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Joycott doubles sales, greens Market House

BY MATT DODGE

The Public Market House (28 Monument Square) was the site of Saturday’s first-ever Joycott. The seven businesses housed in the market reported doubling their average profits, raising $1,800 for environmental improvement, which will likely include overhauling the building’s HVAC system, which is taxed by new tenants and refrigerated display cases like the one shown here at K. Horton Specialty Foods. (MATT DODGE PHOTO)

“I think the Joycott is proof that environmentalists and capitalists can work together to achieve mutually beneficial goals, despite some of the rhetoric you hear to the contrary.” — Greendrinks organizer Sean Sullivan

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

An event merging environmental and commercial goals raised $1,800 for sustainability improvements last Saturday as the Public Market House hosted Portland’s first-ever “Joycott.”

Organized by environmental advocacy social network Portland Greendrinks, the Joycott encouraged shoppers to patronize the seven businesses working out of the Market House, which in turn donated 51 percent of the day’s profits to infrastructure improvements aimed at making the building more environmentally sustainable.

“I think the success of the Joycott illustrates that consumers are increasingly interested in supporting businesses which align with their own values,” writes Greendrinks organizer Sean Sullivan in a press release.

Sullivan said the market will have an energy audit done to determine

where it should invest the $1,800.

The Joycott was a marquee day for the Public Market House as a whole, with business owners reporting around $3,529 in profits — double what they make on an average day.

“I pretty much had my best day so far with more than double my average daily sales,” said Steve Miner, owner of Peanut Butter Jelly Time, a food vendor on the market’s second floor.

Miner said the event seemed to draw lot of new customers to the

Opposition to Peaks secession organizing

second floor, which has been open a year and houses four vendors as well as day tables.

“Lots of people said they’ve been in the market downstairs but never been upstairs,” said Miner, who hopes to see similar events start to gain in popularity around town now that

Greendrinks have shown the model is a profitable one.

“From what I heard from organizers, they’re even encouraging people to do them on their own,” he said.

The winner of the Joycott’s 51/49 see GREEN page 8

Payson powder

BY CURTIS ROBINSON THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Peaks Island residents who want their community to remain part of municipal Portland have scheduled their first public organizational meeting for Saturday, organizers said.

“We’re thinking that there’s not a lot of information now about this [secession] bill,” said Lisa Penalver, an island resident helping organize the meeting.

Penalver said that many of her neighbors “... want to know how they can counter the push for secession.”

She said the secession opposition is planning a website launch “soon” and that a big part will be reviewing the history of the idea of leaving Portland.

“What’s bothering people the most right now is the process,” she said, adding that even people who might support the idea of secession are “very offended by the air of secrecy” and lack of communication about the issue.

Secession has been discussed by some Peaks residents for years. But it was revived this year because secession supporters figure the Republican majority in Augusta is more supportive of the idea than Democrats were. see PEAKS page 3

A snowboarder launches off a jump at Payson Hill Terrain Park last weekend. From 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. this afternoon, skiers and snowboarders from Mt. Abram, Shawnee Peak and Sunday River will visit the terrain park — one of the very first urban terrain parks in the U.S., according to Ski Maine Association. For details, see the Events Calendar on page 13. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

What we put on our body can be toxic, too

Recalling the city’s quirky Valentine’s Day traditions

Downtown Showdown dazzles during WinteRush

See Maggie Knowles on page 4

See Natalie Ladd’s food column on page 4

See photos on page 16

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Cursed Better than mansion chicken soup?

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Egypt leaders found ‘off’ switch for Internet

BY JAMES GLANZ JOHN MARKOFF

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THE NEW YORK TIMES

Epitaphs for the Mubarak government all note that the mobilizing power of the Internet was one of the Egyptian opposition’s most potent weapons. But quickly lost in the swirl of revolution was the government’s ferocious counterattack, a dark achievement that many had thought impossible in the age of global connectedness. In a span of minutes just after midnight on Jan. 28, a technologically advanced, densely wired country with more than 20 million people online was essentially severed from the global Internet.

The blackout was lifted after just five days, and it did not save President Hosni Mubarak. But it has mesmerized the worldwide technical community and raised con-

cerns that with unrest coursing through the Middle East, other autocratic governments — many of them already known to interfere with and filter specific Web sites and e-mails — may also possess what is essentially a kill switch for the Internet.

Because the Internet’s legendary robustness and ability to route around blockages are part of its basic design, even the world’s most renowned network and telecommunications engineers have been perplexed that the Mubarak government succeeded in pulling the maneuver off.

But now, as Egyptian engineers begin to assess fragmentary evidence and their own knowledge of the Egyptian Internet’s construction, they are beginning to understand what, in effect, hit them. Interviews with many of those engineers, as well as an examination of data collected around

the world during the blackout, indicate that the government exploited a devastating combination of vulnerabilities in the national infrastructure.

For all the Internet’s vaunted connectivity, the Egyptian government commanded powerful instruments of control: it owns the pipelines that carry information across the country and out into the world.

Internet experts say similar arrangements are more common in authoritarian countries than is generally recognized. In Syria, for example, the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment dominates the infrastructure, and the bulk of the international traffic flows through a single pipeline to Cyprus. Jordan, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries have the same sort of dominant, state-controlled carrier.

A handyman’s special with hot and cold running rumors

BY ADAM NAGOURNEY THE NEW YORK TIMES

LOS ANGELES — From Kirk Morgan’s perch, in a mansion at the top of Los Angeles, he can see it all: The snow-covered mountains from the vast windows in one of the seven bathrooms. The Hollywood sign, eye level from the kitchen. And, from the master bedroom, a sweep of Los Angeles stretching from downtown to the Pacific Ocean.

But what he likes best, Mr. Morgan said, are the fevered tales he overhears from the Runyon Canyon Park hikers who pause at the house set amid its own 22 acres that he has guarded for nine months, as they try to unravel the mysteries suggested by this foreboding hillside mansion. For all its aspirations at grandeur, the 16-year-old house at 2450 Solar Drive remains unfinished and vacant, pocked by boarded-up windows and gang graffiti, a jumble of hanging wires and holes cut in the living room ceiling. A Winnebago is parked in the gated front yard.

There is no shortage of abandoned houses across the country, especially in Los Angeles, the victim of a recession and a collapsing housing market. But few have attained such neighborhood notoriety in their decline as this pink wedding cake of a structure on a hill, all the more so after it went on the market, listed last week for a mere $15.2 million, acreage and all. The real estate agent calls it “the last big parcel in the Hollywood Hills,” potential catnip for either a deep-pocketed mogul or a developer who wants to carve it into smaller sites to lure more real estate status seekers up from the flats.

The mansion, which has never been legally occupied, is the subject of gossip and rumor-trading, some of it outlandish, but some, it turns out, quite true. It is feeding Los Angeles’s fascination with real

An abandoned mansion near Runyon Canyon in Los Angeles. (Michal Czerwonka for The New York Times)

estate, sumptuous homes and a good plot — and all the better that it is a real estate whodunit.

“It has great views, but it is cursed,” David Tollefson, an airline attendant, said while hiking by the house as dusk fell, lighting up the hues of the scrub-covered hills and canyons of Hollywood that are its backyard. “It’s a haunted house. Or I’ve heard it’s an alien landing site. I’ve been asking everyone what this is, and no one wants to talk.”

Jason Victor, a hotel worker hiking with Mr. Tollefson, added, “Have you heard about this being an Indian burial ground?”

Kelly Ramel, an actress, said she had tried to get to the bottom of the tale of the house, but with little success. “I’ve checked online,” she said, “and it says it was foreclosed and someone was going to turn it into a rehab location place for drug addicts and alcoholics. Or something like that.”

Well, not quite.

Many of the tales — like the murder that

supposedly took place on the pool table in the billiard room — are urban legend, said Mr. Morgan, 53, the house guard, who was wearing camouflage shorts, a cap and no shirt as he opened the padlocked gate to allow a visitor inside.

“It just blows you away what you hear from these people,” he said. “Like it is owned by the Devil. I am a man of the Lord. There ain’t no Devil here. I salted this house and also had my Indian friends come over and burn sage.”

But many of the tales are accurate.

Gangs, among them the notorious Armenian Power, really did turn the place into a clubhouse, the police said. Gang tags are still visible on the walls. Teenagers commandeered the carpeted first floor for weekend raves.

Yes, over the years, 2450 Solar Drive has served as a blue-chip crack house, according to the police: its floors were scattered with remnants of crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine and marijuana.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Wednesday, February 16, 2011— Page 3

Pro-secession forces have gained momentum PEAKS from page one

When the state previously considered allowing a secession election for the island, the idea was voted down in a legislative committee along party lines.

The city of Portland is considered very influential among Democrats.

The opposition is organizing as the pro-secession advocates have gained momentum. Since the first of the year, they have found a lawmaker who has introduced legislation that would enable an election and received a state attorney general’s opinion that they do not have to repeat some of the previous efforts.

Secession advocates say that, if the state backs the current effort, an election could be held in November

with a Maine’s newest town launched next spring.

This week, the Peaks Island Council, the elected advisory board that has increased support for an independent island, released a detailed financial study strongly supporting key arguments favoring secession arguments. For example, the study says Peaks residents pay more than $2 million more in annual taxes than they receive in services and that city transportation subsidies are much higher for mainlanders.

Penalver said secession opponents are aware that the study “is making its way around” but has not studied the document. She did note that some residents fear that people who are not experienced in municipal budgeting might be underestimating what it would cost to run a new town.

The Saturday “Peaks Alliance” meeting is from 2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the MacVane Community Center’s community room.

A possible indication of how heated the secession issue can become might be contained in the email invitations to the gathering, which asks participants to “... be respectful of each other and to stick to facts and issues. All voices will be heard; the Alliance will adhere to a 2-minute time limit so everyone will get a chance to speak.”

Members of the Peaks Alliance organzing committee are named in the invitation as Ed Daryani, Ellen Mahoney, Scott and Nancy Nash, Mavourneen and Otis Thompson, Lisa Penalver, Marine Penalver, Barbara Schllichtmann and Janin Blatt.

