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The Venice woman whose husband died after being hit by a pickup truck at the intersection of Lincoln Boulevard and Rose Avenue is calling on the driver to identify himself and for her husband’s employer to explain why nobody called an ambulance. Timoteo Martinez Ildefonso, a father of three who worked as a cook at the Whole Foods Market in Venice, was walking back to work from an early evening break on Nov. 15 when a red pickup turning from Rose struck him in the crosswalk. The driver stopped to assist Martinez Ildefonso, but according to a witness the injured man declined to seek medical attention. Martinez Ildefonso died at a local hospital the next day, with doctors telling Eve Jimenez that her husband suffered internal bleeding from a ruptured spleen. What perplexes and angers Jimenez is that nobody insisted her husband seek medical attention, even though he was bleeding from his head and hand. “No one from Whole Foods contacted me. They had one of his co-workers drive him home, but no one accompanied him inside,” said Jimenez, who called for an ambulance after her husband collapsed at home. “I keep thinking back: Would he have survived if the driver or a witness had called an ambulance, or if somebody at Whole Foods had called an ambulance? If I had known exactly what had happened I would have gone to get him.” Whole Foods had not responded to inquires as of press time. Because the driver who struck Martinez Ildefonso stopped to offer help, it

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Timoteo Martinez Ildefonso died two days before his 44th birthday does not appear that the driver committed a criminal act, LAPD West Traffic Bureau investigator Martha Dominguez said. Police have, however, issued an alert for the driver to contact them for an interview. “From all indications he stopped and tried to render aid, but the victim indicated that he was OK. So it doesn’t fall within the elements of a hit-and-run. Right now he is a person of interest,” Dominguez explained. “We want to talk to him so that we can get a complete story.” A witness said the driver was a man in a red Toyota Tacoma with chrome rims. “I would like the driver to come forward so that he can take responsibility for what happened and so we can

The St. Joseph Center in Venice and Upward Bound House in Santa Monica are among 32 housing and services nonprofits nationwide to receive a share of $98.5 million in grants issued last week by the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund. The grants come in the form of Amazon stock and can be sold for cash at any time. St. Joseph Center spokesman Paul Rubenstein said its $5-million grant will allow the social services organization to establish a hub for homeless families that combines temporary housing with integrated programs for returning clients to self-sufficiency as quickly as possible. Upward Bound House, a provider of temporary and permanent housing for homeless families, issued a statement that its $1.25-million grant will increase shelter capacity to serve 30 additional families and speed stabilization efforts to move families into permanent housing. The Bezos Day 1 Families Fund launched last year with a commitment to infuse $2 billion into existing efforts to assist homeless families and to create a new network of preschools in lowincome communities.

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A Push for Autocracy? Plan to shrink Mar Vista Community Council would expel contrarian minority By Gary Walker Just five months ago the highest voter turnout in Mar Vista Community Council history propelled the Standing Up For Stakeholders slate to a landslide victory, giving its seven members majority control of the 13-seat board following a decidedly pro-homeowner campaign pitched largely as a countervailing force to L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin. The Stakeholders’ mandate was further amplified by the concurrent election victories of North Westdale Neighborhood Association President Martin Rubin and Venice Boulevard road diet resistance leader Selena Inouye, who tend to vote in line with the Stakeholders slate and its leader, MVCC Chairman Elliot Hanna. Having a supermajority apparently isn’t enough, however, to keep the slate’s allies from attempting to purge their remaining political adversaries from the board — including members of an opposing slate that was younger, more ethnically diverse and specifically attuned to renters’ concerns. Rubin, the board’s vice chair and head

Andrea Ambriz, Elliot Hana, Gabriel Hill, Martin Rubin and Selena Inouye of its Elections and Bylaws Committee, set off a political firestorm during the committee’s Oct. 30 meeting by offering a proposal to eliminate the community council’s six at-large seats. Doing so would not only expunge members who ran in opposition of the Stakeholders slate, it would leave the Stakeholders in control of six out of seven remaining board seats, the seventh being Rubin’s — essentially 100% control of the board. In a written statement, Rubin said his rational for eliminating at-large seats was to prevent disproportional representation from any particular voting district, saying the change would “make for a more fair representation of our Mar Vista

