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‘We the People’ loses appeal around the world WASHINGTON — The Constitution has seen better days. Sure, it is the nation’s founding document and sacred text. And it is the oldest written constitution still in force anywhere in the world. But its influence is waning. In 1987, on the Constitution’s bicentennial, Time magazine calculated that “of the 170 countries that exist today, more than 160 have written charters modeled directly or indirectly on the U.S. version.” A quarter-century later, the picture looks very different. “The U.S. Constitution appears to be losing its appeal as a model for constitutional drafters elsewhere,” according to a new study by David S. Law of Washington University in St. Louis and Mila Versteeg of the University of Virginia. “Among the world’s democracies,” Law and Versteeg concluded, “constitutional similarity to the United States has clearly gone into free fall. Over the 1960s and 1970s, democratic constitutions as a whole became more similar to the U.S. Constitution, only to reverse course in the 1980s and 1990s. “The turn of the twenty-first century, however, saw the beginning of a steep plunge that continues through the most recent years for which we have data, to the point that the constitutions of the world’s democracies are, on average, less similar to the U.S. Constitution now than they were at the end of World War II.” There are lots of possible reasons. Our Constitution is terse and old, and it guarantees relatively few rights. The commitment of some members of the Supreme Court to interpreting the Constitution according to its original meaning in the 18th century may send the signal that it is of little current use to, say, a new African nation. And the Constitution’s waning influence may be part of a general decline in American power and prestige.

SAYWHAT... The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.” — Benjamin Franklin

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U.S. Embassy in Syria closes as violence flares BEIRUT, Lebanon (NY TIMES) — The United States closed its embassy in Syria on Monday and withdrew all staff members amid escalating mayhem in what American officials called the Syrian government’s unbridled repression of an 11-month-old uprising that has become the bloodiest conflict in the Arab revolts. The confrontation in Syria has turned even more violent and more unpredictable, while diplomatic efforts have largely collapsed, save for a Russian delegation visiting Damascus on

Tuesday. Both the Syrian government and its opposition have signaled that each believes the grinding conflict will only be resolved through force of arms. For weeks, Western embassies have reduced their staffs, and on Monday, Britain also recalled its ambassador for consultations. Echoing a cascade of diplomatic invective, the British foreign secretary, William Hague, described the mounting violence as yet more evidence that President Bashar al-Assad had no option but to surrender power.

Ruling party in Mexico picks woman as candidate MEXICO CITY (NY TIMES) — The race to pick Mexico’s next president took a historic turn Sunday night, with the ruling party picking a woman, the first from a major party, as its candidate to hold off a strong push from the largest opposition party to reclaim the post it had held for more than seven decades. The candidate, Josefina Vázquez Mota, triumphed over two others in the primary of the conservative National Action Party, including a former cabinet minister who was said to be the first choice of President Felipe Calderón, who by law cannot seek a second six-year term. The stage is now set for the July 1 contest, which will be carried out in tumultuous times with a war against drug cartels that has cost more than 47,000 lives since 2006, worries that organized crime will interfere with the election and signs the country’s relatively stable economy may be slowing.

Religious condition stirs protest at a caucus site BY RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. THE NEW YORK TIMES

LAS VEGAS — A special Saturday night Republican caucus here intended to accommodate Orthodox Jews who could not vote before sundown became the scene of controversy and confrontation after caucusgoers were told that to be admitted they had to sign a legal declaration under penalty of perjury that they could not attend their daytime caucus because of “my religious beliefs.” Many supporters of Representative Ron Paul of Texas protested when given the declaration to sign. They had arrived at the polling place — a school here named after its benefactors, the casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam — after they received an automated phone call from the Paul campaign saying voters unable to attend their regular caucuses could go to the night meeting. And Paul campaign aides later said that anyone who had missed their earlier caucuses during the day for any reason should have

been allowed to vote, and suggested that what they described as the “religious test” at the caucus would lead to lawsuits. Mike Dicicco, a Paul supporter who drove 30 minutes from Henderson, Nev., said he was asked whether he was Jewish by a poll worker. Mr. Dicicco said he had received the automated campaign call and could not vote earlier because he had to work, not because of religious reasons. “Why wouldn’t I be able to vote just because I’m not Jewish?” he said. Sharon Saska, who said she arrived too late at her regular caucus to vote, was refused entry to the night caucus because she would not sign the declaration. If she had, she would have been committing perjury, she said, because religious beliefs had not kept her from voting earlier. She said she had planned to support Newt Gingrich. A number of other caucusgoers suggested that they had signed the declaration even though they did not have a religious reason for

not voting earlier. The most heated argument of the night came when Evan Donoghue, who said he was a volunteer for Mr. Paul, clashed with officials at the polling place, who would not let him in after he declined to sign the declaration, which he said was unconstitutional. “You are guilty of a felony, sir!” he shouted at one official. He then abruptly walked into the auditorium where the caucus was to be held. Officials at the polling place called the police, but Mr. Donoghue was allowed to sit through the caucus and wound up a few seats away from Mr. Adelson. No arrests were made, according to police officers who stayed in the school foyer during the caucus meeting. Holding the special caucus seems to have been a reasonable and appropriate attempt to accommodate people who could not vote earlier for religious reasons, said Richard L. Hasen, a professor specializing in election law at the law school at the University of California, Irvine.

Sauschuck confirmed as Portland’s police chief BY CASEY CONLEY AND DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

City councilors last night confirmed Michael Sauschuck as Portland’s chief of police. Sauschuck, a 15-year veteran of the department, garnered unanimous approval from the council just days after being selected for the job by City Manager Mark Rees. “I think you’re Sauschuck coming in at a tremendous time,” said Councilor Ed Suslovic. He alluded to an awards breakfast on Saturday, which rec-

ognized members of the police department, as only a “glimmer” of the professionalism of the force. Councilor Jill Duson echoed Suslovic’s praise. Sauschuck replaces James Craig, who spent two years in Portland before accepting a job as Cincinnati’s chief of police in July. Sauschuck has been acting chief of the department since August, when Craig formally left the city. “I truly appreciate your trust and support and your vote tonight,” Sauschuck told city councilors. “This is truly an honor and a privilege to be standing here as the next chief, the 19th chief of the city of Portland,” he said. “I don’t throw the word ‘family’ around lightly, but we truly are family,” Sauschuck said of the police department. Under Craig, Sauschuck rose from lieu-

tenant in charge of the night shift to the newly created position of commander, which oversees the uniform patrol division, and then to assistant chief, a position he held when Craig departed. Sauschuck, 41, inherits a department that has 162 sworn officers, 54 civilian staff and a $13.2 million annual budget. Sauschuck thanked his wife, Mary, and the members of the force during brief comments at Monday’s city council meeting. Other items on the city council agenda, including proposals to allow the sale of raw milk and alcoholic beverages at the city’s farmer’s markets; a report on winter street-maintenance operations and parking bans, given by Public Services Director Mike Bobinsky; and amendments to the city’s green building requirements, occurred after The Portland Daily Sun’s deadline.

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Occupy now has until Friday to pack up BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

City officials have decided to let OccupyMaine protesters stay in Lincoln Park for a few more days. As requested on Sunday by the group’s attorney, John Branson, the anti-Wall Street protesters now have until Friday morning at 8 a.m. to remove all remaining tents and clean debris from the park. The extension was issued to give protesters more time to clean the park and find permanent housing if need be, city spokesperson Nicole Clegg said. “They have asked for additional time to remove all items,” she said. “Certainly our preference is to have them do that and not allocate city resources toward cleanup of the park.” City councilors voted in December to deny OccupyMaine protesters a permit to continue camping overnight in Lincoln Park. The group, which began its protest Oct. 3, 2011, sued to contest that decision. Cumberland County Superior Court Judge Warren Thomas Warren ruled last week that the city had authority to deny the permit. In response, the city gave remaining protesters until Monday at 8 a.m. to formally vacate the park. But in his letter to the city, Branson noted that the group was making progress toward removing the tents, which once numbered more than 30, but still had a ways to go. He said several tents had frozen to the ground, but predicted warm weather expected through today would help loosen them. “Some of the individual tents have been/are being dismantled but most remain. Occupiers who are homeless are still working on finding housing to

