Alice, I find it so ironic that cell phone towers in Massachusetts are disguised as pine trees, but we in Maine put wind turbines on our mountain tops! The Bus is located right across the street from my camp. While I am not crazy about all the people who honk their horns every time they pass the bus, all in all, it is a well-run minimally disruptive business. So sad it has to be such a struggle to run a business in Maine with the economy the way it is. I really don't see the difference between her small homemade "Bus" sign and the many camp owners' signs in regards to protecting the environment. It is hypocritical to allow blasting to put up roads and turbines, but disallow a small homemade sign.
While it's nice that people donated to the oil company, my donation will be going to Upright Frameworks. Their donated work is the real solution to the problem. Great job! Upright Frameworks, I "liked" you on Facebook and will be sending in my donation.
I wish the dimwits that insist on using their jake brakes for 60 seconds straight at 4 in the morning would stop. I guess you can't legislate common sense.
Kay Rand, of Bernstein Shur Government Solutions, cautioned town officials not to be too strict. Rand represents wind energy company FirstWind, but said that was not her purpose Thursday.
One section of a measure adopted in Rumford limits low frequency sound to 20 decibels.
"But a wind power manufacturer pointed out that they just cannot comply with that," Rand said. "At 20 decibels, the wind was that loud by itself. Wind power strong enough to turn a turbine was already that loud."
^^^Oh yes, Kay, we'll be sure not to be too strict. LOL, you represent FirstWind and you expect us to trust that you're looking out for OUR best interest? Any sound studies would account for ambient noise and would take care of the 20 dB caused by wind.
I hope the towns hire their own acoustic engineer, one that is not tied up with wind interests. The low frequency noise is very important to take into consideration and is not currently taken into consideration by the state.
By pumpernickel, unverified — Wed, 10/20/2010 - 09:01
Thank you for clarifying the whole situation in objective terms. It would be nice if the newspaper could do the same because unfortunately, the people reading the paper version will not see your very clearly stated presentation.
Mr. Colpitts was principal at Crescent Park School when my child was a student there. We really liked and appreciated him!! What a nice man. Congratulations, Rick.
CMP already has time-of-use meters available for a rental fee of $8-$9 per month and you are penalized for using electricity at peak hours-you pay significantly more! Will we be given a discount on the delivery charge for using off-peak? Doubtful. The delivery charge is the largest part of your electricity bill. This is meaningless unless CMP gives a significant discount for using off-peak AND DOES NOT penalize you for using peak. The transmission charge will be going sky high if all these fancy new transmission lines go in. Currently, unless you participate in the CMP time-of-use program, YOU ARE NOT GETTING A DISCOUNT FOR USING OFF-PEAK! Most people don't know this. This is a taxpayer-subsidized windfall for CMP and will NOT help the consumer. Read very carefully, nowhere does it say your off-peak rates will be discounted. It says, "Customers could then make informed decisions to decrease their usage during peak load times therefore reducing energy consumption and saving money." This will allow CMP to eliminate meter reading jobs and benefit the company by enhancing its ability to manipulate loads. Will this help the consumer? Hopefully the costly transmission upgrade, which would be paid for by taxpayers and ratepayers, will be found to be unnecessary with the new "smart meters". We already have very high electric rates here if you count in supply AND transmission.
I agree with the previous two posts. I purchased some frozen cauliflower from WalMart and was shocked to see that it came from China!! How can that make sense to grow and ship something frozen from China? Needless to say, I now read every label. You really have to be careful, many labels say, "distributed by" a company in the U.S. or "processed in" by company in the U.S. . This is code for grown in another country. I think there are some safety issues (as has been proven with the China/melamine incident) The same safety issues have occurred here--remember the Gerber baby food incident? I try to grow my own food first. I then try to support Maine farmers by buying a bison half and veggies grown in-state, when possible. I never buy Wal Mart Great Value milk-always buy Hood or Oakhurst. As a matter of fact, I try to avoid WalMart and try to support Hannaford instead. What else can a consumer do to help? Any ideas?