Iran lawmakers want opposition leaders killed

BY ALAN COWELL NEIL MACFARQUHAR

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THE NEW YORK TIMES

A day after the most significant street protests in Iran since the end of the 2009 uprising there, members of the Iranian Parliament called on Tuesday for the two most prominent opposition leaders to be prosecuted and sentenced to death for stirring unrest.

The call came as confrontations between government authorities and protesters inspired by the Tunisia and Egypt revolutions continued to unfold elsewhere in the region, with violent clashes in Bahrain and Yemen.

The protests in Tehran and other Iranian cities on Monday brought thousands onto the streets, defying an official prohibition and reviving memories of the mass protests that convulsed Iran after the disputed presidential election in 2009.

The demonstrations were ostensibly called to offer support for the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, but they soon turned into what opposition figures depicted as a renewal of the anti-government sentiment that the authorities sought to quash last year.

Iran’s two man opposition leaders, Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Mussein Moussavi, were prevented from attending the protests on Monday in Tehran.

Nonetheless, the official IRNA news agency reported, 222 members of the 290-seat Parliament issued a statement on Tuesday saying they “are corrupts on earth and should be tried.”

The offense of being “corrupts on earth,” a catchall indictment of political dissent, carries the death sentence.

It was not immediately clear whether the two men would be arrested. Both are under effective house arrest with their communications and movements restricted.

During a news conference in Washington, President Obama said he supported the courage of the Iranian demonstrators who were seeking a more representative government, and he criticized the Iranian government’s response to the rallies.

“I find it ironic that you’ve got the Iranian regime pretending to celebrate what happened in Egypt, when in fact they have acted in direct contrast to what happened in Egypt by gunning down and beating people who were trying to express themselves peacefully in Iran,” he said.

Mr. Obama went on to say: “Real

“Real change in these societies is not going to happen because of terrorism.

It’s not going to happen because you go around killing innocents. It’s going to happen because people come together and apply moral force to a situation.”

— President Obama change in these societies is not going to happen because of terrorism. It’s not going to happen because you go around killing innocents. It’s going to happen because people come together and apply moral force to a situation.”

Iranian Prosecutor General GholamHossein Mohseni-Ejei said the judiciary will deal “firmly and swiftly” with those behind the riots, the state-controlled Press TV said.

The official fury seemed to denote the authorities’ displeasure and embarrassment at their opponents’ ability to muster a significant display of defiance.

A spokesman for Mr. Moussavi said the protests showed that the so-called Green Movement, formed to challenge the disputed election in 2009, had scored a “great victory” and was “alive and well” despite a huge government crackdown when the government quashed dissent through the shooting of demonstrators, mass trials, torture, lengthy jail sentences and even executions of some of those taking part.

The authorities had refused to issue a permit for the demonstration but Amir Arjomand, the spokesman for Mr. Moussavi, said: “If the government had issued a permit and guaranteed the safety of the people, there would certainly have been millions of people out in Tehran and other cities.”

The protests were not immediately reported on Iran’s state-controlled media on Monday, and a summary of headlines in the newspapers carried

by IRNA on Tuesday made no reference to them.

Initial reports said one person died in the clashes.

The dead man was officially identified on Tuesday as Saane Zhaleh, a student at Tehran Art University. But the government and opposition disputed his loyalties, with the authorities saying he was shot by opponents of the regime while opposition accounts said he was beaten to death by plainclothes government forces who roamed the streets on Tuesday on motorcycles.

The ISNA student news agency in

Iran said two people had died but there was no immediate confirmation of that.

In what seemed part of choreographed effort to blame the two opposition leaders for the unrest, Fars news agency said there had been protests among pro-government students against the two opposition figures, who have repeatedly denied their critics’ accusation that they are part of a Western plot to topple the Islamic revolutionary leadership.

Fars, a semiofficial service linked to the powerful Revolutionary Guard Corps, said the demonstrations had been conducted by “hypocrites, monarchists, hooligans and seditionists” whose leaders were puppets of Britain and the United States. It ridiculed them for not chanting slogans about Egypt, the nominal reason for the protests, and said an unspecified number of people had been arrested.

The Parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, accused the United States and its allies of providing support to the opposition following uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.

There were no reports of further unrest in Iran on Tuesday, but the region continued to feel the tremors from the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.

In Bahrain, where a Sunni Muslim

elite rules a largely Shiite nation, police clashed on Tuesday with mourners following the cortege of a protester killed on Monday. As the police fired tear gas in an attempt to block the funeral procession, a second demonstrator was killed by gunfire, human rights organizations said.

In Yemen, several hundred demonstrators to march from the university district in the capital, Sana, but police wielding wooden batons prevented them from going far, witnesses said.

Then a group of pro-regime demonstrators began hurling rocks at their adversaries.

The size of the protests in Iran was unclear. Witness accounts and news reports from inside the country suggested that perhaps 20,000 to 30,000 demonstrators in several cities defied strong warnings and took to the streets.

The unrest was an acute embarrassment for Iranian leaders, who had sought to portray the toppling of two secular rulers, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, as a triumph of popular support for Islam in the Arab world. They had refused permission to Iranian opposition groups seeking to march in solidarity with the Egyptians, and warned journalists and photographers based in the country, with success, not to report on the protests.

The Iranian authorities have shown that they will not hesitate to crush demonstrations with deadly force.

Other governments across the Middle East and the Persian Gulf also moved aggressively to stamp out protests on Monday.

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Would the Bard have survived the Web?

What we put on our body can be toxic, too “Why, hello there! Welcome to the most expensive cosmetic counter in the mall. What are you hoping for today, a new look? Yes, well with those bags under your eyes I can see why. You have some splotches and lines we can cover right up. Hmmm, I am thinking some fabulous Sodium Lauryl Sulfate around the eyes, a dash of glamorous Propyl Paranen on the lips and we can’t forget Spring’s hottest look: Imidazolidinyl Urea made with genuine formaldehyde from France!”

Many of us get so caught up in what we put into our bodies we forget that being ignorant as to what we put onto our bodies can have equally detrimental effects. When choosing lotions and soap for our babies we scour the labels to ensure the ingredients are organic or at least pronounceable. Why should our adult skin get the chemi––––– cal laden crap? (Oh yeah, cause Use Your they promise we will never age.

Outdoor Voice I guess formaldehyde will do that.)

Here is an idea of what is in commonly used cosmetics and health care products as well as healthier options—some you can make yourself and use the savings for new shoes!

First off, you should be aware that the majority of cosmetics are not subject to FDA approval before you slather it on. Would you chow down on pork that hadn’t been screened?

There is a comprehensive database sponsored

by Skin Deep (www.cosmeticsdatabase.com) that reveals the toxic ingredients in more than 25,000 cosmetics. Makes for great late night reading.

Chances are that the pricy creams you slather on to keep your skin glowing like a 16-year old is nothing more than a chemical cocktail. In her quest for gorgeous skin, the average woman absorbs five pounds of chemicals a year.

Portland-based intuitive aesthetician and Reiki master Amy Gerow knows that Mother Earth provides us with all the beauty products we need. Amy grows and grinds organic herbs and flowers to use in her skin care regimes. From her pots overflowing with basil, heirloom roses and angelica root

ARCHAEOLOGISTS finished a remarkable dig last summer in East London. Among their finds were seven earthenware knobs, physical evidence of a near perfect 16th-cen––––– tury experiment into the link between com- The New York Times merce and culture.

When William Shakespeare was growing up in rural Stratford-upon-Avon, carpenters at that East London site were

Scott Turow, Paul Aiken and James Shapiro

Maggie Knowles

see KNOWLES page 5

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Recalling the city’s quirky Valentine’s Day traditions Valentine’s Day 2011 has come and gone, but of course many 8” x 11” signature red hearts still remain mysteriously taped about town.

Yes, our Valentine’s Day Bandit(s)? did an excellent job spreading the love this year via one of quirkiest and most endearing traditions of the season. And for area restaurants, it’s typically a banner night full of their own little quirks and traditions.

Over the years, I have seen knee bent engagement proposals in the middle of the dining room, diamond rings placed atop a scoop of gelato, people making out (I mean really R-rated stuff) at the table with hands no where to be seen, men crying, women crying, other servers crying, couples fighting (I’ll never forget the time a guy left his date at the table and drove home…to Massachusetts), and divorce papers signed.

After recent weeks of less than cooperative weather, Cupid had the fortuitous business sense to arrive on a Monday. Many restaurants that religiously view Monday as the culinary Sab-

Natalie Ladd ––––– What It’s Like bath opened with a special menu and competed as ferociously as Trader Joe’s and Hannaford’s did with flower bouquets; which were equally as sought after as a 7:30 reservation at a quiet corner table.

According to the restaurant grapevine, the night followed on the heels of an especially busy, tip-heavy weekend as once again the weather cooperated and many people wanted to order off a regular dinner menu as well as have an extra cocktail in a hopefully less crowded environment for a pre-Valentine’s Day celebration.

Monday holidays are fantastic when you can take the day off from work, but Monday night is still a school night, and for many the blatant PDA, exchanging of clichéd cards, and champagne toasts started as early as Thurs-

day evening.

Because this column is called, “What’s It Like” and because I was actually in the trenches, waiting tables on Valentine’s Day, I will share a few tidbits that took place where I currently hang my bistro apron a few shifts a week.

For obvious reasons, I’m not keen on the idea of promoting my restaurant employer by name (Hey, I’m a free agent just like every other server I know), but “Restaurant X” is a well known establishment, and a worthy example of the industry Valentine’s Day shenanigans that took place.

By all accounts, Restaurant X is a cozy, candle lit restaurant that looks like it belongs in Boston’s North End. The portions are large and served piping hot, the place has a rock-solid regular following, and is staffed with mature, seasoned wait professionals.

At the same time, there is no computer system, the wine list (while much improved and no fault of the buyer) is geared toward the White Zinfandel see LADD page 5

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Money changed everything in the cultural arts BARD from page 4

erecting the walls of what some consider the first theater built in Europe since antiquity. Other playhouses soon rose around the city. Those who paid could enter and see the play; those who didn’t, couldn’t.

