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››LETTERS You’ve got to fight, for your right ... to measles paaartay!

Well, if these two aren’t proof that vaccinations are bad...

What, you got nothing to say about Kolker’s baseball poem that week?

The grotesque level of bigotry, backed up by the lack of any comprehension of immunology, toxicology and the vitalistic paradigm of Chiropractic, is astounding. Then there is the lack of basic reading comprehension.

Then there’s the lack of just being brought up properly, between the nastiness and the lack of respect. In decent society, chiropractors are referred to as “Dr.” (Or do we not deserve that title because we don’t kill anyone?)

Mr. Gardin, you say that smallpox was wiped out by vaccination [“We’re Hoping They Rolf Ebola to Eradication,” Feb. 20].

What about scarlet fever, typhoid, the polio epidemic in the 1920s and the Black Plague?

Infectious diseases have their cycles, including measles. The great infectious diseases of previous centuries were not defeated by modern medicine. They were defeated, for the most part, by modern sanitation, refrigeration, etc.

Ms. Silverstein, I criticized the false concept of “herd immunity” [Suffer the Little Children, and Forbid Them Not Their Vaccinations,” Feb. 20]. You cannot have vaccination that works, yet doesn’t work, because there are those who are not vaccinated. I made no mention of “herd mentality,” though you may offer up a fair example of such. I never insulted parents who choose to vaccinate. While I am against vaccination, I have not made a case for prohibiting such, while you and many others want to force people to vaccinate their children “for the greater good.”

That’s called tyranny.

Ah, now we come to Mr. Minikes [“Be Careful or You’ll Ruin the Credibility of Chiropractic,” Feb. 20], who fancies himself a scientist, and claims that he is upset that I used the term “medical Nazis,” that I use the term “Nazi” too casually. Well, Mr. Minikes, I, too, am Jewish, so I do not use that term “Nazi” lightly. When a ruling class co-opts medicine (both Hitler and Stalin did it 4 PACIFIC SUN MARCH 6 - MARCH 12, 2015

“for the greater good”), and forces medical procedures on people, even healthy people, against their will, that is a despicable thing.

We are seeing such a thing now, as our “enlightened” state legislature is formulating a bill to eliminate the personal belief vaccination exemption. The now everyday practice in medicine of “informed consent” came about from what was heard during the post-World War II Nuremberg trials. Informed consent is not done with mandatory vaccinations.

Mr. Minikes makes mention of Jon Stewart’s now-famous goofing on Marin.

Frankly, I don’t find this sort of hatred funny, nor do I find the Marin “sticking-your-nosein-everyone’s-business-because-I’m-moreprogressive-than-you” attitude funny. What is wrong with parental choice in vaccination?

And how can you know more if you are willing to follow the doctor off the cliff with your children and, maybe, trade measles for autism or leukemia or Type I diabetes? Minikes says that I was doing a “sales job” because I mentioned Chiropractic. Really? Have you ever considered how much medicine, in general, and vaccines, in particular, are sold? In how many places? Maybe, soon, you can get your vaccinations at the take-out window at Jackin-the-Box. But, please, “ask your doctor” if autism is right for your child.

Speaking of real Nazis, there’s the next letter [“Sure, But Then How Would the Incumbents Get Re-elected?” Feb. 20], accusing Prime Minister Netanyahu of “warmongering.” Really? Is it warmongering to want to survive? I wonder if the writer of this disgusting letter has an SS uniform in his closet.

Red shirt ... Brown shirt ... same totalitarian garbage! As a Jew, no one’s going to herd me into a cattle car. And as a chiropractor, no one will silence me, or, in any way, make me ride in the back of the bus. Get some decency and some common sense, Marin!

Meanwhile, I continue to “sell” natural health, to help as many people as I can get as healthy as they can. As they say in my native New York, “You got a problem with that?”

Don Harte, Corte Madera

Thank you Don Harte of Corte Madera, for your rebuttal [“Measles Schmeasles!,” Feb. 13] to the articles that use fear, shame and guilt to justify taking away a parent’s right to choose to vaccinate or not to vaccinate their children.

When I grew up in the ’60s and ’70s, autism, asthma, diabetes and cancer were very rare and virtually unheard of for children. Most of us got the flu, measles, chicken pox, mumps and so on and lived through them just fine, and I never knew of anyone with any lasting consequences.

And, according to Dr. Anne Schuchat, the director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, in an Associated Press story picked up by Fox News on April 2014, there had been no measles deaths reported in the U.S. since 2003. Nor have any deaths been revealed in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality weekly reports. Yet during the same 10-year period, the U.S. Government’s database report, called the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), reports 108 deaths from measles vaccines.

If we all stand up for our right to know and freedom to choose the way we want to stay healthy—including whether or not we choose to use vaccines—we will be protecting a fundamental right we cannot afford to lose.

Elizabeth Lynne, Novato

The needle and the damage not done ...

Regarding the letters about vaccinations— has anybody noticed that polio has all but disappeared from the U.S.? As a 5-year-old living in San Francisco in 1953, I had what everyone hoped was a bad cold. I remember in late July, Dr. O’Gara (doctors made house calls then) shook his head and packed his little bag and left. Later, I stepped out of bed and fell, my spine stiff as a board, crippled with polio. That evening, quarantined away from my mother and father, I experienced one of the most horrifying nights of my life at Children’s Hospital; I was in a room full of other screaming, terrified, crippled children. The Salk vaccine had not come to the public quite yet and many people, including Canadian musicians Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, were afflicted with polio before the Salk and Sabin vaccines; Salk was an injection and Sabin came on a sugar cube. Jonas Salk, in one of the most impressive generosities I’ve yet learned of, refused any financial remuneration for his vaccine.

I really have not heard a convincing argument for refusing to vaccinate a child against measles; in some Arab nations, religious fanatics railed against polio vaccinations, preferring to try for some political/religious bunk by declaring the mass injections to be a Western conspiracy to sterilize Muslims. Since Islam has the most followers in the world, I guess those hysterics were not true.

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The war on plastic bags To ban or not to ban?

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fter waging a guerrilla war on local plastic bag bans, the plastics industry has turned its attention to the California Plastic Bag Ban Referendum.

The tactic against the statewide prohibition on plastic bags is just the latest maneuver the plastics industry and bag manufacturers have employed to block bans.

Marin is one of the first places in the country to face a plastics industry assault on a local ban.

Fairfax was among the first entities in the state to enact a bag ban, but only after ducking a legal attack from bag manufacturers, which used a blocking move that presaged future legal tussles in California.

Shortly after the Town Council approved a single-use plastic bag ban in 2007, plastics manufactures charged that the town had violated the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because Fairfax had failed to follow environmental review guidelines. The legal challenge asserted that if the town wanted to proceed with a bag ban, it could do so only after assessing how a plastic bag ban would affect the use of paper bags, so-called biodegradable plastic bags and other alternatives.

Conducting an environmental review of that nature can cost tens of thousands of dollars, and Fairfax was understandably hesitant.

The California Environmental Quality Act challenge has become a common tactic used by critics seeking to stop projects—everything from transportation infrastructure to housing developments to, yes, plastic bag bans. Fairfax pulled its own legal maneuver from its toolbox and took a proposed bag ban to voters, who approved a ban by a 78.5 percent margin.

The town used a CEQA exemption to its advantage. Going to the ballot meant that the town could forego the CEQA rules on which the bag manufacturers based their legal threat.

The plastics industry and bag manufacturers, after losing the skirmish in Fairfax, turned their attention to a proposed countywide ban for unincorporated Marin. When county supervisors were ready to vote for a single-use plastic bag ban in unincorporated Marin in January 2011, a group called Save the Plastic Bag Coalition (SPBC) raised a familiar refrain and dumped a load of legal objections on the county. But the challenges delayed supervisors from approving a bag ban by only a few weeks.

Former Supervisor Charles McGlashan, who had spurred the county to approve a bag ban, said the legal challenge would not deter the ultimate outcome. Former Supervisor Susan Adams, who worked closely with McGlashan on the bag ban, said, “This board is committed to moving forward.” And it did.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC), a trade association that acts as an advocate for companies engaged in the business of chemistry, also moved forward—in an attack on a Marin bag ban.

The industry-backed group was traveling the state mounting efforts to block bag bans in local jurisdictions. One of those attempts involved a lawsuit against Manhattan Beach—and one involved a lawsuit filed against the bag ban in Marin. Although SPBC, founded by former Tiburon resident Stephen Joseph, a San Francisco attorney, managed to put a thumb in the bag-ban dyke, sustainability proponents saw the two court cases as a delaying tactic rather than a mortal blow for single-use bag bans.

The suit against Manhattan Beach went all the way to the California Supreme Court, which ruled that the city did not have to complete the CEQA review the Bag Coalition wanted because Manhattan Beach is a relatively small community and a ban would pose no severe environmental damage no matter what happened after a single-use bag ban.

SPBC remained committed to stopping other proposed bag bans, and contended that bans could do more environmental harm than good. That charge of harm rests on the supposition that banning single-use plastic carryout bags increases the use of paper bags, which in many ways actually pose more of an environmental threat than plastic bags. And that’s why localities pushing bag bans favored setting a fee on paper bags as an important component in bag bans.

The proponents acknowledge that paper bags pose an environmental concern in large part because they do not break down easily in landfills, where layers lack sufficient oxygen to promote decomposition.

Setting a fee on paper bags would discourage their use, encouraging shoppers to bring their own reusable bags.

For a time, the prospect of compostable plastic bags made a splash, but it turned out that they, also, do not break down easily in current landfills.

The county had prevailed in the lawsuit

that SPBC filed against the county’s bag ban. Marin took the position that it needed no extensive CEQA environmental review because the bag ban should be what’s called “categorically exempt”. In other words, the ban on plastic bags and a five-cent fee on paper bags would pose no environmental damage and would, in fact, be environmentally beneficial because the fee would help curtail paper bag use. A Marin Superior Court Judge agreed.

The bag ban battle moved to the state Legislature in 2010 with AB 1998, authored by Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, D-Santa Monica. It would have banned single-use plastic bags at grocery stores, pharmacies, convenience outlets and similar stores. Democratic state Senator Mark Leno, who represents Marin, was the bill’s principal co-author. AB 1998 passed the Assembly and gained support from the California Grocers Association. Governor Schwarzenegger said he would sign the bill if it passed through the Legislature. That didn’t happen. The bill failed to pass a Senate floor vote by a 14 to 21 margin.

“AB 1998 would ban all the single-use bags that have been polluting our oceans and waterways and threatening marine life,” said Brownley before the Assembly vote. In addition to banning plastic take-out bags at checkout stands, AB 1998 mandated that shoppers who didn’t bring their own bags would have to buy paper bags made out of at least 40 percent recycled paper for a minimum of 5 cents per bag. Shoppers also could purchase reusable bags. The law would have taken effect January 1, 2012. The plastics industry, and most notably the American Chemistry Council, spent millions of dollars on media buys to influence legislators.

Local bag ban proponents were waiting to see what the Legislature would do before continuing their local bag ban efforts.

That’s happening again, except this time local proponents of bag bans want to move

forward as fast as possible to effectively block a referendum that would itself block a statewide bag ban.

In 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 270, which was set to take initial effect on July 1, 2015. It would prohibit large grocery stores and pharmacies from using single-use plastic carryout bags. Small grocery stores, convenience and liquor stores would be prohibited from using the bags on July 1, 2016. The bag bans, like other bans that have been proposed and those that have been enacted in California, deal with only take-out bags. They allow the single use of bags for meat, break, produce and other food. And like other bag bans in California, the statewide ban would set a fee for recycled, compostable and reusable bags if shoppers needed them. SB 270 sets a 10-cent fee on the bags.