A visitor to Lincoln Park takes photos of the remnants of the OccupyMaine encampment Monday. (CASEY CONLEY PHOTO)

avoid going into the shelter system,” Branson wrote, adding that a friend helped him find housing for three homeless occupiers. The extension will continue the protest for at least a few more days. Roughly 10 people were still sleeping in the park as of yesterday morning, according to Jen Rose, down from about 30 last week. She says three people cleared out of the park between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. yesterday. But by 8 a.m. at least 16 tents remained. By noon yesterday, a few protesters

were hanging around the encampment, but its communal kitchen, library and medical tents were already gone. A few people cleaned up, but most chatted occasionally or snacked on day-old bagels and Odwalla juices Rose said had been found in a nearby dumpster. Not everyone was thrilled to see the occupiers still in the park yesterday. A man walking his dog through the park questioned when the protest would be over so he could “have his park back.” The man, who declined

to give his name, expressed distaste for the group’s style of protest, which calls for a 24-7 occupation to highlight perceived corruption in the U.S. political and financial system. “I support free speech, I just think what they are doing isn’t effective,” the man said after he and another protester, Evan McVeigh, engaged in somewhat of a spirited debate about the Occupy protest. As McVeigh and the man continued around the park, Rose grabbed a soccer ball and asked if the man’s dog wanted to play with it. He declined and kept walking. “It’s silly to me when people come in and say we need to leave the park so they can use the park,” said Rose, who has been involved with OccupyMaine since the protest began and has also participated in similar protests in Augusta, Boston and Washington, D.C. McVeigh said afterward that he chose to engage him to “understand where he was coming from.” Minutes later, a businessman in a suit strode by reporters to take a cell phone picture of the tents in Lincoln Park. He did not stop to chat with the media or occupiers. Despite this and other occasional bursts of excitement, including an incident Monday morning when one longtime protester burned an American flag, the park was fairly quiet yesterday. Rose and several other protesters huddled around a table to discuss several events planned for Friday. Although the details were still being worked out, protesters said they were aimed at harnessing the movement’s energy for other political endeavors. “This is the start of something,” McVeigh said.

OccupyME TV show aims to outlast camps BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Once OccupyMaine protesters are evicted from Lincoln Park, Regis Tremblay and his colleagues will keep on filming. Long after the last tent is removed from the city park, tentatively on Friday, Tremblay, a filmmaker from Cape Elizabeth, and a team of OccupyMaine documentarians will continue to convey the movement's protest of political corruption and income inequality to a Portland television audience. Their TV program is called, "OccupyME TV," and it airs both on CTN Channel 5 in Portland and on YouTube. "We've been documenting the movement here since Week 2 in October," Tremblay said. "I have been focusing primarily not on the people in the camp, but the people ... who believe in the movement and would come down and do a protest in Monument Square. I was interested in documenting the movement, so I would interview these people who live in Portland, who live in Falmouth, who live in Freeport and Cape Elizabeth and South Portland, wherever." His filmmaking premise: "Occupy

was not just about the camp but it was about some really profound, significant, systemic failures, which is really what Wall Street is about, it's about too much money in politics; our corporate, our financial and our political systems are bound together because of money." Andrei Schneller, a freelance photographer who works as videographer and technical director on "OccupyME TV," said he agrees with the message. He joined the TV production to channel his talents and ideas. "I'm doing my part to help spread the word," Schneller said. On Oct. 3, OccupyMaine became established at Lincoln Park, a city park located along Franklin Street, after an effort by the anti-Wall Street group to camp in Monument Square was rebuffed by the city. Numbers swelled early on, and the city of Portland initially allowed the Lincoln Park encampment through administrative decision. But then, citing concerns about crime, sanitation and general questions about the nature of the Occupy protest, a city committee recommended on Dec. 1 that the full city council reject an OccupyMaine

“The movement, and it is a movement, is way beyond the camps now.” — Regis Tremblay, ﬁlmmaker permit to camp in the park. The full city council voted to deny the permit at its Dec. 7 meeting. OccupyMaine subsequently took the city to court but lost. Now, the city has extended a deadline until Friday for the campers to leave. To Schneller and Tremblay, the camp was never the central point of Occupy Wall Street and its likeminded movements. OccupyMaine, in particular, doesn't need to survive as an encampment for the message to

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endure, Tremblay said. "When you look at what's happening around the country, there are no more camps, this is the last one, the longest lasting one and the last one, and yet people still show up and they demonstrate, their voices are being heard, we communicate through social media. ... The movement, and it is a movement, is way beyond the camps now," said Tremblay.

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Primary purposes If the goal of the primary process is simply to nominate a candidate, essentially to nominate the man or woman most likely to win in the end, then this primary season should be declared over. Clear the stage, and give it to Mitt Romney. Newt Gingrich’s promise to go the next 46 notwithstanding, you couldn’t find anyone in Vegas to give you ballpark odds on his winning. And forget about Ron Paul or Rick Santorum. They never had a chance. But that’s not the only thing this process is about. If elections were only about picking winners, there would never be more than two people on a ballot — and sometimes, in “safe” districts, not even that. Independents would be limited to Vermont. Third parties would be told to take their message somewhere else. Now, I can certainly make the ––––– argument that in general-elecCreators tion contests voters shouldn’t Syndicate “waste” their votes on candidates with no chance of winning. I still remember the fights I had with Ralph Nader supporters back in 2000, trying to convince them that the message they wanted to send would elect George Bush. And I can certainly make the case that the twoparty system, whatever the flaws of the two particular parties, ensures that a candidate will not be elected based on the support of an ideologically extreme minority (as everyone’s favorite example Hitler was), and that a fractured result would effectively give such power to a small minority (as everyone’s other favorite example the ultra-orthodox have sometimes wielded in Israel). But the Constitution protects the rights of losers to run and voters to support them. Ballot access must be afforded to every candidate who can show enough support not to win but to be counted. Elections are about electing people, but that’s not all they are about. And nowhere is this clearer than in the selection of party nominees for president. Political parties are nowhere mentioned in the Constitution, but in a series of landmark decisions, the Supreme Court has upheld their power to control the nominating process, even against a majority will expressed by state legislatures. The party can limit participants to registered party members, even where the state demands that it be open to all. The party can deem that delegates be bound to vote for

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The Super Bowl, analyzed The reality out there in “flyover” land is an audience of diabetic fat men in clownish loungewear slouched on sofas in foreclosed A Martian psychoanalyst houses enjoying stupendous porobserving the U.S. Super Bowl tions of cheesy and lard-laden ––––– on TV would be shocked by the foodstuffs between cigarettes and Kunstler.com vicious animal spirits emanating beers. They have a lot to worry from that spectacle, starting with about and they have no idea how the triumphal trumpet blasts borrowed straight they might overcome their financial, familial, and from the old 1950s Hollywood epic movies echoing medical problems. The real onslaughts besetting the the prideful mis-steps of ancient Rome, along with nation in realms such as banking fraud, money in the by-now clichéd CGI trick in the opening credits politics, peak oil, climate uncertainty, and economic of gleaming metallic heraldic insignia spun into a contraction are at once too complex for the diabetic military cordon of stars so as to protect the tender fat men to comprehend, and grossly misreported collective ego of this anxious nation. America wears in the public arena, were Cable TV and newspaits zeitgeist plastered right on its sweaty forehead. pers work the levers of propaganda for one client or Everybody knows that the commercial messages another. between the play-action amount to a national RorThen there was the grotesque half-time extravschach test, and this year’s collection made us look aganza featuring Madonna, which was a weird more psychopathic than ever — starting with the parallel commentary on the state of American advertisement for the Chevy Silverado: Fade in on womanhood. Pretending to be ageless and indomia devastated nameless American city, the buildings table, the old trooper performed a variety of standsmashed, the streets littered with debris, a gray ash ing crotch-locks on her Praetorian guard of hoofers coating over everything, and no living creatures in and then stumbled more than once on the ridiculous evidence. ... A newspaper headline proclaims “2012 bleacher stage-set that looked as if was designed to Mayan Apocalypse ....” How reassuring! Wait! Sometrip the performers up. Message to American women: thing stirs behind a heap of rubble ... it cracks open be sluts as long as you possibly can because there is ... and out drives a plucky American male lumpen nothing else for you in this culture. I couldn’t help “worker” dude behind the wheel of a gleaming giant thinking that American chanteuses of yesteryear pickup truck. He is soon joined by other men and — say, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Carole King their trucks, all of them blithely unfazed by the end— sang about adult problems and emotions with a of-the-world. greater thematic range, and would never have subA curious scenario. What’s the take away? I wonjected themselves to such a display of pitiful narcisdered, of course, where these plucky fellows would sism. (Did anyone notice that Madonna’s corps de look for their next fill-up in the devastated landballet all wore her monogram on their loincloths?) scape. Surely the service stations would miss the America needs a prayer, all right, but I don’t think next scheduled fuel truck delivery. Are American they’ll find it by calling Madonna’s name. men not expected to think beyond the immediate Meanwhile, in whatever remains of the Real moment they are in? Are they on an intellectual World, we have a couple of things to be concerned level with lemurs and Holstein steers? about this week. One is the ultimatum tendered to The Super Bowl pageant is a window into the conGreece by the Lords of Euroland to make a deal or dition of American manhood, and the view is pretty die-dog-die. Last time I checked, they had until 11 pathetic. It’s a picture of men who feel so weak, insea.m. today Berlin time to reply ... and nothing hapcure, and fearful that they have to compensate with pened. fantasies of limitless destructive power. Ads for sevThe other matter is the pending possible roboeral new movies and (I think) video games followed signing settlement with the TBTF banks, which is the Silverado apocalypse romp. There were unifying designed to let them off the hook for any and all themes throughout. All depicted the problems of life future lawsuits in this matter if they pay a pennyas 1) coming from outside our own society (or world); ante fine. This latest ghastly trespass of the rule2) in the form of aliens who wield mystifying techof-law is a joint project of the Obama White House nological destructive power; and 3) leaving a few and 50 states attorneys general in an epic act of perhuman remnants on a smoldering landscape after a fidy. You can read about it at Yves Smith’s excellent cosmic showdown. “Naked Capitalism” blog. These onslaughts from elsewhere in the universe Your country is being stolen from you. I hope you always end with superior American guile and the are getting ready to re-occupy it with your bodies latest technology defeating the purblind invaders. and minds. Don’t plan on giant magical robots flying The aliens are vanquished by Apple computers, Air to your rescue. Force stunt pilots, and a little extra help from God Almighty, who is surely on our side. From these (James Howard Kunstler is the author of several realms of engineered grandiosity, we slip in and out books, including “The Long Emergency,” and the “A of the grinding ground game in Lucas Oil stadium World Made By Hand” series. His latest work, “Too in Indianapolis, another pseudo-military operation Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology and the loaded with acronyms and jargon intended to confer Fate of the Nation” will be available at bookstores in an illusion of control and competence. July.)