By the time Shakespeare turned to writing, these “cultural paywalls” were abundant in London: workers holding moneyboxes (bearing the distinctive knobs found by the archaeologists) stood at the entrances of a growing number of outdoor playhouses, collecting a penny for admission.

At day’s end, actors and theater owners smashed open the earthenware moneyboxes and divided the daily take. From those proceeds dramatists were paid to write new plays. For the first time ever, it was possible to earn a living writing for the public.

Money changed everything. Almost overnight, a wave of brilliant dramatists emerged, including Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd, Ben Jonson and Shakespeare. These talents and many comparable and lesser lights had found the opportunity, the conditions and the money to pursue their craft.

At day’s end, actors and theater owners smashed open the earthenware moneyboxes and divided the daily take. From those proceeds dramatists were paid to write new plays. For the first time ever, it was possible to earn a living writing for the public.

The stark findings of this experiment? As with much else, literary talent often remains undeveloped unless markets reward it.

At the height of the Enlightenment, the cultural paywall went virtual, when British authors gained the right to create legally protected markets for their works. In 1709, expressly to combat book piracy and “for the encouragement of learned men to compose and write useful books,” Britain enacted the world’s first copyright law. Eighty years later, America’s founders expanded on this, giving Congress the authority to enact copyright laws “to promote the progress of science and useful arts.”

Copyright, now powerfully linking authors, the

printing press (and later technologies) and the market, would prove to be one of history’s great public policy successes. Books would attract investment of authors’ labor and publishers’ capital on a colossal scale, and our libraries and bookstores would fill with works that educated and entertained a thriving nation. Our poets, playwrights, novelists, historians, biographers and musicians were all underwritten by copyright’s markets.

Yet today, these markets are unraveling. Piracy is a lucrative, innovative, global enterprise. Clusters of overseas servers can undermine much of the commercial basis for creative work around the world, offering users the speedy, secret transmission of stolen goods.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on Wednesday on “targeting Web sites dedicated to stealing American intellectual property,” and the White House has pledged to propose a new law to address rampant piracy within the year. But writers and other creative workers should still be worried. see INTERNET page 6

Lipsticks, toothpastes, creams should be examined for chemicals KNOWLES from page 4

she extracts the precious oils from the leaves and blends them with oils, clays and honey for use on her clients. Unlike when people have adverse reactions to commercial products, she has never had a client break out from her custom made products.

How sexy do you feel when you pull out your hot red lipstick? Slowly licking your lips at your date across the candlelit table…now zoom into your mouth at the wax, lead and mercury swishing around in there. An average woman can ingest up to seven pounds of lipstick over a lifetime. That would be fine if lipsticks were made from carrots and truffles, but …(shudder). Choose lipsticks made from hemp such as Desert Essence Organics or Human Nature vegan lip balm.

And if we are ingesting all that lipstick, think about how much toothpaste ends up in our system.

The gums are able to quickly absorb chemicals— ranging from methylparaben to titanium dioxide—into the bloodstream. Having sparkly white

teeth at the risk of cancer? Don’t think so. Look for toothpastes made from organic ingredients such as Tom’s of Maine and Jason Naturals. Or have your teenagers make a batch for the family: Combine 4 tsp baking soda with 1 tsp hydrogen peroxide. Add a drop of peppermint or orange oil (you can borrow from your perfume drawer—see below) and smooth in a blender.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics recently exposed handfuls of popular perfumes that are not forthright with the ingredients in their products. More than 60% of the undisclosed chemicals have never been tested for human safety. Many of them are known to trigger asthma and migraines and even cause sperm damage. Choose pure aromatherapy oils that all health food stores carry. I mix drops (my current favorite is a combo of rose and cinnamon) into a blend of organic olive and soy oils. Right after showering, rub yourself down.

You moisturize your skin as well as smell fabulous, sans toxins, for a fraction of the price.

My godmother told me in high school that she

was convinced that antiperspirants were causing breast cancer. That scared me back then (even while I was tanning three times a week). Think about how closely you smear chemicals such as aluminum (linked to Alzheimer’s) to your lymph nodes.

Plus, when did not allowing your body to sweat out its own toxins seem like a good idea? If you are drinking lots of water and eating well, your sweat should not smell anyway. Lafes makes an organic deodorant spray that actually works—or you can (honestly!) rub whole lemons or oranges under your pits. Just don’t use them for zest in a cake later.

There are fabulous organic, mineral-based cosmetics that actually stay on your face and cover up the sags and bags. Websites such as rawnaturalbeauty.com and fresh-network.com are great resources.

Sadly, in today’s society, beauty isn’t free but the cost shouldn’t be our health.

(Maggie Knowles is a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Her column appears Wednesdays.)

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crowd, and the open kitchen and dish area antics leave much to be desired. At last report, our Sous Chef was throwing meatballs at our new dishwasher.

Valentine’s Day at Restaurant X is akin to New Year’s Eve, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and all the other Hallmark driven events where people wait until the last possible moment (which is usually too late) to make a reservation. The two phone lines literally rang all day long, setting the pace for the near-foul mood our manager was in at the beginning of the evening.

Doing the seating plan for such a night is like a huge Rubik’s cube, made especially difficult by the fact that most reservations were for two people in a world of four-tops. We did see a rare double date (much more common over the weekend), and sadly had to turn away as many people as we were able to seat.

We served a “Special Menu” identical to New Year’s Eve, only this time we put little heart shaped stickers on the top and said, “Happy Valentine’s Day” upon greeting our diners.

We also ran out of potatoes at 7:30, only had one vegetarian offering on the menu (we did offer the full menu for such dietary preferences upon request), and did not have any veal in house (much to the

delight of the vegetarians, I’m sure). Most people ordered large, sharing appetizers and desserts and not flinching at price points.

Tips were fair, but not really over the top and I made money on volume rather than hitting the big tippers who were out to impress their eye lash batting dates. Such a guy sat in Ryann’s section and she walked with over $200 even after tipping out the bartender and hostess.

Overall, people were full, happy and pleased with their experience ... it went smoothly and without incident.

In the not-so-distant past, I worked at a place that was booked by the Chinese New Year for Valentine’s Day. We served a “champagne” toast while greeting guests, a fixed menu with limited popular choices, and a red rose for the lady when dropping the check. It made for a great package presentation and was operationally friendly in terms of doing the math, but I always believed the bubbly interfered with the opportunity to sell bottles of wine.

However, trading the roses with a florist who loved to dine out was a no-brainer, and the grand finale of a chocolate dipped strawberry almost guaranteed an amorous night ahead.

I may be a money-hungry server, but I’m a romantic at heart and the very best part of Valentine’s Day

is the mush.

Most of it is a formulaic convention of like-holidays, but there’s nothing like helping people who are trying to lock and load their relationship over a bowl of expertly made chicken Marsala.

As far as my own Valentine’s Day? It got better when the manager started sampling her own fantastic drink creation (a gin based, blood red orange concoction or some such thing) and the kitchen decided to feed us after hours of non-stop marathon restaurant speed walking.

I received a beautiful necklace from my ex, a day without drama from my kids, and took an extra long walk with Bad Dog who was so good I may have to change her tag line. These things, and a sweet, postwork phone call from New Guy were gifts straight from Venus.

I also had a blast working with my creative consultants at Restaurant X, made a little extra money, and watched first hand while other people dined, cooed, and did what it takes to make the world go ‘round.

Not exactly the impact of the over-achieving bandit papering the town, but a good night nonetheless.

(Natalie Ladd and her “What’s It Like” column take a weekly look at the culinary business in and around Portland.)

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The experience economy Tyler Cowen’s e-book, “The Great reviewers. He argues that our society, for Stagnation,” has become the most the moment, has hit a technological pladebated nonfiction book so far this teau. year. Cowen’s core point is that up until But his evidence can also be used to tell a sometime around 1974, the American related story. It could be that the nature of economy was able to experience awetechnological change isn’t causing the slowsome growth by harvesting low-hangdown but a shift in values. It could be that ing fruit. There was cheap land to be in an industrial economy people develop exploited. There was the tremendous a materialist mind-set and believe that increase in education levels during improving their income is the same thing the postwar world. There were technoas improving their quality of life. But in an ––––– logical revolutions occasioned by the affluent information-driven world, people spread of electricity, plastics and the embrace the postmaterialist mind-set. They The New York car. realize they can improve their quality of life Times But that low-hanging fruit is without actually producing more wealth. exhausted, Cowen continues, and since For example, imagine a man we’ll call 1974, the United States has experienced slower Sam, who was born in 1900 and died in 1974. Sam growth, slower increases in median income, slower entered a world of iceboxes, horse-drawn buggies job creation, slower productivity gains, slower and, commonly, outhouses. He died in a world of airlife-expectancy improvements and slower rates of conditioning, Chevy Camaros and Moon landings. technological change.

His life was defined by dramatic material changes, Cowen’s data on these slowdowns are compeland Sam worked feverishly hard to build a comling and have withstood the scrutiny of the online pany that sold brake systems. Sam wasn’t the most refined person, but he understood that if he wanted to create a secure life for his family he had to create wealth.

Sam’s grandson, Jared, was born in 1978. Jared wasn’t really drawn to the brake-systems business, which was withering in America. He works at a company that organizes conferences. He brings Great Selection Of Cigarettes, together fascinating speakers for lifelong learning.

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They don’t even create many jobs. As Cowen notes in his book, the automobile industry produced millions of jobs, but Facebook employs about 2,000, Twitter 300 and eBay about 17,000. It takes only 14,000 employees to make and sell iPods, but that device also eliminates jobs for those people

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who make and distribute CDs, potentially leading to net job losses.

In other words, as Cowen makes clear, many of this era’s technological breakthroughs produce enormous happiness gains, but surprisingly little additional economic activity.

Jared’s other priorities also produce high quality-of-life gains without huge material and productivity improvements. He practically defines himself by what university he went to. Universities now have nicer dorms, gyms and dining facilities. These improvements have not led to huge increases in educational output.

Jared is very health conscious and part of a generation that has spent much more on health care.

This may help Jared lead a vibrant life in retirement. But these investments have had surprisingly little effect on productivity or even longevity.