In an attempt to blunt the cost of that fee on low-income shoppers, SB 270 would exempt shoppers who use payment cards or vouchers the California Special Supplement Food Program issues.

The legislation also attempted to blunt the initial effects of a statewide ban on the plastics industry. SB 270 would provide $2 million to plastics manufacturers in the state to help retain and retrain workers in the bag industry.

The operative term now is “would.” California Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, has certified that signatures gathered to block SB 270 qualify the referendum for the 2016 ballot. The successful qualification of the referendum suspends the start of the statewide ban at least until the outcome of that election. (The certification carries an irony: When Padilla, D-Pacoima, served in the Legislature last year he introduced SB 270.)

When Fairfax voters went to the polls, they approved their bag ban by an overwhelming margin. Bag ban proponents hope and expect the same will be true statewide in 2016. But the 9> wording of the referendum has

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2. On what two days (or dates) of the year are the day and night of approximately equal length, everywhere on Earth?

3. Each U.S. state has a two-letter abbreviation.

For example, California is CA and Oregon is OR. What two state abbreviations are the exact reverse of each other? (There are two possibilities here.)

4. Describe the four-footstep sequence of a walking horse.

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5. Spring training baseball under the warm Arizona sun, known today as the Cactus League, has been a tradition since 1947, when what two teams, from two different leagues, first went there to prepare for the demands of the long season (and still do so today)?

6. In our solar system, what is the third-largest planet—in size, not population? (That’s a joke.)

7. The head of the U.S. Department of Justice is known by what job title? Who is resigning from this position, and who is taking over?

8. What was the London street address of Sherlock Holmes?

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Our civic-minded heroes this week pooled their creativity and talents to make a positive impact in their community. Nathan Cobert, President of the Marin Scuba Club, is an avid abalone diver.

When his Terra Linda Rotary chapter held its annual fundraiser last month, Cobert offered to provide the ingredients for an abalone dinner.

His donation inspired another Rotarian, Fan Tan Smith, to offer his culinary skills to prepare a lavish six-course feast featuring abalone and exclusive wine pairings. The dinner extravaganza went for a whopping $1400 at auction, with munificent Rotarians Brian McLeran and John Bottari taking home the gastronomic prize. The proceeds benefit the Rotary chapter's scholarship fund for deserving Terra Linda High School students.

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▼ Let's consider neutering aggressive males in Marin. It might stop these testosterone-laden, cavemen throwbacks from physically assaulting folks. Our most recent candidate for surgery is the macho mountain biker who used brute force last week during a confrontation with a 65-year-old female hiker on a trail in the Lucas Valley Open Space Preserve. A witness called 911, and the woman was rushed to the hospital with bruises, cuts and swelling to her head, arm, torso and leg. Don't forget the tech CEO cyclist who pulled a guy out of a car to violently beat him, and the good doctor who grabbed one of his 50 guns to shoot the road rage man who tailgated him home. If these bullies won't control themselves, we should help them. Snip, snip. —Nikki Silverstein

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< 7 Plastic bag referendum caused some confusion that could affect the vote. A “yes” vote means a voter wants to uphold SB 270. A “no” vote means a voter wants to overturn SB 270 and reject a statewide bag ban.

While the political battle over SB 270 leads up to the November 2016 election, local jurisdictions are moving to pass their own local bag ordinances. The referendum will not affect the local bans, including those in Marin, where other cites and towns have joined Fairfax and the county.

That acceptance of bag bans has proliferated across the state, where an estimated 138 localities have passed bag bans.

“It’s not surprising that after spending more than $3.2 million, 98 percent of which is from out of state, the plastic bag industry has bought its way onto the California ballot to protect its profits,” says Mark Murray, spokesman for Californians vs. Big Plastic (CVBP). “Every poll shows that Californians strongly support the law, and the $30 million to $50 million it will cost the plastics industry to launch a fullfledged campaign in 2016 will be proven to be an act of political malpractice, particularly since nearly half the state will no longer have plastic bags by election day.”

But the plastics industry and bag manufacturers see things quite differently.

The American Progressive Bag Alliance submitted more than 800,000 signatures to qualify the referendum. After sampling the signatures, election officials determined the organization had at least 110 percent of the 504,760 signatures needed to qualify.

After losing CEQA objections in the courts and failing to stop local bans, the plastics manufacturers and the bag makers switched tactics and aimed their attacks at the concept of setting fees on carryout paper bags.

Another organization involved in the controversy, the American Progessive Bag Alliance (APBA), and its allies that are trying to spike the statewide ban by saying

the referendum will give voters a chance to cast ballots on what they term a bad law, one that they say would cost 2,000 local manufacturing jobs. Lee Califf, executive director of the ABPA has said SB 270 “would funnel obscene profits to big grocers without any money going to a public purpose or environmental initiatives.”

That reference to “obscene profits” refers to the collection of the small fee for a bag that shoppers would have to buy at the checkout counter if they had no bag and needed one. The attack makes it seem as if the ban is designed to generate a cash windfall for retailers and grocers. Proponents of the bag bans always have intended for the fee to act as a deterrent, not as a revenue stream. If shoppers bring in their own reusable bags, say proponents, no cash needs to be exchanged for bags, and no “obscene profits” come into the picture.

At one time bag ban opponents pushed for more robust recycling measures, which resulted in shoppers able to return singleuse bags to stores, where the bags could be collected.

But the strategy has not worked, say proponents of single-use bag bans. Despite the statewide program to collect and recycle the single-use bags, only a small single-digit percentage end up in the recycling stream.

The rest end up blowing in the wind or buried (in a best-case but undesirable scenario) in a landfill.

“Single-use plastic shopping bags pose a costly burden on our environment and our economy,” says Murray of CVBP. “After listening to the public, hundreds of local elected officials, the state Legislature and the governor have moved to eliminate plastic bags. Virtually all of the plastic bags sold in California are produced by just three out-of-state corporations.” Y Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com

If you can get beyond the eating-an-insect thing, your diet could be brimming with protein.

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hocolate cardamom cookies made with cricket flour. Moringa-based energy bars, and a device that helps farmers know exactly how much water to use on their crops. These were just a few of the cutting-edge products that were looking for funding at SF New Tech’s FoodBytes!

Summit that took place on February 25 at the Bluxome Street Winery in San Francisco. “It used to be big food that was innovating, but that has flipped—it’s new, nimble, small companies that are at the forefront of emerging markets,” explained Nick Fereday, executive director and senior analyst at Rabobank International (a sponsor of the event), who oversees food and consumer trends out of the bank’s New York office.

The mastermind behind this matchmaking fest between tech, venture capital and cottage industries is Myles Weissleder, founder of SF New Tech, who assures attendees that they will “see live demonstrations from rising stars who are innovating and disrupting in the food industry.” And we did. One of those disruptors is Bitty Foods, which has partnered with chef/restaurateur Tyler Florence to produce a line of cookies and treats prepared with cricket flour.

Bitty Foods Founder Megan Miller said she had originally named her company Chirp, but found that the moniker made it hard for consumers to get beyond the visual of, well, eating insects. But here’s the thing—not only did the orange ginger cookie samples taste good, but the flour yields 28g of protein per cup. And here is its biggest selling point—it takes about a gallon of water to raise one pound of crickets, compared to 2,000 gallons of water for a pound of beef. Now that sounds like a sustainable product to me. Learn more at www.bittyfoods.com.

In all, 12 companies had 10 minutes each to present their products and indicate how much money they were hoping to raise.

Along with “real” investors, attendees were invited to download the conference app and were given a virtual $5 million dollars to invest in their favorite choices. The company that accrued the most dollar votes received a People’s Choice Award that included a trip to New York City and a case of wine. Shawn Patrick, founder and CEO of Patrick’s Fine Sodas, received the coveted award for his Santa Fe, New Mexico-based company that makes probiotic sodas featuring Willy Wonka-like labels and peppy flavors.

Not only was it encouraging to see the tech and finance sectors paying real attention to these little food startups (some who have barely moved their operations out of their home kitchens and garages), but the level of social-mindedness these young entrepreneurs displayed was downright heartening. It wasn’t lost on this group that not only should a product taste good (and it does have to taste good), but it needs to be something that makes sense globally in a world of increasingly diminishing resources. I’m hoping the investors who attended FoodBytes were as encouraged as I was by the impressive lineup of forward-thinking producers and will be inspired to put their money where their mouths are! For more information, visit www.foodbytessummit. com.

STUB TO GRUB Here is another good idea with an important mission: The SF-Marin Food Bank has partnered with BART to make good on all of those partially used BART tickets that have remaining value on them. The Tiny Tickets Program will collect these leftover tickets and turn them into donations that can help provide food for communities in need. Drop off your tickets or mail them to the SF-Marin Food Bank (Attn: Tiny Tickets Program), and help feed your neighbors with the leftover change on those BART stubs. For more information, visit www.sfmfoodbank. org.

TASTE OF MARIN Eat and drink for a good cause! The biggest fundraiser for Fair Housing of Marin takes place on Thursday, March 12 at 6pm at the Marin Art & Garden Center in Ross. A diverse sampling of select Marin restaurants, live music, dancing and a raffle will all be on the menu.

Tickets are $120 per person. For more information, visit www.fairhousingmarin. com.Y Share your hunger pains with Tanya at thenry@pacificsun.com.

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Singer Olivia Davis on her first CD, the Christmas present that changed her life, and what she’s learned about the fine art of survival

by David Te m p l e t o n

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ps and downs, flips and turns, twists and changes—that pretty much defines me,” says Olivia Davis with a laugh, her smile so convincingly upbeat that one would not easily guess at the rough road she’s traveled to arrive at this moment in time, a sunny morning in Marin County, freshly printed CDs in her bag, sitting at a coffee shop in San Rafael, sharing a cup of tea—along with her remarkable story— with a journalist. “Over the last couple of years,” Davis says, “my life has definitely been a series of flip opposites, one after another.

“It’s been rough,” she admits, “but also incredible!” Those flips and twists and competing opposites are just part of what makes the music Olivia Davis writes so moving and engaging. Till now, it’s been only her closest friends, family and a select number of doctors and nurses who have heard that music. But as a result of one of those aforementioned “twists,” that is all about to change.

At 20, the Marin-born singer-songwriter with the lilting country twang has just released her first professionally recorded CD, a remarkably engaging, deeply personal alt-country eye-opener titled The Starting Line. It’s an appropriate enough name for what Davis (www.oliviadavismusic.com) sees as a whole new beginning to a life that,

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at times, has felt like a long-distance race over rocky terrain.

Supported by a spate of local concerts and radio appearances, the new, independently recorded and distributed CD has been greeted with acclaim and close attention, as much for the sweetness and power of Davis’ singing voice as for the insight, wisdom and soulfulness of her lyrics. Remarkably, the five songs on The Starting Line speak to both young and old, appearing to mean one thing on the surface, while revealing more, to anyone who listens for the story beneath the story.

“That was intentional,” Davis says. “I want my songs to be applicable to lots of people in different situations. They are very personal, but also very universal.”

For example, “Back of My Mind,” the infectious first track on the CD, sounds upon first listen to be a standing-at-the-crossroads look at the impending loss of a relationship.

