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You say that the female staff members are not shy about letting it be known that some-thing in the paper is inappropriate [“Not Psyched About ‘Psycho’ Cover,” April 26]. What was their collective take on the recent too-much-information, pandering piece by Nikki Silverstein on her choice of sexual lu-bricant [“Smooth Operator,” April 19]? That bit of “writing” made me want to vomit and I almost decided to give up on the Sun.

But then you redeemed it via Jason Walsh’s charming review of the new restaurant Beso [“Beso Puckers Up in Novato,” April 26].

Kathy Duby, Mill Valley

‘This is not Vietnam’

I read with interest Joanne Williams’s thoughtful interview with David Harris [“Drawing a New Line in the Sand,” May 10]. I am old enough to well remember his eloquent protests against the war in Vietnam. Sadly, though, it appears he now largely spouts “blame-America” cliches about the threat from Iran. His confusing and some-what contradictory statements are unpersua-sive. For example, he opposes any economic sanctions, and railed against a possible mili-tary action. But after noting that Iran sent “hordes of unarmed children against Iraq” he insists, “We can deal with a nuclear Iran if they get a nuclear weapon.” We can?

If Iran sent kids to fi ght Iraq, what will they do with atom bombs on their long-range missiles? Europe is well within range already.

And who does Harris think is supplying weapons and troops to support the slaughter of civilians in Syria? Imagine if Assad was under Iran’s nuclear umbrella? The Arab states oppose Iran going nuclear, because they recognize the imminent dangers—not just directly from Iran, but from its proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas and Syria. The U.S. apology that Harris thinks would mean so much to the mullahs is naive at best. We have to protect ourselves. This is a real threat, to the West. This is not Vietnam.

Peter Logan, San Rafael

David Harris responds:

We can deal with a nuclear Iran, should it come to that, the way the world has been suc-cessfully dealing with the possibility of nuclear strikes ever since the technology leaked out from the American monopoly: the deterrence

provided by the threat of Mutually Assured Destruction. Use of such a weapon would be a choice by Iran to be obliterated. So far that threat has kept any of the world’s other nuclear powers from using their weapons and until we all take disarmament seriously, we are going to have to continue to rely on it. A preemptive assault by the United States will, according to our own generals, only make for small delays in Iran’s nuclear development while supplying them even more motive to want nuclear arms. As for Syria, most of Assad’s weaponry is sup-plied by Russia. Shall we attack them too while we’re at it? Maybe also throw in North Korea? And China, which supplies Iran with missile technology? And what exactly is the pressing threat to the West?

We have not been under attack even though Iran has already dealt with military incursions into its territory, a cyber assault on its scientifi c computers, and an assassination campaign targeting its scientists, all without striking back in legitimate self-defense. By any standards, they have hardly played the aggressor in Mr. Logan’s caricature. Not that these mullahs are about to be our new best friends. The Islamic Republic is an intolerant theocracy which suppresses its opposition and talks like a bunch of rank anti Semites, but, as disgusting as that may be, those fl aws are not suffi cient grounds to justify an unprovoked military assault. In truth, the outcome we want and need is only available through negotiation, nation-to-nation, without warping our strategy around a demonization of Iran that guarantees all talks will fail.

Of course, convincing any nation to forgo the option to maximize its ability to defend itself is a delicate task, but why not at least negotiate seriously before going to the mattresses? So far we’ve been spending most of our energy playing the bully and trying to impose our will rather than looking for an equitable solution. In any case, there is no upside to attacking, unless Mr. Logan is proposing we invade and occupy the country in pursuit of regime change, and even then a sympathetic government willing to eschew nuclear technology is far from a given outcome should we actually pull such an inva-sion off. This certainly isn’t Vietnam. It’s Iraq redux, only with far worse consequences for the all concerned.

Insane clown posseThe serial killer circus in Marin Supe-

rior Court is gruesomely fascinating [“The Strange Case of Joseph Naso,” May 3], but how much is this costing the county? Enough to extend SMART from nowhere to some-where, pay a few years of pensions for retired administrators, or provide dental care for the poor? Neither the victims nor their al-leged killer lived in Marin. They were killed elsewhere and he was arrested in Nevada. By what dubious distinction were Marin taxpay-ers reeled in to host this carnival because one murdered woman’s body was left here?

There must have been some competition among district attorneys for the publicity of frying this psychopath. Bad luck for the taxpayers, though, as death penalty cases are many times more expensive to prosecute and subject to numerous appeals. Especially when the alleged serial killer demands to defend himself, apparently convinced he’s smarter than the law, having eluded it for decades.

He’s also sure of his charm, bragging that any woman in the courtroom would get naked and pose pornographically for him once they got to know him. Including the two female county prosecutors.

In his book The Collapse of American Criminal Justice, William Stuntz, of Harvard, wrote, “When politicians both defi ne crimes and prosecute criminal cases, one might reasonably fear that legislators and district attorneys will work together to achieve their common political goals. Legislators will defi ne crimes too broadly and sentences too severely in order to make it easy for prosecutors to extract guilty pleas, which in turn permits prosecutors to punish criminal defendants on the cheap and thereby spare legislators the need to spend more tax dollars on criminal law enforcement.”

This is obviously inaccurate in a capital murder case. This clown is loving his time in the spotlight, public expense no more a con-cern to him than the lives of the victims, while our DA is all “damn the expenses” of death sentences. How many so far? By any measure, criminal justice is an expensive beast to keep. Stuntz’s concept of “on the cheap” punish-ment doesn’t hold up to scrutiny, although legislators, judges and prosecutors share other political goals. Crime prevention from social programs is cheaper than enforcement and prosecution, coercion more expensive than persuasion, but exacting vengeance is primal, while “security theater” assuages existential fears. The legal and penal system ceaselessly suck tax dollars to keep the people safe from barbarians, foreign and domestic, while our horrendous prisons fail to rehabilitate two-thirds of their graduates for longer than three years. And we think our health care system is broken and unsustainable.

Stephen Simac, Stinson Beach

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founders of Marin Clean Energy (MCE) envisioned: the possibility that MCE could own clean and renewable power projects within its geographical jurisdiction. Marin Clean Energy customers would own the power-generating facilities, which could assure stable rates and true green energy. Unlike investor-owned utilities such as PG&E, no shareholders would be knocking at the door demanding a chunky dividend. Revenue generated above the cost of sup-ply could be funneled toward local green projects. Th at could increase the supply of clean, renewable energy and also boost the local economy.

When the board of the Marin Energy Authority voted in the fi rst week of May to set aside a portion of revenue MCE generates and put it in a “local renewable development fund,” the move made real the dream of the founders who created Marin Clean Energy. It’s not an end-all proposi-tion. But it’s a start that’s getting out of the blocks in a way that could and should spur increased purchase of the MCE product known as Deep Green.

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Th at’s a drop from the 8 percent of MCE customers who had signed up for the Deep Green product. But the higher percentage came earlier in the sign-up process from customers who got on board the clean-energy train early, before a big second-phase rollout. In addition, Deep Green customers could start receiving the product before a general admission procedure. Th at stimulated the Deep Green program early because the motivated customers generally favored the 100-percent clean portfolio. Th e percentage dropped when Marin Clean Energy increased its enrollment and spread out in the county in a second phase of enrolling customers.

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Coastal Commission countersues Drake’s Bay Oysters The tides are shifting once again in the Drakes Bay Oyster whirlpool, as the California Coastal Commission filed suit May 10 against the oyster company, claiming the Inverness mariculture business is operating without a permit.

But spokespeople for the Lunny family’s oyster operation are describing the move as “retaliation” in response to lawsuits filed on behalf of Drakes Bay against the Coastal Com-mission last month intended to curb the commission’s orders that the oyster farm cease its operations.

What’s more, says Drakes Bay—the reason it has no permit is because the Coastal Com-mission, which issues the permits, has suspended the processing of the permit, which Drakes says it applied for “years ago.”

The legal tit-for-tat between the oyster company and the Coastal Commission stems from last November, when Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar decided not to extend Drakes Bay’s operating lease in the Point Reyes National Seashore. From the expiration of the lease, the oyster company had 90 days to remove its operations from the national park—but along with a suit filed by Drakes Bay Oysters owner Kevin Lunny to try and stop the cessation of the lease, the West Marin oyster farm has thus far managed to beat back the waves on the closure deadline, so that the business could remain operating throughout the court proceedings, which began May 13.

Kevin Lunny and his family purchased the former Johnson’s Oyster Farm in 2005, when seven years remained on the 1972 “special use” permit, which allowed the oyster operation to stay on the national park land for a maximum of 40 years. But the Lunnys, along with many supporters in the area, had hoped to persuade the Department of the Interior to continue the lease for another 10 years, an option created through an appropriations bill by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a vocal supporter of Drake’s Bay Oysters. —Jason Walsh

Grand jury calls for countywide ban on plastic bags Marin’s use of plastic bags need to end—and it needs to end with a loud “pop” across the entire county, according to a Marin Civil Grand Jury.

In a report released this week titled, “Holding the Bag,” the grand jury is recommending that “a ban on single-use plastic carry-out bags should be imposed in all grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies and restaurants within the County and apply to all establish-ments, no matter how large or small.”

It’s a sweeping suggestion—even for a county that’s been among the state’s leaders in limiting the nonbiodegradable bags. Fairfax voters passed a ban on plastic bags in stores and restaurants in 2009; the county of Marin enacted a ban on the bags at most stores and restau-rants in 2012; other Marin towns appear moving in similar directions.

According to California’s Statewide Waste Characterization Study of 2008, plastics make up 9.6 percent of the state’s overall waste stream, 1.2 percent of the waste stream is plastic bags. While plastic bags make up only a fraction of the waste, the 14 billion plastic bags distributed annually in California are particularly environmentally harmful—only 3 to 9 percent of them are recyclable, sending the rest to landfill or out onto the land and oceans, reports the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency. Most studies point to several factors about plastic bags that cause harm: the frequency with which they strangle, choke and kill animals; its slow rate of decomposition which leads to economic, health and aesthetic problems; and the high costs of clean up—West Coast cities alone spend a total of $412 million a year to clean their waters of plastic bags, according to the EPA.

A fourth problem is the depletion of natural resources in the creation of plastic bags, which are made of polyethylene, a nonrenuable material derived from crude oil and natural gas.—JW

Vast differences in hospital charges raise eyebrows If you’re planning to have a heart attack you might want to have it in wine country; the bill for care in Marin might cause cardiac arrest.

Marin General Hospital charges an average of $46,387 for “heart failure and shock” without major complications, while the same treatment at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa is a mere $28,666.

Looking for major joint replacement? Charge for that brand-new part at Marin General averages $104,137. At Novato Community Hospital the same thing is $89,422, and at Kaiser in Santa Rosa that procedure is a relative bargain at $44,278.

All these numbers are part of a massive amount of data released this week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. For the first time, hospital-specific charges for the top 100 most common billed discharges paid under Medicare are revealed in the report. More than 3,000 hospitals’ charges are reported, including those for several facilities in the North Bay, reported for fiscal year 2011.

The New York Times, which received the data before it was released on Wednesday, evaluated each hospital’s charges for common procedures based on whether they bill Medicare “less than U.S. average,” “bills 1 to 2 times U.S. average” or “bills more than 2 times U.S. average.”

Marin General Hospital “bills more than 2 times U.S. average” and Novato Community Hos-pital “bills 1 to 2 times U.S. average” according to the paper’s report, while Kaiser facilities in San Rafael, Santa Rosa and San Francisco “bill Medicare less than U.S. average.”

But the numbers in the government report are basically nonsense, Marin General Hospital Chief Fund and Business Development Officer Jon Friedenberg contends. “The charges

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For the last three weeks, I’ve been researching Lyme disease. I’m now compulsively checking myself for

ticks. Worse yet, I found one on my arm after a hike the other day. It wasn’t at-tached, but given a few more minutes, I’m sure the little vampire vector would have buried his nasty head in my delicate arm.

And, I’m itchy all over. I can’t sleep be-cause I’m worried my dog deposited a tick or two on my bed. Bruno’s not allowed on the bed, but sometimes he stands next to it. My anxiety-ridden girlfriends won’t believe this, but even Ativan isn’t comforting me.