For Sam, income and living standards were synonymous. But for Jared, wealth and living standards have diverged. He is more interested in the latter than the former. This means that Jared has some rich and meaningful experiences, but it has also led to problems. Every few months, new gizmos come out. Jared feels his life is getting better. Because he doesn’t fully grasp the increasingly important distinction between wealth and standard of living, he has the impression that he is also getting richer. As a result, he lives beyond his means. As Cowen notes, many of our recent difficulties stem from the fact that many Americans think they are richer than they are.

Jared is also providing much less opportunity for those down the income scale than his grandfather did. Sam was more hardhearted, yet his feverish materialism created more jobs.

Jared worries about that. He also worries that the Chinese and others have a material drive that he and his cohort lacks. But he’s not changing.

For the past few decades, Americans have devoted more of their energies to postmaterial arenas and less and less, for better and worse, to the sheer production of wealth.

During these years, commencement speakers have urged students to seek meaning and not money. Many people, it turns out, were listening.

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Just consider the dedicated “filesharers” — actually, traffickers in stolen music movies and, increasingly, books — who transmit and receive copyrighted material without the slightest guilt.

They are abetted by a handful of law professors and other experts who have made careers of fashioning counterintuitive arguments holding that copyright impedes creativity and progress. Their theory is that if we severely weaken copyright protections, innovation will truly flourish. It’s a seductive thought, but it ignores centuries of scientific and technological progress based on the principle that a creative person should have some assurance of being rewarded for his innovative work.

Certainly there’s a place for free creative work online, but

that cannot be the end of it. A rich culture demands contributions from authors and artists who devote thousands of hours to a work and a lifetime to their craft. Since the Enlightenment, Western societies have been lulled into a belief that progress is inevitable. It never has been.

It’s the result of abiding by rules that were carefully constructed and practices that were begun by people living in the long shadow of the Dark Ages. We tamper with those rules at our peril.

Last July, a small audience gathered at that London archaeological dig to hear two actors read from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the place of its debut, where theater’s most valuable walls once stood. While the foundations of the Theater (as it was known) remained, the walls themselves did not. When Shakespeare’s company lost its lease, the members dismantled the Theater’s timber frame and moved the walls to a new site across the Thames, naming their new playhouse the Globe. Shake-

speare’s paywall traveled with him.

The Globe would later burn down (a cannon fired during a performance of “Henry VIII” touched off the blaze) and was quickly rebuilt. Its final end came in the mid-17th century, at the outset of a bloody civil war, when authorities ordered the walls pulled down. The regime wasn’t motivated by ideals of open access or illusions of speeding progress. They simply wanted to silence the dramatists, who expressed a wide range of unsettling thoughts to paying audiences within.

The experiment was over.

Dramatists’ ties to commerce were severed, and the greatest explosion of playwriting talent the modern world has ever seen ended. Just like that.

(Scott Turow, a novelist, is the president of the Authors Guild.

Paul Aiken is its executive director. James Shapiro, a member of the guild’s board, teaches Shakespeare at Columbia.)

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City committee wants business plans for municipal venues Members of the city council’s finance committee have asked city staff to develop business plans for city-owned venues like Merrill Auditorium, Ocean Gateway terminal, Portland Ice Arena and Riverside Municipal Golf Course, The Forecaster is reporting.

The Forecaster, a weekly paper based in Falmouth, says the ice arena and municipal golf course lose money most years. Those shortfalls must be filled with money from the general fund.

Finance committee chair John Anton told the paper this week that his committee wants staff to review operations and financial histories for cityowned venues. That information could then be used in the creation of a business plan.

Anton told the paper the internal review, which likely won’t be finished until summer, could also determine if fresh capital investment is needed.

Meanwhile, Anton tells the paper his committee won’t review a recent proposal from Bath-based Harris Golf to run operations at Riverside Golf Course, effectively killing the measure for now.

The finance committee will meet again in March.

Maine man admits to growing marijuana in N.E. national forest A 38-year-old man from Oxford has admitted in federal court to growing marijuana in the White Mountain National Forest, according to the Associated Press.

Todd Clukey, who remains free pending a sentencing hearing, pleaded guilty this week to cultivating marijuana in an unincorporated part of Oxford County between May and September 2010, AP reported. He could face up to five years in jail and fines of up to $500,000.

Clukey also told authorities he grew pot in the national forest in 2008 and 2009 as well, AP says.

Police: Jewelry store computers hacked Day’s Jewelers says its computer system has been hacked and that an undermined number of credit and debit card numbers have been compromised, according to the Associated Press.

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Day’s Jewelers, which is based in Waterville, has stores six stores in Maine and New Hampshire, has hired a computer forensics company to learn more about the breach and its cause, AP reported.

While it’s still not clear how many Day’s customers were affected, the Maine Credit Union League says 1,000 of its members who bought items at the stores in November and December have reported fraudulent transactions, according to AP.

Schools offering retirement incentives Facing a potential $6 million revenue shortfall and possible teacher layoffs, the city’s school system is sweetening its offer to teachers nearing retirement age, The Forecaster is reporting.

Under a deal tentatively approved by the school board, teachers 60 years old and above with at least 10 years experience in the district could be eligible for early retirement incentives that could be worth up to $20,000, the paper reported. However, the board could rescind the offer if not enough teachers sign up, according to the Forecaster, a weekly based in Falmouth.

Portland Schools has used financial incentives in each of the last four years to induce some of its longest-tenured — and highest earning — teachers to call it a career. Apparently, those efforts have barely made a dent: Superintendent James Morse told the Forecaster that upwards of 200 district employees would qualify under the current proposal.

According to the Forecaster, employees deemed eligible for the incentives would receive a lump sum payment worth at least $10,000 or up to $20,000 spread over the next four years.

Layoffs to education staff and teachers could be reduced or eliminated depending on how many teachers decide to retire, the paper said.

Applications for the early retirement program are due my Feb. 28.

Layoffs averted at Bath Iron Works The U.S. Navy Secretary has pledged to give Bath Iron Works an advance on future shipbuilding contracts, averting layoffs at the Maine facility in the near term.

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said in a statement that Navy Secretary Ray Mabus pledged to provide suffi-

cient funds to ensure nobody at the shipbuilder will lose their job.

“I told Secretary Mabus that we don’t want to lose industrial capacity—we don’t want to see workers laid off at Bath Iron Works,” Pingree said in the news release. “He completely agrees and said the Navy would provide advance funding to avoid layoffs at least through April while the final details of the DDG-1000 contracts are hammered out.”

Prior to the Navy’s announcement of advance funding, some workers at the Bath facility would have been laid off within two weeks. BIW is building the first ship in the Navy’s DDG-1000 line, and is negotiating with the government to build two more. The news release says this funding is an advance for work to be done on those two future ships.

“The Secretary was very clear about layoffs,” Pingree said. “He assured me that no one was going to get laid off at BIW in the short term because of a lack of funding from the Navy.

Pingree wrote to Mabus last week asking for additional funding for BIW and also urging the Navy to speed up the process of several contracts for the two new ships in the DDG-1000 line planned for “I’ve been urging construction at BIW, the release the Navy to sign said.

“I’ve been urging the Navy to on the dotted sign on the dotted line and finalline and finalize ize contracts for the next two contracts for the DDG-1000s to be built at Bath, while we are waiting it’s next two DDG- but essential the Navy frees up the 1000s to be built money necessary to avoid layoffs at Bath, but while and avoid delays in construction,” said. In a letter to Navy we are waiting Pingree Secretary Mabus on Friday, Pinit’s essential the gree said “the production workers responsible for building these Navy frees up the Navy ships build the best ships in money necessary the world; we must do everything to avoid layoffs in our power to avoid disruption to and avoid delays this workforce, especially in this economy.” in construcIn addition to releasing the tion.” — U.S. Rep. funding, Pingree has asked Mabus to report on when he expects the Chellie Pingree final contracts to be signed.

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New York to assure legal aid in foreclosure cases

BY DAVID STREITFELD THE NEW YORK TIMES

New York court officials outlined procedures Tuesday aimed at assuring that all homeowners facing foreclosure were represented by a lawyer, a shift that could give tens of thousands of families a better chance to save their homes.

Criminal defendants are guaranteed a lawyer but New York will be the first state to try and extend that pledge to foreclosures, which are civil matters.

There are about 80,000 active foreclosure cases in New York courts. In more than half the cases, only the banks have lawyers.

“It’s such an uneven playing field,” the state’s chief judge, Jonathan Lippman, said. “Banks wind up with the property and the homeowner winds up over the cliff, on the street. It doesn’t serve anyone’s interest, including the banks’.”

A lawyer for every defendant will also serve the courts’ interests, the judge said, by making proceedings more efficient.

Under the procedures, which will be put in place in Queens and Orange counties in the next few weeks and across the state by the end of the year, any homeowner in foreclosure who does not have a lawyer will be supplied one by legal aid groups or other pro bono groups. Legal aid groups are expected to have foreclosure offices in the courts to handle the influx.

In the wake of revelations last fall that several major banks had used improper methods to speed foreclosures, the courts are increasingly becoming a central battleground for people seeking to save their homes. Simply responding to a foreclosure notice in

court, homeowners have learned, can sharply delay the proceedings.

That is a change from when the foreclosure crisis began. A few years ago, most foreclosed owners in New York and everywhere else did not show up at court proceedings and simply abandoned their homes. It was a “paper process,” the New York court system concluded in a recent report, with lenders inevitably the winners.

New York now mandates settlement meetings overseen by a judge and attended by the lender, a sort of court inside the court. Homeowners are participating in large numbers but most of those without lawyers have little idea how to defend themselves. The cases are also overwhelming the courts. In several counties, half of the civil cases in Supreme Court are foreclosures.

Legal aid groups will find the task of representing all foreclosure defendants easier if the state legislature agrees to Judge Lippman’s request for a $100 million increase in legal services programs spread over the next four years. Current funding for legal services in New York is about $200 million a year drawn from a variety of public and private sources.

New York, which is one of the 23 states where foreclosures must be overseen by a judge, has been more aggressive than most in trying to reshape the flood of housing cases. Lawyers pursuing foreclosure in New York are personally liable for the accuracy of the documents they represent. It is a requirement that some lawyers find onerous but has been credited with dramatically slowing the pace of foreclosures in the state.