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By Bliss Bowen “Poetry. Art. Charity. For children, by children.” That short, sweet and to-the-point sales pitch banners the website for Verses for the Voiceless, a nonprofit organization founded by Storey Wertheimer, now a senior at New West Charter School in West L.A. While still in ninth grade, struck by the “amazing” writing and drawing talent of her classmates in a poetry unit, she asked if any would be interested in composing poems for a book. Their English teacher helped advertise the project to the student body, and Wertheimer says they received 150 submissions. In March, that book was finally published: “Animals Are Out of This World!” During its three-year journey from inspiration to publication, the poetry anthology, created by 16 students, became a vehicle for a meaningful cause: helping homeless children in the United States. Wertheimer says 100% of book sale proceeds go to Verses for the Voiceless to support literacy programs for those children. A poised speaker, Wertheimer says an assignment to “write a persuasive speech about something” for her school’s speech and debate team prompted her to “tie the concept” of her peers’ talent with homelessness. “I started researching random things, and found an article about how one in every 30 children experiences homelessness,” she recalls. “That was so shocking to me; one in 30 children is like one person in every one of my classes. That’s 2.5 million children in America. … I wrote my speech about helping homeless children and really developed a passion for it.” After a few months of giving speeches at weekend tournaments, Wertheimer realized that spreading awareness was all well and good, but what she really wanted to do was “spark tangible change and help the people who need help the most.” Given how much she and her peers enjoy creative writing, books seemed “a good way to go because a lot of homeless children don’t have access to these literary resources.”

Storey Wertheimer (above) has leveraged her classmates’ talents to help other kids

Divided into two parts — “Animals Galore!” and “Look Up!” — “Animals Are Out of This World!” engages the wonder and charming curiosity of small children with vivid illustrations and poems like “Puppies,” “A Bad Case of Shapeshifting,” “The Animal Olympics” and “The Sweet Sky.” Since March, Wertheimer says she and some of her cohorts have read to students at Westside schools such as Warner Avenue Elementary and Brockton Avenue Elementary, and have expanded to the San Gabriel Valley. She has discussed their mission at a few large assemblies, and they sold the book at a scholastic book fair in the spring. Moving forward, they plan to attend more such fairs, continue reading to homeless and elementary school children, and launch literacy programs. “I visited the Good Shepherd Center and

read to all the children there, and donated copies to each one,” she says of the Downtown L.A. shelter for homeless women and children. “We also received funding from an organization called the Century Housing Corporation, an affordable housing village in Los Angeles; they were able to fund 500 of our books to donate to all of the children living [there]. “We definitely want to get these literacy programs off the ground … Once programs in L.A. are up and running, we’re going to start them in San Francisco as well — another city with a massive homeless youth population that often goes ignored.” “We were really excited to create this partnership,” says Karla Torres, the family services program manager for Good Shepherd. Torres says she and Wertheimer have been “brainstorming a lot” about

a workshop they hope to get up and running soon. “Some of the ideas are for us to focus on children’s social and emotional wellbeing,” she says. “Another workshop that Storey thought of is to hire tutors for a couple hours and basically have the kids focus on their academic and creative writing skills. Then we’re planning a storytime workshop, where they’re going to allocate some [Verses for the Voiceless] funds to purchase each kid a book of their choice, and expand the Good Shepherd’s library.” There’s hope in all this disciplined creativity and ambitious planning. Wertheimer and a friend have composed another children’s book and launched a second organization, Food for Thought, aimed at reducing food waste. She doesn’t yet know where she’ll start college next year, but she knows what she wants to do. “I’m probably going to major in political science or public policy, because I really like speaking about things I care about while also trying to incite change. Public policy is a really good way to do that. And it’s also very humanities based, which is what I love.” Order copes of “Animals Are Out of This World!” at versesforthevoiceless.com. Call (213) 235-1460 or visit gschomeless. org to donate books to the Good Shepherd Center.

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Stars of Westside Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” also excel in science and medicine By Christina Campodonico For many people, the closest association science and math may have with “The Nutcracker” is that the dancing confections in the Sugar Plum Fairy’s fantasy Land of Sweets might have been cooked up by a mad scientist in some sort of fever dream. (In reality, “The Nutcracker” ballet is adapted from French author Alexandre Dumas’ cheerier take on E.T.A. Hoffman’s dark Christmas tale starring a multi-headed mouse king.) For four featured dancers in Westside Ballet of Santa Monica’s upcoming production of “The Nutcracker,” playing at The Broad Stage with a live orchestra the weekends of Nov. 30 and Dec. 6, the connections among science, math and dance are many. Guest artist Savannah Lowery, making her Westside Ballet “Nutcracker” debut as the Sugar Plum Fairy, danced with New York City Ballet for 17 years before following in her MD parents’ footsteps on a post-graduate path to medical school. (She completed a pre-med post-baccalaureate program at LMU this summer, and before that earned a degree in math while dancing professionally.) When Mirabelle Weinbach isn’t dancing the role of Dewdrop Fairy in the Waltz of the Flowers, the 18-year-old senior at

