The Portland Daily Sun, Wednesday, January 4, 2012

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St ate digs into clam-f lat protect ion Brennan aims to shake up committees See page 3

Police: Raid in Westbrook yields drugs, weapons See page 8

First-of-its-kind meeting in Freeport taps local planning See the story in Business, on page 6 Clam diggers try their luck at Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park. Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park allows recreational diggers to collect one peck of clams without a license, according to the state Department of Marine Resources. The department is assessing clam flats that have been closed; meanwhile, the state planning office is looking to local officials for help on shellfish preservation. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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Beauty is in ear of the beholder (NY Times) — What gives a violin made by Stradivari or Guarneri del Gesù its remarkable sound? Researchers have examined the wood preservatives, varnish, even the effects of the Little Ice Age on the density of wood, for anything that might explain the instruments’ almost magical properties.

Claudia Fritz, an expert on the acoustics of violins at the University of Paris, has arrived at a different explanation for the secret. Despite a widespread belief in the old violins’ superiority and the millions of dollars it now costs to buy a Stradivarius, the fiddles made by the old masters do not in fact sound better than high-quality modern instruments, according to a blindfolded play-off she and colleagues have conducted.

“I don’t think there is any secret, except in people’s minds,” she said.

Many tests have been conducted in which an audience tries, usually unsuccessfully, to guess whether a violinist behind a screen is playing a new instrument or an old master. But Dr. Fritz said that to her knowledge, no one had conducted a well-controlled study putting the same question to the real experts: violinists.

Teaming up with the violin maker Joseph Curtin and others, she corralled violinists attending an international competition in Indianapolis and had them compare three high-quality modern violins with a Guarneri and two Stradivari instruments.

People asked to rate a wine will judge it more pleasant when told it costs more. To avoid any such effect, the violinists had to wear goggles so that they could not identify the violins. In one test they were allowed to play all six violins and asked to choose which they would most like to take home. In another, they were required to compare a pair of violins, without being told that one was a classic and the other a new instrument.

Despite a general belief among violinists that Stradivari and Guarneri violins are tonally superior, the participants in Dr. Fritz’s test could not reliably distinguish such instruments from modern violins. Only 8 of the 21 subjects chose an old violin as the one they’d like to take home. In the old-to-new comparison, a Stradivarius came in last and a new violin as the most preferred.

“These results present a striking challenge to conventional wisdom,” Dr. Fritz and her colleagues reported online Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Iran warns the U.S. over aircraft carrier (NY TIMES) Iran’s military sharpened its tone toward the United States on Tuesday with a blunt warning that an American aircraft carrier that left the Persian Gulf through the strategic Strait of Hormuz last week should not return.

The warning, by Iran’s military chief, was the latest and most aggressive volley in a nearly daily exchange of barbed statements between Iran and the United States.

Iran has just finished ambitious naval exercises near the strait, and it has repeatedly threatened to close the passage — through which roughly onefifth of all the crude oil traded worldwide passes — if Western powers move forward with new sanctions on Iran’s petroleum exports.

“We recommend to the American warship that passed through the Strait of Hormuz and went to Gulf of Oman not to return to the Persian Gulf,” said Maj. Gen. Ataollah Salehi,

The John Stennis in the Strait of Hormuz in Nov. (NY TIMES/KENNETH ABBATE PHOTO)

the commander in chief of the army, as reported by Iran’s official news agency, IRNA. “The Islamic Republic of Iran will not repeat its warning.”

General Salehi did not say what action Iran would take if the carrier were to re-enter the Persian Gulf.

A spokesman for the Defense Department, Cmdr.

Bill Speaks, declined to discuss future movements of the car-

rier, the John C. Stennis. He said that “the deployment of U.S. military assets in the Persian Gulf region will continue as it has for decades.”

The United States dismissed Iran’s threats to close the strait. “The U.S. Navy operates under international maritime conventions to maintain a constant state of high vigilance in order to ensure the continued, safe flow of maritime

traffic in waterways critical to global commerce,” Commander Speaks said.

Iran’s economy, already reeling from Western sanctions over its nuclear program, has been hit hard by discussion of new sanctions aimed at its oil exports, the world’s third largest. President Obama signed new legislation on Saturday that could penalize buyers of Iranian oil, and the European Union has openly talked of a boycott of Iran’s oil. On Tuesday, France urged the European Union to adopt stricter sanctions, including an oil embargo, by the end of the month.

Iran’s currency, the rial, fell to record lows against the dollar on Tuesday, news agencies reported. Oil prices rose sharply in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, with the benchmark contract for crude up more than 4 percent to $102.91 a barrel.

U.S. markets rally on Taliban to open office in manufacturing growth step to formalize talks

BY JULIE CRESWELL THE NEW YORK TIMES

Wall Street stocks rocketed higher on Tuesday, the first day of trading in the new year, fueled by a report that showed manufacturing strength in the American economy.

But traders and others noted that volumes were thin and that many wary investors remain sidelined, awaiting further direction from the euro zone or seeking clarity on the strength of the domestic economy.

And like last year, the myriad challenges facing the euro zone remained front and center for many investors, as leaders there warned of more trouble and turbulence ahead.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed with a jump of 180 points – a 1.5 percent gain. Earlier in the session, the Dow had soared by more than 2 percent.

Likewise, the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index gained 1.5 percent, and the Nasdaq composite index closed up 1.7

percent.

In a rare turn, Bank of America’s stock, which was hammered by investors for most of last year, was one of the strongest performers of the day. Its stock climbed 6 percent to $5.86, while Citigroup was up 8 percent to $28.46.

Some analysts pointed to a new report on American manufacturing as buoying investors’ spirits. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, said its manufacturing index rose to 53.9 points in December from 52.7 in November. Readings above 50 indicate expansion.

Despite the stronger tenor of the report, other analysts remained cautious about drawing broader conclusions.

“The investor base got badly burned this time last year when many who were pessimistic in late 2010 switched to being optimistic in early 2011,” said Cary Leahey, senior economist at Decision Economics.

BY MATTHEW ROSENBERG THE NEW YORK TIMES

KABUL, Afghanistan — Giving its first major public sign that it may be ready for formal talks with the American-led coalition in Afghanistan, the Taliban announced Tuesday that it had struck a deal to open a political office in Qatar that could allow for direct negotiations over the endgame in the Afghan war.

The step was a reversal of the Taliban’s longstanding public denials that it was involved or even willing to consider talks related to its insurgency, and it had the potential to revive a reconciliation effort that stalled in September, with the assassination of the head of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council.

It was unclear, however, whether the Taliban was interested in working toward a comprehensive peace settlement or mainly in ensuring that NATO ends its operations in Afghanistan as scheduled in 2014, which would

remove a major obstacle to the Taliban’s return to power in all or part of the country.

In a statement, Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, said that along with a preliminary deal to set up the office in Qatar, the group was asking that Taliban detainees held at the American prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, be released. Mr. Mujahid did not say when the Qatar office would be opened, or give specifics about the prisoners the Taliban wanted freed.

“We are at the moment, besides our powerful presence inside the country, ready to establish a political office outside the country to come to an understanding with other nations,” the statement said, citing “an initial agreement with Qatar and other related sides.”

American officials have said in recent months that the opening of a Taliban mission would be the single biggest step forward for peace efforts that have been plagued by false starts.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Wednesday, January 4, 2012— Page 3

Brennan aims to shake up committee structure

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Mayor Michael Brennan has proposed an overhaul of the city council’s committee system that would reduce the number of standing committees from nine to six and add a fourth councilor to each body.

Brennan said the idea to merge several committees emerged from a council workshop held late last year. He predicted the changes would ease the burden on municipal staff assigned to each committee and potentially lead to better policy outcomes at City Hall.

“The feedback (from the workshop) was that if we had a better alignment of the committee structure that we would be able to make better decisions,” the mayor said yesterday.

The proposal is set for debate at tonight’s council meeting, which will be held at 7 p.m. at City Hall. Brennan will also announce committee assignments for the coming year.

The plan calls for merging the Transportation Committee with the Energy and Environmental Sustainability Committee, the Housing Committee with the Community Development Committee and the Public Safety Committee with the Health and Recreation Committee.

Each committee will be comprised of a chair, a vice chair, and two additional councilors.

To be sure, these changes won’t fundamentally affect how the council reviews ordinances or other policy initiatives. Most proposals before the city council will still be referred to committees for review, where over Brennan a period of months they will either be killed, tabled or forwarded back to the city council for a vote.

Advocates of the changes hope it will lead to stronger, more uniform committees than under the existing system.

Currently, some committees meet more frequently than others, and each panel is run essentially at the “whim” of its chair, says Councilor Ed Suslovic.

He expects the new format brings more consistency in terms of scheduling, agenda-setting and procedures between committees.

Suslovic also hopes to see more of the actual policy-making done at the committee level, where councilors and staff have more time to take public comment and listen to opposing viewpoints before making a decision. As it stands now, committees can spend months tweaking the finer points of one initiative or another only to see the proposal radically changed on the council floor.

“The more public comment we take on the committee level the better, because people haven’t yet hardened their opinions,” he said, adding, “It should be the exception not the rule” that measures are debated for several hours by the city council.

Along those same lines, Councilor David Marshall predicted measures that emerge from committee with unanimous support would have an easier time at the full council, where only one more vote would be needed for the item to pass.

“The intent is the same direction we’ve been moving in for a couple years, which is to try to get more of the issues settled in committee so the council” is freed up to focus on other issues, he said.

As proposed, the new Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee would continue to focus on transportation issues but also have jurisdiction over matters dealing with sustainability principals and energy conservation for public buildings and property.

The Housing and Community Development Committee would continue to review matters dealing with development, but will also review zoning policy matters and administer various federal grant programs, including Community Development Block Grant.

The Public Safety, Health and Human Services Committee would continue to review policies governing police and

City hires lawyer to fight Occupy lawsuit

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

With a legal battle looming between City Hall and OccupyMaine, city officials are saying for the first time that the anti-Wall Street group is starting to cost some serious money.

The city estimates taxpayers will pay between $10,000 and $15,000 for outside legal counsel in response to the lawsuit filed by protesters. The dollar amount, which is only an estimate and will ultimately be determined by the length of the legal battle, marks the first significant expenses the city incurred as result of OccupyMaine, officials said.

