New England Living - Berkshires
Join us on a white water rafting trip, or for more relaxing journeys to some of the great places the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts have to offer.
Viewers will enjoy discovering the beauty in architecture and design on Boston's North Shore during this episode of New England Living. Brian Dempsey from Northshore Kitchens Plus helped us identify and tour one of the area's most wonderful homes.
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
Zoar Outdoor
Norman Rockwell Museum
Martha's Vineyard Bucket List: Flying Horses Carousel
In a town known for its historic charm, and Victorian roots, it may come as something of a surprise, that one of Oak Bluffs' most historic, and certainly most popular attractions, is situated right in the middle of downtown. Easily found by its distinctive red barn siding, the Flying Horses Carousel is one stop that belongs on your Martha's Vineyard Bucket List.
ON POINT BLOGGER Guinevere Cramer hops on board for a ride. More info - pointbrealty.com/marthas-vineyard-real-estate/?p=24071
New England 2015
Annual father/daughter trip, 9/28-10/9. Our destinations in order of appearance:
Start: Las Vegas, NV
Rockport, MA
Kennebunkport, ME
Camden, ME - hotel
Acadia National Park, Me
Bar Harbor, ME
Mount Battie overlooking Camden, ME
Richland Breakwater Lighthouse, ME
Mountain View Grand Resort, Whitfield, NH
View of the White Mountains, NH
Pollys Pancake Parlor, Sugar Hill, NH
Cannon Mountain, NH
Flume Gorge, NH
Worthy Kitchen, Woodstock, VT
Sugarbush Farm, VT
Budweiser Clydesdales, Merrimack, NH
Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Factory, NH
Grandfathers childhood home, Haverhill, MA
JFK Library, Boston, MA
Boston Commons, MA
Freedom Trail, Boston, MA
North End, Boston, MA
Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Harvard, Cambridge, MA
Gingerbread Cottages, Martha's Vineyard, MA
Tigger Tuesday Flashback
The Breakers, Vanderbilt summer cottage, Newport, RI
Sailing in Newport, RI
Pez Factory, CT
Lyman Orchards, Middlefield, CT
Steeple seen in Washington Depot, CT
Last stop: Hartford, CT
Cape Cod 1989 : Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port - J.F. Kennedy Memorial
Kennedy Compound und J.F.K. Memorial in Hyannis Port, Cape Cod / Massachusetts am 5. August 1989.
Im ehemaligen Haus von Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy in der Marchant Avenue 50 findet ein großes Gartenfest Clambake statt.
Am Strand vor dem Haus dümpelt ein Twin Bee Wasserflugzeug, die STOL UC-1 Twin Seabee Seaplane N65NE, Baujahr 1986.
Das Haupthaus des Kennedy Compound an der Seeseite, oft Szene von vielen Zusammenkünften der berühmten politischen Familie in guten und in schlechten Zeiten, ist im Jahre 2012 einem nach dem verstorbenen US-amerikanischen Sen. Edward M. Kennedy genannten Institut EMK Institute geschenkt worden.
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Roadtripping through Massachusetts
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The One Place JFK Felt He Could Be Alone
In the midst of the biggest crises of his presidency, John F. Kennedy always knew there was one place he could go to collect his thoughts alone: his decadent family summer home in Hyannis Port.
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Sustainable Future of Nantucket Island
On Thursday, Aug. 11, Nantucket's community leaders from business, government, education and youth heard an inspiring presentation by Will Horyn and Alex Perkins on A Look at the Sustainable Future of Nantucket Island.
Representative Tim Madden opened the event by acknowledging Will and Alex for their participation in the 7th Annual Youth Leadership Summit for Sustainable Development, which was held in June on Martha's Vineyard. While we have a tradition between our islands of rivalry in sports, we have an even longer tradition of working together on issues that matter for our collective future.
Senator John Kerry representative Cheri Rolfes then presented them with citations Will and Alex's passion for the environment has empowered their peers and their entire community to make positive changes in their daily lives. I commend Will and Alex on being inspiring young leaders who are willing to confront -- and to solve -- some of the most difficult and perplexing problems that our world faces.
The Greenhound Building was an ideal location with reminders of ways people can be part of the solution. The purpose of the event was to share highlights of the Youth Leadership Summit for Sustainable Development; to stimulate/initiate increased youth leadership for Students for Sustainability; to engage community involvement and foster a greater awareness of the fragility of the environment; and to reaffirm that change can and needs to be made. ReMain Nantucket sponsored their participation in the Youth Leadership Summit for Sustainable Development.
