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MILL VALLEY

BELVEDERE

2 BEDROOMS

4 BEDROOMS

8 Windward Sun 1-4 McGuire Real Estate

61 Bayview Sun 1-4 McGuire Real Estate 54 Eucalyptus Knoll Sun 2-4 American Marketing 63 Eucalyptus Knoll Sun 2-4 American Marketing 50 Eucalyptus Knoll Sun 1-4 Frank Howard Allen

$2,575,000 383-8500

CORTE MADERA 3 BEDROOMS

6 Baja Sun 2-4

$815,000 755-1111

Alain Pinel Realtors 4 BEDROOMS

5124 Paradise Sun 2-4 Frank Howard Allen

$1,995,000 461-3000

3 BEDROOMS

259 Corte Madera $999,000 Sun 2-4 McGuire Real Estate 927-1492 14 Plymouth $769,000 Sun 2-4 Carrie Sherriff 383-3646 127 Lomita $995,000 Sun 2-4 Frank Howard Allen 461-3000 509 Pixie $1,299,000 Sun 1-4 Pacific Union Real Estate 383-1900 17 Alta Vista $1,895,000 Sun 2-4 Morgan Lane 789-8686

FAIRFAX 1 BEDROOM

4 Spring Sun 2-4

$679,000 461-3220

Coldwell Banker 2 BEDROOMS

25 Alhambra Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

$420,000 755-1111

GREENBRAE

4 BEDROOMS

4 BEDROOMS

9 Dots Sun 2-4 McGuire Real Estate 174 Morning Sun Sun 2-4 McGuire Real Estate

17 Elizabeth $1,195,000 Sun 1-4 Pacific Union Real Estate 945-6300

KENTFIELD 5 BEDROOMS

50 Wolfe Canyon Sun 2-4 First Marin Realty, Inc

$1,875,000 383-9393

2 BEDROOMS

186 Marin Valley/MOBILE Sat/Sun 1-4 Marin Realty Group 17 Marin View Dr/MOBILE Sun 2-4 Marin Realty Group

4 BEDROOMS

$1,495,000 461-3000

Frank Howard Allen

$1,650,000 383-8500 $1,295,000 383-8500

NOVATO

LARKSPUR 125 Wilson Sun 2-4

$839,000 383-8500 $799,000 447-2000 $595,000 447-2000 $675,000 461-3000

$99,000 927-4443 $195,000 927-4443

4 BEDROOMS

56 Drakewood Sun 1-4 McGuire Real Estate

$785,000 927-1492

18 Cavalla Cay Sun 2-4 First Marin Realty, Inc

$919,000 383-9393

ROSS 4 BEDROOMS

60 Baywood Sun 2-4 McGuire Real Estate

$1,950,000 383-8500

SAN ANSELMO 3 BEDROOMS

30 Tamalpais Sun 1-4 Frank Howard Allen 26 Berlin Sun 2-4 Frank Howard Allen

$1,525,000 461-3000 $915,000 461-3000

4 BEDROOMS

77 Redwood Sun 2-4 Frank Howard Allen

$999,000 461-3000

SAN RAFAEL Better Homes Realty Alain Pinel Realtors

$623,000 785-7648 $1,385,000 755-1111

3 BEDROOMS

5 Creekside Sun 1-4 First Marin Realty, Inc 59 Bret Harte Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors 221 Bungalow Sun 1-4 Bradley Real Estate 53 Dowitcher Sun 2-4 Coldwell Banker 26 Creekside Sun 1-4 First Marin Realty, Inc 30 Bret Sun 2-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

$739,000 457-8080 $620,000 461-3000

4 BEDROOMS

112 Rafael Sun 2-4 76 Peacock Sun 1-4 10 Glenside Sun 2-4 19 Knoll Sun 1-4

$999,000 755-1111 $1,965,000 383-8500 $3,395,000 755-1111 $1,195,000 435-0848

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SAUSALITO 1 BEDROOM

315 Richardson Sun 1-4 McGuire Real Estate

$649,000 383-8500

3 BEDROOMS

2 BEDROOMS

5 Redding Sun 1-4 55 Brodea Sun 2-4

3 Welch Sun 2-4 Coldwell Banker 128 Dowitcher Sun 1-4 Frank Howard Allen - Greenbrae

$829,000 383-9393 $975,000 755-1111 $649,000 455-1080 $714,000 457-8080 $879,000 383-9393 $535,000 755-1111

271 Santa Rosa Sun 1-4 McGuire Real Estate 99 Glen Sun 2-4 McGuire Real Estate 25 Santa Rosa Sun 1-4 McGuire Real Estate 100 Harrison Sun 1-4 McGuire Real Estate

$1,175,000 383-8500 $999,000 927-1492 $2,674,000 927-1492 $2,689,000 927-1492

TIBURON 3 BEDROOMS

18 Janet Sun 2-4

$699,000 435-0848

McGuire Real Estate 4 BEDROOMS

45 Hacienda Sun 2-4 Frank Howard Allen

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$2,275,000 461-3000

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Recent sales in Marin County include:

Address CORTE MADERA

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GREENBRAE 250 LOS CERROS 201 VIA LA CUMBRE 71 VIA CHEPARRO 10 CORTE CAYUGA 701 VIA CASITAS

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$1,275,000 $820,000 $696,145

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$1,110,000 $876,000 $862,500 $850,000 $425,000

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90.3% 97.4% 78.5% 97.8% 94.4%

3/2 4/4

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$2,225,000 $1,700,000

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92.7% 91.9%

5 WILTSHIRE 11 CRYSTAL CREEK 81 HAZEL 60 DIANE

MILL VALLEY 107 OAKDALE 233 RICARDO 915 ALTURAS 215 CALIFORNIA 239 GREENE 321 CORTE MADERA 132 RICHARDSON 75 WOODSIDE 207 GIBSON

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$1,252,900 $1,425,000 $1,060,000 $1,100,000

$1,252,900 $1,100,000 $750,000 $510,000

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100.0% 77.2% 70.8% 46.4%

4/4 3/3 3/3 4/2 4/3 2/4 4/2 5/2 4/3

$1,995,000 $1,395,000 $1,295,000 $1,295,000 $1,049,000 $1,295,000 $1,195,000 $1,099,000 $1,095,000

$1,775,000 $1,310,000 $1,217,500 $1,135,000 $1,020,000 $1,000,000 $950,000 $950,000 $945,000

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89.0% 93.9% 94.0% 87.6% 97.2% 77.2% 79.5% 86.4% 86.3%

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IT’S GOOD NEWS WEEK It’s great to be able to say that a lot of this column will consist of good news on the restaurant front in Marin! There is a glimmer of light on the horizon with openings across the county, as well as special events at older haunts. Now it’s up to diners to support them as often as possible to keep the dining scene a sunny one. COME ON DOWN Newest of the new is Chipotle, opening this week in the remodeled Northgate Mall, San Rafael. Dedicated to serving what CEO Steve Ells calls “food with integrity,â€? it offers Mexican fast foods made from meats and poultry that are antibiotic/hormone-free and fed a vegetarian diet; all dairy ingredients are from rBGHfree milk and most beans are organic. Drop by Nov. 5 (11am to 8pm) when Chipotle celebrates with a free burrito day! (415/5070493)...Another addition at Northgate is an expanded venture from a former foodcourt takeout favorite, Jhan Thong. The owners recently opened Calgang in Northgate One, bringing their fans the same reasonably priced Thai foods (415/4993501)...A Latin newcomer with an emphasis on a healthful menu is Antigua Mexican Grill in Mill Valley’s Alto Shopping Center. Owners Mike and Sandy Lang and partner Rosa Solis aim to use local organic products. Delivery service is available. Hours are 11am to 9:30pm Monday to Saturday; 4:30 to 9pm Sunday (415/388-3882)...Italian food still draws crowds. Joining a cluster of restaurants in Novato’s Hamilton Marketplace is Pasta Moto, sister to the venue of the same name in WestďŹ eld San Francisco Centre. Besides a familiar menu of housemade pasta dishes and pizza, the Marin branch serves inventive panini and features a wine bar with Italian imports. Open daily for lunch and dinner (415/883-6656). TASTE-BUD TANTALIZERS Fall ďŹ nds local chefs in a pre-holiday mood, taking advantage of seasonal specialties to draw us in for warm dinners on cool nights. While Beaujolais Nouveau is a wine release celebrated worldwide, the Tavern at Lark Creek is starring our own American wine. Partnering with Andrew Lane Wines, the Larkspur tavern is offering the ďŹ rst Gamay Nouveau of the 2009 harvest (an exclusive release) along with a three-course menu to complement the young wine. Through Nov. 15 diners can enjoy a $27.95 meal with a bacon and egg terrine with frisee salad and heritage turkey entree (415/924-7766)... Poggio Trattoria in Sausalito welcomes autumn with two special celebrations.