Brentwood School (who’s also alternating the role of Sugar Plum with Lowery) is studying how the growth of a native California sagebrush plant could be impacted by wildfires and climate change and is planning a DNA study of that species. Rose Abarbanel, her 17-year-old classmate dancing featured corps de ballet roles as well as the Snow Queen in Westside Ballet’s “Educational Suite” for local fifth graders, spent last summer conducting research on pancreatic beta cells at USC and hopes to study biochemistry in college. Stella Grynberg, 16, is dancing the role of Arabian and several other featured roles. She’s also working on an alternative treatment for rheumatoid arthritis through an

independent study at her high school, The Archer School for Girls. (In eighth grade she developed a conceptual detector for Alzheimer’s disease, and like Weinbach, is undertaking high-level calculus coursework.) These performers’ pairings of highly

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you’re dealing with complicated music. If you think about music and numbers, music and math are so intertwined. And to be a dancer you have to listen to the music, you have to understand it, you have to be able to count it and hear it.”

“rightbrained” and “left-brained” pursuits may be unexpected, but each dancer sees a throughline connecting their pursuit of science and ballet, as I learned during a wide-ranging conversation last week at the Lyft offices adjacent to Westside Ballet’s studios. The Scientific Method “They both have sort of a baseline structure or rules that you have to follow,” says Abarbanel. “For ballet it’s technique — it’s very rational and logical what you have to do, like the basic positions or the different steps. And in science there’s … a protocol, or a way that you have to go about things. “In the lab,” she elaborates, “there’s a big focus on precision, right? Because if you put the wrong solution in the wrong vile, bad things happen — waste a million dollars. … If you drop something it could be months’ worth of work on a little plate that you just destroyed. ... But that focus on detail is really important for ballet because even though you are dancing and moving, there’s such a precision to it.” At the same time, Abarbanel appreciates how the performative aspects of ballet and the process of coming up with scientific experiments can both encourage creative self-expression. “In ballet and in science, you can take it wherever you want to go,” she says. “I think the creativity from ballet

influences the creative approach that we all seem to be taking towards science. And then likewise … the more analytical side of science is applicable to our ballet training,” adds Weinbach, likening the fine-tuning of a turn to methodically solving a math problem or puzzle. “Like, let’s say my pirouettes are off and it’s not working. I have to try a bunch of things and figure out, ‘Is it my arm, or am I not releve-ing fast enough? … Those two different things actually seem very similar to me.” For Grynberg, it’s the connection between dance and nutrition that excites her scientific inquiries. “From dancing, I’m so into nutrition and taking care of myself,” she says. “That’s how my whole science research was sparked because of my love and involvement in nutrition.” “I know everyone talks about right brain, left brain and [how] those are different sides,” says Lowery, who’s looking forward to learning more about the tendons that hurt her “so much” as a professional ballerina in medical school. “But the discipline and just the study of ballet align so well with math and science. The approach to both fields is very similar, so I don’t think it’s that strange.” “I’m constantly drawing the connections,” Lowery continues, elaborating on the choreography of New York City Ballet founder George Balanchine, whose work she performed frequently as a soloist for the company. “Especially a lot of the Balanchine rep is architectural, and

The Geometry of Balanchine “The beauty of Balanchine is being in the audience,” she continues, “and I think that’s where you see the mathematical, the architectural brilliance in all of his pieces. … All of a sudden the dancers become like a flock of birds and they just move in these mesmerizing ways. … He knew lines and structure and geometric shapes and ways to move three people versus five people versus the whole group … which goes back to science and math. I feel like that’s what every mathematician or scientist is doing.” For instance, the geometrical complexities of ballet come to the fore in one short dance sequence from Westside Ballet’s Waltz of the Snowflakes (“Snow” for short), which the dancers call “the box” and bears resemblance to a vignette in Balanchine’s own version of the dance (Westside’s “Nutcracker” is billed as “a close rendition” of Balanchine’s). “It’s four girls. They come out one at a time and make the shape of a box,” explains Lowery. “This box travels around the stage and rotates, but they stay in their box. … And they’re moving and they’re running and they’re jumping and … all of a sudden it just unfolds into something else, and then it’s no longer a box. It’s beautiful.” “When we learn it, we always have to hold hands,” adds Weinbach as Abarbanel and Grynberg, who are dancing in “Snow” this year, burst into giggles. “It’s a thing. … Everyone holds hands and walks the pattern, and I’m always impressed … especially when people have done it for multiple years, it’s faster and faster. The first year when (Continued on page 15)

Upper Left: Abarbanel, Weinbach, Grynberg and NYCB alumna Savannah Lowery, who is on her way to medical school. Upper Right: Rose Abarbanel, who has researched pancreatic beta cells, dances Lead Angel in “The Nutcracker.” Below: Mirabelle Weinbach studies plant science when not performing lead roles in Westside Ballet showcases. NOVEMBER 28, 2019 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 11

