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What about Jon Huntsman? See Steve Chapman’s column on page 4

Go big, Mr. Obama See Thomas Friedman on page 4

Scenes from the midweek storm See the photos on page 10

Black Friday expanding See the story on page 10

‘Twilight’ at midnight: Cinema debuts

LEFT: During opening day of the Nordica Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 17, Mark Benvenuto, vice president of operations for Belmont Capital, the management company running the Nordica, checks out operations in an auditorium where "Happy Feet Two" played in 3D. (DAViD CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Freeport’s Nordica Theatre adds screens to region’s movie mix

Dinner and a movie, in Freeport, now can mean watching dancing pen-guins while wearing three-dimen-sional glasses, or checking out the hotly anticipated “Twilight” movie, even if it means being surrounded by giggling teenagers.

Nordica Theatre in Freeport, the region’s newest cinema, tested the waters of its grand opening with a Thursday, Nov. 17 midnight showing of “The Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn, Part 1.” About 40 tickets sold within a day and a half, said Mark Benvenuto, vice president of operations for Bel-mont Capital, the management com-pany running the Nordica Theatre.

“People decide early on that they’re going to see that, at least for the mid-night showing,” he said.

BY DAVID CARKHUFFTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

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Red kettle campaign gears up Salvation Army’s annual drive launched for Greater Portland

With the holiday shopping season now in full swing, The Salvation Army hopes Portlanders and Mainers alike won't forget what it means to hear a chiming bell as they head into their

favorite stores."When you hear that bell, that means some-

body is in need somewhere," said Maj. Terry Shaffer, corps offi cer of The Salvation Army of Greater Portland.

Shaffer referred to The Salvation Army's iconic Red Kettle Campaign, a staple of the holiday season and the nonprofi t's pivotal annual cam-paign drive. He spoke during an offi cial kickoff

BY MATTHEW ARCOTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Staff at local post offi ce yet to learn their fate

An offi cial with the U.S. Post Offi ce says it could be a month or more before a decision is made whether to close the Station A branch

located in Portland’s Arts District.

“The bottom line is, we think that by end of the year or around the fi rst of the year, we will know if we are going to actually make a formal proposal” to close the branch, Tom Rizzo, the

see KETTLES page 6

Station A still in limbo

see STATION A page 6

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SAYWHAT...Excessive fear is always powerless.”

—Aeschylus

(NY Times) — Some women carry it in their purses in a pink, lipstick-shaped container. Hikers use it to deter bears. People in most states can buy a small canister of it on a quick-release key ring on Amazon.com for $7.07.

As pepper spray has become ubiquitous in this country over the last two decades, it has not raised many eyebrows. But now, after images of the campus police at the University of California, Davis, spraying the Kool-Aid-colored orange compound on docile protest-ers on Friday, pepper spray is a topic of national debate.

It has become the crowd-control measure of choice lately by police departments from New York to Denver to Portland, Ore., as they counter protests by the Occupy Wall Street move-ment.

To some, pepper spray is a mild, temporary irritant and its use has been justi-fi ed as cities and universi-ties have sought to regain control of their streets, parks and campuses. After the video at Davis went viral, Megyn Kelly on Fox News dismissed pepper spray as “a food product, essentially.”

To the American Civil Liberties Union, its use as a crowd-control device, par-ticularly when those crowds are nonthreatening, is an excessive and unconstitu-tional use of force and vio-lates the right to peaceably assemble.

Some of the Davis stu-dents are threatening civil suits against the univer-sity on these grounds. The chancellor has called the use of pepper spray “unac-ceptable” and has put the offi cers on administrative leave.

“The courts have made it very clear that these type of devices can’t be used indis-criminately and should be used only when the target poses a physical threat to someone,” said Michael Risher, staff attorney for the A.C.L.U. of Northern Cali-fornia.

To Kamran Loghman, who helped develop pepper spray into a weapons-grade material with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the 1980s, the incident at Davis violated his original intent.

“I have never seen such an inappropriate and improper use of chemical agents,” Mr. Loghman said in an interview.

Loghman, who also helped develop guidelines for police departments using the spray, said that use-of-force manuals generally advise that pepper spray is appropriate only if a person is physically threatening a police offi cer or another person.

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U.S. courts to test Miranda rights in terror cases

The government’s disclo-sure of a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States last month came with some reassuring news: the suspect, an Iranian-American, was in custody, had confessed and had provided valuable intelligence on Iran’s role in supporting the plan.

But unlike many confessions, these statements did not come in the hours after the arrest, or in the presence of a lawyer.

The purported cooperation by the defendant, Mansour J. Arb-absiar, occurred during the fi rst 12 days he was in custody after his arrest on Sept. 29; prosecu-tors said that in the days after his arrest, Mr. Arbabsiar had “knowingly and voluntarily” waived his rights to remain silent, to have a lawyer present during his interrogation and to be quickly taken before a judge.

But Mr. Arbabsiar’s lawyer, Sabrina Shroff, said in a recent interview that she intended to seek a hearing on whether the “consent was freely given, or whether it was unlawfully

extracted,” given the gap in time between her client’s arrest and his initial court appearance on Oct. 11.

“There has to be a deep con-cern about the voluntariness of consent to that long a period of detention,” she said.

Her comments provide an early look at the defense’s legal strategy in a case that has gained widespread attention because of questions over Iran’s alleged role, and because of the wealth of information that pros-ecutors said they obtained from Mr. Arbabsiar after he waived his Miranda rights.

The early jostling over how Mr. Arbabsiar came to offer his statements represents the latest effort in a tug-of-war, both legal and political, over using the criminal justice system to handle terrorism cases. The debate intensi-fi ed after the failed attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound air-liner on Christmas Day 2009 by the so-called underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdul-mutallab.

That case highlighted the Obama administration’s claim that it could use a lengthy

“public safety” delay in warning a suspect of his rights, without sacrifi cing the ability to use his statements as evidence. The administration’s position was bolstered in September when a federal judge in Detroit refused to suppress statements made by Mr. Abdulmutallab during the 50 minutes or so in which he was questioned, without having received a Miranda warning, before going into surgery. He has since pleaded guilty.

Yet defense lawyers claim that government interrogators have increasingly stretched the rules governing the rights of criminal defendants in custody, and that Mr. Arbabsiar’s case is an example. The case could also help to clarify another issue: what happens when the gov-ernment says a terror suspect repeatedly waived his Miranda rights during interrogations that lasted weeks or even months?

The practice has been seen in various forms in other cases, like those of the Pakistani immi-grant arrested last year in a failed attempt to set off a bomb in Times Square, and a Somali man questioned for months on a

United States naval ship before being brought to Manhattan in July.

In the case of Mr. Arbabsiar, a used-car salesman from Corpus Christi, Tex., prosecutors say he conspired with an Iranian offi cer to hire assassins from a Mexican drug cartel for $1.5 million to kill the Saudi ambas-sador to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir. The plot was “directed and approved by elements of the Iranian government,” Attor-ney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said.

John O. Brennan, the Obama administration’s top counter-terrorism adviser, said recently that the Arbabsiar case showed Miranda had not been “an impediment” to eliciting intel-ligence during an initial inter-rogation.

Indeed, if the courts eventu-ally uphold the admissibility of Mr. Arbabsiar’s statements, that would further strengthen “the government’s ability to pursue both intelligence and law enforcement goals without sacrifi cing one or the other,” said Daniel C. Richman, a Columbia law professor and former fed-eral prosecutor.

BY BENJAMIN WEISERTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The outskirts of Tahrir Square, the iconic landmark of Egypt’s revolution, plunged into chaos Wednes-day, after attempts by the Egyptian military, religious clerics and doctors failed to stanch a sixth day of fi ghting that has posed the greatest crisis to the country since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak in February. The military that seized power with Mr. Mubarak’s fall rebuffed protesters’ demands to surrender authority this week, and the political elite has seemed paralyzed or defensive over the unrest Above, a hardcore group of protesters remained by the front lines during a lull in the fi ghting with security forces near Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Wednesday (NEW YORK TIMES PHOTO)

Egypt slipping deeper in to crisis as protests continue Yemen’s leader agrees to end 33-year reign

SANA, Yemen — After months of street pro-tests calling for his resignation, President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed an agreement Wednes-day that Yemeni offi cials said immediately transferred power to his vice president.

If the agreement holds up, it would end Mr. Saleh’s 33 years of authoritarian rule and make him the fourth leader forced from power in the uprisings that have shaken the Middle East and North Africa. But the deal is unlikely to restore calm anytime soon to a country that has become increasingly important to the United States as Islamist militants have gained a stronger hold.