I met people with Lyme disease right here in Marin. They’re suffering and I’m not making light of it at all. I’m honestly scared that I’m going to get it too. In fact, I’ve curbed my cherished daily hikes that gave me asylum from my neuroses. My dog and I walk in the street now. Not on the side-walk, because there’s weeds and tall grasses bordering it. We both hate the hot pavement and we return home right after Bruno’s finished his business. (Yes, I pick it up.)

Lack of exercise is probably increasing my preoccupation with ticks. A few years ago, there was a tick attached to my breast. Right on my left nipple. I found it when I was showering and calmly removed it. Obviously, that occurred during the brief period of my life when I was somewhat normal. I think it was before Rick, my on-again/off-again beau of 10 years, entered my life.

To further complicate my newfound fear of illness, I just interviewed my personal hero, Eve Ensler. We talked about her memoir, which chronicles her battle with stage IV uterine cancer. Thankfully, she’s cancer-free now, but she said that she knew something was wrong with her body for about a year before her diagnosis. Some-times I think something is wrong with my body. How am I supposed to know what my body should feel like? I’m smack in the middle of perimenopause and every day I experience strange sensations.

Please don’t confuse this with hypo-chondria. I don’t think I’m sick. I’m terri-fied of getting sick. Hopefully, we’re talking about two very different concepts here. Psychiatrists feel free to weigh in. Also, is there a medication to quash my obsessions and would you mind sending me a scrip?

I’ve shared my thoughts with Rick. He nods and looks sympathetic. I know he’s not listening to me. If he doesn’t start pay-ing more attention to me, I’m cancelling

the cable. Why is a grown man watching Dr. Who reruns and animated shows when Mad Men is on? I posed this very question to him and he said that Mad Men has too much angst. Rick must have more issues than I do. Surely, he’s noticed that I am angst personified. Maybe that has some-thing to do with the off-again part.

My friend Abby understands. I love her. Whatever I feel, she feels. She’s the most empathic person I know. Too bad she recently got married and I don’t see her as much. I’m just kidding. Well, mostly kid-ding. We’ll have a nice visit this weekend when we take a walk down the middle of the street with Bruno.

Since I’m not sleeping due to the itching from the imaginary ticks inhabiting my bed, I’m irritable. Almost everything and everyone is annoying me. I made a list.

1) Cyclists hogging the street, especially now that I’m using it as my hiking path. Do you and your bike buddies really need to ride in the center of the lane, side-by-side? Consider single file and save your chatting for the Starbucks break. Another thing, those clothes you wear are very busy.

2) The behavior of drivers at an in-tersection with a four-way stop sign. A few months ago, I got hit at that hideous juncture in front of the 2am Club in Mill Valley, and I’ve been taking note of this phenomenon ever since. Each car is sup-posed to stop, and one by one, we go. I have looked in the eyes of people that just arrived and they know it’s not their turn. They know it, but they barrel through any-way. I can tell that they’re not even sorry.

3) My moustache—again. I wrote about the thickening peach fuzz on my upper lip not long ago. Plenty of nice menopausal age readers sent me advice on how to deal with this unsightly problem. I bravely went to Benefit, tilted my chin up, and told the pretty young woman that I think I have a moustache. She confirmed. We did the wax thing. Before I left, she told me some small bumps might develop, but they won’t last long. That’s likely true for normal women, but of course, not for me. By the time the little red pimply things disap-peared, my moustache had grown back.

Oy, I have seven more things to tell you, but we’re out of space. If I’m not in a better mood when it’s time for my next column, I’ll keep kvetching. Otherwise, we’ll dis-cuss shiny, happy people holding hands. E-mail: [email protected]

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1. Frank Lloyd Wright originally envi-sioned the roof of the Marin County Civic Center to be what color, although it was changed to blue after his death?2. What important organization, whose work has helped lead to a 50 percent drop in smoking since the 1960s, is celebrating its 100th anniver-sary this year?3. What geographical features, not as commonly found on Earth, are the most common features of the moon? 4. In the 1970s, 20 percent of the major league baseball players were this, but today only 8 percent are. What? 5. Pictured, right: The three top mon-ey-making movies of all time with one-word titles were released in 2009, 1997 and 2012. What are they?6. Snowflakes have what geometrical shape?7. The musical Cats was based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, written in the 1930s by what writer known by his initials?8a. The 2016 Olympics will be hosted by what city south of the equator? 8b. This will be the third city south of the equator to host the Olympics. What were the first two?9. What is a male donkey called? 10. The iRobot Corporation, located in Bedford, Mass., came up with the first practical home robot, called the Roomba. With $2 million in sales, it’s one of the best-selling consumer robots in history. What does the Roomba do?

BONUS QUESTION: According to Greek mythology, this Phoenician noblewoman was courted by Zeus and became the Queen of Crete. A major land mass, as well as the sixth moon of the planet Jupiter, were named after her. Who was she?

The river otters are back in Marin. The cute critters were gone for years, almost driven to extinction around these parts by hunters. Now, the river otters have folks looking out for their well-being—Otter Spotters. We wish we’d thought of it, but we must give credit to Megan

Isadore and Paolo Bouley of West Marin. The two women founded the River Otter Ecology Project, a nonprofit organiza-tion based in Forest Knolls, to research the river otter and the ecosystems they inhabit in the Bay Area. Citizen scientists are invited to join the Otter Spotters by submitting sightings and observations of the charismatic creatures. You can even collect otter scat for the project, if you’re so inclined. For more information, visit www.riverotterecology.org.

Folks who work with kids are charged with a challenging but rewarding responsibility. Jason Ward, a former swim coach, received a charge of a different kind this week—two felony counts for allegedly contacting a minor for lewd purposes and sending harm-ful matter with the intent of seducing a minor. In other words, sending lewd texts and photos, according to the sher-iff ’s department. The minor at the time was a 13-year-old girl on his Marinwood swim team. Ward, now 37, a San Rafael resident, previously coached the Marin-wood Waterdevils Swim Team and the girls’ water polo team at Redwood High in Larkspur. His lawyer has said he will contest the charges.

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aimed mistakenly at Marin Clean Energy. Another criticism, which remains em-blazoned in the minds of staunch critics, centers on the defi nition of clean energy.

MCE’s Light Green energy portfolio includes about 27 percent of renewable power generation. Using renewable energy certifi cates brings the total to over 50 percent. Th e MCE Deep Green product, including renewable energy certifi cates, (RECs) is all renewable. Th e ultimate goal aims to provide 100 percent renewable to all MCE customers.

Renewable Energy Certifi cates are part of a nationwide strategy to stimulate the renewable market. When a wind farm, for example, produces 1 megawatt-hour of renewable energy, it gets one renew-able energy credit (REC). Th at’s called a bundled REC. Th e wind farm can sell the energy along with the one REC. Th e REC proves that the energy was produced from a renewable source. Th e RECs can be sold along with the energy or decoupled and sold separately as an unbundled REC, which can be a tradable commodity. Once they are bought and put into an agency’s renewable portfolio, the RECs are retired and can no longer be bought or sold. Marin Clean Energy renewable credit transfers are administered through a clearinghouse for renewable energy transactions and track-ing called the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information system. Green-e, a recognized independent nonprofi t, certifi es the renewable energy certifi cates.

Although some clean-energy proponents view RECs as a hindrance to the prolifera-tion of clean energy faculties, the RECs serve as a transition, albeit one that has yet to be proved in the long run. Th e Environ-mental Protection Agency notes that RECs have played an important role in stimulat-ing clean energy across the country.

When Marin Clean Energy was in its nascent stage, critics continually charged that the dream of providing local clean power was just that, a dream. But projects like the solar project at the airport in San Rafael show that local generation is indeed possible.

Th e local development fund takes the concept more than a step further. “We’ve had a lot of skepticism about local projects,” says Tuckey. “It’s taken a while, but [last week] we had a three-year anniversary of supplying power to customers, and we’re excited about [the local renewable develop-ment idea].”

Marin Clean Energy Deep Green cus-tomers pay about $5 more per month for their 100-percent green energy product. In 2012, the Deep Green program yielded rev-enues of $103,073. Th e Marin Energy Au-thority voted to take about half that amount for the renewable development fund. Th e revenue from Deep Green is expected to increase as MCE rolls out its programs in Richmond, and that could mean more annual money for the fund. Marin Clean Energy will start signing up about 30,000

new customers there in July. MCE has sent opt-out notices. And as in Marin, Rich-mond customers who choose to sign up for the Deep Green product can join MCE before the general admission date.

Th e Marin Energy Authority vote authorizes taking $52,000 of 2102 Deep Green revenue and using it to pay for what are called pre-development costs for local clean power facilities. Marin Clean Energy staff has identifi ed a number of potential sites that could accommodate solar power generation. Th ey range in size from 250 kilowatts to 1 megawatt.

Th e local generation projects that cur-rently supply power to MCE are owned and operated by third party entities. Th e fi rst local facility that Marin Clean Energy would most likely add to its energy produc-tion mix will be at the Port of Richmond. Solar panels installed on the roof of a building and a carport shade structure that would house solar panels are two possible sites. Th e Port of Richmond project would produce 1 megawatt of power and cost between $3 million and $5 million. It could eventually expand to produce 5 megawatts. Also on the possibility list are two sites Golden Gate Transit owns in Marin.

According to a staff report, revenue from 2012 Deep Green will go toward pay-ing $5,000 to $15,000 for environmental review, $5,000 to $15,000 for permitting, $5,000 to $15,000 for design and engineer-ing, $500 for an “interconnection applica-tion,” and an amount to be determined for “securing site control.”

Th e Energy Authority can deposit money in the development fund thanks to advantageous purchasing markets for the Deep Green product. “Revenues generated by Deep Green are above what’s needed to cover the cost,” says Damon Connolly, San Rafael city councilman and chairman of the Energy Authority board. “We see the fund as a way to take a beginning step on a program that we hope will grow over time.”

Money in the development fund will cover only pre-development costs. Money for actual construction will come from a variety of sources best applied to individual projects as they emerge from the program drawing board. In most cases the Energy Authority will not own the projects initially. A better arrangement for the Energy Au-thority involves entering into what’s called a power purchase agreement or a municipal lease structure. Power purchase companies and lease companies can take advantage of tax benefi ts for which the Energy Author-ity doesn’t qualify. Aft er the tax benefi ts accrue, usually in six to seven years, the projects could be transferred to the Energy Authority. Th at cost would be lower than the Energy Authority could get using traditional debt fi nancing. To build a solar facility, the Energy Authority also could use a bank loan or revenue bond.

It’s a rather Byzantine fi nancial process that would result in simple end result: Marin Clean Energy customers would own clean-energy facilities and receive clean en-


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have nothing to do with what people actually pay,” he says.If a patient is on Medicare the reimbursement is determined by Medicare, and the major-

ity of patients—those with private insurance—pay fees negotiated by those insurers with the hospital. Uninsured patients who suffer heart failure at MGH may well be presented with a bill for $46,387, but, Friedenberg says, self-pay patients are given a 40 percent discount, and, if they pay promptly get another 10 percent on top of that. Indigent patients’ bills are often zeroed out altogether. “Our charity care and self-pay programs are as generous as any-one’s,” he says.

Friedenberg emphasizes: “We’re not higher priced than other hospitals in the Bay Area. We’re not out of line.” And, he says, “I think the government made a mistake in releasing data without a context to make it more useful to consumers.”

He points to the numbers also in the report that have received less attention—what hospitals actually receive from Medicare for the billed procedures. For instance, at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, the hospital Friedenberg says is MGH’s closest com-petitor, their charge for a major joint replacement is $83,538, some $20,599 less than MGH’s charge. But the Medicare reimbursement to CPMC was $21,900—more than the $17,800 MGH received from the government.

For a “drug-coated stent insertion” MGH’s charge of $126,989 was significantly lower than CPMC’s $138,610 charge; both numbers were far, far away from their Medicare average actual payments: $17,276 and $23,201 respectively.

Other numbers in the report bear out Friedenberg’s contention that MGH gets reimbursed

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ergy at stable rates in the control of MCE.Th e Energy Authority’s Integrated Re-

source Plan calls for what staff categorizes as “an ambitious target” for deploying about 14 megawatts of new distributed solar capacity by 2019. So far all the local clean power projects contemplated are solar. Th e Energy Authority has a goal of adding a total of 21 megawatts of solar projects by 2021. Th at amount of solar generation would bring the total of locally produced power, including power generated from Energy Authority-owned projects, to 7.8 percent of the total load.

