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May 13, 2012 - 12:02:27 AM
William Jud
Let's not rush into Carbon Sequestration
'Anthropogenic Global Warming' is used to justify need for reducing atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Note the word 'Anthropogenic', meaning 'caused by human activity', principally by burning fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas that contain the element Carbon. Natural significant sources of Carbon Dioxide emissions such as volcanoes, rock weathering, and green plants that make Carbon Dioxide at night, are not part of the sequestration project.
May 14, 2012 - 5:53:39 AM
News
Founder and President of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Arrested
Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, was arrested yesterday in Germany for extradition to Costa Rica. The German police have said that the warrant for Captain Watson's arrest is in response to an alleged violation of ships traffic in Costa Rica, which occurred during the filming of Sharkwater in 2002.
May 14, 2012 - 5:49:50 AM
Kenneth Tellis
Americans need to look at the chaotic state of Canada before it's too late
Canada is a typical example to the American people of how a powerful minority might seize power through guile, bribery and bribery.
May 14, 2012 - 5:45:45 AM
Down the Road
The idiot of the week award
I'm not sure what the reward will be, but I am sure I should be the one to present it. Starting with the idiot in the SUV behind me this afternoon. In our town we have a weird intersection, I think planned by an engineer from Weird, Florida. If you've never heard of Weird, don't worry about it. The engineer who planned that intersection probably doesn't remember where it is either, even though he likely graduated from the Weird University of Weird, Florida.
May 13, 2012 - 4:30:42 AM
Guest Column
The God Conspiracy: A confirmed Atheist probes the mind of a devout Catholic
It is often said, in defense of religion, that we all live parasitically off of its moral legacy, that we can only dismiss religion because we are protected by the work it has already done on our behalf. This claim has been debated ad nauseam since at least the middle of the 19th century. Suffice it to say that, to many of us, Western society has become more compassionate, humane, and respectful of rights as it has become more secular.
May 13, 2012 - 4:23:24 AM
International
Zionism in Motion: The Lag ba-Omer Bonfire Burns Brightly at Eitam
The Lag ba-Omer bonfire on Eitam kindled, in the hearts of the scores of residents from Efrat, Jerusalem, Kiriat Arba-Hebron, and Gush Etzion, an awareness of the importance of the Eitam hill and the need to continue going up to the hill with the demand to begin construction on it.
May 13, 2012 - 4:20:54 AM
Business
From the Jerusalem Boardroom No. 161
EMC, Intel and other giants expand Israel operations. The Israeli-developed processor, Sandy Bridge, was responsible for 40% of Intel's 2011 global sales.
May 13, 2012 - 4:17:53 AM
Kenneth Tellis
Letter to: Honorable Luis Fortuno Burset, Governor of Puerto Rico
In the years before this letter I was in correspondence with former Puerto Rican Governor Pedro Rosello who was a very kind and pleasant person and we traded ideas on how countries could reach union with one another as states, and how sometimes language problems might arise to cause friction.
May 13, 2012 - 4:15:42 AM
Education
State Impact of Allowing Stafford Loan Rate to Double
Campus Progress Releases Joint Reports on State Impact of Allowing Stafford Loan Rate to Double. The Center for American Progress, Campus Progress, and the USAction Education Fund have released reports detailing how an increase in the Stafford student loan interest rate would impact a number of states.
May 13, 2012 - 4:13:56 AM
Christianity
Idols in Ministry No 5. Reputation
Very quickly they built up a huge following and the original church building capable of sitting 300 people, was insufficient to meet the needs of the Sunday Services. After quite some time of holding meetings in a large auditorium, The Baptist Minister and his Presbyterian assistant 'split' from their new found denomination and set up their own church.
May 13, 2012 - 4:10:45 AM
Book Reviews
Milt Gross Book Review: "The Healing Sun" by Richard Hobday
The back cover states, "Richard Hobday, MSc, PhD is a member of the British Register of Complementary Practitioners and has studied traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese exercise systems in China. Dr. Hobday has many years experience of solar design in buildings and is a leading authority on the history of sunlight therapy."
May 13, 2012 - 4:07:30 AM
Entertainment
Robinson Ballet Studio Series II May 19th 2012
Robinson Ballet Studio Series II May 19th 2012 Saturday, May 19, 7PM Union Street Brick Church, on the corner of Union and Main, Bangor, ME
May 13, 2012 - 4:05:32 AM
Today in History
May 13 - Today in History
Today is May 13. Here's what happened on this day in history.
