[act-ma] Energy (and Other) Events
George Mokray
gmoke at world.std.com
Sun Jan 16 19:59:20 PST 2011
MIT
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Renaissance Project - Hope for Haiti
Time: All day
Location: 9-Lobby
This exhibit represents the work of Professor Jan Wampler and his
architectural students in the Haiti Workshop and shows more detail of
the structures for the Village designed for Archahaie, Haiti. This
design is for a Village that willhouse 1000 people and a school that
will educate 400 students. It includes housing, classrooms, community
facilities, dormitories, commercial facilities and a farm to
financially sustain the community. Energy for the village will be
provided by solar panel and wind turbines; the buildings will be
constructed primarily out of bamboo and other local materials.
Open to: the general public
This event occurs daily through May 1, 2011.
Sponsor(s): School of Architecture and Planning, Department of
Architecture
For more information, contact:
Scott Campbell
253-5380
scottc at mit.edu
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Introduction to Nuclear Power
Benoit Forget, Paul Romano, Jacob DeWitte
Tue Jan 18 thru Fri Jan 21, 10:30am-12:00pm, 4-149
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 50 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Course 1: Historical perspective of nuclear fission; Overview of
radioactive decay and nuclear fission; Basic concepts of a nuclear
power reactor. Course 2: Introduction of nuclear reactor safety.
Discussion of reactivity and feedback mechanisms. Overview of defense
in depth concepts. Discussion of Chernobyl accident. Course 3:
Overview of the fuel cycle; From mining to waste disposal, this course
will discuss ore processing, enrichment, spent nuclear fuel and long
term disposal. Course 4: Overview of closed-fuel cycles possibilities
such as Pu recycling and Minor actinides recycling. Introduction to
fast reactors.
Particularly geared for Freshman.
Contact: Benoit Forget, 24-214, (617) 253-1655, bforget at mit.edu
Sponsor: Nuclear Science and Engineering
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Plasma Science and Fusion Center IAP Series
Peter Catto, Abhay Ram, John Rice, Paul Rivenberg
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
This series introduces plasma physics research and areas of related
interest at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. See URL below.
Web: http://www.psfc.mit.edu/
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, x3-8101, rivenberg at psfc.mit.edu
Sponsor: Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Using models to study climate
John Marshall
An approach to the study of climate that emphasizes modeling
hierarchies, but based on a common set of modeling tools. Prof.
Marshall will illustrate some of the science that such models
facilitate in the context of paleo climate (focusing on the past 50
million years), exploring, for example, whether more than one stable
climate might exist for a given external forcing.
Tue Jan 18, 11am-12:00pm, NW17-218
Climate change, nuclear proliferation and fusion energy
Rob Goldston, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Tue Jan 18, 03-04:00pm, NW17-218
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Wind Resource Assessment Demonstration
Speaker: Wind Energy Projects in Action
Time: 4:30p–6:00p
Location: 32d-507
Presentation and demonstration on wind resource assessment and wind
farm layout using matlab.
Web site: http://windenergy.mit.edu
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
MIT Energy Club
wepa at mit.edu
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Human Rights on the Web: dinner discussion with Ethan Zuckerman
Speaker: Ethan Zuckerman
Time: 6:00p–7:30p
Location: 4-145
Can the internet be used to promote human rights and to take down
oppressive regimes around the world? Or do new technologies actually
empower the authoritarian states that activists seek to challenge?
Journalistic accounts of the recent turmoil in Iran suggest that new
media played a key role in organizing and inspiring activists, but
other evidence shows that the regime used the same tools to to harass,
identify, and imprison protesters. Finally, what implications do these
questions and stories have for the development of new web technologies
for social change?
Join Amnesty International and Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of the
global citizen media network, Global Voices, and senior researcher at
the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, for a theoretical and
empirical discussion on the interface between the web and human
rights. A recent paper, co-authored by Zuckerman, on the topic can be
found here (http://www.usip.org/publications/blogs-and-bullets-new-media-in-contentious-politics
).
Please RSVP to karenli at mit.edu by Sunday January 16 so I know how much
food to order.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Amnesty International, UA Finance Board
For more information, contact:
Karen Li
karenli at mit.edu
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tour of the MIT Cogeneration Plant
Time: 10:00a–12:00p
Location: 42
Join the energy club on a tour of the MIT Cogeneration Gas Fired Plant
that supplies power and steam for heating to MIT.
This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about the history, technology
and operations strategy behind the MIT Cogeneration plant. The tour
will expose you to the cutting edge technologies employed in the
cogeneration plant, the real-time operational issues involved in
running the plant and the various power equipment - from steam driven
chillers to high performance turbines - installed in the facility.
There is limited space available.
To sign up for this tour, use the following link:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGFib1dST1BLd2gzRkNJMmVPcVZSZVE6MQ
#gid=0
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
Daniel Apo
djapo at mit.edu
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Fifty Years of Fusion
Dale Meade, Fusion Innovation Research and Energy (FIRE)
Wed Jan 19, 11am-12:00pm, NW17-218
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Father of Chaos: The Life and Times of Edward N. Lorenz
Speaker: Prof. Kerry Emanuel, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary
Sciences, MIT
Time: 12:00p–1:00p
Location: 54-915
This talk is part of series that celebrates the 150th anniversary of
MIT, founded by a geologist, William Barton Rogers by highlighting
accomplishments of EAPS faculty and students. The series features
talks by current and past members of the EAPS community to cover
topics about the major discoveries in the Earth and Planetary Sciences
and contribution from EAPS scientists.
