Renewable Radio 11/06/09

Producer/Host: Dave Evans
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Pellet Heat & Forest Health
Does pellet production lead to over-harvesting forests? How much energy does it take to make pellets? What should a homeowner look for when buying a pellet stove or pellets?
Guest:
Alec Giffen, Director, Maine Forest Service
Pat Coon, Owner, ReVision Energy
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Doing Business 11/05/09

Host: Jane E. Haskell, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Topic: The Courage to Grow & Change Your Business
What are some inherent advantages and disadvantages of changing? What are some of the issues you people need to think about as they consider changing their small or home-based business?

Guests:
Kathy Goldner, Publisher; Knitting Out Loud
111 Middle St., Stockton Springs ME 04981
(207) 322-7227; kathy@knittingoutloud.com; www.knittingoutloud.com
Craig R. Olson, owner; Artisan Books & Bindery
509 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, Maine 04848-5114
207.734.6852; craig@artisanbooksandbindery.com; www.artisanbooksandbindery.com
Cathy Roberts, President; Pieceworks, Inc.
PO Box 133, Liberty ME 04949
(207) 322-8943; pcwork@midcoast.com; www.pieceworksinc.com

Resources:Virtual Resource Library
http://extension.umaine.edu/hbbsite/html/home.htm
For those considering radically changing their business should consult their business plans and evaluate the proposed changes using the business planning framework. The UMaine Extension VRL has good resource information on business planning and sample business plans to review as they evaluate these changes.
Entrepreneur.com http://www.entrepreneur.com/
has articles (including checklists) on change and other important topics
Inc.com http://www.inc.com/
has articles (including checklists) on change and other important topics

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 11/5/09

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Another rebroadcast from the first ten years of the Electronic Cottage.

If you fly from time to time, you are by now familiar with the security drill – take of your coat, take off your shoes, everything metal out of your pockets, and so forth. Some of these particular procedures are new but they are a continuation of additional screening initiatives that began in the wake of 9-11. This “sky is falling” rhetoric and new regulations and erosion of traditional privacy rights began very soon after September 2001 as this rebroadcast from February of 2002 indicates, and they’re still with us today.

Healthy Options 11/4/09

Producer/Host: Andree Bella
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Patient Access to Medical Marijuana
Who qualifies as a medical marijuana patient? What are the benefits of medical marijuana use? What are the laws in Maine regarding the use of medical marijuana?
Guest: Charles Wynott, Founder and Director of Maine Medical Marijuana Resource Center
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