Legal aid organizations in the 23 states say that they do not have enough money or lawyers to help everyone who needs assistance. New Mexico and Connecticut have started classes to help train people to represent themselves. Legal aid groups in other states are forced to choose among families, helping some but not others.

New York’s action “will shift the debate,” said Donald Saunders, director of the Civil Division of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association.

“Everything Judge Lippman is saying will be looked at closely elsewhere.”

Mr. Saunders added, however, that fiscal realities could trump other considerations.

Nationwide, 2.2 million households are in foreclosure, with another 2.1 million at least 90 days past due, according to LPS Applied Analytics. In the wake of the banks’ revelations about their sloppy procedures, the average number of days delinquent for a foreclosed property rose to 507 days in December, its first time above 500.

In New York, the two initial counties will serve as a model for the statewide program. Hudson Valley Legal Services will work with the court in Orange County to provide representation, while the Legal Aid Society, which assists families and individuals in New York City, will supply lawyers in Queens, a foreclosure hotbed.

According to court data, foreclosure filings in Queens have increased 217 percent since 2005 to 5,839 cases.

“There’s a huge demand,” said Steven Banks, the society’s attorney in chief.

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raffle (a slightly more generous version of a 50/50 raffle) took the giving spirit one step further, donating her half of the winnings right back to the Public Market House, according to one vendor.

Greendrinks asked a number of local businesses to submit bids of what percentage of sales they could pour back into environmental improvements in searching for the Joycott’s first host.

The Public Market House won over organizers with their pledge to reinvest 51 percent of the day’s sales into environmental improvements. “With the Public market House we were really lucky to find an enthusiastic partner who is already so aligned with our mission. They’ve exceeded my every expectation — every single

owner met with us and talked about how excited they are,” said Sullivan.

Kris Horton, owner of K. Horton Specialty Foods and president of the Public Market House, said they’ll use the funds primarily to revamp the building’s HVAC system, for air conditioning, heating and ventilation.

While Greendrinks currently has no plans for another Joycott, they hope the idea will drive other businesses to use the concept to pursue environmental improvements.

“I think the Joycott is proof that environmentalists and capitalists can work together to achieve mutually beneficial goals, despite some of the rhetoric you hear to the contrary,” said Greendrinks organizer Sean Sullivan. “With a little innovation, we don’t have to choose between the two,” he said.

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With sites in Kennebunkport; at Monument Square in Portland; and in Scarborough, Henry VIII Carvery serves up “hand-carved, slow roasted beef, turkey, ham and pork sandwiches.” For about

seven years, Henry VIIII has served customers at 15 Monument Square in Portland. “Our roast beef is the top eight percentile in the country, it’s all hand carved, and it’s just good, quality food,” said manager Matt Seavy. The name refers to a monarch — and delis. “The original owner lived in England for a couple of years and took it from the meat shops that they have over in England,” Seavy explained. Sandwiches can be ordered both hot and cold, featuring certified Angus beef.

Apple offers subscriptions for all iPad publications (New York Times) Apple has agreed to allow publishers to sell subscriptions through its popular App Store, an issue that has been a source of contention with magazine companies since the iPad went on the market last spring.

Sales of iPad publications had been limited, with a few exceptions, to single copies.

But reaction from many publishers was tepid, at best.

Though Apple has agreed to share some data about subscribers with magazines — provided that subscribers consent — publishing companies have been pushing for full access to information about who is buying their content.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). In the past, you’ve sometimes frittered your finances away. Now you’ll make an effort to save the money you get because you realize that you really could do something big with it in the future.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You will achieve prominence in a certain community. This could be a social club, a party affiliation or an online community.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2011. There are 318 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 16, 1968, the nation’s first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated, in Haleyville, Ala. On this date: In 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli Harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates.

In 1862, during the Civil War, some 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered at Fort Donelson, Tenn. (Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory earned him the nickname “Unconditional Surrender Grant.”)

In 1868, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City.

In 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen’s recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt by English archaeologist Howard Carter.

In 1945, American troops landed on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II. In 1959, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba a month and a-half after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.

In 1960, the nuclear-powered radar picket submarine USS Triton departed New London, Conn. on the first submerged circumnavigation by a vessel.

In 1961, the United States launched the Explorer 9 satellite.

In 1977, Janani Luwum, the Anglican archbishop of Uganda, and two other men were killed in what Ugandan authorities said was an automobile accident.

In 1998, a China Airlines Airbus A300600R trying to land in fog near Taipei, Taiwan, crashed, killing all 196 people on board.

One year ago: Officials reported the capture of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (BEHR’-uh-dahr), the Afghan Taliban’s No. 2 commander, by a joint CIA and Pakistani team. President Barack Obama announced more than $8 billion in new federal loan guarantees to build two nuclear reactors in Georgia.

Today’s Birthdays: Singer Patty Andrews is 93. Kim Jong Il, the president of North Korea, is 69. Actor Jeremy Bulloch is 65. Actor William Katt is 60. Rhythm-andblues singer James Ingram is 59. Actor LeVar Burton is 54. Actor-rapper Ice-T is 53. Actress Lisa Loring is 53. International Tennis Hall of Famer John McEnroe is 52.

Rock musician Andy Taylor is 50. Rock musician Dave Lombardo (Slayer) is 46.

Rock musician Taylor Hawkins (Foofighters) is 39. Olympic gold medal runner Cathy Freeman is 38. Singer Sam Salter is 36.

Rapper Lupe Fiasco is 29. Actor Mike Weinberg is 18.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: My husband and I are in our early 40s. We’ve been married for 13 years and have two young, beautiful, healthy children that I thank God for every day.

After many years of marriage, I found out quite unexpectedly that my husband has been a drug user on and off for a long time. It came out when he finally went for help. Due to the drugs, we lost everything. We had to uproot our children from the only home they’ve known in order to find a more affordable place to live. His drug use has put the family in a lot of pain and turmoil, and he vowed he would never use again.

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Dear Annie: My son showed me the Facebook page of a 20-year-old acquaintance who is expecting a baby with her boyfriend. An ultrasound showed that the baby was seriously brain damaged and would likely die at birth.

This gal named her unborn baby and created a website journal of her pregnancy. Some of the entries were about her doctor appointments and shopping for a funeral home. Others were rants about fights with her boyfriend and his forays with other women. Her page includes professionally taken photographs of her lifting her shirt to expose her very pregnant belly.

I was appalled at the publicizing of such a heart-wrenching, private situation. Am I just old-fashioned? -- A Private Person Dear Private: The fact that something so personal is put into cyberspace and broadcast to everyone is, unfortunately, a common occurrence these days among young people who have no concept of privacy (or good taste). What used to go into a locked diary is now fodder for the world. However, this girl is going through a sad and difficult time, and sharing her story undoubtedly brings her comfort.

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I am an only child. When I was stricken with a brain aneurysm, Mom and Dad were there every day. When my Dad developed Alzheimer’s and my mom had various medical conditions necessitating a nursing home, I returned the favor.

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Shame on children who abuse those who gave them so much. Get paid for doing Mom’s laundry? How much did she pay Mom to wash her clothes before? Hopefully, those kids will mature, apologize and give Mom the love and support she needs and deserves -- while she’s still around to accept it.

-- Infuriated in Connecticut

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, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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Wednesday, Feb. 16 Maine Distracted Driving Summit

Thursday, Feb. 17 WENA Community Breakfast

7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. West End 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Officer Neighborhood Association Rocco Navarro of the South Community Breakfast at Reiche Portland Police Department will Community Center. http://www. moderate a panel discussion wenamaine.org/ with teen drivers at the Maine Distracted Driving Summit, Wisdom At Work Series taking place at the Ocean Gatenoon to 1 p.m. Portland Public way marine terminal. Navarro Library is hosting a four-part suffered serious injuries when series on work each Thursday a pickup truck crashed into his in February in Rines Auditocruiser while he was parked rium. The series is sponsored behind a stranded motorist on