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the candidate whose slate they ran on, even when state law provides that they should be free to cast their vote to nominate whomever they please. The purpose of these contests, the Court has recognized, is not simply to nominate delegates or choose a candidate, but to build the party and shape its platform. That, win or lose, is exactly what Gingrich is likely to accomplish in these next few months if he stays the course. Under the rules of the Democratic Party, much debated, states are prohibited from holding winner-take-all contests, making it more difficult for the winner to win and far easier for a loser to hold sway. While the Republican Party does not enforce

that rule across the board, most of the states that will be holding caucuses and primaries do. So even if he loses, Gingrich will pick up significant representation. And even putting aside the numbers, if he does stay in the race, it all but assures that his more conservative ideology will influence where both Romney and the party end up. Maybe that will help the Democratic president in the end. Selfishly, I hope so. But there certainly have been cycles in which the Republicans benefited from long races. It doesn’t matter. I may not agree with Gingrich about much, but he is absolutely right in saying the media have no business declaring this process over. And it’s not just Gingrich and me saying it. Blame the Founding Fathers.

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Freedman, Ruby honored in Portland police ceremony BY MARGE NIBLOCK SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Under newly selected police chief Michael Sauschuck, the Portland Police Department’s sixth annual awards ceremony breakfast honored officers and members of the public, during an event held Saturday at the Holiday Inn by the Bay. “It gives us an opportunity to say thank you,” Chief Michael Sauschuck said in his opening remarks. Awards to officers were in the form of commendation letters, distinguished unit commendations, law enforcement awards to the Southern Maine Regional SWAT Team, commendations for merit, and citizen awards, for aiding the department in numerous ways. The two highest honors given went to Officer Ray Ruby, in charge of Youth Services, and Jo Freedman, mental health coordinator for the Portland Police Department. Ruby, named Officer of the Year, joined the force in 2005. He has devoted countless volunteer hours working with young people, aside from his jobrelated contacts with them. Many men shave their heads because they are going bald or they want to have a certain “in” look. Ruby likes his full head of hair, but in 2008 he signed up to have his head shaved to raise money for childhood cancer research, after seeing a notice asking for volunteers. He raised almost $1,500 in a week. He’s gotten fellow officers to help him paint rooms in the Barbara Bush House at Maine Medical Center. He started the Shop-with-a-Cop program three years ago, paid for by the police

unions, where children shop for PAL, Ruby worked on for family Christmas gifts organizing the successful with officers who volunteer “Calling All Cars” car show their time for the event. After last summer. shopping, they all wrap the He is also a field training gifts at the station, and then officer, a certified instrucenjoy a pizza dinner. tor for defensive tactics and Ruby said it’s all about Tasers, and a member of the building future relationships Special Reaction Team. with the young people. During Lt. Janine Roberts, who Ruby his tenure as head of Youth is his direct supervisor and Services he worked toward heads Community Services, establishing good rapport says of Ruby: “He has crewith city youth, formulating ated and maintained several different methods of interprograms that have—and action with them, with the will continue — to positively goal of creating more trust impact the youth of Portland and understanding between ... for many years to come.” young people and police. The Civilian of the Year He started a soccer league award was presented to and worked out a partnerFreedman, the department’s ship with the Portland Public Mental Health Coordinator, Freedman Library to have an evening who has been working very called Teen After Hours. This closely with the department is a monthly collaborative program for the past six years. when the library remains open after Freedman has a master’s degree in normal hours, for teens only. clinical counseling and initially served He also has served as a Big Brother in a part-time collaborative position and was described by his department’s with Youth Alternatives Ingraham as new chief as “an exceptional mentor mental health crisis police liaison. and role model.” After the Justice Department He engaged other officers to accomawarded a grant of $184,900 to Portpany him to Longcreek Correctional land, Freedman became the person Institute once a month to establish to oversee the program. Portland was regular contact with some of the young chosen as a training site for law enforcepeople being held there. This has been ment regarding response to people ongoing for a year and a half. with mental illness. The department His passion for exercise translated has been working for many years to into a completed a triathlon and also improve police response to those sufferthe Peaks to Portland swim, and he ing from mental illness. Under Freedcarries his great interest in sports to man Portland will serve as a mentor to Portland’s young people. The PAL proother agencies for law enforcement and gram was revived and as a fund-raiser mental health collaboration.

Freedman said she is thrilled with the grant, and that she loves her job, and loves the officers she deals with. They feel the same about her, with Sgt. Bob Doherty referring to her as “an angel on Earth.” Under this specialized mental health co-response program Freedman also oversees an internship program to train people studying to become social workers and counselors. She states, “It’s going really well. We have one intern up and running and four students from USM.” Bob Rockett now has the mental health police liaison position formerly held by Freedman, which is now partnered with Opportunity Alliance. Portland established the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) in 1999, giving officers specialized training to respond to people undergoing a mental health crisis. At this point about 75 percent of Portland’s officers have undergone the training, which is now a requirement for new officers entering the department. With police handling so many calls for people with mental health issues, this training makes a big difference. Freedman said, “I have so much respect for what officers do every day. They go above and beyond, for people in emergency or crisis situations.” Freedman specializes in deescalating psychotic, homicidal, or suicidal people — heavy-duty work. Chief Sauschuck is a big fan of Freedman’s. He said, “Jo is a compassionate professional who thrives in our family atmosphere. She always puts everybody else’s well being far ahead of her own.”

Trench coats, vacuum-seal bags and other ways to avoid airline fees BY JANET MORRISSEY THE NEW YORK TIMES

Let’s face it: Those dreaded airline fees are now as much a part of the traveling experience as long security lines. But that does not necessarily mean that passengers always have to pay them. As the airlines come up with ever more inventive fees, travelers are figuring out creative ways to avoid them. The fee for checked bags seems to vex passengers the most. To avoid it, some travelers stuff as many items as possible into a carry-on bag and then fight with other passengers for space in the overhead bin. Others, like Eileen Ogintz, will drive 50 or 100 miles to an airport served by Southwest Airlines or JetBlue. Southwest makes the first two checked bags free, and JetBlue allows the first bag. Mrs. Ogintz was helping her daughter, Melanie, move to Colorado for college in the fall of 2009 and quickly discovered that the price of hauling the baggage across the country was almost as much as buying another ticket. “I would have easily spent hundreds of dollars” getting six bags from Westport, Conn., to Denver, Mrs. Ogintz said. That was when she discovered that Southwest Airlines did not charge for the first two bags. So rather than fly out of La Guardia Airport in New York, as she originally planned, Mrs. Ogintz, her husband and daughter drove an extra 25 miles to fly