The unity government that is expected to take over in the coming days or weeks will face not only insurgencies that have grown more entrenched during months of turmoil, but also festering tribal divisions and the likelihood of continued protests from young demonstrators unsatisfi ed with Wednesday’s deal.

The deal, signed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, allows Mr. Saleh to retain his title and certain privileges until new elections are held in three months and grants him immunity from pros-ecution. It was unclear when, and if, the presi-dent intended to return to Yemen.

Mr. Saleh’s signing of the deal, after months of stalling, appeared to take many diplomats in Yemen and Yemenis by surprise.

— The New York Times

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, November 25, 2011— Page 3


President Obama has a clear choice on how to approach the 2012 election: He can spend all his energy defi ning Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich or whoever ends up as the Republican nominee in as ugly a way as possible, or he can spend all his energy defi n-ing the future in as credible a way as possible. If he spends his energy defi ning his Republican opponent, there is a chance the president will win with 50.00001 percent of the vote and no man-date to do what needs doing. If he spends his time defi ning the future in a credible way and offering a hard, tough, realistic pathway to get there, he will not only win, but he will have a man-date to take the country where we need to go.

I voted for Barack Obama, and I don’t want my money back. He’s never gotten the credit he deserves for bringing the econ-omy he inherited back from the brink of a depression. He’s fought the war on terrorism in a smart and effective way. He’s making health care possible for millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions, and he saved the auto industry. This is big stuff. But, as important as all of these achieve-ments are, they pale in compari-son to the defi ning challenge of

Go big, Mr. Obama

Obama’s presidency: Can he put the country on a sustainable eco-nomic recovery path at a time when, if we fail, it could be the end of the American dream?

I believe the best way for Obama to do that is by declaring today that he made a mistake in spurning his own defi cit reduc-tion commission, chaired by Ers-kine Bowles and Alan Simpson, and is now adopting Simpson-Bowles — which already has Republican and Democratic sup-port — as his long-term fi scal plan to be phased in after a near-term stimulus. If he did that, he would win politically and create a national consensus that would trump his opponents, right and left.

“I think what happened with Simpson-Bowles was an absolute tragedy,” Warren Buffett said on CNBC last week. “They work like a devil for 10 months. ... They compromise. They bring in people as far apart as [Democratic Sena-

tor Dick] Durbin and [Republican Senator Tom] Coburn to get them to sign on and then they’re totally ignored. I think that’s a travesty.”

The president will never get the near-term stimulus through that he wants and that the economy needs without combin-ing it with a credible bipartisan, multiyear defi cit-reduction plan like Simpson-Bowles. Moreover, “a free-standing stimulus that is not combined with a credible multiyear plan that truly stabi-lizes our fi scal imbalances would not solve our problems,” argues Maya MacGuineas, the president of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, “because if nobody knows what is waiting around the corner, after the stimulus runs out,” many people will just take that money and stuff it in a mattress “rather than in investments or spending.”

Obama aides argue that so many G.O.P. lawmakers are com-mitted to making his presidency fail, or have signed pledges to an antitax cult, that they would never buy into any grand bar-gain. I think that is true for a lot of Republicans in Congress. But I have some questions: Why are the Republicans getting away with

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He’s a responsible, well-spoken adult with a good record in offi ce, a soothing style, bipartisan appeal and ample knowledge of the world beyond our shores. But Jon Huntsman, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, somehow imagines he can overcome those handicaps.

He’s running at 2 percent in the polls, but work-ing in his favor is that his rivals have defi ned them-selves mostly by their lapses, failures and gaffes. At the moment, Republicans seem doomed to choose between the fraudulent (Mitt Romney) and the

Why not Huntsman?

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incompetent (almost every-one else). One contender after another has risen to challenge Romney, only to self-destruct in the most mortifying possible way.

That leaves an opportunity for someone who can avoid the exploding cigar, as Huntsman has. Besides being a telegenic master of the complete sen-tence, he was the highly popular governor of the most Republican state in the country, Utah.

As a family man, he quali-fi es as an overachiever, with seven children, two of them adopted, and nary a whiff of scandal. His hob-bies include such approved Republican activities as shooting and motorcycle riding.

More to the point, Huntsman has a record more conservative than his moderate image suggests. He worked for Ronald Reagan. He wants to repeal Presi-dent Barack Obama’s health care reform, decries the Environmental Protection Agency’s “regulatory reign of terror,” endorsed Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan and favors a constitutional amendment to “ensure legal protections for the unborn.”

When the candidates were asked about a hypo-thetical package consisting of $10 in federal spend-ing cuts for each $1 of tax increases, he joined the others in a chorus of rejection.

In The American Conservative magazine, Michael Brendan Dougherty wrote, “For the past two decades a ‘moderate’ Republican was one who generally didn’t side with his party on three issues: taxes, guns and abortion. Huntsman’s record on those isn’t just to the right of other moderates, it is to the right of most conservatives.”

His centrism is mostly a matter of temperament. His record in offi ce stands up well by conservative standards. He pushed through big cuts in income and sales taxes. He cut state employees’ retirement benefi ts.

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this? Why are so many independents and even Dem-ocrats who voted for Obama sitting on their hands? Obama owns the bully pulpit of the presidency and he’s losing to Grover Norquist? Also, assuming it is all true about the G.O.P., how can Obama trump them? I think he can, if he leads in a new way.

I think America’s broad center understands very clearly that the country is in trouble and that the Republican Party has gone nuts. But when they look at Obama on the defi cit, they feel something is missing. People know leadership when they see it — when they see someone taking a politi-cal risk, not just talking about doing so, not just saying, “I’ll jump if the other guy jumps.” In times of crisis, leaders jump fi rst, lay out what truly

needs to be done to fi x the problem, not just to win re-election, and by doing so earn the right to demand that others do the same.

What would it look like if the president was offering such leadership? First, he’d be proposing a defi cit-cutting plan that matches the scale of our problem — one with substantial tax reform and revenue increases, a gasoline tax, deep defense cuts and cutbacks to both Social Security and Medicare. That is the Simpson-Bowles plan, and it should be Obama’s new starting point for negotia-tions. The defi cit plan Obama put out last Septem-ber is nowhere near as serious. “It is watered-down Simpson-Bowles,” said MacGuineas. “Most people don’t even know it exists.”

Second, he’d offer a plan in which the wealthy have to pay their fair share and more, because they’ve

had a great two decades. But everyone, including the middle class, has to contribute something. This has to be a national effort. Third, he would offer a plan that is aspirational. It would not just be a road-map to balancing the budget but to making America great again through reignited economic growth.

My gut says that if the president lays out such a plan — one that begins with him taking all the political risks on himself and then demanding the G.O.P. and his own party follow — he will be both defi ning himself and the future in a way that would earn him so much centrist support and respect that it would leave every possible Republican opponent in the dust, no matter how obstructionist they are or want to be.

Go big, Mr. President. You will win, and so will America.

FRIEDMAN from page 4

In times of crisis, leaders jump fi rst, lay out what truly needs to be done

In the libertarian Cato Institute’s 2008 fi scal rank-ing of the nation’s governors, he came in fi fth — tied with Rick Perry. He also can argue that he knows how to foster a sound economy. During his time as governor, by one measure, Utah ranked fi rst in the country in job creation, while Romney’s Massachu-setts ranked 47th.

He hasn’t had to spend a lot of time fi ghting off major parts of his record. The phrase he uses to describe Romney — a “perfectly lubricated weather vane” — doesn’t apply to Huntsman.

He did, however, have the gall to say, “I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming.” He also has parted with GOP dogma on civil unions for gays and granting in-state college tuition to foreign-

born children brought here illegally by their parents.But those are mild deviations compared to, say,

Romney’s Obama-like health care program, Cain’s wild incoherence on abortion or Newt Gingrich’s sale of his soul to Freddie Mac.

More offensive to rabid Obama-haters is that Huntsman accepted when the president asked him to be ambassador to China. Never mind that fi rst-hand acquaintance with our biggest creditor and most formidable potential military rival (he even speaks Mandarin) would be an asset in a president. Never mind that his service would appeal to inde-pendent voters who distrust fi erce partisanship.

Never mind, either, that he has attacked Obama for his policy on Libya, which was “not in our core national security interest,” and on Afghanistan, which he regards as “nation-building.” Republicans

wary of extravagant, open-ended foreign entangle-ments now have an alternative to Ron Paul.

And who else has had the nerve to say what should be obvious about our most questionable ally? “I’m here to tell you, folks,” Huntsman declared at one event, “we can’t do a damn thing about Pakistan. Only Pakistan can save Pakistan.”

