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Afghan Prez to U.S.: Back Off!Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced

that the U.S. must reduce in both visibility andintensity its military operations, especiallythose night raids. Said Karzai, “The time hascome to reduce military operations. The timehas come to reduce the presence of, you know,boots in Afghanistan — to reduce the intrusive-ness into the daily Afghan life.” Karzai is attempt-ing to make peace with the Taliban. He also saidthe Taliban has agreed with him that the 9-yearwar has taken too high a toll on the people ofAfghanistan. He added, “Too many people aresuffering for no reason.” He added he wasn’tcriticizing America but just trying to improvethe relationship between the two countries.

General David Petraeus, the U.S. and NATOcommanders have said all is going well on theground against enemy forces. He said the 30,000U.S. reinforcements and thousands of troopsdispatched to the war have made great head-way but no one is claiming victory yet. Ourfearless leader has decided that a U.S. trooppresence will be in Afghanistan until sometimein 2014 but if Afghanistan’s own fearlessleader thinks we need to cool things down orback off, perhaps, we should be getting our troopshome much sooner than 2014. God forbid wecause “suffering for no good reason,” huh? Hey,if the Afghans want us to back off, I say sendthe troops home now because there is no goodreason for our troops to suffer for no good reasoneither.

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The Hynes ConventionCenter was all abuzz lastweek, as thousands of peoplecame to Boston for the three-day annual convention of theAmerican Council on theTeaching of Foreign Lan-guages (ACTFL). The Italiansection was one of the mostcolorful and cheerful, withBoston’s own Centro AttivitàScolastiche Italiane (CASIT)leading the pack with animpressive stand covered inbooks and other educationalmaterial. “We’re the best,”jokingly said Maria GiocondaMotta, Chairman of the non-profit organization that since1995 has been at the forefrontof promoting Italian languageand culture in New England’spublic and private schools.

CASIT members have goodreason to be proud of theiraccomplishments. Thanksto the financial support ofthe Italian governmentandCASIT fund raising activi-ties, the organization hasbeen able to keep the Italianlanguage alive in publicschools across New England.CASIT’s success story in theNorth End’s Eliot School wasproof of the positive resultsafter years of hard work. “Afew years ago, the programwas not going as well as wewanted it to,” said Motta,speaking of the Eliot School.Things changed after Tracy

Behind the Scenes of Italian Language in Schoolsby Nicola Orichuia

Walker Griffith was broughtin as principal in 2007. “Mottatold me we needed more Ital-ian, more culture,” saidGriffith during a presenta-tion of the school’s incredibleturnaround. “When I camein, our test scores wereamong the worst in the state,and our enrollment numberswere down to about 150. Wewere probably on the path toclosure.” But things quicklychanged, as Griffith investedmore in Italian language andculture, holding on to art andmusic programs and hiringexcellent teachers like Rose-marye Grasso, who grew upin Florence and is now adedicated Italian languageteacher at both the elemen-tary and middle school levels.“I talk to my students in Ital-ian,” said Grasso, “and theylearn new words throughgames. What is really impor-tant is to keep everyone en-gaged.” To do so, Grasso hasdeveloped a strategy based ondifferent quizzes for severallevels of Italian. All throughthe process, CASIT coordi-nated and supported theschool’s efforts, guiding it to-wards the excellence in edu-cation it offers nowadays.

Back at the CASIT standinside the Hynes’ secondfloor convention hall, visitorsand education professionalswere drawn towards the col-

orful display of books, includ-ing an illustrated version ofDante’s Divine Comedy andnumerous art books. “Theseposters are wonderful,” saidRoberta Tauriello Torgerson,an Italian teacher who cameall the way from Seattle, asshe bought a dozen lami-nated posters with picturesand words in Italian. “They’lllook great on my classroomwalls. It’s not easy to findvisual material to teachItalian.”

The Boston convention wasa unique opportunity to meetfor the dozens of organiza-tions promoting Italian lan-guage. Gathered around theCASIT table were, among oth-ers, Maria Stella Cocchiaraand Maria Trocopio from Mas-sachusetts Italian TeachersAssociation, Bruna Boyle, ofthe Rhode Island Teachers ofItalian; Lucrezia Lindin, ofthe Italian Teachers Asso-ciation of New York State;Ilaria Costa, of New York’sItalian American Commit-tee on Education; CesarinaHoring, from the Italian Cul-tural Society in WashingtonD.C.; and Giovanna Verdec-chia of Italidea, in Chicago.

But the fight to keep Ital-ian alive in schools isn’t overyet. Despite having the Ital-ian AP exam reinstated by

CASIT AT ACTFL — From left to right: Katherine Lopez Natale, Vice President, CASIT;Franca Riccardi, America-Italy Society of Philadelphia; Lucrezia Lindin, Italian Teach-ers Association New York State; Bruna Boyle, Rhode Island Teachers of Italian; DanielStabile, Copilas, President; Giovanna Verdecchia: Italidea Midwest; Ilaria Costa, IACENew York; Cesarina Horing, Italian Cultural Society in Washington D.C.; MariaGioconda Motta, Chairman, CASIT; Adelaide Guarracino, President, CASIT and AlbertoMogavero, Treasurer, CASIT.

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This is precisely why Ibelieve that current attackson congressional “ear-marks” are misguided andcounterproductive.

Certainly “earmarking” offunds for specific pet projectshas been abused and hascontributed to bloated gov-ernment. However, at leastan “earmark” is exactly that,a specific flagged expendi-ture promoted by some mem-ber or members of congressand included in a law which— following public debate anda vote on the record — hasbeen duly authorized bycongress. The members ofcongress are our elected rep-resentatives and their Con-stitutionally-mandated dutyis to control the public purse.Furthermore, they mustcome before the voters everytwo years for re-election andmust defend those votes andthe budget they supported.

Get rid of all earmarks andcongress will be writing ablank check to un-electedbureaucrats. Those bureau-crats will make the alloca-tions behind closed doorsand will never be directlyaccountable to the voters.Projects will continue to befunded, but who will decidewhich projects? First off,since every appropriationthat congress makes is to

“To innovate is not to reform” — Edmund Burke

“… No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury,but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law …”— United States Constitution Article I Section 9

Or as James Madison explains it inFederalist Number 58 —

“The House of Representatives cannot only refuse,but they alone can propose, the supplies requisite for thesupport of government. They, in a word, hold the purse

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fund some executive func-tion, absent congressionaldirection as to how to spendthe money, (i.e., “earmarks”)the President ultimatelydecides. In this mannermore power is transferredfrom congress, the branch ofgovernment closest to thepeople, to the central execu-tive. Secondly, members ofcongress with importantpositions on the committeesthat control the budgets ofexecutive agencies will con-tinue to influence how themoney is spent. Now theydo so with earmarks in apublic law; once earmarksare abolished they will do itwith phone calls or visits —behind closed doors withlittle accountability to thepeople of the United States.

Beware of those who, underthe guise of “reform,” presentradical innovations thattransfer more power to thecentral government and fur-ther remove important deci-sion-making from the peopleand their representatives.

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Gaius Octavius, laternamed Augustus, was bornon September 23, 63 B.C.into a family of wealth andrepute, in this grandfather’shouse near Velitrae, a townabout twenty one milessoutheast of Rome. Hismother was Atia, the nieceof Julius Caesar. He wasborn in a suburb of Rome andwas destined to become thefirst emperor of the RomanyEmpire. At the age of fourhe suffered the loss of hisfather and at the age oftwelve he delivered a funeraleulogy for his grandmother.

He endeared himself toJulius Caesar on numerousoccasions because of hisstrong character, and wasdeeply involved in his stud-ies at Apollonia when newsreached him of his uncle’smurder. (Apollonia was aneducational center for patri-cian Roman youths locatedin Albania.) He immediatelyreturned to Italy where hewas enthusiastically greeted.He received the name ofGaius Julius Caesar Octavi-anus and then defeated MarkAntony (Marcus Antonius)when the latter refused tosurrender Caesar’s propertyand failed to pay the legacypromised the people in

Caesar’s will. Octavianus (orOctavius) paid the amountfrom his own resources andwon popular favor. Althoughthe forces of Octavian de-feated those of Mark Antony,a later reconciliation withAntony and association withthe Roman General Ledpiuscaused the formation ofthe Second Triumvirate in43 B.C.

This Second Triumviratewas sealed by a proscrip-tion (publishing the namesof persons condemned todeath) in which each mem-ber permitted the executionof any friend who mightbe named by either of theother two members. By thismethod at least two thou-sand of the middle class(equestrian order) and threehundred senators were ex-ecuted and their propertyconfiscated. Cicero was prob-ably the most prominent onthe list of victims. Thearmed forces of the Trium-virate were also responsiblefor defeating the forces oftwo of Caesar’s murderers,Brutus and Cassius. Both ofthese conspirators latercommitted suicide.

A later division of theRoman world gave Octaviusthe western portion, Antony

the eastern portion andLepidus took parts of Africa.Antony married Octavia,the sister of Octavian, butwhile in Egypt he became soinvolved with Cleopatra thathe repudiated his wife,neglected all of his publicduties and alienated Rome.The Roman Senate declaredwar on Cleopatra and itwas Octavius who champi-oned the Roman cause anddefeated Antony at Actium in31 B.C.

After his victory at Actium,Octavius sailed to Egypt, laidsiege to Alexandria whereAntony and Cleopatra hadtaken refuge and capturedthe city. Antony tried tomake terms when the endwas near but was forced intosuicide. An attempt wasmade to keep Cleopatraalive but the venom fromthe asp bite took its toll.Antony and Cleopatra wereburied in the same tomb, andthe mausoleum which theyhad begun was completedafter their death. Egypt wasreduced to the status of aRoman Province, and at theage of thirty-four, Octaviusbecame the undisputedmaster of the Roman World.

NEXT WEEK:Octavius Becomes Augustus

ENTER OCTAVIUS

the College Board earlier inNovember, the Italian gov-ernment’s recent cuts ineducation funding are put-ting certain programs atrisk. An example comes fromItaly’s Consulate General inDetroit. “That office doesn’thave a school director any-more due to lack of funding,”said Eleonora Cammareri,education director for theConsulate in Chicago. “Weneed to take the strong in-terest in the Italian lan-guage and culture and com-bine our efforts to increaseeducation initiatives.” Onesuch initiative comes fromBoston’s Consulate General,whose booth at the con-vention displayed a hugeItalian flag as background.For some time the Consulatehas been implementing acomprehensive curriculumaimed at combining educa-tion with games, music andart. “We’d like it to becomea standardized way of teach-ing that others around thecountry can use,” said MariaCarmen Triola, an Italianlanguage teacher at theKennedy Longfellow Schoolin Cambridge and at theCambridge Rindge and LatinHigh School.

What stands out, in theend, is the dedication andpassion these education pro-fessionals put into teaching.Despite the numerous chal-lenges being faced, Italianlanguage and culture inAmerican public schools aresafe, as long as they arelooked over by the networkof skilled professionalsspread across the country.

• Behind the Scenes (Continued from Page 1)

Gisella Lange, Ministero Istruzione, Italy; AntonioBenetti, School Director, Italian Consulate in New York;Eleonora Cammareri, School Director, Italian Consulatein Chicago; Mauro Puppin, new School Director ItalianConsulate in Boston and Maria Carmen Triola, ItalianLanguage Teacher, Kennedy Longfellow School.

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As someone who grew up back in the 50s, 60s and70s, I remember weekends at the Boston Tea Partydance club in Boston’s South End. The place was aconverted church building put to new use. I alsoremember when I lived on Salutation Street inBoston’s North End. I knew that the store at the endof the street at Commercial Street was formerly theSalutation Tavern back during the American Revolu-tionary days. It was there that patriots were inspiredto dress up like Indians and dump that tea into theharbor. Saying all this, I was glad to see outraged folksacross the country form a Tea Party revolution of theirown.

Mainstream politicians don’t really like the core offolks fighting governmental policies. Even Scott Brownis backing away from them and he owns his seatthanks to their hard work on his behalf. The Tea Partyis more of an attitude rather than a political organi-zation. There is no one Tea Party either but just aloose confederation of groups nationwide. The NAACPhas turned to calling them nothing but racists andthe Klan without the sheets. Name calling surelymeans that the left sees it as a threat to their hold ongovernment.

Many folks have said that our fearless leader backin his community activist days viewed Saul Alinskyas a mentor. According to Alinsky, the father of com-munity activism, “One acts decisively only in the con-viction that all the angels are on one side and all thedevils on the other.”

This is exactly the strategy of those on the left con-cerning the momentum of the Tea Party mentality.

Paint the Tea Party racists and say it enough timesuntil people starting buying it. Watch MSNBC. Thoseleft-leaning comics on cable hold their fake rallies atthe Lincoln Memorial and spot this bias even in pub-lications like Time or Newsweek. The Tea Party asthe devil is definitely the liberal strategy. They mockSarah Palin even as her national presence grows big-ger. They call the Fox News Network a fake newschannel. The left has journalists and the right hasBill O’Reilly or Glenn Beck.

The Tea Partiers had a great impact this pastElection Day minus New York and Massachusetts.They made the difference in the mid-term electionsand the ability of the Republican Party to capture theUS House and dump Speaker Nancy Pelosi off her highhorse.

The original Tea Partiers helped start a revolutionthat drove the British from the colonies. These newTea Parties have started a revolution of their ownusing the ballot box to change the face of Americaand bring the Constitution back to prominence. Thisrevolution will once again renew the spirit of Americaand restore liberty and justice for all.

THINKING ABOUT THE TEA PARTYby Sal Giarratani

Joseph Pilato of East Bostonpassed away on November 16,2010. He was the belovedhusband of the late Viola(Giannini) Pilato. Lovingfather of Sandra Celona andher husband F. Joseph ofShrewsbury and JosephPilato and Cynthia Crassof Pasadena, California.Cherished grandfather ofKristin Becker and herhusband Peter of Brooklyn,New York, Matthew Celona ofLincoln, Massachusetts andGianna Pilato of Pasadena, California; great-grandfather of Bodhi and Beatrix Becker.Predeceased by twelve siblings. Joe was a lateUS Army Veteran of WWII. He spent most ofhis career working at Boston City Hall in theauditing department, but his true love was music.You would often find Joe playing his trombonein the comfort of his porch on Orient Avenue inEast Boston where he lived for most of his life. He

loved music, especially Jazz.He played the WonderlandBallroom for many years withthe Johnny Ambrose Band.In his younger days heperformed with Les Brown andwent on the road with theband. Joe would play music forhis grandchildren and theneighborhood children andteach them songs such as “Ain’tShe Sweet” and “By the Lightof the Silvery Moon.” An avidwalker, Joe never obtained alicense to drive and enjoyed

walking everywhere. In fact until his passing atage 97 he continued to walk everywhere he could.

The funeral was from The Kirby-RapinoMemorial Home, East Boston, MA on Saturday,November 20, 2010, at 10:00AM followed by aFuneral Mass celebrated in St. Joseph-St. LazarusChurch, East Boston. Interment in Holy CrossCemetery, Malden. Joe will always beremembered in our hearts and mind.

JOSEPH PILATO

May He Rest in Eternal Peace.

The North End Against Drugs Family Dinner was held at the Nazzaro CommunityCenter in the North End. The event featured guest speaker, Somerville District CourtMagistrate Robert “Ted” Tomasone. NEAD focuses on family. Leaders such as Ted, aformer North Ender, who is very active in the North End community is pleased tokeep the tradition of the series of family events started by the good work of the lateBobby “D” DeCristoforo. In photo above is Ted Tomasone surrounded by the childrenof the North End.