“That’s what we’re estimating,” said Nicole Clegg, a city spokeswoman, referring to the initial cost estimate.

“But there’s only so much predictability,” she said, explaining the the final cost could be higher or lower than the initial estimate.

OccupyMaine filed a lawsuit against the city in Cumberland County Superior Court Dec. 19 claiming that city officials are infringing on their First Amendment rights by ordering them to leave Lincoln Park. The lawsuit asks a judge to decide the fate of the encampment.

Unlike other cities, the Portland Police Department has largely avoided overtime expenditures in response to the local Occupy movement, according to officials.

Police overtime has been a significant cost incurred by other U.S. cities, which have reportedly spent upwards

of $13 million in response to Occupy protests around the country, according to a November poll taken by the Associated Press.

However, the first costs incurred by the city of Portland came from police patrols after the group’s first protest at Monument Square, officials said.

The Portland Police Department spent about $350 to pay officers because police were “completely unaware of the scope of the event,” said Michael Sauschuck, Portland’s acting police chief.

“But since then, all of the walk throughs (at Lincoln Park) have been during regular duty tours,” he added.

Clegg says in response to the lawsuit, the city has already started using the services of outside counsel. They hired Mark Dunlap, of the firm Norman Hanson & DeTroy, she said.

Dunlap will work with city attorneys already assigned to the lawsuit, including Portland’s corporation counsel and the Portland Police Department’s legal representatives, Clegg said.

Dunlap has been hired by the city for outside counsel in other legal matters, though Clegg said she could not immediately recall the specific cases.

Dunlap specializes in civil rights matters, according to his firm’s website.

Clegg says the only other expenses expected to emerge as result of the protesters is maintenance work to Lincoln Park if the protesters leave.

However, Clegg noted, OccupyMaine has promised to pay any expenses related to upkeep at the site of the group’s encampment.

John Branson, an attorney represent-

ing OccupyMaine, confirmed Tuesday the group intends to be good stewards of the park.

“We have always insured them that we would do that,” Branson said, adding, “That doesn’t depend on the outcome of the litigation. Win or lose, we’re going to restore the park.”

Outside counsel is paid for by money from Portland’s general fund and the cost varies from year to year.

“It depends on the year,” she said. “It depends on what we’re facing.”

The city budgeted $15,000 for outside counsel in its current fiscal year, which runs from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. During the last FY budget, the city spent $40,000 on outside counsel.

The costs were largely related to legal fees related to Portland’s charter commission, Clegg said.

“We always have some amount budgeted because, by and large, they’ll be needed,” she said, adding the base amount budgeted — unless the city knows ahead of time of any pending litigation — is $15,000.

In the current budget, the city officials budgeted $428,000 for Portland’s corporation counsel, Clegg said, with about $385,000 going toward salaries for the four city attorneys and two administrative staff and one part-time employee.

The next step in the legal battle over use of Lincoln Park will be the city’s response to the group’s lawsuit.

The city has less than a week to submit a response to the lawsuit, and then Branson will have seven days to respond before a court date is set.

fire but will now handle other issues related the “life, health and safety” of city residents, according a memo Brennan sent to fellow councilors.

The Appointments and Non-union Personnel committee, which interviews and selects candidates for openings on offices appointed by the council, will now just be known as the Nominating committee.

The duties of the Finance Committee and Legislative Committee will largely stay the same under the new system.

Aside from potentially strengthening the committees, the proposal should also reduce the number of meetings councilors must attend. Likewise, fewer committees will likely reduce the workload on city staff.

“I think the idea was that the existing committee structure was spreading staff a little thin, and the idea was to align committees and staff and make the most of what everybody is bringing to the table,” said Councilor John Anton.

He added, “Most of it makes sense to me.”

Suslovic says the proposal could allow the council to work more smoothly while also eliciting more public engagement.

“A wonk like me gets pretty excited about this stuff,” Suslovic said, “but I think it could have a significant impact on how the council works and how the public can weigh in.”

Mayor expects to work during cancer recovery

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Mayor Michael Brennan said yesterday that he intends to continue working at City Hall while recovering from cancer surgery.

During a brief interview, Brennan said he worked at City Hall for several hours yesterday and planned to keep a similar schedule for at least the rest of the week.

“I am just trying to limit what I do at this point,” Brennan, 58, said, adding that he was still “a little sore.”

Brennan said he plans to attend tonight’s city council workshop and meeting, and will preside over one or both if he feels up to it. If not, he will ask Councilor Nick Mavodones, the mayor pro tem, to take over.

The city announced last Thursday that Brennan was hospitalized for several days to allow doctors to remove a tumor from his small intestine. The cancer was discovered earlier after Brennan sought treatment for stomach cramps.

A city spokesperson described the tumor as very slow growing, and unlikely to require chemotherapy or radiation treatments.

Brennan was sworn in in early Decmber after defeating 14 other candidates Nov. 8 in Portland’s first elected mayor’s race in 88 years.

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A young voter in support of the Occupy movement My name is Holly Seeliger and I am a recent graduate of the University of Southern Maine with my B.A. in Political Science. I love my city of Portland, Maine and am writing to encourage young people to occupy Portland’s public space and participation in local politics.

I joined the Occupy Maine movement in October and have been inspired to create a better city, to become involved in local decision-making, and be active in the future of my city. Young voters 18 to 29 years old are extremely pessimistic about our future, and only through direct action and local political participation can we shape our government to benefit all Americans.

According to Forbes’ annual ranking of best states for business, Maine ... lands at No. 50 for a second straight year. Maine suffers from energy costs 31% above the national average, stagnant population ––––– growth and anemic forecasts Guest when it comes to job and gross Columnist state product growth” (www. forbes.com, 11/12/11). U.S. businesses have outsourced employment and left nothing but a low-paying retail and service-sector economy with seasonal tourism employment in Maine.

My involvement with Occupy Maine revolves around raising awareness of the massive corporate monopolization of our most basic resources, even here in Maine.

I believe that through support for local businesses, clean elections, green technology, self-sufficiency, sustainable agriculture, and career creation, the future of Maine will be brighter for young workers.

Even cutting out all social services, Medicare and reducing education for people in Maine will not solve our state’s deficit. Cutting services will not relieve our growing debt, create careers, stimulate the economy, help our aging population and “youth drain” in our state. Young people of Maine need sustainable careers with livable wages in our state which will lift themselves and their families out of poverty. These are not unreasonable or unattainable goals for LePage to focus on if he is concerned about the long-term health of our state.

Only through direct participation by young people in Maine will we see changes which will lift our state out of the recession and directed into our future of sustainability and positive growth.

Holly Seeliger

(Holly Seeliger of Portland is a participant in Occupy Maine. You can follow her blog at http:// hollyseeliger.wordpress.com.)

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Mitt, the Paisley Tiger Given how assiduously plotted every last detail of Mitt Romney’s events has been, it was impossible not to wonder about the levels of meaning in the song blaring from speakers in Ames, Iowa, as he loped to the microphone on a recent night.

“Eye of the Tiger” was the anthem of the moment. It’s performed by a band helpfully named Survivor. It extols grit and stamina and their contributions to eventual glory. Then there’s this: the beast in its title never changes its stripes.

Romney changes more than that.

“Karma Chameleon” would be the truer tune for him, as a few bloggers have noted.

Years back, he was light blue; now, he’s red; by next fall, if he gets there, he’ll be purplish. He adapts to his context. Adjusts to his surroundings.

For most of this campaign season, that has been framed as a serious weakness. Democrats have hammered him for being a man without a core. In a new commercial by a super PAC supporting Jon Huntsman Jr., New Hampshire voters are urged to “stop the chameleon.” Romney has pushed back, giving lip service, at least, to his constancy.

But what if his doubters, his

Frank Bruni ––––– The New York Times nemeses and many of us pondering the protean wonder of him have it all wrong? What if changeability is his strength?

Someone not fixed in a single place can pivot to more advantageous ones. A vessel partly empty has room for the beverage du jour. And Romney is ready to be filled with whatever’s most nutritive.

Every aspect of his campaign seems intricately sculptured to circumstance, an elastic response to some qualm a voter might have.

Concerned that he lacks a pulse, a soul — humanity? Well, here’s Ann Romney, whom he calls “my sweetheart,” taking the microphone at his Iowa rallies to talk about what a tender husband and father he is.

Worried that he lacks sizzle, no rock in his roll? As “Tiger” roared that night, the campaign bus carrying the Romneys didn’t

stop outside the building in which voters were gathered but rather drove through a garagestyle door and onto the floor.

Not sure that this man, a devout Mormon given to exclamations like “my goodness gracious,” is a sufficiently hip member of the popular-culture club? In Council Bluffs, Iowa, he cracked that the gap between Barack Obama’s pledges and performance is “the largest I’ve seen, well, since the Kardashian wedding and the promise of ‘til death do we part.’ ” Mitt and Kim, a marriage of the utmost convenience.

The attention to atmospherics is extraordinary. In Atlantic, Iowa, he notably bypassed the Pizza Ranch, a Christian-affiliated chain that his rivals have visited. Why? His watchful aides had determined that one of its founders did prison time for sexually abusing employees, as A.G. Sulzberger and Michael Barbaro reported in The Times.

So no pepperoni for Mitt.

Instead he hit a different restaurant down the road. Its name?

The Family Table.

Romney is as limber as almost any politician I’ve seen. As soon see BRUNI page 5

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Taking accountability for anger Dear Maggie, I am angry. I don’t know why. I have more than most people do — a sweet husband, healthy children, a stable job. But I wake up everyday unable to feel happy about it. I yell at my kids, push my husband away. I hate what I have become. Do you have any tips to break the anger cycle?

Thank you, Lisa D. via email.

Kierkegaard wrote, “Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.”

So check Step One off your list.

Have you meditated on why you are so angry? Unjustified anger is a defense mechanism, which usually has fear as a root. Were you abandoned as a child? Rejected from a lover? Taunted for revealing the real you?

Living an angry existence keeps people at arms length. Ironically, if you keep it up, you will manifest exactly what you are trying to shield yourself from. Those closest to you will abandon and reject you because no one wants to be around someone who has them walking on eggshells.