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everyone’s new to it, it takes half an hour [to learn]. And then this year it took you guys two and a half minutes to figure it out, and you’re good.” “During the snow scene, we have a lot of lines crossing over each other,” elaborates Abarbanel about the intricacies of “Snow,” which her friends and family prefer to view from the balcony and features a theatrical snow flurry. “After the snow starts falling, we run around in circles. … When you’re watching it from that angle, you can see how we kick around the snow and the different animal tracks that we make, and that’s really interesting to me in a geometric sense.” “I love how something so analytical as a shape … can still move people so deeply,” says Weinbach, speaking of another

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THE ARGONAUT REAL ESTATE Q&A It’s the most common name for a small dwelling on the same property as (and perhaps attached to) a single-family home, where an aging family member (or others) can live with some modicum of privacy and independence. It’s often a separate space with its own bathroom, sometimes in a basement or over a garage. In-law suites are also referred to as accessory dwelling units (ADU), multigenerational units, secondary suites, or granny flats. In Hawaii, they’re known as ohana units. In the Southwest, they’re frequently called casitas. No matter what the name, they’re a desirable feature in a home that comes in handy in many ways well beyond providing a place for mom alone. Here’s everything homeowners need to know. What is an in-law suite? The traditional in-law suite can be either connected to the main dwelling of the home (perhaps in the basement), or an external, separate structure, like a small cottage on the property or a converted garage. Minimally, an in-law suite has a bedroom and full bathroom. It can also come with additional rooms, such as a sitting room or a small kitchen. Alternate uses for separate suites When not in use by an aging parent, an in-law suite can serve many purposes, making it a wise investment. Here are some uses to consider:

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In-law apartments as a sales feature Thanks to their versatility, in-law suites are an attractive feature to look for when buying a home—or to play up in your home if you’re selling. “A mother-in-law space, or even the potential for one, can make your home more desirable to buyers,” says Dinella. “With multigenerational living on the rise, buyers are frustrated that they can’t find a home that meets their needs. There are limited choices, so they start looking at homes that can be easily modified into a residence with a mother-in-law apartment. If I have a listing with a first-floor bedroom and full bath, I’ve been advertising it as a ‘potential multigenerational suite.’ It creates a lot more buyer traffic.” The best advice Dinella has for homeowners who feel the need to add a space for aging in place to their existing home is to configure it with an open floor plan. “An open floor plan has versatile uses after the fact. It’s easier for buyers to envision the space as something else if they don’t need to use it for its original intention,” he says. Are in-law suites legal? Local ordinances vary when it comes to the amenities of an in-law suite and its use. To find the laws specific to your property, go to the zoning office with your lot and block number, to

find out if having such a suite on your property is permitted. If zoning laws do not allow an in-law apartment, it may be possible to get a variance. “You may have to send out certified letters to the neighbors and get their signatures,” says Dinella. “The cost of a variance could run up to $500.” You will also need to obtain building permits. Even then, there may still be limitations on what the suite can include or how it may be used. Some zoning laws do not allow full kitchens, because of the risk of stove fires. Some laws do not allow such suites to be rented out if they are no longer being used for an older relative. Bottom line: Know the local laws before investing in a home with this amenity, if you are hoping that it may become a money maker. Despite a few negatives, homeowners find the pros outweigh the cons, and that in-law suites are a smart investment both while they are living in the home and when they go to sell.

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I declare business under the fictitious changes described above that all information in this business name or names lismust file a written objection statement is true and correct. ted above on: 02/2015. I dethat includes the reasons for /s/ Liliana Somma. TITLE: clare that all information in the objection at least two Owner, Corp or LLC Name: this statement is true and court days before the matter Studio 1137 LLC. This statecorrect. /s/ Patrick Xavier is scheduled to be heard and ment was filed with the LA Matibag. TITLE: Managing must appear at the hearing to County Clerk on: November Member, Corp or LLC Name: show cause why the petition 4, 2019. NOTICE – in acPatrickxavierpt, LLC. This should not be granted. If no cordance with subdivision (a) statement was filed with the written objection is timely of Section 17920, a Fictitious LA County Clerk on: October filed, the court may grant the Name statement generally 25, 2019. 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ted above on: 11/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Annie L. Pritchard. TITLE: General Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: November 5, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 11/14/19, 11/21/19, 11/28/19, 12/5/19 #25839 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019284518 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TOSTI LOCO CHIPS. 16661 Ventura Blvd. Encino, CA 91436. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 4314101. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Tosti Loco Chips Inc., 16661 Ventura Blvd. Encino, CA 91436. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Thomas Stafford. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Tosti Loco Chips Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 28, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 11/28/19, 1 2 /5/1 9 , 12 /1 2/1 9 , 12 /1 9/1 9 # 2 62 93 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019280402 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AHEAD OF THE CURVE HOMES LOCKHART & RUTTENBERG; 9454 Wilshire Blvd. , Beverly Hills, CA 90212. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Erica Lockhart, Lorin Ruttenberg, 9454 Wilshire Blvd., 4th fl. Beverly Hills, CA 90212. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 11/2016. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Erica Lockhart. TITLE: General Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 22, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the