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Chef Peter McNee brings back his annual Monday night whole pig porchetta dinners, roasted on the wood-ďŹ red spit and served with a traditional Tuscan white bean stew ($16 per person). More luxurious fare arrives Nov. 10 to 14 when trufes rule. White trufes from Alba in Piemonte will be shaved generously over entrees like homemade tagliatelle with butter and sage for $35 over the price of the menu listing. Black trufes appear as a stufďŹ ng in game hens or in a braised pheasant meatloaf (415/332-7771)...Laughter with dinner is guaranteed when San Rafael’s Mexican restaurant Las Camelias presents Comedy Night (Nov. 11, 8:30pm). Ten dollars covers the entertainment fee for the show hosted by GrifďŹ n Daley (415/453-5850)...Nov. 19 marks the ofďŹ cial arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau, and in Marin this means dinner at Left Bank Brasserie, Larkspur. A la carte specials to go with the new vintage are Alsatian in origin: charcuteries, escargots, lentils with pork and sausage. A prix-ďŹ xe meal is also available at $34 (415/927-3331). THE LONG AND WINE-ING ROAD The 11th annual Wine & Food Affair (Nov. 7 and 8, 11am to 4pm) is a prime experience in northern Sonoma. Countless wineries in the Alexander, Dry Creek and Russian River valleys will be pouring and serving up delicious food at each stop. Here are a few examples: braised lamb stew with citrusmarinated olives and artichokes, duck and mushroom ragu on acorn squash polenta, portobello mushroom bombolini with bacon and hazelnuts. Tickets are $60 for the weekend, $40 for Sunday only, $25 for designated drivers. Check out the destinations and menus along with other details at www.wineroad.com. < Contact Pat at patfusco@sonic.net

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FRIDAY, NOV. 6 Pit Bulls and Parolees We’re sure it’s some kind of warm and fuzzy rehab program that helps both the dogs and the parolees. But we still wouldn’t want to live next door. Animal Planet. 7pm. March of the Penguins When the Weather Channel is showing a bleak march through sub-zero blizzards and months of darkness, it doesn’t say anything good about the coming winter. (2005) The Weather Channel. 7pm. Smallville Jor-El drops by the Kent farm. It’s unclear whether he brought a child support check. CW. 8pm. Medium Allison rents an SUV and the satellite radio allows her to hear other people’s conversations, most of which have to do with “Why does that blonde in the SUV have her signal on?” CBS. 9pm.

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SATURDAY, NOV. 7 Open Graves Students playing a demonic board game begin dying. This is why we never play Hell Monopoly, Hungry Hungry Vampire or SplatterGory. (2009) SyFy Channel. 7pm. The Man in the Iron Mask It’s the itchy nose that makes it torture. (1998) KOFY Channel 20. 8pm. Dirty Jobs Recycling old mattresses doesn’t sound that bad. But these are San Francisco mattresses. You need a condom just to lie down. Discovery Channel. 8pm. Wanda Sykes The comedian is not the first lesbian with a talk show. There was Ellen, and before that, Merv Griffin. Fox. 11pm.

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small storefront, a loveseat, two oodlights and four actors may not seem like a formula for compelling entertainment—unless the company is AlterTheater, the San Rafael-based ensemble specializing in productions in nontraditional spaces. This time last year was election season, and AlterTheater gave us the world premiere American Gothic, 2009: of Justin Warner’s American Whup-Ass, as Will Marchetti and Anne Darragh in ‘The Horses.’ ďŹ ne a spoof of the American political process by Michael Ray Wisely), a philandering as I can think of, performed most appropriworkaholic. Relentlessly razzed by his father ately in the old Meridian Sports Club. This year’s autumn offering is The Horses by San for his “fruity occupationâ€?—he’s an interior Francisco playwright Brian Thorstenson. It’s architect—Michael exhibits long-suffering familiarity with his parents’ behavior, endura warm-hearted family comedy featuring a ing allegiance to his mother and understandquartet of Equity actors giving their all for able annoyance with his father, exacerbated the love of their craft. by the air-headed antics of The essence of the story is his assistant and love interan impending 75th birthday est du jour, Heather, whom NOW PLAYING party for a wisecracking, daywe perceive only through reThe Horses runs through dreaming retired plumber peated phone conversations Nov. 15 at 1609 Fourth St., named Marv (Will MarSan Rafael; 415/454-2787, over his wireless headset. chetti), hosted by his wife www.altertheater.org. Lois toils in the kitchen Lois (stage and ďŹ lm veteran or entertains unseen guests Frances Lee McCain). She’s on the patio while Marv busy cooking and preparing for guests to arrive, but can’t get Marv off the holds down the sofa and drifts into reveries sofa long enough to change his clothes, tend about Patsy (Anne Darragh), his uninhibited to the barbecue or greet any guests. Exasper- traveling companion—a “wild, throw-everyated, she marches in and out of the kitchen, thing-to-the-wind kind of woman,â€? as Lois mixing bowl and spatula in hand, engaging describes her. Marv and Patsy cruise through Marv in what is obviously a decades-long the desert, visit Las Vegas, drive all night to the beach and discuss with gusto everything game of thrust-and-parry. from dancing the night away to the meanThere’s deft expertise and a sense of peevish glee in their bickering. Actors of long ing of dreams. As brought to life by Darragh, Patsy’s a Western classic—a contemporary experience, Marchetti and McCain exhibit the dynamic balance of old dance partners— Calamity Jane with a heart of gold. Marv hears horses—hence, the play’s title—but are or old sparring partners—whose combinathey real or metaphorical? Are he and Patsy tion of solid choreography and unexpected lovers or simply great friends? Is Patsy real or ourishes makes their interaction seem both practiced and spontaneous. Marv takes merely Marv’s fantasy? To Thorstenson’s—and AlterTheater’s— childish delight in annoying Lois. Caring credit, these questions remain unanswered. for him in his golden years is her burden to They resonate long after the show’s over, bear—but not without well-justiďŹ ed resentas does the play’s unexpectedly upbeat ments, stored over a lifetime like ammuniďŹ nal turn. Mark Robinson’s sound design tion and delivered up close or thrown like goes a long way toward bringing the show grenades from a distance. Marv and Lois have an instantly recogniz- to life, which otherwise relies only on the skills of actors and the willing imagination able relationship, one “familiar to everyone of the audience. Adroitly directed by Tracy who’s seen the show,â€? says producer Jeanette Ward, The Horses is emotionally authentic Harrison. They are you and your spouse, or and exquisitely performed. Its intimate your next-door neighbors, or your parents real-world feel may make some viewers or your grandparents. Every good script— uncomfortable, and that effect is probindeed, all great art—is both uniquely ably intentional. Despite the bare-bones personal and universal. With The Horses, presentation, it’s 80 minutes of magical playwright Thorstenson mines a rich vein of realism and theatrical magic. < adversarial love that has the audience nodShare the drama with Barry at DISMO@aol.com. ding their heads in sympathy and laughing in bewilderment. Our sympathies are further piqued by Break a leg with more theater reviews at the couple’s son Michael (smartly played ›› paciďŹ csun.com

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Mark Pitta & friend Hopelessly deranged show of violence reminds Mort Sahl of a good joke... by Davi d Te mp l e ton

Writer David Templeton takes interesting people to interesting movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This is not a review; rather, it’s a freewheeling, tangential discussion of life, alternative ideas and popular culture.

Tuesday night show with an all-star roast event on Tuesday, Nov. 17. Pitta’s taste in movies has always leaned toward the more “challenging” films, so when he asked me last week to suggest a film with some edge to it, Antichrist seemed like just the right ticket. Directed by Lars ait! Let’s watch it again, I’m von Trier (Breaking the Waves; Dancer in confused!” the Dark; Dogville), Antichrist nearly caused So shouts comic Mark Pit- riots when it premiered at the Cannes Film ta as the new movie Antichrist comes to a Festival in France this year, with von Trier bloody and baffling end at the Christopher suffering verbal abuse from angry audience B. Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, members while being staunchly defended where Pitta and I, along by filmmakers touting the with legendary comedian movie as the product of Mort Sahl (yep, that Mort COMING SOON a truly artistic and daring Sahl), have just witnessed For information on Mark mind. The film opened last Pitta’s Fifth Anniverwhat is easily the weirdest, sary Roast Show, visit week, but even with its masmost controversial, most www.142throckmortonsive notoriety, it has failed to thematically incoherent theatre.com. drum up an audience. Perand visually shocking film haps reports of the movie’s of the year. graphic sexual and physical “Hey,” suggests Pitta, “maybe we can ask torture—and the scene where a crazed fox them to play it backwards so it has a happy snarls “Chaos reigns!” while snacking on his ending this time! What did you think, Mort?” own intestines—were enough to scare all “I don’t know what to think,” Sahl anbut the most curious away. swers, shaking his head. “This director was Those reports, it turns out, did not Danish, right? Now I understand when exaggerate. they say that the Danes are number one in What begins as an intelligent and darsuicides. This guy is seriously depressed.” ing exploration of parental grief, with Sahl, who lives in Mill Valley and often Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg accompanies his pal Pitta to afternoon playing the parents of a child who has movies, is cited as an inspiration to several recently died, ends up an orgy of bizarre generations of comedians, including supernatural mayhem. In an attempt to Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Will Durst help his wife through her “atypical grief,” and countless others. Pitta, whose weekly therapist Dafoe takes her to a remote cabin “Mark Pitta & Friends” comedy shows— in the Pacific Northwest woods, where all at 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill hell breaks loose. Pushed to her breaking Valley—have become the must-see Tuespoint, Gainsbourg goes bonkers. day night “event” in Marin County, will Squeamish readers may not want to be celebrating the fifth anniversary of his read further.