Young children look to their mom to be nurturing, warm and accepting.

When everything they do offends you, it breaks their hearts. It teaches them that yelling and being hateful toward everything is the way to cope with life.

Do you want your daughter yelling at your future grandbabies the way you do to her?

Being angry is such an ingrained

Maggie Knowles ––––– Use Your Outdoor Voice part of your personality now that you live expecting people to wrong you.

When you wake up: who isn’t going to get dressed on time? At work: who is going to mess up that report? At dinner: who didn’t bring me flowers?

It is a nasty, exhausting cycle you are in, which is hard to break unless you take a full frontal look at what you are doing to enable this.

Anger is a very reactive state. You need to be less reactive. On your Anger Management Program (AMP), you will literally learn to turn your AMP’s down. Check your reaction levels. If your husband is ten-minutes late, do you react like you just caught him in the hot tub with your BFF? You are cranked up to a level ten at all times.

The next time you feel anger rising, STOP. Instead of an immediate full blast reaction, picture a knob in your head and turn it down to a five.

Temper your tone, volume and pitch.

Then voice your displeasure. During the moment, if you feel yourself turning back up to a ten, again, STOP (bite your lip or dig your nails into your hands as a reminder to pause)

and visualize that knob turning back down. Next time try a level three.

Pretty soon, you will train yourself to judge an appropriate reaction to each situation.

You also need to learn how to selfsoothe. Self-soothing is one of the first vital things an infant learns to do, that’s why they suck on their hands and toes. Few of us are flexible enough to suckle our piggies during an argument, so you need to find ways throughout the day to calm yourself.

An important self-soothing step for you is to acknowledge your feelings often. If you are at your desk and get a bothersome call, write I AM DISGUSTED in your journal. If the dog breaks your favorite mug, walk into the bathroom and say aloud, I AM FURIOUS. Validating emotion often is incredibly effective in preventing outbursts. Likewise, when you are in a good space, let it be known, I AM HAPPY! Do you cry? Allow yourself to. If you feel overwhelmed with your emotions, let it all out in a slobbery, slimy session. Who doesn’t feel better when they get all of that tension out in a tissue?

Find a mantra or phrase that you repeat when your mind starts to whirl into anger. In my early 20’s, I was going through a tough time feeling sad and angry all of the time. My friend Tom wrote me a card that just said, “This too shall pass.” That saved me. Even today when I feel yucky, I say that and

a weight lifts.

Are you sleeping enough? Go to bed earlier. Hardly anyone gets enough rest. If you wake up a cranky butt, it will be near impossible to break the anger waves that hit you during the day. When you wake up (refreshed!) lay in bed for a minute and envision how the day will be: filled with gratitude, happiness and peace.

Spend as much time alone as you can, even if it is ten minutes a day. If you are bouncing from home to work to grocery stores to appointments, you are around people all day never getting a chance to re-claim your energy and clear your mind. Use this precious time to get fresh air, do push-ups, sing or knit...whatever calms your soul.

Avoid self-soothing with food, booze or drugs. Though a temporary bandage, the long term masking of emotion is super unhealthy. And you will be much more angry at yourself when you are fat, drunk and numb.

Finally, and this is the most challenging, you have to Accept What Is. Anger comes from trying to control everything around you. You can’t, so you get pissed off. Stop assuming it is the job of Them or It to make you happy.

YOU are the only one responsible for the energy you put into the world.

(Maggie Knowles is a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Her column appears Wednesdays. Email her at maggie@portlanddailysun.me.)

The attention to atmospherics is extraordinary BRUNI from page 4

as complaints about his avoidance of interviews reached a crescendo last month, he started popping up everywhere and chattering ad nauseam. You couldn’t escape him.

A week ago, he had no definite plans to spend as much time in Iowa as he ended up doing over the last few days. But when polls suggested that he had a good shot at winning the caucuses, he scrambled, and after leaving the state Friday for New Hampshire, he was back on Saturday. He stumped on Sunday with bags under his eyes.

Is he really conservative? Moderate?

To watch him deliver his gauzy stump speech is to behold a beautifully framed, impeccably coiffed blur: a vague shimmer of presidential-looking light that means everything and nothing.

The takeaway from the speech? Romney good. America great. Obama bad. America in trouble.

He doesn’t delve into the soporific specifics pouring out of Rick Santorum, who wouldn’t know a sound bite if it ripped off his sweater vest. So you can fill in the blanks as you like.

In the primaries, that’s a liability, and Santorum, with his ideological rigidity, could haunt Romney for a while. But if Romney nabs the nomination, his malleability may be an asset, allowing Obamasoured voters to talk themselves into him.

After all, a creature without passionate conviction doesn’t cling to extremes. He surveys the scenery and makes sure his outfit doesn’t clash.

Democrats have considered all this. They’re questioning whether flip-flop barbs are the best weapons

against Romney in a battle for swing voters.

As for Romney, he has to spend the primaries claiming inalterable conservative stripes. That’s the nature of the game. But there are paisleys in his wardrobe as well. Maybe polka dots, too.

Mitt Romney signed campaign pins for supporters at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)

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State digs into protecting clam flats First-of-its-kind meeting sizes up threats of red tide, pollution on Maine coast

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

“There are a lot of different players involved in clam flat conservation issues, and we’re just trying to connect the dots,” — Julia Noordyk, official with the Maine State Planning Office’s coastal program, about today’s “Keeping Clam Flats Open” workshop in Freeport; a similar workshop will take place Friday in Ellsworth

Clam flats are among the hardest hit of any coastal resource when sewage leaks into public waterways. An example of this was reported on Tuesday, when a sewage spill from a break in a forced sewer main forced closure of clamming in the Scarborough River/Mill Brook area. closure is likely to close a clam flat.

A workshop today in Freeport looks for ways Joe Porada, a shellfish harvester and aquato clean up pollution and help planners and culturalist based in Hancock, near Ellsworth, code enforcement officers "to better understand said local communities can benefit from eduhow they can coordinate efforts to maintain cation about clamming, particularly when and re-open clam flats." planners and code enforcement officers are More broadly, the meeting — the first of involved. its kind — will try to help local planners and The goal of these workshops is "informing enforcement officials work with the clamming the people that can do the most good," he said. industry, even as communities wrestle with Porada agreed that a major challenge to ways to curb water pollution that's threatening clam flats is fecal coliform, from overboard clam flats. discharges, malfunctioning septic systems "Keeping Clam Flats Open: A Valuable and agricultural runoff.

Resource for Municipalities," a workshop "Anything that helps to put more limit on hosted by the Maine State Planning Office, will what flows into the ocean from waste matter be held at Freeport Town Hall from 8:30 a.m. of warm-blooded animals and educates people to noon today. Today's program will be repeated about that is a very good thing," he said. at the same time on Friday at Ellsworth City Planning efforts should factor in the conHall. cept of a working waterfront, said Porada.

This is the first time for the State Planning Porada is a member of the Frenchman Bay Office to coordinate a Shellfish Growing Area Regional Shellfish Committee, which is govworkshop of this kind, according to Julia Noorerned by local ordinance for seven Ellsworthdyk, with the Maine State Planning Office's area towns and 80 diggers coastal program.

"We have our own program, our own ordi"There are a lot of different players involved nance, we manage our own flats," he said. in clam flat conservation issues, and we're just "I think some of the regulation that needs trying to connect the dots," said Noordyk. to happen is enforcement of existing regulaDenis-Marc Nault, a biologist for the Maine Department of Marine Resources, said poputions. The reason that clam flats aren't open is Dayna Riley pulls out raw clams for preparation at a booth by the Royal River Chorus because of pollution," Porada said. lation growth along Maine's coast is putting at the 2010 Yarmouth Clam Festival. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) The Maine Department of Marine Resources pressure on clam flats, particularly in Southhas launched a shellfish growing area team, ern Maine. charges in the state. Houses that are along the tasked with taking a look at flats that have been "When you see the increase of building activity water that have no way to put in a septic system and developments, that can cause more water qualclosed. and are not connected to a sewer-treatment system, "They have helped us by opening some of the areas ity issues," he said. they wind up having to put their waste directly into that were previously closed," Porada said.

Clam harvesters in places like Cumberland and the water," he said.

Yet, the state must contend with a harmful algal Yarmouth have felt the impacts of flat closures, There are 600 or 800 of those discharges across bloom known as red tide, a naturally occurring Freeport is trying to reopen many of its clam flats, the state, Nault estimated. toxin. This toxin can cause paralytic shellfish poiand Scarborough has been "severely impacted by Sewage-treatment plants pose another threat. soning, which has hit Casco Bay hard in recent their own pollution issues," Nault said.

"Obviously, a lot of towns are putting a lot of years. A State of the Bay report for 2010 by the "You figure, Cumberland and York counties in money into it, Yarmouth has put a lot of money into Casco Bay Estuary Partnership reported that "PSPthe last decade have increased in population more their wastewater treatment," Nault said. than the whole population of Washington County," related closings have had a severe impact on Casco Portland has launched a sewer separation project Bay’s shellfish harvest since 2005, when an intense he said. to comply with the Federal Clean Water Act. But and prolonged red tide closed shellfish areas to harA discussion of community planning makes sense the city's $170 million Combined Sewer Overflow vest for weeks at a time, producing record levels of when talking about protection of shellfish, Nault Abatement Project — which aims to solve the probtoxicity, and resulting in a disaster declaration for noted, because new construction can lead to runoff. lem of sewage flowing into Casco Bay during heavy affected areas."

"Those developments or farms can have a major rains, due to the linkage of storm water and sewage The report also noted that nonpoint source polimpact on your shellfish resources," he said. systems — is on a 15-year completion time line, so lution, such as sewage runoff, "is having a bigger Maine is known for its clam harvests. Diggers in results won't be seen overnight. impact on shellfish areas than in past years."

2010 harvested nearly 9.3 million pounds valued at "The problem with Portland is it's a major city, and In Casco Bay, "fecal bacteria counts persist at ele$11.7 million, according to state figures. The state water quality-wise, there are very few industrial vated levels in many areas, resulting in widespread boasts nearly 1,800 licensed diggers. Each year, Yarareas that meet water-quality standards," Nault restrictions on harvesting shellfish," the report mouth hosts a clam festival to tout the state's shellnoted. noted. fish industry.