Th e percentages could go higher. Th e limit depends on the number of real estate parcels and rooft ops and other installation sites that can accommodate solar project development in Marin and in Richmond.

It also depends on the enthusiasm of MCE customers. “Th e numbers are a conservative minimum from our Integrated Resource Plan, which gives us a very con-servative view of what market conditions will be like,” says Dawn Weisz, the author-ity’s executive offi cer. “We certainly will endeavor to have a much higher percentage of local renewable, subject to market condi-tions and subject to customer participation in our Deep Green program. Th e more Deep Green customers we have, the more buildout we can have.”

Th e plan to establish a local renew-able development fund should provide an answer to critics who have said Marin Clean Energy couldn’t produce local power. Although the starting percentages aren’t huge, if Marin residents, and Richmond residents, want to increase the amount of clean power they receive, here’s the oppor-tunity, says Connolly. All they have to do is sign up for the MCE Deep Green program and half of the Deep Green revenue goes toward local renewable projects.

In Marin, where environmental protec-tion and judicious use of resources is an abundant philosophy (or at least it used to be) MCE now off ers a concrete way

to participate in a nonambiguous local clean-energy plan. In addition to stimulat-ing local clean energy, the renewable fund also stimulates a public power paradigm in which customers own the generation facili-ties. And Marin Clean Energy can reap the fi nancial benefi ts of owning the facilities, benefi ts such as depreciating a power proj-ect capital asset. And MCE can take excess revenue and plow it back into the fi eld.

Th e question will be whether Marin residents and Richmond residents think the environmental benefi ts and advantages of publically owned facilities are worth $5 a month, a little more than a gallon of gas.

As Marin Clean Energy rolls out its en-ergy products in Richmond, the agency is embarking on a marketing campaign using its website and also through social media. According to a staff report, “Establishing a local renewable development fund tied to the ongoing Deep Green program revenues would create a mechanism for customers to directly support [Energy Authority-owned] local renewable projects and formalize the link between the Deep Green customer base and local [Energy Authority-owned] project development.” Th e staff report also recognizes that creating local projects could beget more projects: “Visibility and inter-est in local renewable projects is likely to stimulate additional Deep Green customer enrollments and thereby provide support for even more local projects in the future.”

In addition to using the Marin Clean Energy website and social media in a mar-keting push, “we also might do an adver-tising campaign,” says Tuckey. MCE also will follow the advice of its staff and “let customers know that when they sign up for Deep Green they’re supporting the plans for local projects.”

Connolly says there’s “a real potential” to cast the renewable development program as a milestone in the life of Marin Clean energy.

Now it’s up to MCE customers in Marin and Richmond. Contact the writer at [email protected]


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And, of course, in the complex world of medical billing direct comparisons can be difficult because some hospitals have older or sicker patients, are nonprofits or teaching hospitals, or other factors which affect costs and charges.

A lengthy March 3 Time magazine story about health care costs, “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills are Killing Us” by Steven Brill, discussed the hospitals’ devotion to their before-now secret “chargemaster” price lists—about which, Brill writes, “most hospitals chargemaster prices are wildly inconsistent and seem to have no rationale.” According to the Time website, a govern-ment official credited the article with prompting this week’s release of the data.

The hope is that more transparency could lead to a more rational system. Marin General’s Friedenberg agrees that the current setup is “crazy and complicated” but that change cannot happen just in Marin—it’s a federal issue. In the meantime, the main takeaway seems to be that a hip replacement in Ada, Okla., will be billed at $5,300 and the same hip replacement in Monterey Park, Calif., will run $223,000.

According to the CMS, with this information “users will be able to make comparisons between the amount charged by individual hospitals within local markets, and nationwide, for services that might be furnished in connection with a particular inpatient stay.”

The data can be found on the CMS website. Be forewarned: If you want to print the whole report out it could come to more than 17,000 pages. —Julie Vader


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Jane has a life that many would envy. A solid marriage, a successful husband, two healthy children and a lovely

Greenbrae home. But, underneath the cheery veneer is a

secret. Jane, 43, looks normal to the outside

world—however, she is suffering from a myriad of debilitating symptoms includ-ing numbness in her extremities, severe headaches, extreme fatigue, joint and bone pain, increased urination, memory loss and dizziness.

Since the onset of her illness on Labor Day in 2010, which she initially believed was the flu, she has seen 14 doctors in Marin and San Francisco. Some physicians ordered tests, others wrote out prescriptions for pain and sleeping medications. She received diagnoses that ranged from encephalitis to “stressed out mom.” “Every time I left a doctor’s office, I felt defeated, unheard,” Jane says.

Last month, Jane had an appointment with a 15th doctor and was tested for Lyme disease. The results came back positive. “I’m grate-ful to finally have a diagnosis and looking forward to starting treatment,” she says.

It would be a good story if it ended here. However, the mysteries of Lyme are still unraveling. It is often difficult to tell fact from fiction and there seems to be a stigma associated with the disease. In fact, Jane and her family are not using their real names for this article.

“There’s a firestorm surrounding Lyme that I don’t understand,” Jane says. “I think it comes from a lack of education in our community.”

So, let’s get educated. Lyme disease is an infection caused by a spirochetal bacteria

related to syphilis. It is transmitted to people by the bite of an infected tick. In California, the culprit is the western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus), and both the nymph and adult are able to spread Lyme. The bacteria-laden bloodsuckers are our neighbors, accord-ing to a 2012 report by the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District. Testing of black-legged ticks in Marin revealed that 3.9 percent of the nymphs and 2.3 percent of the adults are infected with Borrelia burgdor-feri. (Western fence lizards, or “blue-bellies,” which are common in Marin, help keep these numbers down. When a tick feeds on them the bug is “cleansed” of the bacterium.)

Once a person is infected by a tick, a rash may appear in a bulls-eye pattern, which is a classic indicator of the disease. Some people develop other types of rashes and flu-like symptoms including fever, chills, body aches, fatigue and headache. When caught at this initial localized stage, most doctors agree that a patient will fully recover with a two-to four-week course of antibiotics. Left unchecked, the infection can spread to joints, the heart, and the nervous system within weeks, months or even years after the tick bite.

Unfortunately, Jane, like many Lyme patients, never realized that she had been bitten by a tick and had never noticed a rash. Flu-like symptoms were dismissed as the flu. Though her infection spread, there were periods when she was symptom-free. Other times, she was bedridden. Certainly, these factors complicated the diag-nostic process in her case, yet it took almost three years to pinpoint her problem.

Ben, her husband, feels frustrated. “Jane and I both thought it was Lyme early on,” he says.

“The doctors kept saying there’s no Lyme in California. There’s no Lyme in Marin,” Jane explains.

LYME DISEASE IN humans does exist in California and Marin. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported 79 confirmed cases and 13 probable cases of Lyme disease in California in 2011. According to the Califor-nia Department of Public Health (CDPH) there were 27 cases in Marin from 2001 to 2011. The Marin County Health and Hu-man Services confirmed that two cases were reported last year.

“It’s estimated that Lyme is underreported by about 10 times,” says Dr. Todd Maderis, a practitioner at Marin Natural Medicine Clinic in Larkspur. Maderis and fellow practitioner Dr. Jacqueline Chan are well versed in the incidence of Lyme disease in Marin. Many of their patients have been diagnosed with it.

They believe that the great divide among doctors stems from differing

viewpoints about how the infec-tion is diagnosed and treated.

“There are three points of con-tention with the testing for Lyme,” Maderis says. “Routine Lyme test-

ing is a two-tier method. If you run a Lyme panel through a lab like Quest

or LabCorp, they run an ELISA [enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay] test. If it’s nega-tive, it’s negative. If it’s positive, then it reflexes to a Western blot test. However, the ELISA test

has been proven to be very insensitive. It’s 47 percent sensitive in some research.”

That means about 1 in 2 people aren’t testing positive on the ELISA, when they should—and therefore aren’t administered a Western blot test, a staining technique that detects certain proteins in tissue and cells.

“We only order the Western blot be-cause we consider it the gold standard,” says Maderis. “The second point is that IGeneX, a specialty Lyme testing laboratory, looks for 12 bands (antibodies), where other labs look for five bands.”

The third point of contention, Maderis says, is that Quest and LabCorp use only the commercial strain of the bacteria, while IGeneX uses both the commercial strain and a wild strain of the bacteria. “So, the standard labs keep coming back with negative test results, which continues to reinforce to con-ventional doctors that Lyme doesn’t exist.”

According to Maderis, Quest and LabCorp adhere to the CDC criteria when testing for Lyme disease and IGeneX has its own criteria. Some doctors believe that the CDC criteria are too narrow, which is prob-lematic when considering whether Lyme is prevalent in an area.

“The state requires reporting of Lyme cases,” says Dr. Julie Griffith, a neurologist in San Rafael who treats Lyme patients. “The reporting is sent to the Marin County Health Department. If you don’t meet all of the CDC criteria, then the report may be re-jected. That contributes to the low reported number of cases.”

Shanna Cronan, senior public health nurse at Marin County Department of Health and Human Services, confirms that

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practice around Lyme was disqualified. You can look at that as preventing conflicts of interest, but the specialists were not allowed to be on that panel. The people working day in and day out with Lyme disease were not allowed to be on that panel.”

The 2006 guidelines, which are currently endorsed by the Centers for Disease Con-trol, remain unchanged. Controversy rages between the IDSA and Lyme advocates. A few even point to a government conspiracy. Wilson doesn’t believe in conspiracies.

“It’s not so much a medical or scien-tific question, as it’s a political one,” he says. “These people [IDSA] do not want to say that they’re wrong. It could have a catastrophic impact on their livelihood. There could be lawsuits. They’re protecting themselves.”

In the meantime, many people with Lyme remain undiagnosed or are misdiagnosed, because the majority of physicians follow the CDC criteria based on the Infectious

Diseases Society of America guidelines. It happened to Jane and it happened to the people Wilson followed in his film.

“My assumptions were that Lyme was an East Coast disease and that it wasn’t very serious,” Wilson says about the affliction named for the Connecticut towns of Lyme and Old Lyme, where the disease was first identified in 1975. “I was shocked to find out that it’s life threatening, similar to syphilis and it’s right here in our backyard, Marin County. I want to shock people into aware-ness about Lyme disease, but I don’t want people to be afraid of nature, the outdoors.”

Dr. Griffith concurs. “Lyme disease is a pandemic. In 2010 there were 48,000 documented cases in the U.S. Only one in 10 are diagnosed. Ninety percent of the people with Lyme disease do not know it or cannot secure a diagnosis. The criteria used by the CDC to make the diagnosis are too stringent.”

Maderis, Chan, Griffith and Wilson all agree that Lyme diagnosis should rely on specialized testing plus the clinical presenta-tion to make the diagnosis. They’re also in agreement that Lyme is a complex disease that may become chronic if not treated early.

“If you think you were exposed to Lyme disease, you need to find a Lyme-literate physician and get the more reliable tests for Lyme,” advises Wilson. “Just because a physician says we tested you for Lyme and

you don’t have it, or because a physician says we don’t have Lyme disease in Marin, doesn’t mean you don’t have it. It’s really about patients becoming informed and aware and that’s a threat to the patriarchal medical system.”

Jane starts her treatment for chronic Lyme disease this week, which will involve long-term antibiotics. “Hopefully,” she says, “I can beat it and get back to my life.” E-mail: [email protected]

it all comes down to how Lyme is officially defined by the CDC.

“Doctors are required to report Lyme disease—if it meets the case definition,” says Cronan.

The CDC endorses guidelines developed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), an organization that represents physi-cians, scientists and other healthcare profes-sionals who specialize in infectious diseases. “The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society [ILADS] has a completely different viewpoint on Lyme,” says Chan.

The two professional organizations don’t just disagree about testing. The proper treat-ment for Lyme disease treatment is also in dispute. “[The Infectious Diseases Society] doesn’t believe Lyme chronically persists,” says Maderis, “Many refute that.”

The International Lyme society, however, recognizes the existence of chronic Lyme disease and the need for long-term use of antibiotics, says Chan.

SAUSALITO FILMMAKER Andy Abrahams Wilson could write a film script on the poli-tics surrounding the disease. In fact, he did. Wilson spent more than three years research-ing Lyme, culminating in the award-winning documentary Under Our Skin.