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Either possessed by the devil or just really upset, Gainsbourg physically brutalizes Dafoe, if “brutal” is big enough a word to describe crushing his testicles, drilling a hole in his leg, then bolting a huge stone wheel to it. Finally, in the film’s most talked-about moment, she uses a pair of scissors to commit an act of genital self-mutilation, in closeup, which may be the most horrifying thing put on screen since Pierce Brosnan was forced to sing in Mamma Mia. “Man, I thought it was rough dating Janice Dickinson,” says Pitta as we make our way from the theater. “Clearly, their kid took the easy way out. The only way to cleanse ourselves after this is to watch a Jerry Lewis marathon. The French liked him.” “You know,” muses Sahl, “in some ways, this movie goes along with Shelley Berman’s classic joke—If a husband says something in the forest, and there’s no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?” A few minutes later, having relocated to a nearby coffeehouse, Pitta stops to chat with some folks about the Throckmorton Theatre’s recently reported financial woes, discussing concerns that the storied nonprofit may be facing closure (or drastic changes) in the not-too-distant future. “So, this movie was all about pessimism, right?” suggests Pitta, rejoining Mort and me. “It was about grief, despair and pain, right? If I may slip in a shameless plug here, grief, despair and pain are what I’m going to end up going through if the Throckmorton closes and I can’t do my show anymore.” “That’s funny,” says Sahl. “And funnier because it’s true.” “Back to the movie, it’s hard to completely dismiss Antichrist because the performances were great,” Pitta says. “Not many actors could have pulled this off. At first, I was following the story on a linear plane, thinking, ‘OK, that makes sense. Grief, right. Pain, OK’—and then, when she goes crazy in the woods, it was like I was suddenly watching Kathy Bates in Misery, but without any of the laughs.” “So David,” Pitta asks, “did you know that scissor thing was going to happen?”

Pitta’s face looked something like this throughout most of ‘Antichrist.’

“Uh-huh,” I nod. “I read it in a review.” “It actually said,” grills Pitta, “‘Charlotte Gainsbourg cuts off her own G-spot? She takes a pair of scissors, and...’” “Yeah, something like that.” “I couldn’t watch,” Pitta confesses. “I looked at the ceiling until it was all over. What about you, Mort? Did you watch the screen when that happened?” “No! I couldn’t watch, either,” Sahl replies. “But it did remind me of a joke. What’s the difference between a golf ball and a G-spot? A guy will take an hour to look for a golf ball.” Um...ouch. “What actually bothered me about the movie,” Sahl continues, “is how hopeless it was. What the director is doing is trying to project his own emotional bankruptcy onto the audience. Because he’s established as a director, because he’s considered a cinematic genius, he’s allowed to do that. What he does to this woman in this movie is just so pessimistic. She’s a powerful woman, but then her son dies and she goes crazy and does all these horrible things, so we leave the theater thinking the world is a horrible place. Who needs that? The pessimists are already winning in this country. Look at Geithner. Look at Cheney. Just look at the pessimistic expressions they carry around on their faces. There is something wrong with our balance, things are tilting toward hopelessness, and that’s reflected in this movie. When something that is as structurally and emotionally inferior as this is passed off as the work of an auteur, that’s a trap, and we keep letting ourselves be led into it.” After a pause, Pitta says, “Wow Mort. Now I’m depressed. But hey, we just saw one of the most talked-about movies of the year. And at least you can’t say I never take you to interesting things.” “That’s true,” Sahl chuckles, “so I guess I should say thank you for inviting me to this...and may I add, I am gonna get you back for it.” < Share your favorite Mort Sahl joke with David at talkpix@earthlink.net.

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hen did beauty become so f--kin’ ugly?” It’s a key question in San Rafael filmmaker Jonathan Parker’s (Bartleby, The Californians, both filmed in Marin) acerbic little comedy, (Untitled), which takes aim at contemporary art—its creators, vendors and consumers. The question is asked by Josh Jacobs (Eion Bailey), the creator of large, gauzy, unthreatening abstractions that are snapped up by a buyer for office buildings and hospitals. Josh’s dealer is Madeleine Gray (Marley Shelton), owner of a trendy New York gallery, who keeps his paintings in the back room. In the front room, meanwhile, she exhibits works by artists such Ray Barko, left, insists his grisly taxidermy is a Cervidae-able masteras Ray Barko (English footballer Vinnie Jones), who piece. mounts taxidermied animals in grotesque postures— own show, she refuses: It wouldn’t go over well with possums hanging from a chandelier, a monkey the art-buying types she’s trying to cultivate, like Porbreathing into (or out of) a vacuum cleaner hose— ter Canby (Zak Orth), who is “not familiar” with the or works by the single-named Monroe (Ptolemy work of Matisse and sees “collecting” Slocum), whose minimalist pieces as a way of social climbing. include “Wall Surrounded by Space” COMING SOON Throw in a passionate affair (a blank wall) and “Lightbulb Going (Untitled) opens Friday at between Madeleine and Adrian, On and Off” (just what it says). the Regency. See page 23 sound design by Oscar-winning Poised against these visual artists for showtimes. Richard Beggs and music by is Josh’s composer brother Adrian Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lang, (Adam Goldberg), whose orchestraand this timely satire—written by tions include chains rattling in a bucket, paper being Parker and Catherine DiNapoli—packs a wallop. crumpled and torn, and a vocalist pretending to cry. Unlike the work of Monroe and Barko, Adrian’s efO O O O forts meet with little recognition—in one concert, This week’s Italian Film Festival offering is the number of audience members about equals the Federico Bondi’s Black Sea, about the complex renumber of performers. Adrian, a scowl permanently lationship between a widowed Italian woman and engraved on his face, is resentful of everyone, espe- her Romanian caregiver. Nov. 7 at Marin Center cially his successful brother. Showcase Theatre at 5:30 and 7:45pm. < Madeleine, always dressed in black, underwrites Review our reviews at letters@pacificsun.com the more experimental works by cleaning up on Josh’s lucrative paintings; but when Josh demands to be Reel off your movie reviews on TownSquare at moved to the front ›› pacificsun.com room and given his

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Duck and cover-up For a year now, the global financial crisis has been associated in my mind with a curious movie image from 1979: the gently rippling surface of a cup of coffee. The mug in question is poised at the edge of the Ventana Nuclear Power Plant’s main control console, and it’s the sight of those tiny vibration waves that remains to haunt shift supervisor Jack Lemmon long after the emergency SCRAM of that day averts THE CHINA SYNDROME, a full-core meltdown dire enough to render all of SoCal uninhabitable. Hounded by investigative TV journos Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas following the accident and ensuing cover-up, Lemmon is defiant about the system of safety checks and procedures in place:“We stopped it in time for one reason, the system works, now dammit the system works! That’s not the problem...” I was wowed by the James Bridges thriller’s austere beauty, its expertly wrought tension and boldness in going without a musical score. The theatrical release coincided famously with the real-life disaster of Three Mile Island (covered in the Special Edition extras). A double-duty metaphor for the abyss we looked down last September? “The shudder...the damn shudder...”—Richard Gould

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Friday November 6—Thursday November 12

Movie summaries by Matthew Stafford O The Invention of Lying (1:39) Ricky Gervais

George Clooney and company save the world for democracy in ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats.’ O Amelia (1:51) Mira Nair’s sumptuous biopic

stars Hilary Swank as aviatrix extraordinaire Amelia Earhart; Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor are among the men in her life. O Apocalypse Now Redux (3:17) Reedited and extended version of Francis Coppola’s surreal Vietnam War epic follows Martin Sheen on a Conradian quest upriver for mad genius Marlon Brando. O Astro Boy (1:34) The energetic young robot hits the big screen in a touching tale of self-discovery, acceptance and X-ray vision. O The Black Stallion (1:58) Carroll Ballard’s 1979 children’s classic about a boy and his horse features dazzling cinematography by Caleb Deschanel and a peerless star performance from Mickey Rooney. O The Box Frank Langella offers Cameron Diaz a cool million to press the button on a simplelooking wooden box; but oh, the ramifications. O Bright Star (1:59) Jane Campion biopic about 19th-century poet John Keats and his intense, ill-starred love affair with the captivating Fanny Brawne. O Capitalism: A Love Story (2:07) Michael Moore takes on the comfy relationship between industry and government and our latest global economic meltdown. O A Christmas Carol (1:36) Dickens’ beloved slab of figgy pudding gets the 3D Disney treatment as Jim Carrey gives voice to half a dozen different characters (including Ebenezer himself). O Cirque du Freak (1:48) A doofus teen’s day-today existence is upended when he finds himself in the middle of a feud between sideshow freaks and (you guessed it) vampires. O Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (1:21) Animated comedy about a scientist whose well-meaning attempts to end world hunger result in food dropping from the heavens in (over)abundance. O Coco Before Chanel (1:50) Audrey Tautou stars as France’s favorite couturier. O Couples Retreat (1:47) Four married couples head to the tropics for a fabulous island vacation only to discover that the group-rate package includes mandatory couples counseling; Swingers’ Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn star. O An Education (1:40) Conundrum: should preSwinging London schoolgirl Carey Mulligan head off to Oxford or pursue the naughty life with a sexy older man? O The Fourth Kind (1:38) Shrink Milla Jovovich unearths chilling evidence of alien abductions in the greater Nome metropolitan area. O The Good Soldier Five veterans of WWII, Vietnam, the Gulf War and Iraq discuss their experiences in this moving documentary. O The Horse Boy (1:33) Documentary follows a Texas couple on an equestrian odyssey across Outer Mongolia in search of shamanic healing for their autistic son.