If Republicans are looking for the most conservative candidate, they won’t settle on Huntsman. But if they are looking for the most conservative candidate who can beat Obama, he may yet get his day in the sun.

The process of elimination is on his side. New Hampshire political consultant Paul Collins, who is now working for the campaign, told The New York Times, “When I signed on, someone said to me, ‘Oh, you’ve met Huntsman?’ And I said, ‘No. But I’ve met all the other guys.’”

Huntsman can argue that he knows how to foster a sound economyCHAPMAN from page 4

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New Pirates team trying to win over fansTwelve games into the season, the frustration

was evident. The Bronx cheers were heard as random choruses of, “We want Buffalo!” rained down on the new era of Pirates hockey. A 4-7-0-1 record in an area rich with hockey pride and passion is not quite the best way to make a fi rst impression. However, as recent history has shown, it is how you bounce back from adversity that determines how successful you will become.

In the whirlwind of change during the 2011 hockey offseason, many familiar faces found a comfortable niche somewhere else besides Port-land. Even if the Buffalo organization remained in Portland, instead of heading to Rochester, the team would have remained just about as different and unfamiliar as the new Phoenix crew that will be present for 38 times on Civic Center ice this season.

The most common cause of player movement, a roster spot on the parent NHL club, resulted in Luke Adam (2011 recipient of the Dudley “Red” Garrett Memorial Award for Top AHL Rookie), Marc-Andre Gragnani (2011 recipient of the Eddie Shore Award for Top AHL Defenseman), Jhonas Enroth and captain Matt Ellis making Buffalo’s roster. In other transactions, forward Paul Byron was traded to the Calgary Flames, Mark Mancari signed on with the Vancouver Canucks (currently in the AHL playing for the Chicago Wolves), and Mark Parrish and Tim Conboy signed on with the Ottawa Senators (currently in the AHL playing for the Binghamton Senators).

With these moves happening, even if the Buffalo organization had stayed, the top fi ve scorers from

the 2010-11 Pirates would not be around along with 56 percent of the overall goal and point producers. The joy of minor league sports is being able to witness fi rst-hand the development and progression of a young ath-lete from a raw talent into a professional superstar. Every organization has a future star in the making, and now it is the Phoenix Coyotes turn to show the Portland faithful how talented the Desert Dog organization is. After the recent four-game winning streak on home ice, perhaps the new kids on the block have earned back their welcome.

One specifi c player to keep an eye on during this current hot streak, as we profi le different players and backgrounds over the course of the season, is forward Matt Watkins. The name is probably still ringing in the heads of the 6,410 in attendance during Saturday’s game against Providence, as well as the entire P-Bruins team, after falling one point short of tying a career-high with a three-point night consisting of a pair of goals and an assist. Watkins made his presence felt early and often, scoring both of his goals on crisp wrist-shots from the faceoff circle against an elite goaltender in Anton Khudobin, in only his second game back after missing three games with a minor upper body injury. If there is one thing that the recently turned 25-year old (birthday was on Nov. 22) knows more than anything, it is to stand out and shine amongst the stars.

Originally drafted by the Dallas Stars in the fi fth round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, Watkins pursued a collegiate career at the hockey breeding grounds of the University of North Dakota. While competing for the Sioux, the Saskatchewan native had the privilege of skating with current NHL stars Drew Stafford (Buf-falo), Travis Zajac (New Jersey), T.J. Oshie (St. Louis), 2010 Stanley Cup champion Jonathan Toews

(Chicago), as well as current Portland teammates Ryan Duncan and Brett Hextall which can attest to his crisp fundamental skill on display while skating on the Pirates top lines.

After wrapping up a successful four-year career in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Watkins ventured to the Phoenix organization where he made a quick splash during the 2009-10 season while competing with the ECHL’s Las Vegas Wranglers and Phoenix’s former AHL affi liate, the San Antonio Rampage. In 2009-10 Watkins registered a combined 33 points (16 goals and 17 assists) with Las Vegas and San Antonio, and improved on those numbers the following season with 35 points (15 goals and 20 assists) with the Rampage. With his consistent and con-stantly improving play, Watkins is making a case to remain a professional hockey player and join his former collegiate ‘mates in the “show.”

(Brent Marcotte is director of communications and team services for the Portland Pirates Ameri-can Hockey League team.)

BY BRENT MARCOTTESPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN


Maj. Terry Shaffer, of The Salva-tion Army of Greater Portland, speaks during the nonprofi t’s kickoff of its annual Red Kettle Campaign fundraising drive, at an event Wednes-day. (MATTHEW ARCO PHOTO)

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"It's hard," he said, about reaching this year's goal of raising $150,000. "But, it's work that needs to be done."

In 2010, people gave about $164,000 to The Salvation Army during its kettle campaign. Volunteers will be stationed at more than 20 red kettles throughout Greater Portland this year.

"The more we raise, the more we're able to help people," Shaffer said.

Donations will serve about 1,000 families in the Greater Portland area. The Salvation Army distributes toys, clothing, food baskets and other household items to needy families

during the holiday season."You are really the army behind The

(Salvation) Army," said George Stacey, chairman of the nonprofi t's advisory board.

"We are here trying to serve the community on a day-to-day basis," he said. "I think people this year are probably going to be very generous."

The Salvation Army collected nearly $680,000 during last year's kettle campaign in Maine. Money was used to assist 55,000 families in the state, offi cials said.

Nationwide, $142 million was col-lected from an estimated 25,000 "bell-ringers" who go out each year to collect the donations, according to Matt Meenan, a spokesman for The Salvation Army.

KETTLES from page one

Last year, The Salvation Army in Maine collected nearly $680,000

USPS spokesman for Northern New England, said this week.

Station A, located at 622 Congess Street, was included this summer in a list of 34 Maine branches that could be closed as part of a national reorganiza-tion aimed stemming billions of dollars in annual losses.

Station A is well used by West End residents, including elderly, disabled and immigrant residents, many of whom don’t drive. Hundreds of people also rent post offi ce boxes from the facility.

This week, postal branches in the Maine towns of West Forks, Stone-ham, Topsfi eld and Matinicus were removed from the closure list after the USPS determined it couldn’t pro-vide “regular and effective” service if the branches closed, the Bangor Daily News reported.

The same likely can’t be said for Station A, which is within a mile form two other on-Peninsula branches. There are also branches on Cliff Island and Peaks Island, although the Cliff Island branch is included on the closure list.

Most of the branches in Maine and nationwide are small operations with just one or two employees located in rural communities, Rizzo said. The USPS will make a determination on each branch based on the amount of

work for postal employees, revenues and the number of transactions each day.

Branches facing the most scrutiny will include those with average sales of less than $50 a day, irregular foot traffi c and less than two hours of work per day, he said in July, when the clo-sure list was fi rst released.

When the USPS determines which branches fail to meet the standards for those criteria, it won’t shut down affected locations immediately. Clo-sure notices will go up in affected branches to notify customers, the Bangor Daily News reported, and customers can appeal the decision to a post offi ce regulatory board, which has fi nal say.

Station A was also slated to be shut down in 2010, but was saved after residents contested the decision and members of Maine’s congressional delegation intervened.

Rizzo declined to speculate on the likelihood that the branch would once again be saved at the eleventh hour.

“Absolutely nothing is a done deal,” he said. “We are going to make our decisions based on the criteria we set forth.”

He added, “We conduct a very thoughtful and thorough process that combines data, public input and our ability to provide regular and effective service” to a particular community.

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This year, on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 4 p.m., the Cheverus High School community will once again gather on campus to welcome the volunteers of the Wreaths Across America Project.

Last year, the Wreaths Across Amer-ica Project convoy made a stop at its campus at 267 Ocean Ave. in Portland, the school reported. "Hundreds gath-ered to watch as a seemingly endless convoy of tractor trailer trucks and their escorts, en route with handmade Maine wreaths for placement on the graves of service members at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., shared its mission to venerate those who have died while in the service of the armed forces of the United States," the school reported in a press release.

Cheverus will host a ceremony in the Keegan Gymnasium beginning at 4 p.m. to welcome the convoy, the Patriot Guard Riders, and the other motorcycle and motor vehicle groups and state and municipal law enforcement who help

escort the convoy.The convey and its escorts will be

joined by local law enforcement, includ-ing Portland police and fi re depart-ments, Maine State Police, Bangor, York and Cumberland county sheriffs, Falmouth Police and many others. This year police and fi re departments from Connecticut and Massachusetts will also participate, and more than 52 bag-pipers from New England will come together to perform at the event. Many other groups, volunteers and organiza-tions will also be at Cheverus, including the Freeport Flag Ladies, The America Gold Star Mothers, Civil Air Patrol, Sons and Daughters of The American Revolution, The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Shannon Moss from Channel 8 TV will again host the celebration, and Karen and Morrill Worcester from the Worcester Wreath Company, General Bill Libby, head of the State of Maine National Guard, veterans, local digni-taries, state and national elected offi -cials, will all be a part of the event.