“Looking back on this one, I think it was a little prescient of me,” she says of the song she actually wrote during her college application process. “I was filling out these forms, and I was really stressed out, not even sure going to college was what I wanted to do.”

As a listener, once you know that, the whole song opens up.

“There’s a line in the song,” Davis explains, “‘How many things can I write to win? Guess

I’ll just be who I’ve been.’ That’s about writing these essays trying to prove I was someone they wanted to have at their school. It’s a song about wanting to be liked by people I wasn’t even sure I wanted to like me. It’s about blindly doing what other people—my parents, my college counselors—said I should be doing.”

That said, if her fans find meaning in the song as a tale of a person giving up on a relationship where too much has been demanded, she’s just fine with that.

“I want listeners to be able to hear my songs and create their own stories, create their own version of what they’re about,” she says. “I love it when I listen to writers who do that—writers like the Dixie Chicks and John Prine. I think that’s what makes a great song.”

As it turned out, Davis—who grew up in San Rafael, attended Marin Academy and played the flute in the school music program—eventually was accepted at UC Santa Barbara, where she began with no declared major, focusing primarily on environmental sciences, the field her father works in. Still not certain where her future was headed, she went to classes, wrote songs on her guitar and waited for clarity.

Then, in the fall of her sophomore year, everything changed.

“I got really, really sick,” she says. “Which

I guess is nothing new for me, but that fall, it was the worse it’s ever been.”

Davis, though she’s always downplayed it, has had cystic fibrosis her entire life, diagnosed with the degenerative genetic disease when she was just a year old. Primarily affecting the lungs, cystic fibrosis (CF) also affects the pancreas, liver and other organs.

Since childhood, Davis has been receiving treatments for the disease, which include an annual two-week-long stay in the hospital to run a vital “Pulmonary Function Test,” measuring her lung health, and comparing it to previous years.

“We call them PFTs,” says Davis, a veteran of nearly 20 such annual hospitalizations.

“Basically,” she explains, “PFTs measure the percentage of lung function you have compared to someone your age who doesn’t have CF. Someone your height, and your size.

At my healthiest, when I was little, I would score in the hundreds, sometimes even over a hundred percent. But slowly it got worse, and then in high school and early college, it was like, in the 70s.”

That fall, during her second year at UC Santa Barbara, she knew something was different, and the PFT confirmed it, showing a lung function score of just 53 percent.

“I’d never been that low,” Davis says. “It was very scary, so I basically left school immedi-

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A breath of fresh air

at times. So that song is about finally appreciating what my parents might have gone through, bringing up a kid with a serious illness.”

During the dark days of the winter that she left college, wrestling with what to do if she did recover—which she eventually did—Davis found herself turning to her music in a big way.

It was a fact her parents took notice of.

“I just decided that school would be there for me if I decided to go back, but that right at that moment, I needed to do what makes me happy,” Davis says. “I didn’t know how much time I had to be doing the things I love. I was kind of depressed. That’s when I started to get into my music really seriously, writing a lot of new songs.”

That Christmas, looking for a way to lift their daughter’s spirits, Davis’ parents dreamed up an idea of a Christmas present that would ultimately do much more than that. It would give her a whole new direction in life.

Davis’ voice coach Amber Morris, along with Morris’ husband Tal Morris and singersongwriter Bonnie Hayes, own and operate Ice House Recording, a state-of-the-art recording studio in San Rafael.

So for Christmas that year, Davis’ parents told her they’d purchased a three-hour recording session for her, at one of the best recording studios in the North Bay. “I thought it was going to be, like, this nice little recording of myself that I could keep for myself, and no one outside my family would

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ately and checked myself into the hospital.

California Pacific Medical Center— that’s where I’ve been going since I was diagnosed.

I was in for a total of two months over the course of that winter. I was really, really sick.

“Not too surprisingly,” she adds, “I ended up in a very dark place. That whole time, I was figuring out what I should do. What should I do about finals? Should I go back to school? I was suddenly faced with something that made me really aware of time, of being in the present. During that time in the hospital, we really didn’t know if I was going to ever get better. A lot of time, what happens with CF patients is that they get really sick, and that PFT becomes their new baseline. It is a degenerative disease, which means it gets worse and worse over time. So for all I knew, 53 [percent] could be my new normal.

“It was,” she succinctly acknowledges, “a very scary time.”

There were, for what it’s worth, a few compensations that helped Davis keep her spirits up over the course of her long recovery.

For one thing, during her hospital stay, she was surrounded by people who’d known her for years.

“All the same doctors and nurses have been taking care of me since I was a baby,” she says.

“When I was little, the one thing that made going to the hospital not terrible, was that I got to hang out with all my nurse friends.”

Another thing that helped, a lot, was her music.

“I actually think singing has helped me build lung function,” Davis says. “Any exercise that helps you control your breathing is a good thing. That’s why I started flute lessons when I was in fifth grade. Wind instruments are helpful for kids with CF. “CF kids are also known for their raspy voices,” she adds. “I used to worry I wouldn’t have enough breath to sing powerfully, but my voice coach Amber always says, ‘I don’t want you to think that way about singing.

Don’t think you get the best sound if you have the most air. It’s not about air. It’s about where you’re directing the sound.’ She didn’t want me to feel like I wasn’t going to be able to sing as well as others just because I don’t have as much lung function as others.”

Davis—who started writing her own songs in high school—was accustomed to hauling her guitar for her annual two-week stays at the hospital, where CF patients were encouraged to decorate their rooms and bring along whatever made the stay easier.

It was during one stay, while she was in high school, that Davis wrote the song “For Mother,” the second track on her CD. A lullaby and a love song, “For Mother” was written from the point of view of a mom sharing a few tender words of wisdom with her child.

“Growing up,” Davis recalls, “I never saw how different my life was from other kids. It was just part of my thing. I did meds a couple times a day. I went to the hospital once a year.

“As I’ve gotten older,” she goes on, “I’ve gained some perspective, and it’s like, ‘Wow! A lot of things in my life are not very normal.’

That might not have been very easy for my parents. It must have been so scary for them,

Davis often plays guitar at her home in San Rafael.

ever hear,” Davis remembers. “I did not realize the extent of the actual project.”

According to Davis, it was around May of last year, when her health was showing gradual but steady improvement, that Amber Morris approached her.

“She said, ‘If our studio is going to produce this project, it has to be up to our standards,’” Davis says. “‘So this is going to be a real CD.

You’re going to record it, distribute it and promote it—because it’s going to be a real thing.’ That was actually pretty exciting, but I still thought it was going to be just my guitar and me. I didn’t realize it would be me and a bunch of professional cover musicians, playing actual arrangements of my songs, with, actual cover art on the CD! 12 > “It was Amber and Tal pushing me

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to take my music more seriously,” Davis says.

“They encouraged me to own my identity as an artist.” What started out as a planned two-or-three-song recording session turned into several days, with the Morris’ donating the extra hours and talking a band of session players into contributing to the project as the young singer’s very first backup band. “It was my parents’ idea, and they paid for some of it, but the Ice House pretty much gave us this project,” Davis says, laughing as she adds, “I didn’t feel worthy! It was like, ‘Why do I get to do this?’ But then, when I started to hear my songs, all arranged and put together with other instruments, it was just the coolest thing in the world.”

She pulled together two more songs she’d written at various times in the previous years.

“Who Am I Anyway” is a catchy song about an existential crisis, played as a smooth and sassy series of impossible questions and observations, and “On Hold,” probably Davis’ most consciously open song about the pain of being sick for so long, is a gorgeously crafted tune that alternates between slowtempo laments and up-tempo defiance. “I can breathe,” she sings in the chorus. “I can breathe in my own way!”

There’s even a line about the bracelet she wears in the hospital during her regular stays among all those people who’ve watched her grow up over the years.

“The truth is, I wouldn’t be a musician without CF,” Davis remarks. “I got into music

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The truth is, I wouldn’t be a musician without CF,” Davis remarks. “I got into music because of CF. The two are very intertwined, but there’s more to me, and to my music, than just CF. because of CF. The two are very intertwined, but there’s more to me, and to my music, than just CF. “I’m trying to walk this thin line between my music and my illness,” she says. “I don’t want to come off like I’m using my illness as a tactic to get people to listen to my music.

That’s not why I’m talking about it. I talk about CF because I want people to know about it. It’s part of my story—but it isn’t my whole story.”

“The Marin Chiropractor who Pleads ‘Guilty!’”

Dear neighbor, Yes, I’m the chiropractor who’s been writing against forced vaccinations. Some Pacific Sun readers have been getting really cranky. I gotta think that Marin pharmacies are having a shortage of anti-depressants. Anyway, to make peace, I plead “guilty” to some of the charges made against me, and “not guilty” to another.

• “He’s anti-doctor.” Guilty! I left med school to become a chiropractor, because Chiropractic worked for me, and Medicine didn’t. I’ve seen the same with others, thousands of times since. I am against things that don’t work. This is the essence of science… seeing what works, and what doesn’t.

• “Blatant self-promotion, not to be believed, but some will.” Guilty! I proudly promote myself and my profession. It is my duty to help as many people as I can. Medicine doesn’t promote? How many drug ads, including vaccines ads and signs in stores, have you seen today?

• “He writes against vaccination so he gets a free ad, so he can make money.” Not guilty! When I want an ad, I pay for it, like this one. The really weird idea behind this is the belief that chiropractors are “in it for the money,” but M.D.’s are there to, altruistically, serve the public, as are Big Pharma, the CDC and the FDA. You serious? It’s estimated that the vaccine industry makes 50 BILLION dollars a year, worldwide.

“Why is this chiropractor even talking about vaccinations?” Vaccination tricks the immune system. That’s how it works… FACT. You have heard and read many well-paid pseudo-experts declare vaccination “safe and effective.” It is neither. When you see one child with autism, you will understand. On the other, healthier hand, when you see children who get their nervous systems liberated by gentle, specific, scientific chiropractic adjustments, you’ll understand a better way. When you see adults get well when The Doctor told them to “live with it” (coming in with arthritis, fibromyalgia, depression, loss of urinary control, vertigo, insomnia, just to name a few) you’ll understand.

One of my really cool practice members brought me something to put my hate mail in… an antique porcelain bedpan. If you want to be able to heal, even from things that you were told to “live with,” you can start by getting THE most thorough history and exam you’ve ever gotten, three neurologic scans that you’ve never gotten, and spinal X-rays, reg. $570, for only $47. Offer expires Thurs., March 12th.

So call me, Dr. Harte (D.C.), at 460-6527 now. I’m in Corte Madera, next to the Cinema theatre. I’ve been doing this for over 33 years. How long have YOU been suffering? Had enough? Parents: Had enough of the pediatrician?

“I will help you.”

The CD’s most uplifting song is the one she wrote specifically for the CD. “I Choose Life” is a powerful tune about facing dark days, and an uncertain future, and focusing on those things that are good and beautiful, delightful and surprising.

“I think of it as my anthem,” Davis says with a smile. “It’s how I get through the times when I feel down. I just remember that life is precious, and sometimes you have to face an illness or a loss to really appreciate that.”

The recording sessions took place over a period of a few months last spring. The majority of it—all of Davis’ vocals and the accompanying session work—were recorded at Ice House, with some of the session work recorded at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where a number of the players are in school. The CD, produced by Tal and Amber, was mastered in San Rafael. Though a number of CDs have been printed for distribution to radio stations and newspapers—plus a few for Davis to carry with her, just in case—the strategy, at this point, is to put emphasis on Internet sales through CD Baby and on Davis’ website.