"You're taking your road drains and separating "From 2007 to 2008, a shift in the proportion of But coastal development could threaten many them from the septic system," he said, explaining open to closed shellfishing areas took place. The clamming areas. sewer overflow abatement, but cost ultimately could total area classified as prohibited more than dou"Where have the towns grown the most? It's all hinder this effort, he worried. bled from 20,441 acres to 47,421 acres, while the those areas around the coast," Nault noted.

"Will it work in Portland? Certainly so, but it's total area classified as approved or conditionally "There are a lot of waste treatment plants that are quite expensive," Nault said. approved area fell from 174,761 acres to 138,575 dumping into rivers that flow into Casco Bay," he And the standard for allowable fecal coliform polacres," with causes ranging from pollution to adminsaid. lution for harvesting shellfish is extremely rigorous, istrative changes, the report stated.

"We still have a huge number of overboard dishe noted, so pollution that wouldn't prompt a beach

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Eatery insight: New Year’s resolutions for diners Over the past few weeks, many of us have made lists of “do’s and don’ts,” and “wills and won’ts.” For most, such lists genuinely help us be kinder, more thoughtful and more grateful. For others, the lists are intended to kick-start difficult work-related goals, or life-altering habits that will somehow make us more efficient or healthier people. Yet for others, the lists are like inch-and-foot growth charts on the bedroom wall next to a toddler’s bed. They exist because we know growth is inevitable and we’d like to see it in action. The bottom line of making resolutions and goals is that we like to reassess, map out a future plan and look toward celebrating improvements.

Like life in general, these same ideologies of behaving and living better overall run through the lifeblood of a restaurant, so I have come up with a list that may be helpful to restaurant patrons in 2012.

Please read them carefully to become a more ethi-

cally, morally and socially responsible diner in the year to come.

1) Read the fine print and follow the rules. Are you using a Groupon? A certificate from Living ––––– Social? A Portland Daily Sun Daily What It’s Deal? What about the Portland Like Dine-Around or one of the many other discounted dining opportunities available as of late? If so, please stop scamming, or trying to scam. If the voucher says, “Tip on the total before discount,” or “Not valid on carry-out,” or “Limit 1 per table,” then abide accordingly.

2) Read the fine print and follow the rules — The Sequel. Yes, you are the customer and we appreciate your business and it is our goal to accommodate you if we can, but “No substitutions on dinner specials please,” means just that. If the bottom of the menu reads: “To provide better service to all our guests, we ask that your entire party be present before we seat you,” or “No separate checks

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for parties of five or more,” or “Automatic gratuity will be added to all guest checks of five or more people,” then so be it. Like the rest of society, restaurant rules were made to keep the machine running smoothly and most importantly, fairly to all.

3) Be on time, with everyone accounted for when arriving for your reservation. If you are going to be late or the number in your party changes, then call the restaurant and tell them so. “No Call, No Show” is grounds for employee termination, but we can’t fire our patrons and honestly, we really don’t want to. We just want the same consideration you’d extend to your therapist or auto mechanic.

4) Say Please and Thank You whenever possible. This is swiped from a few other resolution lists aimed at personal relationships and enlightenment. It may be boringly generic, but using good manners has been scientifically proven time and again to make people feel happier, thus enhancing see LADD page 8

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The motorcycle memorabilia had mostly come down, though there were remnants here and there. The same friendly faces were there to greet you upon entry, but something was definitely different about Marcy’s Diner on Free Street. One might assume there was an ownership change based on the change in décor, but it was hard for the assumption to take hold, as one is waited on by the same people, the quality of the food remains high and the “cash only” policy that is one of the diner’s trademarks remains firmly in place. The only new faces Owners Doug and Darla Neugebauer run the counter at Marcy’s Diner on a recent in the place were those belonging to Wednesday (JEFFREY S. SPOFFORD PHOTO) the two people manning the grill. We its entire existence. Known in its early days as Your asked them: “What’s In A Name?”

Host Café, in the ’60s as Lou’s and later as Mike’s, It turns out that, to little fanfare, Marcy’s Diner the name Marcy’s was the one to finally stick when changed ownership back on May 1. in 1989, Portlander Marcy Litman bought the diner.

Back in March, the previous owners and motorcycle Since then, the diner has changed hands three differfanatics Murray and Joely Sparks put the word out ent times, but the name wasn’t the only thing to stay that they were looking for someone to take over the the same. diner. They had a 2-year-old son at home, and work Michaelene VanNewguyn was hired by the origidays that could sometimes turn into 24-hour-long nal Marcy as a waitperson, and remains there, three marathons proved to be incompatible with the chalowners later, to this day. Asked why she stays with lenge of raising a little boy. They wanted to make the diner longer than the owners she says, “Because sure the location, a diner since the early 1940s, would I love the customers.” remain an eatery, and decided to find a new owner VanNewguyn’s continued tenure is proof that rather than close and risk the space being leased to subtle change is the name of the game at Marcy’s other entities. diner. Darla and Doug say that in addition to Hearing word of this through a mutual acquainadding a couple items to the menu, changing up tance was Darla Neugebauer. At the time an employee the specials more regularly and being open seven of the Holiday Inn, she rushed right over to Marcy’s days a week (Marcy’s used to close on Mondays), to speak with the Sparks about taking the place over. their goal is to keep the feel of the place about the Then began the two months of transition until May, same with the exception of the bacon. “We cook when Darla and her husband Doug took the reins and our own now instead of using the precooked stuff.” in doing so, preserved what is decidedly one of PortSo a tradition continues in Portland right around land’s landmark eateries. the corner on Free Street. Stop by and say “hi” to old Opened in 1941, the diner has gone through a friends and new in the kind of place that Darla has variety of name changes, even while maintaining always dreamed of owning. “It’s what dreams are the same look right down to the stools and booths, made of.”

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Man wanted by Gorham PD leads Portland officers on police pursuit

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A man wanted by Gorham police, allegedly for threatening another man with a knife and then taking off with the victim’s car Monday, later led local authorities on a high-speed pursuit before he was arrested by Portland officers, police said.

Robert Nowlin Sr., 35, was charged with robbery and theft after police alleged he held a knife to an acquaintance’s throat and demanded the victim’s car keys. The acquaintance complied and Nowlin fled Friendly Village in Gorham with the man’s vehicle and cell phone, police said.

Gorham police say the robbery occurred shortly after 11 p.m., and Nowlin by about 12:35 a.m., the stolen vehicle was spotted leaving a Portland convenience store on Brighton Avenue by a city officer on patrol, said Lt. Gary Rogers, a Portland police spokesman.

When police attempted to initiate a traffic stop, an occupant in the vehicle, Benjamin Cotey, jumped out and the car fled the scene, Rogers said.

“Officers tried to stop him, but he fled and a passenger jumped out of the car,” he said, adding he led police on a chase at a “high rate of speed.

“The officer couldn’t keep up with the vehicle and he lost contact with it,” Rogers said.

The car was then located in a parking near 55 Allen Ave. less than ten minutes after the pursuit. Rogers said Nowlin attempted to flee on foot, but was detained by officers.

Nowlin faces additional charges from the Portland Police Department, including refusing to submit to an arrest, operating under the influence and operating a motor vehicle after habitual offender, police said.

Cotey, 31, was charged with refusing to submit to an arrest and carry a concealed weapon, according to jail officials.

Police say Cotey jumped out of the vehicle while it was moving, though no serious injuries were reported.

Both men were booked at the Cumberland County Jail early Tuesday morning.

Westbrook man charged with drug trafficking following police raid Authorities charged a 28-year-old Westbrook man with aggravated drug trafficking following a Monday raid on his residence by Westbrook police and Maine drug agents.

MacVane Ryan MacVane, who lives in an apartment at 26 Cole St. in Westbrook, was arrested following a joint investigation conducted by local authorities and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. Police say suspicion over drugs being trafficked at his residence prompted the investigation.

Police say they found these weapons and drugs in a search of an apartment in Westbrook Monday. (COURTESY IMAGE)

Police seized 45 35-milligram oxycodone tablets worth an estimated $1,350 while executing a search warrant at his apartment, officials said. They also found a loaded .40 caliber handgun, ammunition and two electronic “stun gun” devices, according to police.

Westbrook also charged two other men with drug possession during a separate incident Monday, though officials say elements of the incident were related to MacVane’s arrest.

Brady Fusco, 22, of Portland, and Benjamin Grant, 26, of Saco, were both charged with unlawful possession of oxycodone.

MacVane was booked into the Cumberland County Jail, where his bail was set at $10,000, according to officials.

This year has shown a huge increase in phone/Internet use in restaurants are based on actual food cost and a perceived value that is derived from a multitude of factors. Don’t ask for a child’s portion or a lunch helping at dinner. Order and take home what you don’t finish, but don’t try to haggle over a printed menu price or chalkboard special. Check out the menu on line or call ahead to avoid any surprises.

10) Put your smartphone away. This year has shown a huge increase in the trend of phone/Internet omnipresence at the table. I witnessed this at the hibachi table next to us on Christmas Eve. The entire party of eight people were on their phones and no one was watching the guy methodically slaughter the zucchini and do the rest of his shtick. Not only is this habitforming practice distracting to other diners (especially when verbal phone conversations last the entire meal), but it is rude to your server. Worst of all, you’re missing out on the actual sensory experience you sought when entering the doors.

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5) Do not bring your own food into a restaurant. Please do not ask for hot water and lemon because you brought your own Lipton tea bag, or single serving VIA coffee from Starbucks. Your server works on commission, and the restaurant owner earns a living off what is sold, not what is unintentionally given away. Even restaurants with BYOB policies charge a wine corking fee.

This one tied with: Do not ask for extra bread you clearly intend to take home.

6) Speak up if something is wrong. Restaurant folks want to improve and have a better 2012, too.

Just be polite, kind and to the point without expecting something for nothing.

7) Speak up if something is right. Tell the manager or owner if your server went above and beyond.

Give the kitchen a thumbs-up if your steak was perfectly cooked to temperature. It only takes a minute, and karma pays attention.