May 13, 2012 - 12:00:00 AM
National
Passage of Export-Import Bank Reauthorization
"Reauthorizing the Ex-Im Bank and increasing the amount of loans it can make will enhance U.S. global competitiveness," said Michaud. "Our competitors, including China and Germany, use export financing to boost their manufacturing sectors, and we should do the same here at home."
May 11, 2012 - 12:10:50 AM
Education
2012 Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award
The Sigma Delta Chi Foundation presents the Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award to honor a person or persons who have fought to protect and preserve one or more of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.
May 11, 2012 - 12:07:45 AM
International
The Shamrak Report
The Obama administration has carried out close to 300 drone strikes, killing thousands of people including two Americans in Yemen: Anwar al-Awlaki and his 16-year-old son, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki.
May 11, 2012 - 12:05:49 AM
State
Prioritize U.S. Footwear Industry in Trade Negotiations
Michaud Pushes Administration to Prioritize U.S. Footwear Industry in Trade Negotiations Critical to Preserving Maine Manufacturing Jobs
May 11, 2012 - 12:03:22 AM
Jim Kouri
Terror warning: UN warns member nations of terrorist, WMD attacks
"The statement by the UN is overall a politically-correct document that avoids even the slightest mention of radical Islam and Muslim terrorists. It's also tainted by the fact that some of the most active nations participating in UN activities are themselves supporters of terrorist groups going so far as to selling them arms or -- as in the case of Iran -- giving them weapons and weapons systems without charge," said former NYPD arson & explosion expert Detective Benjamin Cardoza.
May 9, 2012 - 5:59:58 AM
Tom DeWeese
The Most Dangerous Man In The World
In 1992, Strong told a UN conference...:"It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class, involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work place air conditioning, and suburban housing are not sustainable."
May 9, 2012 - 5:54:35 AM
Guest Column
US Mediation Undermines US Interests
In 2012, Saudi Arabia and most Arab countries yearn for a US, or Israeli, military preemption against Iran, which they consider a clear and present lethal threat. They are anti-Israel and wish its destruction, but they do not consider the Arab-Israeli conflict, or the Palestinian issue, to be their primary concerns. They understand that when smothered by a sandstorm, one should not be preoccupied with tumbleweeds!
May 9, 2012 - 5:47:58 AM
State
Michaud Praises VA Announcement of Specialty Care at Lewiston Clinic
"The VA in Washington and in Togus may have grown tired of my many calls requesting status updates and information about the project, but I'll keep it up until all of the promised services are up and running," said Michaud. "It is critical that the VA keep Maine veterans in the loop as the clinic gets off the ground, and I'm pleased that they have re-committed to providing comprehensive primary care and specialty services at Lewiston."
May 9, 2012 - 5:45:15 AM
Laura on Life
X and Y Variables
For the first 16 years of my married life, I was the only person in my family without a Y chromosome. I can't help thinking that the Y chromosome was aptly named. "Why?" is a question I have asked my boys innumerable times since the day they were born.
May 9, 2012 - 5:43:19 AM
Jim Kouri
CIA agents who thwarted al-Qaeda plot discover new bomb designs
U.S. counterterrorism officials said U.S. international intelligence agencies thwarted an attempt by al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner one year after the killing of Osama bin Laden, according to a statement released on Monday. What surprised many counterterrorism experts was the sophistication of the upgrade of the so-called underwear bomb.
May 9, 2012 - 5:40:21 AM
Scheme of Things
Being a Writer
This month, a glossy white book with large, bold orange and blue
lettering which reads, The Titleless Leader, will arrive in my mailbox,
just like it will arrive at various booksellers across the country.
While this is a third book for me, reflections I've been struggling to
understand are emerging at its birth; not about the writing of it, but
about the writer
May 7, 2012 - 6:41:48 PM
R.P. BenDedek
Men Earning Under $60K Not Marriage Worthy
Demographer Bernard Salt calculated that for single women aged 25 to 34, there is substantially less heterosexual, well-off, young men available after excluding those who were already married, in a de facto relationship, were gay, a single parent or earning less than $60,000 a year.
May 6, 2012 - 10:36:14 AM
Michael Devolin
The United Church: The Ultimate Hypocrisy
It's difficult to pinpoint exactly when the United Church began to transmogrify the basic dogmas of the Christian religion or, failing that search, where they ever grasped, in their long and convoluted history, the fact that those dogmas were divined for the purpose of remaining moral absolutes. "January, 1999: The New Internationalist magazine in Great Britain reports the findings of the IHRAAM Tribunal, including the evidence of murder in Canadian residential schools, but is subsequently threatened and silenced by United Church and Canadian government lawyers.