NEAD Family Event WelcomesGuest Speaker, TED TOMASONE

The East BostonChamber’s Holiday Pa-rade will take place onSunday, December 5,2010, departing on Con-dor Street at 5:00 PM androlling through thestreets of East Boston.It will continue ontoMeridian Street to Cen-tral Square. The paradeturns onto MaverickSquare, Maverick Street,New Street and SumnerStreet. It will follow allthe way down JeffriesStreet, Maverick Streetturning onto ChelseaStreet through DaySquare and ShelbyStreet. Santa andFriends will make theirway down Lexington Street onto MeridianStreet, Condor Street and Border Street.The parade will follow through CentralSquare following Bennington all the wayto Orient Heights, Bayswater Street,St. Andrews Road turning onto Annavoy

Street, Bayswater Streetand back onto SaratogaStreet. Still spreadingthe holiday cheer Santawill continue downBennington Street,Walley Street, OrientAve., and Faywood Ave..They will turn ontoWalley Street back ontoBennington Street,Saratoga Street and willfinish in Orient HeightsSquare next to theChristmas tree wherethe Tree Lighting takesplace around 6:00pm.

Don’t forget MayorMenino’s Trolley andTree Lighting in CentralSquare, East Boston onSunday, December 5 at

4:00 PM. Come join Santa Claus and hisreindeer, snowmen, gingerbread men anda host of other holiday characters as theysing and dance and spread holiday cheer.Light refreshments will be served.

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Back over 230 yearsago, our Founding Fatherssuch as Thomas Jefferson,Ben Franklin, John Adams,James Madison and Com-pany were of the belief thatthe people were the govern-ment and that our leadersoperated with the consent ofthe government. Jeffersononce said that those whowillingly give up some lib-erty for some additionalsecurity deserve neither.

I thought of our roots as asociety and governmentwhen thinking about TSAsecurity procedures at ournation’s airports. The new-est security measureincludes our choice of ac-cepting either a naked digi-tal scan; or a groping by aTSA officer in order to boarda plane to our destination.Homeland Security Secre-tary Janet Napolitano ad-dressing the public outcryover these new securitymeasures basically told theAmerican citizenry in herNovember 15 op-ed in USAToday that these strict secu-rity measures are for ourown good and we should goalong with the program forour own flying safety.

When radio personalitieslike the left-leaning JimBraude and the conservativeMichael Graham, both on96.9 FM, agree with oneanother over this latestTSA move, you know some-time isn’t right at Loganor any airport across thenation.

As a licensed police officerwith full police powers, I won-der how TSA officers whoaren’t licensed police offic-ers can do full body scans orcomputerized ones either.Full pat downs where all bodyparts below the neck aretouchable by a non-licensedofficer ought to be illegal anda violation of our constitu-tional rights. Unfortunately,thanks to 9/11, our govern-ment has decided to strip usof our rights in the name ofsecurity. We haven’t givenup those rights. The govern-ment has taken them fromus.

It is time We, the Peoplestand up to our governmentwhich now treats us likecattle. If enough of us do it,we won’t have to shut up anddo as Napolitano says is forour own good. This isAmerica. We don’t need nostinking airport Gestapo“protecting our safety.”

Back in 1775-76, our fore-bears would not have takenthis violation of our personalliberty without putting up afight. They understood whatindividual liberty was andhow we needed to protect itfrom an ever-reaching gov-ernment who would violateus for our own good. We tookon the British to be free andapparently the fight for free-dom is never-ending.

If you’re willing to flynaked, then go right ahead,but pardon me if I want to bewearing my rights at the air-port and on the plane.

“Find out what people will submit to, and you have found outthe exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposedupon them.” — Abolitionist Frederick Douglass

Flying While Naked: Just Do ItBeijing ups bank reserves

for the 5th time this yearas inflation accelerates.Federal Reserve ChairmanBernanke stepped up pres-sure on China to let its cur-rency strengthen but, de-spite higher inflation, Chinaon Friday is unlikely to fol-low a plan to cut spending bybanks and cut back on lend-ing. The Central Bank’smove will take reserve ratesto 18.5% for big banks, arecord high! Inflation hit a22 month high of 4.4% rais-ing fears that Beijing’s effortto curb prices will hurt itseconomy. China’s mullingprice controls on food pro-duction materials to battleinflation. Such a policywould reduce the domesticprices of imported dollar dis-counted commodities sayseconomist Ed Yarderi. Chinahas criticized the FederalReserve’s money easing say-ing that capital that flowsinto energy markets willpush up Asia’s inflation andfuel asset bubbles. In a Fri-day speech, Bernanke de-fended the Feds money eas-ing as necessary to stimu-late the US economy. Hepointed the finger at Chinaas a source of global tradeimbalances. He said the USmust recover from the glo-bal financial crisis imbal-ance to sustaining demandfor Chinese goods. Moreflexible exchange rateswould provide more effectivechecks on countries not torun large and effective im-balances, whether surplusor deficit. Some believe thatrising inflation could accom-plish what global browbeat-

ing couldn’t, an appreciationin the Yuan. It’s likely thatthe Chinese will use a widerange of steps to fight infla-tion. China’s food inflationwas 10.1% last month, led byhikes in vegetables andgrains if inflation continuesto rise. If the governmentpulls back loan growth theninflation could come undercontrol. American compa-nies are not in a position topass on price hikes as theyfight for market share in aweak economy.

Oil producer finds a motherlode in old Texas fields.Concho’s bought up some oldfields in Southwest Texas.They used a new concepthorizontal drilling and frac-ture techniques. They be-lieve that with these newmethods of drilling there isan ocean of oil to be had andavailable. They paid $1.65billion buyout and it is themost important purchaseever since 2004. It is oper-ating more than 3,000 wellsand one of the largest findsin the USA. They are talk-ing about recovering oil inthe billions of barrels. It has30 rigs operating in thebasin.

Stocks edged up slightlyon encouraged reports foran Irish financial rescue,which appeared to outweighconcerns about slowergrowth in China. But thedollar was down slightly andcommodities fell, with someindustrial metals and oilsfalling amid concerns thatChina’s appetite for com-modities may wane.

Bucyrus rises from Cater-pillar takeover bid. Caterpil-

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Walter Energy, a Tampa-based coal producer (i.e.,Western Coal Corp.), pro-duces about seven milliontons of coal diversifyingWalter’s production base.The stock rose to $105.91 up$10.80 plus 11%.

William Sonoma, Inc., aspecialty retailer, declinedafter it issued a lower fore-cast as fourth quarter in-come increased 3%. Ana-lysts were forecasting a 5%increase. The company re-ported earnings of $816 mil-lion or .35¢/share or $16million dollars reserve com-pared with $729 million lastyear or .16¢/share. In thethird quarter production rose36% to $3.9 billion (3.9mmbox) and production rose36% and revenue rose morethan double to .77¢/share.Analysts figure Conchoexpects $2.71/share thisyear and rising to $3.59/share in 2011.

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The name Gregor willshout at you throughout thereading of this strange book.The following is an exampleof what I mean. “He (GregorLiedmann) was almost threeyears old and went straightfrom his dream into death.”It was during the time whenWorld War II turned from anAxis assault to an Alliedavenge. Hamilton writes thebombs were falling upon Ber-lin and their nightmare hadbegun. “Now it’s our turn,God help us.” This reflectsthe feelings of the Germans,at that time. Gregory’smother is beyond reconcili-ation at the loss of her son.Her father convinces her toaccept a young boy who hefound wandering the streetsof Nuremberg, after an Alliedbombing, lost and dishev-eled. The apparent orphanwas approximately the sameage as Gregory. Further-more, she is to accept himas her own and not revealthe truth to anyone.

Time passes, Gre-gory marries Mara,they have a son,Daniel and they sub-sequently divorce;however, they re-main good friends.

Time continues tofly. Gregory is nowsixty years old. After spend-ing years living as a musi-cian in Toronto, Canada andIreland, he decides to returnto Berlin. Gregory continu-ally battles with memorylosses. Although there wasno proof that Gregory was notthe biological son of theLiedmann’s, he continu-ously reminisces about hispast life and is not convincedthe Liedmanns are his par-ents. He finds it difficult torecall his past in a chrono-logical manner leading toutter confusion.

Hamilton describes thecomplexities of a compli-cated man made difficult byhis unclear past. Personally,I found Hamilton’s writing to

be confusing at times. Heapproaches his subjects psy-chologically. I recently cri-tiqued Hamilton’s book, TheHarbor Boys, which I likedvery much but also foundpsychologically confusing attimes. Also I had difficulty

with Hamilton’s timing res-urrecting Gregory’s past andpresent.

Hamilton uses Gregory’smother to describe thedreadful war scenes that sheand millions more experi-enced. Starving and dyingchildren and parents were aconstant reminder of theirhapless life that didn’t ap-pear to have any future. Inthe middle of this tragedyHamilton writes ironically-during the war the Germansneeded so many flags theyhad to order them fromChina.

A letter from Nurembergarrived for Gregory. Mara re-constructs the letter thathad been torn to pieces by

DISGUISEBy Hugo Hamilton

Hard Cover • 261 Pages • Published by HarperCollins Publisher

Gregory led everyone to believehe was a Jewish orphan.

He claimed his parents were deadtherefore he was an orphan;

he reasoned I was circumcisedtherefore I must be Jewish.

Author Hugo Hamilton

Gregory and learns it is fromGregory’s mother declaringhis father was about to die.With this startling informa-tion on hand Mara decidesto visit Nuremberg and seefirst-hand where Gregorygrew up and visit with hismother. Gregory led every-one to believe he was a Jew-ish orphan. He claimed hisparents were dead thereforehe was an orphan; he rea-soned I was circumcisedtherefore I must be Jewish.

At the unplanned meetingbetween Gregory’s wife,Mara and Gregory’s mother,Maria Liedmann, they learnthat Gregory’s life story dif-fered from the truth as toldby his adopted mother. Gre-gory told Mara that theLiedmanns adopted him.“She had spent all this timeliving with a ghost.” WhenMara returns home a majorconfrontation begins. Maratries to rationalize the situ-ation, she thinks, “Everyone

needs an identity, aDISGUISE, a storyin which they canfeel at home.”

Desperately, Gre-gory tries to con-vince Mara thatshe is mistakenabout him and re-pudiates what his

mother said. He is com-pletely confused and ulti-mately he decides to leavehis wife Mara and his grownson, Daniel. Not surprising,giving the circumstances,Mara becomes intimatewith Martin, a friend ofGregory.

Mara was convinced thatGregory would not returnhome again to stay, but Gre-gory does return home. Au-thor Hugo Hamilton’s booktitle, Disguise, is appropri-ate. Although I find Hamiltonto be a foremost writer, Ifound the ending of his bookconfusing and difficult tounderstand. Read it foryourself. You may disagreewith me.

The Grand Lodge Culture Commission ofthe Order Sons of Italy in America, inconjunction with the Burlington Sons ofItaly, is very pleased to announce the re-turn visit of Dr. Matteo Casini of SuffolkUniversity to speak on “The Art and Cul-ture of Renaissance Florence” on Mondayevening, November 29 at 6:45pm at theBurlington Public Library. Dr. Casini is aVenetian scholar of Italian Renaissancehistory and art. He has a most impressiveresume with teaching assignments at theuniversities of Venice, Padua, Florence andHarvard and is currently with Suffolk Uni-versity.

He returns by acclaim following his ear-lier presentations on Venice,”The City IsQueen.” He is an engaging and vital speaker

eminently qualified to discourse on the cityof Florence. The history and art of Florenceduring the Renaissance is fascinating andthe speaker is of equal fascination.

The public is invited to attend for an en-lightened discussion on the history of thismost important city of contribution to theItalian Renaissance.

This guest speaker and many of the pastspeakers (approximately 25) can be reviewedon PEGmedia.org under the title “Sons ofItaly” and can be aired by request to anycable outlet. For further information con-tact Pat Moreno at morenosp@verizon.org orvisit the Sons of Italy’s Grand Lodge websitefor further information on all cultural, chari-table and social events at www.OSIAMA.org.

Refreshments are to follow.

The Art and Culture of Renaissance Florence

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Chorus pro Musica is honored to have been chosento appear with operatic superstar Andrea Bocelli, “theworld’s most beloved tenor,” on December 5, 2010 at7 PM at the 19,600 seat TD Garden. The concert, as a partof the AT&T Concert Series, is the Boston stop onMr. Bocelli’s world tour, which takes him to the United King-dom, Germany and six cities in the United States.Discovered by Pavarotti, Bocelli has recorded thirteen solostudio albums of both pop and classical music, two greatesthits albums and eight complete operas, selling over70 million copies worldwide. Thus, he is the biggest-sell-ing solo artist in the history of classical music.Bocelli’s performance will celebrate much of the repertoirethe classical crossover singer has made world-famous overhis incredible career as well as music from his latestrelease My Christmas, giving his fans a stirring eveningof world famous arias along with a truly heart-warmingwelcome to the holidays. Some of the pieces Chorus proMusica will perform with Mr. Bocelli include “Tra voi belle”from Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Walzer “Kermess” fromGounod’s Faust and various Christmas carols and popularholiday songs.

Tickets are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com, atall Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 800-745-3000.The TD Garden is located at 100 Legends Way, Boston,Massachusetts 02114. This concert is not a part of Choruspro Musica’s subscription season.

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On Friday, November 19th,Saint John School cel-ebrated its 115th Anniver-sary at the beautiful Con-stitution Ballroom of theFairmont Battery WharfHotel on Boston’s waterfront.

Guests were greeted onarrival at 6:00pm with horsd’oeuvres and music by vio-linist Sarah Glenn.

Sister Eileen Harvey, CSJ,Principal of Saint JohnSchool for the past 26 yearsopened the event with a wel-coming address and prayer.The Saint John School Choirgathered on the gracefulstaircase leading to the Ball-room, then, charminglysang two songs to apprecia-

tive guests who gave themrousing applause.

Lisa Santarpio, Director ofDevelopment at Saint John’sand organizer of the event,then introduced Jason Aluia,class of ’86 and longtimeresident of the North End,who served as Master of Cer-emonies for the evening.Mr. Aluia, after some briefremarks, introduced theevening’s honorees, whowere being cited for theirsignificant contributions tothe North End communityand Saint John School.Award certificates were pre-sented to: Michael Gack-stetter, General Manager ofBattery Wharf Development;

Saint John School Celebrates 115th Anniversaryby Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari

MEDAL OF HONORto 1st Living Receipent

Since Vietnamby Sal Giarratani

President Obama awarding the Medal of Honor toArmy Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta on Tuesday,November 16 at the White House.

Recently, the United States of America saluted thefirst living Medal of Honor recipient of the Afghan andlraq wars and the first living recipient since the Viet-nam War. Armey Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, 25,from Iowa, who retrieved a wounded comrade undergunfire as the Taliban carried one of his men away.For Giunta, the honor was bittersweet because thefriend he brought back later died. However, his actionof stepping into a “wall of bullets” to chase down twoTaliban fighters to save his friend was certainly beyondand above his duty. He earned this honor and was aliveto receive it.