8) Mind your children. You are not being asked to vacuum, sand blast, or scrape dried pasta sauce off the wall where your child threw his bowl. Just take this down-time to really interact with your kids and help them become comfortable and restaurant savvy. Most of us love children, but we are not your babysitters and you have a great opportunity to start building memories.

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Thursday, Jan. 5 Naruse, Dan at noonday concert 12:15 p.m. Program: Sonatina in G major op.100, Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904); Sonata no.2 in Eb major op.120, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Chiharu Naruse holds a master’s degree in Music Performance and Instruction from the Hochschule fur Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin. She has performed and toured extensively at numerous international venues in the United States, Japan and Europe. Chiharu has played with the Portland String Quartet, the DaPonte Quartet and performed Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, Mozart Piano Concerto K 466 and the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto with the Augusta Symphony. Robert Dan, violist, was praised by the New York Times as “a consistently tasteful stylist.” Mr. Dan has appeared extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan performing and giving master classes. He has performed on many prestigious music series in the U.S. including at Carnegie Hall and has been a member of the Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center for many years. He has been an Artistin-Residence at Harvard University, inaugurating Harvard’s Blodgett Artist-in-Residence program and performing at the 350th anniversary of Harvard’s founding. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St., Portland.

Concerts are free and open to the public. 775-3356.

Friday, Jan. 6 Jerks of Grass at the St. Lawrence 7:30 p.m. St. Lawrence Arts Center presents the Jerks of Grass. Set this evening aside as a time to relax and unwind with after the holidays with an evening of warm and traditional bluegrass. Jerks of Grass are a high-energy bluegrass quartet from Portland. Gathered around one microphone in traditional style the group blens in their progressive roots becoming a formidable purveyor of their own brand of bluegrass. www.stlawrencearts.org

Flannel Magazine presents 9 p.m. Flannel Magazine presents: Last Chance to Reason, Fall of Rauros, WARANIMAL, Death Cloud. Geno’s, 625 Congress St. WARANIMAL is Maine’s first band. Finally now that we have electricity we decided to start shredding on the gnar axe. Comprised of former members of Eld/ Gift of tongues, Backstabbers inc, and Reunion, WARANIMAL formed in the hyborean age and is now ready to party with you. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Genos-RockClub/106415422773796

Saturday, Jan. 7 Epiphany Celebration 7:30 p.m. The Choral Art Society’s annual Epiphany Celebration will be performed at the Williston-Immanuel Baptist Church, 156 High St., Portland. This performance, conducted by Music Director Robert Russell, is one of The Choral Art Society’s most spiritual annual concerts and provides an opportunity to reflect following the busy holiday season. Tickets are available online at choralart.org or by calling 828-0043. They are priced at $15 for advance sales and $20 at the door at time of the performance. The 2012 Epiphany Celebration features many works performed a cappella by the Camerata chorus, a small, select group of The Choral Art Society; the Meliora String Quartet: Robert Lehmann and Yasmin Craig-Vitalius, violin, Kimberly Lehmann, viola, James Kennedy, cello; and Neil Boyer oboe; Betty Rines, trumpet, and organist Dan Moore.

Cinder Conk in New Gloucester 7:30 p.m. Balkan power-duo Cinder Conk will perform a concert at the New Gloucester Village Coffee House. Cinder Conk brings the brightness and energy of Eastern Europe’s music-centered culture to New Gloucester for a night that is sure to delight and transcend.

Educated Advocates, “an energized and animated hip-hop trio from the state of Maine,” emerged with a style that has been described as “new vintage.” The group is performing Saturday, Jan. 21 at SPACE Gallery. (COURTESY PHOTO) North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Hampshire White Mountain Bach Festival. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St., Portland. Concerts are free and open to the public. 775-3356.

Friday, Jan. 13 Acoustic Evening with Jacob Augustine 7:30 p.m. GFAC 207 Productions in association with WBLM and Maine Magazine present a very special Acoustic Evening with Jacob Augustine. This will be Augustine’s first Portland area concert since last fall’s triumphant CD release party at Port City Music Hall. Jacob Augustine is a singer, songwriter and musician from the Northern woods of Maine. He has lived all over the country, crisscrossing the United States performing for over a decade in various projects. While living in California in 2008, he recorded his first record under Jacob Augustine, entitled Harmonia, which was released in early 2009 to critical acclaim. $12 advance and $15 at the door. St. Lawrence Arts Center. www.stlawrencearts.org

A Night of Dubstep & EDM 8 p.m. 207 Nightlife Presents: A Night of Dubstep & EDM w/ DJ Dirty Dek and special guest Remote Kontrol, at Port City Music Hall. Advance: $10; door: $15; VIP: $20. Remote Kontrol has been seen all across the world and they will be live in Portland Jan 13. Remote Kontrol has appeared on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance,” “The Ellen Show” and “The Wendy Williams Show.” www.portcitymusichall.com

Saturday, Jan. 14

Down to the Well at Geno’s

Higher Organix and Leave It On Stage

8 p.m. Down to the Well, Yankee Cockfight, Devil Dinosaur and Filthy Still. Geno’s, 625 Congress St. Filthy Still: http:// www.facebook.com/pages/Filthy-Still/140212522692311; Devil Dinosaur: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Devil-Dinosaur/127044380710205; Yankee Cockfight: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yankee-Cockfight/247439867172. Down to the Well: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Down-To-TheWell/106521134313

8 p.m. Cyborg Trio, Higher Organix, Leave It On Stage at Port City Music Hall. Massachusetts’ Higher Organix plays psychdelic dance-fusion. Advance: $10; door: $15; VIP: $20. www.portcitymusichall.com

Thursday, Jan. 12

8 p.m. “The Kollection” states: “A lot of people think of Mike Stud as one of just many rappers in a new genre: college students who make party music. It is true that Stud’s biggest track to date is College Humor (see below). However, after meeting Mike Stud on the set for the College Humor video, I found that there was much more to this artist than meets the eye.” Port City Music Hall. Advance: $10; door: $15; VIP: $25. www.portcitymusichall.com

Atlantic Chamber Ensemble at noonday concert 12:15 p.m. Robert Lehmann is Director of Strings and Orchestral Activities at the University of Southern Maine School of Music. In addition to his duties at USM, he is Music Director of the Portland Chamber Orchestra, the

Thursday, Jan. 19 Mike Stud at Port City

Friday, Jan. 20 Orchard Lounge 8 p.m. Downtempo, space disco, house, tech, b-boy era electro, hip hop, soul, and funk – if you can move, Orchard Lounge will back you up. Formed in Chicago in 2000, OL is the collective of Ben Silver, Spencer Lokken and Bethany Lokken. This versatile trio has enlightened dance floors nationwide with their eclectic mixes, from sunset chill-out to bass-dropping tech house, and an array of other futuristic sounds. Theirs is a democratic mission: to expose as many people as possible to the artists they admire and respect. Port City Music Hall. Advance: $12; door: $15; VIP: $25.

Saturday, Jan. 21 Robert Burns concert 7:30 p.m. Concert of Music, Dance, Poetry in celebration of Robert Burns. Portland New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland, featuring: Highland Soles (Scottish & Cape Breton music and dance by fiddler Ed Pearlman, dancer Laura Scott, and family); Neil Pearlman Band (Scottish music laced with jazz, Latin and funk influences); Elijah Woolcott (Grade 1 bagpiper, the top level of solo piping); Annie Finch (renowned poet/author, director of USM’s Stonecoast MFA writing program); Betsy Sholl (former poet laureate of Maine). Poets Annie Finch and Betsy Sholl will select several Burns poems for us, and will write their own poems in dialogue with Burns, specially for this evening’s performance. We look forward to seeing you in the intimate hall at the Portland New Church (Swedenborgian).” Tickets $12 at door or online at www.highlandsoles.com. Information 7676396 info@highlandsoles.com

Alias, Trails, Sandbag, Educated Advocates performing at SPACE Gallery 8 p.m. SPACE Gallery presents. Local hip-hop luminaries take the stage for an expansive evening of beats and rhymes. No stranger to SPACE, Alias’ amazingly diverse portfolio of EPs, remixes, collaborations and sonic explorations consistently impresses. Rapper Syn and DJ/producer theLin form the raw and unconventional duo Trails.

Sandbag is a collective of talented emcees - Mr. Harps, Pensivv, Nate Shupe, and Ill By Instinct - who fuse socially aware lyricism with good-old-fashioned hip hop. Educated Advocates makes “new vintage” hip-hop, mixing innovative rhymes and vocal arrangements with golden era production styles. Keeping it fresh all night on the decks will be DJs Mayonnaise and Rew. With expert visual instruction by David Meiklejohn. http://www.space538.org/events.php

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By Holiday Mathis general excitement about life will stir up something brave in your soul. You’ll need to put all that energy into something, and today brings an endeavor just risky enough to appeal to you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You are changing, and the environment around you will transform to meet your new needs. What brought you pleasure yesterday is not the same thing that will bring you happiness in the future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It takes strength to move a relationship forward, but it also takes vulnerability.

Being willing to let others lead once in a while shows both qualities at the same time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

There’s something you need to know, and you’ll set a kind of trap to try to get the information you want. You may not realize exactly what you’re doing. So many of the games people play happen on subconscious levels.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Someone with a similar background is the most fun person to be around today. No matter how far away you are from where you grew up, you’ll feel like you’re home.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 4). This year your creativity will be met with inspired action, and the result will be explosive success. You’ll build a bridge to someone’s heart this month. March is your chance to trade in “old baggage” for shiny new luggage -- and you’ll take a trip to celebrate, too. New professional situations open up in July.

Sagittarius and Taurus people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 14, 43, 6 and 28.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You started out working hard because you liked a certain person and you wanted this person’s approval. Now you just work hard because it feels right to do it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll feel uncharacteristically impatient. Your diligence will make a difference, though not in one day. Commit to doing the same action for three weeks, and you’ll be amazed at where you wind up.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You feel protective, recognizing how fragile people really can be. Your conscientiousness extends not only to your loved ones, but to people you don’t even know.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll get the kind of rare challenge that focuses your thoughts. Instead of being reactive and critical, you’ll be active and creative, bringing all your knowledge to bear on the situation.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Something that now requires a great deal of discipline to accomplish will require far less discipline once you’ve established a series of habits to support the activity.