Web site: http://student.mit.edu/iap/ns12.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
For more information, contact:
Roberta Allard
253-3382
allard at mit.edu
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Noon - 1:30p.
"IT-Enabled Electricity Services."
Marija Ilic
MIT: E51-145
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Inspiration from Nature: Biomimicry Design Competition Preparatory
Lectures
Kachina Gosselin
Wed, Fri, 19, 21, 26, 28, 01-03:00pm, 66-160
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Have you ever marveled at the swiftness of a cheetah? The adhesive
ability of gecko feet? The coherence of a flock of birds? Nature has
an amazing ability to solve challenges that seem at first glance to be
insurmountable. Peer into the design of natural systems and perhaps
glean insight into solutions to the pressing problems facing our
civilization. Compete to contribute to solving the greatest challenges
of our generation.
Coordinated with The Biomimicry Institute and with guest lectures in
topics from engineering to design to business development, this course
will introduce you to basic biomimicry tools and concepts,encourage
you to approach engineering problems from a systems thinking
perspective, and help you create technically novel solutions with the
simple elegance that nature inspires. This is a preparatory course to
prepare students for a new biomimicry design competition to be held in
the spring.
Sustainability is all around us, we just need to learn how to emulate
it.
Contact: Kachina Gosselin, (617) 893-1988, kachina at mit.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering
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Two Nuclear Lectures
Dr. Kosta Tsipis
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Dr. Kosta Tsipis will present two nuclear lectures:
Jan. 19, 2010, 2-3PM, room 5-233: Nuclear Proliferation
Jan. 20, 2010, 2-3PM, room 5-233: The Origin, History and
Accomplishments of "Pugwash"
Contact: Dr. Kosta Tsipis, 3-435B, 253-2228, tsipis at mit.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Proliferation
Dr. Kosta Tsipis
Wed Jan 19, 02-03:00pm, 5-233
The Origin, History and Accomplishments of "Pugwash"
Dr. Kosta Tsipis
Thu Jan 20, 02-03:00pm, 5-233
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An Alcator chronicle, or What happened to Alcator B?
Ron Parker
Wed Jan 19, 03-04:00pm, NW17-218
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
UN Climate Roundtable: What should we expect from the UN climate
negotiation process? A Discussion of International Climate Governance
Speaker: Rebecca Dell
Time: 3:00p–4:00p
Location: 5-231
The international community unanimously resolved to "prevent dangerous
anthropogenic interference with the climate system" at Rio Earth
Summit in 1992. In the 18 years since then, we have achieved one
binding international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions--the
Kyoto Protocol--but global emissions now exceed the worst case
scenario outlined in the 1990s. Many have found the international
process slow, confusing, and uninspiring, but there is no viable
alternative framework for addressing a truly international problem
like climate change.
Please join us for a round-table discussion on the UN climate
negotiations process, where we will try to clarify how the UN is
addressing climate change, what are some of the key sources of
conflict and obstruction, and where the UN is making progress (because
we are making progress in some areas). The discussion will be lead by
Rebecca Dell, a PhD student in climate science and the MIT student
delegate to the recent meeting of the parties to the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change in Cancun, Mexico.
Light refreshments will be served.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/iap
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
For more information, contact:
Jennifer DiMase
jdimase at mit.edu
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The challenge of fusion burn and ITER
Steven Cowley, Culham Center for Fusion Energy
Thu Jan 20, 11am-12:00pm, NW17-218
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Tour of Energy Features of Sloan E62
Speaker: Peter Cooper, Frank Higson
Time: 1:00p–2:00p
Location: E62-Lobby
Energy efficient features of the new Sloan Building (E62) will be
visited and discussed on this tour conducted by Department of
Facilities' Engineers. Sloan is the most efficient building of its
kind on the MIT campus. Features incorporated to achieve this will be
shown, and the integrated design process that was employed will be
described.
For more information about this building visit: http://web.mit.edu/facilities/construction/completed/sloan.html
RSVP to Damaris Colono by 1/17/2011 4:00 pm damarisc at plant.mit.edu
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/iap
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Facilities, MIT Energy Initiative
For more information, contact:
Damaris Colono
damarisc at plant.mit.edu
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Museum of Science Wind Lab Tour
January 20, 2011 2:30p–4:00p
tour of the the wind turbine facility on the roof of the museum of
science
- rsvp to Maraian Tomusiak
Category: MIT events/clubs: interest clubs/groups
Speaker: Marian Tomusiak, wind turbine lab analyst
Location: MOS
Sponsored by: MIT Energy Club
Admission: Open to the public
Tickets available from email Marian Tomusiak
mtomusiak at mos.org
http://windenergy.mit.edu
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Recreating deep interior states of planets and stars in the laboratory
Rip Collins
Developments in inertial confinement fusion have led to new ways of
exploring highly compressed materials, such as those found deep inside
giant planets and low mass stars, where the crushing force of gravity
makes matter extremely dense. Recent experiments show that such
compressed materials have rather exotic properties; and some
fundamental rules of condensed matter, chemistry, and plasma physics
break down.