May 6, 2012 - 1:01:44 AM
Down the Road
Cutting heating costs -- a lot
I've had it with oil. Every year the cost keeps going up. Wood? I thought those little things sticking out from under my fingernails were part of my hands. No, they were splinters. Coal? I heated a house we once rented with coal, but it was somewhat dirty, and, like wood, the little stove needed to be cleaned out every so often.
May 6, 2012 - 12:35:25 AM
Ed Feulner
Behind "Fakegate"
On Feb. 14, Gleick sent several documents he had stolen from the Heartland Institute to more than two dozen fellow activists. And he threw in a fake memo for good measure -- one that purportedly showed the institute trying to spread misinformation about climate change. This was followed by the gasps of horror from left-leaning pundits. Why Heartland? Because this free-market non-profit group has been at the forefront of the climate-change debate. They've published books, articles and reports, held conferences, and debunked the hysterical claims of the radical environmental movement. Their efforts have earned them the scorn of liberal activists who would rather smear their opponents than debate them.
May 6, 2012 - 12:33:52 AM
Christianity
Idols in Ministry No 4. Doctrine
Can doctrine be considered to be an idol? Probably not but when one considers how various people treat 'their' doctrines, it really is not that difficult to see doctine as an idol. Put another way, when people make Salvation dependent upon theology, Salvation by faith through the grace of God is nullified, and replaced with a 'Salvation through theology'.
May 6, 2012 - 12:30:45 AM
International
The Shamrak Report
International anti-Semites bark at Israel as a pack of mad dogs, but they are silent and disinterested about atrocities that are committed daily by their Muslims friends! Some 500 to 2,000 British schoolgirls will be genitally mutilated over the summer holidays - leaving brutal physical and emotional scars. Yet there have been no prosecutions against the practice. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is widely common in African countries. Most people are unaware that this brutality is also practiced in Pakistan and other Muslim countries.
May 6, 2012 - 12:27:43 AM
Book Reviews
Milt Gross Book Review: "Maine Memories" by Dorothy B. Gross
Poetry, unlike what we learned from our elementary and high school teachers or even college professors, is not about memorizing the technical details of poetry. It's about reading poetry and allowing the emotions it brings to you have their way.
May 6, 2012 - 12:25:29 AM
Community
Photo of the Week: 'Winning Art"
May 6, 2012 - 12:02:32 AM
Today in History
May 6 - Today in History
Today is May 6. Here's what happened on this day in history.
May 6, 2012 - 12:00:00 AM
International
Jewish Women - Israeli Police & Ramadan Conflict
As is stated in the petition, for eighteen years there has not been a single incident caused by friction, not even a year ago when Ramadan fell on the same date. If the police fear violence by the Arabs, they should be distanced from the area, and not Jews.
May 4, 2012 - 8:55:06 AM
Business
Is 2012 The Year Real Estate Turns Around In America?
S & P/Case Schiller is the standard source for quality monthly and quarterly indices for the United States' home values. These moving averages include 20 major metro areas and are a solid representation of what is happening in the housing market nationwide. Their first quarter reports indicate a market that is starting to shift.
May 4, 2012 - 8:42:53 AM
Business
Can American Businesses In Overwhelming Debt Survive Another Downgrade?
America's national debt and the S & P downgrade has placed American businesses in great peril. Now is the time for all indebted American business owners to save and restructure.
May 4, 2012 - 8:38:31 AM
Community
Children's Mental Health Awareness Week Means Wellness Bags for New Moms
Members of the Family Advisory Councils for Empowerment Statewide (F.A.C.E.S.) in Penobscot, Piscataquis and Washington counties join more than 1,100 communities across the country celebrating Children's Mental Health Awareness Week, May 6-12.
May 2, 2012 - 11:25:03 PM
National
Teen Girls Protest Fashion Magazine
"I'm a teenage girl, and I know how it feels to think you're not good enough," said Bluhm, who launched the campaign on Change.org. "I want girls to be able to feel good about themselves, and being able to relate to the images in the magazines we read will help."
May 2, 2012 - 11:13:54 PM
International
The Shamrak Report
The UN human rights office on Friday charged that three men sentenced to death in Hamas-run Gaza, approved by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,were executed unlawfully. At least 18 men have been executed in Gaza since Hamas seized power in the coastal enclave in a bloody 2007 putsch. However, human rights activists in Gaza say those figures only represent official executions, not the full range of human rights violations perpetrated by Hamas. Hamas has routinely incarcerated, kidnapped, maimed and tortured dissidents and political rivals in Gaza over the past five years.