Keep going.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You may be in a position to report to another person about your work, but no one is really the boss of you. You’ll take charge and feel in control of what you will or won’t do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Action doesn’t have to be momentous and revolutionary to create progress. What occurs out of consistent, small steps will be remarkable, meaningful and crucial to the big picture.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2012. There are 362 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 4, 1951, during the Korean War, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces recaptured the city of Seoul (sohl).

On this date: In 1821, the first native-born American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, died in Emmitsburg, Md. In 1861, Alabama seized a federal arsenal at Mount Vernon near Mobile.

In 1896, Utah was admitted as the 45th state.

In 1904, the Supreme Court, in Gonzalez v. Williams, ruled that Puerto Ricans were not aliens and could enter the United States freely; however, the court stopped short of declaring them U.S. citizens.

In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, called for legislation to provide assistance for the jobless, elderly, impoverished children and the handicapped.

In 1964, Pope Paul VI began a visit to the Holy Land, the first papal pilgrimage of its kind, as he arrived in Jerusalem.

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined the goals of his “Great Society” in his State of the Union Address.

In 1974, President Richard M. Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

In 1987, 16 people were killed when an Amtrak train bound from Washington, D.C., to Boston collided with Conrail locomotives that had crossed into its path from a side track in Chase, Md. In 1990, Charles Stuart, who’d claimed to have been wounded and his pregnant wife fatally shot by a robber, leapt to his death off a Boston bridge after he himself became a suspect.

One year ago: President Barack Obama signed a $1.4 billion overhaul of the nation’s food safety system.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Barbara Rush is 85. Football Hall-of-Fame coach Don Shula is 82. Actress Dyan Cannon is 75.

Opera singer Grace Bumbry is 75. Authorhistorian Doris Kearns Goodwin is 69. Country singer Kathy Forester is 57. Actress Ann Magnuson is 56. Rock musician Bernard Sumner is 56. Country singer Patty Loveless is 55. Rock singer Michael Stipe is 52. Actor Patrick Cassidy is 50. Actor Dave Foley is 49. Actor Rick Hearst is 47. Singer-musician Cait O’Riordan is 47. Actress Julia Ormond is 47. Tennis player Guy Forget is 47. Country singer Deana Carter is 46. Rock musician Benjamin Darvill is 45. Actor Jeremy Licht is 41. Actress-singer Jill Marie Jones is 37.

Alt-country singer Justin Townes Earle is 30.

Christian rock singer Spencer Chamberlain is 29. Comedian-actress Charlyne Yi is 26.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I have been married to “Horace” for less than a year. This is his second marriage. His prior marriage was to his high school girlfriend, and they have two children together.

I met Horace in my “partying” stage. He, too, enjoyed going to the bars. He actually did it quite a bit when he was married. His ex-wife didn’t enjoy going out, so he went with his friends. When I married Horace, I became a stepmother and quickly learned life wasn’t about what I wanted anymore. I put Horace and his children first.

We have the kids every other weekend. Horace is a great father who loves to do things with the children when they are with us. But on weekends when we don’t have the kids, Horace still likes to go to the bars. He would love it if I went along, but I’m past that stage in my life. I enjoy going out to movies, dinner and such, but the bars don’t interest me anymore.

I realize this is only twice a month, but those are the only weekends we have together without the children. I want Horace to be with me, but I don’t want to force myself on him.

When he asks whether it’s OK if he goes to the bars without me, I always say it’s fine.

Annie, am I overreacting, or does Horace need to grow up and start being a better husband? If this continues, I don’t want to have children with him, as it means I’ll be sitting at home with a baby while he’s off to the bars with his friends.

-- Iowa Dear Iowa: Having children did change Horace’s behavior because he doesn’t go to the bars while the kids are visiting. That means there is hope he will be more circumspect when you have a child at home all the time. Not every spouse objects to an occasional night out with friends. You need to decide how many such nights you can tolerate and whether

Horace has a drinking problem or is prone to cheat. If the two of you cannot reach an agreement, please discuss it with a counselor.

Dear Annie: I just returned from my sister’s destination wedding. She didn’t invite my teenage children. She arranged for the rest of the family to have free accommodations, but not me, her only sister. This wedding was a huge financial burden, and I also felt insulted.

I recently learned that both of her grown children will be getting married next year -- also destination weddings. They again will not be inviting my children, which means finding places for them to stay while I’m out of town.

What is appropriate here? It’s obvious the people who can go will be the ones who can afford it. This just doesn’t seem fair to me. How should I respond? -- Destination Unknown Dear Destination: You behaved well by attending your sister’s inconvenient wedding, but you do not have to impoverish yourself in order to attend the weddings of her children.

A bridal couple gets to choose their wedding location. Guests get to RSVP “yes” or “no.” We recommend sending your sincere regrets and a nice gift.

Dear Annie: “Worried Hubby” said that he regularly frequents a neighborhood coffee shop, and one particular friend, “Harry,” likes to flirt with his wife. You gave him several suggestions for handling this. I have one more: The next time Harry sits with Hubby’s wife, kisses her and puts his arm around her, Hubby should take a photo with his cellphone. Then, when Harry’s wife stops by, he should show her the photo, saying how much the two of them enjoy Harry’s frequent company. She would be glad to know how friendly her husband is, especially when she is nowhere in sight. Problem solved. -- Practical in Wisconsin

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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BEIJING — President Hu Jintao has said China must strengthen its cultural production to defend against the West’s assault on the country’s culture and ideology, according to an essay in a Communist Party policy magazine published this week. The publication of Mr. Hu’s words signaled that a new major policy initiative announced in October would continue well into 2012.

The essay, which was signed by Mr. Hu and based on a speech he gave in October, drew a sharp line between the cultures of the West and China and effectively said the two sides were engaged in an escalating war.

“We must clearly see that international hostile forces are intensifying the strategic plot of westernizing and dividing China, and ideological and cultural fields are the focal areas of their long-term infiltration,” Mr. Hu said, according to a translation by Reuters.

“We should deeply understand the seriousness and complexity of the ideological struggle, always sound the alarms and remain vigilant, and take forceful measures to be on guard and respond,” he added.

Those measures, Mr. Hu said, should be centered on developing cultural products that can draw the interest of the Chinese and meet the “growing spiritual and cultural demands of the people.” Chinese leaders have long lamented the fact that Western expressions of popular culture and art seem to overshadow those from China. The top-grossing films in China have been “Avatar” and “Transformers 3,” and the music of Lady Gaga is as popular here as that of any that of any Chinese pop singer.

In October, at the sixth plenum of the party’s Central Committee, where Mr. Hu gave his speech, officials discussed the need for bolstering the “cultural security” of China.

Mr. Hu’s words suggested that China would not lift anytime soon strict limits that it sets on imports of some cultural products. Each year, the agency in charge of regulating film allows only 20 foreign movies to potentially make a profit off their box office take here. Hollywood studios have long criticized that system and lobbied the United States government and international organizations to pressure China into scrapping or loosening the quota.

People involved in the arts here say the policy also means more government financing for Chinese companies to create cultural products, ranging from books to live musical productions.

Some investors might see the government’s announcement of support for more creative works to be positive, but the policy also runs counter to market freedoms, emphasizing the need to censor cultural expressions that the government deems unacceptable.

The publication of Mr. Hu’s essay and other articles in Seeking Truth about bolstering China’s cultural power signaled that this would be a central initiative in 2012, which is a transition year for the Chinese leadership. Seven of the top nine party members, including Mr. Hu, will step down from the Standing Committee of the Politburo. Mr. Hu appeared keen to enshrine the culture drive as a final defining moment of his decade-long tenure at China’s helm.

The Central Committee meeting in October established the ideological foundation for a tightening of the cultural sphere that is only now beginning to unfold.

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‘Preservation of Earth’ 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Opening Reception for Constellation Gallery artist Joanne Fitzpatrick, who presents “Preservation of Earth” — artistic renderings of pressed flowers accompanied by poetry reading. Light refreshments provided.

Changes with driver’s education updates 6 p.m. The Secretary of State Office is hosting “Conversations with the Community” regarding the changing of laws, rules and curriculum of driver’s education. These events are opened to the public to hear what they have to say and what they think. The dates and locations are as follows; Thursday, Jan. 5, Lewiston, Bureau of Motor Vehicles; Monday, Jan. 9, Kennebunk, Bureau of Motor Vehicles; Thursday, Jan. 12, Portland, Bureau of Motor Vehicles; Tuesday, Jan. 17, Bangor, Bureau of Motor Vehicles; Wednesday, Jan. 18, Caribou, Bureau of Motor Vehicles; Thursday, Jan. 19, Calais, Bureau of Motor Vehicles. For a complete schedule of “Conversations With the Community,” including addresses to the motor vehicle locations or for information and instructions on joining the discussion via Webinar, please visit the Secretary of State’s website at www.maine. gov/sos.

West Commercial St. zoning meeting 6:30 p.m. Neighborhood meeting for the J.B. Brown proposal on West Commercial St., hosted by the applicants. The meeting is on Jan. 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at Reiche Community Center. The Planning Board hearing on this proposal will be on Tuesday, Jan. 10. J.B. Brown & Sons, represented by Vincent Veroneau, seek a zone map change in the area of 113 to 201 West Commercial St. According to a planning board memo, “The site is a 10.65-acre former rail yard and is predominantly vacant. The applicants propose to change the zoning on the majority of the site (plus or minus 8.5 acres) from Waterfront Port Development (WPDZ) and Residential R-4, to Mixed Use Commercial, B-5b. While no fixed plans are in place for a specific development, the applicant has provided conceptual master plans of the site showing commercial office buildings and surface parking along West Commercial Street.” WENA meetings are held in the community space on the upper level of the Reiche Community Center, adjacent to the Reiche Community School at 166 Brackett Street. Meetings are at 6:30 PM, generally on the second Wednesday each month. www.wenamaine.org/ Meetings.htm

Friday, Jan. 6 The Facebook Portrait Project 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Portland Museum of Art, Great Hall. Artist Tanja Alexia Hollander invites you to stop by the Museum and help her decide which images she will include in the Are You Really My Friend? exhibition that will open in February. On Friday, Jan. 20, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the public is invited to Collaborative Confessional: Tanja Alexia Hollander and the Facebook Portrait Project. www.portlandmuseum.org/Content/6628.shtml

Auditions for Performance Troupes 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Auditions for Performance Troupes, Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St. “Seeking actors ages 11-17 to join the Kids on the Block puppeteer troupe and/or the Youth Voices On Stage anti-bullying performance troupe. Audition will include improvisation. No experience necessary; new faces encouraged.” More information: www.kitetails.org, 828-1234, ext. 247.