by Heart At Work Career Counthe Casco Bay Bridge last fall. seling and Amy Wood, Success Police say the driver who hit the Strategist. The third in the series parked cruiser, David Zografos is titled “Five Real-World Strateof South Portland, was talkgies To Find A Meaningful Job” ing on his cell phone. Zograpresented by Melissa Suey, of fos, who was uninjured, was Red Sky Leadership. The public charged with failing to maintain is invited to this free series. control of a motor vehicle. The Heart At Work Career CounselNational Highway Traffic Safety ing, Outplacement Services & Administration estimates that Second Half of Life Planning, 25 at least 25 percent of policeMiddle St. 775-6400. reported crashes involve some ‘On the March’ talk on form of driver inattention. http:// Payson Park has been transformed into a sleddding and snowboarding park. Here, a snowboarder launches off a jump near the capwiz.com/aaanne/issues/ park’s rail. Skiers and snowboarders from Mt. Abram, Shawnee Peak and Sunday River will visit Portland’s Payson Hill Terrain Park Freedom Riders at Bates 4:30 p.m. In observance of Black alert/?alertid=14923871 this afternoon from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) History Month and the 50th Payson Hill Terrain Park anniversary of the 1961 FreePROPEL after-hours networking event dom Riders protest, a historian from Ohio’s Miami Univerexhibition 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Join PROPEL for an after-hours netsity reviews the history, impacts and continuing relevance 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Skiers and snowboarders from Mt. Abram, working event at the Salt Exchange. Light appetizers will be of this galvanizing episode in the civil rights movement in Shawnee Peak and Sunday River will visit Portland’s Payson served and a cash bar with drink specials will be available. If the Benjamin Mays Center at Bates College, 95 Russell St., Hill Terrain Park this afternoon. From Jan. 5 through Feb. 16, you would like to stay for dinner following the event you are Lewiston. Sponsored by the Office of Intercultural EducaWednesdays were designated “Wednesdays in the Park” welcome to a 15 percent off discount. The Salt Exchange, tion at Bates, Nishani Frazier’s talk, titled “On the March,” is to celebrate the Payson Hill Terrain Park and take advan245 Commercial St., Portland. open to the public at no cost. “Frazier, assistant professor tage of early release day in the Portland School System. of history at Miami, is an authority on the African AmeriPortland Recreation and Public Works spread snow on Ocean Avenue Elementary School open house can experience. She will examine the story of the Freedom the hill in early January opening up this popular winter 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. City Councilor Cheryl Leeman (District 4) Riders, their importance to American history and their curhill to skiing, snowboarding, and sliding. Ample snowfall and Portland Superintendent James C. Morse, Sr. invite rent relevance in the face of efforts to retreat politically, and cold temperatures has the park in great shape for the members of the community to an open house at the culturally and socially from the advances of the civil rights school vacation week. This Wednesday’s event celebrates city’s newest school, Ocean Avenue Elementary School. movement. Beginning in May 1961, the Freedom Rides the success of the Park and promotes the fact that there The open house will give the public the opportunity to were an effort to shatter segregationist resistance to laws will be skiing, snowboarding and sliding for several more preview the school before its official opening, meet with mandating equal access to public facilities for all people. weeks this winter. According to Greg Sweetser, Executive school officials and see first hand what this state-of-theInvolving up to 450 civil rights activists over five months, the Director of the Ski Maine Association, “this partnership with art facility has to offer Portland’s youth and families. “We Riders made repeated trips into the South on the Greyhound the city has been a natural match and promotes the great have all been eagerly anticipating the official opening of and Trailways bus lines, forging ahead despite the savage viooutdoor resources right here in Portland.“ During the sixthe Ocean Avenue Elementary School and it is exciting lence, at the hands of law enforcement officers and the Ku week period, ski areas have sent their ski and snowboard that the day is almost upon us,” stated City Councilor Klux Klan among others, that awaited them. This chapter in staff to Portland to provide tips to kids in the park. The ski Cheryl Leeman. “Please join us for a tour of this impresthe civil rights movement heightened national attention to the areas also worked with the City staff to set up the elements, sive facility and a chat with school officials on how the cause, brought in many new activists and compelled the fedshovel snow, and shape the ramps to the rails. In addition Ocean Avenue school is going to improve our neighboreral government to begin enforcing its equal access legislato skiers and riders from Maine ski areas, this Wednesday hood.” Ocean Avenue Elementary School is located at tion.” For more information, please call 786-8376. will feature music, and free hot chocolate at the top of the 150 Ocean Ave. hill. Outside TV will be filming the event and highlighting Music tips on YouTube and beyond Insurance and investing seminar Portland as the host city to one of the very first Urban Ter6 p.m. The Portland Music Foundation continues its “Music 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Institute for Financial Literacy rain Parks in the United States. as a Profession” series of educational seminars in 2011 with has launched a new interactive personal finance seminar an event that explores how to make a great video to accom‘I Question America’ at USM series. Taught by certified educators and open to the genpany your music and what to do with it after you’ve made it.

5 p.m. “I Question America,” a Broadway styled, oneeral public, the seminars are designed to promote financial Panelists for this seminar include Universal Republic artist woman play honoring the life of civil rights activist Fannie education in Maine. In this session, you will learn how insurSpose, filmmakers [dog] and [pony] and award-winning Lou Hamer, will be presented this month as part of Uniance and investing can help you reach your financial goals songwriter and musician Adam Flaherty. The seminar takes versity of Southern Maine’s celebration of African-Ameriquicker and easier than imagined. All seminars are being place at the Portland Public Library’s Rines Auditorium, is can History Month. The event, featuring actress and author held at the Institute’s new campus conveniently located located in the bottom level of the newly renovated library.

E.P. McKnight, will take place in USM’s Hannaford Lecture near the Maine Mall at 260 Western Avenue in South PortDoors are at 5:30 p.m. The PMF “Music as a Profession” Hall, Portland. A question-and-answer session and a book land. Cost is $50 per adult/$75 couple. Attendance is limseries is free for PMF members. Annual membership cost signing will follow the performance. It is free and open to ited and advance registration is required. To register, please $20 and includes nine educational seminars plus a number the public. “‘I Question America’ tells the life story of civil call 221-3601 or email help@financiallit.org. www.financialof discounts with area businesses. All members of a band rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, who grew up in Missislit.org can join for $40 per year. Membership is available at the sippi, working in the cotton fields. In her one-woman perDoug Varone and Dancers door on Feb. 17 or at www.portlandmusicfoundation.org. formance, McKnight chronicles Hamer’s journey through 7:30 p.m.

Prized for dexterity, musicality and performance childhood, youth and adulthood. The play is a testament New Gloucester Historical Society instincts, Doug Varone and Dancers is recognized as one to Hamer’s ability to overcome seemingly insurmount7 p.m. The meeting of the New Gloucester Historical Sociof America’s leading dance companies.

Presented in colable obstacles and make a difference in the world. Hamer ety has been moved to the New Gloucester Community laboration with Bates Dance Festival, this performance is struggled for many years, protesting and speaking against Building (Old Fire Barn), directly behind the Town Hall on brought to Portland by Portland Ovations. The evening racism and for equal rights, eventually speaking in front of Route 231. The meeting time is still 7 p.m. opens with the company’s triumphant work, Lux, and conCongress. Many times she was jailed and savagely beaten cludes with Chapters from a Broken Novel, a new work ‘A Disciplined Guide to Investment Success’ because of her outspoken support. In 1968, after years co-commissioned by Ovations along with Bates Dance 7 p.m. Investments Program “Buy, Hold, Sell: A Disciplined of fighting, Hamer received a standing ovation when she Festival. Merrill Auditorium; $38, $34, $30, students: $10.

Guide to Investment Success,” at the Peaks Island Branch was seated at the Chicago Democratic Convention and portlandovations.org Library. Author Benjamin Sprague will speak about his book, elected Democratic National Committeewoman. Hamer’s Buy, Hold, Sell: a Disciplined Guide to Investment Success, efforts during the Civil Rights Movement assisted in getting ‘The Real Mcgonagall’ in the Community Room. The book provides an investthe Voting Rights Act, Equal Employment Laws and Federal 8 p.m. Through Feb. 27. “On the eve of his return voyage ment framework to consider, following a difficult 10 years of Housing Act passed. ... McKnight is a graduate of Fordham to Scotland, Sir William Topaz McGonagall recites his outstock market fluctuations. It is for people who are confused University. Today she works as a poet, actress and writer. rageously bad poetry at a saloon in New York. Is he a fool? or apprehensive about the stock market, but still want some ... This event was made possible with financial support from A joke? Or is the joke on any of us who has ever secretly growth from their money. Sponsored by the Friends of the Prudential Financial, South Portland, USM Women and yearned for artistic self-expression but not dared go public?

Peaks Island Library. http://www.portlandlibrary.com/locaGender Studies and USM President Council on Diversity.”

A hilarious account of the true life-story of the world’s worst tions/peaks.htm#Events%20&%20Programs For more information, contact the USM Office of Multiculpoet and his dubious (but loveable) place in history.” Porttural Affairs at 780-4006. land Stage. www.portlandstage.org/Event-43.html see next page

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‘Black Daughter of Maine, American Woman of the World’ at Maine Historical Society 7 p.m. In Partnership with the Maine Women Writers Collection, the Maine Historical Society will present, “Black Daughter of Maine, American Woman of the World: The Storied Lives and Times of Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins,” by Lois A. Brown, Elizabeth Small Professor of English, Mt. Holyoke College. “Join us to learn about the life, literature, and career of Maine-born writer Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930). Born into an educated free black family in Portland, Pauline Hopkins was a pioneering playwright, journalist, novelist, feminist, and public intellectual, best known for her 1900 novel, ‘Contending Forces: A Romance of Negro Life North and South.’ Brown’s recent biography traces Hopkins’ early life, her family’s connections to eighteenthcentury New England and the African slave trade, and her literary career, including a public feud with Booker T. Washington that ultimately led to her professional demise as a journalist. www.mainehistory.org

Thom Pain (based on nothing) by Will Eno 7:30 p.m. Thom Pain (based on nothing) by Will Eno. Feb. 10-20. Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday nights at 7 p.m. at Lucid Stage.

Starring James Hoban; directed by Adam Gutgsell. “Will Eno is a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation ... To sum up the more or less indescribable: Thom Pain is at bottom a surreal meditation on the empty promises life makes, the way experience never lives up to the weird and awesome fact of being. But it is also, in its odd, bewitching beauty, an affirmation of life’s worth.”

— Charles Isherwood, New York Times. Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $10 for students/seniors. Purchase tickets online at www.LucidStage.com or by calling 8993993.

‘The Real Mcgonagall’ 8 p.m. Through Feb. 27. “On the eve of his return voyage to Scotland, Sir William Topaz McGonagall recites his outrageously bad poetry at a saloon in New York. Is he a fool?

A joke? Or is the joke on any of us who has ever secretly yearned for artistic self-expression but not dared go public?

A hilarious account of the true life-story of the world’s worst poet and his dubious (but loveable) place in history.” Portland Stage. www.portlandstage.org/Event-43.html

Friday, Feb. 18 ‘Waste Land’ at the PMA 6:30 p.m. Portland Museum of Art Movies at the Museum series features “Waste Land” on Friday, Feb. 18, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 19, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 20, 2 p.m.

NR. “Filmed over nearly three years, Waste Land follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of ‘catadores’—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s initial objective was to ‘paint’ the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Director Lucy Walker (Devil’s Playground, Blindsight, Countdown to Zero) has great access to the entire process and, in the end, offers stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit. In English and Portuguese with English subtitles.

Contra Dance in Bar Harbor 7:30 p.m. Contra Dance with Big Moose Contra Dance Band and caller Chrissy Fowler in College of the Atlantic’s Gates Center, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. Lessons at 7:30 p.m., dance begins at 8 p.m. $6. Children free. www.coa. edu or 288-5015.

‘Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love’ 8 p.m. “Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love” an adult comedy about love, sex and relationships. February 11-27, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.

All seats $15. Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St. Box Office 773-0333, oldportplayhouse.com.

‘The Real Mcgonagall’ 8 p.m. Through Feb. 27. “On the eve of his return voyage to Scotland, Sir William Topaz McGonagall recites his outrageously bad poetry at a saloon in New York. Is he a fool?