Thu Jan 20, 03-04:00pm, NW17-218
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Wind Grid Integration Workshop
Time: 9:00a–7:00p
Location: 26-100
The Current Status and Future of Wind and the Grid
Friday January 21, 2009
9am - 5 pm, MIT Bldg. 26-100
Registration Required!!! - Sign-Up Today!
Wind energy contributes to an ever-growing percentage of electricity
generation worldwide. While places like Denmark, Spain and Germany
have already reached aggressive levels of wind adoption (contributing
to near 20%, 10% and 8% of their respective electricity generaiton
needs resepectively), the US has had far less development on a
national scale. However, on a regional scale, wind development in
midwestern states, Texas and California has also been considerable.
The increased overall percentage of electricity generation that comes
from this intermittent resource has led to a lot of discussion over
the last decade on the furture development of the grid and the impacts
and implications of large scale wind energy development. This workshop
will bring several experts in the area of wind-grid integration to MIT
for a full day workshop that will explore issues from short-term grid
code specificaitons to long-term capacity expansion planning and policy.
The MIT Energy Club's Wind Energy Group and MIT Wind Energy Projects
in Action are proud to bring you this workshop which will feature the
below agenda as well as an informal post-workshop networking reception.
https://sites.google.com/site/mitwindweek2011/wind-integration-workshop
Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/mitwindweek2011/wind-integration-workshop
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
WEPA
wepa at mit.edu
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MIT study on the future of natural gas
Daniel Cohn
Use of shale gas has created a large increase in the availability of
low cost natural gas, and with it new opportunities for reducing CO2
and oil dependence. This talk will discuss the MIT interdisciplinary
study on the future of natural gas.
Fri Jan 21, 10-11:00am, NW17-218
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Diagnosing plasma turbulence in tokamaks
Anne White
Scientists have made great progress in understanding and predicting
turbulent transport in tokamaks, but challenges remain. Future fusion
reactor development depends on using fluctuation diagnostics to
monitor plasma turbulence, and comparing the results with advanced
theory and simulations. This talk considers recent advances in
diagnosing turbulent transport in tokamaks, and the path to predicting
transport in ITER.
Fri Jan 21, 11:15am-12:30pm, NW17-218
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Tour of Alcator C-Mod and the Versatile Toroidal Facility (VTF)
Tour guide TBD
Visit the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, a well-tested approach to fusion
research that has direct applications to ITER, the world's largest
tokamak, currently under construction in France. Compare this to the
Versatile Toroidal Facility, a small student-built tokamak used to
explore magnetic reconnection, the process observed in solar flares.
Fri Jan 21, 01:30-02:30pm, NW17-218
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Starr Forums: Gaza featuring Noam Chomsky
Speaker: Noam Chomsky, Nancy Murray
Time: 4:00p–5:30p
Location: E51-Wong Auditorium
Noam Chomsky addresses the ongoing crisis in Gaza followed by a
question-and-answer session with the audience. Joining Chomsky is
Nancy Murray, the director of education at the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts. She is the author of Rights
Matter: the Story of the Bill of Rights. Nancy holds a B.Phil. and
Ph.D. in modern history from Oxford University. She has experience as
a teacher, scholar and social activist in Great Britain, Kenya, and
the Middle East as well as the United States, and has written widely
on the themes of civil liberties, civil and human rights.
Web site:http://web.mit.edu/cis/eventposter_012110_chomsky.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
For more information, contact:
starrforum at mit.edu
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Smart Innovation calls for Smart People
Time: 5:00p–6:30p
Location: 6-120
Focus on projects in France's two most ambitious innovation campuses.
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MISTI, MIT-France
For more information, contact:
Erin Baumgartner
3-8813
embaum at mit.edu
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Harvard
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Rethinking Malaria: The Science of Eradication Symposium
WHEN
Thu., Jan. 20, 2011, 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Conferences, Health Sciences, Lecture, Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard Institute for Global Health
TICKET WEB LINK
gid.globalhealth.harvard.edu…
TICKET INFO
Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO
Brenda Rodriguez: brenda_rodriguez at harvard.edu
NOTE
This symposium will provide an in-depth discussion of current control
and eradication efforts. It will also serve as a forum to discuss
recent scientific and policy advances, challenges and new approaches
to encourage interdisciplinary research in malaria. It will feature
presentations and an expert panel discussion session. This will be the
perfect setting for networking with faculty, students, researchers,
and invited guests.
LINK
http://gid.globalhealth.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k54064&pageid=icb.page395574
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Imagining War and Keeping Peace? Military Cultures and Peace Operation
Effectiveness
WHEN
Thu., Jan. 20, 2011, 12:15 – 2 p.m.
