specials. Dinner Mon-Thu 5:30-9:30pm; Fri 5-10pm; Sat 4-10:30pm; Sun 4-9pm.

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international wine list and outdoor dining with terrific views in the heart of Capitola Village. Open daily.

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California cuisine. Nightly specials include prime rib and lobster. Daily 7am-2am.

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Mexican. A local favorite since 1967! Full bar, patio dining, colorful dĂŠcor and friendly service. Top-shelf margaritas, over 50 tequilas, skirt steak asada, chicken fajitas, tequila prawn fettuccini, coconut prawns, even eggs benedict on the weekends! California organic meets Southeast Asian street food. Organic noodle and rice bowls, vegan menu, fish and meat options, Vietnamese-style sandwiches, eat-in or to-go. Consistent winner “Best Cheap Eats.â€? Open daily 11am-11pm. American, California-style. With a great bar scene, casually glamorous setting and attentive waitstaff. Full bar. Mon-Sat 11:30am-10pm, Sun 1-10pm. Crepes and more. Featuring the spinach crepe and Tunisian donut. Full bar. Mon-Thu 11am-midnight, Fri 11am-1am, Sat 10am-1am, Sun 10am-midnight. Seafood. Fresh seafood, shellfish, Midwestern aged beef, pasta specialties, abundant salad bar. Kids menu and nightly entertainment. Harbor and Bay views. Lunch and dinner daily. Americana. Ribs, steaks and burgers are definitely the stars. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner Sun-Thu 5:30-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5:30-10pm. California/full-service bakery. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. “Best Eggs Benedict in Town.â€? Happy Hour Mon-Fri 5-6pm. Halfprice appetizers; wines by the glass. Daily 8am-9pm. ’60s Vegas meets ’50s Waikiki. Amazing dining experience in kitchy yet swanky tropical setting. Fresh fish, great steaks, vegetarian. Full-service tiki bar. Happy-hour tiki drinks. Aloha Fri, Sat lunch 11:30am-5pm. Dinner nightly 5pm-close. Japanese Fusion. Sushi bar, sake bar, vegetarian, seafood, steak in fun atmosphere; kids play area; karaoke every night. Open seven days 5-10pm; Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm.

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Seafood/California. Fresh catch made your way! Plus many other wonderful menu items. Great view. Full bar. Happy hour Mon-Fri. Brunch Sat-Sun 10am-2pm. Open daily.

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Italian. La Posta serves Italian food made in the old style— simple and delicious. Tue-Thu 5:30-9:30pm. Fri and Sat 5:30-10pm. Sundays 5-8pm. Closed on Mondays.

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Fine Mexican cuisine. Opening daily at noon.

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Thai. The only Thai restaurant in downtown Santa Cruz . Delicious menu is only further complemented by authentic, Thai tea, shakes and smoothies. Modern dining setting offers warm and inviting atmosphere to relax. American/ Steakhouse. Casual neighborhood restaurant near Pleasure Point, offering wide selection of American cuisine, featuring prime steaks, chops, seafood and pasta, in classic steakhouse setting. Open 7 days a week, breakfast served Sunday. Italian-American. Mouthwatering, generous portions, friendly service and the best patio in town. Full bar. Lunch. Irish pub and restaurant. Informal pub fare with reliable execution. Lunch and dinner all day, open Mon-Fri 11:30am-midnight, Sat-Sun 11:30am-1:30am. Indian. World-famous curries, vegetarian and nonvegetarian dishes. Authentic Indian food at affordable prices. $8.95 lunch buffet Mon-Thu 11:30am -2:30pm, Fri-Sun 11am-3pm. Wine bar with menu. Flawless plates of great character and flavor; sexy menu listings; wines to match. Dinner Sun-Thu 5-10pm FriSat 5-11pm. Wine shop Sun-Mon 5-10pm, Tue-Sat noon-close. Seafood. Offering largest selection of fresh seafood, with wide variety of pastas, salads, steaks and a children’s menu. Upper deck lounge offers view of Monterey Bay, Steamer Lane and Boardwalk. Casual family style dining every day from 11am. Pizza. Pizza, fresh salads, sandwiches, wings, desserts, beers on tap. Patio dining, sports on HDTV and free WiFi. Large groups and catering. Open and delivering Fri-Sat 11am-2am, Mon-Thu 11am-1am, Sun 11am-midnight.

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Cambodian. Fresh kebabs, seafood dishes, soups and noodle bowls with a unique Southeast Asian flair. Beer and wine

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Italian. Authentic Italian cuisine nestled among redwoods, in a friendly atmosphere off Hwy 9. Chef Sebastian Nobile uses seasonal, local, organic ingredients whenever possible by utilizing a wide variety of quality Central Coast ingredients.

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Astrology Free Will

By Rob Brezsny

For the week of December 22 /@73A (March 21–April 19): “There’s always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in,� wrote novelist Graham Greene. I’ll add to that: There are at least three moments in adulthood when a new door opens and invites the rest of the future in. Judging by the astrological omens, I’m guessing that one such breakthrough lies ahead for you in 2011. What can you do to expedite and encourage fate’s summons? Here’s one possibility: Surrender to the naked truth of what you love. B/C@CA (April 20–May 20): If oil companies were given permission to sink their drilling rigs into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the petroleum they produced would ultimately lower gasoline prices by four cents per gallon. To my mind, that’s not a good trade-off. Let this scenario serve as a cautionary metaphor for you in 2011, Taurus. Don’t share your pristine wilderness or soulful beauty with exploitative types who offer iffy rewards. Instead, hold out for those who appreciate you profoundly and whose own gifts help you to thrive.