Starting Friday, November 26th many Greater Boston IceSkating Rinks are open for Public Skating including;Brookline/Cleveland Circle, Cambridge, Hyde Park/Dedham, Medford Flynn, Medford LoConte, Newton-Brighton, Quincy, Somerville, South Boston, Waltham, WestRoxbury and Weymouth.

If you are a beginner or want to learn new skills usingfigure or hockey skates, join the Learn to Skate classeswith Bay State Skating School. Classes are for children(ages 4 ½ and up) and adults. For further information call781-890-8480 or visit www.BayStateSkatingSchool.org. GiftCertificates available. Makes a great holiday gift!

BAY STATE SKATING SCHOOLSKATING LESSONS

Throughout the holidayseason, the Kiwanis Club ofEast Boston will be collectingnon-perishable food itemsand canned goods to benefitthe Meridian House andGrace Federated Church.These organizations provideassistance to residents andneedy families all year long

and recently have found theirfood pantries cannot meetdemand. You can donate fooditems at the East BostonSavings Bank branches at10 Meridian Street, 1 Ben-nington Street and 856 Ben-nington Street. For furtherinformation contact MarisaDi Pietro at 617-569-3221

ext. 19 or cell 617-650-3442.East Boston Kiwanis is an

all volunteer organizationthat has worked in East Bos-ton for over 60 Years. As partof the International Kiwanisthe clubs mission is to im-prove the lives of children allover the world and especiallythe children of East Boston.

East Boston Kiwanis Club Asks for Help forLocal Food Pantries

Jeffrey Cirace, proprietor ofV. Cirace and Son, purvey-ors of fine liquors and wines,located in the North End forover 100 years, and Salva-tore LaMattina, Boston CityCouncilor.

Following the awards pre-sentation, Mr. Aluia intro-duced the evening’s guestspeaker, Dr. Ernest Colla-mati, of the Department ofPhilosophy and ReligiousStudies at Regis College.

The evening ended withclosing remarks by Ms. San-tarpio, thanking the guestsfor their support and thepromise of the second An-nual Celebration to takeplace on November 17, 2011.

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The East Boston Chamber of Commerceannounces nominations for the 2011 Boardof Officers and Directors.

OFFICERS:(One to be elected, per each position)

President, Neffo Cappuccio, CappuccioConstruction

1st Vice President, Diane Modica, LawOffices of Diane J. Modica

2nd Vice President, Joseph Zirpolo, D&ZAuto Repair

3rd Vice President, Pasquale “Pat” Todisco,Todisco Towing

Treasurer, Kim Altschul, East BostonSavings Bank

Secretary, Joanna Cataldo, East BostonNeighborhood Health Center

Board of Directors:(Three to be elected, as of November 26, 2010)

Maureen Ferris, Hilton Logan AirportScott Heigelmann, Heavy AdvertisingAnthony Guerriero, MassportThe elections will take place at the Cham-

ber office at 175 McClellan Highway, FirstFloor, East Boston, MA 02128 on Wednes-day, December 15, 2010 from 11:30am –2:00pm & 4:30pm – 5:30pm. (Candidatesfor Officers and Directors are typicallypresent at this time.) All East Boston Cham-ber of Commerce members in good stand-ing as of November 15, 2010, are eligibleto vote. Each member business of the Cham-ber is allowed one vote; voting by multiplerepresentatives of the same business is notallowed. Proxy voting and absentee votingare not allowed. All voting results will becounted and reported after 5:30pm onWednesday, December 15, 2010, at theChamber office. Results will then be madeavailable on the Chamber website and byphone call request as well.

A nominations committee is selected eachyear and is responsible for identifyingcandidates for the board of directors. Thisyear, several members of the Chamber wererecognized by the committee and invitedas candidates, including: Logan GlassCompany, Suffolk Downs, Citizens Bank,and 155 Meridian Street Café. As of theresponse deadline, November 17, the threeindividuals above — Maureen Ferris, ScottHeigelmann and Anthony Guerriero, — re-plied that they were able to accept candi-dacy for board service at this time.

All other candidates remain eligibleand are invited to run for available posi-tions through the process for independentnomination outlined below. According tothe by-laws of the East Boston Chamber ofCommerce, any member of the Corporationthat has been in good standing for aminimum of one year as of January 2010may run for office by IndependentNomination. To be placed on the ballot forDirector, independent nominees mustobtain the signatures of at least ten (10)members of the corporation and forwardthem to the Secretary, Joanna Cataldo,East Boston Neighborhood Health Center,175 McClellan Highway, no less than10 days prior to the day of elections onDecember 15, 2010.

Independent nominees for any of theOfficer positions must meet the aboverequirements as well as have been amember of the Board of Directors for atleast two of the previous five years. If youhave questions regarding nominations,elections, or responsibilities of board direc-tors, please contact Eden Smith, ExecutiveAssistant of the East Boston Chamber, at(617) 569-5000.

EAST BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE2011 Election of Officers & DirectorsHappy Thanks-

giving every-one! Thanks-giving is agreat time of

the year when families cometogether to not only enjoy aturkey dinner, but pay trib-ute to the pilgrims that es-tablished this country. Ourforefathers did not intend,nor did they foresee what ishappening in this countrytoday. (They must be turn-ing over in their graves.) Themen that wrote the Consti-tution that provides ourguidelines and preservesour freedoms did not antici-pate this country becominga nation of freeloaders andillegal immigrants. The Con-stitution does not say thetaxpayers must provide ev-erything free for people thatsneak into the country ille-gally! The liberal loonieshave established that. Theyare the ones turning thisnation into a socialist/fas-cist/communist country! ...East Boston lost a good man!Pat Rosa, community activ-ist in East Boston for over 30years passed away last week.Pat belonged to numerousorganizations in East Bos-ton, the Kiwanis Club andEast Boston Chamber ofCommerce to name a few.He was an active memberof the East Boston SocialCenters and donated histime for many years to helpraise money for them. Hewill be missed! ... Also JohnSylvester, former respectedattorney in East Boston formany years, passed away inFlorida recently ... Hats off toBoston City Councilor SalLaMattina, who held a hear-ing at City Hall on behalf ofBoston veterans. LaMattinais trying to ensure they are

provided with amenitieswhen they return fromAfghanistan and Iraq. Withthe economy so bad, manywill be without jobs andhe is trying to push a billthat will provide help forthem. LaMattina was upfront and center at the Vet-erans Day ceremonies heldat Bertulli Park. He is ahands on councilor whodeserves a round of applause... Governor re-elected DevalPatrick announced that allillegal immigrants who wantto go to college will get in-state college tuition. He hasgone out of his way to helpillegals! His motto is “It’sNot Illegal to be Illegal!”It’s amazing not too manypeople admit to havingvoted for him yet he came in!However, if you’re born inthis country you get ZEROassistance unless you liveoff the system. Is it any won-der that many Massachu-setts people choose to sithome, eat Dorito chips, watchsoap operas, buy scratchtickets and enjoy playingthe lotto and bingo? Nicelife!!!! As we are all aware,Democrats have a stronghold in Massachusetts! Thatmakes Massachusetts theperfect state to settle in andenjoy the good life. Freehousing, food stamps, wel-fare, healthcare, education,transportation and otheramenities that workingpeople struggle to attain.Massachusetts attracts thelaziest! ... A fundraiser forState Rep. Carlo Basile washeld at Spinelli’s FunctionHall in East Boston lastweek. It was standing roomonly. Carlo is well likedand respected by his con-stituents and has manysupporters ... Till next time!

Mrs. Murphy . . . As I See It

East Boston businessesare offering special dealsand promotions on Saturday,November 27, 2010. Theturkey hasn’t yet hit thetable, but the holiday shop-ping season is right aroundthe corner. Before you gearup for a Black Friday full ofparking lot sharks and3:00 a.m. showdowns, we’dlike to offer an alternative —Small Business Saturday.That’s right: AmericanExpress OPEN and a host ofpartners — including theCity of Boston and the

National Trust for HistoricPreservation have declaredSaturday, November 27, theday to show local businessessome love. So, make plansnow to battle your lingeringfood coma with a trip alongEast Boston Main Streets.Its holiday shopping you’llfeel great about. Whetheryou’re looking for thatspecial gift for a friend orclothing and games for thekids, East Boston busi-nesses offer a great varietywith prices that will save youmoney. Unique gifts and

quality products and ser-vices are available right inour neighborhood.

How about a gift basketfrom our local food mar-kets or gift certificates fromour many fabulous localrestaurants?

Support the neighborhoodby looking first to ourEast Boston merchants andSHOP LOCAL!

Visit www.smallbusinesssaturday.com for more infoor contact East Boston MainStreets at 617-561-1044ebmainstreets@verizon.net.

Support Local Merchants Small BusinessSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Discounts on Gifts, Jewelry, Clothing, Sporting Goods and More!

All East Boston residentsand community membersare invited to attend a Neigh-borhood Preservation Work-shop, presented by the Bos-ton Preservation Allianceand Historic Boston Incorpo-rated with support from theNational Trust for HistoricPreservation and East Bos-ton Main Streets. The work-shop will take place Wednes-day, December 8th, 2010,6:30-8:00 p.m. at the SocialCenter, 68 Central Square.

Join us to view a DraftSummary of historic preser-vation successes; existingconcerns and challenges.Contribute your thoughts toa Final Report that will beused as a blueprint for futureeducation, advocacy and realestate development. Learnhow you can help to protectthe places that matter to youin East Boston!

If you would like to attendor have questions or ideas

Preserving and Caring for Places that Matter in East BostonPlease Join the Conversation!

please RSVP to Erica Linda-mood, Education Coordinatorat the Boston Preservation

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The Bay State Chapter of Freedoms Founda-tion presented Honor Medals for communityservice work to three individuals and a Winthropyouth organization during the chapter’s 30th

Annual Awards Banquet held recently at Spinelli’sBanquet Facility in East Boston.

Prestigious George Washington Honor Medalswere presented to Jack Williams of WBZ-TVChannel 4 in Boston, Wendy Zinn of the GreaterBoston YMCA, East Boston High School student

Shown receiving his Freedoms FoundationYouth Essay Award is Josue Cabrera (center),a student at East Boston High School and amember of the EBHS Junior ROTC. Shown withCabrera are: (L-R) Awards Ceremony EmceeGen. John Carlson, Awards Committeepresenter Matt Mallen, Bay State Chapter ofFreedoms Foundation President Ed Coletta,and Freedom Foundation Executive DirectorJoseph Ferrino.

BAY STATE CHAPTER OF FREEDOMS FOUNDATION PRESENTS HONORMEDALS FOR EXCELLENT SERVICE TO COMMUNITYJack Williams, Wendy Zinn, Josue Cabrera, Winthrop Girl Scouts Honored

Girl Scout Troop 454 received a GeorgeWashington Honor Medal for their communityservice. Shown at the presentation are: (L-R)Freedoms Foundation Executive DirectorJoseph Ferrino, Awards Committee VicePresident Francine D’Andrea, Scout LeaderKelly Nichols, Freedoms Foundation PresidentEd Coletta, Scout Leader Karen Laurino, andFreedoms Foundation board member DottieD’Onofrio, who nominated the troop.

Shown receiving her George Washington HonorMedal is Wendy Zinn (center) of the GreaterBoston YMCA. Shown with Zinn are: (L-R) BayState Chapter of Freedoms FoundationPresident Ed Coletta, Freedoms FoundationAwards Vice President Francine D’Andrea,Awards Ceremony Emcee General JohnCarlson, and Freedoms Foundation ExecutiveDirector Joseph Ferrino. Josue Cabrera, and Girl Scout Troup 454 of

Winthrop.Jack Williams was honored for his

“Wednesday’s Child” weekly feature that helpsfind permanent homes for Special Needs childrenand raises funds for Special Needs adoptions.

Wendy Zinn was honored for her work to estab-lish and build successful YMCA programs thatserve thousands of children and families in EastBoston, Chinatown and Boston.

Josue Cabrera is a member of the East BostonHigh School Junior ROTC program, and he was

honored as the Youth Essay Award winner for hisessay “My Goals.”

Winthrop Junior Girl Scout Troop 454 and itsleader, Kelly Nichols were honored for theirservice to community, including helping to pre-pare care packages for members of the militaryserving overseas.

The Bay State Chapter of Freedoms Founda-tion at Valley Forge seeks to educate and inspireawareness of the principles upon which Americawas founded and the responsibilities of citizensin a free society.

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On October 7, GovernorDeval Patrick, CongressmanMichael Capuano, MayorThomas M. Menino, StateRep. Eugene O’Flaherty andseveral other state and cityelected officials and healthcare leaders joined theSpaulding RehabilitationHospital community for a cer-emonial ground breaking atthe site of the New Spauld-ing Rehabilitation Hospitalfacility, on Parcel 6 in theCharlestown Navy Yard.

“Spaulding is a valued re-source to the Commonwealth,offering critical rehabilitativeservices to the residents ofMassachusetts and greaterNew England,” said GovernorDeval Patrick.

“Spaulding’s new facility isgood news because it will im-prove people’s physical healthwith a new state-of-the-artfacility and strengthen thecity’s economic health withthe creation of much neededconstruction jobs,” MayorThomas M. Menino said.

The Mayor continued, “I’mdelighted that we’ve brokenground on several new healthcare facilities in the lastcouple of weeks because weare so fortunate to have theseinstitutions in our city. Theyprovide top notch care to ourresidents and help move oureconomy forward. Spaulding’snew facility will greatly im-prove this section of theCharlestown Navy Yard byturning a brown field into agreen field and providing ad-ditional open space including

new Harborwalk connec-tions.”

Congratulations and BestWishes!

……. Kenneth Gloss, propri-etor of the nationally knownBrattle Book Shop in Bostonwill speak at a free and openlecture on Thursday, Decem-ber 9 at 7 p.m.

Sponsored by the BostonLatin School Home andSchool Association, the talkwill take place at the schoollocated at 8 Avenue LouisPasteur in the Fenway sec-tion of Boston, in the HarryV. Keefe Library. The lectureis titled “Is There Value inYour Old and Rare Books?”

Mr. Gloss is a 1968 gradu-ate of the school and will bemaking a $5 donation foreach attendee at this talk.His donation will go towardthe needs of the Englishdepartment in conjunctionwith the Friends of theEnglish Department.

“Many New England homesare treasure-troves of old andrare books that have in-creased in value over theyears,” says Gloss. “We invitethe public to bring any vol-umes they want to knowabout to the lecture for a freeverbal appraisal following thepresentation.”

Gloss will bring to the lec-ture several examples of no-table books, magazines andephemera from the store’sprivate collection, such as a1912 World Series scorecardand examples of old LIFEMagazines. He also has a

sales brochure for the Ti-tanic.

For further information,please call the Brattle BookShop at 1-800-447-9595, orvisit their website at,www.brattlebookshop.com.

……. Nuno Alves, whoworked for almost nine yearsas sous chef at Jody Adams’Rialto restaurant in Cam-bridge, has made a careermove that is making a lot ofpeople in Dorchester happy.

Alves has taken the posi-tion of chef de cuisine atTavolo Ristorante, and willwork hand-in-hand withChris Douglass, chef-owner ofboth Tavolo and nearbyAshmont Grill. He replacesMax Thompson, who departedthe Tavolo kitchen after threeyears in order to travel.

Alves, whose family movedto Massachusetts from theAzores when he was five, isthe youngest of 11 children.He attended CambridgeRindge & Latin School, andclaims to have learned allabout cooking from hismother. He resides inSomerville with his wife,whom he met and courtedwhile working at Rialto.