Will and Alex's insight and thought-provoking recommendations stemmed from where they've been, to where they would like to go -- from the Students for Sustainable Nantucket to a Nantucket Youth Leadership Initiative. They acknowledged innovations on the Island and encouraged more including sustainable business practices. They've already been making progress towards their goals, included being invited to assist with the energy audit of Nantucket public buildings. They also encouraged youth representation to town meetings. They spoke at the Rotary Club on August 10. Selectmen Chair Rick Atherton and Whitey Willauer invited them to the Community Forum on August13.
What a gratifying experience to see students who have a passion for something, go out and learn more about it, return to the island and share their knowledge and experiences. The Students for Sustainability -- Will & Alex in particular -- have raised the bar for community engagement for all of us, said NHS Principal John Buckey.
The Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce is pleased to add its support. The Institute's goal of preparing youth to sustain the delicate balance of the economic, environmental and social issues of our Island is not only important but a necessary step to preserve our island for future generations. Youth come away with a broadened perspective, and a confidence that they can make a difference in their life, their island and their world. We look forward to the great impact the Institute can make in preparing young and emerging leaders! said P.J. Martin Smith
The Stone Soup Leadership Institute hosted the annual Youth Leadership Summits for Sustainable Development and has provided technical assistance and training to develop youth-community leadership initiatives on four different islands. The Institute's Executive Director, Marianne Larned attended the event.
The History of Marijuana in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has a history with marijuana dating back to the 1600s when certain colonies were required to grow industrial hemp. Hemp was widely grown throughout colonial America because it’s a fast-growing plant that’s easy to cultivate with many uses, so Massachusetts produced the crop along with Connecticut and Virginia. These early hemp plants had very low levels of THC, so farmers certainly didn’t use them to smoke, but that didn’t stop Massachusetts from becoming the first state to outlaw marijuana.
In 1911, Massachusetts passed the first law in the United States restricting the sale of cannabis, except by licensed pharmacists from a doctor’s prescription. Some argue the state first banned the drug in 1914, but either way, it took nearly another 100 years for the state to introduce new legislation. By 2008, voters approved a ballot initiative decriminalizing the possession of marijuana, so now adults can possess up to an ounce of marijuana and cultivate up to six mature cannabis plants. Then in 2012, voters moved forward again by approving medical marijuana, so now patients with qualifying conditions can purchase from registered marijuana dispensaries. Now, Massachusetts continues to move forward with marijuana reform as the state comes close to establishing a regulated marijuana market similar to alcohol.
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Uber drivers for offshore wind
Offshore wind has the potential to create tens of thousands of new American jobs and an entirely new U.S. supply chain. In fact, 74 different occupations are needed to build an offshore wind farm, according to the Workforce Development Institute. Some of these jobs might surprise you, like this “Uber driver” for the Block Island Wind Farm. Atlantic Wind Transfers built the first U.S. crew transfer vessel to ferry maintenance workers to the wind farm from a local port. This is just a preview of the opportunities as the offshore wind grows up and down the East Coast.
Video produced by Deep Time Media for the E2 1 Hotels Fellowship.
Special thanks to Atlantic Wind Transfers and the crew of the Atlantic Pioneer
Ecologically Valuable and Delicious: The Paradox of the Eastern Oyster
The UNC Coastal Studies Institute (UNC-CSI) hosted its second Science on the Sound lecture at 6pm on July 25, 2013 at the newly constructed UNC-CSI campus located on Roanoke Island, NC. The program, entitled Ecologically Valuable and Delicious: The Paradox of the Eastern Oyster, featured a presentation by Dr. Michael Piehler, UNC-CSI Estuarine Ecology and Human Health Program Head and Associate Professor at UNC Chapel Hill's Institute of Marine Sciences, on his research on this economically and environmentally important species.