directs and stars in this comedy about a fib-free alternate reality, where a man who develops the ability to tell a lie can achieve fame and fortune. O Law Abiding Citizen (1:48) A disgruntled convict orchestrates a series of brutal murders from his jail cell, and only public prosecutor Jamie Foxx can stop ’em. O Manhattan (1:36) Woody Allen’s bemused look at a coterie of overprivileged New Yorkers features Gordon Willis’s fabulous black-andwhite cinematography and an excellent all-Gershwin soundtrack. O The Men Who Stare at Goats (1:33) Absurdist political thriller about a real-life U.S. Army paranormal military unit and how its investigations into psychic phenomena were employed to interrogate prisoners at Guantanamo Bay; George Clooney stars. O The Metropolitan Opera: Aida (4:00) Ancient Egypt comes alive in Verdi’s epic tale of love and loss, presented live from New York in all its high-def big-screen glory. O The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot (3:25) Catch Franco Zeffirelli’s epic production of Puccini’s final work in glorious big screen high definition. O Michael Jackson’s This Is It (1:51) Behindthe-scenes look at the late, legendary King of Pop as he prepared for a series of London appearances this past spring. O Paranormal Activity (1:39) Two young marrieds consider switching realtors when they discover a noisome nocturnal spook sharing their tract house. O Paris (2:04) Cedric Klapisch’s valentine to the City of Lights focuses on an ensemble of Parisians and their dovetailing lives. O Race Across the Sky (2:00) The grueling 2009 Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race is the subject of this eye-filling documentary; Lance Armstrong and other cycle jockeys offer their insights. O Saw VI Diabolical killer Jigsaw returns (in one form or another), much to the FBI’s ongoing consternation. O A Serious Man (1:45) A physics professor struggles to become a mensch (despite a wandering wife, a burdensome brother, mendacious colleagues and a couple of unlovely children) in the Coen boys’ latest comedy. O Skin (1:47) True tale of a black girl born to white parents in apartheid-era South Africa and the difficulties she faced as she grew into womanhood. O Sniff, the Dog Movie (1:30) Family-friendly comedy about two expat Britishers who find work at an upscale San Francisco hotel for dogs. O (Untitled) A surly avant-garde Manhattan composer finds himself in the über-cool world of elite, eccentric and otherwise pretentious New York artists. O Where the Wild Things Are (1:34) Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze take on Maurice Sendak’s children’s classic about a dissatisfied little boy’s adventures in a world of equally dissatisfied übercreatures. O The Yes Men Fix the World (1:27) Doc looks at merry pranksters Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum as they crash corporate galas, pose as media spokesmen and save the planet from greedy industrialist polluters in general.

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›› MOViE TiMES + A Christmas Carol (PG) Fairfax: F-Sa 1:45, 2:30, 4, 4:45, 6:15, 7:10, 8:30, 9:30; Su-Th 1:45, 2:30, 4, 4:45, 6:15, 7:10 Northgate: 11:35, 1:10, 2, 3:40, 4:30, 6:10, 7, 8:40, 9:30; (in 3D) 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Rowland: F 11:30, 12:30, 2, 3, 4:30, 5:30, 7, 8, 9:30, 10:30 A Serious Man (R) Regency: F-Sa 11:15, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:35; Su-Th 1:15, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10 Amelia (PG) CinéArts Sequoia: F 5, 7:30, 9:55; Sa 2:30, 5, 7:30, 9:55; Su 2:30, 5, 7:30; M-Tu 5:15, 7:45; W 3:30; Th 5:15 Playhouse: F 4:15, 7, 9:30; Sa 1:45, 4:15, 7, 9:30; Su, W 1:45, 4:15, 7; M, Tu, Th 4:15, 7 Regency: F-Sa 11:10, 1:55, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55; Su-Tu, Th 1:10, 1:55, 4:40, 7:20; W 11:10, 1:55 An Education (PG-13) Regency: F-Sa 11:50, 2:30, 5:05, 7:45, 10:10; Su-Th 11:50, 2:30, 5:05, 7:45 + Apocalypse Now Redux (R) Rafael Film Center: Th 7 Astro Boy (PG) Northgate: 12:05, 2:20, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 + The Black Stallion (G) Rafael Film Center: F 7:30 (director Carroll Ballard and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel in person) + The Box (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: F 7:15, 10; Sa-Su 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10; M-Th 6:30, 9:15 Northgate: 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Rowland: F 11:40, 2:20, 5, 7:50, 10:25 Bright Star (PG) CinéArts Marin: F 4:20, 7, 9:40; Sa 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40; Su 1:40, 4:20, 7; M-Th 4:30, 7:20 Capitalism: A Love Story (R) Northgate: 3:55, 9:55 Cirque du Freak (PG-13) Northgate: 12, 2:35, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (PG) Northgate: 12:15,

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2:45, 5, 7:25 Coco Before Chanel (PG-13) Regency: F 11:40, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10; Sa 4:50, 7:25, 10; Su-W 11:40, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25 Couples Retreat (PG-13) Northgate: 1:05, 7:05 Rowland: F 7:10, 9:45 + The Fourth Kind (PG-13) Northgate: 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 Rowland: F 12:20, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 + The Good Soldier (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: W 7 The Horse Boy (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: 6:30; Sa-Su 2:15, 6:30 The Invention of Lying (PG-13) Northgate: 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:20, 9:50 Law Abiding Citizen (R) Northgate: 12:25, 2:55, 5:25, 8, 10:30 + Manhattan (R) Rafael Film Center: Su 7 + The Men Who Stare at Goats (R) CinéArts Marin: F 4:40, 7:25, 9:45; Sa 2:10, 4:40, 7:25, 9:45; Su 2:10, 4:40, 7:25; M-Th 4:40, 7:40 Fairfax: F-Sa 2:45, 5, 7:25, 9:45; Su-Th 2:45, 5, 7:25 Lark: 4:50, 7, 9:10; Sa 2:40, 4:50, 7, 9:10; Su 3:10, 5:10, 7:10 Playhouse: F 4:45, 7:15, 9:25; Sa 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:25; Su, W 2:15, 4:45, 7:15; M, Tu, Th 4:45, 7:15 Regency: F-Sa 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05; Su-Th 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30 Rowland: F 12:10, 2:40, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 The Metropolitan Opera: Aida (Not Rated) CinéArts Sequoia: W 6:30 Regency: W 6:30; Th 1 + The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot (Not Rated) CinéArts Sequoia: Sa 10am Regency: Sa 10am Michael Jackson’s This Is It (PG) CinéArts Marin: F 4:35, 7:15, 9:50; Sa 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50; Su 1:55, 4:35, 7:15;

M-Th 4:50, 7:30 Fairfax: F-Sa 2:15, 4:40, 7:15, 9:40; Su-Th 2:15, 4:40, 7:15 Larkspur Landing: F 7, 9:45; Sa-Su 1, 4, 7, 9:45; M-Th 6:45, 9:25 Northgate: 11:45, 1, 2:30, 3:45, 5:15, 6:30, 7:55, 9:10, 10:30 Rowland: F 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 10:10 Paranormal Activity (R) Larkspur Landing: F 5:30, 8, 10:15; Sa-Su 12:50, 3:15, 5:30, 8, 10:15; M-Th 6:55, 9:10 Northgate: 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8:05, 10:15 Playhouse: F 4:30, 6:45, 9; Sa 2, 4:30, 6:45, 9; Su, W 2, 4:30, 6:45; M, Tu, Th 4:30, 6:45 Rowland: F 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:40, 10 Paris (R) Rafael Film Center: F 3:30; Sa 7:30; Su 3; M, W 9; Tu 7:30 Race Across the Sky (Not Rated) CinéArts Sequoia: Th 8 Regency: Th 8 Saw VI (R) Northgate: 9:35 + Skin (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: F 4:15, 6:45, 9:15; SaSu 2, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15; M-Th 6:45, 9:15 + Sniff, the Dog Movie (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Sa 4:15 (filmmakers Barry Stone and Kim Webster in person) + (Untitled) (R) Regency: F 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 10:20; Sa 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40; Su-Th 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7 Where the Wild Things Are (PG) CinéArts Sequoia: F 4:30, 6:45, 9; Sa 12, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9; Su 2:15, 4:30, 6:45; M-Th 4:45, 7 Fairfax: F-Sa 2, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20; Su-Th 2, 4:20, 6:50 Larkspur Landing: F 5, 7:35, 10:05; Sa-Su 12, 2:30, 5, 7:35, 10:05; M-Th 6:50, 9:20 Northgate: 11:50, 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 Rowland: F 11:50, 2:30, 4:50 The Yes Men Fix the World (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: 8:35; Sa-Su 4:30, 8:35

Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules.

›› THEATERS 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 • 800-326-3264 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

Boy meets horse in ‘The Black Stallion,’ playing at the Rafael Friday with director Carroll Ballard and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel in attendance.

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F R I D AY N O V E M B E R 6 — F R I D AY N O V E M B E R 1 3 Pacific Sun‘s Community Calendar 11/11: John Cleese Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean? 7pm. $39-69. Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr., Yountville. 707-944 1300. www.lincolntheater.org 11/11: Sal Calanni Live comedy. beer, wine and Mexican food. Produced and directed by Griffin Daley with Calanni, Donny Divanian and Chris Thayer. Over 18 only. 8:30pm. $10. Las Camelias, 912 Lincoln Ave., San Rafael. 452-5850.