out of Hartford, at the time the closest airport to offer Southwest flights. “We were able to check all six bags for free between the three of us,” she said. Mrs. Ogintz, a blogger who specializes in travel, has been writing and campaigning against the fees ever since. Other travelers are avoiding baggage and other fees by taking out an airline-branded credit card, where the benefits include checking the first bag free, getting free access to special airport lounges (a perk that can cost up to $100 for two passes), receiving doublemileage points for every mile flown on that airline, and priority boarding before other travelers, eliminating the battle for overhead storage space. Some cards offer sign-up bonuses of as much as 40,000 miles, annual $99 companion certificates and 20 percent discounts on in-flight food, beverages and entertainment. But passengers need to weigh the benefits carefully, since many of these cards charge an annual fee that ranges from as low as $55 to as much as $450. An entire cottage industry has emerged for products that help people evade the baggage-check fees, according to Kate Hanni, director of FlyersRights.org, a consumer organization that represents airline passengers. Ms. Hanni uses vacuum-seal bags inside her carry-on bags, she said; the bags, which shrink down to a compact package when air is pulled out by a vacuum cleaner, allow her to fit considerably

more items in a carry-on than would normally be possible. “I can fit three times the amount of clothes in a carry-on than I used to be able to,” she said. There is also the Scottevest line of travel clothing in which trench coats, vests and other garments are made with large built-in pockets that allow people to carry everything from folded shirts to an iPad. Fees vary from airline to airline, with Southwest and JetBlue levying the fewest fees among carriers in the United States, and Spirit Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines the most. Southwest, for example, does not charge passengers for changing a reservation, although it does require that passengers pay any difference. Now, lawmakers, lobbying groups and others are also jumping into the fray in an effort to push back against baggage fees and other airline policies. New Department of Transportation regulations, which went into effect on Jan. 24, made it mandatory for airlines to disclose all fees on their Web sites to prevent sticker shock at the airport check-in counter. In Congress, lawmakers in both houses have introduced legislation to force airlines to roll back some of the fees. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana, introduced a bill in November that detailed what services passengers were entitled to receive free, and mandated that airlines allow passengers to check the first bag with-

out charge. In December, U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell, D-North Carolina, followed suit by introducing a companion bill in the House. Both are confident they can get bipartisan support. Many of the fees make little sense, Landrieu said. “It would be like getting a hotel room and then when you’re in the door, they charge you extra for sheets, extra for pillows, extra for blankets, and if you decide to take a shower, you have to pay a $15 charge.” The air carriers argue that the fees are needed to help offset rising fuel costs and that they can offer lower fares to passengers, who can then pick and choose the services they want. “The industry was deregulated in 1978, and we think consumers have been the big winners because of airline competition and consumer choice,” said Steve Lott, vice president of communications at Airlines for America, an industry trade group. He said he worried that if Senator Landrieu’s bill eliminating fees on the first checked bag won approval, it would only be a matter of time before the government started dictating rules on other fees. Mrs. Ogintz says she has not seen a significant difference in fares from carriers that do not charge fees and those that do. And even if the fares are a little higher, she said, many passengers have become so frustrated that they are willing to pay a higher fare to avoid the fees.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 7, 2012— Page 7

In fuel oil country, cold cuts to the heart BY DAN BARRY THE NEW YORK TIMES

DIXFIELD — With the darkening approach of another icehard Saturday night in western Maine, the man on the telephone was pleading for help, again. His tank was nearly dry, and he and his disabled wife needed precious heating oil to keep warm. Could Ike help out? Again? Ike Libby, the co-owner of a small oil company called Hometown Energy, ached for his customer, Robert Hartford. He knew what winter in Maine meant, especially for a retired couple living in a wood-frame house built in the 19th century. But he also knew that the Hartfords already owed him more than $700 for two earlier deliveries. The oil man said he was very sorry. The customer said he understood. And each was left to grapple with a matter so mundane in Maine, and so vital: the need for heat. For the rest of the weekend, Mr. Libby agonized over his decision, while Mr. Hartford warmed his house with the heat from his electric stove’s four burners. “You get off the phone thinking, ‘Are these people going to be found frozen?’ ” Mr. Libby said. No wonder, he said, that he is prescribed medication for stress and “happy pills” for equilibrium. Two days later, Mr. Libby told his two office workers about his decision. Diane Carlton works the front desk while her daughter-inlaw, Janis, handles accounts. But they share the job of worrying about Ike, whose heart, they say, is too big for his bantam size and, maybe, this business. The Hartford case “ate him,” Janis Carlton recalled. “It just ate him.” Mr. Libby drove off to make deliveries in his oil truck, a rolling receptacle of crumpled coffee cups and cigarette packs. Diane Carlton, the office’s mother hen, went home early. This meant that Janis Carlton was alone when Mr. Hartford stepped in from the cold. He had something in his hand: the title to his 16-year-old Lincoln Town Car. Would Hometown Energy take the title as collateral for some heating oil? Please? Maine is in the midst of its Republican presidential caucus, the state’s wintry moment in the battle for the country’s future. But at this time of year, almost nothing matters here as much as basic heat. While federal officials try to wean the country from messy and expensive heating oil, Maine remains addicted. The housing stock is old, most communities are rural, and many residents cannot afford to switch to a cleaner heat source. So the tankers pull into, say, the Portland port, the trucks load up, and the likes of Ike Libby sidle up to house after house to fill oil tanks. This winter has been especially austere. As part of the drive to cut spending, the Obama administration and Congress have trimmed the energy-assistance program that helps the poor — 65,000 house-

holds in Maine alone — pay their heating bills. Eligibility is harder now, and the average amount given here is $483, down from $804 last year, all at a time when the price of oil has risen more than 40 cents in a year, to $3.71 a gallon. As a result, Community Concepts, a community action program serving western Maine, receives dozens of calls a day from people seeking warmth. But Dana Stevens, its director of energy and housing, says that he has distributed so much of the money reserved for emergencies that he fears running out. This means that sometimes the agency’s hot line purposely goes unanswered. So Mainers try to make do. They warm up in idling cars, then dash inside and dive under the covers. They pour a few gallons of kerosene into their oil tank and hope that it lasts. And they count on others. Maybe their pastor. Maybe the deliveryman. Maybe, even, a total stranger. Hometown Energy has five trucks and seven employees, and is run out of an old house next to the Ellis variety store and diner. Oil perfumes the place, thanks to the petroleum-stained truckers and mechanics clomping through. Janis Carlton, 35, tracks accounts in the back, while Diane Carlton, 64, works in the front, where, every now and then, she finds herself comforting walk-ins who fear the cold so much that they cry. Their boss, Mr. Libby, 53, has rough hands and oil-stained dungarees. He has been delivering oil for most of his adult life — throwing the heavy hose over his shoulder, shoving the silver nozzle into the tank and listening for the whistle that blows when oil replaces air. Eight years ago, he and another Dixfield local, Gene Ellis, who owns that variety store next door, created Hometown Energy, a company whose logo features a painting of a church-and-hillside scene from just down the road. They thought that with Ike’s oil sense and Gene’s business sense, they’d make money. But Mr. Libby says now that he’d sell the company in a heartbeat. “You know what my dream is?” Mr. Libby asked. “To be a greeter at Walmart.” This is because he sells heat — not lumber, or paper, or pastries — and around here, more than a few come too close to not having enough. Sure, some abuse the heating-assistance program, he says, but many others live in dire need, including people he has known all his life. So Mr. Libby does what he can. Unlike many oil companies, Hometown Energy makes small deliveries and waves off most service fees. He sets up elaborate payment plans, hoping that obligations don’t melt away with the spring thaw. He accepts postdated checks. And he takes his medication. When the customer named Robert Hartford called on the afterhours line that Saturday afternoon, asking for another delivery, Mr. Libby struggled to do what was right. He cannot bear the thought

of people wanting for warmth, but his tendency to cut people a break is one reason Hometown Energy isn’t making much money, as his understanding partner keeps gently pointing out. “I do have a heart,” Mr. Libby said. But he was already “on the hook” for the two earlier deliveries he had made to the couple’s home. What’s more, he didn’t even know the Hartfords. Robert and Wilma Hartford settled into the porous old house, just outside Dixfield, a few months ago, in what was the latest of many moves in their 37-year marriage. Mr. Hartford was once a stonemason who traveled from the Pacific Northwest to New England, plying his trade. Those wandering days are gone. Mr. Hartford, 68, has a bad shoulder, Mrs. Hartford, 71, needs a wheelchair, and the two survive on $1,200 a month (“Poverty,” Mrs. Hartford says). So far this year they have received $360 in heating assistance, he said, about a quarter of last year’s allocation. Mr. Hartford said he used what extra money they had to repair broken pipes, install a cellar door, and seal various cracks with Styrofoam spray that he bought at Walmart. That wasn’t enough to block the cold, of course, and the two oil deliveries carried them only into early January. There was no oil to burn, so the cold took up residence, beside the dog and the four cats, under the velvet painting of Jesus. The couple had no choice but to run up their electric bill. They turned on the Whirlpool stove’s burners and circulated the heat with a small fan. They ran the dryer’s hose back into the basement to keep pipes from freezing, even when there were no clothes to dry. And, just about every day, Mr. Hartford drove to a gas station and filled up a five-gallon plastic container with $20 of kerosene. “It was the only way we had,” he said. Finally, seeing no other option, Mr. Hartford made the hard telephone call to Hometown Energy. Panic lurked behind his every word, and every word wounded the oil man on the other end. “I had a hard time saying no,” Mr. Libby said. “But I had to say no." When Mr. Hartford heard that no, he also heard regret. “You could tell in his voice,” he said. Two days later, Mr. Hartford drove up to Hometown Energy’s small office in his weathered gray Lincoln, walked inside, and made his desperate offer: The title to his car for some oil. His offer stunned Janis Carlton, the only employee present. But she remembered that someone had offered, quietly, to donate 50 gallons of heating oil if an emergency case walked through the door. She called that person and explained the situation. Her mother-in-law and office mate, Diane Carlton, answered without hesitation. Deliver the oil and I’ll pay for it, she said, which is one of the ways that Mainers make do in winter.