WHERE
Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Harvard Kennedy School
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
International Security Program
SPEAKER(S)
Chiara Ruffa, research fellow, International Security Program
CONTACT INFO
susan_lynch at harvard.edu
LINK
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5366/imagining_war_and_keeping_peace_military_cultures_and_peace_operation_effectiveness.html
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Restoring the Power of Unions: It Takes a Movement
WHEN
Thu., Jan. 20, 2011, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE
Harvard Faculty Club
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Labor & Worklife Program, HLS
SPEAKER(S)
Julius G. Getman, professor of law, University of Texas
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BU
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January 21, 2011, Alex Stanković, Tufts University
Friday, January 21, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary’s Street, Room 901
Alex Stanković
Tufts University
Smart Grid and Other Desiderata: A Future for Electric Energy
The area of energy processing, which includes power electronics,
electric drives and power systems, is at crossroads. Its challenges
are both external (contribution to climate change, nonfunctional
markets) and internal (inability to integrate renewable sources and
efficient loads). The promise of energy processing comes from a
growing array of potentially transformative technologies that
currently exist in energy components, power electronics, distributed
sensing, and embedded control.
The first part of the talk will review available energy technologies,
and outline salient features of the existing energy systems. The
second part of the talk will present a more personal view, and
introduce the dynamic phasor approach to modeling and analysis of
transients in high-power electronic converters and electromechanical
systems. Some recent extensions involving filter banks will also be
presented. The third and final part of the talk will outline desirable
future developments in electric energy systems with an emphasis on
interconnection of networks with different energy carriers.
Alex Stanković received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science from MIT in 1992 after earning his master’s and
bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering from the University of
Belgrade in Yugoslavia. Alex’s research interests include analytical
and experimental work involving modeling, control, and estimation in
electric energy processing for power electronics, power systems, and
electric drives. His work uses electronics to efficiently condition
energy sources for practical uses. Alex has been appointed as the
first Alvin H. Howell Professor in Electrical Engineering at Tufts in
2010.
He is a Fellow of IEEE and has served from 1997 to 2010 as an
Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Power
Engineering Letters, IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology,
and IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine. He has held visiting positions
at the United Technologies Research Center (sabbaticals in 2000 and
2007) and at L’Universite de Paris-Sud and Supelec (in 2004). He is a
coeditor of book series on Power Electronics and Power Systems for
Springer.
Hosting Professor: Michael Caramanis and Yannis Paschalidis
Student Host: Michael Rahaim
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Northeastern
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On January 21, 2011, the Northeastern University Law Journal will host
its annual symposium: "From Seed to Stomach: Food and Agricultural
Law." The symposium will focus on recent legal developments in the
areas of food and farming law, including intellectual property and
genetically-modified foods, sustainable economic farming, and food
labeling and obesity. Experts on food and agriculture policy from
around the nation will be in attendance.
Admission is free, but registration is required. Please visit www.nulj.org/symposium
to register and to check out the list of speakers and panels!
Flyer attached.
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The first Nerdnite of 2011 is at a special time and place – January
17 at the A.R.T Oberon Theater in Harvard Square
We’ll return to the Middlesex on the last monday of February
The next Nerdnite:
Monday January 17, 2010 — 8pm at the Oberon
2 Arrow Street, Cambridge
In Harvard Square
$5 at the door or in advance from the Oberon website
Click http://boston.nerdnite.com/2011/01/07/jan-17-special-nerdnite-event-at-the-oberon/
to buy advance tickets
The lineup:
Talk 1: “R. Buckminster Fuller: Prototype of the American Nerd”
by D.W. Jacobs
Talk 2: “Derivatives Work: The Brief Histories of “Happy
Birthday” and “Who Let the Dogs Out”
by Ben Sisto
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GreenPort Forum:
Growing Community-Scale Energy in New England: What Vermont's
District Heating Efforts Could Mean for Cambridge
with speaker Ralph Meima, Board Co-Chair, Brattleboro Thermal Utility,
Inc.
Ralph Meima is Program Director, MBA in Managing for Sustainability,
Marlboro College Graduate School, Brattleboro, VT. Until he joined
Marlboro College in 2006, Ralph Meima was Assistant Professor of
Organizational Management at the School for International Training.
He has written books and articles on environmental management and
policy. Other research interests include simulation design,
experiential education, CSR, and sustainable development. Meima serves
on the board of the Vermont Environmental Consortium, and is Co-
Chairman of the Board of Brattleboro Thermal Utility, which is
developing a biomass district energy system. Meima began his career
as an IT industry engineer.
Brattleboro Thermal Utility's mission is to create a community energy
system for the Town of Brattleboro, Vermont generating both
electricity and thermal energy, using biomass as a fuel, for the
benefit of multiple stakeholders and the town as a whole. Their long-
term aim is to eliminate Brattleboro's dependency on fossil fuels
(primarily oil and natural gas) for heating, and obtain most of its
electricity from renewable local sources.
District energy could have direct applications in Cambridge, as the
most efficient means of delivering heat and energy to our homes.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
7:00pm
Cambridgeport Baptist Church
459 Putnam Av, Cambrige
(corner of Magazine St. and Putnam Av)
For more information, contact Steve Morr-Wineman at swineman at gis.net
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January 2011 Tech Meetup
Jan18Tue 7:00 PM
Location
Microsoft New England Research & Development Center (NERD)
One Memorial Drive
Suite 100
Cambridge, MA 02142
857-453.6000
How to find us: "We will be in the Horace Mann conference room on the
1st floor."