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SPURNING CURVE I was feeding my meter the other day, and this guy started chatting me up outside his store and got me to take his number. He seemed sweet, but things quickly got weird when he wanted to come over the next night. I said that didn’t work for me, but I offered to swing by his work and say hi during the day. He responded angrily: “No. I wanna come to your house, but you aren’t ready for it.” I politely explained that I didn’t know him at all and wasn’t into casual sex anymore. If that didn’t work for him, that was totally cool and we could just be friends. He got angry again, saying (bizarrely) “I’m not a negative person” and then “But now you’ll never know how awesome I am!” I was dumbfounded. Why do some guys get so jerky when you turn them down or just want to take things slow? — Baffled Sure, you might miss out on how “awesome” he is. You might also miss out on trying to call 911 with your face while zip-tied to the coffee table. Of course, we can’t know exactly why the guy went so nasty on you. The easy assumption is that he just wanted sex and went all brat-o when he didn’t get it. However, research on men’s responses to romantic rejection suggests some interesting possibilities, including strong masculine “honor beliefs.” Social psychology doctoral student Evelyn Stratmoen explains: “Masculine honor beliefs dictate that men must respond aggressively to threat or insult in order to create and maintain their desired masculine reputations.” “Honor beliefs” come out of a “culture of honor.” It rises up in places with weak or nonexistent formal law enforcement. It’s why men of yore fought duels. In modern life, we see it in gangs and especially in prison. Literary scholar Jonathan Gottschall explains in “The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch” that a “culture of honor” is a “culture of reciprocation.” “In a tit for tat fashion,” a man “returns favors and retaliates against slights.” His building a “reputation for payback” protects him physically, socially and even economically, signaling to others not to cross him. In two studies that Stratmoen and her colleagues ran, they found that as men’s “honor beliefs increased” — that is, when individual men had more intense honor beliefs — “so did their perceptions that a man’s aggressive responses to the woman rejecting his

attempt to initiate a relationship with her were … appropriate.” The Stratmoen team’s findings suggest that being romantically rejected “is perceived as an insult to the man’s honor,” making him, say, feel insulted and feel like less of a man and feel justified in using “aggressive behaviors, possibly in an effort to restore his lost honor.” Other research by social psychologist Khandis Blake and her colleagues found that men showed heightened aggression following romantic rejection by a “sexualized” woman: a woman wearing revealing, sexy clothing and expressing attitudes that “give an impression of sexiness and availability for sexual encounters.” The researchers grant that “women have varied reasons for self-sexualizing,” like finding it “empowering and enjoyable.” Their motivations may even be “nonsexual in nature.” However, women with a sexualized look and demeanor activated a sex-seeking mindset in men (primed “sexual goals,” as the researchers put it) in a way nonsexualized women did not. This sex goal activation — plus the presumption that a sexualized woman is “more interested in having sex” — increases “the expectancy that romantic interest is reciprocated.” Any romantic rejection that follows has a worse bite — “a greater ego threat,” especially in men with shaky self-esteem — triggering aggressive responses. Now, this is not a call for women to start shopping at Burka Barn or Amishcrombie & Fitch. Wearing a miniskirt (or expressing “liberated” attitudes about sex) does not make you responsible for men’s behavior any more than serving chocolate cake at a party makes you responsible for a guest’s subsequent struggle to fit into their favorite pants. In short, you did everything right, asserting what works for you in kind and dignity-preserving ways. Though this guy’s party manners fell off faster than a bumper Scotch-taped to a car, other aggro men might be better at hiding their Mr. Scary Side. With those guys, your new “take it slow” approach should serve you well. And with the good guys out there, your not wanting to rush into anything is ultimately a signal: You’re a woman worth having — and for more than relationships that begin at 11 p.m. and end at 1 a.m., give or take 20 minutes after the guy’s shoe is confiscated and dragged off to a secure location by your sociopathic Pomeranian.