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Andrei Schneller (left), a freelance photographer, and ﬁlmmaker Regis Tremblay work on “OccupyME TV.” Others involved in the program include Brian Leonard, Bob Koltz and Palma Ryan. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Schneller said, "I was one of the original campers, I moved out of camp about a month ago, but I did endure the winter, I knew what it was like to live in that camp." Weary of political infighting among the campers, he said he looked elsewhere to make an impact. "I moved beyond camp. We're more than just the camp," Schneller said. Tremblay said prior to his retirement a year ago, he worked as director of the Division of Public Information and Education for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. "I retired a year ago, early, and I'm on a limited income, and I lived through the '60s and the '70s and the Martin Luther King civil rights protests and the anti-Vietnam War protests, and I lived through that and believed when the people rise up and speak, that government has to listen," Tremblay said. Yet, today, Tremblay worries about the world confronting his children. "I have three kids, one of them is a Green Beret and he's going to be going over to Afghanistan next month, I wish to hell he'd chosen another profession, and I'm really concerned that the world my generation is leaving them is completely screwed up and bankrupt."

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Tremblay said failures in the American political and economic systems threaten to engulf the country. "I think our government doesn't represent us," he said. Tremblay pointed to massive campaign contributions through "Super PACs," the political action committees that generated negative advertising in the Republican presidential primaries. Both parties are guilty of feeding off campaign contributions, he said. "Supposedly (President) Obama has a billion dollars to spend, and the Republicans will probably come very close to that themselves, and they'll buy the election, the rest of us won't be heard from," Tremblay said. "There was a group of us who said, 'We ought to start a TV show and get it on Channel 5,' and our whole purpose and goal was to inform the larger population about the issues" — the same issues spurring protests globally. The producers of "OccupyME TV" have crafted three episodes, covering topics such as the Citizens United ruling that defined corporate free speech; the OccupyMaine presence at the New Hampshire Republican primaries; and the legal case for the Occupy encampment. In December, Tremblay wrote at his blog, "Through My Lenses" (http://regtremblay.wordpress.com), that the Lincoln Park campers should leave voluntarily. "Unfortunately, all of the attention by the media has been on the camps and violence while the core messages of corporate greed, political corruption, and the crimes committed by Wall St. and the banks have been ignored," he wrote In an interview with The Portland Daily Sun Monday, Tremblay insisted that the Occupy movement can outlive its physical "occupations" of public spaces. "It's occupying your mind, it's occupying not just a physical space, but it really has occupied and coopted the national conversation," he said. The inaugural show of "OccupyME TV" will re-air on CTN Channel 5 at 4 p.m. Friday, according to the Community Television Network website (http:// ctn5.org).

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By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The road smoothes out ahead. It’s as though you are the first to hit the brand-new pavement, and you’re in for an easy ride. It’s about time. You’re way overdue. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll give of yourself without recompense or even thanks. There’s no accounting for other people’s manners, but you’ll always feel better about yourself for having made the effort to enrich the lives of others. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You can access your intuition through the land of imagination. Though it is sometimes tricky to distinguish the difference between useful information and fearful fantasies, keep trying, and you’ll soon get the knack of it. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You can only push yourself to the limit if you know where the limit is. If you don’t, it’s best to hang back and observe. There is no benefit to overloading yourself. Doing so could lead to regret. Err on the side of caution. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You know there are certain things a loved one could be doing to improve. How often should you speak of it? Not very often if you want to love, and not dominate, this person. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 7). You’ll break out of your routine and upgrade your lifestyle this year. You share a psychic connection with a loved one, and this will be expressed in many ways. June features an unforgettable party. Interruptions in July may cause you to fly wildly off track from your professional plan, but you’ll return with new insight. Libra and Gemini people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 30, 21, 39 and 18.

by Paul Gilligan

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Productivity is linked to being in tune with your natural rhythms. Take cues from your body. When you’re tired, rest. Your inclination to re-caffeinate and push through the lethargy is unwise and counterproductive. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have quite a responsibility today. You are, after all, the external expression of existence. And whether you think about it or not, how you live and feel will be vitally important to the universal order. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Sometimes you have to work hard not to have an edge in your voice, and the effort is deﬁnitely worthwhile. The way you talk shows the level of compassion you have for yourself and your loved ones. CANCER (June 22-July 22). When a situation, outcome or person does not measure up to your expectations, it is easy to feel disappointed and critical. Try to get past these emotions, though, because there is a golden opportunity in the works. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You have a special talent for facing reality and interpreting things in such a way that those around you can easily face it, too. It may feel like you have to tap dance to keep your audience engaged. Luckily, you’re rather good at the art of dance. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). A special relationship is strong because you have faced adversity together. In a strange way, the easy and fun times may be more difﬁcult to navigate than the hard times. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Relationships are tricky. If you stay aware, you can keep a dicey situation from veering too far off course. You can bring this one closer to the way you once dreamed it would be.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2012. There are 328 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 7, 1812, author Charles Dickens, widely regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, was born in Landport, Portsmouth, England. On this date: In 1795, the Eleventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, dealing with states’ sovereign immunity, was ratified. In 1812, the last of three major New Madrid Earthquakes, with an estimated magnitude of 7.7 (according to the USGS), shook the central Mississippi River Valley. In 1857, a French court acquitted author Gustave Flaubert of obscenity for his serialized novel “Madame Bovary.” In 1904, a fire began in Baltimore that raged for about 30 hours and destroyed more than 1,500 buildings. In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized a flag for the office of the vice president. In 1943, the government announced the start of shoe rationing, limiting consumers to buying three pairs per person for the remainder of the year. In 1948, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of staff; he was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy imposed a full trade embargo on Cuba. In 1971, women in Switzerland gained the right to vote through a national referendum, 12 years after a previous attempt failed. In 1984, space shuttle Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered space walk, which lasted nearly six hours. In 1992, European Community members signed the Maastricht Treaty, which led to creation of the euro. In 1999, Jordan’s King Hussein died of cancer at age 63; he was succeeded by his eldest son, Abdullah. One year ago: Speaking to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, President Barack Obama echoed John F. Kennedy as he prodded business leaders to “ask yourselves what you can do for America,” not just for company bottom lines. AOL Inc. announced the $315 million purchase of The Huffington Post website. Today’s Birthdays: Author Gay Talese is 80. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., is 77. Actor Miguel Ferrer is 57. Reggae musician Brian Travers (UB40) is 53. Comedy writer Robert Smigel (SMY’-guhl) is 52. Actor James Spader is 52. Country singer Garth Brooks is 50. Rock musician David Bryan (Bon Jovi) is 50. Actorcomedian Eddie Izzard is 50. Actor-comedian Chris Rock is 47. Actor Jason Gedrick is 45. Actress Essence Atkins is 40. Rock singermusician Wes Borland is 37. Rock musician Tom Blankenship (My Morning Jacket) is 34. Actor Ashton Kutcher is 34. Actress Tina Majorino is 27.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: After 40 years of marriage, my wife came home from work one day and said she was leaving. I decided then that I would never marry again. Four years ago, I met “Lynn.” Now, of course, I am madly in love with her. She never ceases to amaze me with her big heart and infectious smile. She accepts that I don’t want to marry, but I have noticed that when someone gets engaged, her mood changes dramatically. She becomes depressed and cries, and I can see the hurt in her face. I’ve decided I do want to marry Lynn, but the problem is her 20-year-old son, “Mike.” He is bipolar and uses that as an excuse to sleep all day and play video games all night. He once said he can’t get the mail because he is bipolar. He lives with multiple friends, each of whom eventually kicks him out because he won’t help out and he steals from them. When Mike lived with Lynn, he stole from her, screamed at her, snuck out at night and got into legal trouble. They went to counseling together, and Lynn was on serious depression medicines until Mike moved out. When Mike calls, Lynn breaks out in a nervous rash. Mike stayed here for two weeks last year and hacked my computer, watched porn all night and stole from us. Lynn and I are scared to death that he will run out of housing options and she will have to take him in. My heart says to marry Lynn, but my head doesn’t want to take on the issues with Mike. What do I do? -- Confused Dear Confused: First, please tell Lynn that you want to marry her. It will make her happy and more amenable to working on the problems with her son. Then get premarital counseling, and also contact the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (dbsalliance.org) for suggestions on how to deal with Mike. Dear Annie: Several times recently we have been invited