2016 AAA Invited Session: THE 2016 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Title cont. ANTHROPOLOGISTS REFLECT ON WHAT JUST HAPPENED
A little over a week ago on Tuesday, November 7, voters elected the 45th U.S. President and the 115th U.S. Congress. The election season highlighted deep social, political, generational, and ideological divisions within the country, and served to galvanize social movements on both the left and the right. Moral issues such as abortion and LGBT rights that have recently polarized public political debate did not gain substantial traction during the primary season. Instead, voters expressed widespread frustration with so-called establishment candidates and politics as usual (including the role of big money in politics). Dominant news media obsessed over the unexpected rise and unpredictable antics of Donald Trump, as Bernie Sanders’ ability to amass large crowds and donations demonstrated widespread appeal for his populist message and opposition to super-PACs. Hillary Clinton’s assumed nomination on the Democratic side was threatened in part by debates in Black social media about her husband’s legacy, by generational divides about gender loyalty among women, and by questions about her hawkish foreign policy history and her close association with Wall Street. Ted Cruz struggled to bridge divides among conservative talking heads, the establishment, and an ideologically conservative base. The summer’s National Conventions provided a forum for spectacular political performances that further eclipsed substantive issues and amplified cleavages between the parties. The Republican National Convention featured a public crisis of identity within the GOP, while Democrats grappled with how to unify the Sanders and Clinton factions and position their candidate vis-a-vis Obama’s legacy. As the country faces increasing inequality, declining real wages, anti-immigration rhetoric, gun debates, the Black Lives Matter movement, and global trade imbalances, while remaining bogged down in Middle East wars, once extreme positions have gained acceptance. In a political climate shaped by discussions of campaign finance reform, social safety nets, increasing healthcare costs, and voters’ rights, citizens faced stark choices over the regulatory and redistributive roles and powers of the federal government. The participants in this roundtable will draw on anthropological insights to explore the dynamics, coverage, and implications of the 2016 elections. Participants will be asked questions on issues such as the role of new and corporate media, race, gender, surging wealth inequality domestically and globally, deindustrialization, failed military interventions, protests, grassroots movements, pundits, and satirical activism. Audience members will have a chance to pose questions and join the conversation.
Contagion | 2 of 5 | Kevin M. Esvelt || Radcliffe Institute
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Exploring Modern Epidemics
A Radcliffe Institute Science Symposium
Kevin M. Esvelt, leader, Sculpting Evolution Group; assistant professor of media arts and sciences, MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Looking for fun things to do with friends or family? The town of Rockport, just an hour north of Boston, is a fun place to visit and has attractions for everyone to enjoy! Experience shopping and dining on the beautiful waterfront.
Nuclear Power - Dr. Helen Caldicott - Visions of the Future
Dr. Helen Caldicott's statements on nuclear power are contrasted with a vision of abundant energy, exploration, and realized human potential.
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The world's most prolific anti-nuclear activist, Dr. Helen Caldicott has been featured many times by mainstream media and has testified before government panels on the subject of radiation. However, she has made many false statements. Repeatedly.
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0:03:50 AP1000 (introduced)
0:04:10 Dr. Helen Caldicott (introduced)
0:07:39 Caldicott does not want China to modernize.
0:09:08 China's uses energy to create goods we buy.
0:10:52 Unleash human potential.
0:14:37 Energy for efficient resource mining (copper).
0:15:18 Energy for efficient resource recycling (steel).
0:17:37 Tyson on golden era NASA exploration.
0:20:08 Caldicott for candlelight. Candles for light.
0:20:34 Dr. James Hansen on energy & safety.
0:21:43 Caldicott cites Hansen. Hansen disagrees.
0:23:10 Tyson: Advancing a field attracts smart.
0:24:07 GM EV1 - Revolution needed.
0:25:50 Start Nuclear 101. Atoms. Fission.
0:29:34 Radiation. Geothermal.
0:34:50 Isotopes.
0:38:21 Chain reaction.
0:40:52 Uranium - Finite or renewable?
0:43:26 Nuclear waste. Fission products. Recycle.
0:50:03 Caldicott - We are not God.
0:51:43 Caldicott fearmonger spent fuel.
0:53:14 Ben Heard - Cask storage. Recycle fuel.
0:55:44 Coal ash. A legitimate waste concern.
0:58:40 Deliberately constraining energy supply.
1:05:22 Recognize limitations of solar & wind.
1:07:05 Germany burning biomass.
1:09:00 Nuclear replaced by combustion.
1:13:03 Caldicott's Global Preventive Medicine.
1:14:01 George Monbiot debates Caldicott.
1:15:07 Caldicott against energy use, lifestyle.
1:17:05 Caldicott's candles vs Penn and Teller.
1:20:22 Accustomed to uncompetitive nuclear.
1:21:08 Caldicott cites Russian Study.
1:21:47 Monbiot calls out Caldicott untruths.
1:23:26 Caldicott on nuclear = testosterone.
1:24:45 Caldicott on nuclear causing cancer.
1:31:31 Robert Stone - Facts unpersuasive.
1:33:26 President Kennedy to Moon. Lesson.
1:39:47 Aspiration vision/message needed.
1:42:03 Energy ideas the media notices.
1:45:17 Turning seawater into liquid fuels.
1:49:07 Energy as a byproduct. Trek future.
1:52:01 Energy is peace.
1:53:28 Energy to explore. Nuclear required.
2:01:26 Earth Panel. Challenges of solar.