Teens and adults alike turned out for the werewolves-and-vampires love story, part of a Friday opening that saw the third installment gross $72 million nationwide. As Nordica The-atre worked out kinks in its digital movie delivery, fans enjoyed the fi lm in one of the six auditoriums.

Nordica Theatre features six screens and 715 seats; the largest auditorium boasts 163 seats, the smallest has 87 seats.

The cinema, located in a L.L. Bean complex at Freeport Village Station, boasts a 3D movie screen and digital technology.

It’s all digital fi lms, “no more 35 mil-limeter,” Benvenuto said.

“We have 17 movie theaters in our fl eet, and I’ve never seen a community rally around the opening of a theater” like this one, he said.

About a year in development, the Nordica Theatre is located in a build-ing owned by Berenson Associates.

Belmont Capital, based in Cam-bridge, Mass., operates movie cinemas with a combined 130 screens. Belmont Capital also operates the Windham Five Star Cinema, the Wells Five Star Cinema and Bangor Mall Cinemas under the name Your Neighborhood

Theatre. Belmont has a relationship with Berenson Associates, which owns the Freeport Village Station, Benve-nuto said.

“They’re friends of ours, and they knew we were in the business, they wanted somebody they’re friendly with, so it’s a good fi t,” he said.

“Dinner and a movie” may become more than a catchphrase in Freeport, based on plans to develop the down-town.

“The idea is to bring some restau-rants in on Mill Street here, so the theater would tie naturally into a couple of restaurants up the street,” Benvenuto said.

For now, the Nordica, with its 25 employees, is screening fi lms such as Disney’s “The Muppets,” and “Arthur Christmas,” an animated fi lm playing in both 2D and 3D.

For details, visit www.nordicathe-atre.com.

THEATER from page one“We have 17 movie theaters in our fl eet, and I’ve never seen a com-

munity rally around the opening of a theater” like this one. — Mark Ben-venuto, vice president of operations

for Belmont Capital

‘Dinner and a movie’ could become more than a catchphrase in Freeport

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Friday, Nov. 25

Spencer Albee & Friends Beatles Tribute8 p.m. Ninth annual Beatles Night with Spen-cer Albee. Portland’s Spencer Albee is front man of the Maine-based rock band Spencer and the School Spirit Mafi a. Port City Music Hall. Advance: $12; door: $15; VIP: $25. Ninth annual Beatles Night — this sold out last year so plan accordingly. Post Thanksgiving fun! www.portcitymusichall.com/performers/spen-cer-albee

Saturday, Nov. 26

‘The Last Waltz’ screening at the Statewith Dominic & The Lucid performing 7:30 p.m. It started as a concert. It became a celebration. Join an unparalleled lineup of rock superstars as they celebrate The Band’s historic 1976 farewell performance. Directed by Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull, Goodfel-las), The Last Waltz is not only “the most beautiful rock fi lm ever made” (New York Times) it’s “one of the most important cul-tural events of the last two decades” (Roll-ing Stone). Immediately following the movie, Portland’s own The Lucid will play a set of live music fea-turing songs of the Band. www.statetheatreportland.com

Erica Brown’s Bluegrass Connection7:30 p.m. The Saco River Grange Hall, 29 Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills. Fiddle prodigy Erica was competing at seven, touring at 9 and recording at 15, when she made her SRGH debut with the Old Time Radio Gang. Now her own fi ve piece Bluegrass Band is enjoying great popularity and returns for their annual post-Thanksgiving Bluegrass/coun-try/ folk musical hoedown, with Matt Shipman on guitar and vocals, Ken Taylor on bass, Steve Roy on Mandolin and vocals, and Read McNamara on Banjo. Adm. $14, students and seniors $12 or by donation. Children 12 and under free. Family maximum $30. Call 929-6472 for reservations.

Jago Thorne CD Release8 p.m. For his debut album, artist Jago Thorne presents

Fire in the Wake, a densely packed collection of lyrical unveiling and musical moxie. Chiseled from bedrock auto-biography, the album balances the familiar territory of the singer-songwriter with a surprising collision of pan-genre compositions and stark narratives. One Longfellow Square. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Dead Prez at Port City8 p.m. Continuing on the path of politically minded artists like Public Enemy, 2pac and KRS-One, the Floridaformed- New York based outfi t known as Dead Prez has been craft-ing revolutionary but gangsta hip-hop since the late 1990s. Advance: $15; door: $18; VIP: $25. Continuing on the path of politically minded artists like Public Enemy, 2pac and KRS-One, the Floridaformed- New York based outfi t known as Dead Prez has been crafting revolutionary but gangsta hip-hop since the late 1990s. www.portcitymusichall.com/events/dead-prez

Sunday, Nov. 27

WCLZ Presents Gillian Welch at the State7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT. The State Theatre.

Thursday, Dec. 1

Assembly of Dust & Ryan Montbleau 7 p.m. Assembly of Dust, Ryan Montbleau Band, at Port City Music Hall. Advance: $20; door: $25; VIP: $30; 18 plus. http://portcitymusichall.com/events

Jeffrey Foucault & Mark Erelli8 p.m. Jeffrey Foucault & Mark Erelli, Seven Curses. On their CD “Seven Curses,” songwrit-ers Mark Erelli and Jeffrey Foucault match an elemental approach with the elemental subjects: love and death. Under the banner of the Murder Ballad, Foucault and Erelli execute uncanny harmony arrangements with a list of songs that decidedly expands the genre. One Longfellow Square. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Friday, Dec. 2

The Fogcutters present Big Band Syndrome7 p.m. State Theatre, Maine’s biggest acts with

The Fogcutters’ twist. Featuring Dave Gutter (Rustic Over-tones/Paranoid Social Club); Spose; Darien Brahms; Jacob Augustine (Jacob and the House of Fire); Zach Jones; Dominic Lavoie (The Lucid); The Mallett Brothers; Lyle Divinsky; Sly-Chi. The Fogcutters will present original arrangements of Maine’s biggest musical acts — accom-panied on-stage by these musicians themselves — as well as the band’s original material. “Come hear your favorite music like you have never heard it before.” www.statetheatreportland.com

Tom Rush at One Longfellow Square8 p.m. Tom Rush’s impact on the American music scene has been profound. He helped shape the folk revival in the ’60s and the renaissance of the ’80s and ’90s, his music having left its stamp on generations of artists. Country music star Garth Brooks has credited Rush with being one of his top fi ve musi-cal infl uences. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

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Black Friday ‘frenzy’ expanding in PortlandSmall businesses in Maine hope to take Black

Friday and not only run with it but parlay the post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy into other promo-tions that urge a "buy local" mentality.

The Portland Downtown District is supporting the American Express-sponsored Small Business Sat-urday by reminding holiday shoppers that local is better this Saturday.

"We're just jumping on the bandwagon to remind people that what's different about downtowns is they're the home of small, independent businesses and more of your money stays local, because if you think about them, they live locally, they pay prop-erty taxpayers," said Jan Beitzer, executive director of the Portland Downtown District.

Small businesses, she said, are more like neigh-bors than businesses.

"Their accountant may be the person who's two blocks away or in a neighboring town," she said.

Maine native Karen Mills, who's administrator of the federal Small Business Administration, gave a shout-out to Maine in a midweek online column

about Small Business Saturday."There are many people in my

life that appreciate a unique gift from a local business, like the blue-berry jam I pick up at the Farmers’ Market in my hometown of Bruns-wick, Maine," Mills wrote in a blog that was reposted on the White House website. "This Saturday, I’m planning to go back to that market early in the morning."

"Other top-level offi cials through-out the Administration are also 'shopping small' this Saturday," Mills wrote.

In Portland, a locally based Internet market-ing company teamed up with the Portland Down-town District to promote a weekend-long shopping incentive.

Black Friday coupons — distributed in 1,000 printed coupon books and available online at the district's website, portlandmaine.com — are a new way to try to drive traffi c to the downtown area and its small businesses, said Anton Kaufer, fi eld sales development manager for Local Thunder, based in Portland.

"We had mobs of people downtown last Friday to grab those coupon books. People were excited," he said. "It's just rallying around the concept of getting people to support their local community and capi-talize on the shopping frenzy that surrounds Black Friday each year."

The books contain coupons good at 66 businesses with a combined savings of over $1,000, Kaufer said.