“The culinary team thatChris Douglass has as-sembled at Tavolo is out-standing,” says Alves. “Mygoal is make Tavolo evenmore warm and inviting;like visiting my own home.We’ll also tread deeperinto ... healthy cooking withmore vegetarian, vegan andgluten-free dishes to choosefrom.” Alves also claims tobe a “big pork guy” who en-joys making sausage fromscratch.

New additions to the late-fall menu include: Sage andSquash Risotto, GnocchiPuttanesca, Barolo-PoachedPear Salad with spiced nutsand Gorgonzola, PumpkinSoup with Liberty Apples,fried sage and pomegranatecreme.

“Cooking @ Tavolo withNuno and Chris” weekendclasses take place from12 Noon to 2 p.m. and includehands-on instruction, lunchand wine. On Saturday,December 11, the class willfocus on “Hors d’oeuvres,Italian Style.” For fees and toreserve space, call 617-822-1918.

For more information, visitwww.tavoloristorante.com.

……. “First Night Boston”celebrates the 35th edition ofthe country’s oldest and larg-est New Year’s Eve arts festi-val by announcing that for thefirst time, reserved seating

tickets are available for threeof the highlighted perfor-mances at this year’s event.

Those events, which will allstart at 8 p.m. on Dec. 31, are:Bettye LaVette at SymphonyHall; Dean Wareham andBritta Phillips at The Para-mount Mainstage; and TheLionel Loueke Trio at BerkleePerformance Center. Approxi-mately 30% of each house willbe set aside for advance re-served seating sale, while therest of each theatre will beopen to all First Night buttonholders on a first-come, first-served basis as usual.

All other First Night indoorvenues are open to all buttonholders. In addition, the pur-chase of a ticket to any ofthese three highlightedevents includes a First NightBoston 2011 button, which isthe ticket for admission to

Left to right in front: Congressman Michael Capuano;Dr. Gary Gottlieb, President and CEO of PartnersHealthcare; and David Storto, President of SpauldingRehabilitation Hospital. (Photo by Roger Farrington)

Left to right: Spaulding VP of Development StevenPatrick, Peg Capobianco of the North End, and ErikChampy. (Photo by Roger Farrington)

First Night indoor events.The complete programming

line-up for “First NightBoston,” which will includemore than 1000 artists and200 exhibitions and perfor-mances in 40 Boston loca-tions, will be announced soon.Advance reserved seatingtickets for Bettye LaVette,Dean and Britta and TheLionel Loueke Trio are onsale through December 15at www.firstnight.org. AfterDecember 15, people can stillbuy First Night buttons, butreserved seating sales will beclosed.

“First Night Boston,” theoriginal citywide festival of artand culture, is the country’soldest and largest New Year’sEve celebration. On Friday,December 31, 2010 from

Spaulding Rehabilitation President David Storto ispictured with North End residents Ashley Bronson, left,and sister Rachel Bronson, right.

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Does the Attorney General of the United States have thepower to arrest a citizen upon suspicion and jail him?

Can he be sued for doing this?

ABDULLAH AL-KIDD v. JOHN ASHCROFTFiled September 4, 2009

According to the allega-tions of his first amendedcomplaint, Plaintiff — AppelleAbdullah al-Kidd (al-Kidd), aUnited States citizen and amarried man with two chil-dren, was arrested at DullesInternational Airport ticketcounter. He was handcuffed,taken to the airport’s policesubstation, and interrogated.Over the next 16 days, he wasconfined in high securitycells lit 24 a day in Virginia,Oklahoma and then Idaho,during which he was stripsearched on multiple occa-sions. Each time he wastransferred to a different fa-cility, al-Kidd was hand-cuffed and shacked about hiswrists, legs and waist. Hewas eventually released from

custody by court order, onthe conditions that he livewith his wife and in-laws inNevada, limit his travel toNevada and three otherstates, surrender this traveldocuments, regularly reportto a probation officer andconsent to home visitsthroughout the period of su-pervision. By the time al-Kidd’s confinement and su-pervision ended, 15 monthsafter his arrest, al-Kidd hadbeen fired from his job as anemployee of a governmentcontractor because he wasdenied a security clearancedue to his arrest, and hadseparated from his wife. Hehas been unable to obtainsteady employment sincehis arrest.

Al-Kidd was not arrestedand detained because hehad allegedly committed acrime. He alleges that hewas arrested and confinedbecause former UnitedStates Attorney GeneralJohn Ashcroft (Ashcroft),subordinates operating un-der policies promulgated byAshcroft, and others withinthe United States Depart-ment of Justice (DOJ), un-lawfully used the federalmaterial witness statute,18 U.S.C. 3144, to investi-gate or preemptively detainhim. Ashcroft asserts thathe is entitled to absoluteand qualified immunityagainst al-Kidds’s claims.

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TAYLOR SWIFT —SPEAK NOWBig Machine

Taylor Swift, a music leg-end already at the tender ageof 20, delivers Speak Now, analbum that belies her youngyears. Solely responsible forpenning all 14 tracks on herthird album, Swift holdsnothing back, with a soliddose of bitter and sweet.Rumors are rampant thather songs are about JohnMayer, Taylor Lautner,Kanye West and on and on,but the bottom line is thatshe has lots to say — andshe says it well. Deciphercuts as the possessive“Mine,” the fiery “SparksFly,” the apologetic “Back toDecember,” voicing hope viathe title track “Speak Now,”feeling taken advantage ofwith “Dear John,” the painof “Mean,” and the pain of“The Story of Me.” The ten-der lullaby “Never Grow Up”continues the moods createdby Swift tunes, the fantasy“Enchanted,” the catty “Bet-ter Than Revenge,” the for-giving “Innocent,” plus thestalking “Haunted,” remi-niscing over “Last Kiss,” andthe flashback to the day ofKing and Queen with “LongLive.” Taylor spilling her in-sides and wearing them onher sleeve. Fourteen songsdone brilliantly, with thematurity of one Swift!

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS —EUPHORIA

Universal RepublicGlobal-superstar, Enrique

Iglesias topped the LatinRadio charts with his albumEuphoria. His ten weekachievement was crownedfurther, as his hit single“Cuando Me Enamoro” fea-turing Juan Luis Guerra,stayed at #1 for over sixteenweeks. The bilingual album,a first for Enrique, soarswith tracks enhanced by theguest appearances of Akon,Nicole Scherzinger, Guerra,Usher and Wisin & Yandel.Spanish delights “No MeDigas Que No” with Wisin &Yandel is a dance track, fol-lowed by the tender “Ayer,”the acoustic gem “Dile Que,”and the high energy singledone in English, “I Like It”with rapper Pitbull. Akonduets on “One Day At aTime,” trailed by the vocalsof Scherzinger on the pul-sating “Heartbeat,” andUsher does what he does beston the rhythmic “DirtyDancer.” A pair of Spanishofferings fill out this excel-lent album with “Tu Y Yo”and he solos with a repriseof “No Me Digas Que No.”English or Spanish, Enriquesounds wonderful!

HANNAH MONTANAFOREVER

Walt Disney RecordsPop superstar Miley Cyrus

as Hannah Montana deliver-ing eleven energetic tracksfrom the smash hit TV se-ries. Miley joins Caribbean-based singer Iyaz for the popduet “Gonna Get This,”trailed by the kick-butt “QueSera,” baring it all on “Ordi-nary Girl,” the driving “Kiss

It Goodbye,” the reflective“I’ll Always Remember You,”collaborating with SherylCrow on the tight harmonyof “Need A Little Love.” Cyruscreates the mood for the clubanthem “Are You Ready,”joining her dad Billy Ray forthe ballad “Love That Let’sGo,” plus the upbeat rocker“I’m Still Good,” filling thevoid with “Been Here AllAlong.” Cyrus puts thefinishing touches on a fan-tastic musical relationshipwith the dynamite pop of“Barefoot Cinderella.” Gonnamiss Montana, but I’ll behappy to see Miley!

BRYAN ADAMS —BARE BONES

DeccaCanadian-born Grammy-

winning singer/songwriterBryan Adams make hisDecca Records debut withBare Bones. A collection ofminimally arranged hitsculled from Adams’ outstand-ing work of three decades,fills 20 tracks. Recorded dur-ing his 2010 “Bare BonesTour” the CD features a bal-ance of old, rare, familiarand new material. Take ataste of his works that in-clude, “You’ve Been a Friendto Me,” the memorable “(Ev-erything I Do) I Do It ForYou,” “Please Forgive Me,”“Summer of ’69,” and thepretty “Heaven.” Additionalefforts have “Here I Am,”“The Only Thing That LooksGood On Me Is You,” the ten-der “You’re Still Beautiful ToMe,” the classic “StraightFrom The Heart,” and endswith the pretty “All For Love.”More than 65 million al-bums sold worldwide; hereare 20 reasons why!

CEE LO GREEN —THE LADY KILLER

ElektraCee Lo Green is widely

known as one half of GrammyAward-winning superstar duoGnarls Barkley, who in 2006scored big time with the in-ternational #1 smash hit“Crazy.” The Lady Killer,Green’s first solo work inover six years has the multi-talented, singer/writer/rap-per/producer, continuing topush hip-hop and soul’s en-velope to the max. Creativemusic includes, “The LadyKiller Theme (Intro/Outro)”to start and finish his CD.Powering up with “BrightLights Bigger City,” followedby Green’s blockbuster firstsingle “Forget You,” thepraise of “Wildflower,” thedeadly “Bodies,” a bullseyecut “Love Gun” featuringLauren Bennett,” and ahealthy dose of “Satisfied.”Green pours his heart out for“I Want You,” brings a tearto the eye via “Cry Baby,”getting won over by “Fool ForYou” featuring former Earth,Wind & Fire’s Philip Bailey,”and an attempt to rid hismind of a lost love with theupbeat “It’s OK.” It all slowsdown for “Old Fashioned,” andhis finale is the telling “NoOne’s Gonna Love You.” It’sall good for Green, and TheLady Killer will continue toscore again and again!

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THEATERTHE LYRIC STAGE COMPANYOF BOSTON140 Claredon St., Boston, MA

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURESOF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, PARTS1 & 11 - Now through December 19,2010. “Love, sex, and money, povertyand exploitation, hope and despair:Dickens’s world is vividly brought tolife in David Edgar’s adaptation of his1838 novel.” (The Times, London) Acast of 25 plays over 150 charactersin this remarkable two-part play withmusic. Winner of both the TonyAward for Best Play and The OlivierAward for Play of the Year.

MY NAME IS ASHER LEV –February 11 – March 12, 2011. MyName is Asher Lev follows the jour-ney of a controversial young Jewishpainter torn between his Hasidic up-bringing and his desire to paint. Hisartistic gift threatens to estrange himfrom his sheltered religious commu-nity in postwar Brooklyn and the par-ents he loves. While his mother istorn between her son and her hus-band, Asher must choose betweenhis art and his faith. For more infor-mation please visit www.lyricstage.comor call 617-585-5678.

CITI PERFORMING ARTSCENTER WANG THEATER270 Tremont Street, Boston, MA

SHEN YUN - Friday, February 11,2011 - 7:30pm , Saturday, February12, 2011 - 2:00pm , Saturday, Febru-ary 12, 2011 - 7:30pm , Sunday,February 13, 2011 - 2:00pm. This isan authentic, high end Chinese clas-sic show. Rediscover the beauty ofChinese traditional culture withSHEN YUN Performing Arts’ ChineseSpectacular. A culture 5,000 years inthe making comes to life on stagethrough nearly 20 classical Chinesedances, songs, and drama basedon ancient legends, heroic storiesand courageous tales. A collabora-tion of more than 80 classicallytrained dancers, choreographers,musicians, and vocalists. New York-based SHEN YUN Performing Arts pre-sents the best of China’s culture likeyou’ve never experienced before.With magnificent costumes, breath-taking backdrops, and masterful mu-sic performed by a fabulous live or-chestra, this show is a feast for yourbody and soul.For more info log ontowww.shenyunperformingarts.org/ orcall 1-800-954-4606.

MUSICTD GARDENCauseway Street, Boston, MA

ANDREA BOCCELLI - December 5,2010 at 7:00 PM. Since winning theNewcomers section of the SanremoMusic Festival, in 1994, he has re-corded fourteen studio albums, of bothpop and classical music, two greatesthits albums, and eight complete op-eras, selling over 70 million copiesworldwide. Thus, he is the biggest-selling solo artist in the history of clas-sical music. With over 5 million unitssold worldwide, Sacred Arias becamethe biggest-selling classical album bya solo artist of all time, and with justunder 20 million units sold worldwide,his 1997 pop album, Romanza, be-came the best-selling album by anItalian artist ever, as well as the best-selling album by a foreign artistin Canada, and a number of othercountries in Europe and LatinAmerica.

MICHAEL BUBLE - Saturday,November 27, 2010 at 8:00PM. The“Crazy Love” Tour has received thebest reviews of Buble’s career. “You’rewitnessing one of the greats ... aperformer in peak form. Every night,another l5,000 people or so are leftconvinced that this performance wasamong the very best and most impor-tant he’s ever given. Such superstarsare rare indeed,” glowed the OrangeCounty Register. Following theextraordinary success earlier this yearof the the Buble penned No. 1 single,“Haven’t Met You,” Michael hasjust released the catchy new single“Hollywood,” which is on “MichaelBuble - Crazy Love - The HollywoodEdition.” To purchase tickets log onto onto www.ticketmaster.com.

NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY’SJORDAN HALL30 Gainsborough St., Boston, MA

CHEMISTRY & COURAGE:BORODIN 7 WAGNER, JOANNAPORACHOVA, SOPRANO - December4, 2010 at 8:00pm. Maestro JonathanMcPhee and Longwood SymphonyOrchestra take the audience on amoving journey that features worksby Alexander Borodin and RichardWagner. Join us as Maestro McPheeand Longwood Symphony Orchestrapresent the brilliant Joanna Porackova,who as a nurse has brought her ownchemistry and courage to the Inten-sive Care units at Children’s HospitalBoston and as a soprano has gracedstages across the U.S. and Europe.Visit www.longwoodssymphony.org orcall 617-667-1527.

THE WILBUR246 Tremont St., Boston, MA

HERB ALPERT AND LANI HALL -Thursday, February 17, 2011 at7:30PM. For more than fifty years,Herb Alpert has come to mean manythings to many people. To generationsof music fans, Alpert is the dark-haired, trumpet-playing songmakerwhose name instantly brings to mindmemorable songs like “The LonelyBull,” “A Taste of Honey,” and “Rise.”These are but a few of the tunesAlpert recorded either as leader of thelegendary Tijuana Brass. You maypurchase tickets by calling 1-800-745-3000 or log onto www.thewilbur.comfor more info.

