October 1

Maine Public Broadcasting - According to the Natural Resources Council of Maine, wind power and energy efficiency programs are generating significant jobs in Maine, and the potential for future job growth is large. The group says there are more than 2,500 businesses in the state that, in some way, have helped to reduce Maine's dependence on fossil fuels or helped Mainers cut their energy bills. . . The Council's study finds that 289 Maine businesses have helped construct five wind power projects; 230 businesses provide home energy audits and weatherization services, 427 businesses install solar hot water and photovoltaic systems, 1,300 businesses provide products and services in connection with the state's Efficiency Maine program, and there are more than 300 green architecture, engineering and energy consulting firms.

Religious leaders come out for No on One.

Press Herald - The state ethics commission voted 3-2 o order an investigation of the fund-raising efforts by the National Organization of Marriage, a Washington D.C. based organization that has given money to fight same-sex marriage in Maine. . . The investigation is expected to take several weeks and will likely not be completed before the Nov. 3 election.

Here's one thing a lobster has over you: negligible senescence. This is a term for "a few select animals that do not display symptoms of aging. More specifically, negligibly senescent animals do not have measurable reductions in their reproductive capability with age, or measurable functional decline with age. Death rates in negligibly senescent animals do not increase with age as they do in senescent organisms. . . Of course, species displaying negligible aging still die of other causes and so extremely old individuals are extremely rare. Since relatively few animals have been examined, the ultimate life span achievable by such an animal is not known.". . . Lobsters can live 100 or more years.