"The coupons are good from Black Friday all the way through the weekend to Cyber Monday. ... If folks wanted to bounce around from store to store or they were out of town for the holiday, we wanted to give them the opportunity," he said.

Beitzer said the district wants to carry the momen-tum of Black Friday and Small Business Saturday into the month of December, with promotions such as Think Outside the Box for Arts District shopping and a Twelve Days of Christmas raffl e.

"Our thing is really all the weekends in December, so we have events every weekend," she said.

The goal is to remind holiday shoppers that local merchants should be familiar faces: "the guy who cut your hair or where you buy your coffee or the bookstore on the corner."

BY DAVID CARKHUFFTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

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LEFT: Peter Lacy clears off his car along Presump-scot Street Wednesday after a pre-Thanksgiving snowstorm coated Port-land. Central Maine Power Company crews restored power to nearly all of the customers who lost service when the storm dumped heavy, wet snow across Maine. Outages peaked at nearly 14,200 customer accounts, and utility offi cials estimated more than 28,000 custom-ers were without service at some point over the course of the storm.

BELOW LEFT: Central Maine Power crews clear limbs from a power line on Old Bath Road in Bruns-wick Wednesday.

BELOW RIGHT: A state plow truck clears Route 1 north of Freeport Village Wednesday after the overnight snowstorm. More than 475 plow trucks turned out to clear Maine’s roadways, the Maine Department of Transportation reported. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

Pre-Thanksgiving Day snowstorm knocks out power to more than 28,000 CMP customers


Weak bond sale tests Germany’s stature

FRANKFURT — Ger-many’s stature as an island of stability amid the fi nancial chaos of the euro zone was challenged Wednesday after an auc-tion of government bonds met slack demand, sug-gesting that investors are beginning to question whether there are any havens left in Europe.

Analysts cautioned against reading too much into a single bond issue — one of nine this year that has failed to sell out, according to the German Finance Ministry. But the dismal sale results helped push down stocks world-wide and contributed to the atmosphere of fear that prevails in Europe: that the crisis is getting ahead of the political will to solve it.

In the fi rst steps toward the closer political and fi nancial integration that many have come to believe is essential for the survival of the euro, the European Commission proposed Wednesday that countries surrender more power over their national fi nances to the European authorities, giving Brus-sels the right to request a rewrite of spending plans that seem too profl igate.

The commission, the executive agency of the European Union, also fl oated ideas for the issu-ance of bonds backed by all the countries of the euro zone — a measure that, despite German opposi-tion, is gaining acceptance as a means of market reas-surance as the crisis per-sists.

With the debt crisis gaining momentum rather than abating, and threats growing to countries at the core of the currency zone, measures that were politically impossible just a year ago are now being actively discussed, though it remains to be seen whether they will be enough to reassure mar-kets that the crisis has been contained.

If Germany’s borrow-ing costs continue to rise, it would be a blow to the country’s prestige and could profoundly shift the debate about how to cope with the euro crisis. About one-third of the 6 billion euro issues of German bonds found no buyers, twice as much unsold stock as normal.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You feel driven to spread your love of humanity to everyone with whom you connect. Your conversation hovers around the most interesting and uplifting news you’ve heard. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You will know on a deep level that you’re an integral part of what’s happening in your group. You’ll get the sense that you’re leading the action in a way that never could occur without you. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll exercise your creative muscles and express yourself with fl air. There will be more options available to you than you could possibly sample in one day, though you’ll certainly try! CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll be among a mix of loved ones and strangers, and you’ll feel that in many ways the world is one big community in which you feel quite welcome. People around you will be thankful that you were part of their day. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Counteract the day’s heightened level of excite-ment with moments of deep breathing, fresh air and solitude. Ten minutes to yourself every so often will ensure that your mood is consistently wonderful. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll take extra measures to make sure that everyone is comfortable. In an effort to see things the way your loved ones see things, you’ll put yourself in differ-ent positions, fi guratively and, wherever possible, actually. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll be inclined to hustle all day if you let your-self, but don’t. Your enjoyment will be amplifi ed if you relax into moments of chitchat and fun instead of constantly noticing all the work there is to be

done. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll hear kind words of support, and you’ll mentally speak to yourself in an encour-aging way, as well. All the positive rein-forcement will help you make this day truly memorable for you and yours. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It has something to do with the way you dig into life with a sense of whimsy and fun. By the end of the day, you’ll be even more popular than you were at the beginning. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You approach the day with some degree of solemnity, and there’s an atmosphere of importance around you. The respect you give to loved ones comes like a fast boomerang back to you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You understand what it means to have an attitude of gratitude, and you’ll teach those who are younger, or those who are for some reason less aware of their blessings, how to show and feel appre-ciation. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll ignore the little glitches and change the plan as often as necessary. You’ll let nothing keep you from your goal of creating a shared experience with the people you love. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 24). Relationships will be healed this year. In the weeks to come, you’ll spend gleeful quality time with those who are most dear to you. You’ll buzz with electric insight into matters of business in January. You will be wiling to take greater risks because you have a pre-scient sense that the return will be high. Cancer and Libra people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 15, 44, 31 and 30.

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10 MPBNWashing-ton Week (N) Å

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Great Performances Il Postino From LA Opera Romantic opera. (N) (In Stereo) Å

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Today is Thursday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2011. There are 37 days left in the year. This is Thanksgiving Day.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Nov. 24, 1971, a hijacker calling

himself “Dan Cooper” (but who became popularly known as “D.B. Cooper”) para-chuted from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 somewhere over the Pacifi c Northwest after receiving $200,000 dollars in ransom — his fate remains unknown.

On this date:In 1784, Zachary Taylor, the 12th presi-

dent of the United States, was born in Orange County, Va.

In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” which explained his theory of evolution by means of natural selection.

In 1863, the Civil War Battle of Lookout Mountain began in Tennessee; Union forces succeeded in taking the mountain from the Confederates.

In 1941, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Edwards v. California, unanimously struck down a California law prohibiting people from bringing impoverished non-residents into the state.

In 1950, the musical “Guys and Dolls,” based on the writings of Damon Runyon and featuring songs by Frank Loesser, opened on Broadway.

In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television.

In 1969, Apollo 12 splashed down safely in the Pacifi c.

In 1991, rock singer Freddie Mercury died in London at age 45 of AIDS-related pneu-monia.

One year ago: A jury in Austin convicted former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, on charges he’d illegally funneled corporate money to Texas candi-dates in 2002. (DeLay, who was later sen-tenced to three years in prison, is free on bond as his legal team appeals.)

Today’s Birthdays: Country singer Johnny Carver is 71. Rock-and-roll drum-mer Pete Best is 70. Rock musician Donald “Duck” Dunn (Booker T. & the MG’s) is 70. Actor-comedian Billy Connolly is 69. Singer Lee Michaels is 66. Actor Dwight Schultz is 64. Actor Stanley Livingston is 61. Rock musician Clem Burke is 57. Record producer Terry Lewis is 55. Actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson is 55. Actress Denise Crosby is 54. Actress Shae D’Lyn is 49. Rock musician John Squire (The Stone Roses) is 49. Rock musician Gary Stonadge (Big Audio) is 49. Actor Garret Dillahunt is 47. Actor-comedian Scott Krinsky is 43. Rock musician Chad Taylor (Live) is 41. Actress Lola Glaudini is 40. Actress Danielle Nicolet is 38. Actor Colin Hanks is 34. Actress Katherine Heigl is 33. Actress Sarah Hyland is 21.

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Thursday, Nov. 24

100th Anniversary Turkey Day Game10:30 a.m. One of the country’s oldest and most intense cross-town football rivalries will celebrate its centennial on Thanksgiving, Nov. 24 in Portland. Two of the city’s public high schools, Deering and Portland High, will face off at 10:30 a.m. in the 100th Turkey Day Game. Former players, coaches and cheerleaders are coming from as far away as California and Texas. They include Mark Littlefi eld, a 1986 Portland High alumnus and football co-captain who now works as head athletic trainer for the New York Yankees, and Tom Bore, (Portland High class of 1961), a Florida retiree who has attended every game for more than half a century.

Thanksgiving dinner11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wayside Food Programs is partner-ing with United Way of Greater Portland to provide a free, community Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving Day at the Portland Club, 156 State St., Portland. This complete holiday meal is for those who might not otherwise have the means to prepare one or who want to enjoy the company of others on the holiday.

Wake N’ Bakery Thanksgiving dinner1 p.m. Wake N’ Bakery will be providing a free Thanks-giving dinner for all in need. “We’re open to anybody that wants it,” said Chris Vaughan, owner. The Westbrook cafe welcomes donated food for this event. 597 Bridgton Road, Westbrook. Serving until the food is gone, roughly until 6 p.m. The cafe plans about 200 dinners. 797-7344.