ARTSTHE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

THE EMPEROR’S PRIVATEPARADISE: TREASURES FROMTHE FORBIDDEN CITY - Nowthrough January 9, 2011. Neverbefore seen by the public, the con-tents of an Emperor’s private retreatdeep within the Forbidden City willbe revealed for the first time. An18th-century compound in a hiddenquadrant of the immense imperialcomplex, the Qianlong Garden (alsoknown as the Tranquility andLongevity Palace Garden), is part of adecade-long, multimillion-dollar con-servation initiative undertaken by theWorld Monuments Fund in partner-ship with the Palace Museum, Beijing.The Emperor’s Private Paradise: Trea-sures from the Forbidden City. Ninetyobjects of ceremony and — murals,paintings, wall coverings, furniture, ar-chitectural elements, jades andcloisonné — unveil the private realmof the Qianlong Emperor. A connois-seur, scholar and devout Buddhist,

BOSTON CHILDREN’S THEATRE316 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA

THE VELVETEEN RABBIT – No-vember 27, 2010 to December 19, 2010.Back by popular demand! Actors andpuppets bring to life the enchantingworld of the popular children’s storyin Burgess Clark’s warm adaptationfeaturing original music and puppetscreated by Marjorie Tudor of the TashaTudor family. Don’t miss this wonder-ful show for the whole family! For fur-ther information please visitwww.bostonchildrenstheatre.org orcall (617) 424-6634.

NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE62 Dunham Road, Beverly, MA

A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Decem-ber 3 - 23, 2010 The story tells the taleof curmudgeonly miser, EbenezerScrooge, who is visited by the ghostsof Christmases Past, Present, and Fu-ture hoping to change his destiny andsave his soul. Audiences will travelwith Scrooge as he sets off on a strangeand magical journey, where he ulti-mately discovers the true spirit of theholiday season. With dazzling specialeffects that have grown even moreexciting over time, traditional andoriginal songs, and colorful costumes,A CHRISTMAS CAROL has become aholiday favorite throughout New En-gland. Since the World Premiere atNSMT in 1989, A CHRISTMAS CAROLhas entertained more than a millionpeople including more then 100,000students. Based on the CharlesDickens classic. Tickets can be pur-chased by calling the North ShoreMusic Theatre Box Office at (978) 232-7200, via the website at www.nsmt.org.

REAGLE MUSIC THEATER617 Lexington St. Waltham, MA

IT’S CHRISTMASTIME - Decem-ber 3-12, 2010. The Reagle MusicTheatre’s musical spectacular is andexciting delightful production - a realChristmas treat. No matter where youlive, come and enjoy two hours ofChristmas Music with forty singers, afull orchestra, 20 precision dancers,Victorian Carolers, the Parade of theWooden Soldiers, the Teddy Bears’Nutcracker, 75 elves, and a Nativitypageant that is beautiful.www.www.reagleplayers.org or call781-891-5600.

NORTH SHORE MUSICALCHILDREN’S THEATRE466 Central St., Saugus, MA

CINDERELLA’S CHRISTMAS -Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 2PM.Christmas is coming ... the washing

he created a luxurious garden com-pound to serve throughout his retire-ment as a secluded place of contem-plation, repose and entertainment.

PAINTING THE MODERN ININDIA - On view April 10, 2010 toJanuary 1, 2012. Painting the Modernin India features seven renownedpainters who came of age during theheight of the movement to free Indiafrom British rule. For more informa-tion please call 978-745-9500 orvisit www.pem.org.

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA

AVEDON FASHION 1944-2000 -Now through January 17, 2011.Richard Avedon was one of the great-est image-makers of the 20th cen-tury. He revolutionized fashion pho-tography with his imaginative, spir-ited portrayals of the “good life” show-ing beautiful women wearing extra-ordinary clothes in irresistible set-tings, as well as memorable portray-als that are both elegant and re-served. The innovative design ofhis compositions caught the eye ofeditors and art directors at Harper’sBazaar and Vogue — the primary mag-azines for which he worked — whilehis vision of the modern Americanwoman, one of wit, and fast-lane glam-our, captivated the public.

NICHOLAS NIXON: FAMILYALBUM - Now through Sunday,May 1, 2011. Among the most com-pelling of Nicholas Nixon’s series ofphotographs are the portraits that hehas made of his close-knit family.These photographs, taken overtime, explore the nature of long-committed relationships. The exhibi-tion features the entire sequence ofthe celebrated portraits of the artist’swife, Bebe, and her three sisters. Theexhibition also includes photographsof the artist’s daily life with Bebe andtheir children Samuel andClementine (born in the early 1980s),which enable viewers to share in thedaily interactions and joys of parent-hood. For more information log ontowww.mfa.org.

MIT VISUAL ARTSWIESNER BUILDING E15-10920 Ames Street, Cambridge, Ma

EMILY WARDILL: GAME-KEEPERS WITHOUT GAME – Nowthrough January 2, 2011. Gamekeep-ers without Game is Wardill’s re-imag-ining of the 17th-century play Life Isa Dream (La Vida es Sueño) by PedroCalderón de la Barca, set in contem-porary London. Wardill’s meticulouslyconstructed film tells the story of achild who had been banished fromthe family home. Visit web.mit.edu.

DECORDOVA SCUPTURE PARKAND MUSEUM51 Sandy Pond Rd., Lincoln, MA

EXISTED: LEONARDO DREW-Now through January 9, 2011. Existedis a mid-career survey of the New Yorkbased artist, Leonardo Drew. Thisexhibition highlights Drew’s career-long interest in the cyclical nature ofcreation, decay, and regenerationthrough a selection of large-scalesculptures, installations, and workson paper. Built from rows of stackedcotton and wooden boxes, stuffed withrags, covered with scavenged objects,and caked with rust to suggest de-generation. For more info call 781-259-8355 or email info@decordova.org.

BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARYCentral Library Copley Square,Johnson Lobby

GREETINGS FROM BOSTON: ANEXHIBITION OF POSTCARDS CEL-EBRATING OUR CITY. Now throughMarch 31, 2010. Greetings from Bos-ton, an exhibition of vintage postcardscurrently on display in the JohnsonLobby, allows visitors to tour “vintage”Boston through postcards depictingsome of the city’s most famous placesand spaces in bygone days.

and online at www.wsro.com.“Don Giovanni Show” Saturday

mornings from 6AM-8AM and Sundayevenings 5PM-7PM on 950 AM WROL.www.dongiovannishow.com.

DANTE ALIGHIERI42 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA

CORO-DANTE CHRISTMAS CON-CERT - Sunday, December 5, 5:30 pmPlease join us at this annual event asthe Coro-Dante performs ItalianChristmas Carols and a cantata byRespighi, “Lauda per la nativitàdel Signore” with chamber orchestraand soloists to celebrate the Christ-mas season. Free admission. Dona-tions gratefully accepted. For moreinformation please log ontowww.dantealighieri.net/cambridge

Special EventsTHE WILBUR246 Tremont St., Boston, MA

TIM & ERIC AWESOME TOUR,GREAT JOB! CHRIMBUSSPECATACULAR 2010. FeaturingTim & Eric, Pusswhip Banggang, NeilHamburge - Friday, November 26, 2010(2 shows) Much like the televisionseries, Tim and Eric Awesome Tour,Great Job! Chrimbus Spectacular2010 is a fast-paced, live variety show,complete with short films, parodies,pranks and musical numbers. Tim andEric will also show never-before-seenvideos and clips from their upcomingone-hour holiday special, Tim and

Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!Chrimbus Special, which will premiereDecember 12. Throughout the tour,special performances will include theband Pusswhip Banggang and NeilHamburger will perform the opening.

JOAN RIVERS - Friday December10, 2010 at 7:30PM. In the early 1960s,Joan Rivers performed in numerouscomedy clubs in Greenwich Villagebefore making her first appearance onThe Tonight Show, which was thenhosted by Jack Paar. By 1965, she hada stint on Candid Camera as a writerand participant in luring in unsus-pecting targets. In the 1960s, Riversreleased her first two comedy albums,The Next to Last Joan Rivers Albumand Joan Rivers Presents Mr. Phyllisand Other Funny Stories. In 1989,after countless appearances on tele-vision shows, Joan had her own day-time talk show, The Joan Rivers Show.She is known for her pre-awardsshows for the Golden Globe Awardsand Academy Awards and can also beseen regularly on QVC selling herJoan Rivers Collection of jewelry. Riv-ers and her daughter Melissa werecontestants in 2009 on the secondCelebrity Apprentice, raising moneyfor charity. Joan was announced thewinner for the season and was hiredas the Celebrity Apprentice. The sameyear, she was also roasted on Com-edy Central.

CINDERELLA’S CHRISTMAS -Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 2PM.Christmas is coming......the washingand waxing and scrubbing have beenfinished, but Cinderella’s ball gown isruined and her Stepmother and step-sisters have already left for the ball!Will the Fairy Godmother arrive in timeto get Cinderella to the Christmas Ball?The mice seem to think so. For tick-ets log onto www.ticketmaster.com orcall 617-931-2000.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE1 Science Park, Cambridge, MA

REPTILES: THE BEAUTIFULAND THE DEADLY – Now throughJanuary 4, 2011 Experience the won-ders of the reptile world as you comeeyeball to eyeball with twenty of themost amazing species of living reptilesfrom around the world. Touch a livesnake; “milk” venom from a modelrattlesnake; open and close the jawsof a deadly Gaboon Viper; guess thelength of giant snakes; and listen tothe grunts, hisses and bellows ofcrocodiles. Learn all about these ani-mals, their native habitats, and theirplace in the animal kingdom. Thisexhibit will reveal the truth behindcommon myths and leave you witha new appreciation for these misun-derstood creatures. More informationat mos.org.

New England’s brightest holiday tradition returns toNorth Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) for the first timesince 2007. Spirits fly. Snow falls. A man named Scroogelearns the true meaning of Christmas and a traditionhas been reborn! A CHRISTMAS CAROL, directed by writerand former NSMT Artistic Director and Executive Pro-ducer Jon Kimbell, will run 16 performances only. Thiscast, featuring David Coffee and many local area per-formers, are ready to spread the Holiday joy once again,”said NSMT’s owner and Producer Bill Hanney. “When Ifirst started to explore the possibility of reopening NSMT,it was immediately very clear how much A ChristmasCarol meant to the community. Every official I met withand anyone I talked to would mention this productionwithin the first few sentences of our conversation. Thedecision to bring it back was a no brainer and I am look-ing forward to seeing it at NSMT for the first time my-self!” Check out the Theater section for more details.

David Coffee as Ebenezer Scrooge. Photo by Paul Lyden

and waxing and scrubbing have beenfinished, but Cinderella’s ball gown isruined and her stepmother and step-sisters have already left for the ball!Will the Fairy Godmother arrive in timeto get Cinderella to the Christmas Ball?The mice seem to think so. You maypurchase tickets at the door or pur-chase at the door mail check madeout to “Kaleidoscope Theatre” andmail to the address above c/o Joanneor you may order online atwww.kaleidoscopechildrenstheatre.com/sauguschildrenstheatre.htm. Forticket price and more information call781-230-3976.

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Choking news! A Florida man is suing arestaurant for not teaching him how to eatan artichoke. Arturo Carvajal claims hesuffered “severe abdominal pain and discom-fort” after eating an entire grilled artichoke— a dish “he had never seen or heard ofpreviously.” The restaurant, he says, failedto explain that only the tender, inner leavesare digestible.

Remember, the worst indigestion is thatwhich comes from having to eat your ownwords.

The astute Mona Lisa Cappuccio of EastBoston, says, “The only thing digestible aboutsome doughnuts is the hole.”

Bella Culo of Chestnut Hill, says, “Thequickest way to get indigestion is to eatsomething when something’s eating you.”

Second comings, after Neal Thompson ofMissouri was kicked out of a Lutheranchurch and taken away by police becausehe arrived dressed as Jesus Christ, with awhite robe and cross. “Oh, I forgive them,”said Thompson.

Carlo Scostumato asks, “Is there a God?God only knows.”

Doris Day’s days are numbered! The 86-year-old show biz legend was stricken by abreath-robbing microscopic bug, whichthreatened her life and her fabled singingvoice, pals say. The brave movie and record-ing icon spoke candidly of her desperatehealth battle in a touching radio interviewmany fans fear might be her last. “I hadbronchitis — and I had a terrible time withit,” she confessed. But Day, who sufferedthrough three divorces, a fourth husband’sdeath and her only child, son Terry Melcher’sfatal cancer battle in 2004, reveals in theradio interview that she has a special treatfor fans — a secret stash of never-before-heard recordings. For the record, Doris Daylives in a cavernous Carmel, Californiahouse. Her sprawling estate also serves asa sanctuary for rescued and aging pets.

Fatty news! Fat genes could be behindyour bulging jeans! That’s the shocking con-clusion of scientists who’ve discovered morethan 30 new hereditary factors that explainthe reason some people get overweight andhave apple or pear-shaped bottoms. Dietand lack of exercise remain prime culprits,researchers say, but unlocking the mysteryof fat genes could help end obesity.

No wonder we’re fat! The average Ameri-can chews 190 sticks of gum, drinks 600sodas and 800 gallons of water, and eats 135pounds of sugar and 19 pounds of cerealper year. The biggest-selling restaurantfood is french fries. The estimated numberof M&Ms sold each day in the United Statesis two hundred million. A can of SPAM isopened every four seconds. And Americanson average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.Saturday night is the biggest night ofthe week for eating pizza. Ah, pizza! WeAmericans have been Italianized! The mostpopular ethnic food is of course, Italian.Supermarkets carry 27 varieties of pasta, avariety of Italian sauces, loaves of Italianbread, olive oil, etc. Which reminds me, itwas reported Eleanor Roosevelt ate threechocolate-covered garlic balls every day formost of her adult life.

Advice for getting rid of dandruff. Dandruffis caused by yeast that triggers the over-production of skin cells and can be controlledwithout spending a fortune, experts reveal.For a natural treatment: leave olive oil onyour scalp for an hour, then shampoo. Otherways to give the scalp condition the brushoff include using shampoos containing zincpyrithlone, ketoconazole and coal tar. Coaltar shampoo removes excess skin, but canturn blond hair yellow.

Huh? Speaking of hair, Lucille Monuteaux,Office Manager of East Boston’s SocialCenter, says, having your gray hair dyeddoesn’t do away with the worries thatcaused it.

Some worthy advice on ways to slashbreast cancer risk. The devastating diseasestrikes 500 new victims a day. Accordingto the National Cancer Institute, 207,090women will develop the disease thisyear and up to 40,000 will die. But North

C a r o l i n a -based Dr.Aaron Taborsays, eatingc e r t a i nfoods canslash your risk in half! His book, Fight Now:Live and Eat Proactively Against Breast Cancer,offers some life-saving tips. Eat carrots, cutback on booze, and eat whole grains, suchas brown rice and pasta on a daily basis.Avoid dangerous saturated animal fats,tranfats and hydrogenated fats in favor ofhealthy fats. Eat at least one clove of garlicseveral times a week. Take a vitaminsupplement every day. Certain vitamins,especially B12, folate, vitamin D and vita-min E help crush the growth of breast can-cer. Shun red meat. Studies show womenwho eat the most red meat have an 88 per-cent to 300 percent higher risk of develop-ing breast cancer. Lose weight, the chanceof developing breast cancer after menopauseis higher in women who are too heavy.Increase physical activity. Exercise will helplose weight and boost your immune system.And go to bed by 10 p.m., and get up before6 a.m. The sleep hormone melatonin is apowerful antioxidant but staying up latecauses levels to drop.

Revelations! Judy Garland’s comebackdoing live performances was possible via herlegions of gay fans. They didn’t care thatperhaps she’d lost her looks or wasn’t younganymore; they just wanted to see and hearher in person ... I was there, the night ofApril 23, 1961, when she had her historictriumph at Carnegie Hall. It’s a date I willnever forget. So said Rock Hudson.