Under Our Skin asserts that the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s 2006 guide-lines for Lyme were written by a panel, and the majority of panel members, according to the film, had conflicts of interest, mostly monetary. The Connecticut Attorney General investigated and found problems in the IDSA Lyme guideline development process. A settle-ment was made and the IDSA was required to convene an unbiased panel to review the guidelines. The new panel, however, affirmed the 2006 guidelines.

“It was skewed from the beginning,” Wil-son says. “The new panel was handpicked by the IDSA. It’s like Enron choosing its own jury. They also said that anyone who receives over $10,000 a year from their

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May is national Lyme Disease Awareness Month—ap-propriate timing, as the nymph ticks emerge in the spring. Both nymph and adult ticks can transmit disease to humans and pets. Protect yourself from ticks in May and year-round. Though a small percentage of ticks in California carry Lyme, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

• Wear light-colored clothing and a hat to help spot ticks more easily.

• Wear long pants, long sleeves and long socks whenever you enter tick territory. Tuck your shirt in your pants and tuck your pants in your socks to make it more difficult for the tick to get to your skin.

• Consider using insect repellent with a 20 percent or higher concentration of DEET on exposed skin.

• Keep your lawn cut short, cut back dense vegetation and remove debris pile.

• When hiking or biking, stay on cleared trails.

• Avoid contact with nymph habitat (leaf litter, logs, tree trunks, etc.).

• Shower thoroughly after being outdoors and carefully check for ticks.

• Wash your outdoor clothes in hot water and dry on high heat.

• Make it a habit to check yourself, your children and pets every day for ticks.

• Remove an attached tick immediately. With tweezers, gently grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible. Pull steadily upward. Don’t squeeze or crush the tick. Once you’ve removed the entire tick, apply antiseptic to the bite area.

• Consider having the tick tested for Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. Place the tick on a moist cotton ball and put in a Ziploc bag. Contact the Marin Public Health Laboratory in San Rafael, 415/473-6849, for more information. —Nikki Silverstein

Don’t get ticked!

There are many different symptoms associated with Lyme disease and not everyone will react the same way to the infection.

Early Lyme disease• Bull’s-eye skin rash• Other skin rashes• Flu like symptoms

Do I have Lyme? Late Lyme disease• Headaches• Joint pain and swelling• Meningitis• Bell’s palsy (paralysis of one side of the face)• Arthritis• Weakness in limbs• Severe fatigue• Memory problems• Dizziness• Sleep disturbances from shooting pain• Eye inflammation• Change in heartbeat

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Lyme disease Hike of FameThese well-known folks have been touched by Lyme dis-ease. Some were treated successfully in the early stages of the disease and others still suffer from chronic Lyme.

Jane Alexander—actress

Alec Baldwin—actor

George W. Bush—while he was in the White House

Neneh Cherry—singer, “Buffalo Stance”

Daryl Hall—singer (still has it)

Parker Posey—actress

Ben Stiller—actor

Amy Tan—author of The Joy Luck Club (still has it)

Alice Walker—author of The Color Purple

Rebecca Wells—author of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (still has it)


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comes from David Tanis, whose philoso-phy is related to Corwin’s and Fisher’s when it comes to eating simple foods seasonally—he was, after all, one of Chez Panisse’s longtime chefs. This is from his 2010 book, Heart of the Artichoke, where he writes, “These little almond cookies taste so very Italian, and they’re everything you want in a cookie—crisp exterior, moist center, slightly chewy. Accompany them

with a huge bowl of cherries. It’s a real sign of spring when cherries show up at the market.” As summer progresses the cook-ies pair just as well with berries, grapes, figs or stone fruits like peaches and nectar-ines. Cookies work better for picnics than chocolate (which melts) or sticky cakes.

ALMOND COOKIES Makes 2 dozen

1 cup raw almonds1/2 teaspoon baking powderPinch of salt3/4 pound good-quality almond paste1 egg white, beaten1/2 teaspoon vanilla extractPowdered sugar.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grind

the almonds to a fine powder in a spice grinder or a food processor. Put the almonds in a mixing bowl and stir in the baking powder and salt. Add the almond paste, egg white and vanilla and mix well until a nice dough forms.

Roll the dough into 2 dozen little balls, about 1 inch in diameter. Put the little almond balls on a parchment-lined baking sheet, about 1 inch apart.

Sprinkle the cookies with powdered sugar and bake for 12 to 14 minutes. The cookies will puff and crack a bit, and they’ll be done when they turn just barely golden. Cool them on a rack. Peek inside Pat’s basket at [email protected].

Q uickly, now: what image springs to mind when you hear the word “picnic”? It’s such a personal

experience, I’m sure it could range from Victorian outdoor feasts to peanut butter sandwiches you ate in the back yard with a childhood friend. That’s what makes the subject fun for food writers but also makes it a challenge. My aim is to provide inspiration for the season opening before us, starting this month with Memorial Day and extending through fall, Marin’s long summer when we can take advan-tage of the landscape around us to get outside for lunch or dinner (or even breakfast, if you like) with easy food and drink.

Whether the occasion is a roman-tic tryst, a family reunion, a hot day’s supper in a cooler place or a large party outing, the plan is the same. The only limit is imagination. Recently Miss Pippa Middleton, who used her current position as sister-in-law of royalty to become a celebrity columnist for Wait-rose Supermarket’s advertising, stirred up trouble when she published her menu for “a perfect Provencal picnic” with ingredi-ents costing around 100 pounds. I would say her imagination ran a bit wild, like the luxe suggestions from James Beard in the sixties when he recommended tak-ing white linens, real silver and Baccarat glasses on Champagne-fueled jaunts in the countryside. A touch of decadence is certainly never amiss, but hey, let’s get real and keep our picnics simple.

One of my favorite food writers, Laurie Colwin, wrote in More Home Cooking, “So what if all you have in the fridge is leftover rice, a couple of scallions and a jar of almonds? When you invent a lovely new rice salad no one will care if it’s not the usual, because you’re on a

picnic.” This is the same Laurie Colwin who once complained about dining treks beyond her house. “When dragged into the out-of-doors for lunch I would crab about sand in my food, yellow jackets buzzing near my drink, and itchy wool blankets that did not protect my tender flesh from lumpy, damp, uneven ground. Furthermore I hate sitting in the sun and I found most picnic food boring.” She was converted when she and her husband spent time on Majorca and discovered that fresh bread from a bakery to be filled with local cheese and salty meats, along with cold white wine, could turn an af-ternoon exploring the island’s wild coast into a fabulous pleasure.

Another hero of mine, M.F.K. Fisher, wrote in “Some Other Picnics” (in Archi-tectural Digest,1989) about a time when she lived in the South of France with her two young daughters. They decided to host a picnic for their neighbors in the village, depending on its food merchants to provide them with meat pies and “a lot of little (roasted) chickens, and an enor-mous flat yellow cake, which we covered with wild strawberries...local wine and plenty of bread” —the shepherd’s wife brought along “clabbered ewe’s milk” for the cake. Her description of that perfect day near a stone quarry is enough to get me planning a gathering of my own.

Nobody says we can’t do the same sort of easy, delicious menus here in Califor-nia. We’re blessed with every sort of plant food, fruits, cheese, wine and beautiful breads. All we need to do is pack a basket and head out the door.

This first recipe is from Laurie Colwin, and because it can be made ahead of time, it is a good choice for picnic fare. It was slightly adapted from the original by Lydia Walshin in her blog, The Perfect Pantry.

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PERIODICAL PRAISES The restaurant at The Olema continues its transformation. In this month’s issue of Food & Wine, there’s a highly complimentary article about the restaurant developed in their landmark building by Mar-garet Grade and Dan DeLong, just as it announces its new name: Sir and Star.

That whimsical title comes from the location, a corner crossroad of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Star Route One in West Marin. There is more than a little theater in the setting, from the almost-stark furnishings to the poetic license used in its menu writing. DeLong and Grade, who favors dark clothing and straw hats (think stylish Amish), create dishes from the closest pos-sible sources. Their ever-changing offerings include small plates ($10 -$12)—roasted artichoke with local feta and walnuts, bone marrow with onion jam—and larger ones ($20) like “Crab Plucked From Surrounding Seas Clawing At A Dip Of Local Meyer Lem-ons” or “Luscious Parts Of Local Pig Served With Jessie’s Chinese Speaking Broccoli.” A Saturday chef ’s dinner at $75 brings a multi-course meal with dishes such as wild sorrel soup and Devil’s Gulch spring lamb, finish-ing with warm roasted strawberries served with whipped yogurt and honeycomb. Hours of service are Wednesday through Sunday, 5-9pm. Reservations on Saturday are accepted for the chef ’s meal only. 1000 Sir Francis Drake, 415/663-1034 or http://sir-andstar.com ... Meanwhile, the owners’ other venue, Manka’s Inverness Lodge, made national press in the current issue of Bon Appetit, ranking ninth in a ten-choice list of the magazine’s “Ten Favorite Hotels.” While the restaurant, fire-damaged in 2007, is still not open to the public, meals are delivered right to the hearth of each guest room and the “richly comforting fare” played a big part in its selection by the editors.

APPRECIATE THOSE TEACHERS In other restaurant news we find The Tavern at Lark Creek and Yankee Pier, both in Larkspur, observing Teacher Appreciation Month, when educators and school employees are treated to a special discount. The first $10 of each tab is covered, with no restriction on the number of eligible folks or the number of visits. Through May 31... Locals missing their bakery cafe on San Anselmo Avenue since Sweet ife closed will be happy to hear that a new one will be opening soon. The husband-wife team of Tartine veteran baker Nathan and chef/baker Devon Yanko

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SEE THEN EAT AND REPEAT Learn to cook a seasonal Vietnamese meal as award-win-ning chef Joyce Jue comes to Novato May 23 (6:30-9) for a Fresh Starts Chef Event. She will demonstrate each dish for the dinner to follow (summer rolls, lemongrass curry chicken, papaya/carrot/green bean salad). Cost is $55; wine will be available for purchase. The setting is the showcase kitchen at the Next Key Center in Novato. All pro-ceeds benefit services at Homeward Bound of Marin. Information and registration: www.hbofm.org or 415/382-3363, ext. 243.

ELEPHANTS, AHI, SALMON Fourth an-nual Taste of Town Center will take place in Corte Madera in the central courtyard near the elephant fountain May 25 (noon-2pm), with samples from all the restaurants and food merchants. This means everything from ahi macadamia poke to croque monsieur and churros. This year there will be sign-ups for drawings with offerings from each of the participating restaurants.

Salmon season officially opened this month and the yield looks promising. Find out what the gorgeous fish is supposed to taste like by purchasing wild-caught stock in the market. If you can locate Copper River salmon from Alaska, its higher price is worth the investment for some of the world’s most flavorful seafood.

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Transformat ion is nothing new to Eve Ensler. But

three years ago, at the height of her career, the Vagina Monologues au-thor found herself trans-forming in ways she’d never imagined.

Eve Ensler, 59, is an award-winning play-wright, bestselling author, philanthropist and activ-ist. Her 1996 play, The Vagina Monologues, has been translated into 48 languages and has been performed in more than 140 countries. V-Day, the activist organization that she founded in 1998, has raised $90 million to end violence against women and girls.

Yet, even as her list of accomplishments grew, Ensler suffered the lasting effects of hav-ing been sexually abused as a girl by her father. Living in her head, as she describes, she felt exiled from her body and disconnected from the world. She began treating her body like a machine that had no limits, and eventually, she received a wake-up call.

Then Ensler was confronted by two formi-dable forces—one was a war in a third-world country, the other, a battle in her own body.

In 2007, she began working in the Demo-cratic Republic of the Congo, where hundreds of thousands of women have been viciously raped during an ongoing war fought largely over the vast mineral resources in the country. Ensler became consumed by the Congolese women and their horror stories. To help empower them, she raised funds to build a sanc-tuary and training center called City of Joy. But, in 2010, two months before the scheduled opening, Ensler was diagnosed with uterine cancer.

Ensler’s new memoir, In the Body of the World, chronicles her journey of sickness, healing and transformation. With relentless hon-esty, humor and courage, she writes about the lessons she learned from the Congolese women, the connection between body and the world—and what it’s like to awaken from surgery to find that seven parts of your body

and 70 nodes had been removed.

Today Ensler is cancer free. We recently caught up with her by phone, in anticipation of her appearance this Wednes-day at Book Passage. She exuded warmth and was eager to share her experiences and lessons learned.