Lucid Stage First Friday Art Walk 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Stop by Lucid Stage for a First Friday Art Walk reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The new show in the Lucid lobby gallery is “Trees” by artist Cindy Ciccotelli. Her medium is paper on canvas, and the subject is brightly colored, stylized trees.

First Friday Art Walk at Constellation 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. First Friday Art Walk at Constellation.

“Come watch Constellation Gallery artists create as you enjoy our art on display. Light refreshments.”

First Friday at the MCMA 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. First Friday at the Maine Charitable Mechanics Association, Jan. 6 will feature drawings from

The Maine Center for Creativity launched a public art project at Sprague Energy in South Portland. The goal was to transform the tanks into enormous canvases. This month, the center is hosting a Creative Toolbox Series workshop with consultant Dr. David Reibstein, who will speak on how professionals can identify and act on potentially successful ideas. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) the MCMA drawing classes during the early 20th century.

Architectural drawings of Will S. Aldrich (ca.1888), who was a student and draughtsman for MCMA past President and renown architect John Calvin Stevens, along with blueprints and instruction samples from the school. 519 Congress St., Portland. Second floor, elevator accessible. FMI call 773-8396.

‘Reflection, Revelation, Resolution’ 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Gallery at Harmon’s & Barton’s presents “Reflection, Revelation, Resolution,” a collection of inspirational dance images by Maine photographer Arthur Fink and encaustic artist Lori Austill. 584 Congress St., Portland. First Friday Art Walk reception, exhibit and sale through January.

Refugee Women’s Craft Collective 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Meg Perry Center at 644 Congress St., Portland, First Friday Art Walk for The Refugee Women’s Craft Collective. “Imagine arriving in a country where everything, from language to social customs, is different from everything you have ever known. To a refugee, our country is another world. Many refugee women arrive uneducated and illiterate and have difficulty in adjusting to their new lives in America. It is difficult to find work because they are unable to afford childcare for their children. ... A group of refugee women have come together to form the Refugee Women’s Craft Collective as a way to support their families, eliminating the language barrier that they all face. The women in the group originate from areas such as, Burma, Iraq, Somalia, and Sudan. Please help us support the women as they work to rebuild their lives. You can make a difference in the lives of refugee women! For additional information on this event, please contact Jacqui Deveneau, jacquio50@yhaoo.com, 772-1051.”

Tireless Device: A Living Paper Dress 5 p.m. “Tireless device, a work in progress by Maria Paz Garaloces, brings together a number of different media, such as sculpture, installation, performance and design, which are merged together to create a fictional scene that focuses on aspects of beauty, drama, obsession and imagination. It is a multidimensional piece that explores the relationship between body and object and the object in action.

It also investigates the power of ‘the unexpected’ allowing the material to express itself, to express what was already hidden and had never been discovered.” Free at SPACE Gallery.

‘Axed! Slashes Through Stereotypes’ 8 p.m. “Who was Lizzie Borden? ‘Axed!’ is an evening of one-act plays by Carolyn Gage that explore the identity of one of the most misunderstood women in New England history.

The plays will be presented at Lucid Stage in Portland at 8 p.m. on Jan. 6 and 7, and in a matinee performance at 2 p.m.

on Jan. 8. Both of the plays present the alleged ax murderer through the eyes of women who had intimate connections with her. The first play, ‘Lace Curtain Irish,’ is a one-woman play featuring Denise Poirier in the role of Bridget Sullivan, the Irish maid who was present on the morning of the murders.

This production, directed by Ariel Francoeur, premiered this fall in an Off-Off Broadway Festival. The second play, ‘The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived,’ directed by Gage, takes a look at Lizzie through the eyes of her lesbian lover — the famous actress Nance O’Neil. In this play, Karen Ball, in the role of Nance, spars with a closeted tabloid reporter played

by Joseida Lord. The play also premiered this fall in New York at the Fresh Fruit LGBT Festival. The plays will be followed by a talk-back with the playwright and the actors.” Fundraiser for Lucid Stage, produced by Cauldron & Labrys Productions.

Tickets for the event are $12 ($10 for students and seniors).

Movies at the Museum, ‘The Soft Skin’ 6:30 p.m. Movies at the Museum, “The Soft Skin,” Portland Museum of Art. Visit the Museum Café by Aurora Provisions for seasonally inspired soups and salads, gourmet sandwiches, and creative entrées. Beer and wine served. No admission required to dine. Free WiFi. Menu changes daily. Friday, Jan. 6, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 7, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 8, 2 p.m. www.portlandmuseum.org/events

Saturday, Jan. 7 ‘The Real Stories of Incarcerated Women’ 1 p.m. From Jan. 5 to Jan. 31, Freeport Library will be hosting Family Crisis Services’ “More Than a Rap Sheet: The Real Stories of Incarcerated Women,” an exhibit featuring photographs and the poems of Maine’s incarcerated women. The exhibit will officially open on Jan. 7. At 1 p.m., FCS staff and women from the project will be discussing the roots of the exhibit and reading select poems. The snow date for the opening is scheduled for Jan. 11 at 6:30 p.m.

Family Crisis Services, the domestic violence agency for Cumberland and Sagadahoc counties, has been working with incarcerated women at Cumberland County Jail and Maine Correctional Center since 2000; a community where approximately 95 percent of the women have experienced domestic violence in their lifetimes.

Auditions for ‘Wiley and the Hairy Man’ 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Auditions for “Wiley and the Hairy Man” at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free Street, Portland. Seeking actors ages 8 to 17. Audition will include improv games and movement. No experience necessary; new faces encouraged. More information: www. kitetails.org, 828-1234, ext. 247. see next page

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U.S. Postal Service processing operations consolidation meeting in Brewer

from preceding page

22nd Annual Portland Bridal Show

6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The U.S. Postal Service will hold a public meeting to discuss its proposal to move mail processing operations from the Eastern Maine Processing and Distribution Facility in Hamden to the Southern Maine Processing and Distribution Center in Scarborough. The public meeting originally scheduled for Dec. 29 to explain this proposal and to allow public input has been rescheduled for Jan. 11, 2012.

The time and location remain the same: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Jeff’s Catering, East West Industrial Park, 5 Coffin Ave, Brewer. Anyone who wishes to submit comments in writing can send them to: Manager, Consumer and Industry Contact, Northern New England District, 151 Forest Ave., Portland, ME. All comments must be postmarked Jan. 13, 2012.”

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. “Don’t miss Maine’s most popular bridal show at the Holiday Inn By the Bay in Portland. Over 100 vendors and 900 brides will take part in this annual event. You can plan your wedding in one day! Talk to professional caterers, bakers, photographers, florists, spa experts, DJs, bands, and more. Saturday night is Lover’s Night where grooms get in free. Be sure to stop into our VIB Lounge (Very Important Bride) to sample drinks from Pinnacle Vodka and Pine State Beverage. Attend our ‘Ask Amber’ Q & A session with Amber Small from Sweetest Thing Weddings, Floral Design, and Events. Each bride will get a copy of the 2012 Real Maine Weddings magazine, and be able to enter the 2012 Real Maine Wedding of the Year contest!” Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland. From Jan. 7 to Jan. 8. Saturday: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. $10 admission. $5 admission to the VIB Lounge Saturday night. Free for grooms on Saturday night. www.maineweddingassociation.com

‘God, Holy Scripture and Man’s Church’

Sunday, Jan. 8 Candlelight vigil against gun violence noon. On the steps of City Hall in Portland and the steps of City Hall in Augusta, Maine Citizens Against Gun Violence along with co-sponsors Family Crisis Services, Maine Council of Churches, Maine Medical Association, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Physicians for Social Responsibility and States United to Prevent Gun Violence will hold a rally. “Concerned citizens across the country will take part in the Too Many Victims National Candlelight Vigil to honor gun violence victims and pledge to save lives.

Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence is a non-profit organization governed by and representing Mainers who are committed to preventing injuries and deaths caused by the excessive proliferation of firearms in our society. MCAHV works to prevent gun violence by raising public awareness and by advocating for personal responsibility, practical legislation, enforcement of laws, and increased manufacturer respon- The Maine Red Claws welcome fans to a new season of basketball games. Next home game at the sibility.” For more information visit: mcahv.org Portland Expo is Saturday, Jan. 15. For details, visit http://www.nba.com/dleague/maine. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) and toomanyvictims.org

Wolfe’s Neck Woods nature programs 2 p.m. Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, located in Freeport, is offering nature programs at 2 p.m. on Sundays through Jan. 29, weather permitting. Starting at the benches at the end of the second parking lot, one-hour-long guided programs may include a walk, short talks, and other activities. No reservations are needed except for group use. The programs are free with park admission. Admission is $1 for ages 5-11, $3 for Maine residents ages 12-64; $4.50 for non residents ages 12 – 64; $1.50 for non residents 65 and older; admission is free for those under 5 and Maine residents 65 and older. For more information or to arrange for group visits, please call 865-4465.

Monday, Jan. 9

Film screening of ‘Dragonslayer’ 7:30 p.m. “‘Dragonslayer’ documents the transgressions of a lost skate punk falling in love in the stagnant suburbs of Fullerton, California in the aftermath of America’s economic collapse. Taking the viewer through a golden SoCal haze of broken homes, abandoned swimming pools and stray glimpses of unusual beauty, ‘Dragonslayer’ captures the life and times of Josh ‘Skreech’ Sandoval, a local skate legend and new father, as his endless summer finally collides with the future.” SPACE Gallery,538 Congress St., Portland.