Of course, she’ll have CDs available at her concerts, too. And that’s the other piece of the transformation that started with one very bad winter over a year ago. Davis is now performing for other than just friends, family and nurses.

On February 26, she fulfilled a dream by playing at The Sweetwater in Mill Valley, opening for Peter Bradley Adams.

“I’m getting actual gigs,” she says with a laugh. “I’ve been really putting myself out there. It’s been such a whirlwind! In a way, it’s like that Christmas present ended up giving me more than just a recording session. Will I ever go back to school again and finish what I started? Maybe. But for now, I’m just going to take the path that’s in front of me.

“It gave me a whole new life!” Y Ask David what his favorite Olivia Davis song is at talkpix@ earthlink.net.

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Taking a stand Amplifyd challenges Starbucks to serve organic milk

by Annie Sp ie ge lm an , t he D ir t D iva

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s a diva, once I learned where the milk is sourced from at my local Starbucks, I decided to search for a new coffee joint that serves organic milk in their lattes. (Thank you, Rustic Bakery.)

Diva or not, you, too, deserve safe milk in your delicious, overpriced coffee drink! Coffee giant Starbucks purchases milk from large, industrialized farms where cows are fed a diet comprised of genetically modified corn, soy, alfalfa and cottonseed.

Plus, a high dose of antibiotics. Nonorganic livestock production is responsible for 80 percent of all antibiotic use in the world, and the dairy industry, in particu-

lar, uses the strongest and most dangerous forms. As an example, a super potent antibiotic drug used by commercial dairy farmers called Ceftiofur creates resistant bacteria after only one dose.

Scott Blankenship, founder and CEO of Amplifyd, a social activism startup based in Berkeley, is concerned about the health risks. “Most people are aware that the overuse of antibiotics can create super bacteria no longer resistant to the antibiotics we’ve come to rely on to save our lives,” Blankenship says. “But what’s truly frightening and alarming are the numerous and recent scientific studies telling us that this is no longer an apocalyptic

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theory but rather something happening now, and it’s killing people at an increasing rate all over the world.”

Blankenship’s latest advocacy platform is inviting coffee lovers to take a stand by asking Starbucks to make the switch to organic-only milk in a unique, easy and powerful way—through the use of consumer pledges. It can be a win-win for everyone (consumer and corporation) if the company makes the switch. “At the end of the day, corporations respond to their financial bottom line,” Blankenship says.

“Through consumer pledges, we have the ability to positively incentivize corporations to change by increasing that bottom line if they change their behavior, without any risk or effort by the consumer.”

Here’s how it works at amplifyd.com: 1. You select the dollar amount you want to pledge.

2. Your credit card information is securely saved for later. (Your pledge amount will never be charged unless the campaign is won.)

3. Amplifyd will then use the collective pledges as the financial incentive to get Starbucks to switch to organic milk.

The more collectively pledged, the more financial incentive these companies have to change.

4. If (and only if) the campaign is won

by March 31, 2015, and Starbucks decides to offer organic milk in their stores, Amplifyd will charge your credit card for the amount you pledged. They’ll then send you a gift card with the pledge amount they just charged, minus their transaction fee, which you can use with the company that made the switch.

Just what is considered “organic” milk?

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, organic dairy cows must graze in pastures for at least four months per year, their feed for the rest of the year must not have been grown from Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) seeds or treated with pesticides or synthetic fertilizers and the cows must not be treated with hormones or antibiotics.

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Nutrition: Studies show that organic food has less cancer-causing pesticide residue than conventionally grown crops and more macroand micro-nutrients. A 2003 University of Washington study found that children who were fed mostly organic produce and juice had only one-sixth of the level of organophosphate pesticide byproducts in

Straus certified organic milk comes from pasture-fed cows who love the sweet grasses of Tomales Bay. Photo courtesy of Straus Organic Dairy.

their urine compared to children who ate conventionally grown foods.

The President’s Cancer Panel examined the impact of environmental factors and the use of synthetic chemicals on cancer risks before reporting its findings in 2010.

Written in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, the report recommends that American consumers eat food grown without pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.

And, can we stop thinking about me, me, me? (Unless you are a diva.) And think about the farm workers?

The President’s Cancer Panel’s 20082009 Annual Report showed an increased incidence of certain types of cancers in farm workers and their spouses and an increased incidence of leukemia in children living in agricultural areas.

Climate Change: After conducting research trials on organic agriculture for nearly three decades on its 333 acres, the Rodale Institute’s records show that organic systems’ soils, when intensively managed with compost and cover crops, can store more than 2,000 pounds of carbon per acre, per year. If all of the world’s 3.5 billion tillable acres were converted to these biological farming methods, we could reduce global CO2 emissions by 40 percent.

Feeding the World: Globally, scientists are finding that regenerative organic farming holds the

all that, conventional, chemically grown food is actually much more expensive than organically produced food.”

Blankenship believes that the switch to organic milk would reverberate across the industry. “Starbucks [is] such [a] large milk-buyer that a switch to organic milk would have a big impact on this critical health problem,” he says. “This would be a huge win for consumers and would be a step forward in safeguarding the effectiveness of the antibiotics used to save human lives.”

To pledge, or to watch the latest video from Amplifyd on their organic milk campaign, visit: www.amplifydpledges.com/ campaign/organic-milk. Y

only sustainable solution to fight world hunger. A recent report to the United Nations drafted by more than 400 crossdisciplinary researchers and development workers drew the conclusion that organic, regenerative agriculture utilizing available and affordable techniques—such as cover cropping, crop rotation and composting— would serve the people of the developing world far better than imported chemical fertilizer and other outside purchased inputs.

Today, I want you to stop thinking that organic food is just for the elite! When you look at its full value, organic food is still a bargain. “The cost of non-organic food doesn’t include the loss of topsoil or cropdisaster relief, health concerns, climate change or dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay and Gulf of Mexico,” says the Rodale Institute’s Tim LaSalle. “If you factor in

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Tour de force Marin Theatre Company’s ‘The Convert’ a powerful first leg of trilogy

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o doubt you’ve noticed a tendenAfricanized English dialogue is at times cy among theater critics, myself difficult to understand, and it has an included, to describe the merits unexpectedly melodramatic ending. of a show in a review’s initial paraBut, in both conception and perforgraphs, leaving any bad news for the last mance the play is an undeniable tour de sentence or two. We do this knowing force that requires no tactical defense. full well that many readers will never Though born in Ohio, Gurira is the get there, the motivation being that this daughter of Zimbabwean parents and very fragile art form needs all the help her childhood was spent partly in Zimit can get and it would be a shame if our babwe and partly in this country. Her subjective negative opinions discourprofessional career has been extremely aged someone with different sensibilivaried, combining award-winning actties from attending. ing and playwriting in the U.S. with As that rationale clashes with a critic’s teaching stints in Liberia, South Africa duty to uphold recognized artistic stanand Zimbabwe. The Convert is the first dards and provide a truthful account leg of a planned trilogy that will trace of his or her experience, I’ve tried to the evolution of African society as limit the delay tactic and therefore am Western domination wanes and is evenabsolutely delighted when a production tually ended. It’s a remarkably ambitious comes along that requires no splitting project that, though smaller in scale, reof moral hairs. We now minds me of August have one such show in Wilson’s series of our own midst in the plays about the black NOW PLAYING form of Marin Theatre diaspora in America The Convert runs through SunCompany’s current after the abolition day, March 15 at the Marin Theatre Bay Area premiere of of slavery. If future Company, 397 Miller Avenue, Mill The Convert, by Danai segments turn out Valley. For more information, call Gurira. to be anywhere near 415/388-5208 or visit boxoffice@ This gripping drama as powerful in their marintheatre.org. about the clash of naimpact, we may be tive African and British witnessing the emercolonial cultures in late gence of a major new 19th century Rhodesia (now Zimbavoice in our national theater. bwe), might be a trifle over long at just Although the title is singular, there under three hours; the rapidly spoken are actually two religious converts at

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L. Peter Callender, JaBen Early and Elizabeth Carter in ‘The Convert’

the center of Gurira’s drama. The first is Chilford, a tall, thin, black man whose dress, manner and speech are almost a caricature of a Victorian church deacon—except that Chilford (Jabari Brisport in a finely detailed performance), despite having converted to Cathoicism as a child and earnestly preparing himself, has been unable to achieve his goal of entering the priesthood. Instead, the British Native Commision has given him a position as a lowly missionary whose job is to coax animismpracticing Africans into the Christian fold. Imagine, then, his joy when his flamboyant housekeeper, Mai Tamba (Elizabeth Carter), asks him to protect her beautiful niece Jekesai (Katherine Renee Turner) from an unwanted arranged marriage to a much older man, saying that the girl desires to be tutored by him so that she, too, can convert. He

immediately renames her Ester after the biblical figure and designates her his protègè.

From that point on, a number of colorful characters swirl around this core trio as the conflict between natives and occupiers intensifies and they are caught in the middle. Actors filling out one of the most talented ensembles I’ve seen locally include JaBen Early, L. Peter Callender, Jefferson A. Russell and Omoze Idehenre. Besides his casting skill, MTC’s artistic director, Jasson Minadakis, provides a crisp staging that keeps the audience involved even when Gurira, in a bid to heighten the play’s realistic atmosphere, has her characters use the native idiom.

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F R I D AY M A R C H 6 — T H U R S D AY M A R C H 1 2 Movie summaries by M at t hew St af fo r d A la Mala (1:39) An aspiring actress crafts a lucrative second career flirting with other women’s boyfriends to test their fidelity. l American Sniper (2:12) Bradley Cooper stars as Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL sniper who became a feared legend in war-torn Iraq; Clint Eastwood directs. l Ballet 422 (1:12) Documentary follows New York City Ballet choreographer Justin Peck as he struggles to create the troupe’s 422nd original work. l Big Eyes (1:46) Tim Burton biopic of Margaret Keane, the artist whose paintings of big-eyed waifs made her husband rich and famous; Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz star. l Birdman (1:59) Offbeat Oscar-winning comedy from 21 Grams director Alejandro González Iñárritu about a onetime movie superhero (Michael Keaton) trying to get himself some thespian cred by starring in a Broadway play. l Chappie (2:00) A cruel robo-cop is captured and reprogrammed into a kinder, gentler droid. l Cinderella (1:46) Live-action Disney version of the 1950 Disney cartoon stars Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter and Lily James as the drudge-turned-glamour girl; Kenneth Branagh directs. l The DUFF (1:41) The Designated Ugly Fat Friend of two popular high school girls reinvents herself with the help of a slick and suave male jock. l Fifty Shades of Grey (2:02) E.L. James’ B&D bestseller hits the big screen with Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as a college student sub and her businessman dom. l Focus (1:45) When estranged con artists Will Smith and Margot Robbie re-meet in Buenos Aires, their latent chemistry threatens the biggest grift of his career. l Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (1:55) Acclaimed Israeli film about an unhappy woman’s nightmarish attempts to get a divorce in a patriarchal, rigidly devout society. l The Imitation Game (1:53) Benedict Cumberbatch as ace cryptologist Alan Turing, leader of Britain’s top code-breakers, who raced against time to crack the Nazis’ Enigma Code during World War II. l Jupiter Ascending (2:07) The Wachowski kids write and direct the far-flung tale of a washerwoman-turned intergalactic wunderkind; Mila Kunis stars. l Kingsman: The Secret Service (2:09) A top-secret espionage organization turns a tough street kid into an international superspy; Michael Caine and Samuel L. Jackson star. l The Lazarus Effect (1:23) Horror flick about two modern-day Frankensteins who learn how to bring the dead back to life. l Leviathan (2:21) Politically charged Russian sensation about a rural family’s determination to hold onto their land despite fearsome pressure. l McFarland, USA (2:09) Kevin Costner stars in the inspiring story of a disadvantaged high school’s triumphant long-distance racing squad. l Monk with a Camera (1:30) Documentary l

