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Democrats disagree over wind energy; Cape boats assist plane wreckage search; Huffington Post on "American Primitive"

TODAY's quote: " I was also on stage when the Yarmouth Police busted the drummer from Hot Tuna for heroin after the show. Great memories, Cape Cod will never experience that era again." - Buzz.

Democrats disagree over wind energy
Obama vs. Kennedy and Delahunt over Cape Wind

"Aides to Mr. Kennedy made a point of saying Friday that an obstructed view was not among the senator's concerns."

Obama was in Ohio on Friday visiting a wind turbine parts factory, and promoting his plan for "green jobs."  Low oil prices, however, have resulted in a downturn for the wind industry. According to the New York Times,

...some of those jobs in the wind industry are becoming casualties of the economic slump. North Dakota-based D.M.I. Industries, which manufactures turbine towers, is laying off 20 percent of its workers across three plants - in Tulsa, Okla.; Stevensville, Ontario; and West Fargo, N.D.  The news comes barely six months after the company announced expansion plans that would make it the "largest wind tower manufacturer in North America."  "Quite frankly, I was shocked," the mayor of West Fargo, Rich Mattern, told The Associated Press earlier this month. "I thought they were bulletproof. I never guessed that they would be in trouble."  L.M. Glasfiber, a Danish turbine company, also announced 150 layoffs last week at a blade-making plant in Arkansas. And Gamesa, a Spanish turbine maker, said it was initiating layoffs at an Eastern Pennsylvania factory - though it was expanding a factory in the western part of the state, which can make larger blades.

The project, however, is right in Senator Kennedy's back yard, and as such has been fought by the senator for years.,, Representative Bill Delahunt, a Democrat from Cape Cod who is against the project, said in a statement that it could potentially double power costs for the region.  Gov. Deval Patrick, a Democrat who supports Cape Wind, wants Massachusetts to be a leader in creating alternative energy sources. This week, he set a goal of developing 2,000 megawatts of wind power capacity - enough to power 800,000 homes, Mr. Patrick said - by 2020... American Thinker.

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American Primitive: the "why" behind a movement (video)

American Primitive is the "why" that drove early activists like Harvey Milk and the Stonewall demonstrators to demand equality. It's a film about the struggle to redefine a peaceful, safe home against hatred, misunderstanding, and family law at the time when homosexuality was classified as mental illness. Set in 1973, this indie gem personalizes the mistrust, alienation, and prejudice that same-sex families still fight against today.

Teen heartthrob Josh Peck is the story's voice of reason. He plays the scrappy native Cape Codder with the attitude of "live and let live."

The film opens as 16 year-old Madeline Goodhart (Danielle Savre) and her slightly younger sister Daisy (Skye McCole Bartusiak) are moving in with their father Harry (Tate Donovan, Damages) on Cape Cod. Mom has died scant months earlier. During his widower's grief, dad's set up a peaceful new home at an old cottage along the dunes. From the girls' perspectives, it only adds to fun that dad's charming business partner, Mr. Gibbs (Adam Pascal, Rent), lives "out back" in their American primitive furniture studio.

As the Wyeth color seascape welcomes autumn ambers, the girls begin life at their new high school. All is smooth as sunshine. Campus life is full of scholarly endeavors intertwined with just enough teen love and tennis. Yep, even if it's the off-season, the Cape's the place for these two girls.

Donovan and Pascal tackle their roles with a tension that beguiles their calm locale. These same-sex caregivers are breaking new ground. Can they ever find peace and privacy living in the off-season Cape? They share a love eclipsed by an overriding fear that their secret will get out. Poor Mr. Gibbs, he is comfortable in his skin, but Harry, well Harry won't even admit he's homosexual. Donovan's Harry is a strong, sweet man who just wants to live the life he imagined when he was married. He's suffered long enough; it's time for his happier tomorrow.

Anne Ramsay as Mrs. Brown is the proper woman of the Cape, but she's lacking a man. Ramsay's the consummate seventies woman, trying to weigh feminism against loneliness in one of the film's standout performances. Ramsay's Mrs. Brown is the product of 1970's feminism and a nuclear-family-Donna Reed dream. I'd love to see another made film just about her.

American Primitive is first time Director Gwen Wynne's own recounting of growing up on the Cape. Wynne's choices are risky and never dull.

Susan Anspach (Five Easy Pieces, Montenegro) excels with precise nuance as the wounded grandmother Martha. Watching her characterization, free of polish and heavy on the humanity, is a master course in the craft. Martha's a villainess who dares you not to see her cruel point of view. Anspach's performance takes us back about thirty-five years, all the way to last November. The depth she brings to this character beguiles her screen time. Watching her in this role is delightful as watching Bette Davis at her scene-stealing best.

Teen heartthrob Josh Peck is the story's voice of reason. He plays the scrappy native Cape Codder, Spoke White. Spoke's a Codder-cowboy with the attitude of "live and let live." He handles even some divergent dialogue about Viet Nam with a sincerity that made me care. This is a pivotal performance for Peck, and here he's tipped the scales of super stardom to his favor... Huffington Post.

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Divers search for plane's missing engines in river

Officials say the Coast Guard rescued 35 people with a fleet of boats and helicopters. The vessels came from as far away as Cape Cod.

Investigators said Friday that the plane that made a daring emergency landing on the Hudson River Thursday was missing both of its engines.

Rescuers noticed that the plane was missing its left engine as it was brought down to Battery Park Thursday night. Subsequently, the other engine became detached, according to Kitty Higgins of the National Transportation Safety Board. See photos of the incident taken by NY1 viewers. Divers were combing the Hudson with sonar and radar to locate the engines and the black box, in the hope of determining the precise moment that two birds collided with passenger jet. The extremely cold weather and water currents limited the divers' search. ...  NY1.