First Boston Tech Meetup under new management! Join us at Microsoft
NERD to see what's new and cool on the local tech startup scene. Doors
open at 7, presentations run from 7:30-8:30.
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/newtech-73/calendar/15917041/
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Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Invites You To Celebrate Ben's
Birthday and to meet our new President. George Chryssis
Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 6-8 p.m.
"Building a Good Life in the Digital Age - Reflections from Ben
Franklin &
Other Great Thinkers:" A Conversation with William Powers, author of
Hamlet's Blackberry, and the British Consul General, Dr. Phil Budden,
moderated by Xconomy's William A. Ghormley.
Please CLICK HERE <http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/771497/cbf23ca936/ARCHIVE>
for full details on our website.
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, 41 Berkeley Street, Boston,
MA
02116 www.bfit.edu
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*Skillshare: Art of the Schmooze - Thursday, January 20 from 6PM-8:30PM*
The NonProfit Center, downtown Boston
This highly interactive, fast-paced skillshare hosted by Robbie
Samuels will help you make the most out of Connecting for Justice the
following week. Forming and cultivating relationships is at the heart
of any successful fundraising campaign, volunteer drive, committee
effort or community building activity. This workshop will give you the
confidence to pursue your personal goals. Learn how to get in and out
of conversations smoothly, how to create a welcoming space by
considering yourself a host and the
difference between croissants vs. bagels.
*RSVP:* http://www.sojust.org/calendar/15792339/ and *spread the word:*
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176827112338467
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http://www.mos.org/events_activities/events&ser=Let%27s%20Talk%20About%20Food
Lets Talk about Food events at Museum of Science
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: FOOD ACCESS
Forum [Return to listing page]
Museum of Science
This presentation is part of the ongoing series Let's Talk About Food.
Friday, January 21, 2011 | 7:00 pm
Register: http://survey.mos.org/public_survey/Checkbox/Survey.aspx?s=dba49bd3c5bc4dc2bb1117cf2fabc9b2
Free, but seating is limited; advance registration is required.Take a
new look at how something as fundamental as food can become very
complicated. Is food a human right? Why are there so few locations to
buy fresh food in cities? How do we address the economic inequities of
those who do or do not get healthy food? And how can we make healthy,
fresh, and safe food products more affordable?
This forum is part of the Food for Thought series, encouraging
conversation about what we can do to improve how we grow our food and
feed our bodies.
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It is now possible to order tickets for "R. Buckminster Fuller: THE
HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE" in Cambridge, MA. Performances
start on Jan 14th and run through Feb 5th. During previews (1/14 -
1/18) all tickets are $35 (for A and B sections). After previews
tickets are from $25 - $65 (the $25 tickets are for the last two rows
in the theater).
You can take advantage of a special offer to see the Saturday, January
22nd 2:00pm or the Sunday, January 23rd 7:30pm performance by using
the Promotional Code THIRTYVERTI for $35 tickets (Normally $50-$65)
for those two specific performances. This discount can not be combined
with any other offers such as Student, $25 advance or Senior Discount
and are subject to availability.
Tickets are on a first come, first served basis, so please order your
tickets for the play now.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.AmericanRepertoryTheater.org,
by phone at 617.547.8300, or in person at the A.R.T. Box Office, 64
Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Please register for the event on-line at
http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.01.2011.html
Jan 22 Special Exhibit
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After the Saturday, January 22nd 2:00pm performance, the Synergetics
Collaborative, Foundation for New Directions (FND), Museum of
Mathematics (MoMath), and American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) will
present an exhibit featuring a special geometry activity led by George
Hart of MoMath. Synergetics Collaborative, MoMath and FND will have
people on hand to discuss, explain, demonstrate and engage
participants with the displays. Some displays will be hands-on.
Jan 23 Discussion/Seminar
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On Sunday, 23 January from 10am to 4pm, the Foundation for New
Directions (FND) will host a discussion seminar on "Building on Marvin
Solit's Work". We plan to break in time so that interested
participants can go to the theater to see the Dymaxion Car #4
presentation (see next item).
Please either bring a potluck or pre-register and bring $15 so we can
provide enough food for lunch and snacks.
Jan 23 Special Presentation
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After the Sunday, January 23rd 2pm and 7:30pm performances, the
Synergetics Collaborative and American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) will
present a special presentation by Thomas T. K. Zung on Lord Norman
Foster's Dymaxion Car #4. Thomas T. K. Zung was Buckminster Fuller's
long-time architectural partner, editor of the book Buckminster
Fuller: Anthology for a New Millenium, and a Distiguished Fellow to
the Stanford University Libraries.
Anyone with a ticket stub for a performance of the A.R.T. production
of R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE
will be able to attend the special events at the A.R.T. by presenting
their ticket stub to gain access. The special events are scheduled
for 4:30pm after a matinee performance and 10pm after the evening
performance.
Please register for the event on-line at
http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.01.2011.html
More details are on the event web page at
http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2011.01.html
Editorial Comment: I have met the writer and director of this play
and friends who saw it last summer in Washington DC enjoyed it. I
will most definitely be at George Hart's presentation, having attended
a couple of his presentations, learned a lot, and had much fun
building geometric sculptures of his design.