examines the life of Nicholas Vreeland, a son of privilege and an accomplished photographer who gave it all up to become a Buddhist monk. l National Theatre London: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (3:00) David Hare’s dramatization of the Katherine Boo Pulitzer Prize-winner focuses on the hopes and dreams of Mumbai slum-dwellers. l Paddington (1:29) Michael Bond’s lovable little bear hits the big screen, wandering London in search of a home; Sally Hawkins and Hugh Bonneville oblige him. l The Russian River: All Rivers (2:00) Dazzlingly photographed documentary about how Western Sonoma’s lifeblood looks at the conflicting forces that affect the health of the river’s watershed. l The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (1:57) While hotelier Dev Patel plans his Indian wedding and the opening of a second inn, staffers Maggie Smith and Judi Dench welcome new arrival Richard Gere! l Selma (2:08) Biopic recounts the events leading up to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery and the passage of the Voting Rights Act; David Oyelowo stars. l She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (1:27) Vibrant documentary history of the modern women’s movement of the late ’60s; Kate Millett, Susan Brownmiller and Rita Mae Brown share insights from the front lines. l The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (1:33) Everybody’s favorite Porifera makes his way ashore to soak up a little terra firma and ends up tangling with pirates! l Still Alice (1:41) Drama stars Oscar-winner Julianne Moore in an acclaimed performance as a college professor grappling with early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. l Sunset Blvd. (1:50) Delusional silent-screen star Gloria Swanson plans a comeback with the help of hapless screenwriter William Holden; Billy Wilder directs with gothic, rococo malice. l The Theory of Everything (2:03) Biopic focuses on the young yet degenerating Stephen Hawking (Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne) as he woos and wins his future wife (Felicity Jones) and breaks new ground in physics and medicine. l Timbuktu (1:37) A Malian cattle herder runs afoul of jihadist fundamentalists and warring rebels when his favorite cow goes astray; Mauritian cineaste Abderrahmane Sissako directs. l Unfinished Business (1:31) Goofball comedy about three entrepreneurs whose business trip to Europe spirals way out of control; Vince Vaughn and Sienna Miller star. l What We Do in the Shadows (1:26) Mockumentary looks at four geeky vampires trying to live a fairly normal life in Wellington, New Zealand. l Whiplash (1:46) Indie sleeper about the edgy, ferocious mentor-pupil relationship between a gifted young jazz drummer and his exacting taskmaster (Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons). l Wild Tales (2:02) Rollicking Best Foreign Film Oscar nominee dovetails six morality tales of lust, greed and anger in modern-day Argentina.

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A la Mala (PG-13) American Sniper (R)

Northgate: 11:55, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:30; Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Northgate: 11:15, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15 Lark: Fri 3:40; Mon 6:30 Lark: Sat 6; Mon 8:30 Lark: Fri 8:30; Sun 5:45; Tue 3:30 Marin: Fri 4:25, 7:05, 9:45; Sat 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45; Sun 1:45, 4:25, 7:05; Mon-Thu 4:25, 7:05 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:35,

Ballet 422 (PG) Big Eyes (PG-13) Birdman (R)

1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25; Sun-Thu 10:35, 1:40, 4:30, 7:30 k Chappie (R)

Cinema: Fri-Wed 1, 4, 7, 9:50 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:30, 7:05, 9:50; SunWed 12:30, 3:30, 7:05 Northgate: 11, 12:20, 1:45, 3:10, 4:30, 5:55, 7:20, 8:45, 10:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20

k Cinderella (PG)

The DUFF (PG-13)

Northgate: Thu 7, 9:30 Rowland: Thu 7, 9:45 Northgate: 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:20, 7:05,

Fifty Shades of Grey (R)

Northgate: 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:15, 10:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:20,

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Focus (R)

Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1, 4, 7, 9:45; Sun-Wed 1, 4, 7 Larkspur Landing: Fri, MonWed 7:15, 9:50; Sat-Sun 11:30, 2, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Northgate: 10:55, 12:20, 1:30, 3:05, 4:10, 5:45, 7, 8:20, 9:40 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10; Sun 2:30, 5, 7:30; Mon-Wed 5, 7:30; Thu 5

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (Not Rated) The Imitation Game (PG-13)

Rafael: Sat-Sun 1:45 Lark: Sat 3:20; Sun, Wed 8:30 Marin: Fri 4:10, 6:50, 9:35; Sat 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:35; Sun 1:30, 4:10, 6:50; Mon-Thu 4:10, 6:50 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:40,

Jupiter Ascending (PG-13) Kingsman: The Secret Service (R)

Northgate: 10:50, 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40; Sun-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7, 9:55; Sat-Sun 1, 4, 7, 9:45 Regency: Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20; Sun-Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10,

The Lazarus Effect (PG-13)

Northgate: 11:10, 1:20, 3:30, 5:40, 7:50, 10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:40, 2:55,

Leviathan (R) McFarland, USA (PG) Monk with a Camera (Not Rated) k National Theatre London: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Not Rated) Paddington (PG) k The Russian River: All Rivers (Not Rated)

Rafael: Fri 4:30, 7:30; Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30; Mon-Thu 7:30 Northgate: 10:45, 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1, 4, 7, 10:05 Lark: Tue 6:15; Thu 2:30

k The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG)

Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:20, 1:20, 3:40, 4:35, 6:35, 7:30, 9:20; Sun-Wed 12:20, 1:20, 3:40, 4:35, 6:35, 7:30 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:45; Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30;

1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05; Sun 10:40, 7:10; Mon-Thu 10:40, 1:25, 4:15, 7:10

7:15, 10:10 5:05, 7:35, 9:50

Lark: Thu 7:30 Northgate: 12, 2:30, 5, 7:25, 9:50 Rafael: Thu 7 (filmmakers Nancy Econome, William Sorensen and Stella Kwiecinski in person)

Sat 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30; Sun 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30; Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25, 11:20, 1, 2:15, 4, 5:15, 7, 8:15, 10; Sun 10:25, 11:20, 1, 2:15, 4, 5:15, 7, 8:15; MonThu 10:25, 11:20, 1, 2:15, 4, 5:15, 7 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10; Sun 1:25, 4:20, 7:15; Mon-Thu 4:20, 7:15

Selma (PG-13)

Lark: Fri 5:40; Mon 12:50; Wed 3:20 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:55, 4:55,

She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (Not Rated) The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (PG) Still Alice (PG-13)

Lark: Sat 1; Sun 3:30; Wed 6:15 Northgate: 11:40, 2:10, 4:50, 7:05, 9:30 Marin: Fri 4:40, 7:20, 9:50; Sat 2, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50; Sun 2, 4:40, 7:20; MonThu 4:40, 7:20 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:15; Sun-Tue, Thu

7:55; Thu 10:55, 1:55

10:30, 1:50, 4:40, 7:40; Wed 10:30, 4:35 k Sunset Blvd. (Not Rated)

The Theory of Everything (PG-13) Timbuktu (PG-13) k Unfinished Business (R)

Regency: Sun 2; Wed 2, 7 Lark: Sun, Tue 12:45; Mon 3:45 Lark: Fri 1:20; Thu 4:50 Northgate: 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:40, 10

What We Do in the Shadows (Not Rated) Whiplash (R)

Rafael: Fri-Sun 4:15, 6:30, 8:45; Mon 8:45; Tue-Wed 6:30, 8:45 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:25; Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50 Lark: Sat, Tue 8:30; Wed 12:50 Playhouse: Fri 4:15, 6:45, 9:20; Sat 12:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:20; Sun 12:45, 4:15, 6:45; Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:45

k Wild Tales (R)

Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 6, 8:30; Sat-Sun 1, 3:30, 6, 8:30

Julieta Zylberberg in ‘Wild Tales,’ opening at the Rafael Friday.

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03/06: Chloe Jean 8-11pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.

03/06: Doc Kraft and Company Swing, Latin, country, jazz, reggae, R&B, Motown, rock, zydeco.

8:30pm-midnight. $10. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

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03/06: Lumination Ska, rock, dance. 9:30pm. $8.

Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 4599910. perisbar.com.

03/06: Ozomatli 8pm. $40. Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707-260-1600. citywinery.com.

03/06-07: Phil Lesh and Friends Celebrate Phil’s Birthday 7pm. $89. Grate Room, Terrapin

Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

03/06: Pride and Joy 60s r&b, rock. 9pm. $20.

Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

03/06: Rebirth Brass Band Grammy winning New Orleans based band. 8pm. $30-35. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 3881100. swmh.com.

03/06: Something Big 6-9pm. No cover. The Trident, 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 331-3232. thetrident.net.

03/06: Son de Cana Live salsa band. Dance lesson at 8pm. 9pm. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 578-2707. georgesnightclub.com

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The sound of insanity BIRDMAN isn’t Michael Keaton’s own story of course, but it’s hard to think of a better pairing of actor to role. His recent Oscar-junket rounds for the film, set against the background of his career-making turns wearing the cape in 1989 and ‘92, show a cheerful willingness to be misunderstood. Keaton plays Scenes like this one might have had something to do with “serious” actor Riggan Thomson, ‘Birdman’ ’s Best Picture win at this year’s Oscars. whose ill ease with the comic book character that brought him fame years ago has put him on a mission to stage a Raymond Carver short story on Broadway, starring himself. More theatre de l’absurde in the rehearsals than “Angry Old Man,” it’s seen by most as an attempt by Thomson to find relevance in an industry that’s passing him by. But we see what others can’t; All he really wants to do is break through his numbness. Costar Mike (Edward Norton) arrives, bringing some real theater chops and an ego to match; when Thomson isn’t being upstaged by him, he’s contending with a daughter whose self-destructiveness and cutting barbs are enough by themselves to shoot him down—say nothing of the theater critics. But Thomson’s flights of imagination seem to rise above the surrounding grimness—his strange telekinetic powers, and a certain booming-voiced feathered man just over his shoulder. The film’s singletracking shot has wowed many, but I was more struck by the dazzling one-piece score by Antonio Sanchez, who believes—as composer Alfred Newman did in 1945’s Leave Her to Heaven—that insanity’s theme song is a military march.

—Richard Gould

F R I D AY M A R C H 0 6 — F R I D AY M A R C H 1 3 Pacific Sun‘s Community Calendar music. 8pm. $20-34.50. Showcase Theater, Marin Civic Center, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 4736800. marincounty.org 03/06: Tracy Blackman and Friends Singersongwriter. 9pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

03/07: Alcyon Massive New roots, hip-hop, rock. 9pm. $10. Smiley’s Saloon, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. smileyssaloon.com 03/07: Annie Sampson Blues Broads vocalist.8:30pm.$10. Rancho Nicasio,1Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.

03/07: Betty LaVette 8:30pm. $26-29. Mystic Theatre, 21 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma.

707/765-2121. mystictheatre.com.

03/07: Goitse Irish music. 8pm. $15-18. Studio 55, 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael. 453-3161. studio55marin.com 03/07: Kingsborough Rock. 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com.