I think it's a great idea. When it was time to swap out our boiler 5 years ago, we went with wood- a Tarm boiler w/ oil backup. . At the time, pellets were not an option as there was not someone to deliver locally.
Wow, two awesome posts that are spot on. Currently there is a short period of time from day of application, not day of marketing, on which a patent on a drug runs out (which thereafter allows generics to copy the drug.) I think it's 7 or 10 years. This gives drug companies a relatively short time to recoup investment in R&D. Could the patent be extended to 20 years and thereby halve the cost? Also, the number of drugs to treat most diseases is more than sufficient. Drug companies seem to "reinvent" the same drugs over and over, changing just slightly some proprietary aspect of the drug, in order to have a new patent. Could this "reinvention" somehow be regulated? I know innovation is important, but how many types of steroidal nasal sprays does there need to be?
MPBN says firing the humble farmer didn't cost them any $ in donations--I'll never donate to them again. I resent MPBN's thought control. What else are they censoring? Makes me doubt their integrity. I didn't happen to agree with Humble a lot of the time, but I still liked hearing his opinion and LOVED hearing his rants.
Where is the snow going to unload? It looks like the two roofs unload their snow between two buildings--maybe it's just not represented well in the illustration. I like the idea of preserving our past and building for the future.
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Looks amazing!
Can't wait to eat there :-D
Alice, I find it so ironic
Alice, I find it so ironic that cell phone towers in Massachusetts are disguised as pine trees, but we in Maine put wind turbines on our mountain tops! The Bus is located right across the street from my camp. While I am not crazy about all the people who honk their horns every time they pass the bus, all in all, it is a well-run minimally disruptive business. So sad it has to be such a struggle to run a business in Maine with the economy the way it is. I really don't see the difference between her small homemade "Bus" sign and the many camp owners' signs in regards to protecting the environment. It is hypocritical to allow blasting to put up roads and turbines, but disallow a small homemade sign.
Upright Frameworks
While it's nice that people donated to the oil company, my donation will be going to Upright Frameworks. Their donated work is the real solution to the problem. Great job! Upright Frameworks, I "liked" you on Facebook and will be sending in my donation.
*gets
*gets
Shopping list and menu for family of four
Great suggestion!
No Big Deal
Nbd, that's about the rate of travel all along the Maine Turnpike anyway.
Clean House
It sounds like it's time to clean house.
dimwits
I wish the dimwits that insist on using their jake brakes for 60 seconds straight at 4 in the morning would stop. I guess you can't legislate common sense.
Really?
What's there to disagree with? You hope that they do burn tires?
Sounds good, BUT
Sounds good, but I hope they don't burn tires like the cogen at the Rumford New Page mill.
lol
Kay Rand, of Bernstein Shur Government Solutions, cautioned town officials not to be too strict. Rand represents wind energy company FirstWind, but said that was not her purpose Thursday.
One section of a measure adopted in Rumford limits low frequency sound to 20 decibels.
"But a wind power manufacturer pointed out that they just cannot comply with that," Rand said. "At 20 decibels, the wind was that loud by itself. Wind power strong enough to turn a turbine was already that loud."
^^^Oh yes, Kay, we'll be sure not to be too strict. LOL, you represent FirstWind and you expect us to trust that you're looking out for OUR best interest? Any sound studies would account for ambient noise and would take care of the 20 dB caused by wind.
I hope the towns hire their own acoustic engineer, one that is not tied up with wind interests. The low frequency noise is very important to take into consideration and is not currently taken into consideration by the state.
question everything
Thank you for clarifying the whole situation in objective terms. It would be nice if the newspaper could do the same because unfortunately, the people reading the paper version will not see your very clearly stated presentation.
why were the 60+ previous comments deleted?
Why were the 60+ previous comments deleted?
Rick is right
this article explains why
http://www.slate.com/id/2222882/
Mr. Colpitts was principal at
Mr. Colpitts was principal at Crescent Park School when my child was a student there. We really liked and appreciated him!! What a nice man. Congratulations, Rick.