Some of the worst homophobes, inWashington or Hollywood, are closeted ho-mosexuals. Like J. Edgar Hoover, who kepta file on Rock Hudson and informed one ofthe studios that Hudson would not meethis approval to play an FBI agent in amovie! Or Rock himself, who like Liberace,didn’t leave one penny in his will to helpgay rights or to fight AIDS. So reported ColinHiggins.

Walking off the common cold. A mile ortwo a day may well keep the doctor away,says LiveScience.com. Researchers atAppalachian State University in NorthCarolina monitored the health of 1,000people, ages 18 to 85, for three months inthe fall and winter, and quizzed them ontheir health and fitness habits. The peoplewith the fewest and least-severe colds, itturned out, were those who exercised fiveor more times a week. Well, get going!Exercise! Yes, we do exercise by walkingeither outdoors or around the house.

Time for some show business reminisc-ing with the stately musicologist AlbertNatale. Bandleader Eddie Duchin was apharmacist before becoming a professionalmusician. Bing Crosby was asked to play thelead role on TVs “Columbo” series. Hedeclined. Peter Falk didn’t. Oscar-winningactor Walt Brennan had two hit records,“Dutchman’s Gold” in 1960 and “Old Rivers”in 1962. Singer Patti Page was the firstrecording artist to have hits on both the popand country charts at the same time.Before making a big name for himself asan arranger, Henry Mancini scored musicfor such films as “creature From the BlackLagoon” and “It Came From Outer Space”Singer Jack Leonard sang for the TommyDorsey band for four-and-a-half years beforebeing replaced by Frank Sinatra. Tony Mar-tin heard Herb Jeffries sing “Flamingo” anddecided to record it as well. He did but madethe same mistakes as Herb, who made up acouple of words for those he had forgotten.

Reminder! Al Natale and a swinging group,featuring the noted pianist Al Vega and thecaptivating singer Jim Bramante will beappearing at the North End Public Library,Saturday, December 4, from 12 noon totwo o’clock. Be there! Yes, there will besome tasty refreshments. This is truly agreat way to usher in the Christmas season.Yes, we will be there to enjoy the festivi-ties. See you there!AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN NAME

Place ricotta cheese into a strainer to remove any excessliquids. After ten minutes, place ricotta cheese in a bowl.Add beaten eggs. Use electric mixer only in very slow speedor stir by hand. Do not whip. (Optional) Stir in parsley, saltand ricotta. Add three tablespoons of grated cheese of choiceand (optional) mozzarella cheese. Mix thoroughly and setaside.

Partially cook lasagna following direction on the pack-age. Boil lasagna only for five minutes or less (until thepasta becomes limp). Strain lasagna and return to pan. Addcold water to lasagna to avoid sticking together.

Spread some prepared tomato sauce over bottom of lasa-gna baking tray. Drain several portions of the pasta at atime from cool water. Avoid excess water in the baking tray.Place lasagna strips over tomato sauce in bottom of tray.With a tablespoon, spread ricotta mixture over the lasa-gna. Using a ladle, spread tomato sauce over the ricotta.Sprinkle grated cheese of choice over the tomato sauce.(Optional) Any meat in the sauce can be sliced and layeredover the first layer of lasagna. Repeat the process until alllasagna has been layered into baking tray. Cover the traywith aluminum foil and set aside. Bake at least ninetyminutes before serving time in a preheated 350°F oven forabout forty minutes. Remove cover and check firmness ofricotta cheese by inserting a thin knife. If needed, returnlasagna to oven until knife comes out clean and ricotta isfirm. When thoroughly baked, set aside for at least thirtyminutes before cutting into squares for serving.

Serve extra meat from sauce in a separate platter whenserving the Lasagna Imbottiti.

Serves six.

NOTE: After the electric refrigerator replaced our wooden ice-box in the kitchen, I recall that Mama often prepared her sauceand the Lasagna Imbottiti in the evening. She refrigerated thelasagna-filled tray and baked it the next morning.

Her favorite lasagna meat sauce was using ground beef andpork meat. She fried the ground meat loosely in her favoritesaucepot. When the meat browned, she added the choppedonion and other ingredients accordingly to create her tomatosauce.

In the morning she baked the lasagna while she reheatedher tomato sauce on the stove. A half-hour or so before servingtime Mama cut her lasagna into serving portions. If needed,Mama retuned the lasagna tray to the oven at 250°F to reheat.I adopted Mama’s way of preparing this meal becauseI found it more convenient than preparing everything in onemorning.

Lasagna:1 1/2 pounds lasagnaSalt6 cups prepared tomato sauceRicotta Cheese Filling:3 eggs1/2 pound container ricotta cheese

1/2 pound grated mozzarella cheese (optional)1 tablespoon of parsley flakes3/4 cups grated Romano or Parmesan cheeseSalt and pepper to taste

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We hold that on the factspled Ashcroft is not protectedby either form of immunity,and we affirm in part andreverse in part the decisionof the district court.

Plaintiff — Appelle al-Kiddwas born Lavoni T. Kidd inWichita, Kansas. While at-tending college at the Uni-versity of Idaho, where hewas a highly regarded run-ning back on the Univer-sity’s football team, he con-verted to Islam and changedhis name. In the spring andsummer of 2002, he and hisformer wife were the targetof a Federal Bureau of Inves-tigation (FBI) surveillance aspart of a broad anti-terror-ism investigation allegedlyaimed at Arab and Muslimmen. No evidence of crimi-nal activity by al-Kidd wasever discovered.

Defendant — AppellantAshcroft was Attorney Gen-eral of the United States dur-ing the relevant time period.According to al-Kidd’s com-plaint, following the Sep-tember 11, 2001 terroristattacks, Ashcroft developedand promulgated a policy bywhich the FBI and DOJwould use the federal mate-rial witness statute as a pre-text “to arrest on criminalcharges but wished to holdpreventatively or to investi-gate further.”

In March 2005 al-Kiddsued the Attorney Generalin the Idaho Federal DistrictCourt. In March 2005 al-Kiddsued Ashcroft, the FBI and

others seeking damages.The trial Judge rejected

Ashcroft’s claim that hewas immune from liability,Ashcroft appealed.

The Circuit Court upheldthe ruling that Ashcroftwas not immune and couldbe held liable. The courtsaid “We therefore hold thatal-Kidd’s right not to bearrested as a materialwitness in order to be in-vestigated or preemptivelydetained was clearly estab-lished in 2003. AlthoughAshcroft has raised in thisappeal, neither a nationalsecurity nor an exigencydefense to al-Kidd’s action,we note that we are mindfulof the pressures underwhich the Attorney Generalmust operate.”

“Where an official could beexpected to know that hisconduct would violate statu-tory or constitutional right,he should be made to hesi-tate …” This is as true inmatters of national securityas in other fields of govern-mental action. We do notbelieve that the security ofthe Republic will be threat-ened if its Attorney Generalis given incentive to abideby clearly established law.

This Circuit Courts divi-sion says that the AttorneyGeneral can be personallyliable for his acts. Thiscase has been appealedand the Supreme Courtof the United States willdecide if the Circuit Courtsdeicision is correct.

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Thanksgiving week was isimportant for kids. When Iwas in school, the teacherstold us about the Pilgrimsand their attempt at survivalin a, sometimes, forbiddingland. They then went on andtalked about a “thank youcelebration” that was held atharvest time. When picturesof the Indians were shown tous, there was one who lookedlike one of my great uncles,and I thought maybe Indianswere Italians with feathers;I didn’t really know as I hadnever met one.

At dinner that night, Iasked the historian in thefamily about Indians. Babbo-nonno loved history andtold me as we ate, that thename American Indians wasa mistake that was neverchanged. It seems thatwhen Columbus landed inthe Bahamas on October 12,1492, the people who greetedhim on the beach looked likeIndians. Columbus’s refer-ence to the Indians of Asiawas from documents left bymerchants who traveled theSilk Road from Europe toAsia and from the writingsof Marco Polo that illustratedhis travels to the east overtwo hundred years earlier.When Columbus saw themen on the beach, to him,they looked like the Indiansdescribed in the literaturehe read. He then assumedthat he had landed onthe islands south of India.When Columbus charted hiscourse, his calculations in-dicated that the Earth was12,000 miles around theequator. He was off by 50%.In actuality, the Earth is24,000 miles in circumfer-ence, but Columbus thoughthe was near India. His crewbegan calling the peoplethey met, “Indios,” Spanishfor Indians, and the namestuck.

Babbononno’s story fasci-nated me, and through theyears since then, I havemet people who are nativeAmerican and they refer tothemselves ethnically by thename of their nation or tribe:Narragansett, Algonquin,Chickasaw, Comanche,Dakota, Iroquois, Kiowa,Mohegan, Mohawk, Chey-enne, Pawnee, Wampanoag,Apache, and hundreds ofothers found throughout theAmericas. In any event, thatfirst autumn in Massachu-setts, the Pilgrims cel-ebrated the harvest and in-vited the locals to join them,and the tradition began. Howwe equate turkey and thefixin’s we add in to Thanks-giving might be clouded inhistory, but tradition indi-cates that turkey is the fo-cal point of the holiday meal.

My family, and yours too,if you are Italian, picked upon American traditionalholidays but tweaked thema little. Thanksgiving isstrictly American but whenwe celebrated, Nanna andmy mother did the bulk ofthe cooking. As a child Iwould accompany them to

the stores where they wouldbuy the necessities for aholiday dinner. Back then,we didn’t have supermar-kets in East Boston or theNorth End. You shopped formeat at a meat market orbutcher shop, fish at a fishstore, bread at a bakery,fruits and vegetables at agreen grocer, and pastry at apastry shop. In East Boston,poultry was bought live at aslaughter house and theywould kill and dress yourpurchase as you watched. AtThanksgiving time, Nannaand my mother would go tothe one on Lewis Street nearMaverick Square, pick outtheir turkey and watchedthe process from that pointon. When it was ready, Nannawould put the wrapped birdin her black oilcloth shop-ping bag and we would headto the next store on her list.

When it was time to pre-pare Thanksgiving dinner,my mother and grandmotherwould begin early on themorning of the last Thurs-day of the month of Novem-ber. As I said, they wouldtweak the menu to reflectour southern Italian heri-tage. The menu wouldbegin with antipasti on thekitchen table, Italiancheeses, cold cuts, olives,marinated artichokes,roasted peppers, hot peppers,sun dried tomatoes, and ofcourse a selection of wines,both red and white, thatBabbononno picked up fromZi’Antonio, his best friendand Nanna’s brother. Aftereveryone had arrived andsampled the offerings on thekitchen table, the finishingtouches would be done to thedining room table and whenit was time to sit, the firstcourse would be escarolesoup with tiny meatballs.This was followed by home-made ravioli, meatballs,chunks of pork, lamb andbeef that had been stewingin Nanna’s gravy. The nextcourse included the veg-etables that Nanna liked toprepare, stuffed artichokes,rappi with garlic and oliveoil, Italian string beans,stuffed mushrooms, andmaybe homemade turkeystuffing that was more likean omelet than stuffing.These were followed by asalad, just lettuce andtomato with vinegar and oil.Dessert was to come later.After these courses, fruit,unshelled nuts and hotchestnuts were placed onthe table. Between the serv-ing, eating and conversa-tions, about two to threehours would be used up. Afterdinner the men would headfor the living room for cigarsand extra glasses of wineand the women would do thedishes.

Later, after the men wokeup from the effects of aheavy meal and good home-made wine, dessert andcoffee would be served. Everytype of pastry that had anItalian name would beplaced on the dining room

table to be eaten and washeddown by both American andItalian coffee. Of course,Babbononno would have abottle of homemade anis-ette to spike the coffee alittle.

Around the time the des-serts and coffee were on thetable, the door bell wouldbegin to ring and friends andrelatives who were invitedfor dessert would begin toarrive, most of them addingto the desserts with theirofferings. The bottles of whis-key would come out of achina cabinet and combinedwith the wine and anisette,would be served to the newlyarrived friends and rela-tives. With conversations intwo languages, the holidaywould continue until aroundnine or ten in the evening.When it was time to leave,Nanna would have doggybags filled with leftovers foreveryone to take home. Say-ing goodbye as you leave anItalian house may take ahalf hour or more because itincludes kissing, hugging,handshakes, lots of conver-sation and the distributionof the bags of leftovers.

When everyone was gone,it was time to clear the din-ing room table, and it wasthen that I noticed some-thing … a turkey that hadbeen sitting there in themiddle and never touched. Itcould have been made out ofplastic to be reused the fol-lowing year and no one wouldhave known the difference.This was a genuine Ameri-can holiday that was basedon, by tradition, a turkey,but tweaked by an Italianfamily.

Here it is, Thanksgiving,2010. Nanna, Babbononno,my folks and almost all oftheir generation are gone.The only ones I have left areUncle Gino (my mother’syoungest brother) and hiswife, Aunt Ninna. My sons,John and Michael, willcome home for the holidayand we will join my cousin,Ralph Pepe and his family tocelebrate. We’ve been com-bining families for manyyears now, as it representsthe extended family we re-membered from when wewere kids. Ralph and I arethe old timers as his kidsand grand kids will be therealong with my wife, Loretta,my two kids, and maybemy brother-in-law, MikeDeVito and his wife Lin. I’lllet you know how thingsturn out. Between now andthen, a very happy and safeThanksgiving to you andyours from the Christoforofamily, and MAY GOD BLESSAMERICA.

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Enjoy!(Be sure to visit HildaMorrill’s gardening Web site,www.bostongardens.com. Inaddition to events covered andreported by the columnist, “TheSocially Set” is compiled fromvarious other sources such asnews and press releases,PRNewswire services, etc.)

Former Spaulding Rehabilitation patient Brendan Millerof the North End is pictured with mother Nancy Miller,right, and sister Karen D’Attanasio, left.

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The time has come, the walrus said,

TO TALK OF MANY THINGSof shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings

by Sal Giarratani

GASTRONOMY AND THEGREAT COMPOSERS. At arecent concert at the DanteAlighieri Cultural Center inCambridge, those of us whoattended the musicalevening enjoyed the pro-gram greatly. I personallywas thrilled by the “triviaintermezzo,” masterfullyconducted by Ron DellaChiesa, capably assisted bya highly promising soprano,Margareth Felice of the Bos-ton Opera Collaborative.

One of the questions askedpertained to the title of a cel-ebrated opera, dealing witha celebrated dish. The an-swer was, of course, “PastaAlla Norma.” It is called thisbecause the composer of“Norma,” Vincenzo Bellini,the master of the particularoperatic style called “BelCanto,” enjoyed this particu-lar dish a lot, which hismother often made for himand for special guests. Anobvious question may beeasily asked: were thereother musical celebritieswho enjoyed a particulardish? Well, we have found afew.

Claudio Monteverdi(1567-1643). He had a pref-erence for “roast pork,” pre-pared with white wine, lard,nutmeg, milk, salt and pep-per and other seasoning. Itmust have been “gustoso,”indeed, after a lengthypreparation: left overnightto marinade!

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741). The violin “virtuoso”enjoyed eating rice in sev-eral ways and on differentoccasions. Rice was, at thattime, the “national dish” ofthe Venetians. The ritualdish was celebrated on April25, the day dedicated to “SanMarco,” Venice’s protectorSaint. The dish didn’t con-sist of rice alone. It wascombined with onions, pars-ley and bacon.