to someone’s house and the TV has been blaring, most often with some awful trashy soap opera or reality show spewing ugly, vile nonsense. I find the noise deafening, especially at my mother-inlaw’s. Often I can’t hear the conversation over the din. And the fact that the TV is left on while others are visiting is rude and insulting. Can I ask that it be turned off? I don’t want to start a fight, but I find this behavior horrible. Is the protocol different if you are related? -- Saskatoon Dear Saskatoon: We agree that it is rude to keep the TV on when you have visitors, and it is perfectly OK to say nicely, “Would you mind if we turn that off? I’d much prefer concentrating on our conversation.” Relatives, however, often drop by whenever they feel like it. If you are intruding, rather than invited, you shouldn’t be surprised when Mom prefers to watch her favorite program. Dear Annie: Like “Iowa,” my husband and I were both in a “partying stage” when we married. His main goals were to play golf, watch football and go out with his friends. We have since become parents, and my husband is still stuck in that cycle. He goes out at least once a week and drinks excessively. On weekends, he is either playing golf or watching sports. We have been to marriage counseling numerous times, and nothing has changed. I am hurt and a little resentful. I also worry that he is setting a bad example for our son. We cannot reach an agreement on what is acceptable, and the counselor has not helped. Is it too late for him to grow up and be a better husband? -- Been There for 19 years Dear Been: No, but he has to be willing to work on it. If not, you need to make some decisions about your future. A new counselor might help you make some headway.

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

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Tuesday, Feb. 7 Judy Prescott at Longfellow Books noon. Judy Prescott, California-based actress (“True Blood,” “Cold Case,” “ER,” etc.) and Alzheimer’s advocate, will discuss and sign copies of “Searching for Cecy” at Longfellow Books. “The book is a tribute to her mother, a Maine resident, who suffers from the disease.”

Mechanics’ library book club noon. Maine Charitable Mechanic Association. The Mechanics’ library book club meets for a discussion of “Suite Francaise” by Irene Nemirovsky. Please bring a lunch; drinks and dessert are provided. For more info you can call Pat at the library at 773-8396. www.mainecharitablemechanicassociation.com

‘The Psychology of the Sale’ noon to 1 p.m. “Wisdom at Work” weekly professional development series held in February at the Portland Public Library on Tuesdays, Feb. 7 through Feb. 28. The Psychology of the Sale: Learn the latest strategies for selling your ideas, your products, and yourself — no matter what obstacles stand in your way. Sponsored by the Portland Public Library, and Portland career counselor Barbara Babkirk and psychologist Amy Wood, Wisdom at Work is a free series of lunchtime professional development workshops designed to help people be happier and more productive in the world of work. Facilitated by local experts ranging from human resource specialists to peak performance coaches, Wisdom at Work workshops attract professionals from every ﬁeld, job seekers, students, and entrepreneurs. Other sessions include: Feb. 14: The Fine Art of Working Smart: Discover strategies for doing more in less time — without sacriﬁcing quality, with Amy Wood, a Portland and Kennebunk-based psychologist in private practice. Feb. 21: How To Make a Successful Career Transition, learn the “magic” equation to determining a new career direction and effective strategies to land the job you’re aiming for, with Barbara Babkirk, a Master Career Counselor. Her business, Heart At Work, is based in Portland and offers career counseling and second half of life career transitions as well as customized outplacement services. Feb. 28: Mastering the Beliefs That Drive Your Financial Life: Uncover the counterproductive money beliefs — we all have them — creating stress in your work life, and learn more productive and prosperous ways of thinking about money, with Amy Wood, a Portland and Kennebunkbased psychologist in private practice.

Fat Tuesday Cajun Cooking Challenge noon to 3 p.m. WMPG, Southern Maine’s communty radio station at the University of Southern Maine, is hosting its 17th annual Fat Tuesday Cajun Cooking Challenge featuring local restaurants in USM’s Woodbury Campus Center, Portland. At the event, WMPG will broadcast Mardi Gras and Carnival music from all over the world. Local restaurants prepare their best Cajun fare for this event and attendees will be asked to vote for their favorite dish. There will be rafﬂes and giveaways throughout the day, and plenty of WMPG on-air personalities on hand. While the event is free and open to the public, a suggested donation of $3-$5 is requested to cover the cost of hosting the annual Fat Tuesday Celebration. Last year, over 500 people attended. This year’s restaurants include: Silly’s Restaurant http:// www.sillys.com/ (2009-2011 winners); Hot Suppa www. hotsuppa.com; Po’ Boys & Pickles http://www.poboysandpickles.com; Gritty’s http://www.grittys.com; Great Lost Bear http://www.greatlostbear.com; Izzy’s Cheesecake www.izzyscheesecake.com; USM Dining/Aramark http:// www.campusdish.com/en-us/CSNE/SouthernMaine; The Frog & Turtle http://thefrogandturtle.com; Pepperclub www.pepperclubrestaurant.com; Empire Dine & Dance www.portlandempire.com. Any restaurant, individual, or organization is welcome to enter the Cajun Cooking Challenge. All entries must be pre-cooked and set up on the table by 11:30 a.m. and staffed until 3 p.m. Winners will be announced on-air after 4 p.m. Woodbury Campus Center, University of Southern Maine, Portland Campus (Bedford Street). Dale Robin Goodman, 780-4151, development@ wmpg.org

Portland Public Library basic computer training 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 and Feb. 16 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Registration is required. The Portland Public Library will host two identical workshops for computer beginners who would like to learn computer basics. The Workshop will be led by Raminta Moore, Library Technical Aid at the Portland Public Library and will cover topics such as the components of a computer, mousing exercises, how to scroll, and how to navigate the web. This class is made possible because of a Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) grant awarded to the Maine State Library in July 2010. There is limited space available for each of these trainings and participants must register in advance at the Library’s Public Computing desk or by

People across Maine and the entire country are asked to take a break this winter and look out their windows during the Great Backyard Bird Count, taking place Feb. 17-20. For more information about the Great Backyard Bird Count, visit www.birdcount.org. (FILE PHOTO) calling 871-1700, ext. 708.

Maine Successful Thinkers event 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Home Again by Hancock Lumber, 140 Maine Mall Road, South Portland. “Networking, food, vendors, cash bar, music by EMB Productions with special guitar guest Jim Pryor, inspiration, and this night some awesome education by an outstanding panel of business coaches. The panel of business coaches will be moderated by Jim Bouchard http://jimbouchard.org Some of the panel members: Dante Vespignani, David Lee, ‘Coach’ John Brubaker, and Arthur Fink. Each month Maine Successful Thinkers highlights a nonproﬁt. This night: Open Sky Fund, http://openskyfund.org. Maine Successful Thinkers is an organization open to all, dedicated to helping small businesses grow through effective networking and relationship building, while supporting local non-proﬁt organizations.” RSVP at www.MaineSuccessfulThinkers.org or $5 at door. FMI: 450-8270 or JeffBall@MaineSuccessfulThinkers.org

University Neighborhood Organization meeting 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Portland Neighborhood Associations/ Organizations Meeting at Portland City Hall, RM 124 Basement Level. “For decades Portland’s diverse neighborhood organizations have met, contributed, advised and worked closely with Portland City Managers. Today, 2012 we are at a new crossroads. The City of Portland has a new city manager and a newly elected mayor. Mike Brennan, Portland Mayor shared during the city’s December Neighborhood Advisory Committee meeting that we are important to Portland. Many of us were disappointed that the next two meetings both January and February were canceled. We see this as an opportunity to meet, talk, network, brainstorm, discuss and identify the best ways to work with our city ofﬁcials. The University Neighborhood Organization will host and invites you to attend Tuesday, Feb. 7 meeting. To do this we should develop our goals and discuss how to best implement them in city processes. Mark Rees kindly waived the meeting room fee making it possible for us to meet at City Hall. Come to the Feb. 7 meeting prepared to share your thoughts. What do we want from the city’s monthly Neighborhood Advisory Committee Meetings? Do we want presentations? Or do we want to be a part of the conversations and decisions that impact our neighborhoods? Meeting structure? Request city resources for neighborhood leadership training; attend national neighborhood conferences, mini-grants for neighborhood projects,

celebrations, etc. UNO mission is to provide forums that assist and unify Portland’s historic and diverse Neighborhood Associations. We are important to our city and its important that your ideas help shape future meetings. We plan to present meeting outcomes during the March Neighborhood Advisory Committee Meeting. We welcome your input, feedback and participation. We encourage you to share this information with your membership. If you cannot attend but want to participate please send your comments and or ideas to schiller.carol@yahoo.com.”