ACROSS 1 Medical chart entry 4 Author Janowitz 8 Green eggs and ham promoter 14 USPS deliveries 18 Brown of jazz 19 Beats it 21 Thorny shrub 22 “That’s not good” 23 On easy street 26 Beer buy 27 Hall of Famers 28 Put away 29 Knife holder 31 Demands 32 Curtail 37 “__ fair ... ” 38 My Chemical Romance 2-Down 40 Sedentary sort 44 They pick up things 48 Mailed 49 Get ready to eat? 50 Muffin topping 51 Battery terminal 53 Assure 55 Orchestra section leader 57 Response in court 59 Blues singer James 60 Tiny lab subjects 61 Maxwell competitor 63 “If it’s handcrafted, ... it’s on __” 64 Designing initials 65 Airline to Stockholm 66 Most Dresden residents 68 H.S. class 71 Medical suffix 74 Anatomical canal 76 Its “B” is sometimes turkey 77 Lively musical piece 81 1993 Literature Nobelist Morrison 83 Brings home

9 Pressure lead-in 10 Nth degree 11 Post-OR area 12 Affectations 13 Perchance, oldstyle 14 Hour in a pilot’s announcement 15 Response to sad news 16 Hebrew for “head” 17 “__ Loves You”: Beatles hit 20 Annual Jan. speech, in Twitter hashtags 24 Ate 25 Bog 30 Ecuadoran gold region 32 Holy scrolls 33 Emailed a dupe to 34 Bang-up 35 “For shame!” 36 Outer: Pref. 39 Deerskin attire 41 Aspirations 42 Proficiency determiners 43 1992-’93 NBA Rookie of the Year 44 Slight, as a chance 45 Architect Saarinen 46 Attendance count 47 Penn, e.g.: Abbr. 48 Aching to a larger degree 50 Birds-feather link 52 Staff builders DOWN 54 Dancer who 1 Adjust, as car played a wheels scarecrow 2 Category 56 Not yet on the 3 Cosmetician sched. Lauder 57 Quintet 4 African menaces 58 Capt.’s inferiors 5 Orthopedic 62 Fed. fiscal agency surgery targets, 66 Acquire initially 67 1966 Michael 6 Kid’s cry Caine title role 7 For face value 69 Aloof 8 Longtime “The Avengers” comics 70 Group of eight 71 Wise start? artist Buscema 84 Chart with branches 86 Chaotic but appealing person 88 Powerless motion? 90 Boosts, e.g. 91 Sneak off to Vegas, maybe 92 Pinpoint 95 Part of a Shakespearean soothsayer’s warning 97 Track foundation 99 Parenthesis, essentially 100 Film __ 101 To begin with 105 Bridge positions 110 Repair, as sewntogether edges 112 A in French 113 Excoriate 114 Queens’ __ Field 115 Opposite of commends 121 Choir voice 122 Conservative foe, in the U.K. 123 Suddenly paid attention 124 “Yo te __” 125 Stereotypical angst sufferer 126 Wears slowly 127 High-tech workers 128 Gymnast’s goal

72 Loot 73 2006 Dunst title role 75 Big name in electric cars 77 Soldier’s helmet 78 R&B vocalist India.__ 79 “Bill & __ Excellent Adventure” 80 ’50s political initials 82 Self-destruction 85 Charles River sch. 87 Like TV’s “Supernatural,” e.g. 88 Mother of the Titans 89 Former Fords 93 Harem room 94 “60 Minutes” network 96 Antarctic features 98 Expert in futures? 102 252 wine gallons 103 Unwanted workers 104 Detox program 106 Berne’s river 107 Fifth-century bishop in Ireland, familiarly 108 Most crosswords have one 109 Determined about 110 Upset and then some 111 Photographer Dora who had a relationship with Picasso 113 Cottontail’s tail 114 One of six hidden in this puzzle, each sitting on an apt location 116 Certain corp. takeover 117 Airport near Tel Aviv 118 Go after, in a way 119 Surg. sites 120 Ike’s WWII arena

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Compiled by Sara Harmatz Wednesday, Nov. 27 Rusty’s Rhythm Club Swing Dance, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Have a pre-Thankswinging night with the Jumpin’ Joz swing band, playing tunes reminiscent of songs by Count Basie, Louis Prima, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan. A half-hour beginner swing dance class kicks things off at 7:30 p.m. (no partner needed), followed by live music and a DJ. $15 cover, includes the class. Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. (310) 606 5606; rustyfrank.com Thanksgiving Eve at The Room, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. The Room’s resident DJ spins old-school classics, party jams and world grooves. The Room, 1323 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. No Cover. (866) 687-4499; www.circa93.com DEEP Thanks at Townhouse, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Give thanks and get down with some of L.A.’s hardest-working deejays — including Marques Wyatt, Doc Martin, Heidi Lawden, and Big See — at The Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $20 to $30. deep-la.com