Highlights from our online community calendar— great things to do this week in Marin...

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Concerts 11/07: Deborah Winters and Pilar “Dynamic Divas,” Deborah and Pilar will perform together for the first time. Each will play one set with their respective bands and then perform together. 8:30pm. $20-30. Mill Valley Masonic, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 389-5072. www.murphyproductions.com 11/07: Kirtana New age, devotional, satsang singer/songwriter. $15-20. Guzman Hall, Dominican College, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. 456-7696.

10th season featuring winners of the MVP Concerto Competition and works by Saint-Saëns, Bruch, Guilmant, Debussy, and Beethoven. 8-10pm. Free. Mount Tamalpais United Methodist Church, 410 Sycamore Ave., Mill Valley. 383-0930. www.millvalleyphilharmonic.org

11/08: Craig Reiss and the Eos Ensemble

Dance

Program of music from France including Debussy’s String Quartet and Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp. www.eosensemble.com 8pm. $15-20. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley. 383-9600. www.142ThrockmortonTheatre.org

Renowned for nontraditional, imaginative and athletic exploration of dance. 8-11pm. $20-75. Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, 10

Got LIVE if you want it! Choice cuts from our Live Music online calendar listings. For more go to pacificsun.com/sundial

The Banana Slugs will be underfoot Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 499-6800. www.marincenter.org

Theater/Auditions 11/06-15:‘How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying’ Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. 7-9pm. $8-20. Performing Arts Center, Novato High School, 625 Arthur St., Novato. 707-765-9237. www.marinschoolofthearts.com

11/07: Ross Valley Players Buzz at the Barn Pre-performance reception event with complimentary beverages and appetizers included in the price of Nov. 7 performance admission for “The Miracle Worker.” 7pm. $15-25. Ross Valley Players’ Barn Theatre, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 415-456-9555 . www.rossvalleyplayers.com 11/12-12/06:‘Boom’ Comedy about the end of the world by award winning Marin writer Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. Directed by Ryan Rilette. $20-51. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 388-5208. www.marintheatre.org

Live music

Through 11/08:‘Wizard of Oz’ with ‘Mary Poppins’ Opening Act The Performing Arts

Rising Son: Bill Champlin marks his Mill Valley homecoming Nov. 11 at 142 Throck.

11/12: Wanda Stafford with Si Perkoff and Hal Solin Jazz. 7-10pm. Free. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com

11/13: Buddy Guy and Elvin Bishop 8pm. $25-75. Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael. 499-6800 . www. marincenter.org

11/13: Dave Gleason and the Golden Cadillacs 8:30pm. $10. Rancho Nicasio. 662-2219.

11/13: Treble at Bass with Americas Bestest, Milo, Chemistry of the Heart. 8-11pm. $5-10. Bay Area Sound Studios, 85 Mitchell, San Rafael. 606-7435. www.marinlocalmusic.com/treble

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11/06-12/01: ‘The Works’ and ‘A Place in My Heart’

11/06: Pilobolus Dance Theatre

LiVE MUSiC 11/06: Chris Goddard 7:30pm. Saylor’s, 2009 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-1512. 11/06: Night of Swing Black and white dinner dance. Benefits Redwood High music program. 7-11pm. $20-50. 395 Doherty Ave., Larkspur. www.redwoodhigh.org 11/06: Rancho Allstars 8:30pm. $10-12. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. www.ranchonicasio.com 11/06: The Tickets 8-11:30pm. $5. The Presidio Yacht Club/Travis Marina, Fort Baker, Sausalito. 332-2319. 11/07: Spark’n’Cinder Calypso, funk, blues, reggae and jazz. 9:30pm. $5. Peri’s Bar, Fairfax. 459-9910. www.perisbar.com 11/07: The Zydeco Flames Zydeco madness. 8:30pm. $12-15. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. www.ranchonicasio.com 11/08: Bill Kirchen and Friends Honky Tonk . 7:30pm. $15-20. Rancho Nicasio. 662-2219. 11/08: Danny Uzilevsky In the bar. 4pm. Rancho Nicasio. 662-2219. 11/11: Bill Champlin 8pm. $20-23. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley. 383-9600. www.142ThrockmortonTheatre.org 11/12: David Nelson Band 8pm. $25-35. Mill Valley Masonic, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 389-5072. www.murphyproductions.com

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Academy of Marin (PAAM) presents their fall debut. The Little Showstoppers open the show on Saturday and Sunday night with a musical review of Mary Poppins. Nov. 6-7 6pm; Nov. 8 2pm. San Anselmo Playhouse, 27 Kensington Road, San Anselmo. 389-0923. www.paamarin.com Through 11/15:‘The Horses’ World premiere commission by Brian Thorstenson. A comedy about family, love, and getting older. 8-9:30pm. $25. AlterTheater Ensemble, 1609 Fourth St., San Rafael. 454-2787. www.altertheater.org Through 12/06:‘The Miracle Worker’ Tony Award winning play based on the life of Helen Keller. Fridays. and Saturdays. at 8pm.; Sundays Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6 at 2pm.; Thursdays Nov. 12, 19, Dec. 3. 7:30pm. 8-10pm. $15-25. Ross Valley Players’ Barn Theatre, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 456-9555 . www.rossvalleyplayers.com

Comedy 11/08: Karen Riply Mary’s Futon Comedy Night returns. 7 pm. $17. Mary’s Futons, 4100 Redwood Hwy., San Rafael. 472-2919. www.marysfutons.com

Collection of works by artist Bill Dempster and by Laura Saunders. Opening Reception, Nov. 6, 6-9pm with live music by Otis Scarecroe. 10% discount at opening reception. 11am-6pm. Free. elsewhere gallery, 1828 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. www.elsewhere.com 11/07: Kay Bradner Reception “Tender Observations,” oil on aluminum. 6-8pm. Donna Seager Gallery, 851 4th St., San Rafael. 454-4229. www.donnaseagergallery.com/

Call for Artists: Gallery Route One: 25th Annual January Juried Exhibit with Juror, Kenneth Baker Kenneth Baker was our 1st Juror 25 years ago. This year's exhibition January 15th to February 14th Applications due November 8th. Prospectus at www.galleryrouteone.org/ call-to-artists. Point Reyes.

Through 01/02/2010: Clay and Glass Art Exhibition “Out of the Fire: Clay and Glass from the Association of Clay and Glass Artists” presents clay and glass sculpture, as well as functional objects using highly innovative themes and techniques. 5:30-7:30pm. Free. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave., San Rafael. 485-3328.

Through 01/03/2010: Nina Leva Photography Exhibit “Face of a Child:” Black and white images of surprising moments from children’s calm reflection, exploration and peacefulness. Free. Rustic Bakery, 1139 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 302-1017. www.ninaleva.com

Through 01/04: Maeve Croghan Exhibit Expressionist Paintings. Mon.-Sat. 10am-6pm. Free. Marin Jewelers Guild, 1331 4th St., San Rafael. 868-1425. www.marinjewelersguild.com

Through 01/06: Fine Art Photography Marin Photography Club Exhibit. Wine and cheese reception on Nov. 8, 2-5pm. Many of the photos will be for sale. MPC member and photographer Gail Pierce will speak. 2-5pm Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael. 382-0245. www.uumarin.org

Through 01/13/2010: Jane Calender Art Exhibit Oil paintings of Marin County & California Coastline. 1-7pm. Free. Ross Valley Winery, 343 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo. 457-5157. www.janecalender.com

Through 01/17/2010: Marin Art School presents 2009 Student Show Art of adult students of the Marin Art School in Novato showcased in this exhibit which can be seen by those attending events at the Marin Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium. Not an exhibit open daily. 8-10pm. Free. Redwood Foyer - Marin Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 499-6014. www.marinarts.org

Through 11/07: Marin Society of Artists 82nd Annual Member Show Marin Soci-

ety of Artists Gallery presents the 82nd Annual Member show, Marin Society of Artists. Free. Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. www.magc.org Through 11/12: Encaustics Exhibit Featuring works created by painting with hot pigmented wax. 9am-5pm Free. Marin Community Foundation, 5 Hamilton Landing # 200, Novato. 499-8350. www.marinarts.org

the practice of meditation, we can glimpse unconditional goodness as the ground of our existence. With Henia Miedzinski, student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. $20. Tamalpais Shambhala, 734 A St., San Rafael. 240-1930. www.tamalapais.shambhala.org

Through 11/15: ‘Going Origami’ and ‘The Tree Spirit Project’ Works by Felicity

families and educators with speaker, Mary Jane Burke. 9am-3pm. Donations gratefully accepted. Marin Civic Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 459-5999 x 101. www.cipmarin.org 11/10: Local Author Steve Sisgold The author dicsusses his latest book “What’s Your Body Telling You?� 7-9pm. Free. Indigo Healing Arts, 1550 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon. 435-2411. www.indigo-healingarts.com 11/12: Emerald Cities Lecture Museum docent Joanne Erickson will talk about the “Emerald City� exhibit at the SF Asian Art Museum through Jan. 10. 7-8pm. Free. Larkspur Library, 400 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 927-5005. www.larkspurlibrary.org 11/12: Gary Snyder and Tom Killion An evening with Tom Killion & Gary Snyder benefitting the O’Hanlon Center. 7-9pm. $40-125. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 388-4331. www.ohanloncenter.org