500 or 5000
Another article I read said there were 500 people, not 5000
With all the problems that
With all the problems that exist in this state, I believe this woman could put her time and mental energy to better use...stupid.
CMP already has time-of-use
CMP already has time-of-use meters available for a rental fee of $8-$9 per month and you are penalized for using electricity at peak hours-you pay significantly more! Will we be given a discount on the delivery charge for using off-peak? Doubtful. The delivery charge is the largest part of your electricity bill. This is meaningless unless CMP gives a significant discount for using off-peak AND DOES NOT penalize you for using peak. The transmission charge will be going sky high if all these fancy new transmission lines go in. Currently, unless you participate in the CMP time-of-use program, YOU ARE NOT GETTING A DISCOUNT FOR USING OFF-PEAK! Most people don't know this. This is a taxpayer-subsidized windfall for CMP and will NOT help the consumer. Read very carefully, nowhere does it say your off-peak rates will be discounted. It says, "Customers could then make informed decisions to decrease their usage during peak load times therefore reducing energy consumption and saving money." This will allow CMP to eliminate meter reading jobs and benefit the company by enhancing its ability to manipulate loads. Will this help the consumer? Hopefully the costly transmission upgrade, which would be paid for by taxpayers and ratepayers, will be found to be unnecessary with the new "smart meters". We already have very high electric rates here if you count in supply AND transmission.
Let's learn from what has
Let's learn from what has happened in other towns and not have a situation like this-
http://waldo.villagesoup.com/print/Print.cfm?StoryID=178160
Read this article. This is
Read this article. This is my prediction for Rumford
http://waldo.villagesoup.com/print/Print.cfm?StoryID=178160
I agree with the previous
I agree with the previous two posts. I purchased some frozen cauliflower from WalMart and was shocked to see that it came from China!! How can that make sense to grow and ship something frozen from China? Needless to say, I now read every label. You really have to be careful, many labels say, "distributed by" a company in the U.S. or "processed in" by company in the U.S. . This is code for grown in another country. I think there are some safety issues (as has been proven with the China/melamine incident) The same safety issues have occurred here--remember the Gerber baby food incident? I try to grow my own food first. I then try to support Maine farmers by buying a bison half and veggies grown in-state, when possible. I never buy Wal Mart Great Value milk-always buy Hood or Oakhurst. As a matter of fact, I try to avoid WalMart and try to support Hannaford instead. What else can a consumer do to help? Any ideas?
I think it's a great idea.
I think it's a great idea. When it was time to swap out our boiler 5 years ago, we went with wood- a Tarm boiler w/ oil backup. . At the time, pellets were not an option as there was not someone to deliver locally.
Wow, two awesome posts that
Wow, two awesome posts that are spot on. Currently there is a short period of time from day of application, not day of marketing, on which a patent on a drug runs out (which thereafter allows generics to copy the drug.) I think it's 7 or 10 years. This gives drug companies a relatively short time to recoup investment in R&D. Could the patent be extended to 20 years and thereby halve the cost? Also, the number of drugs to treat most diseases is more than sufficient. Drug companies seem to "reinvent" the same drugs over and over, changing just slightly some proprietary aspect of the drug, in order to have a new patent. Could this "reinvention" somehow be regulated? I know innovation is important, but how many types of steroidal nasal sprays does there need to be?
Old news. The new format
Old news. The new format allows the SJ to have a page which appears to be full of news when really it's full of old news!
MPBN says firing the humble
MPBN says firing the humble farmer didn't cost them any $ in donations--I'll never donate to them again. I resent MPBN's thought control. What else are they censoring? Makes me doubt their integrity. I didn't happen to agree with Humble a lot of the time, but I still liked hearing his opinion and LOVED hearing his rants.
Where is the snow going to
Where is the snow going to unload? It looks like the two roofs unload their snow between two buildings--maybe it's just not represented well in the illustration. I like the idea of preserving our past and building for the future.