Thursday, Nov. 28 (Thanksgiving Day) Santa Monica Turkey Trots, 7 to 10 a.m. Start your Thanksgiving Day with a fun 5k, 10k, 15k or half marathon along the beach. Crescent Bay Park, 2000 Ocean Ave.,Santa Monica. $25 to $35. abetterworldrunning.com Gobble Gobble Give Santa Monica, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The local nonprofit hosts a huge potluck party with home-cooked dishes, warm clothing and toiletries packaged together for the homeless. Santa Monica Airport Dog Park, 3201 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. gobblegobblegive.org Community Thanksgiving at Café

Frankel, Timothy Cassidy-Curtis, Nicholas Meyer and Leslie S. Klinger discuss the fictional detective at Loscon, L.A.’s longest-running science fiction convention. LAX Marriott, 5855 W. Century Blvd., Westchester. $25 to $60. loscon.org

Gratitude, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feast on a free plant-based meal, accompanied by live music while raising money for the social justice law firm Immigrant Defenders Law Center. Café Gratitude, 512 Rose Ave., Venice. Free. (424) 231-8000; cafegratitude.com

Sunday, Dec. 1

Friday, Nov. 29

Black Friday Muscle Beach OCR Workout, 8 to 10 a.m. Work off your Thanksgiving meal by practicing obstacles with a Spartan SGX coach. A private shopping event follows. Road Runner Sports, 1338 4th St., Santa Monica. $10. eventbrite.com Vinyl Black Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. Find exclusive new vinyl releases at this three-day Black Friday vinyl sale. Record Surplus, 12436 Santa Monica Blvd., West L.A. (310) 979-4577; recordsurplusla.com Acoustic Duo at The Venice Whaler, 6 to 9 p.m. The Rich Sheldon Band performs roots rock, reggae and folk jams at The Venice Whaler, 10 Washington Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-8737; venicewhaler.com “Singin’ in the Rain” on 35mm, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. The Aero Theatre screens this classic film starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds as performers negotiating the difficult transition from silent film production to “talkies” in Hollywood. 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $8 to $12. fandango.com Subtle Frenzy III, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Man from Playground performs with deejays Goobabyte and Kerry. Live visuals by Faith Kills. ArtBarLA, 1207 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. Free with RSVP at eventbrite.com Sneakertopia, various times Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 29. This pop-up exhibition features rare kicks, larger than-life murals and interactive installations spanning the worlds of music, film, art, fashion,

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Nine-year-old comedy wunderkind Briley opens Senior Comedy Afternoons’ holiday show at The Proud Bird in Westchester. SEE SUNDAY, DEC. 1. film, humor and sports. HHLA, 6081 Center Drive, Westchester. $23 to $38. sneakertopia.com

Saturday, Nov. 30

Holiday Pop-Up Market, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Support the community and shop local brands and independent designers at this outdoor holiday marketplace. Platform, 8850 Washington Blvd., Culver City. shopthemam.com

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HHLA Community Yoga, 11 a.m. to noon. The Westchester YMCA and HHLA sponsors community yoga every Saturday on the bottom floor between the Cinemark movie theater and Dave & Busters. Center Court at HHLA, 6081 Center Drive. Free. ev-life.net Santa Monica Pier Snow Day, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This iconic beachfront landmark goes into full-on winter wonderland mode with its first ever Snow Day, featuring 4,000 square feet of snow. Pre-tickets are sold out, but show up early to get in line for the on-site waitlist. Santa Monica Pier. $5; free for kids under 12. santamonicapier.org/cheeronthepier The Takeover … an All Day Sonic Odyssey at Timewarp Records, noon to 10 p.m. This marathon music event features a dozen live and locally based deejays dropping the deepest beats. Timewarp Records, 12204 Venice Blvd., Venice. Donations appreciated. (310) 636-8360 Fisherman’s Village Weekend Concert, 1 to 4 p.m. JB & The BC Riders bring their rockabilly tunes to Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. Free. visitmarinadelrey.com Mar Vista Art Walk, 4 to 10 p.m. The Mar Vista Music and Art Walk celebrate local businesses, artists and its fifth birthday with art openings and activations, live music on pop-up stages, outdoor block parties with food trucks and vendors, plus a beer garden — all of it happening along a one-mile stretch on Venice Boulevard between Inglewood Boulevard and Lyceum Avenue in Mar Vista. Free. marvistaartwalk.org All Things Sherlock Holmes Panel, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Panelists Valerie