03/07: La Mandanga Flamenco, gypsy jazz.

9:30pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

03/07: Leftover Dreams: Gems from the Great American Songbook With Tony Marcus

and Patrice Haan, guitar and vocals. 8pm $20-25.

Schoenberg Guitars, 106 Main St., Tiburon. 7890846. om28.com.

03/07: Megan Slankard Matt Jaffe and the Distractions plus Caroline Sky open. 8:30pm. $1722. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

03/07: Mojo Rising 9pm. $12-15. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091.

19broadway.com.

03/07: Push 8-11pm. $12. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.

03/07: Rattlebox with Barry Sless 9pm. No cover. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

03/07: Wobbly World with Freddy Clarke Rock, world, jazz. 9pm-midnight. $12.

Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

03/08: Buddy Owen Blues Band, Jim Pasqual and Friends 5 and 9pm. No cover. 19

Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 4591091. 19broadway.com.

03/08: Hapa Contemporary Hawaiian acoustic music. With Barry Flanagan and Ron Kuala‘au, guitar, vocals. 3pm. $30-40. Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com.

03/08: Midnight North 7:30pm. No cover.

Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael.

524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

03/08: San Geronimo Local rockin’ Americana.

5pm.$5. Rancho Nicasio,1Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.

03/08: Sound of Sirens Part of the Folkish Festival live music series. 12:30-2:30pm. Free. Marin Country Mart, Larkspur Landing, Larkspur. 4615700. marincountrymart.com 03/08: Tribe of the Red Horse Neil Young and Crazy Horse tribute. 8pm. $12-14. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 3881100. swmh.com.

03/08: Zan Stewart Jazz. 4:30pm. No cover.

Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael.

524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

03/09: Colonel and the Mermaids Rock. 8pm.

No cover. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

03/13: Culann’s Hounds and Molly’s Revenge Roots rock. 9:30pm. The Sleeping

Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

03/13: Doc Kraft and Company Swing, Latin, country, jazz, reggae, R&B, Motown, rock, zydeco.

8:30pm-1:30am. $10. Fort Baker Presidio Yacht Club, Sausalito.

03/13: Foreverland 14 piece Michael Jackson tribute show. 9pm. $22-24. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

03/13: Joe Tate Blue Monday Band and the Hippie Voices 9pm-midnight. $10.

Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

03/13: Joshua Smith Part of the Friday Night Jazz live music series. 5:30-8:30pm. Free. Marin Country Mart, Larkspur Landing, Larkspur. 4615700. marincountrymart.com

03/13: Mitch Woods and his Rocket 88s

Foreverland, a 14-piece Michael Jackson tribute band is playing at Sweetwater Music Hall on March 13.

03/09: Open Mic Night Hosted by Marty

Atkinson. 7pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

03/09: Open Mic with Austin DeLone 7:30pm.

No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

03/09: Open Mic with Billy D 9:30pm. No cover.

Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 4599910. perisbar.com.

03/09: Open Mic with Derek Smith 8:30pm.

Free. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax.

459-1091. 19broadway.com.

03/09: Open Mic with Simon Costa 8:30pm.

Free. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax.

485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

03/09: Quiet Life Americana, folk rock. 8pm. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

03/10: Dharma Bums Free Tibet Concert

With Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth. 8pm. $12-15.

Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

03/10: Drake High School Jazz Band

Flamenco, gypsy jazz. 7pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

03/10: Jeb Brady Band 6pm. No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 4591091. 19broadway.com.

03/10: Marco Benevento Jazz piano.

Superhuman Happiness opens. 8pm. $18-25. Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707-2601600. citywinery.com.

03/10: Noel Jewkes Jazz 7-10pm. No cover.

Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

03/10: Stu Allen and Friends 8pm. No cover.

Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael.

524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

03/10: Tommy Odetto and Tim Baker Rock.

9pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com.

03/11: Crossroads Music School Concert

5:30pm. Free. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

03/11: Jazz in the Neighborhood Jazz. 8pm.

Free. Iron Springs Pub and Brewery, 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax. ironspringspub.com.

03/11: Open Mic with Dennis Haneda: Ethan Kenning 7pm. No cover. All ages.

Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

03/11: Sergei and Full Soul Jacket 9pm.

No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

03/11: Teja Gerken, Kurt Huget, Jon Rubin Acoustic guitar showcase. 9pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

03/11: Terrapin All-stars with Alex Nelson 8pm. No cover. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

03/11: Tom Finch Trio Folky chamber rock. 9pm.

Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 4599910. perisbar.com.

03/12: 4:20 Happy Hour with Craig MacArthur and Michael LaMacchia 4:20pm.

No cover. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

03/12: Billy Joe Shaver The Easy Leaves duo opens. 8pm. $30-35. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

03/12: Dustbowl Revival Americana swing.

8pm. $15-17. Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707-260-1600. citywinery.com.

03/12: Mark’s Jam Sammich Rock. 9:30pm.

Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 4599910. perisbar.com.

03/12: Sol Seed Reggae, roots. 9pm. $10.

Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

03/13: Aaron Redner Folk, Americana, bluegrass. 8pm. No cover. Hopmonk, 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 935-9100. hopmonk.com/sonoma.

03/13: The Abe Train 6:30pm. No cover. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 5242773. terrapincrossroads.net.

03/13: Communion with Phil Lesh 8pm. $49. 16 and older show. Grate Room, Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 5242773. terrapincrossroads.net.

8-11pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 8135600. fenixlive.com.

03/13: The Pine Needles Acoustic Americana.

8pm.No cover. Rancho Nicasio,1Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.

03/13: Rowan Brothers 6-9pm. No cover.

The Trident, 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 331-3232. thetrident.net.

03/13: Sabbath Lives Black Sabbath tribute.

9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com.

03/13: South Bay Dub Allstars, Soule Faction 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

03/13:Strange Hotel, Hungry Skinny Rock.

9pm. $5. Smiley’s Saloon, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas.

868-1311. smileyssaloon.com 03/13: Wonderbread 5 9pm. $22. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk. com/novato.

03/14: Audrey Auld with Pam Delgado and Nina Gerber Country, folk, roots. 8pm. $17-20.

Studio 55, 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael.

453-3161. studio55marin.com 03/14: Before the Bang Einstein’s Birthday Bash Tour. $5 Presidio Yacht Club, Fort Baker, Sausalito.

332-2319.

03/14: Darren Nelson, Tom Finch and Danny Uzilevsky Singer-songwriter-guitarist

showcase. 7pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

03/14: Daze on the Green Roots rock. 9pm. $10. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

03/14: Howlin’ Rain The Blank Tapes and The Shelters open. 9pm. $15-17. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

03/14: Revolver 60s rock. 8:30pm.$15. Rancho Nicasio,1Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.

03/14: The Rowan Brothers Acoustic Americana, rock. 5:30pm. No cover. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 5242773. terrapincrossroads.net.

03/14: Sunshine Garcia Band With Stu Allen, Jay Lane, Robin Sylvester and Bradley Shulak. 9pm. $15-20. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

03/14: This Old Earthquake, Go By Ocean

West Marinicana. 9pm. $10. Smiley’s Saloon, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. smileyssaloon.com

03/15: Jerry Hannan’s St. Paddy’s Jig Band

Local Irish, acoustic bard rock. Special menu. 6pm. $10. Rancho Nicasio,1Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio.

662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.

03/15: Miracle Mule Part of the Folkish Festival live music series. 12:30-2:30pm. Free. Marin Country Mart, Larkspur Landing, Larkspur. 4615700. marincountrymart.com

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03/08: New Century Chamber Orchestra

03/07: Scott Capurro Stand up. 8pm. $20-30.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

1. Mt. Davidson 2. March 21 (spring equinox) and September 21 (fall equinox) 3. Alabama (AL) and Louisiana (LA) and New Mexico (NM) and Minnesota (MN) 4. Right hind leg, right fore, left hind, left fore 5. The Cleveland Indians and the New York (now San Francisco) Giants 6. Uranus, after Jupiter and Saturn 7. The Attorney General, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch 8. 221b Baker Street 9. Roxanne, with Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah, based on Cyrano de Bergerac (written by Edmond Rostand) 10a. Sausalito 10b. Mosquito 10c. Akihito or Hirohito 10d. Lance Ito. (Thanks for the question from Stanton Klose of Terra Linda.)

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03/08: Second Sunday Comedy with Kate Willett Stand-up comedy. 8pm. $12. Hopmonk,

224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/ novato.

03/10: Tuesday Night Comedy with Mark Pitta and Friends Established headliners and

up-and-coming comics drop by and work on new material. $16-26. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

03/12: Mort Sahl: Social Satire Provocative humor and engaging conversation. 7pm. Free.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

03/13: Wavy Gravy Theatrical clowning and comedy with a local legend. Youhoo(aka Moshe Cohen) will open with magic and slapstick mischief.

8pm. $25. Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com.

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Mexcio City ensemble in a performance of classical and traditional Mexican works. 8pm. $20-45. Marin Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, Marin Civic Center, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 473-6800. marincounty.org

03/18: Noontime Concerts: Kay Stern and Joan Nagano Violin; violin; piano. Noon. Free.

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Reenie Charriere and George-Ann Bowers, new collaborative works. “White White Red: Living Woman.” Sheri Park, video installation, performance based works. 11am-5pm daily. Closed Tuesdays.

Gallery Route One, 11101Hwy. 1, Pt. Reyes Station. gro.org.

performance with a true local treasure. 8pm. $28-60.

San Geronimo Valley Community Center, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Geronimo. 488-8888. sgvcc. org or kitka.org 03/07, 10: Chaskinakuy Andean village music.

Edmond Badoux and Francy Vidal, traditional flutes, panpipes, trumpet, harp. Part of the One Book One Marin program. Free. 1pm. March 7 at the Bolinas Community Center, 16 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 7pm March 10 at the Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet, Corte Madera. onebookonemarin.org

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03/13: ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’ Hunky TV physicist Professor Brian Cox works magic in combination with the wry comedic mind of Robin Ince. 8pm. Palace of Fine Arts Theater, 3301 Lyon St., S.F. 888/746-1799. infinitemonkeycage.com 03/13: ‘In the Mood’ 40s swing and boogie woogie song and dance show performed with a 13 piece big band. 2 and 7:30pm. $25-50. Marin Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, Marin Civic Center, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 473-6800. marincounty.org Through 03/15: ‘The Convert’ By Daniel Gurira. Directed by Jasson Minadakis. 7pm Feb. 20-22 and Feb. 24-March 1; 2pm Feb. 22, 28. $35-47.

Marin Theatre Company, Miller Ave., Mill Valley.

388-5208. marintheatre.org.

Sat 3/21 • 7:30pm doors • 21+ • 90's Cover Band Sun 3/22 • 7:30pm doors • 21+ • Mariachi Rock

piano. Noon. Free. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

03/11, 14: Mill Valley Philharmonic “Fate Knocks.” Works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Berlioz. Free. 7pm. March 11 at Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church, 410 Sycamore, Mill Valley. 2pm March 14 at Angelico Hall, Dominican Univsersity, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. millvalleyphilharmonic.org

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

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03/11: Noontime Concerts: Pam Freund, Ji Soo Choi and Yana Reznik Viola; violin;

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03/07: Artist in Residence Open Rehearsal With choreographer Claudia Anata Hubiak’s ensemble. 10am-1pm. Free with museum admission. Bay Area Discovery Museum, 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito. 339-3900. baykidsmuseum.org.