Greendrinks at Mariner’s Church 5:30 p.m. Mariner’s Church, 11 Moulton St. Local farmers showcasing Community Supported Agriculture options, Portland Food Co-op of Maine, South Portland Community Garden Collective. http://portlandgreendrinks.com

Greendrinks event at Salt Exchange 7 p.m. Monthly Greendrinks event. “In February, our networking event will feature local farmers who will be on hand to talk about their farms, CSA Share options, and of course, food. So what is a GreenDinner you ask? The concept is simple: create a new opportunity to connect you to local food, farms, businesses and each other. You buy tickets up front and get a delicious, local meal at the Salt Exchange, four courses for only $35.” The Salt Exchange, 245 Commercial St., Portland. http://portlandgreendrinks.com

Citizens Police Academy in Westbrook 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The Westbrook Police Department announced the start date of the department’s ﬁrst Citizens Police Academy. The purpose of the Academy is to provide Westbrook citizens with an increased understanding of the daily operation of the Police Department. Course work will include both classroom and “hands-on” training. Classes will begin Wednesday, Feb. 8, and will be held every Wednesday evening from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. for 10 weeks. During the training participants will learn about, and be exposed to, many different areas of law enforcement to include: Ride with an on-duty patrol ofﬁcer; observe how emergency calls are received and dispatched; experience how detectives investigate crimes; and observe how Crime Scene Technicians collect and analyze evidence. Applications are available at the Westbrook Police Department, 570 Main St., Westbrook. Please contact Sergeant Timothy Morrell at 854-0644, ext. 526 for further information. see next page

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the Portland-Montreal pipeline and Portland Harbor.” This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited, so please RSVP to emmie@nrcm.org or 430-0105.

Wednesday, Feb. 8

‘The Glass Menagerie’ in Freeport 7:30 p.m. Freeport Factory Stage opens its 2012 Season with Tennessee Williams’ drama, “The Glass Menagerie.” “Set in pre-World War II, when Americans were just beginning to get back to work after a long depression, this is a memory play that is as relevant today as it was when ﬁrst produced in New York in 1945.” “The Glass Menagerie” opens Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. and runs through Saturday, Feb. 25. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. All Thursday performances are “pay what you want.” Tickets for all other performances are $19 general admission and $15 for students and seniors 65 and over. The Factory Stage offers subscription tickets and discounts for groups of 10 or more. Tickets are available online at www.freeportfactory.com or by calling the box ofﬁce at 865-5505.

American Red Cross blood drive 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. American Red Cross blood drive at MAS Home Care of Maine. “The last one was such a success — MAS Home Care of Maine is teaming up with the American Red Cross for another blood drive!” Location: MAS Home Care of Maine, 21 Saco St., Westbrook. 591-4457.

Brock Clarke speaks about his new book, ‘Exley’ noon to 1 p.m. Portland Public Library. “Brock Clark speaks about his new book, ‘Exley,’ at the Brown Bag Lecture Series.” “‘Exley’ is the story of young Miller Le Ray, for whom life has become a search. A search for his dad, who may or may not have joined the army and gone to Iraq. A search for a semifamous but notoriously obnoxious (and, unfortunately, deceased) writer, Frederick Exley, author of the ‘ﬁctional memoir’ ‘A Fan’s Notes,’ who may hold the key to bringing Miller’s father back. But most of all, his is a search for truth.”

Mad Horse Theatre Company’s ‘Becky Shaw’

West End Neighborhood Association 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The West End Neighborhood Association meeting agenda includes a report on Neighborhood Watch; Lemonade Day; AARP Driving Class; a Shopping Cart Proposal, Tim McNamara, St. John Valley Neighborhood Association; Environment, Adopt a Stop, Cigarette Butts/Earth Day/April Stools. WENA meetings are held in the community space on the upper level of the Reiche Community Center, adjacent to the Reiche Community School at 166 Brackett St. www.WENAMaine.org

‘Next Fall’ by Good Theater 7:30 p.m. “Next Fall” by Geoffrey Nauffts, Jan. 25 to Feb. 19. “Good Theater presents the Maine premiere of this recent Best Play Tony Award nominee. A charming, funny and touching play about life and love from one of the writers of the hit TV series, Brothers & Sisters.” Directed by Brian P. Allen and starring Joe Bearor, Rob Cameron, Matt Delamater, Moira Driscoll Abbie Killeen and Tony Reilly. St Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. Wednesdays 7 p.m. ($15), Thursdays 7 p.m. ($20), Fridays 7:30 p.m. ($20), Saturday 7:30 p.m. ($25), Sundays 2 p.m. ($25) with a special added matinee on Saturday, Feb. 11, 3 p.m. ($20). Reservations and information call 885-5883. Presented by Good Theater, a professional theater; the theater is in residence at the St. Lawrence Arts Center. www.goodtheater.com

Thursday, Feb. 9 Casco Bay High School Juniors’ ‘In the Black’ 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Juniors at Casco Bay High School in Portland will present their proposals for addressing the nation’s energy and environmental issues before panels of environmental and energy experts and policymakers at the ‘In the Black’ symposium on Feb. 9 and 10 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the lower level of the Portland Public Library at Monument Square. The public is invited to attend. Topics covered will range from the dangers of pharmaceutical waste to the potential of thorium and biofuels. The panelists will come from organizations such as the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Efﬁciency Maine, the Maine Audubon Society and the Sierra Club.”

The Beehive Collective at USM 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The nationally renowned Beehive Collective based in Machias will give two free presentations at the University of Southern Maine, Robie Andrews Hall, Burnham Lounge, Gorham Campus on Thursday, Feb. 9, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 10 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Snow dates are February 17 and 18, same times and place. The Thursday afternoon presentation is The True Cost of Coal and the Friday midday presentation is Dismantling Monoculture. During their visit to USM, the Beehive Collective will conduct a workshop with a printmaking class and other USM students. The Beehive exhibit Dismantling Culture consisting of three banners will be on display in the Area Gallery, Woodbury Campus Center, USM Portland March 1-May 4. USM printmaking student work emerging from a Beehive workshop will be on view at the Area Gallery in April. For more information on the Beehive Collective, visit www.beehivecollective.org. For questions regarding the USM presentations, contact Carolyn Eyler at 780-5008 or visit usm.maine.edu/gallery

‘Behind the Mask: My Double Life in Baseball’ 6 p.m. University of Southern Maine Athletics is hosting Dave Pallone, former Major League Baseball umpire, national best-selling author and acclaimed speaker. An advocate and educational presenter for diversity and inclusion, Pallone’s autobiography ‘Behind the Mask: My Double Life in Baseball’ was a NYT best-seller and offers a revealing

Former Major League Baseball umpire Dave Pallone will present “Who’s Really on First” on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. at Corthell Hall on the University of Southern Maine Gorham campus. Pallone’s best-selling autobiography “Behind the Mask: My Double Life in Baseball,” a look at baseball through the eyes of a gay man, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. (COURTESY PHOTO) a look at baseball through the eyes of a gay man. “A former Major League Baseball umpire, Pallone’s best-selling autobiography ‘Behind the Mask: My Double Life in Baseball’ is celebrating its 20th year anniversary and has recently been republished. Pallone’s autobiography offers a revealing look at baseball through the eyes of a gay man. Pallone has been featured in ESPN’s documentary ‘Homophobia in Sports’ as well as ESPN’s ‘Outside the Lines.’ A keynote speaker at the NCAA Life Skills Conference, Pallone’s efforts have made a signiﬁcant contribution to educating and enlightening people about the reality of sexual orientation, shedding light on this important and signiﬁcant topic on university and college campuses.”

Disney On Ice 7 p.m. Disney On Ice presents “Treasure Trove” at the Cumberland County Citic Center from Feb. 9-12. Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 11t at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 12 at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tickets: $60 (Front Row), $50 (VIP), $25 and $15 - All seats reserved.

Aquaculture: Myths, Mystery, Africa 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute invites the public to the Sea State Public Lecture Series. “With an ever growing global population, what role can aquaculture play in ensuring a sustainable food source? GMRI’s upcoming lecture series will explore critical challenges as well as global and local aquaculture innovations. Wally Stevens, Global Aquaculture Alliance. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. GMRI, 350 Commercial St., Portland. Please RSVP to Patty Collins, lectures@gmri.org, 228-1625.

