[The piece I shared with you all earlier this week was picked up by the Modesto Bee after Reporter Opinion Page Editor Karen Nolan shared it with the National Conference of Editorial Writers. I hear a couple of other newspapers plan to use it. … This is the closest I have been or ever will be to being a syndicated columnist. — KM]
Long-term unemployment cripples the economy – National Voices – Modbee.com.
I was sitting in the coffeehouse and a Blue Moon delivery truck outside was casting a bright glare into the coffeehouse. It made me thirsty for beer.
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Tagged barista, Beer, Blue Moon, brew, caffeinated, caffeine, coffee, coffeehouse, coffeehouse observation, Coffeehouse Observer, cup o’ joe, espresso, java, joe, pastries, tea
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Tagged "Carrie", "The Kite Runner", Elaine Koster, Khaled Hosseini, literary agent, Penguin Group, publisher, Stephen King
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Picturesque Ram Island lighthouse for sale, but it’s not for everybody – Bangor Daily News
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Here are links to a three-part series by the Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting published in the Bangor Daily News looking at wind energy in Maine and the laws surrounding it.
Part 2: Examining the changes in rules recommended by the task force and the resulting law.
Part 3: Wind power law hasn’t prevented development conflicts
Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Maine, Politics and government
Tagged “expedited wind zone”, economic development, Economy, Energy, Environment, Gov. John Baldacci, Governor’s Task Force on Wind Power Development, high-voltage transmission lines, law, Maine, Maine Center for Economic Policy, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, Maine Freedom of Information Coalition, Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, Natural Resources Council of Maine, politics and government, TransCanada, turbines, wind energy, Wind Energy Act of 2008, wind power
Posted in Maine, Outdoors, Sports
Tagged backyard, baseball, tournament, Wiffle ball
Posted in Economy, Environment, Maine, Outdoors
Tagged lobster, lobstermen, Matinicus Island, Nat Hussey, peapod, Penobscot Bay, zero-carbon lobster harvesting project
[It appears The Bangor Daily News just posted the second of three parts on the Wind Energy Act of 2008. Below is a link. – KM]
Task force had mandate to promote wind power, not study it | Bangor Daily News
Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Law and Order, Maine, Politics and government
Tagged economic development, Gov. John Baldacci, Governor’s Task Force on Wind Power Development, Maine, Maine Center for Economic Policy, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, Natural Resources Council of Maine, TransCanada, turbines, wind energy, Wind Energy Act of 2008, wind power
[Below is a link to the first in a three-part series by The Bangor Daily News in association with the Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting about wind power in Maine. The first part raised some very interesting issues about transparency in passing the law to deal with wind farm development. The first part also pointed out several other flaws in the Wind Energy Act of 2008. I support the idea of alternative, sustainable energy, so I really hope they figure out how to do what’s best for everyone. I’ll attempt to share each part of the series. – KM]
Some who created wind-power fast track now questioning the goals they set | Bangor Daily News
Tomorrow: Examining the changes in rules recommended by the task force and the resulting law.
Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Law and Order, Maine, Outdoors, Politics and government
Tagged economic development, Gov. John Baldacci, Governor’s Task Force on Wind Power Development, Maine, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, TransCanada, turbines, wind energy, Wind Energy Act of 2008, wind power
Today’s photos are of a moose shot glass. I really should have included it with the other moose entry, but I forgot I had this shot glass. I don’t do shots quite like I did in my younger day.
Found moose shot glass rinsed and ready for tequila.
I don’t recall where or how I received this shot glass. I very probably purchased it on one of my last visits to Maine and I very probably purchased one like it for my friends Rick and Michele.
I was pulling down another glass from a high shelf in my glass cabinet in my California apartment when I spotted this shot glass and another with an image of the University of Arkansas hog. That was a treasure from Rick and Michele following a visit to his native Arkansas.
Moose shot glass filled and at the ready.
Since I had some Jose Cuervo Especial left over from margaritas I decide to use the glass for a single shot of tequila. (And, yes, it was just one shot.) It went down nicely.
Aww, just a slight bit of tequila residue left behind.
This is an occasional multipart series of photos of things related to Maine that can be found in Keith Michaud’s California apartment. All photos in this series are shot by and are the property of Keith Michaud.
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Tagged apartment, belongings, California, hog, Jose Cuervo Especial, Maine, Mainer, moose, multipart series, photos, tequila, University of Arkansas
There are a couple of big, black restaurant booths in Exotic Java. They must be made of pleather. Anyway, they’re making the back of my legs sweat.
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Some days you need a LARGE Red Eye instead of a medium. This is one of those days.
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It is amazing how incredibly rude people can be. Within sight in the coffeehouse I see one woman working on her laptop, but she placed her coffee and pastry on the next table so now other patrons cannot use it. And two tables over are several people talking so loudly that I had to put on my headphones to listen to White Stripes. And I can still hear them. Thoughtlessness really should be a misdemeanor.
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Posted in Economy, Education and Schools, Energy, Environment, Maine, Outdoors, Politics and government
Tagged Advanced Structures and Composites Center, deep-water offshore wind power, DeepC Wind, Gulf of Maine, Maine, Monhegan Island, turbines, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Maine, wind energy
Godzilla vs. Grill Zilla BBQ? … There may be too many lawyers out there.
Posted in Food and Drink, Law and Order, Maine
Tagged attorneys, Damariscotta, Godzilla, Grill Zilla BBQ, lawyers, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Toho Co. Ltd., trademark
WATERVILLE — No matter how important his job or mission, George Mitchell never lets his hometown stray far from his thoughts.
After all, it is here that his three siblings and much of his extended family live, and here that his earliest memories were made.
“Like most people, I’m a product of my upbringing – my parents, the schools I attended, the community I lived in – so I think my growing up in Waterville has had a large and important role in my life,” he said.
Indeed, Waterville is the place where a young man who one day would be asked to step in as chairman of the troubled Walt Disney Co. got his first taste of the free enterprise system, cleaning at the local Boys Club.
It’s where Mitchell, who later in life would be called upon to investigate steroid abuse in Major League Baseball, learned to love the game – and the Red Sox.
It’s the place where a boy who grew up to be one of the world’s leading diplomats was first recognized as someone who could bring people together.
Click for the rest of this story by Amy Calder in the Waterville Morning Sentinel.
Posted in Maine history, Politics and government
Tagged Alfond Youth Center, Boys and Girls Club, George Mitchell, Good Friday peace, Gov. John Baldacci, Major League Baseball, Middle East peace, Mitchell Institute, Northern Ireland, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Red Sox, Seal Harbor, Senate, Senate majority leader, Walt Disney Co., Waterville, William S. Cohen
Letters From Away 