A joke? Or is the joke on any of us who has ever secretly yearned for artistic self-expression but not dared go public?

A hilarious account of the true life-story of the world’s worst poet and his dubious (but loveable) place in history.” Portland Stage. www.portlandstage.org/Event-43.html

Harrison Stebbins at the Comedy Connection

‘Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love’

8:30 p.m. Harrison Stebbins with Josh Grondelman and Ryan Waning. Tickets $15. Portland Comedy Connection, 16 Custom House Wharf. Also Saturday. Reservations: 774-5554. $7.50. Schedule and information: www.mainecomedy.com. Box office open Thurs.-Sat., noon to 10 p.m.

2 p.m. and 8 p.m. “Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love” an adult comedy about love, sex and relationships. February 11-27, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. All seats $15. Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St. Box Office 773-0333, oldportplayhouse.com.

Saturday, Feb. 19 Presumpscot River Preserve walk 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Portland Trails is excited to announce a 2011 Winter Walk series. This free series, made possible by a grant from Healthy Portland, is for adults and families with children who are making an effort to get more exercise, but are stymied when it comes to winter recreation. Participants are reminded to wear warm clothing, hats and gloves and bring snowshoes if there is adequate snow on the ground. Portland Trails has snow shoes available (free for members, $5/non-members) which can be reserved ahead of time. Please register for any walk by emailing info@trails. org or calling 775-2411. For more information or to check cancellations due to the weather go to www.trails.org. Join Trail Foreman Charlie Baldwin on the Presumpscot River Trail. The trail parallels the Presumpscot River and is the site of a spectacular waterfall. Meet at the Overset Road Trailhead: Take Allen Ave east and turn left onto Summit Street. After Oat Nuts Park take a right on Curtis Road.

Follow Curtis Road to Overset Road. Turn right on Overset Road and park at dead end. Trailhead is on the right.

Introduction to Genealogy 9:30 a.m. to noon. Workshop: Introduction to Genealogy (for beginners) by presenter Kathy Amoroso, director of digital projects, Maine Historical Society. “Join us to learn the basics of family history research. Find out how to begin, who to talk to, what records are available, and where you will find them. Learn how to organize your files and keep track of your findings. This lecture does not cover Internet research but covers the basics of good research processes and skills. For beginners or intermediates looking for a refresher class. “The MHS Research Library not be open the day of this program. Registration required. Fee: MHS Members: $25; Non-Members: $35. To register, please call 774-1822.

Insurance and investing seminar 10 a.m. to noon. The Institute for Financial Literacy has launched a new interactive personal finance seminar series. Taught by certified educators and open to the general public, the seminars are designed to promote financial education in Maine. In this session, you will learn how insurance and investing can help you reach your financial goals quicker and easier than imagined. All seminars are being held at the Institute’s new campus conveniently located near the Maine Mall at 260 Western Avenue in South Portland. Cost is $50 per adult/$75 couple. Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. To register, please call 221-3601 or email help@ financiallit.org. www.financiallit.org

Maine’s Immigrant Youth dialogue noon to 4 p.m. Living With Peace, a local non-governmental organization dedicated to immigrant integration, is hosting a Dialogue on the topic of Maine’s Immigrant Youth: Our Untapped Talent Pool. The Dialogue is free and open to the public. The Dialogue is co-sponsored by Atlantic Global Aid and the East Bayside Neighborhood Association. Registrants may have a nutritious breakfast from 11:15 a.m. to noon. At noon the Dialogue opens with speakers addressing the topic of Ensuring a Secure Future for our Youth.

Speakers have been invited from the educational community, the nonprofit community, and the local student body.

The afternoon will be spent in round table discussions on pre-selected topics. Dialogue closing remarks begin at 3:30 p.m. Music and dancing continue until 8 p.m. Root Cellar (lower level), 94 Washington Ave. For more information, contact Christina Feller at 773-4336, Roger Ruganzu at 699-8956, Abdifatah Ahmed at (617) 953-8717

Portraits in the Permanent Collection at PMA 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Gallery Talk, Portraits in the Permanent Collection by Sy Epstein at the Portland Museum of Art. Join docents for casual and informative discussions of works in the museum. Free with museum admission or to members.

Lucid Stage announces: The Two Storytellers 2 p.m. Lucid Stage at 29 Baxter Boulevard presents this rare collaboration between two of Maine’s excellent, versatile and internationally acclaimed performers: Antonio Rocha, storyteller-movement artist, and Michael Parent, storyteller-singer. Two family matinees are filled with story, mime and song. Saturday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 20, at 2 p.m. $10 for adults; $5 for children; $20 for “family” of four. For tickets, call Lucid Stage at 899-3993, or purchase online at www.LucidStage.com

‘The Real Mcgonagall’ 3 p.m. Through Feb. 27. “On the eve of his return voyage to Scotland, Sir William Topaz McGonagall recites his outrageously bad poetry at a saloon in New York. Is he a fool?

A joke? Or is the joke on any of us who has ever secretly yearned for artistic self-expression but not dared go public?

A hilarious account of the true life-story of the world’s worst poet and his dubious (but loveable) place in history.” Portland Stage. www.portlandstage.org/Event-43.html

Romantic songs at Anthony’s Dinner Theater 7 p.m. Kelly Caufield performs romantic songs at Anthony’s Dinner Theater. Free rose to every lady all month. $39.95 per person. Feb. 12, 19 and 26. Call for Reservations. 2212267. www.anthonysdinnertheater.com

Metropolitan Holy Ghost Society 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Metropolitan Holy Ghost Society will be holding Saturday Evening Services at “The Rock Church” at 7 Braeburn Ave., South Portland. “This will be our new location and an ongoing event until further notice.” www.MHGS.org

1940s Night at the State Theatre 7 p.m. “Casablanca” with the Portland Jazz Orchestra. This event is all ages. “The State Theatre brings ‘Casablanca’ back to the silver screen for a night of great romance! Perfect for that Valentine’s Day gift, hint hint. Set during World War II, and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca is the classic story of love and sacrifice. The film begins at 7 p.m. and the passion and drama continues after the screening, with the Portland Jazz Orchestra performing the big band standards of the 1940s.” www.statetheatreportland.com

48 Hour Music Festival 9 p.m. The third annual 48 Hour Music Festival is here!

Thirty artists from different Portland bands of all genres will be randomly shuffled into six supergroups, announced on Thursday afternoon. From there, each band has exactly 48 hours to construct and practice a 25-minute set of material, culminating in this 9 p.m. Saturday performance. This entirely new pool of local talent, featuring members of Huak, the Rattlesnakes, Covered in Bees, Planets Around the Sun, Falls of Rauros, The Travelling Trees, Antiseptic, Conifer, Sunset Hearts, Marie Stella, I Barbarian, Space vs.

Speed, Corpse Pose, Shabti, Baltic Sea, The Mallett Brothers Band (and more!), will be tested by a need for teamwork and a couple of sleepless nights. “Each year, the 48 Hour Music Fest has proven to be one of the most exciting and creative nights of the year and a sold-out show so folks are encouraged to buy tickets in advance! Sponsored by D.L. Geary Brewing Co.” SPACE Gallery. Doors at 8:30 p.m., starts at 9: p.m., $10, 18 plus.

Sunday, Feb. 20 ‘Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love’ 2 p.m. “Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love” an adult comedy about love, sex and relationships. February 11-27, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.

All seats $15. Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St. Box Office 773-0333, oldportplayhouse.com.

Kids, Kartoons & Kotzschmar 2 p.m. Rob Richards, named 2005 “Organist of the Year” by the American Theatre Organ Society, will appear at Merrill Auditorium to play on the Kotzschmar Organ. Presented

by Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ. It’s Rob’s 30th year of concerts and the Society’s 50th anniversary. His combination of technical facility, showmanship and personality has won him fans around the world. Currently, Richards is the House Organist at Disney’s historic El Capitan theatre in Hollywood. Pops concert. Adults: $17, children 12 & under are free but need a ticket. Call 842-0800. Discounted tickets not available online. www.foko.org

20/20 Charity Wine Tasting 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. 20/20 Charity Wine Tasting; 20 exciting South American wines for $20 and all the proceeds go to Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts; helping artists find legal representation when they need it. “Portland has a really strong arts community; it’s one of the things that makes this city great. Sometimes though artists aren’t that expert on copy right law and what not. They get into trouble and that’s where VLA comes in to lend a helping hand. Come taste exciting blends from Chile, Malbec and Torrontes from Argentina, and even a Tannat from Uruguay.” The East Ender 47 Middle St., Portland. Crush Distributors, Devenish Wines and National Distributors Presents. see next page

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The group will meet Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the MHS lecture hall: Feb. 22, March 22, April 26 and May 24.

Monday, Feb. 21

Wednesday, Feb. 23

Presidents Day schedules

Family Finances Seminar

The Department of Public Services Solid Waste crews will not collect trash or recycling on Presidents Day. Residents who normally receive collection services on Monday will have their trash and recycling collected the Saturday before, Feb. 19. Residents of Peaks Island, Great Diamond Island, and Cliff Island will have their recycling and trash collection the following day, Tuesday, Feb. 22. All items should be out by 6:30 a.m. to ensure collection. If residents have further questions about their trash/recycling collection, they can contact the Recycling Hotline at 756-8189. The Riverside Recycling Facility will be closed on Presidents Day as well, and will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Postal Service observes Presidents’ Day as a holiday. All post offices will be closed. There will be no regular mail delivery, except for Express Mail. At www. usps.com, postal customers can look up a ZIP Code and find addressing information.

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Institute for Financial Literacy has launched a new interactive personal finance seminar series. “Taught by certified educators and open to the general public, the seminars are designed to improve financial literacy in Maine. In this session, you will learn how to manage your family finances like a business and teach your children important financial literacy skills.” All seminars are being held at the Institute’s new campus conveniently located near the Maine Mall at 260 Western Ave. in South Portland. Cost is $50 per adult/$75 couple. Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. To register, please call 221-3601 or email help@financiallit.org. www. financiallit.org

Peace Rally for Darfur

Tuesday, Feb. 22 February Vacation: Family Days in the Museum 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 22 through Feb. 24, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. All children must be accompanied by an adult. “Brighten your family’s February with an artmaking excursion at the PMA. Collaborate with art students from Maine College of Art and share their creative process.