Before your cancer diagnosis, you spoke

of being disassociated from your body. What caused you to “leave” your body and how did you reconnect with it?

I left my body because of violence at a young age from my father, and a remote mother. There was no way I could stay in this body, because it was too painful. It was contaminated. Oddly, the cancer brought me back to my body, because when you’ve been operated on for nine hours, you’re not much more than body. You can’t really function, except to be body. I had an infection for six weeks, which made me body. And then I had chemo. If that doesn’t bring you into your body, I don’t know what will. All of those things landed me squarely in body. I was

pricked, I was ported. I was chemofied. It was pretty hard not to be this physical thing, which is body.

Your former therapist suggested that you “reframe” your chemo-therapy treatments—changing them from a terrifying event into a cleansing, transforma-tional experience. Did

that make living through chemo any easier?

Once she gave me that frame, I looked forward to chemo. I’ve been stuck in this darkness so much of my life and it’s been so painful. The chemo is the way to cleanse the demons, cleanse the darkness and the

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projected badness. I’m going through it anyway, so I might as well focus on that. It was very physical and very much like exercise to redirect the process in that direction.

You touched upon the “irony” that you, the playwright of The Vagina Monologues, developed uterine cancer affecting your vagina. You even questioned whether you got cancer from talking too much about vaginas. Were you being facetious?

Here’s the story. We write what we have to learn. We teach what we have to learn. In a way, it’s not surprising. Obviously, I hungered to get back in my body and my vagina and to reconnect with myself, particularly the part of me that had been contaminated and had been betrayed. It’s ironic, but perfect.

At the same time that you were battling cancer, you were also helping the women in the Congo empower themselves after their bodies had been horrifically violated. How were you able to take on their pain when you were fighting for your own life?

Remember, I wasn’t just taking on pain. The women of the Congo are powerful, lov-ing, fierce, visionary. I feel deeply connected to them. They have the ability to rise from the most difficult circumstances and become victorious and generous to other people. They are my teachers.

You’ve traveled the globe and met thou-sands of women that have been victims of violence. Why did these women of the Congo stand out for you?

They were very clear about what they needed and wanted. I felt it was something V-Day could help support them in getting. And, I thought that what was going on there was, without a doubt, in terms of numbers and atrocities being committed, one of the worst places I’d ever witnessed on the planet. It seemed like that’s where we needed to stop and focus.

After you finished your treatment for cancer, you went to the Congo and celebrated the opening of the City of Joy. What is going on there now?

The City of Joy is for women who have suffered gender violence. It’s where women come to turn their pain to power. There are 90 women there at any given time, from [age] 14 to 40, who first come for healing. Then we have incredible training in literacy, agricul-ture, computers, rights and civics. They stay for six months at no charge, in the hope they will bring their training back to their com-munities. We’re seeing women develop into some of the most powerful leaders anywhere. They’ve started communes, collectives, and restaurants. They’re standing up to govern-ments, demanding their rights, and chang-ing the ways their families operate. It’s really happening. Email Nikki at [email protected]

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Last year’s winners, Six Appeal, will serve as hosts.

True to Collins’ vision, festival winners, and other contestants, have stepped into the wider spotlight.

According to the Sweepstakes’ website, the 2000 “national champions” Toxic Audio now perform regularly off-Broadway throughout the country. The previous year’s champs, Naturally Seven, signed a record deal with the Sony label. National champions Hi-Fi-delity landed a gig performing frequently on the Carson Daly Show. Contestants M-Pact was hailed by Billboard magazine as “Best Unsigned Artist.” And M-Pact member Rudy Cardenas became a Season 6 finalist on the hit television show American Idol.

“In terms of popularity, a cappella is go-ing strong,” Knudsen says. “In the colle-giate world, there’s a whole other national competition.”

Festival emcee Angie Doctor, a member of the quirky singing group the Bobs, who competed a decade ago as a member of Clockwork, says there’s an a cappella revival underway. She attributes that, in part, to the popularity of the hit Fox-TV show Glee as well as such televised singing competitions as the NBC-TV shows The Voice and The Sing Off, which is fashioned on the Harmony Sweepstakes.

“The main thing is that we have lyrics, and the storytelling aspect of song really connects with people,” Doctor says of a cappella’s enduring appeal. “Also, it’s an instrument that is just so personal that, with harmony, singers are able to touch an audience in a way that instrumental music simply does not.” Lend Greg at tenor at [email protected].

Seattle, San Francisco and Chicago. Stylistically, the groups run the gamut

from doo-wop to pop, jazz to funk.And, oh yeah, barbershop.This year’s contestants are Ro Sham Bo

(San Francisco), the Honey Whiskey Trio (Los Angeles), Rezonate (Pacific Northwest), Lustre (Mid-Atlantic), the Cat’s Pajamas

“A cappella is completely real. It’s as basic as you can get with music, since it’s just voices,” says

Craig Knudsen, local talent agent, a former member of the EDLOS a cappella group and a judge at the upcoming 29th annual Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival. “Performing it is like walking a tightrope with no net. There’s no piano or other instrument on stage defining the pitch for you as a singer—it’s all based on listening to each other within the group. In an age when we have techno everything, the ap-peal is that it’s real, it’s honest.

“And somehow people really respond to that.”

Of course, this ain’t your grandfather’s barbershop quartet: the festival has deliv-ered such novel attractions as Radiohead’s raucous ode to self-loathing, “Creep,” sung a cappella sans crunching gui-tars and bashing drums.

Indeed, theatricality, and

unabashed kitsch, is a big part of the appeal for this art form—the campy, and now-de-funct, EDLOS, before Knudsen joined, once took to the festival stage clad in floor-length burlap monk’s robes and humming Grego-rian chants before stripping to street clothes and busting out in a campy rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir.”

This unique festival had its inception at the Mayflower Pub in San Rafael, where the Mayflower Community Chorus performed. Chorus member Lisa Collins had suggested that a competition could help to promote a cappella singing to the general public.

She was right.Today, Marin producer

John Neal runs the annual event, which has gained national prominence, attracting international acts and drawing from regional winners of similar events in Denver, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Portland/

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FRIDAY, MAY 17 Girl Code It’s just a comedy series. Sharing the actual girl code is punishable by death. Plus, it changes every 15 minutes anyway. MTV. 7pm.Undercover Boss Tonight’s episode looks back at “intriguing bosses.” The people who work for them use a different adjective. CBS. 8pm.The Tonight Show Mitt Romney used a paper clip and a bent Harvard tie clip to pick the locks and escape from the GOP detention facility. NBC. 11:35pm.

SATURDAY, MAY 18 Accused at 17 A mother has to prove her daughter’s innocence after the teen is framed for murder. On the plus side, it makes for a r e a l l y i n t e r e s t i n g essay on her college application. (2009) Lifetime. 6pm.My Cat from Hell Tales of cats who claw furniture, pee on rugs, kill parakeets and gen-erally behave like, well, cats. Animal Planet. 8pm.American Pie 2 This is the more sophisticated sequel in which the characters grow as human beings and develop enlightened attitudes about love and relationships. (2001) Bravo. 9pm.Saturday Night Live Ben Affleck is the host and Kanye West is the musical guest on a Very Special Guys Who Take Them-selves Too Seriously episode. NBC. 11:35pm.

SUNDAY, MAY 19 Billboard Music Awards These awards are based on record sales. The top award category is “That Annoying Song They Just Won’t Stop Playing.” ABC. 7pm.A Decade of the Waltons A fond look at the high-lights from the program, including the episode where Mary Ellen is dis-owned for joining a femi-nist group, the episode where Grandpa attends his first AA meeting and the episode where John Boy joins a militia and blows up Ike Godsey ’s store. Hallmark Channel. 7pm.All-Star Celebrity Apprentice The winner is announced tonight and awarded a cash prize and a suite upgrade at the rehab clinic. NBC. 9pm.

MONDAY MAY 20 Living with the Enemy A wife suspects her husband may have killed his first wife. She becomes more concerned when she finds her ini-tials cut out of the monogrammed towels. (2005) Lifetime. 6pm.

The Goodwin Games After the death of their father, siblings must com-plete a game to inherit their shares of his $23 million estate. In life’s uber-rich families, the game typically involves winning the presidency. Fox. 8:30pm.The Newlyweds Tonight, the pregnancy tests are revealed, because there’s noth-ing more special and heartwarming than peeing on a stick and sharing it with a national TV audience. Bravo. 10pm.

TUESDAY, MAY 21 Man-Eating Super Squid It turns out there may really be giant Kraken-like squid. Look for “Kill-amari” on SyFy within months. Animal Planet. 6pm.The Bachelor It’s not a new season. It’s just a “funniest moments” special, featuring hilarious lab results and restraining orders. ABC. 8pm.Norma Rae Sally Field

plays a cotton-mill worker who organizes her coworkers in a union. It was heroic then. Now it’s “socialism.” (1979) Sundance. 8pm.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 Master Chef This may be the reality show where the auditions include the risk of food poison-ing. Fox. 8pm.The Tonight Show Vin Diesel is promot-ing Fast & Furious 6. Diesel is 45 now. We’re waiting for Fast & Furious 24 in

which his character has a handicap plates and volun-teers as a crossing guard. NBC. 11:35pm.

THURSDAY, MAY 23 Save Me In this new sit-com, Anne Heche plays a woman whose near-death experience puts her on speaking terms with God. We can imagine Heche’s real prayers would begin with “Please make it 1997 again.” NBC. 8pm.Battle Castle This series explore ancient fortifica-tions with towering walls, moats, guard towers and

other features coming to a school near you. PBS. 8pm.Showville This sounds remarkably like “Off Pitch” but they visit a different small-town musical theater every week so you can hear Fiddler on the Roof massacred in different regional accents. American Movie Classics. 9pm.

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Armed and dangerous, Tuesday at 6.

Good night, John Boy…Sunday at 7.

At Any Price (1:05) Farming magnate Dennis Quaid deals with a government better-business investigation and the reluctance of hot-rodder son Zac Efron to inherit the family dynasty. The Big Wedding (1:30) Long-divorced and

still-angry Diane Keaton and Robert De Niro are forced to play the happily married couple during their son’s weekend-long wedding celebration; Robin Williams offi ciates. Cleopatra (4:20) Famously overblown

studio-crippling epic stars Liz Taylor as the title temptress and Richard Burton as her Mark Antony; Rex Harrison, Martin Landau, Carroll O’Connor and several thousand others costar. The Croods (1:31) Dazzling animation high-

lights the story of a prehistoric family emerg-ing from their cave to behold the wide world; Emma Stone and Nic Cage vocalize. Disconnect (1:55) Th e destructive nature

of digital technology is explored in four short fi lms about privacy rights, cyber-bullying, child pornography and the easy convenience of con-necting with a cell phone instead of the people around you. Fast & Furious 6 (2:225) Th e expat road war-

riors reunite in London to take down a mob of mercenary motorists; Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker star, of course. 42 (2:08) Biopic of the great Jackie Robinson,

the Brooklyn Dodger who broke baseball’s color line in 1947; Chadwick Boseman stars. Giselle (2:30) London’s Royal Ballet presents

Adolphe Adam’s tale of love and betrayal with prima ballerina Marianela Nuñez and the choreography of Peter Wright. The Great Gatsby (2:23) Baz Luhrmann

takes on the great American novel with his signature razzle-dazzle; Leo DiCaprio is the shadowy Long Island millionaire, sure, but Carey Mulligan as Daisy? The Hangover Part III (1:40) Zach Galifi ana-

kis, Bradey Cooper, Heather Graham and the gang are back and making the most of a booze- and drug-fueled road trip to Tijuana. The Iceman (1:1:45) Prize-winning biopic

of Richard Kuklinski, devoted family man and highly successful contract killer; James Franco, Ray Liotta and Winona Ryder star. In the House (1:45) A schoolteacher and his

wife become addicted to the provocative prose submitted by one of his students in Francois Ozon’s sly comedy. Iron Man 3 (2:10) Robert Downey, Jr. is back

as the genius superhero inventor, pitted this time against a destructive nemesis with a per-sonal axe to grind; Don Cheadle and Gwyneth Paltrow costar. Kon-Tiki (1:58) Dazzling docudrama about