Art Through 03/21: Medium Juried group

exhibition. Marin Society of Artists, 30 Sir Francis rake Blvd., Ross. 454-9561. marinsocietyofartists.org.

Through 03/15: Looking Back, Going Forward Andrew Romanoff, mixed media

Through 03/24: The Alcatraz Florilegium

“Plants of Alkatraz Gardens,” botanical prints.

Stinson Beach Library, 3521 Shoreline Hwy., Stinson Beach. 454-9561. marinlibrary.org.

Through 03/26: Dwelling in Art James Heron, Jeff Daniel Smith, Mark Schatz, Kristen Jensen, Cyndra Bradford and Curtis Arima, mixed media group exhibition. Desta Tea and Art Gallery, 417 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo. 524-8932. desta.com.

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Through 04/05: Strewnfield Thomas

Campbell, bronze sculpture, large scale mixed media paintings, paper quilts, ceramic works. “A Life in Transition.” Brian Gaberman, photographs.

“Returning Gold to the Sun.” Charlie Callahan, video installation, mixed media works. Artist talk with Thomas Callahan 2pm Feb. 21.Bolinas Museum, 48 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-0330. bolinamuseum.org.

Kids Events 03/06-15: ‘42nd Street: A Broadway Celebration’ Presented by the Throckmorton

Youth Theater Program. 7:30pm Fri.; 2pm Sat.-Sun. $14-35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre. org.

03/06-08: ‘Into the Woods’ Presented by Yes! Theater and Hidden Valley Elementary.

7pm March 6-7; 1pm March 7-8. San Anselmo Playhouse Theater, San Anselmo. 456-8555. playhousesananselmo.org 03/07-08: ‘Charlotte’s Web’ “Presented by Masquers Unit theater ensemble. 1 and 3pm. March 7-8. $8. Showcase Theater, Marin Civic Center, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. masqueunit.org

03/07: Family Fun: Spring Wake-up Walk

One mile family walk followed by a Zumba health hub. 10am-1pm. Free. McInnis Park, 310 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael. 473-2816. marincounty.org

Outdoors 03/12: Birds at Las Gallinas Look for waterfowl and hawks hunting for rodents in the surrounding fields on an interpretive bird walk. Bring binoculars, if you have them. Walk is for ages 15 and up. No pets (except service animals) please. Rain may cancel. Las Gallinas Sanitary District water treatment ponds, 310 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael. 893-9520. marinsocietyofartists.org.

Community Events 03/08: The Best Journeys are Not Always in Straight Lines Storytelling salon and performance

with Arina Isaacson. 7pm. Free. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 3839600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

03/10: The Art of Seed Saving Matthew and Astrid Hoffman, co-founders of Marin-based The Living Seed Company, will review the basics of planning, harvesting, processing and storing seeds.

Learn about the importance of seed saving and about a new community seed exchange program created in partnership with Sustainable Fairfax.

7-8:30pm. Free. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax. 453-8151. marinlibrary.org.

03/10: Farming 101: Welding 101 with Terry Goddard of Yolo Blacksmith 7pm. Free.

Petaluma Seed Bank, 199 Petaluma Blvd North, Petaluma. 773-1336. marinorganic.org 03/14: Daniel Ka: Visual Magic Award winning illusionist/magician/actor from Spain. 8pm. $20-35.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

03/14: San Anselmo Co-op’s Spring Fundraiser/Auction 70s disco themed party will

help support a local cooperative preschool that’s been in business since 1947. With DJ Choice Lunch and live music from Puzzle Room. 9:30pm. $15.

Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 4599910. perisbar.com.

03/15: Mill Valley Philharmonic 15th Anniversary Season Gala Features a symphony

performance, food and drinks, dancing, raffle, live auction, musician meet and greet. 2-5pm. $100. Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. millvalleyphilharmonic.org

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A safe, successful GROUP for FORMER MEMBERS OF HIGH-DEMAND GROUPS (Religious, New Age, Eastern, Philosophical, Large Group Awareness Programs, etc.) is held every other Saturday in Marin, now in its 10th year. Participants include those born and/or raised in such groups espousing a “good”/ “bad” ideology with a leader(s) who encourages greater degrees of dependency and conformity at the price of individual personal rights, goals, and development. Participants address relevant issues in their lives, receive acknowledgement, gain insights, pursue individual goals, learn how others have negotiated challenging situations, with opportunities to heal from loss and trauma. Individual, Couple, and Family Sessions also available. Facilitated by Colleen Russell, LMFT (MFC29249) Certified Group Psychotherapist (41715). Contact: crussellmft@earthink.net or 415-785-3513 OVER 55 WITH AN EMPTY NEST? STAY OR MOVE? Please join our panel of experts for a discussion of living options in The Bay Area and beyond.

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Girls face many stressors which erode away self esteem. The media all too often portray girls and women in a sexual and frequently demeaning manner. Join us to learn the game changing life skills of increased self awareness. In these monthly groups we will work to develop self confidence and natural leadership skills to empower young women to ignore common social media stereotypes & negative messages. No horse experience necessary - all groups meet at Willow Tree Stables, Novato. Facilitated by Judy Weston-Thompson MFT, (license #MFC23268), CEIP-MH • For more information contact us - equineinsight@aol.com OR 415-457-3800

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136560 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) PAUL DE BENEDICTIS & ASSOCIATES, 2) DB MUSIC, 3) DE BENEDICTIS MUSIC, 4) MNEMONIC RECORDS, 170 ARROYO ROAD, LAGUNITAS, CA 94938: PAUL J DE BENEDICTIS, 170 ARROYO ROAD, LAGUNITAS, CA 94938.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Jan 28,2015.

(Publication Dates: Feb 13,20,27, Mar 6 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136561 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE PUPPY LADY, 170 ARROYO RD, LAGUNITAS, CA 94938: AMY W DE BENEDICTIS, 170 ARROYO RD, LAGUNITAS, CA 94938.The business is being conducted

by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Jan 28,2015.

(Publication Dates: Feb 13,20,27, Mar 6 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136621 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE R DYNAMIC, 145 CORTE MADERA TOWN CENTER, SUITE # 174, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: 1) JOESPH BENCHARSKY, 503 PALMA WAY, MILL

VALLEY, CA 94941,2) FAY LANDAV, 2445 TOPAZ DR, NOVATO, CA 94945, 3) SANFORD FRIEDMAN, 1310 FULTON ST, # 309, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117.The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. The registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 4,2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 13,20,27, Mar 6 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136616 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MILAIDY HOUSE CLEANING, 330 CANAL ST, APT # 20 A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ELVIRA M. LOPEZ PEREZ, 330 CANAL ST APT 20 A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 03,2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 13,20,27, Mar 6 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136601 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN OPTIMAL HEALTH, 1925 EAST FRANCISCO BLVD STE 12, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SARA KENDALL GORDON, 63 VENDOLA DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 02,2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 13,20,27, Mar 6 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136594 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TIPPING TALENT, 59 CORTE FEDORA, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: MINOO AYAT, 59 CORTE FEDORA, GREENBRAE, CA 94904. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 02,2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 13,20,27, Mar 6 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136628 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PANACHE KITCHEN INNOVATIONS, 1464 GRAND AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: CHRIS THEOFEL, 1464 GRAND AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 04,2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 13,20,27, Mar 6 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136574 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SPOTLESS OFFICE, 205 LAUREL PL, APT # 13, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) JOSEPH A CATANIO, 205 LAUREL PL, APT # 13, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901, 2) ALYSSA CATANIO, 205 LAUREL PL, APT # 13, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the

MARCH 6 - MARCH 12, 2015 PACIFIC SUN 21

WHAT’S YOUR SIGN? WEEK OF MARCH 6 - MARCH 12, 2015

BY LEONA MOON

ARIES (March 21 - April 19) What’s the first rule of Fight Club, Aries?

Don’t talk about Fight Club. The second rule? Don’t talk about the Ram! Your blood will be broiling on March 11—I feel bad for whoever has to sit next to you on Golden Gate Transit. Invest in a stress ball and maybe a phone app that makes ocean sounds and whale calls.

TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) Time to let it go, Taurus? Is your significant other still mixing in your whites with colors on laundry day? Unfortunately, the stars are here to say that that isn’t going to change any time soon. Some celestial tension might cause you to be extra particular on March 12. It’s always great to pay close attention, but does your partner really need an extra set of eyes while changing the Brita filter? Chill out.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) It’s time to get a little closer with someone special, Gemini. No, collecting dates’ names before spending a fun-filled evening and courtesy walk of shame doesn’t count as intimate. Pluto and Uranus are teaming up for an emotional showdown that will push you in a direction that allows you to let your guard down.

CANCER (June 21 - July 22) You’re up to bat, Cancer! Did you find yourself in a new position of leadership? Humble is a good look for you.

You’ve earned your new spot for a reason and your team appreciates your newfound considerate disposition. Hit a home run on March 12 and plan a team-building retreat. Can you say bowling and beer?

LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) Pack your bags, Leo! No, you’re not getting kicked out—you’re getting out of town. You’ve been seeking a little adventure, and on March 12 you will receive the golden ticket. It may not be the destination you dreamed of, but have you ever heard of business trips taking place in Cabo? Just enjoy the free meals!

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Feel like you need to head in a new direction, Virgo? It’s understandable—you’ve been stuck in the middle lately.

Take the focus off of others and redirect it to yourself. Answers to a longawaited (and potentially avoided) question will appear on March 10. Yep, you might be getting dumped.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) Never think you could get sick of your kids, Libra? The time has come! Family drama is at an all-time high, and you could say that you’re over it. Of course, you love your little ones (or parental figures—for those Librans sans offspring) unconditionally, but you don’t have to support them through everything—like becoming skydiving-certified.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Feeling under the weather, Scorpio?

Don’t worry—that’s nothing a little Airborne and green tea can’t fix.

Health is a new priority for you—you can kiss your latest episode of Ebola goodbye. Juicing is a good look for you—keep up the hard work.

Your self-esteem, your partner and your assets will appreciate it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Were you an extra on the new season of House of Cards, Sagittarius? Well, someone who looks like you sure was. Get ready to get recognized—it’s your big break, or your 15 minutes of fame—whichever you prefer. This celestial lineup is here to help you go viral if you so choose. Take time to craft a stage name on March 7.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) Feeling more than a little emotional, Capricorn? Not that you haven’t been doing a great job of playing it cool, but the pile of tissues amassing in your cubicle gave you away. It’s OK to cry. Your fourth house of emotions is here to offer a reminder that A Walk to Remember makes even the bravest Capricorns turn into a puddle of tears.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) Take a swing, Aquarius! A mood swing that is! This planetary mash-up is causing a ruckus for even the calmest of signs, so don’t feel shocked that a restless soul like yourself might have some ups-and-downs starting March 11. The key here: You’re allowed to feel however you want. As long as you don’t commit a crime, it’s fine.

PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) Put it in the bank, Pisces! Have you been going on a spending spree again on your lunch break? It’s time to dig deep and develop a savings plan on March 9. Think about it—do you really need those red-and-white-striped sailor shoes from Walgreens?