Friday, Nov. 25

Maine Historical Society Museum Store10 a.m. Maine Historical Society Museum Store Holiday Bazaar, runs through Dec. 31. “Shop for the holidays at the MHS Museum Store! The museum store is renowned for its incredible selection of Maine related books, DVDs, and gifts. We have expanded the store for the holidays and fi lled it with a wide variety of seasonal items. The annual holiday bazaar has become an MHS tradition. MHS mem-bers receive a 10 percent discount on all purchases in our museum store and online. Proceeds from your purchases support the efforts of Maine Historical Society. www.maine-historystore.com. The museum store is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Store will close at 2 p.m. on Dec. 24 and will be closed Dec. 25 and 26 and Jan. 1 and 2. http://www.mainehistory.org/programs_events.shtml

Victoria Mansion Christmas Season: Deck the Halls11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. “Our well-loved Christmas at Victo-ria Mansion is an annual highlight of the holiday season for many people from across the nation. This year’s theme is Deck the Halls: the Carols of Christmas, and each room in the Mansion will be decorated by a professional designer inspired by a different Christmas carol from the Victorian period.” Holiday tours from No. 25, 2011 to Jan. 8, 2012, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Daily except Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Maine authors’ book signingnoon to 3 p.m. The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance announced its 2011 Holiday Book Sale. Working in part-nership with the Friends of the Portland Public Library and independent bookseller Longfellow Books, the MWPA will host a book signing with 25 Maine authors in the Portland Public Library. Authors scheduled to appear at the book sale include: Liza Bakewell, Crash Barry, Robert Chute, Susan Conley, Mary Morton Cowan, George Daughan, Paul Doiron, Gerri Eastment, Robin Hansen, Hannah Holmes, Lily King, Jessica Kinney, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Wesley McNair, Maria Padian, Elizabeth Peavey, Richard Roberts, Sandy Seeley Walling, Caitlin Shetterly, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Sarah Thomson, Chris Van Dusen, and James Witherell. For more information: www.mainewriters.org or 228-8263.

The Polar Express train ride2:45 p.m. The Polar Express returns to Portland. “And this year, we’ve added an early train time (2:45 p.m.) and another First Class car! Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between Nov. 25 and Dec. 23, 2:45 p.m., 4 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m. The Polar Express will come to life when the Maine Narrow Gauge train departs its Ocean Gateway depot for a journey to the ‘North Pole.’ Holiday decorations inside the train will add to the festive atmosphere as guests on board meet the conductor, have hot chocolate and a treat, listen to a reading of the enchanting story over our sound system, and sing carols. Santa will ride back with everyone to the train station from a special outpost of the North Pole and

every child will receive their special bell on board the train.” www.mainenarrowgauge.org

Horse and Wagon Rides4 p.m. “Free rides throughout enchanting downtown on a horse-drawn wagon. Enjoy the lights and sounds of the hol-iday season. Pick-up and drop-off every half hour in Monu-ment Square.” Friday, Nov. 25 through Sunday, Dec. 18. Fridays (4 p.m. to 8 p.m.), Saturdays (2 p.m. to 6 p.m.), Sun-days (1 p.m. to 5 p.m.) Visit portlandmaine.com for details.

Christmas Tree Lighting5:30 p.m. Monument Square Christmas tree lighting. “Come see the spectacular lighting of the Christmas Tree at this annual tradition! Entertainment by Rick Charette and the Bubblegum Band and a visit by a very special guest!” Visit portlandmaine.com for details.

Pirates at home for Black Friday7 p.m. Portland Pirates hockey will return to the Civic Center on Black Friday, Nov. 25 at 7 p.m. when the Worcester Sharks come to town for the fi rst of 12 meet-ings this season. Offered during all nine Friday home games during the 2011-12 season is the special “Dollar Desert Dog” promotion where fans can purchase their “Desert Dog” hot dogs for a single dollar at any of the Civic Center concession locations on the concourse from an hour before faceoff until 10 minutes after the second period begins. In addition, the Portland Pirates Holiday Toy Drive will kickoff and all toy donations to Toys for Tots and cash donations to the Bruce Roberts Toy Fund will be rewarded with a pair of tickets to a future Pirates game. Individual tickets for the each of the remaining 29 home games of the Pirates 2011-12 regular season schedule are on sale and fans can purchase their tickets by visiting the Pirates ticket offi ce, Cumberland County Civic Center box offi ce (open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.) or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com.

‘The Topp Twins’6:30 p.m. “The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls,” Friday, Nov. 25, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 26, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 27, 2 p.m. Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: $7 and available on the day of the show. For a complete list of movies, visit moviesatthemuseum.org.

Saturday, Nov. 26

Down East Ski Sale8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The next Down East Ski Sale will be held

Saturday, after Thanksgiving at the Portland Expo Building on Park Avenue near the ballpark. Admission is free. “For many, standing in line waiting for the sale to open is a tra-dition, but with over over 10,000 pieces of ski equipment: boots, skis, snowboards, bindings, helmets, clothing and poles, great deals can be found all day long! The general public may bring their ski related items to enter into the sale Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, from noon to 6 p.m. There is a $1 registration fee per item, and 20 percent com-mission is charged if the item is sold.”

Effi ngham Holiday Craft Festival9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Effi ngham Holiday Craft Festival will once again be held at the Effi ngham Elementary School. “This is the eighth year for the show, and has a very strong fol-lowing. The artists and craftsmen come from all over New Hampshire, Maine and other New England states. Come see regular favorites as well as some new and unique ven-dors soon to become new favorites.” For directions to the show or for more information, please visit www.magnetic-moon.com. Call (603) 539-9090.

Lucid Stage Holiday Arts & Crafts Show9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lucid Stage’s second annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Show, “Join us for Lucid Stage’s second annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Show, Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. We’ll have all sorts of locally made arts and crafts, plus caricatures by Ed King, which make memorable gifts!” 29 Baxter Blvd, Portland. Also Sunday.

Music in the House1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Longfellow House, In June 2002, the Maine Historical Society celebrated the centennial of the Wad-sworth–Longfellow House as Maine’s fi rst house museum open to the public. “Come visit Maine Historical Society this holiday season for an exciting array of activities and pro-grams scheduled from Nov. 19-Dec. 31.” www.mainehis-tory.org/holidays.shtml

‘The Nutcracker’ 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Nov. 26 to Dec. 4. Presented by Maine State Ballet. Tickets are $20-$60. “The Maine State Ballet brings the classic holiday story of Clara, the Nutcracker Prince and the Sugar Plum Fairy to Merrill Auditorium. Maine State Ballet’s production of ‘The Nutcracker,’ with the live musical accompaniment by the Maine State Ballet Orchestra conducted by Karla Kelley, is a perennial favorite of Portland’s holiday season.” https://tickets.porttix.com/public/show_events_list.asp

On Sunday, Dec. 4, Cheverus High School will host a ceremony in the Keegan Gymnasium beginning at 4 p.m. to welcome the Wreaths Across America Project convoy, the Patriot Guard Riders, and the other motorcycle and motor vehicle groups and state and municipal law enforcement who help escort the Wreaths Across America Project convoy. Here, last year’s participants lay wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery. (COURTESY PHOTO)

It’s Black Friday, the kickoff to Christmas shopping. Here, a Reny’s department store display in Portland puts shoppers in the holiday spirit. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)


Contra Dance at Mayo Street8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Contra Dance at Mayo Street Arts. $7 admission. Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland. Live music by Soupbone, Kathryn Larsen calling. All dances taught. Bring clean shoes for dancing. http://mayostree-tarts.org/calendar/

Sunday, Nov. 27

Lucid Stage Holiday Arts & Crafts Show9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lucid Stage’s second annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Show, “Join us for Lucid Stage’s second annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Show, Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. We’ll have all sorts of locally made arts and crafts, plus caricatures by Ed King, which make memorable gifts!” 29 Baxter Blvd, Portland.