Th or Heyerdahl’s legendary 4,300-mile, three-month transpacifi c journey from Peru to Polynesia aboard a primitive balsa raft . Love Is All You Need (1:40) Romantic com-

edy about the fated hookup between a British widower and a Danish divorcee at the Italian wedding of his son to her daughter; Pierce Brosnan stars. Midnight’s Children (2:20) Salman Rushdie’s

sweeping historical novel hits the big screen with Satya Bhabha and Shahana Goswami as the prince and pauper living one another’s lives against the backdrop of Indian independence. Mud (2:10) Man-on-the-run Matthew

McConaughey awaits girlfriend Reese Wither-spoon on a remote Mississippi island as bounty hunters close in. National Theatre London: This House

(2:45) James Graham’s biting political drama goes behind the scenes at a Westminster beset by posturing and infi ghting during the acrimo-nious summer of 1974. Oblivion (2:05) Tom Cruise comes upon a

fellow being on an otherwise barren postapoc-alyptic Earth and fi nds himself defending the fate of humankind from alien colonials. Oz: The Great and Powerful (2:07) Fan-

tastical Sam Raimi prequel about the young wizard’s arrival in Oz stars Michelle Williams as Glinda and James Franco in the title role. Pain & Gain (2:00) Michael Bay action com-

edy stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson as real-life Miami trainers who got caught up in a dicey and dangerous underworld setup. The Place Beyond the Pines (2:20) Stunt-

man-turned-car-mechanic Ryan Gosling locks horns with rookie cop Bradley Cooper when he turns to a life of crime to support his family. Renoir (1:51) Sumptuous French period

drama about the relationship between painter Pierre-Auguste, his future-fi lmmaker son Jean and their mutual muse, a lovely young model. Rockshow: Paul McCartney & Wings (2:21)

Digitally restored and remastered 33-year-old concert fi lm features 30 cuts from Paul and Linda’s 1976 North American tour. The Sapphires (1:43) Four hip young Mo-

town-era Australian aborigines fi nd themselves in war-torn Vietnam entertaining the troops! Star Trek Into Darkness (2:12) Kirk, Spock

and the gang take on a weapon of mass destruction that’s crippled Star Fleet and every-thing it stands for! Stories We Tell (1:48) Documentarian/

actress Sarah Polley trains her camera on her own family and gets a veritable Rashomon of confl icting stories about her late mother. Tyler Perry Presents We the Peeples (1:35)

Th e annual reunion of an upper-crust family is upended when Craig Robinson crashes the party and demands favorite daughter Kerry Washington’s hand in marriage.

At Any Price (R) Northgate: 11:05, 4:25, 10:05

The Big Wedding (R) Northgate: 11:15, 4:40, 10:20

Cleopatra (G) Regency: Wed 2, 7 Sequoia: Wed 2, 7

The Croods (PG) Northgate: noon, 5:05, 10:10; 3D showtimes at 2:35, 7:35

Disconnect (R) Northgate: 10:55, 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 9:55

Fast & Furious 6 (PG-13) Northgate: Thu 10pm, midnight Rowland: Thu 10pm, midnight

42 (PG-13) Marin: Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:20 Northgate: 10:45, 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:25, 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25

Giselle (Not Rated) Rafael: Sun 1 Tue 6:30

The Great Gatsby (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat, Wed 12, 3:10, 6:20, 9:30; 3D showtimes at 1:10, 4:15, 7:20 Sun-Tue 12, 3:10, 6:20; 3D showtimes at 1:10, 4:15, 7:20 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 5:30, 8:45 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 1:10, 2:15, 5:30, 8:45 Mon-Tue 7, 10:15; 3D showtime at 8:45 Wed 7; 3D showtime at 8:45 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 6:30 Sat 12:20, 3:30, 6:30, 9:35 Sun-Wed 12:20, 3:30, 6:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:55, 5:20, 8:40; 3D showtimes at 12:20, 3:40, 7, 10:10 Sun-Tue, Thu 10:45, 1:55, 5:20; 3D showtimes at 12:20, 3:40, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10, 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:40; 3D showtimes at 11:35, 2:50, 6:10, 9:20 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 3:55, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 12:45, 7:05 Sun 3:55; 3D showtimes at 12:45, 7:05 Mon-Tue, Thu 3:55; 3D showtime at 7:05 Wed 2; 3D showtime at 8

The Hangover Part III (R) Fairfax: Wed 10pm Larkspur Landing: Wed 10:15pm Rowland: Wed 10pm, midnight Thu 10, 12:30, 3, 5:30, 7:55, 10:30

The Iceman (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:20, 2, 4:40, 7:20, 10 Sun-Tue, Thu 11:20, 2, 4:40, 7:20

In the House (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri-Mon, Wed-Thu 9:15

Iron Man 3 (PG-13) Cinema: Fri, Mon-Wed 4:10, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 1:10, 7:15 Sat-Sun 10:15, 4:10; 3D showtimes at 1:10, 7:15, 10:15 Fairfax: Fri-Sat, Wed 1, 4, 7, 9:50; 3D showtimes at 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 Sun-Tue 1, 4, 7; 3D showtimes at 12:15, 3:15, 6:15 Northgate: 10:45, 1:55, 2:50, 4:55, 8:05, 9; 3D showtimes at 11:45, 12:45, 3:50, 5:55, 7, 10 Playhouse: Fri 4, 6:50 Sat 1, 4, 6:50, 9:40 Sun-Wed 1, 4, 6:50 Rowland: Fri-Tue 10:05, 1, 4, 7, 10; 3D showtimes at 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 Wed 10:05, 1, 4, 7, 10; 3D show-times at 11:30, 2:30, 5:30 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 4:15, 10:20; 3D showtimes at 1:15, 7:20 Sun 4:15; 3D showtimes at 1:15, 7:20 Mon-Tue, Thu 4:15; 3D showtime at 7:20 Wed 3D showtime at 5:05

Kon-Tiki (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:45, 2:20, 5, 7:30, 10:05 Sun-Tue, Thu 11:45, 2:20, 5, 7:30

Love Is All You Need (R) Regency: Fri-Tue, Thu 11, 1:50, 4:50, 7:45

Midnight’s Children (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 4:30, 7:30 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:30, 7:30 Mon-Thu 7:30

Mud (PG-13) Marin: Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 1, 4:05, 7:10, 10:10 Sun-Tue, Thu 1, 4:05, 7:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:10, 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05

National Theatre London: This House Lark: Sat 1 (Not Rated)

Oblivion (PG-13) Northgate: 1:30, 7:10

Oz: The Great and Powerful (PG-13) Northgate: 4:20, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 1:20, 7:25 Thu 3:50; 3D show-times at 12:50, 6:55

Pain & Gain (R) Northgate: 10:50, 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30

The Place Beyond the Pines (R) Northgate: 1:35, 7:05

Renoir (R) Rafael: Fri-Sun 4:15, 6:45 Mon, Wed, Thu 6:45

Rockshow: Paul McCartney & Wings Rafael: Sat 1 (Not Rated)

The Sapphires (PG-13) Lark: 5:30, 8 Northgate: 12:10, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20

Star Trek Into Darkness (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat, Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 Sun-Tue 12:30, 3:40, 6:40; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:45, 9; 3D showtimes at 7:30, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:30, 5:45, 9; 3D showtimes at 1, 4:15, 7:30, 10:30 Mon-Wed 9; 3D showtimes at 7:30, 10:30 Marin: Mon-Wed 4:45; 3D showtime at 7:45 Northgate: 11, 2, 3:05, 5, 8, 9:05; 3D showtimes at 12:05, 1:15, 4:15, 6:05, 7:15, 10:15 Thu 11, 2, 5, 8; 3D showtimes at 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Playhouse: Fri 3:40, 6:40 Sat 12:30, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:40 Row-land: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:45, 5:45, 8:45; 3D showtimes at 10:15, 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15

Stories We Tell (PG-13) Rafael: Fri 4, 6:30, 9 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9 Mon-Thu 6:30, 9

Tyler Perry Presents We the Northgate: 12:20, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 Peeples (PG-13)

CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito • 331-0255 | CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley •

388-4862 | Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera • 924-6505 | Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax • 453-5444

Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur • 924-5111 | Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur • 461-4849

Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael • 800-326-3264 | Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon • 435-1234

Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael • 454-1222 | Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda • 479-5050

Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato • 800-326-3264

New Movies This Week

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

Pål Sverre Hagen and crew brave the treacherous Pacifi c in ‘Kon-Tiki,’ opening at the Regency Friday.

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Live music

05/17: Bedrock Rock. 9pm. $8. Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. perisbar.com.05/17: Elephant Listening Project Indie rock, blues. 9pm. $10. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.05/17: Hot Rod Jukebox 1950s rock , R&B, rockabilly, surf. All ages show. 8:30pm. $7. Presido Yacht Club, Travis Marina, Som-merville Road, Ft. Baker, Sausalito. 332-2319. presidioyachtclub.org.05/17: Buffalo Wedding With Andy Padlo and Stephen Ehret. $10. Sausalito Seahorse Sup-per Club, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 331-2899. sausalitoseahorse.com.05/17: Lyrics Born 9pm. $12-18. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com 05/17-18: May Rambles with Phil Lesh and Friends Jam rock. 7:30pm. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.05/17: Pepperland Classic and deep-cut Bea-tles. Shows at 8 and 10pm. 8pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com05/17: The Sting Rays Americana, rock. 8:30pm. $10. Rancho Nicasio, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com05/17: The Sun Kings 9:30pm. George’s , 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. georgesnightclub.com 05/17: Super Diamond Neil Diamond trib-ute band. 9pm. $30. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley . 388-3850. swmh.com.05/18: AfroFunk Experience, Afrolicious 9:30pm. $15-10. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fair-fax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com05/18: Cave Concert: Into the Sound Samavesha presents. With music and dance by Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Ni Ketut Arini, Laura Inserra, Alyssa DeCaro and Gamelan X mem-bers Dan Bales, Lydia Martin and Daniel Yas-min. Laura Inserra, artistic direction. Space is limited. Advance tickets only. 9:30pm. $36-118. Hawk Hill Tunnel, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Conzelman Road, Sausalito. caveconcert.org.05/18: Danny Click Blues. 9:30pm. George’s, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. georgesnightclub.com05/18: Johnny Vegas and the High Rollers Swing, rock. 9pm. $20. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.05/18: Marooned in Marin: Roberta Don-nay and the Prohibition Mob Band Benefit performance with DJs Gianni and Sunshine; magician Jeff Kost 7:30pm. $14-45. Sausalito Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 331-2899. sausalitoseahorse.com.05/18: New Monsoon with Emily Yates 9pm. $18. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte

Madera Ave., Mill Valley . 388-3850. swmh.com.05/18: Stefanie Keys Band Folk, rock, soul. Shows at 8:30 and 10:30pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.05/18: Tommy Castro and the Painkillers Blues, rock. 8:30pm. $20. Rancho Nicasio, Nica-sio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com05/19: Destiny Muhammad Trio Jazz harp. 6:30pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.05/19: Donna D’Acuti Bluesy jazz. 6pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com.05/19: Todos Santos Soulful harmonies. 5pm. No cover. Rancho Nicasio, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com05/21: Holly Williams Holly Williams is the daughter of Hank Williams Jr. and granddaugh-ter of Hank Williams. 8pm. $12. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.05/21: Swing Fever: Memphis in June and Blues in the Night Songs of Hoagy Carmi-chael and Johnny Mercer. 7pm. no cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel & Restaurant, 4 Bay-view St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com.05/22: J Kevin Durkin Jazz. 7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restau-rant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com.05/22: Mystic Rhythms Band featuring Charles Neville and Youssoupha Sidibe New Orleans/West African music. 8pm. $22. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.05/23: Ghosts of Electricity Celebrate Bob Dylan’s Birthday 8pm. $22. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera , Mill valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.05/23: NGW Nicholas, Glover and Wray Harmonies, roots, jazz 7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bay-view St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com.05/23: Preservation Hall Jazz Band: Opera House Benefit Show 6:30pm. $85-100. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa. 707-226-7372. nvoh.org.05/24-25: The English Beat 21 and older. 9pm. $25. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com 05/24: Elliot Randall and the Deadmen, David Luning Original Americana. 8pm. $12-15. Rancho Nicasio, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com05/24: Rockit Science Rock. 6pm. Boca Piz-zeria, 1544 Redwood Highway, Corte Madera. 497-2448.05/24: Rusty Evans and the Ring of Fire 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. perisbar.com.