May 2, 2012 - 7:06:03 AM
Jim Kouri
Obama's budget cuts on U.S. security unconstitutional, say experts
President Barack Obama's planned defense and national security budget cuts are expected to have an adverse impact on the U.S. Coast Guard's ability to perform its constitutional duty, according to a Heritage Foundation study by Mackenzie Eaglen and Jim Dolbow.
May 2, 2012 - 7:02:32 AM
Book Reviews
Lockwood Lion Series by Christian author, Stephanie Perry Moore
Saddleback Publishing has released the first volume in their widely anticipated Lockwood Lion Series by Young Adult Christian author, Stephanie Perry Moore. Winner of nineteen 2012 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers award for high interest, low reading-level series, Saddleback is a maverick in the young adult market.
May 2, 2012 - 6:56:55 AM
State
92% of Mainer Supporting No Labels' No Budget, No Pay Act
"No Labels.org" has released the results of a poll of Maine voters showing 92 percent support for the No Budget, No Pay Act. The No Budget, No Pay Act (H.R. 3634/S. 1981) -- which is co-sponsored by Sen. Olympia Snowe and Rep. Mike Michaud and supported by independent Senate candidate Angus King -- would withhold congressional pay if members of Congress fail to pass a joint budget and spending bills on time. No Budget, No Pay is one of 12 proposals in No Labels' Make Congress Work! action plan, which aims to fix gridlock and hyper-partisanship in Congress.
May 2, 2012 - 6:54:58 AM
State
2012 Congressional Art Contest Winner Announced
Congressman Mike Michaud has announced that Marisa Grifasi, a student at Bangor High School, was chosen as the winner of this year's Congressional Art Competition for Maine's Second Congressional District.
May 2, 2012 - 6:44:43 AM
Laura on Life
A Bird In The Hand
He branched out quickly to other barnyard animals. I love this young man in spite of his peculiarities. I told him that he was turning into a handsome young man. He replied, "Beauty is in the eye of a bull in a china shop."
May 2, 2012 - 6:00:46 AM
Jim Kouri
No prosecution of Border agent for shooting Mexican teenager
"There appeared to be no doubt that the border officer was being attacked using rocks. All you need is a direct hit on the skull by a rock to cause permanent brain injury or even death," said Lieutenant Richard Fierra, a charter member of the Society of Police Black Belts and an expert in use-of-force training.
May 2, 2012 - 5:55:39 AM
International
A second consecutive Independence Day in Netzer!
Professor Israel Aumann, the Noble prize winner, arrived with his wife, taking a jeep tour to see the struggle for the land with their own eyes. Later on Professor Aumann spoke about our right to the land "Our right to be here, in Netzer as well as Tel Aviv, is based on thousands of years of Jewish history", adding that we should stop using security arguments as a reason for our being in Israel but rather to talk about our right to the land, because "If we do not have a right to the land, we do not deserve security".
May 2, 2012 - 5:50:25 AM
Down the Road
Little red fox and big coon cat
There was the big fat one -- in contrast to Sunday's little skinny one -- I had noticed numerous times along Acadia National Park's Park Loop Road way back when I was a reporter. I had traveled that road a good bit, not only in relationship to that park's being my "beat" as a reporter but also because I liked being in the park so was there a good bit. Several times I had noticed this fox, sitting or lying atop a 12-foot-high cliff alongside the road.
Apr 29, 2012 - 12:45:57 AM
Christianity
Idols in Ministry No 3. Religious Rituals
And therein lays the problem with rules, regulations and rituals. When our rituals and practices lock out the grace and Spirit of Christ, we have the form of religion, but not the purpose. We have in fact, made an idol of them. Jesus himself would be locked out from communion with us, if he did not fulfill our ritualistic practices.
Apr 29, 2012 - 12:40:53 AM
Book Reviews
Milt Gross Book Review: "Summer at Buckhorn" by Anna Rose Wright
But my memory of this book, which I found for sale online at about $700 as an out-of-print book, takes me back to a much simpler time. This would be the time when my parents for Christmas bought me a stack of books, including most of Walter Farley's "Black Stallion" series, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, most of the Laddie of Sunnybank series, and more.
Apr 29, 2012 - 12:35:27 AM
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