If you want to see my own geometric modeling, you can watch this video
at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEinwxzzUEs
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Steampunk Meetup, January 23, 2010
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, 154 Moody St, Waltham
Join the Museum on, Sunday, January 23rd, from 1 to 3pm, for the New
England Steampunk Meetup. Gather with other steampunkers, exchange
stories, show off your latest projects and find what what other
steampunkers are up to.
http://www.crmi.org/events/museum-events/
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Upcoming
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MIT Independent Activities Period
January 3 - 28
http://web.mit.edu/iap/
IAP is a month-long celebration of learning where anyone at MIT, from
a professor emeritus to the cleaning staff, can present a course or
lecture. It is primarily for the MIT community but if you don't make
a scene you can partake of the educational banquet too.
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Income Inequality in America
Frank Levy
Mon Jan 24, Tue Jan 25, Wed Jan 26, 10-11:00am, 9-450A
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
In 2008, the top 1 percent of households received about 21% of all
income, twice its income share in 1990 and roughly equal its share in
1929 at the end of the Gilded Age. Average household income in the top
1 percent doubled over these years (adjusted for inflation) while
income of the average household grew by 5 percent.
This activity will consist of three sessions reviewing what we know
about the causes of income inequality including immigration,
technological change, the growth of the financial sector and
international trade. We will also devote some time to discussing what
is known about the consequences of inequality for national life.
Contact: Frank Levy, 9-523, x3-2089, flevy at mit.edu
Sponsor: Urban Studies and Planning
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MIT Physics Lecture Series:
Exoplanets and the Search for Habitable Worlds
Professor Sara Seager
Mon Jan 24, 01:30-02:30pm, 6-120
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
For thousands of years people have wondered, “Are we Alone?” With
about 500 planets discovered to orbit nearby stars, the existence of
exoplanets is firmly established. Astronomers are now able to
routinely measure planetary sizes, masses, and atmospheres for a
subset of hot, big exoplanets. The race to find habitable exoplanets
is on with the realization that big Earths orbiting small stars can be
both discovered and characterized with existing technology. Professor
Seager will answer the four questions she gets asked most often:
“What could aliens see, looking at Earth from afar?”; “When will
we find another Earth?”; “Can we go there?”; “If we cannot go
there, why look?”
Contact: Nancy Boyce, 4-315, 253-4461, nboyce at mit.edu
Sponsor: Physics
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POWER SYSTEMS ECONOMICS IN THEORY/-IES AND IN REAL LIFE
January 24-27 (MTWR), 2:30-4:00pm in MIT Bldg E52, Room 175
Dr. Jean-Pierre Hansen
Details:
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Introductory economics helpful. Interest in electricity.
Contact: Tim Heidel, E19-439A, (617) 715-4551, heidel at mit.edu
Sponsors: MIT Electricity Student Research Group, MIT Energy Club
More Information: http://esrg.mit.edu/events/iap-2011/
Light refreshments will be served.
Description:
The translation between economic theories and real-world practice is
not always straightforward in the energy industry. This lecture series
will explore how a few select economic theories can (or cannot) be
applied to real-world situations. Jean-Pierre Hansen (full speaker bio
below) will draw examples from his long career in both industry and
academia to help students navigate the sometimes confusing and
counterintuitive world of energy economics. This lecture series is
designed to complement other energy economics classes at MIT.
A background in introductory economic theory will be helpful for
students but is not required. (Each lecture will start with a review
of the basics.)
Speaker Bio: Jean-Pierre Hansen managed Electrabel, one of the leading
European electricity companies, for 20 years. He has also been
Chairman to a number of energy companies that operate at an
international level (30 countries). He is currently a Member of the
Executive Committee of GDF SUEZ, the world’s second-largest gas and
electricity Group. He is a Professor of Economics at the Catholic
University of Leuven and the Ecole Polytechnique (Paris). Jean-Pierre
holds a degree in Economics and graduate degrees in Electrical
Engineering.
Session Details:
Session 1: Mon Jan 24
Did you say “Market”?… (How) Does it (really) work for electricity
The move to a market system is not all that simple! Amongst other
things, if we wish to replace a regulated electricity system with an
electricity market system, we must consider the three elements that
determine an exchange, i.e. a market: the product, the time and the
place. How does it work for electricity, given the so-called forgotten
hypotheses of microeconomics…?
Session 2: Tue Jan 25
Ricardo’s nuclear power plants: why should a manager know the Theory
of Rent?
The general theory of rents explains several major problems in
electricity economics. For instance, differential rents (or infra-
marginal rents), which manifest in the operation of optimal generating
facilities, are often called windfall profits. However, it is shown
that such rents are necessary in order to (re)build optimal generating
facilities and therefore cannot be taxed. The issue of “Missing
Money.”
Session 3: Wed Jan 26
Market Power: how can it be measured – proved?
95% of economic and legal literature regarding the reform of the
electricity sector concerns “Market Power”. This is both surprising
and logical all at once: its definition, its calculation and its
analysis foil all of the traditional indicators: Lerner, HHI, and
“Pivotals”. So? How can the CEO of a company define his policy?
Session 4: Thu Jan 27
From C. Adams to Averch-Johnson… and many others: the myth of
perfect regulation.