Kids of all ages will receive a special guide with clues to art activities in the galleries. Be part of the creative process at work, taste a special kid’s treat from the Café, and create your own collection of art.” Portland Museum of Art, www. portlandmuseum.org

‘From Plate to Car: Turning Food Waste into Energy’ at COA 4 p.m. “While no elephant actually lives in Bar Harbor, each year the town produces the equivalent waste of 220 elephants, according to a group of College of the Atlantic students. But rather than deploring this waste, these students hope to harness it, turning it into fuel. The students will discuss their plans in a talk called ‘From Plate to Car: Turning Food Waste into Energy’ in the college’s McCormick Lecture Hall. The talk is part of the college’s weekly Human Ecology Forum. When lawns are mowed, weeds pulled, leaves raked, and branches clipped, the waste is transported away from the home, sometimes even off the island. The same is true for the large amount of waste from Bar Harbor’s restaurants, hotels, and inns. It is this waste that the COA student group is hoping to turn into fuel that can be used in any gasolineburning car with little or no modification of the engine. Using bacterial fermentation, the students are planning to convert this biomass waste into a liquid fuel known as butanol. The students — Nicholas Harris, Lisa Bjerke, Matthew McElwee and Cayla Moore — have been studying the possibilities in various COA classes. They believe that butanol made from

Nishani Frazier is a doctoral student in the history department at Columbia University. She will speak about the Freedom Riders, at Bates College in Lewiston, on Thursday, Feb. 17. (COURTESY PHOTO) biomass waste could be a viable gasoline alternative, and are working to launch their own enterprise, Gourmet Butanol.” For the Human Ecology Forum, McCormick Lecture Hall, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor, jga@coa.edu, 801-5717, or 288-5015. Free. www.coa.edu.

DownEast Pride Alliance ‘Business After Hours’ 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. DEPA’s “Business After Hours” Networking Event is at Nosh, 551 Congress St. “Delicious appetizers, cash bar & media table will be provided. Nosh serves classic NY-style deli sandwiches with a new twist with meats that are butchered, brined & roasted ‘in house’ and served on locally baked bread. See you at NOSH for cocktails and conversation! The DownEast Pride Alliance is a GLBTQ business networking group in Southern Maine meeting monthly at local establishments for ‘Business After Hours’ events that provide a safe forum for, and help strengthen, the local gay & gay-friendly business community. FMI: www.depabusiness.com

Maine Historical Society Book Group 7 p.m. MHS Book Group: What Pretending Reveals About the Past. Penobscot Expedition. Collier’s Victory in Penobscot Bay, 1779. “With the new year upon us, we are nearing the start of our latest book group at MHS. This year’s theme: American historical fiction.” Titles include: “The Fort,” Bernard Cornwell’s new novel featuring Peleg Wadsworth and the Penobscot Expedition; “The Big Sky,” A.B. Guthrie’s classic of the West; “As the Earth Turns.

“Gladys Hasty Carroll’s upbeat portrait of Maine during the Depression; and “Let the Great World Spin,” Colum McCann’s recent novel about New York City in the 1970s.

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Wednesday, Feb. 16 Waranimal / The Proselyte / Falls of Rauros 8 p.m. Make your own show description! Pick any of the following three words and prepare for a night of headbagning good times at the Urban Farm Fermentory. Dark, hard, fast, brutal, metal, rock, party, party rock, moshable, elbowy, bruistastic. $3, 21 plus.

Thursday, Feb. 14 Conspirator / The Cyborg Trio at Port City 8 p.m. Conspirator featuring Marc Brownstein and Aron Magner from The Disco Biscuits, Chris Michetti from RAQ and Darren Shearer from The New Deal. $17 advanced, $22 day of show, $35 VIP, 21 plus. www.portcitymusichall.com/calendar

Friday, Feb. 18 High Tiger w/ Matiss Duhon and Jacob Augustine 8 p.m. Hi Tiger was formed in summer 2010. The five piece band’s musical influences range from the urgent soul of Nina Simone to the pathos of Joy Division. Hi Tiger’s lyrics address issues around domestic violence,

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine) will hold a Peace Rally for Darfur at The Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland. Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine) presents a rally for peace. This event is free and open to the public; however, donations will be accepted for Fur Cultural Revival. Speakers will include ElFadel Arbab, as well as local activists and members of the Sudanese refugee communities. There will be a showing of the short documentary film, “Tents of Hope.” Sudanese snacks and refreshments will be served.

Thursday, Feb. 24 Wisdom At Work Series noon to 1 p.m. Portland Public Library is hosting a four-part series on work each Thursday in February in Rines Auditorium. The series is sponsored by Heart At Work Career Counseling and Amy Wood, Success Strategist. The last presentation in the series is titled “Your Job Doesn’t Have To Be Perfect For Life To Be Good” presented by Creighton Taylor of Thrive! Life Coaching. 25 Middle St. 775-6400.

Dan Bern and Common Rotation 8 p.m. Dan Bern and Common Rotation have continued to work on various projects together. Projects include recordings for Jonathan Demme’s Off-Broadway production of Beth Henley’s “Family Week,” an album of new Dan Bern material, Dan Bern Live in LA, and the upcoming release of Dan Bern’s greatest hits recorded live in New York. Dan Bern is best known for his prolific songwriting and electric live persona. Bern focused much energy on motion pictures — he used his talents and sharp wit to compose over a dozen songs for the Jake Kasdan/Judd Apatow music biopic-spoof “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” and wrote the title song for Jonathan Demme’s documentary, “Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains.” One Longfellow Square. www. onelongfellowsquare.com

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HIV and AIDS, sex work, and the politics of pleasure… and universal themes of desire, isolation, community and self acceptance. The band is on the interweb at www. hitigermusic.com. Jacob Augustine is a rare treat. If you haven’t heard him sing, you really, really should. Matiss Duhon is an amazing local juggler, sure to juggle things your mama would say are dangerous — not to be missed! $10, all ages. Mayo Street Arts. http://mayostreetarts.org/ calendar-2/calendar/

John Prine Turns 40: A Tribute to his 1971 Debut Album 8 p.m. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of John Prine’s 1971 debut album, as potently relevant now as it was then. It seems “Sam Stone” will have to be infinitely re-written. Though it may be one of the most powerful tunes on the album there are topics other than war eloquently explored – legalization of marijuana, environmental issues, farming and local agriculture, isolationism, aging…you name it. It’s timeless material. Matt Newberg leads a troupe of top caliber local talent, including Steve Jones, Gregg Hoover, Jeff Glidden, Stuart MacDonald, Mason Thayer, Sean Finn, Jeff Trippe, Steve Deptula, Dylan Newberg and Laura Piela to perform the album song for song, with an encore of other Prine classics. Following the presentation of the album, celebrated Maine poet Gary Lawless will read original work along with veterans Terry Grasse and Rip Tyoe. Additionally, there will be a silent auction of autographed Prine merchandise with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Maine Cancer Society. $10 advance, $12 day of show, 18 plus.

SPACE Gallery. www.space538.org

Trey Anastasio Band at The State Theatre 8 p.m. Trey Anastasio has announced a 2011 winter tour that will hit the road starting February 18th at the historic State Theatre in Portland. Along the way Trey will make stops in Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver and more.

The lineup will once again feature Natalie Cressman (trombone and vocals), Jennifer Hartswick (trumpet and vocals), Russ Lawton (drums), Tony Markellis (bass and vocals), Ray Paczkowski (keyboards) and Russell Remington (tenor saxophone and flute). $39.50, all ages.

Friday, April 29 John Prine, presented by the State Theatre, performing at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium 8 p.m. John Prine plays at Merrill Auditorium, presented by the State Theatre. Some four decades since his remarkable debut, John Prine has stayed at the top of his game, both as a performer and songwriter. Recently honored at the Library of Congress by US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, he’s been elevated from the annals of songwriters into the realm of bonafide American treasures. Long considered a “songwriter’s songwriter,” John Prine is a rare talent who writes the songs other songwriters would sell their souls for. Evidence of this is the long list of songwriters who have recorded gems from his extensive catalog. Buy tickets in person at PortTix, the Box Office at Merrill Auditorium, at 842-0800 and online at www.PortTix.com

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Downtown Showdown brings hill to square

The Downtown Showdown, presented by Maine ski resorts Sugarloaf and Sunday River, hit Monument Square Friday evening kicking of WinteRush 2011. The open rail jam drew dozens of skiers and snowboarders, who took to the two story scaffolding, throwing out their best tricks for hundreds gathered below. For a full gallery of photos from the rail jam, visit portlanddailysun.me. (MATT DODGE PHOTOS)

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Lobstermen ski, ride free at Saddleback Today and March 1, Saddleback is offering free skiing and riding to members of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association.

“These two days of free skiing for the lobstermen are all part of Saddleback’s commitment to making skiing and riding accessible to Mainers,” said Chris Farmer, Saddleback’s general manager.

Skiers must bring proof of membership in the Maine Lobstermen’s Association when visiting the

ski and snowboard resort in Rangeley. For details, visit www.saddlebackmaine.com.

Illusionist to perform at Sunday River Sunday River in Newry announced that illusionist Jason Bishop will perform on Tuesday, Feb.22 at 7 p.m. during the Presidents Day week. “From his breathtaking Double Levitation to his cutting edge Op-Art and Plasma illusions, Jason Bishop features stunning and original state-of-the-art magic,” the ski

area reported. “Each show features award winning sleight of hand, exclusive grand illusions and closeup magic projected onto a huge movie screen. No other touring illusionist showcases such a diverse array of talents. Additionally, the show is delivered with a totally modern energy and an outstanding rock and pop soundtrack.” The event will take place in the Grand Summit Resort Hotel Grand Ballroom at 7 p.m. Advance tickets for shows are available at the Sunday River Welcome Center, Grand Resort Hotels, Snow Cap Inn, or by calling (800) 543-2SKI.