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County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 30,2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 13,20,27, Mar 6 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136668 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CANNEDPEACE, 86 WREDEN LANE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: GREGORY SCOTT NEWCORN, 26 WREDEN LANE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 11 ,2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 20,27, Mar 6,13 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136674 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) SPACE ON WAVES, 2) ATLAS WET SUITS 3) SURFBOARDS BY OLIVER PARKER, 855 E.BLITHEDALE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: OLIVER DREW PARKER, 855 E. BLITHEDALE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 11 ,2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 20,27, Mar 6,13 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136655 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: POZIVENEC SAUSAGE, 10 SKYLARK DR #16, LARKSPUR, CA 94936: 1) MARION POZIVENEC, 10 SKYLARK DR, # 16,LARKSPUR, CA 94936, 2) RACHEL POZIVENEC, 10 SKYLARK DR # 16, LARKSPUR, CA 94936.The business is being conducted by CO- PARTNERS. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 10 ,2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 20,27, Mar 6,13 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136662 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BERKOV DESIGNS, 1876 INDIAN VALLEY ROAD, NOVATO,CA 94947: MELINA V BERKOV-ROJAS,1876 INDIAN VALLEY ROAD,NOVATO,CA 94947.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 10 ,2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 20,27, Mar 6,13 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136681 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HI 5 STUDIO, 28 JEFFERSON AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: SOPHIA MAVRIDES, 28 JEFFERSON AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 12, 2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 27, Mar 6,13, 20 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136689 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HEAD FIRST, 905 B IRWIN STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JUNE BELLEN, 317 REDWOOD AVE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant expired for more than 40 days ago and is renewing, transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 13, 2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 27, Mar 6,13, 20 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136735 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ASTOR AND MALLET, 161 GREENFIELD AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: AGRELL ARCHITECTURAL CARVING, 161 GREENFIELD AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

The business is being conducted by A

CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 19, 2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 27, Mar 6,13, 20 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136669 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ASP IMAGES, 1337 FOURTH STREET, # 25, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ALAN S. PLISSKIN, 67 OAKMONT AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business, under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 11, 2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 27, Mar 6, 13, 20 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136740 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) TWO CHICKS SPECIALTY GOODS 2) TWO CHICKS BEEF JERKY, 41 CLARK ST # C, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TWO CHICKS SPECIALTY GOODS LLC, 41 CLARK ST #C, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABITLITY COMPANY. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business, under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 20, 2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 27, Mar 6,13, 20 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136565 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BROCKOB DESIGN GROUP, 416 BEE STREET, # B, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: 1) ROBERT BROCKOB, 416 BEE STREET, # B, SAUSALITO, CA 94965 2) DIANE BROCKOB, 416 BEE STREET, # B, SAUSALITO, CA 94965.The business is being conducted by MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Jan 29, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Feb 27, Mar 6,13, 20 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136761 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CRITERIUM MARKETING, 330 LOWELL AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: MARK MARINOZZI, 330 LOWELL AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 24, 2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 27, Mar 6,13, 20 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136423 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TIME CRUNCH HEALTH & FITNESS, 400 TAMAL PLAZA 401 B, CORTE MADERA, CA 94947: 1) VICKI RICHTMAN, 451 INDIAN SPRING RD, NOVATO, CA 94947, 2)GABRIEL PRUITT, 90 TAMARACK RD, SAN GERONIMO, CA 94963.The business is being conducted

by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 12, 2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 27, Mar 6,13, 20 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136704 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CITY CYCLE, 13 SAN CLEMENTE DR, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: C.FISCHER AND SONS LLC, 13 SAN CLEMENTE DR, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 17 ,2015. (Publication Dates: Mar 6,13,20,27 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136762 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: JONATHAN MASSMANN PHOTOGRAPHY, 3 STEWART DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JONATHAN MASSMANN, 3 STEWART DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Feb 24 ,2015.

(Publication Dates: Mar 6,13,20,27 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136756 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HISTORY IN YOUR MAKING, 7 GREEN POINT LANE, NOVATO, CA 94945: BRYAN S HURST, 7 GREEN POINT LANE, NOVATO, CA 94945.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Feb 24 ,2015.

(Publication Dates: Mar 6,13,20,27 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136757 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: I BUY OLD BARNS, 7 GREEN POINT LANE, NOVATO, CA 94945: BRYAN S HURST, 7 GREEN POINT LANE, NOVATO, CA 94945.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 24 ,2015. (Publication Dates: Mar 6,13,20,27 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136663 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: NETWORK WELLNESS CENTER, 45 SAN CLEMENTE DRIVE, SUITE D 120, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: BRUCE D MOORE, 45 SAN CLEMENTE DRIVE,SUITE D 120, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Feb 10 ,2015.

(Publication Dates: Mar 6,13,20,27 of 2015)

OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1500213. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ROSA M.ZELAYA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: LUIS ANTHONY GAJON ZELAYA to ANTHONY ZELAYA. 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: 04/01/2015 AT 09:00 AM, ROOM L, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: Jan 20, 2015, (Publication Dates: Feb 13,20,27,Mar 6 of 2015.)

STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTNERSHIP OPERATING UNDER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO. 2011127133 The following person(s) have/has withdrawn as a general partner(s) from the partnership operating under the fictitious business name of: WELL - ECOM,

405 TAMARACK PLACE, NOVATO, CA 94945. The fictitious business name statement for the partnership was filed on 06/20/2011 in the County of Marin. The full name and residence of the person(s) withdrawing as a partner(s): 1) ELBERT LANE, JR, 405 TAMARACK PLACE, NOVATO, CA 94945. Signed: ELBERT LANE, JR. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on January 27, 2015, indicated by file stamp. RICHARD N. BENSON, MARIN COUNTY CLERK, S.OLIVA,DEPUTY CLERK. (Publication Dates: Feb 13, 20, 27, Mar 6, 2015) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1500599. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LYSSA NOVITSKY RIBBLE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: LYSSA NOVITSKY RIBBLE to LYSSA MICHELLE JAYE. 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: 04/03/2015 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT E, ROOM E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: FEB 18, 2015. (Publication Dates: Feb 27, Mar 6,13,20 of 2015) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1500755. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MATT GUSTKE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: MATTHEW BRANDON GUSTKE to MATTHEW BROUGHTON GUSTKE.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: 04/03/2015 AT 09:00 AM, ROOM E, DEPT E,Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: FEB 27, 2015 (Publication Dates: Mar 6,13,20,27 of 2015) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1500623. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner HEIDI HANS SCOTT filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: HEIDI HANS SCOTT to HEIDI LOVE. 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: 04/09/2015 AT 09:00 AM, ROOM E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: FEB 17, 2015 (Publication Dates: Mar 6,13,20,27 of 2015)

NOTICE RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: These restraining are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARK STEVEN VERDI Case No. PR-1500724 filed on Feb 25,2015.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MARK STEVEN VERDI. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: SHARON JUNG VERDI in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that SHARON JUNG VERDI be appointed as the personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action). The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: MARCH 30, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept. L, of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or A CONTINGENT CREDITOR OF THE DECEDENT, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative , as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: STEPHEN B. McDONAGH,SB # 136472,GLASSER & McDONAGH, 1919 LAWTON STREET, SAN FRANCSICO, CA 94122.TELEPHONE: 415-753-2959.

(Publication Dates: Mar 6,13,20 of 2015)

The name and address of the court are: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN, 3501 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, P.O. BOX 4988,SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.

SUMMONS - FAMILY LAW CASE NUMBER: FL 1402831 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: EUDIMAR MARCOLINA GOMES You have been sued.

PETITIONERS NAME IS: BEVERLY GOMES You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and serve a copy on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form.

The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioners attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: BEVERLY GOMES, 742 W FRANCISCO BLVD B22, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.TELEPHONE: 415.299.5266 Clerk, by /s/ KIM TURNER,Court Executive Officer, Marin County Superior Court, By J.CHEN , Deputy Date: July 23,2014 STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be files and served on the other party.

You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs.

NOTICE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com. Or call Covered California at 1-800-300-1506 WARNING IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property.

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I met this man a few years ago, and it was like a thunderbolt struck us—the stuff movies are made of. He told me Q: that his female roommate was just a friend. We went on a few

dates before I realized that she was actually his girlfriend. He promised that they were going to break up, so I hung around for a bit, but of course it never happened. Last year, I ran into him, and he said he was no longer with that woman and wanted to date me. I turned him down flat because I figured that if he was going to lie and cheat on her, then he would do the same to me. I’m kicking myself now because I have never met anyone like him. Is it really “once a cheater, always a cheater,” or could it be different for us?

I have to put this to bed in my mind because I can’t stop thinking that I missed out on “the one.” —Opportunity Lost Sure, your encounter with this man was “the stuff movies are made of ”— the ones in which Godzilla comes clomping through town and puts his big clawed foot through the roof of some poor villager’s house.

What you should be doing is tiring your arm out by patting yourself on the back. You showed presence of mind in drop-kicking “the one”—the one who, before long, would have been in a bar telling some woman that you’re just his “roommate.” But now your loneliness is telling your logic to put a sock in it, luring you into a common error in evaluating risk that behavioral economists call “optimism bias.” This is best explained as the “I’m special!” bias and involves the unrealistic thinking that the bad things that befall other people will see us and go, “Nuh-uh...no way...not her!”

Though we know—usually from painful experience—that character change is hard (and rare), optimism bias leads us to flirt with bright ideas like, “Maybe he’s done with the cheating!” It’s probably easier to think that now, not having seen him for a while. And the reality is, even serial killers sometimes go dormant. This shouldn’t be taken as a sign that they’ve grown weary of cutting up the neighbors and storing them in Ziploc bags in their freezer.

Real change, when it happens, comes with signs that there’s been a transformation—like expressions of deep remorse about being unethical and a sea change in a person’s moral standards. And these are just the preliminaries. Character change is revealed through action—over time. Sure, you could keep this guy at arm’s length for a year while you observe his behavior. Or, instead of hoping against hope for character change, you could opt for a change of characters, as in getting out there and meeting new men. Should you fall back into feeling wistful about this guy, remind yourself of German psychoanalyst and philosopher Erich Fromm’s thinking that love isn’t just “a feeling”—it’s something you “do” (in this guy’s case, to more than one woman at a time). Or as one of my other favorite 20th century philosophers, a Dr. E. Fudd, put it, “Good widdance to bad wubbish.”

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I often come off needy and desperate, so I’m trying to play it cool with this great new guy I’m dating—a new and difficult tactic for me. There are two Q: other guys who are into me. I’m not into them, but I’m tempted to keep them on

the back burner—you know, throw them a few crumbs now and then to keep them hooked so they can be a distraction from the new guy. I know this is user-y, so I haven’t decided to do it, but I also haven’t come clean about where I’m really at. And I have to admit I don’t mind the validation they give me. Ugh. —Torn If you’re going to turn men into emotional support knickknacks, why not go all the way? Cut their hearts out and stick them in Mason jars with cute labels written in glitter pen. What you’re contemplating is romantic fraud. Sure, stacking up irrelevant men like firewood so you can climb into the arms of the man you want is easier than exploring why you “often come off needy and desperate.” A wild guess: Because you are?

Typically, this comes out of trying to use a guy for jobs he can never fill, like making you feel OK about you. If that’s the problem, get to work on fixing it. In the meantime, avoid coming off needy and desperate by acting like a woman who might end up wanting a man but doesn’t need him. That woman doesn’t barrage him with calls, texts and surprise visits—or text back with an immediacy that suggests she’s been hovering over her phone like a starving hawk circling the den of the last prairie dog on earth. Get your restraint where you can, like by responding to a text from him by giving your phone to somebody to lock in a drawer for an hour. Waiting to text back will help you come off like the woman you should try to be—one who embodies the understanding that emotional security comes from within—and no, not from within a bunch of other people. Y

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