Origins, theories, paradoxes and practices of regulation: the true
story and “everything you have ever wanted to know about regulation,
but never dared to ask”.
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BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER
The Return of Ulysses
and
Decapitalization Circus
Reducing the proceedings of the historic dramma per musica to 75
minutes, brazenly updating the Baroque accents and adding two timely
prologues, (Peter Schumann) labelled his marvellous mishmash a
"respectful truncation?."
["The Return of Ulysses," <http://www.ft.com/> , Dec. 6, 2010]
Boston Center for the Arts
CYCLORAMA
January 24 through January 30
presented in partnership with the Boston Center for the Arts as part
of the Cyclorama Residency Series
(Boston, MA 02116) Bread and Puppet Theater presents ?The Return of
Ulysses? and ?Decapitalization Circus? : two separate performances
presented in partnership with the Boston Center for the Arts as part
of the Cyclorama Residency Series. Performances, Art Exhibit, and
Cheap Art Sale run from January 24 through January 30. All held in
the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA), 539 Tremont
St., South End, Boston. Wheelchair accessible. Tickets for the
performances available for purchase [cash or
check only] in the Cyclorama one hour before each performance. For
advance tickets, log onto www.breadandpuppet.org <http://www.breadandpuppet.org/
>
or call 866-811-4111 (toll free). For detailed information regarding
the week?s events, call the BCA's Bread and Puppet Theater information
line at
617-800-9539 or log onto <http://www.bcaonline.org/> www.bcaonline.org.
Detailed listings information:
Evening Performances [recommended for ages 12 & older]:
Bread and Puppet Theater: The Return of Ulysses
Jan. 27-Jan. 30, Thurs.-Sun., 7 pm
$12 general admission [$10 students, seniors, & groups of 10 or more]
Description: This "respectfully truncated," rough-hewn, and bold DIY
adaptation of Claudio Monteverdi's opera was first developed this past
June by Bread and Puppet in collaboration with the Theatre Department
of Concordia University in Montreal and the Montreal Baroque
Festival. The production was initially performed as a dress rehearsal
in the DB Clarke Theatre at Concordia and then presented as a festival
performance in the plaza of the Centre Mondial. During July & August
in Glover, VT (Bread and
Puppet?s base of operations), the opera was pared down to
approximately 75 minutes, including 10 minutes of prologue. The
performances have been conceived to include 20 volunteer puppeteers
and 15-20 volunteer singers and instrumentalists in the chorus and
orchestra with Peter Schumann playing the role of Penelope. Schumann
describes the plot as follows: "In order to commit genocide on their
competitors, the Trojans, the tricky Greeks employ their multitalented
sky, full of custom tailored divinities, to justify the
crime, just as we employ our Judeo-Christian sky, occupied by a divine
air force and permitted by the in-god-we-trust court system, to
justify our atrocities in Afghanistan, Palestine and elsewhere. By
order of Jove, the boss, and with special help from his daughter
Minerva, Ulysses finally returns home, where he has to murder 100 evil
suitors in order to be happily reunited with wife and property." The
piece includes two prologues, "Modern Sky" and "Antique Sky." For
Boston, The Return of Ulysses will be performed
by Peter Schumann and the Bread & Puppet Company, along with a large
number of local volunteer puppeteers and musicians. Informal talk
back with the artists follows each performance. Sourdough rye bread
will be served and cheap art will be for sale after each performance.
Family-Friendly Matinees:
Bread and Puppet Theater: Decapitalization Circus
Jan. 29-Jan. 30, Sat.-Sun., 4 pm
$10 general admission [$5 students, seniors, and pre-school children
(2 & under free)]
Description: The family-friendly "Decapitalization Circus"
demonstrates in numerous death-defying stunts the fantastic effects of
the capitalization of life in the U.S. and citizens? courageous
efforts of decapitalization. The performers represent the whole scale
of the social spectrum from benign billionairism to despicable
homeless anti-social-elementarianism. All the acts are FDA and FBI
certified displays of patriotic correctness and defy all imaginable
forms of terrorism. The Possibilitarians, a multi-instrumental
variety ensemble, provide the appropriate-inappropriate sounds for the
Circus. Performed by Peter Schumann and the Bread & Puppet Company,
along with a large number of local volunteer puppeteers and
musicians. Take note that some of the circus acts are politically
puzzling to adults, but accompanying kids can usually explain them.
The audience is welcome to examine all the masks and puppets after the
performance. Cheap art will be for sale after each performance.
Visual Art Exhibit:
Bread and Puppet Theater: NOLANGUAGE, visual art installation created by
Peter Schumann
Jan. 24-Jan. 30, Mon.-Sun.
Free and open to all.
Description: Bread and Puppet Theater Artistic Director Peter
Schumann?s most recent visual art exploration, ranging from very large
paintings to very small string booklets, which depict matters that
concern us all.
Exhibit details:
--Mon., Jan. 24, 6-9 pm: opening reception, with refreshments, an art
talk given by Schumann, short skits performed by the touring company,
and live music performed by the Boston Typewriter Orchestra (www.bostontypewriterorchestra.com
<http://www.bostontypewriterorchestra.com/> ) and the Dirty Water
Brass Band (www.dirtywaterbrassband.com <http://www.dirtywaterbrassband.com/
> ).