53;7<7 (May 21–June 20): Freud said that among all human endeavors, there were three “impossible professions� that inevitably yielded unsatisfying results. They were child-rearing, the governing of nations and psychoanalysis. My own experiences don’t entirely confirm this. My parents raised me pretty well and I’ve given my daughter a decent upbringing. Of the nine psychotherapists I’ve consulted in my life, two were excellent healers and none were damaging. But even those relatively winning projects were sometimes fraught with unsolvable riddles, chronic frustrations and maddening uncertainties. I bring this up, Gemini, because I think 2011 will be a time when you will generate far more gratification and success than usual in your own versions of “impossible professions.� Unsolvable riddles, chronic frustrations, and maddening uncertainties won’t be completely absent, but they could very well be at an all-time low. 1/<13@ (June 21–July 22): “We have to believe

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time to think big—maybe even bigger than you’ve dared to think in over a decade. That doesn’t mean you should be rash, reckless, or unrealistic. On the contrary. Your expansive dreams should be carefully wrought and anchored in a detailed understanding of how things actually work. As an example of what not to do, learn from Snoop Dog. The rapper wanted to rent all 62 square miles of the small European nation of Liechtenstein so he could film his music video there. Liechtenstein authorities turned him down, but only because his team didn’t ask far enough in advance. Had he been better organized, the whole country could have been his.

D7@5= (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): An Oregon man named Don Wesson stopped his truck by the side of the road and took home a 40-pound rock that caught his eye. That was more than a decade ago. For years he used it as part of a border to prevent his dog from messing up his garden. Then he saw a TV show about meteorites and brought the rock to scientists. They told him it was a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite that fell to earth long ago and originally came from the asteroid belt. Other experts told him he could probably sell the exotic artifact for as much as $40,000. I predict a metaphorically similar development in your life during the coming year: the discovery of a valuable old thing from far away that you will underestimate at first. :70@/ (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): Richard Grossinger is my friend, my teacher and the brilliant author of numerous books. (His latest is called 2013.) He is also a humble adept in the high art of gratitude. On his website, he has a page devoted to expressing vivid appreciation for the 71 best teachers of his life. (bit.ly/ YourTeachers) His testimony is a riveting and touching reminder of how each of us is a creation

of all the important people we’ve loved and hated. Compiling such a list should, I think, be a rite of passage for anyone who aspires to be an authentic human being. There will never be a better time than 2011 for you to do this work yourself, Libra.

A1=@>7= (Oct. 23–Nov. 21): “Just when I found out the meaning of life,� said comedian George Carlin, “they changed it.� I’m hoping that will be one of your top inspirational jokes in 2011, Scorpio. If all goes well, you will no longer be content with all your previous answers to the question “What is the meaning of life?�—either because “they changed it,� as Carlin suggested, or because it’s no longer interesting or useful to you. This is very good news, in my opinion. You will have the invigorating privilege of going off in search of fresh answers to the riddle of the ages! A/57BB/@7CA (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): The United Nations has declared that 2011 will be the International Year of Chemistry—a time to honor the role chemistry plays in our lives. Meanwhile, you Sagittarians will be celebrating your own personal Year of Chemistry, although in a different sense of the word—the sense that means natural attraction, spontaneous connection, intuitive allure, and uncanny synchronicity. Don’t let this abundance of grace make you overconfident, and don’t just sit back and let it run wild. Be a master chemist intent on rigorously cultivating the very best experiments. 1/>@71=@< (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): I have tracked down a formula that I think should be one of your central ongoing meditations in 2011. It’s from newsman David Brinkley: “A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.� In the coming months you will be extra smart about knowing which of these bricks to use and how exactly to position them in your foundation. And more than that, Capricorn: You will have special insight not only about bricks that have been flung fairly recently, but also about those that have been hurled at any time in your life. /?C/@7CA (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): The city of Stockholm, Sweden, consists of 14 islands that are spanned by more than 50 bridges. It’s a beautiful, clean, culturally rich place that’s ranked among the best urban centers in the world. I’m hoping that in the coming year you will develop a certain resemblance to it. With a little luck and a clear intention to forge strong new links, you will connect the many fragmented areas of your life, creating a unified network that ensures each part is humming in resonance with the whole. In fact, let’s call 2011 your Bridge-Building Year. >7A13A (Feb. 19–March 20): At age 19, I wanted to be a poet when I grew up. My goal was to write a poem every day forever. And yet I had almost no ambition to get published. I was satisfied to bask in the ecstatic epiphany that accompanied each fresh poetic eruption. Then one day I was browsing in a bookshop and saw a flier for a big upcoming poetry reading. It included every major poet in my thenhometown of Santa Cruz—except me. I was shocked and hurt. Why was I left out? Eventually I realized it was because all the other poets listed had written a book. From that moment on I was obsessively driven to publish my own tome. A year later, after much hard work, it came to pass. I would love to see you experience a similar wake-up call in 2011, Pisces: a friendly jolt that motivates you to rise to the next level.

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290 acres ! Run your dirt bikes or quads or take a hike and have a lot of fun on the 11 parcels ranging in size from 18- 40 acres. Santa Clara county. Sun, Views, Spring, Creek. Off grid. Excellent Owner financing. $1,150,000. 408-395-5754 Donner Land & Mortgage Co., Inc. www.donnerland.com

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Boulder Creek 10 acres. Ridge top. 3 mile private bumpy road leads to this quiet and serene site. Beautiful view and plenty of sun. Off grid. Owner Financing. $189,000. Donner Land & Mortgage Co., Inc. www.donnerland.com 408-395-5754

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