‘The Nutcracker’ 2 p.m. Nov. 26 to Dec. 4. Presented by Maine State Ballet. Tickets are $20-$60. “The Maine State Ballet brings the classic holiday story of Clara, the Nutcracker Prince and the Sugar Plum Fairy to Merrill Auditorium. Maine State Ballet’s production of ‘The Nutcracker,’ with the live musi-cal accompaniment by the Maine State Ballet Orchestra conducted by Karla Kelley, is a perennial favorite of Port-land’s holiday season.” https://tickets.porttix.com/public/show_events_list.asp

Deck the Fort Allen Park bandstand2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Fort Allen Park. “Join those energetic Elves of the Eastern Promenade as they deck the Fort Allen Park bandstand with boughs of evergreen and holiday lights. We’ll provide the garland and the lights — just bring your gloves, warm clothes and good cheer. When the job is done, we’ll fl ip the switch and admire our work!” http://easternpromenade.org

Ryann Chamberlain fundraising benefi tat Caso Novello in Westbrook2 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. “Thanks for Giving” fundraising benefi t for Ryann Chamberlain, Casa Novello, 649 Main St., West-brook. Silent auction raffl e, call for reservations. 854-9909. Please email Melissa at melissa.lefl [email protected].

‘Chefs and Musicians for Safe Harbor’4 p.m. to 7 p.m. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church Portland is launching a new program Safe Harbor — a legal assistance fund to address the increase in requests the church receives by asylum seekers who need legal assistance. The church is kicking off this program with a benefit event concert “Chefs and Musicians for Safe Harbor,” on Sunday, Nov. 27, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at First Parish, 425 Congress St., Portland. “The Rev. Christina Sillari has stretched her discretionary funds as far as they will go to help asylum seekers who come to her for help at First Parish Unitarian Universalist. Rev. Sillari says ‘our many friends who provide pro bono and low cost legal assistance to asylum seek-ers are so backlogged with requests, that many asylum

applicants must look elsewhere to find low-fee legal representation. These individuals endure a dilemma with a deadline: they must engage a lawyer’s services even before they have been granted a work permit to raise the fees for one. The stress is unimaginable; these asylum seekers must prove their lives are at risk and that worse perils face them if they are sent back to their home countries. Three people our church recently helped are talented, educated people who share our values, and for that they have already paid a high price — flight from their jobs and families.”

Monday, Nov. 28

‘Exit Strategies for Political (and Academic) Warfare’6 p.m. The University of New England’s Center for Global Humanities will host a presentation by Colby professor Dan Cohen on, “How To Lose an Argument — And Why: Exit Strategies for Political (and Academic) Warfare” at the WCHP Lecture Hall on the Portland Campus. Prior to the lecture, there will be a reception at the UNE Art Gallery at 5

p.m. Both the lecture and reception are free and open to the public. Professor Cohen has taught Philosophy at universi-ties on three different continents, published in journals on four continents, and lectured on a total of fi ve to date. He is the author of, Argument is War . . . and War is Hell: Philoso-phy, Education, and Metaphors for Argumentation.” UNE’s Center for Global Humanities is a public forum dedicated to the study of human destiny in the 21st century. For more information, visit www.une.edu/cgh.

Muslims in America7:30 p.m. Andrea Elliott, a New York Times reporter who has reported on Muslims in America since 2005, offers her perspective on the topic at, in the Benjamin Mays Center, 95 Russell St. Presented by the Offi ce of Intercultural Edu-cation, the event is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please contact 755-5980. Elliott has been an investigative reporter for the Times since 2003. In 2005, she began covering Islam in America. Her series “An Imam in America,” which won Elliott the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, chron-icled the life of Sheik Reda Shata, an immigrant Muslim leader in Brooklyn. 615.3609. [email protected], www.mayostreetarts.org

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Mike Grant hangs Christmas lights for the city near Monument Square. Today at 5:30 p.m., the public can enjoy a tree lighting ceremony in Monument Square. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Today from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., the Portland Public Library at Monument Square will offer refreshments and live music. “This annual event is a great time to come check out the Portland Public Library. Generously sponsored by Friends of Portland Public Library. Also, from noon to 3 p.m., meet your favorite Maine authors at the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance Holiday Book Sale in the Lewis Gallery. Books will be available for purchase and signing.” (FILE PHOTO)

Jada Fitch has completed a lush new series of paintings. “Each canvas allows visitors to catch a glimpse of the curious goings-on in a mysterious seaside forest world few have seen before,” reports the Green Hand bookstore, which features Fitch’s work for First Friday Art Walk, Dec. 2. (COURTESY IMAGE)


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Vein Healthcare Center free screenings9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Vein Healthcare Center will be giving free leg screenings from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Patient visits will include a venous exam of both legs, an overview of treatment options, and an opportunity to have questions answered by Dr. Cindy Asbjornsen, one of the leading phle-bology (vein health) specialists in Maine. Though the leg screening is free, an appointment is required. Call the Vein Healthcare Center at 221-7799 to make an appointment, or visit www.veinhealthcarecenter.com for more information. The Vein Healthcare Center is located in South Portland at 100 Foden Road, Suite 307.

Cheverus Toy Drive4 p.m. “Over the next few weeks, the Cheverus High School community will be collecting unwrapped gifts, toys and cash from alumni, faculty, staff, parents and friends of the school, and the local community for its second annual holiday Toy Drive. This year Cheverus High School will be partner-ing with The Sharing Sleigh, a volunteer holiday program which will coordinate donations from the Toy Drive and of food, gifts and clothing to those who are less fortu-nate or homeless in our community. Donations are wel-come! Please deliver your unwrapped toy or donation of cash or check during school hours to the Guidance Department (next to the main offi ce) at Cheverus High School, 267 Ocean Ave., Portland, Maine. Donations will be accepted until Dec. 16. Your generous donation will help those who might otherwise not share in the joys of this holiday season. You may also drop off your donation at the Cheverus High School Tree Lighting ceremony on Nov. 29, at 4 p.m. Come join in the fun as we light our Christmas tree, enjoy a visit with Santa, sing along with carolers and share hot chocolate and sweet treats. For more information or to donate to the Cheverus Toy Drive, contact [email protected].

DownEast Pride Alliance ‘Business After Hours’5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Networking event at Pat’s Pizza Old Port, 30 Free St., Portland. “Cash bar, lite food and media table. Bring business cards to share. See you there for ‘cocktails and conversation!’” The DownEast Pride Alliance (DEPA) is a GLBTQ business networking group in Southern Maine meeting monthly at local establishments for “Busi-ness After Hours” events that provide a safe forum for, and help strengthen, the local gay & gay-friendly business com-munity. Bring business cards to share on our Media Table. No fees or RSVP to attend. All in the community are wel-come to come for “cocktails & conversation.” Find DEPA on

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Lewiston/Auburn Community Little Theatre auditions7 p.m. Lewiston/Auburn Community Little Theatre will hold auditions for “Almost Maine” by Maine playwright John Cariani on Nov. 29 and 30 at 7 p.m. at Great Falls Art Center 30 Academy St., Auburn. Ensemble piece for four women and four men, age not a factor. Katie St. Pierre directs. Perfor-mances are Feb. 10-19, 2012. FMI, 783-0958 or laclt.com.

Wednesday, Nov. 30

Maine’s Museums: Art, Oddities and Artifactsnoon. Janet Mendelshon at the Maine Maritime Museum Bath. Free admission. “The fi rst book devoted solely to the diverse and often unexpected museums in the Pine Tree State. Whether you want to see great works of art or truly unique collections — from umbrella covers to strange creatures — you’ll fi nd it in Maine and you’ll fi nd it in Maine’s Museums.” For information or to register visit www.MaineMaritimeMuseum.org or call 443-1316 during business hours.

Victoria Mansion Christmas Gala6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Victoria Mansion Christmas Gala Join us for a festive evening to benefi t Victoria Mansion. Tour the elegantly decorated Mansion * Meet the design-ers * Enjoy fabulous food and drink in luxurious Mansion spaces and the enclosed heated porch and courtyard * 10 percent discount in the Carriage House Museum Shop * Preview exclusive new Christmas gifts. www.victoriaman-sion.org/events_rentals/events.aspx

Councilor John Coyne district meeting7 p.m. City Councilors and staff will be available to dis-cuss neighborhood issues and answer questions from the public. These meetings are the public’s opportunity to meet their district councilor, the mayor and representatives from the various departments within the city. District 5 Meet-ing hosted by Councilor John Coyne, Riverton Commu-nity Center, 1600 Forest Ave. For more information about these meetings, contact Mike Murray, the city’s Island and Neighborhood Administrator at 756-8288, or [email protected].

Thursday, Dec. 1

World AIDS Day reception and vigil5 p.m. to 7 p.m. In a unique collaboration, Frannie Pea-body Center will partner with one of Portland’s most historic landmarks, Victoria Mansion, to hold its annual World AIDS Day reception and vigil. The event will be highlighted by a reading and talk from John-Manuel Andriote, author of the recently re-released Victory Deferred: How AIDS Changed

Gay Life in America and culminate in a candlelight vigil on the mansion steps, weather permitting. Each year clients, supporters, volunteers and community leaders around the world gather in a variety of ceremonies and special events to recognize World AIDS Day, a day marked for remember-ing those lost to the epidemic and honoring the progress made in the thirty years since the epidemic began. This will be the fi rst time Frannie Peabody Center has held World AIDS Day at Victoria Mansion, which will be completely decorated for the holidays.