Comedy

05/18: Free Improv Show Improvisation Troupe Show 8pm. Free. College of Marin Per-forming Arts Bldg., Studio Theatre #32, Laurel and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield. 510-260-9151. marin.edu.

Theater

05/24: Sweeney Todd, A Throckmorton Youth Performers Production Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s chilling, sus-penseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of mur-derous barber-ism and culinary crime. Throck-morton Youth Performers production. 7:30pm. $18. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throck-morton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.05/17-24: Theatresports Spring Tourna-ment Highly interactive night of improvised theater played as a sport. 8pm. $17-20. Bayfront Theater, B350 Fort Mason Center, S.F. 474-6776. improv.org.

Concerts

05/17: Musae “Tuning In: Classic Music from Film and Television.” Recognizable hits from both the silver and small screens, this is a concert that everyone can enjoy. Led by artistic direc-tor Ben Johns. 8pm. $15-20. Old St. Hilary’s Landmark, 201 Esperanza, Tiburon. 435-1853. landmarks-society.org.05/18: Harmony Sweepstakes: A Cap-pella Festival National Finals 8pm. $32-60. Marin Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, Marin Center, Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 473-6800.

05/18: Marin Oratorio presents ‘Juda Maccabaeus’ Handel. The choir will be joined

by a full orchestra and vocal soloists Christa

Pfeiffer, Michael Belle, Clifton Massey and Paul

Thompson. 8pm. $15-20. James Dunn Theatre,

College of Marin, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Lau-

rel Ave. , Kentfield. 456-4929. marinoratorio.org.

05/19: Mayflower Chorus presents ‘The Gathering’ American vocal music spiced with

stories from its April tour of Ireland. 3:30pm.

$5-$20. Aldersgate Church, 1 Wellbrock Heights,

San Rafael. 491-9110. mayflowerchorus.org.

Dance

05/18: Dance with Sherry Studio Spring Performance 2 and 7pm. $12-25. Showcase

Theatre, Marin Center, Ave. of the Flags, San

Rafael. 473-6800. dancewithsherrystudio.com.

05/19: Just Dance Spring 2013 4pm. $20-

22. Showcase Theatre, Marin Center, Ave. of the

Flags, San Rafael. 473-6800. marincenter.org

05/22: Greek Folk Dance Greek Folk Dance

with Kristalli Papadopoulos. Drop-ins welcome.

7:15pm. Albert Boro Community Center, Pickel-

weed Park, 50 Canal St., San Rafael. 570-1841.

Art

05/18-19: 16th Annual Ranches and Rolling Hills Landscape Art Show and Sale Celebrate and mingle with California

artists that have been painting on MALT-pro-

tected ranches and farms. For more informa-

tion and to see a sneak peek at this year’s art,

visit website. 2pm May 18; 10am May 19. Free.

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What the cat dragged in...

Brace yourself and your bellies Marin, come-dian and cat whisperer PAULA POUNDSTONE is bringing her wry observational humor to Angelico Concert Hall on Saturday, May 25. Pound-stone—known for her work as a comedian and panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me—is coming to San Rafael this Sunday at 8:30pm equipped with her trademark loud suit, a stool and a can of Diet Pepsi. She’ll rile up audiences with material that’s more than relatable for Marinites: three kids, 13 cats, two dogs, a hectic work schedule, travel toils and the complexities of aging gracefully. (And don’t forget to brush up on your own comedic timing—Poundstone does not shy away from audience involvement.) Sponsored by the Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts and The Other Café Comedy Showcase, An Evening with Paula Poundstone takes place in Angelico Concert Hall, located at Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave. in San Rafael. $25-$80. Visit www.marinjcc.org/arts or www.othercafe.com for tickets. —Stephanie Powell

The comedian would like to make a couple of points...

BEST BET


Cumulus as you areTwo very different releas-

es this week to suit your mood. The megabudgeted Wachowskis’CLOUD ATLAS starring Tom Hanks, a bold adaptation of an unfilma-ble novel, tells six stories of redemption across millen-nia and galaxies. Clocking in at nearly three hours and gorgeous to look at, the film experiments with a steadily quickening intercut between its tales until they’re practically in parallel. The effect is kaleidoscopic, with characters that extinguish and reap-pear in different forms across the eons, and represents yet another breakthrough for team Matrix. And the microfunded STARLET starring Dree Hemingway (daugh-ter of Mariel), a story of unlikely friendship between a young woman caught up in the edgy life of San Fernando Valley and the 85-year-old widow whose path crosses hers at a yard sale. Their protracted getting-to-know-you phase has all the brittleness of two people completely ill suited for each other, but there are holes in each life the other seems to fill (Hemingway’s gifted costar Besedka Johnson, who died last month, was “discovered” at a YWCA). Hard Rs both despite the uplift of their stories, they show that the smithy of invention glows warm within and with-out Hollywood. —Richard Gould

After playing a half-dozen diff erent characters in ‘Cloud Atlas,’ it’s offi cially OK to start hating Tom Hanks again.

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05/19: Learn to Ride a Skateboard Rang-ers offer tips and techniques for beginners. This event is geared toward the newbie and those looking to cross over from other board sports, but aren’t quite sure how to start. Make sure to bring your board, helmet and pads. 11am. Free. McInnis Park, 310 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael. 446-4423. marincountyparks.org.05/19: MITI: Girls Get Your DIY On Curious Jane will host this day of DIY fun for girls. Make it/take it combines girls + design + community. Announcing their first West Coast July summer camp location, San Domenico School in San Anselmo. Meet them and get creative. Drop in anytime, stay as long as you like. For girls ages 6 -12. 12:30-4pm. $15-20. Marin Art and Garden Center , 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. curiousjanecamp.com.05/19: Sunday Special: ‘Til Dawn A Cap-pella Concert 11am. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, Main Reading Room, 375 Throckmor-ton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 ext. 4741. millvalleylibrary.org.05/23: David Carter Join Bitsy Bee as she dis-covers flower bugs, unicorn bugs, cotton candy cloud bugs, a handsome prince and more. 10am. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

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05/17: Film Series: ‘Chasing Ice’ Best cin-ematography winner at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. It is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeni-able evidence of our changing planet. Dr. Peter Joseph, Climate Reality Project, will speak after the film. 7pm. $5-15 suggested donation. Fairfax Women’s Club, 46 Park Road, Fairfax. sustaina-blefairfax.org.05/18: NT Live Presents: This House Broad-cast from National Theatre London on the big screen. By James Graham 1pm. $30. Lark Theat-er, 549 Magnolia Ave. 924-5111. larktheater.net05/18: Rockshow: Paul McCartney & Wings Starring Paul McCartney and Wings and filmed during their 1976 North American tour, this legendary concert film was originally released in 1980 but has been out of circulation for decades. 141 min. 1pm. $15-17. Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 4th St. , San Rafael. 454-1222. cafilm.org05/19: Giselle - From the Royal Ballet, London1pm May 19; 6:30 pm May 21. $12-15. Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 4154541222. cafilm.org.05/17-19: Sausalito Film Festival: Our Planet Events will include an opening night block party and a lineup of Bay Area premiere films and special events. See website for schedule

details. CineArts Marin, 101 Caledonia St., Sau-salito. sausalitofilmfestival.com/.

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05/19: Birds at Mt. Burdell This walk is for adults. No animals (except service animals) please. Heavy rain may cancel. David Herlocker leads. 9am. Free. Mount Burdell Preserve, San Andreas Dr., Novato. 893-9527 or 893-9508. marincountyparks.org.05/19: Culinary Hike at Mt. Burdell Get your hiking shoes on and your taste buds ready. Ranger Charlie Schonwasser and native foods chef John Farais lead this culinary hike on Mt. Burdell. Learn some ways local Native Americans used the abundant native plants of this area for food, medicine and other eve-ryday needs. Please bring a cold dish to share and an optional recipe card to exchange with others. Registration is required. 10am. Free. Mount Burdell Preserve, San Andreas Dr., Novato. 473-2816. marincountyparks.org.05/23: Focus on Grasses with Ashley Ratcliffe This walk will explore how to look at a grasses. Bring a hand lens and a “Marin Flora” if you can. This walk is for adults. No animals (except service animals) please. Heavy rain may cancel. Call 893-9527. Parking limited. 10am. Free. Marin Open Space, Cascade Dr., Fairfax. 893-9508. marincountyparks.org.

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05/17: Paul Theroux in conversation with Don George Travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux first came to Africa as a 22-year-old Peace Corps volunteer. In “Last Train to Zona Verde” he returns after fifty years on the road to explore the little-traveled territory of western Africa. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.05/17: Readings from the Grotto Fast paced and irreverent evening showcasing new work from the students of the S.F. Writer’s Grot-to. 6pm. Free. Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, S.F. 835-1020. bookpassage.com.05/18: John Gray “Work With Me: The Eight Blind Spots Between Men and Women in Busi-ness” is a collaboration between gender relations authors Barbara Annis and John Gray. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Mad-era. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.05/18: Leslie Bennet and Stefani Bittner In “The Beautiful Edible Garden.” Landscaping experts discuss how to grow organic fruits and vegetables. 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.05/18: Susan C. Shea “The King’s Jar.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.05/19: Amy Friedman “Desperado’s Wife.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.05/19: Linda Joy Myers “Don’t Call Me Mother: A Daughter’s Journey from Abandon-ment to Forgiveness.” 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.05/19: Mario Livio In “Brilliant Blunders,” internationally renowned astrophysicist Livio explains how mistakes often lead to ground-breaking discoveries. 11am. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

05/19: Sprague Theobald “The Other Side of the Ice.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.05/20: Jennie Shortridge A bittersweet novel, “Love Water Memory,” explores complexi-ties of personal identity. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.05/20: Michael Pollan Ticket includes signed copy of the book. In “Cooked,” Pollan explores his own kitchen. Apprenticing himself to a suc-cession of culinary masters, Pollan learns how to grill with fire, bake bread and ferment everything from cheese to beer. 7pm. $35. Angelico Hall at Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.05/21: David Sedaris “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.05/21: Josh Hanagarne “The World’s Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette’s, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family.” The author will be joined by Fairfax librarian Shereen Ash. 7pm. Free. Fairfax Library , 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.05/21: Marin Poetry Traveling Show Hosted by Becky Foust and featuring Cesar Love, Kathleen Winter, Ida VSW Red, Claire J. Baker, Daniel Polikoff and Charles Glaser. 7pm. Free. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton, Mill Val-ley. 889-5295. marinpoetrycenter.org.05/22: Eve Ensler Ticket includes signed copy of the book. “In the Body of the World” is a call to embody our connection to and responsibility for the world. 7pm. $30. Angelico Hall, Domini-can University, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.05/22: John Lescroart “The Ophelia Cut.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

05/23: Marin Poetry Traveling Show Host-ed by Catlyn Fendler. WithVincent DeMaio, Lon-ner Holden, Robert Huotari, Patti Trimble, Paul Watsky and Juanita J. Marti. 7pm. Free. Falkirk Cultural Center, , 1408 Mission St., San Rafael. 889-5295. marinpoetrycenter.org.