Admission $7; $5 for SPACE members. www.dragonslayermovie.com

Meet the Mayor at SPACE Gallery 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance and Creative Portland are co-hosting a “Meet the Mayor” event for the local arts and cultural community. “Portland’s first elected mayor in 88 years, Mayor Michael Brennan was sworn into office on Dec. 6, telling Portlanders: ‘My success will also be your success, and I can only be successful with you.’ Expressing an interest in working across sectors to address community issues, Mayor Brennan also acknowledged the significant value the arts, culture, and creative economy add to the city. This event will provide Portland’s arts and cultural community an opportunity to meet the mayor, hear briefly about his priorities in the months ahead and to ask questions. Information about the hosts and the event can be found at portlandarts.org and liveworkportland.org.” Free, all ages. www.space538.org/events.php

Tuesday, Jan. 10 Historic Maine Storms 1:30 p.m. Falmouth Historical Society. “Meteorologist Joe Cupo, a member of WCSH Channel 6 News Center team, will discuss historic Maine storms. Joe enjoys studying history and especially how weather has played a role in historic events. Join us for this exciting presentation and hear about FHS future events while you enjoy the refreshments. Parking is on Blueberry Lane.” OceanView Community Room, 20 Blueberry Lane, Falmouth.

8 p.m. The smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA comes to Merrill Auditorium. Performances begin on Thursday, Jan. 12 and run through Saturday, Jan. 14 at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. “Seen by over 50 million people around the world, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ global smash hit musical ‘Mamma Mia!’ is celebrating over 4,000 performances in its tenth smash hit year at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre and remains among Broadway’s top selling musicals. The current North American Tour has played over 3,700 performances in over 150 cities with 145 repeat visits.” The performance schedule for “Mamma Mia!” at Merrill Auditorium is Thursday, Jan. 12 at 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets range from $45 to $59 for Portland Ovations Members and $50 to $65 for the general public. To purchase tickets, contact PortTix at 842-0800 or visit the box office window at Merrill Auditorium. Tickets are also available online at www.portlandovations.org.

Friday, Jan. 13 Sea Dogs Hot Stove Dinner and Silent Auction

11 a.m. “Saint Mary’s Garden Club will be presenting Rhonda Davis, from Harmon and Barton, inspiring us all to create beautiful arrangements to get us through the winter.

Open to the public.” The Regional Learning Center at Tidewater Farm, Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Contact: Wilma Sawyer, 781-4889. Fee: $10.

At Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm Sanctuary, participants will take part in an exploration of nature at night. http://habitat.maineaudubon.org/articles/Full-Moon-Nature-WalksJan-9/1136

Thursday, Jan. 12 Portland Ovations presents ‘Mamma Mia!’ the musical

Wednesday, Jan. 11

Saint Mary’s Garden Club

Full Moon Nature Walk

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. “St. Augustine of Canterbury Church has announced that it will hold a weekly adult study program titled ‘God, Holy Scripture and Man’s Church.’ The program is an exploration of our relationship with God, the Bible and the development and practice related to Church Tradition. The study is open to everyone and there is no cost. The study group will meet every Wednesday beginning Jan. 11 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Cathedral Pines Chapel, 156 Saco Ave. in Old Orchard Beach. There is plenty of parking available.”

Maine Center for Creativity workshop 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Maine Center for Creativity workshop, Lee Hall in the Wishcamper Center at the University of Southern Maine, 34 Bedford St. “Maine Center for Creativity’s Creative Toolbox Series Renowned consultant Dr. David Reibstein will speak on how professionals can identify and act on potentially successful ideas, products and services to help grow their businesses, along with how to avoid potentially unsuccessful ones.”

5:30 p.m. Seattle Mariners pitcher and South Portland native Charlie Furbush has been added to the Sea Dogs’ lineup of guests for the annual Hot Stove Dinner and Silent Auction. Furbush joins Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Red Sox outfielder and former Sea Dog Josh Reddick as the featured guests. The event will take place at the Sable Oaks Marriott in South Portland. Tickets for the event are $50 and are limited to 300. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Hadlock Field Ticket Office, by phone at 8799500 or online at www.seadogs.com. Everyone who attends will receive a signed 8 X 10 photo of Saltalamacchia. All proceeds from the dinner and silent auction will benefit the official charity of the Portland Sea Dogs’; the Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program. The Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program was established in 1995 to raise money for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program. For every strikeout that a Sea Dogs’ pitcher throws money is raised through generous pledges of businesses and individuals. For more information on the Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program log onto www.seadogs.com.

‘Force of Nature’ 6:30 p.m. Movies at the Museum, “Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie,” Portland Museum of Art. Friday, Jan. 13, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 14, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 15, 2 p.m. NR. www.portlandmuseum.org/events see next page

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The Bad Luck Bazaar 7 p.m. “Unlucky you! On Friday the 13th, The Dirty Dishes Burlesque Revue, Pussyfoot Burlesque and Eternal Otter Records proudly present The Bad Luck Bazaar. Beginning with carnival of desires featuring (mis)fortune tellers, kissing booths, and game tables by Nomia Boutique, USM’s Center for Sexualities and Gender Diversity and other sex-positive local vendors, the evening escalates into vaudeville theatrics and full-blown burlesque histrionics as the Dishes and company perform alongside musical guests Over A Cardboard Sea and an aerially-fixated Apparatus Dance Theater, eventually leading to a climactic and interactive showdown after which you may require a shower and a 13th hour dance party courtesy of DJ Trozzi, sponsored

by Salacious Magazine.” SPACE Gallery. $7 Advance / $9 at the door, 18 plus. www. space538.org/events.php

Free Watercolor Painting demonstration at Constellation 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free Watercolor Painting demonstration by Constellation artist Diana Ellis, Learn the basic techniques and materials she uses to create dramatic and vivid paintings! All are welcome. Light refreshments served.

Saturday, Jan. 14 Lucid Stage’s LucidFest 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd. Portland. “Join us to celebrate the New Year! Stop by for a variety of kid’s activities, white elephant sales, raffles and performances including Running with Scissors; Druin Dance Center; puppetry; live music.” General admission is free. www. lucidstage.com

In The Blood — Live: A ‘Docu-Exhibit’ at SPACE 7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery screening of “In the Blood,” about the Maine lumber industry.

“Lumbermen began living in logging camps in the Maine woods in the early 1800s. They were the pioneers who created a successful self-contained working community in the woods, and on who’s backs the state’s economy and history were largely established. ‘In The Blood,’ filmmaker Sumner McKane’s ambitious multi-year project, takes the audience into this rugged environment — into the camps, onto the haul roads, landings and yards, rivers and lakes.

Through rare archival film, digitally restored photography, raw and honest interviews, ambient sound design and live scoring, this innovative and entertaining multimedia presentation, featured on NPR’s ‘Echoes,’ brings this lost world vividly into the present.” www.space538.org/events.php

Monday, Jan. 16 A Charity Fashion Show 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Catholic Charities Maine will be hosting “Walking in the Light: A Charity Fashion Show” on Jan. 16 at One Longfellow Square, 181 State Street, Portland. “Catholic Charities has partnered with local high schools, colleges and boutiques in order to plan the event. The show will feature clothes from the Catholic Charities thrift store in hopes to raise awareness to the need for warm, affordable winter clothing and to boost clothing donations. High school and college students with an interest in fashion will play key roles in making the whole show come together. If you would like more information or are interested in volunteering at this event, contact Kerrie Keller, AmeriCorps VISTA at kkeller@ ccmaine.org or 523-1156.”

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An Eastern Chipmunk at Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park. The Freeport state park is offering nature programs at 2 p.m. on Sundays June 8 through Jan. 29, weather permitting. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) of the same title by Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals Tuesday, Jan. 17 at Hannaford Hall, USM Portland. ‘Warriors Don’t Cry’ stars Almeria Campbell Rape Aggression Defense Training and recounts the courageous story of 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. This January, the Port15-year-old Melba, who endures violence land Police Department will offer its Rape and discrimination as she and eight other Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) Training class.

African-American students integrate Little “R.A.D. provides women with the tools they Rock, Arkansas’ Central High School. need to both avoid dangerous situations Melba and her fellow student-warriors and escape them. The course is specifi— known as the Little Rock Nine — capcally designed to help women survive situtured the world’s attention in 1957 as ations in which their lives are in jeopardy. they struggled and triumphed in pursuit This class is open to all women, ages 13 of equal education. Themes of fear and and older, in the Greater Portland area who courage, isolation and community, eduwould like to develop real life defensive cation, history, the family and the nation tools and tactics. The Basic Self-Defense all come alive through Campbell’s comCourse consists of a series of four classes pelling portrayal of 21 characters. A preand one scenario day. The class is schedview to the performance will take place uled for Jan. 17, 19, 24, and 26, from 6 p.m. during the NAACP’s 31st Annual Martin to 9 p.m. and Jan. 28 from 8 a.m. to noon.

Luther King, Jr. Observance Breakfast All classes must be attended to complete Celebration at the Holiday Inn By The Bay on Jan. 16. Ovations Offstage will the course. The classes will be held at the present a Pre-Performance Lecture Portland Police Department, 109 Middle Struggles for Civil Rights: Local Stories St., Portland. A donation of $25 for the on Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Hannaford course is suggested. All donations support Hall, USM Portland. Students from King the Amy St. Laurent Fund, which sponsors Middle School will discuss their expedithe R.A.D. trainings. Due to attendance tion Small Acts of Courage: Memories issues, all donations must be paid prior to of the Civil Rights Movement, a project the first class (send checks to ASLF/PPD that involves students learning and tellRAD Program, Portland Police Department, ing important stories of local citizens.

109 Middle St., Portland ME 04101). To sign Julia Adams, a member of the Portland up for the class or receive more informaString Quartet, will join the students tion about Portland R.A.D., e-mail ppdrad@ to discuss her own experience during portlandmaine.gov or call 874-8643.” the Civil Rights Movement. Tickets for Warriors Don’t Cry are $23 for Ovations’ Wednesday, Jan. 18 Members, $25 for the general public and a limited amount of $10 student ‘Warriors Don’t Cry’ tickets are also available. To purchase tickets, contact PortTix at 842-0800 or 7:30 p.m. “Portland Ovations in collaboravisit the box office window at Merrill tion with NAACP-Portland presents ‘WarAuditorium. Tickets are also available riors Don’t Cry,’ a powerful one-woman online at www.portlandovations.org. play inspired by the award-winning memoir