Crush and Heidi Sandvol. 1-5pm. Free. Bolinas Museum, 48 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-0330. www.bolinasmuseum.org Through 11/20: ‘Day of the Dead’ Curated by Carol Durham and Sharon Christovich. 10am5pm. Free. Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St., San Rafael. www.artworksdowntown.org

Through 11/21: BayWood Artists Exhibit “Mount Diablo: As We See It.� 9 am-4pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/

Through 11/26: ‘Windows, Doors and Passageways’ Photographic journey through portals of the world. Photography exhibit by Mill Valley photographer Allison Levenson. 11:30am1pm. Free. Rock Hill Gallery, 145 Rock Hill Dr., Tiburon. 435-9108. www.allisonlevenson.com

Through 12/10: ‘Ripples’- Exhibit Featuring the Power of Water Art exhibit with water themes presented by the Marin Arts Council showcasing the art works of Kay Russell, Peter Ballinger, Susan Black, Mary Blake, Patricia Lawrence, Lynette Porteous and Liz Schiff. 9-5pm. Free. Marin County Civic Center, 1st and 3rd Floor Galleries, 3501 Civic Center Dr., Room 329, San Rafael. 499-8350, Ext. 362. www.marinarts.org

Through 12/11: ‘The Vast Remainder’ Exhibition of figurative paintings by Fairfax based artist Jeffrey Palladini. 6-9pm Free. Sam the Butcher Contemporary Art, 10 Ross Common, Ross. 902-1019. www.samthebutcherart.org

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11/08: Anne Lamott: Benefit to Bring Water to an African Village Afternoon with author Anne Lamott, Roger Housden and Nina Wise. $20. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley. www.142throckmortontheatre.com 11/08: Margot Fraser The author discusses “Dealing with Tough Stuff: Practical Wisdom for Running A Values-Driven Business.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. 11/08: Mary Hountalas The author talks about “The San Francisco Cliff House.� From raucous seaside roadhouse to fanciful Victorian palace to world-renowned urban destination. 2pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. 11/09: Al Gore Vice President Al Gore discusses his new book “Our Choice� which picks up where “An Inconvenient Truth� left off, providing a blueprint for solving the global climate crisis. 7pm. $40 (includes a signed book). Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. 927-0960, ext 1. 11/10: Ken Auletta The author talks about “Googled: The End of the World As We Know It.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 11/10: Kent Nerburn Nerburn talks about “The Wolf at Twilight.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 11/11: Garth Stein The author discusses “The Art of Racing in the Rain.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 11/13: Kamala Harris S.F. District Attorney Harris talks about “Smart on Crime.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 11/13: Rachel Ashwell “Rachel Ashwell’s Shabby Chic Interiors: My Rooms, Treasures and Trinkets.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com

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11/07:‘SNIFF, the Dog Movie’ A portion of proceeds will support Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael and NDSDF. 4:15pm. $6.50-10. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael. 510-530-8980. www.cafilm.org/rfc 11/09: Monday Night at the Movies “Dr. No.� (1962). James Bond. 7:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton, Mill Valley. 389-4292, x203. www.millvalleylibrary.org

Community Events (Misc.) 11/06-08: Sudha Benefit Sale 6th Annual Sudha Sale benefitting Bread & Roses and The Redwoods. Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. 11am-4pm. 10am-5pm. Free. Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera. 415 945-7120. www.breadandroses.org 11/07-12: Green Week A bay area wide week of ecological service featuring hands on projects in permaculture, urban farming, water catchment, eco-arts and more. Happening across the Bay Area. Free. 246-2703. www.communitree.net

11/07:‘Steppin’ Out’ Mayflower Chorus Gala Fundraiser Food, comedy, dancing, music. Silent and live auctions. 5:30-10pm. $30-35. Corte Madera Recreation Center, 498 Tamalpais Dr., Corte Madera. 491-9110. www.mayflowerchorus.org/SpecialEvents.htm 11/07: Harmony Harvest Performance Family event with music, dance, fall desserts & a silent auction. Barbershop harmony performances by the Pacific Empire Chorus men and womens’ quartets and the Elsie Alllen Jazz Band. 2pm. Petaluma Veterans Memorial Building, 1094 Petaluma Blvd. S, Petaluma. www.pacificempire.org 11/07: Jump, Jive and Swing The Marin League of the San Francisco Symphony presents a night with Ben Mercado Band, wine and martini bar, local chefs, silent and live auctions. 6:30-10pm. $95. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton, Mill Valley. 383-9600. www.142ThrockmortonTheatre.org

11/07: Partners/Relationships Discussion Dr. Howard Schechter discusses book “Intimate Partners, Romantic Love to Enduring Relationships.� 2:30-5pm. $20-35. Creekside House, 11 Calle del Pinos, Stinson Beach. 868-9792. www. strategyflow.com

11/12: The Art of the Interview: The Story Behind the Stories “Telling Your Story� series with oral historian Esther Ehrlich and journalist Dick Spotswood on what really goes on and what matters most in creating a meaningful biographical interview. 7-8:30pm. $15. The Redwoods, 40 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. 383-1600 ext.269. www.theredwoods.org

11/13: Northgate Tree Lighting Event With entertainment in the Oak Plaza, including face painters, balloon artists, jugglers, and more. At 6:45, Santa will arrive and community members will help light Northgate’s new signature Coast Live Oak Tree by waving magic lights. At 7pm, live music with The Mistletones. 6-8:30pm. Free. Northgate, 5800 Northgate Mall, Suite 200, San Rafael. 479-5956. www.shopatnorthgate.com

Kid Stuff 11/06: Author Oliver Chin Mr. Chin talks about the lush illustrated “Baltazar and the Flying Pirates.� 11am. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. 11/07: Banana Slug String Band Part of the Hip Kids Music Series. 11am Bay Area Discovery Museum, 557 McReynolds Road, Fort Baker, Sausalito. www.bananaslugstringband.com 11/07: Fish Feeding Frenzy Help Ranger Bill Cope feed the hungry inhabitants of our fresh and saltwater tanks. Watch the different feeding styles of perch, crabs, sea stars, and steelhead trout. 2pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, sausalito. 332-3871. www.spn.usace. army.mil/bmvc/ 11/08:‘The Hobbit’ Theatre Sans Fil, Montreal’s giant theatrical puppet company, brings to life the story where “The Lord of the Rings� trilogy begins with “The Hobbit�, the story of Bilbo Baggins wonderful journey. 3-5pm. $15-30. Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 499-6800. www.marincenter.org 11/11: Nature for Kids at Deer Island Loop around a small preserve, through grassland and wooded areas looking for insects and other fun creatures. 10am-2pm. Deer Island Open Space Preserve, From Hwy 101 in Novato, take the San Marin Dr/Atherton Ave exit, head east on Atherton Ave to Olive. 499-3647. www.marinopenspace.org 11/13: Meomi Meomi talks about “The Octonauts and the Great Ghost Reef.� 11am. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com

Outdoors (Hikes & Bikes) 11/07: 2nd Annual REI Ridge Trail Service Day The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council & REI host the 2nd REI Ridge Trail Service Day Sat. with 11 volunteer trail work project around the Bay Area. 8:30am-3pm. Free. Bay area Parks and Open Spaces. 561-2595. www.ridgetrail.org/about/news_detail. cfm?id=182 11/07: Freshwater Fishing Park Rangers will teach the basics of freshwater fishing at McInnis Park Pond. A limited amount of fishing poles, bait, and tackle boxes will be provided on a first- come, first-serve basis. A fishing license is required for participants 16 and over. Meet at the Skate Park and we’ll hike to the pond. 10am-noon. McInnis Park Pond, 350 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael. 446-4423. www.marinparks.org 11/09: Hearts Desire Picnic and Hike Potluck lunch at the beach and easy hikes to Shell Beach and Indian Beach. Please bring a dish for six. Carpool from Faifax Parkade at 9:30am, back about 5pm. 461-9255. 11/12: Point Bonita Lighthouse Hike An easy Sierra Club sponsored hike to the lighthouse from the beach with a guided tour by a docent. Carpool from Miller and Locust (Mill Valley) at 9:30am or meet far end of Rodeo Beach at 10:30am, back around 1:30pm. 461-9255.