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05/17: An Evening with Ethno-historian David Conrad Slide show/discussion of “Danc-ing with D’mba: Celebration of Female Power, Grace & Mystery” and “Voodoo Spirits: Power, Art & Religion in West Africa.” Complimentary dessert, wine and raffle. 7pm. $5-10. Stinson Beach Community Center, Belvedere off Shore-line Hwy., Stinson Beach. .05/17: History of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Join Ranger Bill to learn about the diverse missions, goals and objectives of the USACE. 2pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. spn.usace.army.mil.05/18: Affordable Senior Housing Options in Marin The Marin Gray Panthers invite the public to attend a presentation by Leslie Klor, Director of Shared Housing Epis-copal Senior Communities. Ms. Klor will pre-sent options and answer your questions about housing choices in Marin. 1:30pm. Free. The Redwoods Activities Room, 40 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. 453-1550. graypanthersmarin.org.05/18: Creativity as Connection to Life with Claire Hedin Learn how creative arts can connect us to our greater knowledge and our own healing. 1:30pm. $5-7. Corte Madera Town Center, Administration Bldg., Community Room, 770 Tamalpias Dr., Corte Madera. 564-6419.05/18: Dear Iran Project Learn and partici-pate in a fundraiser to facilitate peace and respect


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>>PUBLiC NOTiCESFICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENTFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 2013131930 The following individual is doing busi-ness as FIX YOUR TAX PROBLEM.COM, 14 COMMERCIAL BLVD. SUITE #111-A, NOVATO, CA 94949: ROBERT L. CRANE, 210 MIRADA AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transact-ing business under the fictitious busi-ness name listed herein on APRIL 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on APRIL 15, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 26; MAY 3, 10, 17, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 131904 The following individuals are doing busi-ness as ICEHOUSE STUDIOS, 1556 4TH ST. STE C, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TAIMAGE MORRIS, 20 LAKESIDE DR., CORTE MADERA, CA 94925; AMBER MORRIS, 20 LAKESIDE DR., CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on APRIL 10, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 26; MAY 3, 10, 17, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 2013131827 The following individuals are doing busi-ness as VIN ANTICO, 881 4TH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: HEFFERNAN ANTICO RESTAURANT LLC., 1350 CARLBACK AVE., WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596. This busi-ness is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on MARCH 20, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on APRIL 3, 2013. (Publication Dates: APRIL 26; MAY 3, 10, 17, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 2013131983 The following individual is doing busi-ness as ECOMMERCE MARKETING GROUP, 200 LARKSPUR PLAZA DR., LARKSPUR, CA 94939: DIANA SCARBROUGH, 200 LARKSPUR PLAZA DR., LARKSPUR, CA 94939. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on APRIL 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on APRIL 23, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 3, 10, 17, 24, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 131891 The following individual is doing business as BAMBINI BOOKS, 35 SIRARD LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ELISABETTA PONTI, 35 SIRARD LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This state-ment was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on APRIL 9, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 3, 10, 17, 24, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 132022 The following individual is doing busi-ness as FEATHER RIVER TRAIN SHOP, 25 MITCHELL BLVD. #14, SAN RAFEL, CA 94903: CHARLES CIACCIO, 5 LOCHINVAR RD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on JUNE 15, 2003. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on APRIL 29, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 3, 10, 17, 24, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 131810 The following individual is doing busi-ness as MARIN TACK AND FEED, 6912 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD., FOREST KNOLLS, CA 94933: JESSICA LASHBROOK, 277 TAMALPAIS RD., FAIRFAX, CA 94930. This business is being conducted by A TRUST. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This state-ment was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on APRIL 1, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 10, 17, 24, 31, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 132031 The following individuals are doing busi-ness as SF ENTERPRISE DEVELOPERS, 3 CHIMNEY LANE, LAGUNITAS, CA 94938: CHRISTIAN ATKINSON, 3 CHIMNEY LANE, LAGUNITAS, CA 94938; SUNIL SODOH, 266 COUNTRY CLUB DR., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94132. This business is being con-ducted by CO-PARTNERS. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on APRIL 29, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 10, 17, 24, 31, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 132054 The following individuals are doing busi-ness as SKINNY CARBS; IDEAL PROTEIN

BAY AREA, 128 STANFORD #128, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: SPICE LLC, 310 HARBOR DR., SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MAY 2, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 10, 17, 24, 31, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 132065 The following individuals are doing busi-ness as SAN CARLOS BOUTIQUE, 116 ALTO ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: AUDELINA I. VICENTE, 55 CANAL ST. APT. 7, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901; OSMAR A. LOPEZ, 155 CANAL ST. APT. 11, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MAY 3, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 10, 17, 24, 31, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 132028 The following individual is doing busi-ness as AT HOME ASSOCIATES; AHA, 120 HARBOR DR., NOVATO, CA 94945: TONI TANG, 120 HARBOR DR., NOVATO, CA 94945. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on MAY 1, 2003. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on APRIL 29, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 17, 24, 31; JUNE 7, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 132089 The following individual is doing busi-ness as FRANCIS NAILS, 1815 4TH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: NGA THI DO, 1276 VIA NUBE, SAN LORENZO, CA 94580. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This state-ment was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MAY 7, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 17, 24, 31; JUNE 7, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 132117 The following individual is doing busi-ness as WORM ANIMATION, 22 PARK ST. APT. 6, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: CEMRE OZKURT, 22 PARK ST. APT. 6, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conduct-ed by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began

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Q: I’ve been with my boyfriend for two years. I do have trust issues, having been cheated on in past relation-

ships. My boyfriend’s best friend of six years, a beautiful and intelligent woman, passed away three months ago. Since then, he has visited her grave weekly and kept a photo of them together posted online. When she was alive, the two of them spoke daily about everything—including intimate details and problems in our relationship. I made clear that their constant commu-nication and boundary-crossing details were not OK with me, yet they continued. They claimed they were strictly platonic. However, since I’m a woman who has been fooled before, I can’t help but suspect otherwise. I love my boyfriend and want to support him in his time of grief, but I don’t feel that he sees how hard it is for me to see the man I love mourn this woman he loved and lost.—Struggling

A: It can be unsettling when your man comes home with tear stains on his col-lar, smelling like a trip to the cemetery. But the guy’s best friend died only

three months ago, and he’s visiting her grave once a week; it’s not like he’s up all night with the Ouija board, asking her for advice on your sex life.

It must’ve been a bummer to find that your man’s best friend of six years wasn’t just a placeholder in his life until he could find a girlfriend. And yes, friends confide in each other, share their lives and give each other feedback. If there was certain information that you wanted to remain private—if, say, he was revealing details that you felt should be between you two and the headboard—you needed to come to some agreement about that together. But, you don’t get to mandate that your boyfriend’s friendship revolve around topics of conversation you don’t find invasive—such as the weather, who’s about to nuke whom and celebrity parole violations.

As for why the dearly departed is still clinging to life in your boyfriend’s online photos, it’s probably for the same reason that I (like a surprising number of people) still have the phone numbers of several dead friends programmed into my phone. It feels good keeping them in my life, even in such a mundane way, and I refuse to have a hand in making them any more gone than they already are.

You have “trust issues” because you’re “a woman who has been fooled before,” not because you have videotape of your boyfriend and his friend making out in the coffee shop. Unless he’s given you reason to believe he’s unethical, your jeal-ousy and suspicions arose out of your failure to take responsibility for what was done to you in the past. There are a few crafty sociopaths out there who can hide their true character, but, chances are, you got cheated on because you didn’t really want to look at who you were with and that came back to bite you. Accepting that should help you be there for your boyfriend—tempting as it is to take the jealous girlfriend thing to a whole new level by asking whether that tapping on the wall is his dead friend trying to arrange a time for some out-of-this-world sex.

Q: When I got a boyfriend six months ago, I became a lot less available to my best friend. I knew she was disappointed, but she took it in stride and even

claimed to understand. I’m bagging a lot of guilt now because I call her the most when I’m having trouble with my boyfriend.—Bad Friend

A: It isn’t like you’ve stopped sharing your life with her—not if you count all those times your butt dialed her number and left a muffled five-minute

message on her voicemail. Assuming your friend isn’t just a doormat, she’s been a good friend by not getting all miffy that you’ve been preoccupied. Your friendship probably can’t take up as much of your lifespace as it did before, but you can re-commit to it by making time for her regularly with phone, Skype and coffee dates. You might also try an idea from Friendfluence author Carlin Flora—celebrating the success of a long-term friendship as you would a romantic relationship and treating your friend to dinner and reminiscing about how you met and the great times you’ve had. (Think of it as your “friendiversary.”) This should help you avoid undervaluing your friendship, which is important, in case what was proudly perky on you takes a downturn into something a little more National Geographic. That’s when you can really count on your female friends to stand by you—and if they’re less affected by gravity, to stand by you in public as often as possible.

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transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on MAY 9, 2003. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MAY 9, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 17, 24, 31; JUNE 7, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 132016 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ATLAS HEALTH, 85 BOLINAS RD. STE 2, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: JOSEPH P. SMITH CHIROPRACTIC PC, 85 BOLINAS RD. STE 2, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on APRIL 26, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 17, 24, 31; JUNE 7, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 132130 The following individual is doing business as IDESIGN ASSIST, 75 LOCHINVAR RD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: PAULA ALEXIS PATTY, 75 LOCHINVAR RD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conduct-ed by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein on MAY 10, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MAY 10, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 17, 24, 31; JUNE 7, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 132132 The following individual is doing busi-ness as SIDEKICKS, 637 SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: PAMELA FRASER, 14 ELM CT., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to trans-act business under the fictitious busi-ness name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MAY 13, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 17, 24, 31; JUNE 7, 2013)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMEFile No. 304468 The following person has abandoned the use of a fictitious business name.

The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business state-ment that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder's Office. Fictitious Business name(s): FRANCIS NAILS, 1815 4TH ST. #4, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. Filed in Marin County on: JUNE 24, 2011. Under File No: 2011-126443. Registrant’s Name: XUAN TRANG T NGUYEN, 15 SONOMA ST. #B, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This state-ment was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on MAY 7, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 17, 24, 31; JUNE 7, 2013)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMEFile No. 304472 The following person has abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder's Office. Fictitious Business name: VALLEY NAIL & SKIN CARE, 312 MILLER AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. Filed in Marin County on: JULY 2, 2012. Under File No: 129834. Registrant’s Name: SUONG T. PHAM, 110 TUCKER AVE., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This state-ment was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on MAY 10, 2013. (Publication Dates: MAY 17, 24, 31; JUNE 7, 2013)

OTHER NOTICESORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1301414. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SARAH THOMISON BOUSHEY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: SARAH THOMISON BOUSHEY to SARAH MARIE MURRIETA. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this mat-ter 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 mat-ter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why

the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: MAY 20, 2013 9:00 AM, Dept. 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: APRIL 2, 2013 /s/ LYNN DURYEE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Publication Dates: APRIL 26; MAY 3, 10, 17, 2013)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1301728. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JORGE DEL TORO FARIAS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: JORGE DEL TORO FARIAS to JORGE FARIAS DEL TORO; ALEJANDRO ISIDRO FARIAS TO ALEJANDRO ISIDRO FARIAS CUEVAS. THE COURT ORDERS that all per-sons 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 rea-sons 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: JUNE 25, 2013 8:30 AM, Dept. B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: APRIL 23, 2013 /s/ ROY O CHERNUS, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Publication Dates: MAY 10, 17, 24, 31, 2013)

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Country Lawyer Still Busy at 95page 13 Grand Mom's Friend at 90page 15From Rocky's Pantry

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N inety may be the new 80 in some places, but in Marin County, many nonagenarians work and act as if they were in their 50s. In this issue of Whistlestop Express, we honor a number of those 90-some-things. Ed Hageman, 95, of San Rafael continues to work as an architect Tuesday through Friday. His wife of 70 years, Bette, is 90, and they have two children, Richard Hageman, a banker, and Susan Jean Nelson, a retired teacher. He designed the remodeling and additions to the present Whistlestop building, which

he remembers as being “a little railroad building” back in the day. His work there included adding a kitchen plus the upper fl oors. The clock tower, a down-town San Rafael landmark, was his design idea. His other major projects in

Marin include the Boy Scout Building on Greenfi eld Avenue and the Corte Madera Recre-ation Center. A huge project in earlier days was the re-design of the Westlake Homes in Daly City. Ed’s old boss, developer Henry Doelger, for whom he once worked, fi rst developed Westlake in the 1950s. It was

one of the earliest examples of a large-tract suburb and was featured in Life magazine. Later Doegler came to Hage-man to do the re-design. The project received heavy media at-tention and Ed was dubbed “The Wizard of Westlake.” Hageman calls himself a “meat

and potatoes” designer, and he once told a San Francisco Chron-icle interviewer that, “I designed homes for people who thought they never could afford me.” He said that business has been slow during the current sluggish economy, but he just fi nished a project of four homes for a con-tractor in Novato. He also recent-ly completed work on a $3 million home in San Anselmo that Ed

85-Year-Old Wins Best in Show in Whistlestop Photo Contest

Best in Show Taken by George Cunha

A majestic cheetah, ap-pealing snow monkeys, a shadowy fi gure at

a train station, and an array of Marin County vistas are among winners in the third annual Whistlestop Photo Contest. Best in Show went to the cheetah photographed by George Cunha of San Rafael at

a South African Res-cue Institute. George told Whistlestop, “Cheetahs are an endan-gered species because the grasslands, which is their natural habitat, are disap-pearing, and they have to make a living in areas where they must com-continued on page 6

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