‘Stop Dirty Tar Sands Oil’ talk at USM 7 p.m. A talk titled, “Stop Dirty Tar Sands Oil from Coming Through Maine,” will be held in the Glickman Library at University of Southern Maine, University Events Room on the fifth floor. Refreshments will be served. “The Canadian oil and gas giant Enbridge is proposing to pump dirty tar sands oil from Ontario to South Portland, Maine where it would be shipped by tanker to refineries along the East Coast or Gulf of Mexico. The pipeline passes next to Sebago Lake, the drinking water supply for Greater Portland — more than 15 percent of Maine people — and could endanger Casco Bay and Maine’s fishing and lobster industries. A pipeline leak in the Sebago watershed would be a nightmare. A single tanker accident in Casco Bay could devastate Maine’s fishing and lobster industries. National experts from the National Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, and Natural Resources Defense Council will present the facts and lead a discussion about preventing this risky project. Jim Murphy from the National Wildlife Federation and Kate Colarulli from the Sierra Club will describe Alberta tar sands oil production — probably the dirtiest energy project on Earth — and its potential impact on Maine. They will share the story of tar sands oil, the environmental and global climate impacts, and how Maine is poised to become part of the larger battle by oil companies to bring tar sands crude to global markets via

7:30 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents “Becky Shaw,” “the Pulitzer Prize finalist and smash hit by Obie Award winning playwright Gina Gionfriddo. In what The New York Times calls ‘a comedy of bad manners,’ a woman fixes up her romantically challenged best friend with her husband’s mysterious co-worker. The date goes horribly awry, forcing the matchmakers to examine their own relationship and leading the daters to an emotional detente.” Written by Gina Gionfriddo, directed by James Herrera. Tickets are $22 student/senior $20. The Maine Premiere of “Becky Shaw” marks the first time Mad Horse Theatre Company has produced a work by Gionfriddo. It also marks the directorial debut of company member James Herrera, who jumped at the chance to helm a cast made up entirely of Mad Horse Theatre Company members. According to Herrera, the cast made his transition from actor to director easier than it could have been. Through Feb. 12. Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Lucid Stage. http://madhorse.com/ gallery/show/becky_shaw.php

Friday, Feb. 10 National Adoption Weekend in Biddeford 9 a.m. to noon. PetSmart Charities will sponsor a National Adoption Event at the PetSmart store, 208 Mariner Way in Biddeford Crossing, Friday and Saturday. The Mobile Adoption Team will visit with adoptable dogs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. Adoptable cats will also be at the store. Adoption counselors will be available in the store Friday: 9 a.m. to noon, Saturdays: noon to 5 p.m., and Sundays: noon to 5 p.m. ). For more information, call Animal Welfare Society (www.animalwelfaresociety.org) at 985-3244 or PetSmart at 283-6546.

Workshop for Artists 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Maine Arts Commission, free Workshop for Artists. The Constellation Gallery is hosting a workshop presented by the Maine Arts Commission. Donna McNeil, the Commission’s Arts Policy and Program director, will explain the programs, support efforts and grant access provided by the commission. She will also offer a primer on electronic portfolios, resume writing, letters of interest and artists’ statements. A great opportunity to learn about available support for artists in Maine. Light refreshments provided. 511 Congress St.

‘Family Night’ passes to Disney on Ice 7 p.m. “Cumberland County Government, the Civic Center and Feld Entertainment have combined to provide special ‘Family Night’ passes to the Feb. 10 performance of Disney On Ice presents Treasure Trove. These special rates will allow attendees to purchase $15 and $25 tickets for only ten dollars, when purchasing at the Cumberland County Civic Center box office. Savings coupons for the purchase of up to six tickets are available at county offices, your local Cumberland County City or Town office, or several human service agencies throughout the county.” For more information contact Bill Whitten (Whitten@cumberlandcounty.org) 871-8380.

Acorn’s series of poetry readings 7 p.m. Acorn Productions, a company dedicated to developing the performing arts in the Southern Maine area, offers the second installment of the company’s new performance series titled “Lowry’s Lodge,” a monthly series of poetry readings hosted by Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel. The series of public readings continues at the Acorn Studio Theater in the Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook. Former Portland Poet Laureate Martin Steingesser and Yarmouth High School teacher Marita O’Neill will read from their work and take questions from the audience after their readings. The event is free with a $5 suggested donation. Acorn Studios, Dana Warp Mills, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook. 854-0065.

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After the Giants’ surreal touchdown, debates on strategy BY SAM BORDEN THE NEW YORK TIMES

INDIANAPOLIS — On a night that featured a variety of surprising moments — including a safety, several critical dropped passes and Tom Coughlin, the 65-year-old Giants coach, embracing the rapper Flavor Flav in celebration — the most bizarre moment surely was Super Bowl XLVI’s final touchdown. The setup seemed standard enough. The Giants were trailing by 2 points, there was just over a minute remaining, and the Giants had the ball on the New England Patriots’ 6-yard line. Quarterback Eli Manning took the snap, handed the ball off to running back Ahmad Bradshaw, and as Bradshaw began his surge, the game suddenly turned on its head. It was like opposite day. The Patriots defenders, trained their whole lives to try to push and claw and fight to bring down the ball carrier, stood up and opened a double-wide hole for Bradshaw to reach the end zone. Bradshaw, trained his whole life to sprint into the end zone whenever he could, pulled up just short of the goal line and tried to fall down. Even the players and coaches on the Giants’ sideline, who had spent their whole lives cheering when their team scored, did not know what to do when Bradshaw failed to slam on his brakes in time and fell, almost dejectedly, into the end zone for a touchdown. The scene was surreal; the Giants had just taken a 21-17 lead in the Super Bowl and no one was celebrating. Bradshaw did not even know whether to spike the ball. “It was definitely weird,” running back Brandon Jacobs said. “It wasn’t exactly what we were look-

The Giants’ Ahmad Bradshaw surged toward the endzone then, slowed down and tumbled in to put the Giants ahead for good against the Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl (NEW YORK TIMES PHOTO).

ing for,” tight end Bear Pascoe said. “But it worked out great.” The reason for the incongruous sequence was simple: the Giants were concerned about leaving the Patriots, who had quarterback Tom Brady and one timeout, too much time to score a decisive touchdown. That is why Manning screamed, “Don’t score! Don’t score!” as soon as he saw the Patriots’ defenders standing up instead of rushing. His hope, he said Monday, was that Bradshaw would stop at the 1-yard line and wait until he was tackled, allowing more time to run off the clock and forcing the Patriots to use their final timeout. Still, Manning acknowledged how difficult it must be for a player, on perhaps the biggest play of his career, no less, to suddenly do the exact opposite of what he has always done. “I know it’s tough for a running back,” Manning said. “They see a big

hole right there going for a touchdown. I think something almost had to pop into his head like: Something was up. This is a little too good to be true.” In his postgame news conference, New England Coach Bill Belichick said that his rationale for letting the Giants score was based on how short a potential game-winning field goal attempt would have been. With the ball inside the 10-yard line, Belichick said, it is “a 90 percent field-goal conversion” rate for N.F.L. teams. Not all of the Patriots players seemed to agree with the call, however. Boothe said that after the play was over he asked New England defensive tackle Vince Wilfork if the Patriots had purposely laid back, and Wilfork nodded ruefully. Linebacker Brandon Spikes told reporters after the game that it “killed” him to let the Giants score, saying, “When the call came in to let them score, I kind of was like, ‘What?’ ” Looking back a day later, the Giants’

views on the play, and on the concept over all, seemed to vary. Coughlin said he did not instruct Bradshaw to stop short before the play, preferring to take the guaranteed points and not play for a last-second game-winning field goal when something — a bad snap, a shanked kick — could go wrong. The running backs coach Jerald Ingram said Bradshaw did the right thing, though he had hoped he would linger on the 1-yard line as long as possible and only fall into the end zone when the Patriots went to tackle him. “We rehearse a lot of situations and he understood the clock,” Ingram said. “He just had too much momentum.” One significant factor that made taking the touchdown more attractive was the fact that it gave the Giants a 4-point lead, meaning the Patriots would need to score a touchdown — as opposed to just kicking a field goal — to win the game. That was why Jacobs was not concerned. The Giants scored with 57 seconds remaining, and Jacobs said that while quarterbacks like Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers or New Orleans’s Drew Brees had the firepower to go the length of the field that quickly, he did not think Brady and the Patriots could do it. They would need a lot more than 57 seconds to win the game, Jacobs said, “so I wasn’t worried about it.” The play was just the latest example of an age-old debate among football players, coaches and fans over what strategy is best in those endgame situations. In Super Bowl XXXII, the Packers allowed the Denver Broncos to score with just under two minutes remaining, hoping it would give them time to rally. As with the Patriots on Sunday, however, their plan did not work.

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