Home and Garden 11/13-14: Marin Bonsai Club Fall Show Experience trees in fall color. Raffles, silent auction, tree and tool sale. Free. Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. www.marinbonsai.org

NonproďŹ ts/Volunteers 11/07: Free Electronic Waste Recycling and Fundraiser Fundraiser for Community Violence Solutions formerly known as the Rape Crisis Center of Marin and Contra Costa Counties. For more information about CVS log on to: www.cvsolutions. org. 9am-3pm. Free. Corte Madera Town Center, 700 Tamalpais Dr., Corte Madera. 510-237-0113. www.cvsolutions.org

11/08: Volunteer at Point Reyes National Seashore Enjoy the outdoors and give back to the environment. Visit some of most beautiful areas in Point Reyes while carrying out educational restoration projects. 9am-1pm. Free. Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Road, Point Reyes Station. 464-5223. www.nps.gov/pore/index.htm Ongoing: Whistlestop Volunteers Volunteers needed during the lunch hour to serve or prepare lunch for older adults and those in need. Also need one day a week office volunteer to answer phones, assist with general questions and schedule appointments. 456-9062. www.thewhistlestop.org

Classes/Workshops 11/07: Organize To Energize Workshop Tips on how to let go of clutter and live a more energized life. 10-noon. $50. Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. 256-2470. 11/10: Optimize Your Ability To Remember Discover how to optimize your capacity to remember. Phil Whillcher was one of the first Silva Mind Control instructors and is a certified hypnotherapist, N.L.P. 7:30-9:30pm. $20. Sunrise Center, 645 Tamalpais Dr., Corte Madera. 924-7824. www.sunrisecenter.org <

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PUBLIC NOTICES 995 Fictitious Name Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122172 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as R.I.T. CO., 204 BAY POINT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MICHAEL DINGER, 204 BAY POINT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on November 1, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 7, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 16, 23, 30; November 6, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122145 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as JACQUARD, 97 VIA LA CUMBRE, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: FELICIA DOWNEY, 97 VIA LA CUMBRRE, GREENBRAE, CA 94904. 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 October 5, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 16, 23, 30; November 6, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122110 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as IMAN B., 480 GATE 5 ROAD, #278, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: MARY MARGARET STEWART, 1103 WESTERN AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein in January 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 1, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 16, 23, 30; November 6, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122183 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MASSAGE HEALTH, 714 “C” STREET, SUITE 4, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: PETER TING CHAM POON, 331-A 28TH AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. 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 October 7, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 16, 23, 30; November 6, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122202-01,02. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as AAA COMMUNICATIONS, 1 SIMMS STREET, #150, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901; GO FAST AND LIGHT, 1 SIMMS STREET, #150, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: PATRICK DOTTERWEICH, 1 SIMMS STREET, #150, 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 October 9, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 16, 23, 30; November 6, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122203 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CHRONIC CONDITIONS: HEALTH CARE CONSULTS, 300 CLORINDA AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DONNA M. MACLEAN, 300 CLORINDA AVENUE, 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 October 9, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 16, 23, 30; November 6, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 121977 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as, RMAC CONSTRUCTION, 332 NICOLI LANE, SONOMA CA. 95476: ROBERT B. MCELROY, 332 NICOLI LANE, SONOMA, CA. 95476 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on September 15, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122215 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ALL PHASE ELECTRIC, 55 MADRONE AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA. 94960: KEVIN MCLEOD, 55 MADRONE AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA. 94960. 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 October 12, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122229 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as JUNE 18TH PRODUCTIONS, 71 FERNWOOD DRIVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: CHAD W. HANCOCK, 71 FERNWOOD DRIVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. 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 October 14, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 23, 30; November 6, 13, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122232 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as T. JONES DESIGN GROUP, 150 SHORELINE HIGHWAY, SUITE C-30, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: W. TYLER JONES, 150 SHORELINE HIGHWAY, SUITE C-30, 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 January 1, 1994. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 14, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 23, 30; November 6, 13, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122195 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as DIAMOND ISLAND CONSULTING, 93 DE LA GUERRA ROAD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: FELIPE DUNN, 93 DE LA GUERRA ROAD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. 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 October 8, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 23, 30; November 6, 13, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122241 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as THE FIFTH AVENUE SPA, 1000 FIFTH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MICAELA S. DE GAVALDON, 837 BELLE AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on November 1, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 15, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 23, 30; November 6, 13, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2009122274. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BEAUTIFULLY BUILT CONSTRUCTION, 33 HICKORY ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: DAVID A. HOFFMAN, 33 HICKORY ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. 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 October 16, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 23, 30; November 6, 13, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2009122286 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as VITAL NOURISHMENT, 24 SKYLARK DRIVE, #24, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: JEANNE S. PIETERS, 24 SKYLARK DRIVE, #24, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began

transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on September 14, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 19, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 23, 30; November 6, 13, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122292 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as GOLDEN ORB, 811 FOURTH STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DAVID DAUNELL, 176 CARSON ROAD, WOODACRE, CA 94973. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on September 15, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 19, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 23, 30; November 6, 13, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122284 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as IMPACT CORNER COACHING, 117 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: MARY ALICE KIRINCIC, 117 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, 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 October 19, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 19, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 23, 30; November 6, 13, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2009122293 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MARY JANE’S MEDIBLES, 374 HOLLY DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903; HOT DOG MAMA, 374 HOLLY DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: BETH BUCKLEY DWYER, 1468 SUNRISE PARKWAY, PETALUMA, CA 94954. 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 October 19, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 23, 30; November 6, 13, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2009122265 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as TRIAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY, 555 LARKSPUR PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 5, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: CANDI L. HAUFF, 555 LARKSPUR PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 5, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. 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 October 16, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 23, 30; November 6, 13, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122210 & 122211 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ZEAL COMPANY, 148 GREENWOOD AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901; SPIRIT COACH TRAINING, 148 GREENWOOD AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JENAI LANE, 148 GREENWOOD AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on January 15, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 9, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 23, 30; November 6, 13, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122181. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ROOTS MUSIC MARIN, 441 OAK MANOR DRIVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: ROBYN MERCURIO, 441 OAK MANOR DRIVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on October 1, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 7, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 23, 30; November 6, 13, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122306 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as OCEAN SPA ACCUPRESSURE, 1113 SECOND STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DONG SHAN YIN, 975 SOUTH WESTMORELAND AVENUE, #3, LOS ANGELES, CA 90006. 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 October 21, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 30; November 6, 13, 20, 2009)

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Week of November 5-11, 2009

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ARIES (March 20 - April 19) Getting tired of obsessing over your career? Want a break from worrying about your relationship? Well, this week you should indulge your desire for independence. You might regret your impulsiveness next week, but for now, you love the freedom. And that’s the joy of being an Aries: The only moment that counts is the current one.

TAURUS (April 20 - May 19) The best way to get to the heart of a Taurus is through the stomach. Look for your favorite treat to arrive via a clever admirer. Meanwhile, on Saturday, your ruler (affectionate Venus) leaves the wishy-washy sign of Libra to enter the passionate sign of Scorpio. Whatever you do, you’ll do it with a sense of commitment. You may not go so far as to agree to marriage, but at least you’ll make plans for next week. GEMINI (May 20 - June 20) With stern Saturn in your self-expression house, you can be extra-disciplined in your creative efforts for the next five months. Those of you who work in a media field (and let’s face it—Gemini with media is an easy blend) will be strongly motivated to develop new projects. Shake off your stage fright and start producing your own show. If the Sundance Channel isn’t interested, there is always YouTube. CANCER (June 21 - July 21) Friday and Saturday mark the top of your lunar cycle. Your intuition is spot-on and you should end up in the right place at the right time. By Saturday evening hedonistic Venus begins her three-week stay in your house of romance, creativity and entertainment. This has great potential for those of you who are looking for love or want to have more fun with the love you already have. Add the mushy Moon in affectionate Leo on Sunday & Monday, and your cup runneth over... LEO (July 22 - August 22) When your ruler (the Sun) and certain planets begin to gather in the profound sign of Scorpio, it is difficult to be lighthearted. Everything and everyone seem to have a hidden agenda. You look for deeper meanings in even the most mundane experiences, but, hey, it’s OK. You’re a Leo. Why use a simple explanation when you can use a dramatic one?

VIRGO (August 23 - September 21) As the weekend begins, the emphasis is on the emotional water signs. You should make sure that your advice is given in a gentle manner. Now that cynical Saturn has left your sign, it is easier to see the humorous side of life. Of course, this assumes that you manage to ignore the news and avoid listening to your Libra friends who have become rather unusually obsessive. Ditto for your Capricorn pals. Hmm. Know any Pisces?

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22) Much as I would love to tell you that you’ve got a wonderful week ahead, you’d certainly notice a false forecast. The reality is that you are now a realist. (Pardon the redundancy.) You will not act charming unless you feel charming. This doesn’t mean you have lost your good manners. It simply means you won’t waste them on anyone who doesn’t deserve them. So there. SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21) All you want for your birthday is a bigger home, an exciting lover and a winning lottery ticket. Will you settle for an exciting lover? Saturday looks good for a unique and intimate encounter. But, this doesn’t rule out your other birthday wishes, so feel free to pick up some lottery tickets before you go house hunting. Good luck and happy birthday.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 20) The predominance of water sign energy has you feeling a bit soggy. Don’t volunteer for any high-energy activities until Sunday. Now that your ruler (idealistic Jupiter) is moving forward in the progressive sign of Aquarius, it is time to stand up for what you believe. If you can’t find a protest to join, start your own.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 18) The uncomfortable pressure you are feeling now is not going away soon. You may not get anything accomplished without a serious amount of effort for the next few weeks. This could have a detrimental effect on your physical well-being, as you could fatigue your body while trying to keep up with it all. Start delegating the little stuff and save your energy for the big things. And, if you’re clever, you’ll decide it’s all little stuff. AQUARIUS (January 19 - February 17) It is quite a dilemma to have the wanderlust planet, Jupiter, in your sign at the same time that restrictive Saturn is in your travel house. You really, really want to see the world, but Saturn insists that you better have a darn good reason for leaving your responsibilities behind. Go ahead and take a trip. You simply need to take all your responsibilities with you. Sigh.

