We’re always interested in a good preservation story in Lowell, so here’s one involving the National Jazz Museum in Harlem in NYC and long-rumored legendary recordings of jazz artists from the 1930s that will be preserved and shared with the public. Read the article by Larry Rohter here, and consider buying a copy of the NYTimes or getting a trial subscription if you appreciate the journalism.
August 17th, 2010
How Natural Climate Change Occurs
It is no secret that there is a massive disconnect between what the scientific community understands about climate change and what the general public understands. This has allowed our elected officials and those running for office (most recently the Republican candidate for Senate in Wisconsin) to get away with blatantly distorting the science, if not outright lying about it. This is perhaps the fault of scientists, who have often proved either unwilling or unable to explain their findings to the general public. Or maybe the media is at fault for refusing to accurately report on peer-review research.
When all of the available evidence is considered, it is impossible not to understand that climate change is primarily driven by human activity. The science that backs this up is relatively simple; I’ve found it to be easier to understand than any of the science I learned in high school. This makes me confident that, although my own area of study is biology, I can accurately present the research being done by climate scientists. I hope that what I write will help you to understand this crisis.
As I said, my own field of study is biology and, if the climate scientists won’t speak up, we must. The current extinction rate is 100 times higher than it naturally is and it will only worsen if we continue to burn fossil fuels.
With that introduction, I wish to begin by explaining how natural climate change occurs. read more »
August 17th, 2010
Doherty v Donoghue debate photos
Eileen Donoghue and Chris Doherty
Thanks to Paul S for sharing some of his excellent photographs from the August 16, 2010 debate between First Middlesex State Senate Democratic candidates Chris Doherty and Eileen Donoghue (pictured above). The debate was sponsored by Lowell radio station WCAP and was held at Lowell High School’s “Little Theater.” The photo below shows the physical layout. Facing the camera are candidates Donoghue and Doherty; at the podium to the right of the photo is Charles Lyons, the moderator; at the table to the left in the photo are panelists Kim Saltmarsh of WCAP and Ray Wrobel, an outside-the-district Democratic activist agreed to by both campaigns. In the foreground with backs to the camera are Jennifer Myers of the Lowell Sun, Tom Duggan of the Valley Patriot and WCAP, and Faye Morrison of Ayer who served as the time keeper.
August 16, 2010 WCAP Senate debate
Despite some verbal jabs during the debate, both candidates kept it at a high level.
Donoghue and Doherty at end of debate
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