Beit T’Shuvah Holiday Boutique, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Get a jump start on holiday shopping from a wide array of vendors offering gift wrapping and home-baked goods benefitting the residential addiction treatment center. Beit T’Shuvah Sanctuary, 8847 Venice Blvd. Venice. biettshuvah.org Senior Comedy Afternoons’ Holiday Show, 12:30 p.m. Enjoy a three-course holiday meal and entertainment by Conan O’Brien head monologue writer Brian Kiley, veteran comedienne Jann Karam and headliner Mark Schiff, currently touring with Jerry Seinfeld. Nine-year-old one-name comedy wunderkind Briley opens the show. The Proud Bird, 11022 Aviation Blvd., Westchester. $40 to $75. seniorcomedyafternoons.com. “City Lights” + “The Circus” Double Feature, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Watch Charlie Chaplin’s best blend of comedy, pathos and class critique on 35mm. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $8 to $12. fandango.com

Soundwaves: Jacaranda, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Pianist David Kaplan performs and discusses selections from “Gideon’s Suitcase,’ a program honoring pianist and composer Gideon Klein, who was murdered by the Nazis. Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. (310) 458-8646; smpl.org Santa on the LAPD Sleigh in Mar Vista, 3 to 8:45 p.m. Father Christmas and his helpers from the LAPD’s Pacific Division pose for photos, hitting Grandview Elementary at 3, Braddock Elementary at 4, Mar Vista Gardens Boys and Girls Club at 5, the Mar Vista Family Center at 6, Beatrice Garden (Mesmer) at 7, the 3800 block of Keeshen Drive at 7:40, and North Park between Marcasel Avenue and East Boulevard at 8:20 p.m. (310) 482-6397

Thursday, Dec. 5

Santa on the LAPD Sleigh in Venice, 4:30 to 8 p.m. Old St. Nick gets a police escort to take pictures with kids and families, stopping at the Oakwood Recreation Center at 4:30 p.m., the corner of Frey and Olive avenues at 5:30 p.m., Shell and Superba avenues at 6:30 p.m., and 517 Indiana Ave. at 8 p.m. (310) 482-6397

Suzy Williams Sings Judy Garland, 7 to 9 p.m. The passionate jazz, blues and folk artist sings selections from the iconic actress’s songbook. UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $10. (310) 306-7330; laughtears.com “Satellite of Lou” at Beyond Baroque, 8 to 10 p.m. Mary Woronov, Dick and Jane Orchestra, Angie Bowie and LoveyDove honor the legendary artist Lou Reed. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $6 to $10; free for members. (310) 822-3006; eventbrite.com Santa on the LAPD Sleigh in Del Rey and Playa Vista, 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. LAPD officers escort Santa to family photo stops once again, visiting Short Avenue Elementary at 3:30, Playa Vista’s Concert Park at 4:45 p.m., the Oxford Triangle (Thatcher Avenue and Howard Street) at 6:30 p.m., Kenyon and Louise avenues at 7:15, and 3600 Wade St. at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 3

Museums & Galleries

Monday, Dec. 2

“Little Black Dress” Opening Night, 8 p.m. Tuesday. This brand new musical explores the evolution of one of womankind’s most versatile wardrobe staples, from Audrey Hepburn’s Givenchy LBD in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” to Lady Di’s iconic off-the-shoulder “revenge dress.” Additional performances happen at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 15. Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $25. littleblackdressthemusical.com Pacific Art Guild, 1 to 3 p.m. This monthly nonprofit community resource meeting showcases a miniature art show with a product demonstration and free gift basket raffle. Westchester Civic Center, Community Room, 7166 W. Manchester Ave. Westchester. (310) 649-6765; pacificartguild.com

Wednesday, Dec. 4

Westside Local L.A. Tenant’s Union, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Participate in the tenant-led movement by attending the weekly meeting to strengthen tenants’ political power through education, advocacy and direct action. Oakwood Recreation Center, 767 California Ave., Venice. (213) 986-8266; latenantsunion.org

Pip & Pop at Santa Monica Pier, on view starting Wednesday, Nov. 27. The windows of Santa Monica Pier’s famed Looff Hippodrome carousel building come to life with a one-of-akind, Candyland-inspired holiday installation by renowned Australian artists Pip & Pop. Free and open to the public through Jan. 6. santamonicapier.org/cheeronthepier Michael Rollins at Mar Vista Art Walk, 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Nov. 30. Immerse yourself in the experimental and psychedelic light, sculpture and experimental video installations of artist Michael Rollins along the route of the Mar Vista Art Walk (Venice Boulevard between Inglewood Boulevard and Lyceum Avenue). Explore a tunnel to “an alternate universe” at Vineyard Church (3838 Centinela Ave.), an “immersive funhouse” at Neyborly (12503 Venice Blvd.) and see a swirl of glowing light projections on the sidewalk at the Disability Resource Center (12901 Venice Blvd.). Free. marvistaartwalk.org

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