PISCES (February 18 - March 19) A comforting watery influence makes you feel like you’re finally floating downstream instead of battling the rapids. If you’re looking for romance, try the travel section of the bookstore or the away section in the football stadium. Falling in love with someone local might not be in the stars, but won’t it be nice to have a lover in New Orleans to visit? < E-mail Lynda Ray at cosmicclues@gmail.com or check out her Web site at www.lyndarayastrology.com NOVEMBER 6 – NOVEMBER 12, 2009 PACIFIC SUN 29

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Q:

I kept seeing this woman I was interested in at pool parties, but I’ve always been very shy and reluctant to make the first move. At the third party, she hugged me as she was leaving. The following week, she kissed me. I invited her to come up for dinner. We had a great time. I even kissed her, and she didn’t resist. Several days later, she said she’d see me at the pool that afternoon, but never showed or called. Midweek, I texted her, inviting her over for “drinks, soft music, and a nice relaxing massage to ease the stress of the work week.” No response. I just meant a back rub, clothes on. I’ve never thought of a massage as having sexual connotations. Do you think she inferred that from my offer of a “stress reliever,” and is that where I went wrong?—Devastated

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A guy who’s “never thought of a massage as having sexual connotations” is a guy who thinks it’s an act of rudeness to be male. None of that sexually aggressive “Me Tarzan, you Jane” stuff for you: “Um, if it’s not a big deal...and if it is, I totally understand...but maybe we could spend a respectful, gender-neutral afternoon exploring the Tarzan archetype, then use this coupon for a two-for-one cucumber facial.” Offering a woman a massage is, like, the oldest college-boy sex gambit in the book: “If you’d just take your shirt off, I could really get at that knot.” If the woman isn’t already sleeping with you, she’s going to find the massage offer creepy—unless it comes as a spontaneous (or seemingly spontaneous) idea in the context of hanging out. Women do expect dating to lead to some naturally occurring, mutually satisfying make-out type stuff—not “Hey, why don’t you come over and lie there face down while I tenderize you like a roast?” A woman doesn’t want a “stress-reliever”; she wants a date—with a man who’s man enough to say, “Hey, let’s go out.” This suggests he feels he’s enticement enough; he isn’t telling her, “I know an evening with me isn’t that great an offer, but maybe if I throw in free spa services?” Chances are, you also take rejection personally instead of thinking maybe the woman has a boyfriend or a girlfriend or maybe you aren’t her type—all of which should lead you to the same simple, unemotional conclusion: Whoops, time to move on to the next. No, no, you couldn’t possibly take that approach. Poor dear, you’ve “always been very shy and reluctant to make the first move.” You can continue taking the mousy way out, admiring your favorite pool bunny from afar, and praying she’ll be man enough to throw herself at you. Instead of getting her on the phone and asking her out, continue to duck rejection—or at least knowing whether you’ve been rejected— by text messaging her. It should help you while away the weekends as you try to solve the mystery of whether she has texting disabled, her phone fell in the toilet or she did get your message—the intended or the unintended one: “There are alpha males, and then there’s me—alpha moss.”

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A friend and I got sucked into the recent saga between author Salman Rushdie and his ex-girlfriend. She told a British paper he dumped her by e-mail and is still seriously hung up on his ex-wife. He retaliated by telling the New York Post the ex-girlfriend’s “broke, unemployed,” “an accomplished liar” and always carrying around “a large, radioactive bucket of stress.” We’re debating what to do when an ex, famous or not, publicly dumps on you. Your thoughts?—Two Curious

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Rushdie, who still has a fatwa on him for insulting Islam with The Satanic Verses, has now made such a public jackass of himself that he’s probably sending the jihadists MapQuest directions to his apartment. Of course, his first offense was dumping his girlfriend by e-mail. Not only is that rude, but any man with three morsels of sense knows better than to do it to a woman he believes is carrying around “a large, radioactive bucket of stress.” When publicly attacked, the temptation is to leap up and offer corrections and finish with a little turn of the knife. It’s a temptation to be avoided. Famous or not, the high road is always the wisest direction: “I’m sorry she feels that way. It just didn’t work out between us, and I wish her the best.” (Translation: “Hey, crazy women are good in bed. Guess I succumbed. Won’t happen again.”) < (c)2009, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. www.advicegoddess.com. Got a problem? E-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com or write to Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave. #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405.

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PUBLIC NOTICES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 29 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304119 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): OCEAN SPA ACCUPRESSURE, 1113 SECOND STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. FILED IN MARIN COUNTY ON: August 14, 2008. UNDER FILE NO. 118211. REGISTRANTâ ™S NAME(S): DONG HU QIAN, 147 SPEARS CIRCLE, RICHMOND, CA 94801. THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY an individual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on October 22, 2009. (Pacific Sun: October 30; November 6, 13, 20, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122239 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as GREEN COLLAR BUILDERS, 10 RAMONA WAY, NOVATO, CA 94945: JAMES CASEY, 10 RAMONA WAY, NOVATO, CA 94945. 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 October 14, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 30; November 6, 13, 20, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122230 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as PROTOTYPE SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE, 1 CLARITA COURT, NOVATO, CA 94947: ROBERT A. LEWIS, 1 CLARITA COURT, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on October 19, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 14, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 30; November 6, 13, 20, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122324 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CELLAIRIS.COM, 5800 NORTHGATE MALL DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: TATIANA A. GIGLIOTTI, 1435 NORTH SAN GABRIEL BOULEVARD, APT. 202, ROSEMEAD, CA 91770; SAYED RAHECL FAROOK, 3830 TOMLINSON AVENUE, RIVERSIDE, CA 92503. This business is being conducted by a General Partnership. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on November 12, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 23, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 30; November 6, 13, 20, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122260-01; 02. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as H2 HOME, 245 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BOULEVARD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960; HERSHON HARTLEY DESIGN, INC., 245 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BOULEVARD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: HERSHON HARTLEY DESIGN, INC., 245 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BOULEVARD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by a corporation. 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 October 16, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 30; November 6, 13, 20, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122320 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SUMMIT ASSOCIATES, 295 SUMMIT AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: BRUCE J. FAIREY, 295 SUMMIT AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901; JUSTINE R. FAIREY, 295 SUMMIT AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by a husband & wife. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on November 30, 1994. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 22, 2009. (Publication Dates: October 30; November 6, 13, 20, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122343 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SMITH PACIFIC CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN, 224 KENT AVENUE, KENTFIELD, CA 94904: PETER R. SMITH, 224 KENT AVENUE, KENTFIELD, CA 94904. 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 October 27, 2009. (Publication Dates: November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122271 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as NEWCOURT PROPERTIES, 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: RAYMOND HOFFMAN III, 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941; MARK GORJESTANI, 4230 VIA MIRA MONTE, CALABASAS, CA 91301; LISA GORJESTANI, 4230 VIA MIRA MONTE, CALABASAS, CA 91301; VICTORIA HOFFMAN, 138 WEST MILBRAE SPRINGS, ORO VALLEY, AZ 85737. This business is being conducted by a General Partnership. Registrant(s) began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on May 10, 1988. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Ocotber 16, 2009. (Publication Dates: November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122226 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, 260 MONTE VISTA, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: CALIFORNIA ENV. SERVICES, INC., 260 MONTE VISTA, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein in 1997. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 14, 2009. (Publication Dates: November 6, 13,20, 27, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122355 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as KENTFIELD LENDING GROUP, 300 TAMAL PLAZA, #180, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: JUSTIN SEELEY, 612 WATEREE STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. 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 October 28, 2009. (Publication Dates: November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2009122371 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as UNITED HUE, 2 CEDARWOOD LANE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: WORKREATIVE LLC, 2 CEDARWOOD LANE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. 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 October 29, 2009. (Publication Dates: November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2009122389 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as TIME FOR ME, 1115 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BOULEVARD, #11, KENTFIELD, CA 94904: PAMELA M. MCHENRY, 1115 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BOULEVARD, #11, KENTFIELD, CA 94904. 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on November 2, 2009. (Publication Dates: November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122322 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MARIN FOUR SOFTBALL CLUB, 4 CIELO LANE, #1-J, NOVATO, CA 94949: BRADLEY FRANCISCO LUCCHI, 4 CIELO LANE, #1-J, NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on October 23, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 22, 2009. (Publication Dates: November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122395 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SEA THAI BISTRO, 60 CORTE MADERA AVENUE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: ACHARA THONGSILP, 1987 PINER COURT, SANTA ROSA, CA 95403. 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 November 2, 2009. (Publication Dates: November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 122405 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as LAS NELAS AUTHENTIC MEXICAN FOOD, 1704 LINCOLN AVENUE, #4, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARIA DE

LOS ANGELES ABOYTES, 1704 LINCOLN AVENUE, #4, 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 November 3, 2009. (Publication Dates: November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009)

997 All Other Legals ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 095176. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioners MICHELLE LAVARONI-GORDON and DAVID GORDON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: VICTORIA LOUISE GORDON to VICTORIA LOUISE LAVARONI-GORDON. 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: December 9, 2009, 8:30 a.m., Dept. H, Room H, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 113, San Rafael, CA, 94913-4988. 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: October 9, 2009 /s/ JOHN A. SUTRO, JR., JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: Oct. 16, 23, 30, Nov. 6, 2009) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 095122. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SHERMAN CURTIS PROAPS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: SHERMAN CURTIS PROAPS to ANTHONY CURTIS SARGIOTTO. 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: December 1, 2009, 8:30 a.m., Dept. B, Room B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 113, San Rafael, CA, 94913-4988. 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: October 6, 2009 /s/ MICHAEL B. DUFFICY, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: October 16, 23, 30; November 6, 2009)

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