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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. If Ronald Reagan was the great communicator, Barack Obama is the great synthesizer. In an artfully designed presentation, he pulled together all the disparate themes that have been raised in the last three weeks regarding our Libyan involvement…
Read More »Donald Trump has begun in earnest to make a mockery out of the electoral process that will ultimately lead to the election of a president. In Trump’s never ending pursuit to increase his own celebrity status, he has released a copy of his birth certificate as a sign of his…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I listen to Cong. Michael Capuano and Niki Tsongas criticize President Obama for not taking the Libyan military action to Congress and, as an old anti-Vietnam War activist, I applaud their stance. It’s hard not to be concerned…
Read More »OK, I agree, at this point we have all seem wild turkeys freely roaming around the Merrimack Valley, but this group filmed in an industrial park in Wilmington seems to be especially bold.
Read More »The UMass Lowell Robotics Department created this video. It demonstrates a drone guided by a DREAM Controller. What’s a DREAM Controller? More explanation below. This AR Drone is flown using the Dynamically Resizing Ergonomic and Multi-touch (DREAM) controller on the Microsoft Surface. The DREAM controller spawns when one or both…
Read More »Its still a month off, but you want to mark your calendar for this great event coming up at the Lowell Film Festival. Beginning April 28 through April 30 the festival presents Lowell on the Churn: The American Civil War, 1861-Present. In their own words… To commemorate the 150th anniversary…
Read More »New trolley signals are being installed at the corner of Market and Dutton Streets in Lowell by the Park Service. This video explains the work nicely. This video was originally posted by philtheranger New Trolley crossing signage in downtown Lowell, MA. Safety motor vehicles, pedestrians and electric trolleys
Read More »I’ll bet there are a number of faces you’ll recognize in this video taken at the Discover Lowell Kick-Off Event held by the Cultural Organization of Lowell. This video was originally posted by COOLinLowell The Cultural Organization of Lowell (COOL) kicks off its 2011 Discover Lowell Event Series at the…
Read More »Happy Birthday Twitter Yesterday, March 21, Twitter turned five years old, and did you know… Experts estimate that one billion tweets are sent each week? And did you know Facebook offered to buy Twitter in 2008 for $500,000 and now Twitter is worth between $8-10 billion? And members of the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. The public can derive enormous satisfaction from taking action against public worker misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance or just plain nuisance, but that visceral satisfaction can be short-lived, whether you’re talking about ending “hack holidays” or even…
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