Good Theater Broadway hits, holiday favorites7 p.m. Good Theater’s annual concerts featuring Broadway hits and holiday favorites Dec. 1-4. Good Theater presents Broadway leading man Kevin Earley joined by a cast of 17 singers including Marva Pittman, Kelly Caufi eld, Lynne McGhee and Stephen Underwood. Directed by Brian P. Allen with musical direction by Victoria Stubbs who leads the three-piece band. Performance times are Thursday at 7 p.m. ($25), Friday at 7:30 ($25), Saturday matinee at 3 p.m. ($25) and Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. ($30), and Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. ($30). At the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland. Call 885-5883 for reservations and information. www.goodtheater.com

Portland’s fi rst annual Palestinian Film Festival7:30 p.m. Dec. 1— “‘Jenin Jenin.’ A documentary of the city and refugee camp destroyed by Israeli forces in April 2002 and the indomitable spirit of the Palestinians in their struggle for human rights and statehood.” SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. 7:30 p.m. $7/5 for Space and MVPR members and students with ID. Dec. 2 — “‘Eyewitness Gaza.’ A documentary of life in Gaza following Israel’s attack in the winter of 2008-09. Focus is on Gazan youths’ ability to survive a siege and marginalization by the world community. Direc-tor Tom Jackson will attend.” Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St. 8 p.m. $7/5 for MVPR & Peace Action Maine members & students w/ID. Dec. 3 — “‘Salt of This Sea.’ Feature-length film, starring noted Palestin-ian poet Suheir Hammad. At once political and tender, even lyrical, ‘Salt of This Sea’ is the engaging story of a Palestinian-American (Hammad) who decides to leave Brooklyn, reclaim her birthright and live in her homeland. Captures the Palestinians’ struggle for rec-ognition of their basic humanity. SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St. 7:30 p.m. $7/5 for SPACE and Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights members and students with ID. Sponsored and organized by MVPR. Net pro-ceeds will go to the Middle East Children’s Alliance water project to bring clean, safe water to the children of Gaza. Robert Schaible, 239-8060; [email protected].

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Friday, Dec. 2

Port of Portland: A Ship-Shaped History5 p.m. Portland Public Library, Lewis Gal-lery, free admission. Friday, Dec. 2 through Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. Opening event, 5 p.m., Friday Dec. 2 – Director’s Remarks and Meet the Curator. “Maine Maritime Museum’s latest exhibit presents a vision of the history of Maine’s Gateway City as portrayed by the ships that have transited Portland Head to clear Spring Point Ledge, a series of vessels as diverse as the different eras they represent; vessels that have brought hope, grief, suste-nance, prosperity, disappointment, and a good day’s work to its people.” For more information visit www.MaineMaritimeMuseum.org or call 443-1316 during business hours.

Five Dollar First Friday5 p.m. “On the fi rst Friday of December, Vic-toria Mansion will extend its hours until 8:30 p.m. and all admissions after 5 p.m. are only $5. There will be holiday refreshments in the Carriage House Museum Shop’s Loft for our guests! Do not miss out on the only time to tour the Mansion after dark this Christmas Season!”

The Gallery at Harmon’s & Barton’s First Friday Art Walk5 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Bringing Art Home for the Holidays” fea-turing four inspired craft artists in fi ber, metal, wood and clay. “Join us for our Holiday Celebration, First Friday Art Walk, Dec. 2, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., 584 Congress St., Portland. Exhibit and sale through December during gallery hours, Mon.–Fri., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sat., 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 774-5948. www.harmonsbartons.com

‘In The Forest By The Sea’5 p.m. to 8 p.m. First Friday Art Walk opening of “In The Forest By The Sea,” paintings by Jada Fitch, at the Green Hand Bookshop, 661 Congress St., Portland. On display through the month of January. Contact Michelle Souliere at 253-6808 or [email protected]. “Each canvas allows visitors to catch a glimpse of the curious goings-on in a mysterious seaside forest world few have seen before,” reports the Green Hand bookstore.

Goodwill Industries art sale5 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Goodwill Industries of Northern New England will hold its sixth bi-annual ‘Art for Everyone: A Collection of Donated Art,’ on Friday, December 2, from, at Goodwill’s Headquarters (353 Cumberland Ave., Port-land). The sale will feature over 250 drawings, oils, pastels, posters, prints and watercolors donated to Goodwill stores in the local community. All pieces of art will be affordably priced just in time for the holidays. ... Proceeds from the fundraiser will benefi t Goodwill’s job training and support services in the northern New England community.”

Bob Tkacik at Geno’s Rock Club5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. At Geno’s Rock Club, Bob Tkacik

will be opening his month-long exhibit in the lobby. “Bob lives in Portland, and went to art school once (although he claims you won’t be able to tell based on this particu-lar exhibit). He has a penchant for attracting piles of skel-etal remains and rusted things, simply by stepping out of his house, and because of this he has decided to adhere said items to other inanimate bits of detritus and display it for all to see. He will also display works revolving around geometric repetition and spiraling colors. Most recently, he has been involved with a collaborative mural at the Octopi Gallery on Congress Street in Portland. Art Walk in Geno’s lobby is open to all, refreshments provided, for free.“

2011 SEA Holiday Art Sale6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Over 80 artists bringing you blown glass, jewelry, journals, paintings, textiles, sculptures, photogra-phy, paper crafts, pottery, magnets, cards, bags, children’s soft toys, and more. Also Saturday, Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 4, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. East End Community School Center, 195 North St., Portland. Free admission; light food available in PTO Café.

Open Sky Fund event6 p.m. “Two nights of ‘FUN’draising or the Open Sky Fund, a registered nonprofi t organization providing Musical Instru-ments and Opportunities to children in Maine. At this event, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2 and 3 at the Big Easy there will be live music by local bands who are donating their time, food from Divided Sky Café, and some very special guests including a 12-year-old guitar player from the area. The Open Sky Faery will present an instrument to a child each night. There will be a silent auction with items from local

businesses. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and music will begin at 7 p.m. Come early as space is limited, and these shows will sell out. Open Sky Fund has been providing instruments to children in Maine since 2009, in memory of Van Lawton of Oxford County, a magickal musician who left to his closest friends, his last song titled ‘Open Sky.’ More information about the Open Sky Fund is available at www.openskyfund.org.” Tickets for Kimmy’s Odd Ball are $10 each night and all proceeds benefi t the fund. Tickets are on sale now at www.openskyfund.org. Donations of gently used instruments are always welcome. Guests are encouraged to dress in cos-tume and prepare to dance.

Portland Playback Theater7:30 p.m. First Friday, Dec. 2, Theme: Holidays from Heaven and Hell. “Port-land Playback performs its very popular holiday offering next month: Holidays from Heaven and Hell. We all know how rich and emotionally complex the holiday season is. Everyone’s expecta-tions are so high; there’s the commercial aspect, family relationships, friendships. Some of our happiest and some of our saddest stories are told and ‘played back’ at this event.” Every month, Port-land Playback puts fi ve actors at your disposal to reenact true stories from

your life with improvisation. $5 at the door, CTN5 studio, 516 Congress St., Portland. FMI, email [email protected] or call 671-9481. Find out more at www.portlandplayback.com.

‘The Wandering Beggar’7:30 p.m. Acorn Productions, a nonprofi t company based in the Dana Warp Mill in downtown Westbrook, continues its second season of Studio Series presentations with an adaptation by local playwright Howard Rosenfi eld of the book “The Wandering Beggar … or The Adventures of Simple Shmerel” by Solomon Simon. The book was writ-ten originally in Yiddish and fi rst published in 1931. It was then translated, by the author and his son, David Simon, and published in English in 1942. “The Wandering Beggar” is comprised of a charming series of vignettes, in which the title character encounters a series of dishonest ser-vants and greedy kings, overcoming each obstacle with a direct and honest approach. By the end of the play, the simple beggar has proven to have more wisdom than the rabbis. This adaptation was commissioned by Acorn and is being performed with the good wishes of the author’s family. Acorn’s production is directed by veteran theater artist Harlan Baker, and features an ensemble of 11 actors, including returning faces from previous Acorn shows along with several newcomers to the theater scene. The show runs from Dec. 2 through Dec. 18, with performances Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, and may be purchased on-line at www.acorn-productions.org or by calling 854-0065.

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The Portland Daily Sun, Friday, November 25, 2011

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