--Tues.-Fri., Jan. 25-28: regular Cyclorama hours: 9am-5pm [Thursday &
Friday hours extended up to and after the evening performance].
--Sat.-Sun., Jan. 29-30: one hour before and after each matinee and
evening performance.
For this residency at the Cyclorama, the Bread and Puppet touring
company includes Schumann, along with Maura Gahan, Greg Corbino,
Maryann Colella, Susie Perkins, among others. Both the evening and
matinee performances will be performed by the company and a large
number of local volunteers and musicians, including the popular
Somerville-based Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band
( <http://www.slsaps.org/> www.slsaps.org), who is the host band for
the yearly HONK! Festival (www.honkfest.org
<http://www.honkfest.org/> ) held in Davis Square.
In addition to Peter Schumann?s NOLANGUAGE art installation, the
Cyclorama will also be decorated with the unique Bread and Puppet
collection of powerful black-line posters, banners, masks, curtains,
programs and set-props. All pieces are created by Schumann, including
sculpting and painting all the major masks and puppets, with input
from the company. After each evening performance there will be an
opportunity to savor Schumann's famous sourdough rye bread, smeared
with garlic aioli; and there will also be many opportunities during
the week to purchase the theater's legendary "cheap art."
For more information on the Bread and Puppet Theater, log onto
<http://www.breadandpuppet.org/> www.breadandpuppet.org.
ABOUT THE BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS:
The Boston Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit performing and
visual arts complex that supports working artists to create, perform
and exhibit new works, builds new audiences, and connects art to
community. Visit <http://www.bcaonline.org/> www.bcaonline.org for
more information.
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2011 FARM SHARE FAIR
Thursday February 3rd @ 5:30-8PM
The Democracy Center<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45+mt+auburn+st,+cambridge,+ma&sll=42.391202,-71.115493&sspn=0.008891,0.022724&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=45+Mt+Auburn+St,+Cambridge,+Middlesex,+Massachusetts+02138&z=16
>
@
45 Mt Auburn St in Harvard Square
* *presented by theMOVE <http://www.getoutma.org>* | *Free Admission*
*more info @ www.getoutma.org/farmsharefair<http://getoutma.org/farmsharefair
>
*
A CSA share is a weekly box of fresh/delicious/natural veggies (and
sometimes meat/fish) delivered by local farms to convenient pickup
spots within our community. We're bringing all the CSAs together in
one place -- to get you the info you need to get signed up! Meet the
folks who grow your food, and bring your checkbook to reserve a share!
*Delicious pizza will be on sale (by donation) courtesy of Zing Pizza<http://www.zingpizza.com
>to benefit theMOVE
*
* Co-sponsored by NOFA/Mass <http://www.nofamass.org/> + Somerville
Climate Action <http://www.somervilleclimateaction.org/>
* Arlington will also have its own CSA Fair<http://csafairarlington.wordpress.com/
>! on Thursday February 24th @ 4:30-7:30p
<http://www.somervilleclimateaction.org>
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Request for Help
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The Somerville Winter Farmers Market is beginning its first year! It
will be Saturdays 10-2 at the Armory on 191 Highland Ave in
Somerville, MA. January 8th through March 26th. Please spread the word
to your friends, family and coworkers.
ALSO----We are looking for musicians, as well as people interested in
leading skillshares and workshops on a variety of topics having to do
with food or
sustainability in general. It would be great to collaborate!
Please email me at adrianne.schaefer at gmail.com with suggestions,
leads, or contacts.
Thanks!
Adrianne Schaefer
Market Manager
Somerville Winter Farmers Market
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Resource
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Boston Food System
"The Boston Food System [listserv] provides a forum to post
announcements of events, employment opportunities, internships,
programs, lectures, and other activities as well as related articles
or other publications of a non-commercial nature covering the area's
food system - food, nutrition, farming, education, etc. - that take
place or focus on or around Greater Boston (broadly delineated)."
The Boston area is one of the most active nationwide in terms of food
system activities - projects, services, and events connected to food,
farming, nutrition - and often connected to education, public health,
environment, arts, social services and other arenas. Hundreds of
organizations and enterprises cover our area, but what is going on
week-to-week is not always well publicized.
Hence, the new Boston Food System listserv, as the place to let
everyone know about these activities. Specifically:
Use of the BFS list will begin soon, once we get a decent base of
subscribers. Clarification of what is appropriate to announce and
other posting guidelines will be provided as well.
It's easy to subscribe right now at https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
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Artisan Asylum http://artisansasylum.com/
Sprout & Co: Community Driven Investigations http://thesprouts.org/studios
Greater Boston Solidarity Economy Mapping Project http://www.transformationcentral.org/solidarity/mapping/mapping.html
a project by Wellesley College students that invites participation
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Links to events at 60 colleges and universities at Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering in the
Boston Area http://fhapgood.fastmail.fm/site02.html
Boston Area Computer User Groups http://www.bugc.org/
http://www.mitenergyclub.org/calendar/mit_events_template
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
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Sundays covering events around the Cambridge, MA and greater Boston
area that catch the editor's eye.
Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com is the web version.
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