Wolfgang AmadeusMozart (1756-1791). Duringhis life he spent many yearsin Italy, doing concerts (thefirst was in Rovereto atChristmas time in 1769, atthe age of 13), then he stud-ied with Father GiovanniBattista Martini, then theworld’s greatest musicteacher. Mozart’s weak spotwas his “sweet tooth,” par-ticularly for cake that mainlyfeatured chocolate, rum, cof-fee and “cafe-latte,” andwith the addition of a little“marsala” on both surfaces!How about that!A NEW DISCOVERY BYITALIAN RESEARCHERS:WHAT CAUSES EPILEPSY?New prescription drugs canstop the actions of a protein,or certain receptors, acti-vated by the protein, whichare capable of turning off theactivity of nerve cells thatare behind the epilepticattack. The above is theresult of a study by the“Mario Negri Institute” of theUniversity “San RaffaeleLife-Health,” published by“Nature Medicine.” In par-

NEWEST HIGH RISE INDOWNTOWN CROSSINGNo, they’re not finally

building up the giant hole inthe ground along Washing-ton Street. They’re lifting a42-foot Christmas tree atopthe Macy’s awning alongSummer Street. The BostonGlobe ran a great photo ofthis magical moment. Whenthe only thing growing inDowntown Crossing is a tree,you know Downtown’s futurerebirth is also just a magi-cal dream too.BACCI’S OF STONEHAM —

MMM! MMM! GOOD!On Monday, November 15,

I took a ride over to Bacci’son Main Street in Stonehamfor Customer AppreciationNight with my pal Johnny“Two Dogs.” I had never beenthere before but Johnny’s aregular at the place. Heloves their house ravioliand his favorite off themenu is tripe. The buffettable looked like a heavenlysight. The free buffet wasthe right price, but even offthe menu, the price isalways right too. All thewaitresses know Johnny. Idid meet the only Irishwaitress named Nora andI also got to meet the “first”Lisa Cappuccio, not to beconfused with East Boston’sLisa Cappuccio, who broughtthe ravioli to our table. I rec-ommend this place to allfolks with good taste for greatItalian food. NECCO SEEKS PARTNER

The 163-year-old New En-gland Confectionery Com-pany has retained a NewYork investment bank “toidentify a strategic partneror explore a possible sale ofNecco’s business.” When Ithink of Necco, I think NeccoWafers or as we called themas kids, “Nickle Wafers”since they sold for five cents.

Sometime in the early90s, Necco was selling a$100 million in candy orsweets and moved it’s Cam-bridge headquarters onMassachusetts Avenue toRevere in 2003. Today, Necco

remains one of Revere’slargest employers.

WEST END GROUPCELEBRATES 10TH

The West End Civic Asso-ciation recently celebratedits 10th year of communityactivity. President LouiseThomas said the first orderof business years ago was tore-establish the neighbor-hood as the West End again.Today, thanks to the group,the neighborhood and itsneighbors is seen as theWest End once again. Overthe years, the associationhas stayed actively involvedin development issues. The10th anniversary celebrationwas held at Banners Restau-rant at TD Garden.

WHAT THANKSGIVINGTRULY MEANS

Senator Jack Hart, Bos-ton firefighters and theirfamilies, Tom Butler andMassport, the Department ofMental Health and theFriends of Metro Boston willbe holding its 6th annualThanksgiving Dinner for500 folks living with mentalillness on November 24 atFlorian Hall in Dorchester.For more information, callMary Sine at 617-626-8978.DORCHESTER LOOKING

TO TILL THE SOIL?Over in Dorchester, to the

east of Blue Hill Avenue andnot far from Franklin Park,there are empty parcels ofland wasting away. City Hallthinks these desolate par-cels could be used for farm-ing. The City has tappedGlenway Street and twoother nearby parcels for apilot project to grow Dorches-ter produce. The stuff grownwould be sold to nearbymarkets, local shops andrestaurants.

Mayor Tom Menino envi-sions these empty cityparcels being brought to newlife through urban agricul-ture. Said Mayor Menino toBoston Globe reporter MeganE. Irons, “I’d like to see thatin the next growing seasonwe have these lands, so thatwe can have people outtherewho will plant the tomatoes,the hot peppers, the broccoliand the zucchini.”

Glynn Lloyd who foundedCity Fresh Foods in Roxburysaid, “There is an economicpotential here. I think thaturban agriculture can be aviable economic industry.”

The mayor’s correct onthis farming idea. There areall kinds of possibilities to besown here.

US SENATORTOMMY MENINO

According to a recent Bos-ton Globe piece, the liberalBlue Mass Group blog is urg-ing Boston’s Mayor TomMenino to think about tak-ing on US Senator ScottBrown in 2012. Stated theblog message, “He’d be agreat Senator and stands onthe progressive side on theissues ... He would win theelection.” Dot Joyce from theMayor’s Office said whileMenino is flattered, “He re-mains focused on beingmayor.”

CASTLE ISLANDVOLUNTEERS NEEDEDThe Castle Island Associa-

tion is looking for a few goodpeople who have a passionfor keeping Boston’s richheritage alive to serve inmany capacities and lendinga helping hand. Come insidethe fort, Fort Independence.For more information, go towww.bostonfortindependence.comor call 617-268-8870.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2010 - 1:00 P.M.

Merry ChristmasSEE SANTA CLAUS ARRIVE AT NORTH END PARK

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CHRISTMAS PARADE

Dedicated in Memory of

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ticular, the researchers ofthe “experimental neurol-ogy” of the “Mario Negri,” ledby Annamaria Vezzani andby the group of “CromatinDynamics” of the ‘SanRaffaele’ led by MarcoBianchi, have discovered anew mechanism, whichcauses the inflammationsthat contribute substantiallyto the flare up and recurringepileptic crisis. Studies be-gun by the same teams havediscovered that the inflam-mation is one of the mecha-nisms, which predisposesto the epileptic crisis. Atthe San Raffaele theypinpointed the molecule re-leased by the damagedtissues, particularly by theprotein called HMGB, areresponsible for the inflam-mation, which is associatedto trauma and biologicalstresses.

Drugs that block the ef-fects of the HMGB, or of thetoll-like receptors posses’anti-convulsion effects,even on animals in crises,which resist conventionaldrugs. This discovery, saidAnnamaria Vezzani, besidesshowing a new mechanismcausing epileptic crises,opens the way to new anti-convulsion therapies by us-ing particular drugs that areanti-inflammation to treatepilepsy. Many hope thatthese drugs can also beused in other neurologicalillnesses, which are associ-ated to inflammatory pro-cesses. In closing, we mustreport that AnnamariaVezzani received a prizeby the American EpilepsySociety.

To the Defendant:The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for

Divorce requesting that the Court grant adivorce for irretrievable breakdown of themarriage. The Complaint is on file at theCourt.

An Automatic Restraining Order has beenentered in this matter preventing you fromtaking any action which would negativelyimpact the current financial status of eitherparty. SEE Supplemental Probate CourtRule 411. You are hereby summoned andrequired to serve upon: Brian J. McLaughlinEsq., Brian McLaughlin Esq LLC, 75Arlington Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA02116, your answer, if any, on or beforeJanuary 20, 2011. If you fail to do so, thecourt will proceed to the hearing andadjudication of this action. You are alsorequired to file a copy of your answer, if any,in the office of the Register of this Court.

WITNESS, HON. JOHN M. SMOOT,First Justice of this Court.

Date: November 15, 2010Richard Iannella, Register of Probate

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A petition has been presented to saidCourt by Joseph A. DeAngelis of Boston inthe County of Suffolk. Praying that thisHonorable Court approve this Petition forthe establishment of the Joseph A.DeAngelis Special Needs Trust, and for suchfurther relief as this Honorable Court maydeem just and proper for the reasons morefully described in said petition.

IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETOYOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY SHOULD FILEA WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURTAT BOSTON BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THEFORENOON (10:00 AM) ON THE 16TH DAYOF DECEMBER, 2010, THE RETURN DAY OFTHIS CITATION.

WITNESS, HON. JOHN M. SMOOT,Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this 16thday of November, 2010.

Richard Iannella, Register of ProbateRun date: 11/26/10

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EXTRA InningsInningsInningsInningsInningsby Sal Giarratani

Rookies of the YearSan Francisco Giants

catcher Buster Posey andTexas Rangers closer NeftaliFeliz were both voted Rook-ies of the Year by the Base-ball Writers’ Association ofAmerica. Posey came upfrom Triple A on May 29, ad-justed quickly to the bigleagues. The 23-year-old, hit.305 with 18 homers and 67RBIs. Meanwhile, Feliz set arookie record in Texas withhis 40 saves. He also had avery good 2.73 ERA.

Buchholz Times TwoThe Boston Red Sox ac-

quired Taylor Buchholz offwaivers from the Jays onNovember 15. The 29-year-old is a cousin of the otherBuchholz whose first nameis Clay. He was the top re-liever for the Rockies in2008 before his TommyJohn surgery. He spent mostof last season on the DL andpitched in only 9 games. Hiscareer began with the Hous-ton Astros in 2006 when hewent 6-10 with a 5.89 ERA.Working as a relief pitcher,Buchholz had a 3.44 ERA inthree seasons. In his bestseason in 2008, he had a2.17 ERA in 63 trips to the

mound. In his career, he is19-21 with a 4.39 ERA. Sur-gery took him out in 2009.The Red Sox are hoping, thistop prospect a few years backreturns to his pre-TommyJohn days. He was picked upat a bargain basement priceand the Red Sox are hopinghe will be worth the price.

Yount Kept SwingingMilwaukee Brewers great

Robin Yount once said, “Con-centration is the one skillthat ties together everysport. You know how manypeople get hurt in baseball?They don’t concentrate.” Healways concentrated on thefield. After all, as he said it’sonly “three hours.” His mottowas take it easy on your owntime. His had an incrediblework ethic during his 20 yearcareer as a Milwaukee Brew-ers player. A three-time All-Star, he collected 3,142 hits,only the third player ever toget over 3,000 hits, 250 hom-ers, 200 stolen bases and100 triples. He was theleague’s MVP in 1982 atshortstop and again in 1989in the outfield. He joins StanMusial and Hank Greenbergwith two MVPs at two posi-tions. He was inducted intothe Hall of Fame in 1999. Hewas a hustler on the field andalways gave a 110 percent.

He was fast too. As a rookiein 1974, he was clocked at4.1 seconds running to first

base. In his final season, heslowed down taking 4.2 sec-onds to get there. He oncesaid that he would ratherplay and do lousy than notplay at all. As he said manytimes, “Living on the edge isthe only way to play baseballor whatever.” They don’tmake ‘em like Robin Yountanymore.

More on the MickA few weeks back, I wrote

about Jane Levy’s new bio onMickey Mantle. She recentlywrote a magazine article inSports Illustrated (October 11)on Mickey Mantle and the1957 Nightclub Yankees. Ifyou didn’t read it, you mightwant to find a copy of it. Agreat read about a very com-plicated baseball giant. SaidLevy, “Off the field, the mostfamous face on the most fa-mous team — adorned byfans, writers and even oppo-nents — was both innocentand insatiable.” Check it out.

Dino De Laurentiis, RIPThe great epic movie pro-

ducer Dino De Laurentis haspassed away at the grand oldage of 91. In over 6 decadeshe produced more than 500films. Some were great onesand others weren’t. When hewas asked about his role, hesaid, “To produce a movie,you have to create the star,you make the script, and youfind the director. You have toshoot the film.” The VeniceFilm Festival honored himwith a lifetime achievementaward in 2003, calling him“one of the most importantproducers in history of filmworldwide.”

The 1973 Oscar-winningmovie “Serpico,” starringAl Pacino was his Hollywooddebut. It was followed byCharles Bronson in “DeathWish,” Robert Redford in“Three Days of the Con-dor,” and John Wayne “TheShoot-ist.” A line from DeLaurentiis, “To feel young,you must work as long as youcan.” He did.

NAACP Got Tea PartyAll Wrong

The NAACP thinks the TeaParty movement is an “an-gry, racist Tea Party.” Forseveral months now thathas been the mantra of lib-erals, the media and theNAACP. The Tea Party re-shaped America on ElectionDay by firing Speaker NancyPelosi from her post andhanding the US House intoRepublican control. However,Election Day also saw TeaPartiers helping to elect twoAfrican-Americans to theU.S. House with Tim Scott ofSouth Carolina and AllenWest from Florida. Scott beatthe son of Strom Thurmond.In South Carolina, the move-ment helped send NikkiHaley, an Indian-Americanto the State House as itsnewest governor; in NewMexico, they helped electthe state’s first Latina gov-ernor in Susana Martinez;Nevada it was the first Latinogovernor in Brian Sandoval;in Texas, they assisted inhelping Francisco Cansecowin a US House seat and inFlorida, they propelled MarcoRubio into the US Senate.

Is this the work of an “an-gry, racist” movement? Ithink not!

How Does Markey KeepGetting Re-elected?

US Representative EdwardMarkey just won anothertwo-year term in the US Con-gress. This will be his 17th

term.He first won his US House

seat in 1976 when the pre-vious congressman passedaway. Markey is a strangepol. Many think he steps intohis district so seldom that heprobably would get lost in hishometown of Malden.

Our Secretary of StateSays What?

Prior to his re-electionfor the umpteenth time,State Secretary Bill Galvinstated that he was opposedto reform our election lawsto require voter ID at pollingplaces. Galvin’s opinion isthat such reform would deterpeople from voting. HUH?The whole question is who is

voting. We want to deterthose voting illegally insomeone else’s name. That’scalled voter fraud and ourState Secretary who is incharge of enforcement ofour election laws ought tosupport such a change of thelaw rather than dismiss it.

This is what happenswhen someone has been inoffice too long. They forget weare the boss and not them.Just Printing More Money

Isn’t the AnswerOur fearless leader on

November 8th defended theFederal Reserve’s policy ofprinting more dollars afterboth China and Russia criti-cized such a move. We arenow adopting the Fed’s quan-titative easing policy, underwhich we will simply printmoney to buy $600 billionin government bonds. Whoreading this doesn’t thinksuch a strategy will depressthe dollar and destabilize theflow of money into emergingeconomies?

Said our fearless leader, “Iwill say that the Fed’s man-date, my mandate, is to growour economy. And that’s notjust good for the UnitedState’s, that’s good for theworld as a whole.”

All I can say to him is,where can I get my ownmoney printing machine?

Flight School TrainsIllegals as Pilots

Federal officials havearrested 34 alleged illegalimmigrants connected to aflight school in Stow, Massa-chusetts, including theschool’s owner and students,who all received US govern-ment c1earance to train aspilots despite strict securitymeasures put in place fol-lowing September 11. Thearrest of 34 Brazilian na-tionals began in July andconcluded last month raisestroubling questions aboutholes in the government’santi-terrorism security net,which bans illegal immi-grants from taking flightlessons and requires back-ground checks on any for-eigners training to fly in theUS. No links to terrorism re-portedly has been found withthe flight school, 30 milesnorthwest of Boston.Mel King Wrong on Turner

Mel King recently cameout in support of the BostonCity Council waiting untilafter City Councilor ChuckTurner’s sentencing hear-ing in federal court on Janu-ary 25th before making anydecision on kicking Turneroff the council. He says basi-cally we need to look at thewhole picture of all the goodTurner has done for folksover the years. How can youbalance anything againstfelony convictions? Isn’t thatlike overlooking all the badthings Mussolini did toItalians because he got allthe trains to run on time?Chuck Turner has to gowhether or not he gets sen-tenced behind bars. Thecredibility of the entireBoston City Council is atstake. The councilors haveto do the right thing becausethe council is bigger thanany one councilor.