2:03:14 Titan mission. 10 years vs 1 hour.
2:05:31 Nuclear beyond solar system.
2:08:10 Comet probe lands in shadow.
2:10:05 Elon Musk vs launch constraint.
2:13:31 Martian photosynthesis food.
2:15:36 Elon Musk. Mars solar & nuclear.
2:16:05 Europa. Tyson. James Cameron.
2:18:55 Back on Earth.
2:20:16 Clean energy cheap. Not sci-fi.
2:21:30 Shellenberger. Save nature.
2:32:25 People changing their minds.
2:33:28 Nuclear Industry.
2:36:21 Industry communications.
2:38:20 PWR status quo.
2:39:29 Advanced Reactors. Thorium.
2:41:08 People changing their minds.
2:43:12 Call to action for engineers.
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Everyday Decisions and Environmental Challenges
Tatiana Schlossberg, author of Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Know You Have, and other panelists discuss the environmental impact inherent in our everyday choices. David Cash, dean of the McCormack Graduate School at the University of Massachusetts Boston, moderates.
Living Shoreline
Living Shoreline highlights a marsh restoration project taking place on the island of Martha's Vineyard.
How Humans Save Nature | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxMarthasVineyard
Can humans save the nature? In this fascinating look at our relationship with the natural world, author and environmental policy expert Michael Shellenberger argues that a bright future is possible-- if we take the right steps now.
Michael Shellenberger is an American author, environmental policy expert, and the president of Breakthrough Institute. He was named a Time magazine Heroes of the Environment (2008), winner of the 2008 Green Book Award, co-editor of Love Your Monsters (2011) and co-author of Break Through (Houghton Mifflin 2007) and The Death of Environmentalism (2004). He and his co-author Ted Nordhaus have been described as ecological modernists and eco-pragmatists.
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Kevin Esvelt (MIT) 2: Gene Drive and Local Drive
Dr. Kevin Esvelt explains how CRISPR-based gene drives can be used to spread genetic alterations through wild populations. He discusses strategies to maximize benefit and minimize risk.
Evolution has selected wild organisms to be extremely well adapted to their environment. Because most genetic changes introduced by humans divert the resources of the organism to benefit humans, such mutations are typically eliminated by natural selection in the ancestral habitat. In his first talk, Dr. Kevin Esvelt explains how self-propagating CRISPR-based gene drives can be used to spread genetic alterations through wild populations, potentially impacting all organisms of the target species. Gene drives could be used to benefit public health, the environment, agriculture, and animal well-being. However, real-world use may incur ecological risks, and even research involving self-propagating gene drive systems may risk public trust in science and governance given the possibility of accidental spread. Esvelt explains how to minimize risk and discusses the importance of engaging communities in planning any projects which may affect them.
Esvelt’s second talk focuses on strategies to allow for the safe implementation of localized gene drive technologies that do not spread indefinitely. Daisy drive systems are made up of multiple elements connected like a daisy chain such that each causes the next to be preferentially inherited. They are designed to be self-exhausting by losing elements with each generation, thereby limiting spread. This technique has multiple applications such as removing an invasive species from one area without impacting the same species in its native habitat. Esvelt explains that daisy-drive stability might be tested in a species such as C. elegans where hundreds of generations can be grown in a short period of time. His lab is also developing technologies to reverse any unwanted genetic changes that might be introduced via gene drive. Once again, Esvelt emphasizes the importance of community input into any gene alteration projects. Although it does not currently involve gene drive, he uses the “Mice Against Ticks” project that seeks to prevent tick-borne diseases on the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard as an example.
Speaker Biography:
Kevin Esvelt received his B.S. in Chemistry and Biology from Harvey Mudd College and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. As a Technology Development Fellow of the Wyss Institute, he worked with Dr. George Church at Harvard Medical School. He helped to develop CRISPR as a genome editing tool and was the first to identify the potential of CRISPR-based gene drive to alter populations of wild organisms. Esvelt recognized that this technology could allow scientists to influence the evolution of entire ecosystems to prevent disease or benefit the natural world. He has been a strong advocate for public input and open discussion of any project that may utilize gene drive.
As of 2016, Esvelt is an Assistant Professor at the MIT Media Lab and Leader of the Sculpting Evolution Group. His lab is working to develop technologies that allow for the local alteration of organisms. They also are developing systems that would allow genetic changes in the wild to be overwritten or reversed. One of the many projects pursued by the Sculpting Evolution Group is the “Mice Against Ticks” project on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard islands. The effort, led by Esvelt, strives to prevent tick borne disease by permanently immunizing mice.
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