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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It never made sense to me, but now it does. I never thought this was the time for the President to open temporarily the spigot of the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve,  the world’s largest supply of emergency crude…

Last Wednesday at the Appleton Mills in Lowell Mass Innovation Nights,  ran an “event designed to leverage the local social media community.  Every month the event showcases a wide range of new and innovative products from local companies.  Mass Innovation Nights is marking its third anniversary and the first event…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The stock market is down over 500 points, violence is increasing in Afghanistan, North Korea seems poised to launch a rocket that could figure in its nuclear program, hate crimes in Florida and Oklahoma dominate headlines, spring gardens…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “Co-leader Couples turns back clock at Augusta” read Saturday’s Boston Globe sports section sub-headline, hailing the return to prominence of Fred Couples in the Masters golf tournament. If he wins, the good looking fellow could become the oldest…

Here is another video excellent from the UMass Lowell Robotic’s Lab. This video is an overview of the UMass Lowell Robotics Lab’s research, including our work with multi-touch devices for robot control, telepresence, combining art and robotics, and student projects from undergraduate and graduate students.

The entry beow is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Most attorneys general don’t go after political corruption because acting against colleagues can translate into a dead end politically. But Martha Coakley has a new Public Integrity Division, a welcome addition. And she has the new 2009 ethics…

Its opening day for the Boston Red Sox. Here is a video posted by watchmojo detailing the history of “opening day”…kind of.

This is a really cool video… Here is the video Description: What can you accomplish in 360 hours? The Chinese sustainable building company, Broad Group, has yet attempted another impossible feat, building a 30-story tall hotel prototype in 360 hours, after building a 15-story building in a week earlier in…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Tuna. What I ate for lunch every day in high school. What I ask for these days in sushi. And now there’s Wicked Tuna, a National Geographic series about the lives of Gloucester fishermen who…

Below is Part 2 of a video tour of Lowell City Hall given by City Councilor Rita Mercier along with Erica Alarise (host). The show is produced and edited by Crystal Johnson and posted by heels2479.