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To the above named Defendant:A Complaint has been presented

to this Court by the Plaintiff, MERIDITHMARTIN, seeking COMPLAINT for MODIFI-CATION.

You are required to serve upon MeridithMartin- Plaintiff - whose address is 30Howard Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 youranswer on or before December 14, 2010. Ifyou fail to do so, the Court will proceed to thehearing and adjudication of this action. Youare also required to file a copy of your answerin the office of the Register of this Court atCAMBRIDGE.

Witness, Hon. Peter C. DiGangi, Esquire,First Justice of said Court at CAMBRIDGE,this 27th, day of October, 2010.

Tara E. DeCristofaroRegister of Probate

Run date: 11/26/10

LEGAL NOTICECommonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial CourtProbate and Family Court Department

MIDDLESEX DivisionDocket No. 07D2842DV1

SUMMONSBY PUBLICATION

MERIDITH MARTIN,Plaintiff

vs.CLIFFORD CARRAHA,

Defendant

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LEGAL NOTICECommonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial CourtMiddlesex Probate and Family Court

208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI10P5415EAIn the Estate of

HERBERT E KELLEY JR.Late of WALTHAM, MA 02451

Date of Death September 22, 2010NOTICE OF PETITION FOR

PROBATE OF WILLTo all persons interested in the above

captioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will of saiddecedent be proved and allowed and thatROBYN J KELLEY of Bellingham, MA beappointed executor/trix, named in the will toserve Without Surety.

IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO,YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILEA WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURTAT CAMBRIDGE ON OR BEFORE TENO’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ONDECEMBER 15, 2010.

In addition, you must file a written affidavitof objections to the petition, stating specificfacts and grounds upon which the objectionis based, within (30) days after the returnday (or such other time as the court, onmotion with notice to the petitioner, mayallow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16.

WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI,First Justice of this Court.

Date: November 17, 2010Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

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ST. JUDE AND ST. ANTHONY NOVENAMay the Sacred Heart of Jesus beadored, glorified, loved and preservedthroughout the world now and for-ever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray forus. St. Jude, worker of miracles, prayfor us. St. Jude, help of the hopeless,pray for us. St. Anthony, most lovingprotector and wonder worker, prayfor us. Say this prayer 9 times a dayand by the 8th day your prayer will beanswered. It has never been known tofail. Publication must be promised.My prayers have been answered.Favor received. P.G.A.T.P.

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MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITYNOTICE TO TRADE CONTRACTORS

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITYTHOMAS J. KINTON, JR.

CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L1072-C2, CONTROL TOWER SUBSTATION UPGRADE, LOGANINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the MassachusettsPort Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One HarborsideDrive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22,2010 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS BID ROOM (ABOVEADDRESS) AT 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2010.

The work includes THE FURNISHING OF LABOR, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND INCIDENTAL MATERIALS TOREPLACE THREE (3) 1600A, 480V, THREE-POLE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WHICH ARE PART OF A “MAIN-TIE-MAIN” CONFIGURATION SUBSTATION CONSISTING OF FOURTEEN (14) FEEDER BREAKERS (WHICHARE TO REMAIN), COMPLETE WITH A NEW REMOTE CONTROL PANEL FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSFERPACKAGE (FOR MAIN AND TIE BREAKERS), AND FOR NEW CONTROLS FOR ALL BREAKERS (EXISTINGAND NEW), INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED CONTROL WIRINGS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE TEMPORARY EQUIP-MENT/WIRING TO FEED EXISTING LOADS DURING POWER SHUTDOWNS AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKSUCH AS A COMPLETE CLEANING AND TEST OF ALL EXISTING REMAINING BREAKERS (14), PAINTING,ETC. ALL WORK SHALL BE DONE AT THE CONTROL TOWER SUBSTATION, LOGAN INTERNATIONALAIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Bid documents will be made available beginning TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2010.

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with theirbid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Assessment Management and anUpdate Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of ELECTRICAL.

The estimated contract cost is THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($380,000.00).

Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital ProgramsDepartment Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and aprinted copy of the Proposal form.

A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5)percent of the value of the bid; when sub-bids are required, each must be accompanied by a depositequal to five (5) percent of the sub-bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check,or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to theMassachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The biddeposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to dobusiness in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithfulperformance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials paymentbond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company orsecurities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid onthe work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordancewith the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates havebeen predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and /or the Commissioner of Labor and Industriesof Massachusetts, whichever is greater.

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance andProperty Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of ONE MILLION DOLLARS($1,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included asan Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II,Special Provisions for complete details.

This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authoritycontained in the Non-Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirementsand Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure EqualOpportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Execu-tive Order 11246).

The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non-Segregated Facilities prior to awardof the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certificationwhere the subcontract exceeds $10,000.

Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital ProgramsDepartment Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informalityin or reject any or all proposals.

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by Richard Preiss

HOOPS and HOCKEY in the HUBCORNER TALK by Reinaldo Oliveira, Jr.

CES Promoter JimmyBurchfield and matchmakerRich Cappiello score a kayowith Homecoming KingPeter Manfredo Jr., 36-6, 20KO’s. They presented a greatshow at Twin Rivers. Home-coming King Peter ManfredoJr. stopped Jhon Berrio15-8, 11 KO’s of Columbia.This was a good match byboth. The body-punching ofPeter Manfredo Jr. proved tobe a decisive factor. Howyou ask? Jhon Berrio wasunable to answer the bell|for the 7th round. PeterManfredo Jr. appeared to bethe more talented of the two.Jhon Berrio of Columbia didcome to the U.S. to fight andfight he did. He suffered abroken rib at the hands ofwinner Peter Manfredo Jr.in a well fought battle. JoeGardner won the EBA NewEngland Light-heavyweighttitle via a unanimous deci-sion over Keith Kozlin. Bothof Rhode Island. FromKrakow Poland, 269 poundHeavyweight Mariusz “ThePolish Giant” Wach contin-ued undefeated with his 23-0, 11 KO record. He disposedof Jovial Big Boy, GalenBrown 33-15, 20 KO’s of Mis-souri. This was a fight theaudience enjoyed. GalenBrown continually smiledand jested to Wach. “Wrongmove!” Mariusz Wach putBrown to sleep with a bar-

rage of punches at 2:46 ofthe third round. This fightwas voted Kayo of the Night.Also originally from Poland,Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes4-1, 1 KO now of Marshfield,fought and defeatedCassandra Lindsey 3-7, 2KO’s of Florida. AleksandraMagdziak Lopes is very skill-ful, winning a well foughtfour rounder over Lindsey.She’s very good. The “Fightof the Night was betweenJesse Barboza and WinstonThorpe. They did it again.Winston Thorpe handedJesse Barboza his only lossin his career. Both had beenundefeated prior to theirfirst bout. Both fought acrowd pleasing battle. Thistime to a “Draw!” Bothfought their heart out. Inthis rematch Jesse Barbozafought to atone for his defeatto Winston Thorpe. JesseBarboza won the first round.Winston Thorpe knockeddown Jesse Barboza twice inthe second round. It wasn’tthe fact that he got knockeddown, it’s what he did whenhe got back up. He foughtback harder. In the thirdround they continued slug-ging like two cavemen. Theyagain battled through theforth. Finally the bell.“Ding!” After four viciousrounds, a decision wasrendered. Three judges EdScurzio, Bob Paolino andDr. Sammartino called thisrousing bout, a 39-35, 37-37,37-37 draw. I personallywould like to see thesetwo fight again. Just notyet. Hopefully these two canfight another ten or morematches and remain un-beaten. Then “Do it again!”Cruiserweights Dante Wig-gins 1-0, 1 KO Providencestopped Paul Gonsalves2-2, 2 KO’s of Harwich inthe first. Eric Estrada 3-0,2 KO’s Providence defeatedTobias Rice 2-2, 2 KO’s by4 round decision. ThomasFalowo 1-0, 1 KO TKO’dOdias Dumezil 2-5, 1 KO,Jonathan Vasquez 3-0, NewBedford won by a one roundTKO over Ernest Butts III.CES is a very good promo-tional team.

Manny Pacquiao againdemonstrated his ability, indefeating Antonio Margarito.In this “fight!” That the Pac-man dominated. Manny

Homecoming King, Peter Manfredo Jr. “Wins!”As Polish Fighters Heavyweight Mariusz Wach and Battler Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes Both “Shine!”

Manny “Pac-man” Pacquiao Defends Title and Beats Antonio MargaritoAnd Remember the Pugs Luncheon on December 14th at the Florian Hall

Hardest Punching Welterweight in World Boxing Hall of Famer Tony DeMarco

Pacquiao went to the body,and to the head of AntonioMargarito almost at will.Manny Pacquiao has one ofthe best in his corner,Freddie Roach, a savantof a trainer in boxing.Paquiao demonstrated thisday why he is the best.Manny demonstrated to allthat he is the best fighter,pound for pound, in the world.It would be nice if he andMr. Mayweather would get iton. Maybe now we under-stand why this is not hap-pening. “Pacquiao PackedPunches!” and a corner thatincludes Freddie Roach.

World Welterweight boxingchampion Tony DeMarco isthe hardest hitting welter-weight in world boxinghistory. We have the high-est of praise for you andyour accomplishments. Wesalute you.

Our next Pugs Luncheonis on December 14th. I’ll seeyou at the Florian HallDorchester, with Pug Ring-leader Tommy Martini. Thisis always a great time. Youwant to talk fights? Comeon down. The Pugs aregreat. The Florian Hall isgreat a place too, staffedwith great personal. I’ll seeyou there.

HAPPY BIRTHDAYNovember 24th Bobby

Covino and Joe Dias.26th Peter Manfredo, Jr.

and Johnny Otto.December 6th to RIP World

Champion Joey Archibald.10th Richard Hand.13th Dan Couco and Louie

DeCicco.16th Two champions in

Paul Doyle and World Cham-pion Vinny Paz.

World Welterweight boxingchampion Tony DeMarco.

Paul Doyle

THE RETURN OF DELONTEWEST — The re-acquiredplayer, who formerly playedfor the C’s and most recentlywas with Cleveland, is backwith the Celtics and madehis debut against the Wash-ington Wizards.

“He was terrific,” said headcoach Doc Rivers of the vet-eran player, who was signedas a free agent back onSeptember 1. “He was a littlerusty on his first stint. Ithought after halftime hegot his legs a little bit andhe played just terrific. Youknow he obviously gives usoffense but he also gives usanother tough guard onthe floor and that’s good forus.”

West was born in Washing-ton, D.C., the adopted home-town of the late Celtics coachArnold “Red” Auerbach. Heattended Eleanor RooseveltHigh School in Greenbelt,Maryland went on to starat St. Joseph’s College inPennsylvania.

West was originally se-lected by the Celtics as the24th pick in the first roundof the 2004 NBA draft. Heplayed three seasons forthe C’s before splitting the2007-2008 season betweenSeattle and Cleveland. Hethen played the most re-cent two campaigns withthe Cavaliers. Although hestarted 71 games for the C’sback in 2005-2006, his rolehas gradually become thatof a bench player. WithCleveland last season, forexample, he saw action in 60games but only started threeof them.

In fact, his favorite bas-ketball memory isn’t anNBA one. It is of leadingSt. Joseph’s College to a per-fect 27-0 regular seasonrecord back in 2003-2004when he was a junior, a yearthat saw him earn Atlantic10 Player of the Week hon-ors four times.

That year the school wasranked No. 1 in the nationalrankings and earned theinstitution’s first ever No. 1seed in the NCAA tourna-ment. St. Joe’s would windup with a 30-2 record afterthe March Madness tourna-ment was done and Westwould be named a First-Team All-America by Bas-ketball Times and HonorableMention All-America by theAssociated Press.

So what did West say con-cerning his “rusty” start:“Yeah, I didn’t want to do toomuch. I’m getting back intothe mix,” said the 6-3 guardwho wound up with 12 pointson the night, a total that in-cluded two three pointersand 10 total tallies in thefinal quarter of the 114-83victory. “The first half I justwanted to get my feet wet. Inoticed that my timing wasoff a little bit. Guys that

know me know that I don’treally force much. I let thegame come to me.”

He added: “With the sec-ond unit sometimes youhave to force the flow. Whenyou’re up 15-20 points it’shard to go out and want tobe aggressive. You just wantto maintain the lead andgive the starters some rest.”

And was the game withthe Wizards a good game tocome back to the parquet?“Yes, it definitely was,” saidWest, who is now in hisseventh season in the NBA.“But any game is perfect forme. I just want to be backhelping out. I’m so excited tobe back. We’re just trying toadjust playing with oneanother. The biggest thingwe got was the victory. Otherkinks we’ll work out.”

He continued: “Overall Ifelt great. For a while backin the summer I thought Iwouldn’t see an NBA courtagain. I thank the Lord. Ithank the Celtics owner-ship, the coaching staff andGM Danny Ainge. Theyknow what I am about. I’mjust blessed to have this op-portunity to do what I love todo. I’m just thankful to theLord for this second opportu-nity and I’ll make the bestout of it.”

And Shaquille O’Nealchimed in with his thoughts:“Delonte is a great player. Heplayed well. I had the oppor-tunity to play with him inCleveland last year. He’s go-ing to be a spark for us attimes. We’ve had conversa-tions about the game. He’svery smart. I think he’s justmisunderstood at times. He’sbeen wanting to play for along time. He’s been practic-ing with us. While we wereon the road he was backhome working out 2-3 timesa day. He’s ready. He’s goingto be focused.”

And Kevin Garnett alsopraised West. “Delontelooked really good. We sawhim when he got back fromthe road trip and you couldtell he had been doingdouble days of practice. Wegot the feedback from hiswork and we were just happythat he was out there. He’sgoing to be a big man for us.We are glad to have himback.”

Like many NBA playersWest is an artist on thecourt, surviving by his cre-ativity as much as his skill.In fact, West says that if wasnot a professional basketballplayer, he would probably bean artist. To that end he hasformed the Delonte WestFoundation to strive to makean impact on childrenthrough education, healthand the arts.

Look for more art work onthe court by Delonte West asthis memorable Celtics sea-son continues.

President Bill Clinton to Travel to Zurich, Switzerland,for Final Presentation of U.S. Bid for 2022 Fifa World Cup™

President Bill Clinton,honorary chairman of theUSA Bid Committee, willspeak on behalf of the UnitedStates’ bid to host the 2022FIFA World Cup™ when theU.S. delegation makes itsfinal presentation to theFIFA Executive Committeeon Wednesday, December 1,in Zurich, Switzerland.

U.S. Presentation to FIFA Executive Committee Scheduled Wednesday, Dec. 1FIFA Decision to be Announced on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 10 a.m. ET

“I’m pleased to standon behalf of our nationfor something as impor-tant and meaningful tothe American people andcitizens throughout theworld as the FIFA WorldCup™,” President Clintonsaid. “I am committed tothis effort because I haveseen firsthand the powerful

unifying force of theFIFA World Cup™, bringingtogether people of all ages,backgrounds, and beliefs.The USA Bid Committeeshares that commitment,and we look forward toexpressing that commit-ment to the FIFA ExecutiveCommittee when we meetnext month.”

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