Printer FriendlyFriday, December 22
Focus on Travel
Valerie Rochon
Executive Director
Stowe Area Association
[Web] http://www.gostowe.com
[Related Link] Town of Stowe, Vermont
[Phone] 1-877-GOSTOWE
Stowe, Vermont
Austin O'Connor reviews Rocky Balboa
Thursday, December 21
Focus on the Arts
LZ Nunn
[Email] LZNunn@lowllma.gov
[Related Link] Brew'd Awakening
Duey Kol
Senior Staff
Angkor Dance Troupe [Web] http://www.angkordance.org
[Email] duey_kol@nps.gov
[Related Link] East Meets West in Where Elephants Weep Opera
Jane Calvin
Executive Director
Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust
[Web] Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust
[Phone] 978-934-0030
Anne Barton
Department Director for Planning/HOME Administrator
Lowell Division of Planning and Development
[Web] Lowell Division of Planning and Development
[Email] Abarton@lowellma.gov
Wednesday, December 20
Focus on Health
Randy Bomba
Exercise Physiologist
Lowell General Hospital
[Web] Lowell General Hospital
Randy Bomba stresses the importance
of keeping active during the cold weather.
Thomas A. Golden, Jr.
State Representative
[Web] http://www.mass.gov/
[Email] Rep.ThomasGolden@house.state.ma.us
[Phone] 617-722-2410
Mike Frederick
Executive Director
The Thoreau Society
[Web] http://www.lifewithprinciple.org
[Web] The Thoreau Society
[Email] mikefrederick@thoreausociety.org
[Phone] 978-369-5310
Order Life With Principal: Thoreau's Voice in Our Time from shopatwaldenpond.org!
Bookshelf
Kathy Downey
[Web]Sullivan Middle School
Tuesday, 12/19
Focus on Politics
Craig Sandler
General Manager, President
Statehouse News Service
[Web}http://www.statehousenews.com/
[Email]craig.sandler@statehousenews.com
[Phone] 617-722-2439
Dr. Michael Hannahan
Director
University of Massachusetts Civic Initiative
[Web]http://www.civicinitiative.com
[Email]mhannahan@donahue.umassp.edu
[Phone]413-545-4845
Paul Marion
Executive Director of Outreach
UMass Lowell
[Email]Paul_Marion@uml.edu
[Related Link]Kerouac to Recieve Degree
Peter Post
Director
The Emily Post Institute
[Web]http://www.emilypost.com/about/peter.htm
[Web]http://www.emilypost.com/
[Related Link]Holiday Etiquette
Peter Post
Monday, 12/18/06
Focus on Business
Jim O'Reilly
Director of Policy
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
[Web]http://www.neep.org/
[Email]joreilly@neep.org
[Phone]781-860-9177 ext 18
Steve Themelis
President
Parish Council
Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Holy Family
[Web]Hellenic American Academy
Kathleen Benner Duble
Children's author
[Web]http://www.kathleenduble.com
[Email]info@kathleenduble.com
Friday, 12/15/06
Kara Brown
Lowell Humane Society
[Tip]Kara says you should never surprise someone with a pet as a holiday present. Let the person receiving the pet help choose a pet that works for his/her home, lifestyle etc.
[Web]http://www.lowellhumanesociety.org
Isn't Droopy cute?!
Thursday, 12/14/06
Tewksbury CARES
Tami Gouveia-Vigeant
Community Health Specialist
NE Center for Healthy Communities
(978) 688-2323 Ext. 8617
Phil French
chairman of Tewksbury CARES
[Web] www.tewksburycares.org
[Web] Tewskbury Board of Health
Sunrise Stargazer
Dr. Ronald Remillard
Principal Research Scientist
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Ron talks about Black Holes!
[Web] http://xte.mit.edu
[Related Link] Wikipedia - Black Holes
[Related Link] Nasa - Black Holes
[Email] rr@space.mit.edu
Wednesday, 12/13
Rodney Elliott
Chair, Lowell City Council Finance Subcommittee
On budget and tax levy
[Web] http://www.lowellma.gov/
Focus on Health
Nancy Pettinelli
Executive Director
Visiting Nurse Assoc. of Gr. Lowell
On home care for diabetics
[Web] www.vnalowell.org
[Email] npettinelli@vnalowell.org
(978) 459-9343
Dr. Raleigh Buchanan
Superintendent
Haverhill public schools
On his 13-point plan for improving the Haverhill schools
[Web]Haverhill Public Schools
[Email] rbuchanan@haverhill-ps.org
(978) 374-3405
Chris Tilly
With an update on International Transformation Team
[Web] The UML International Research and Collaboration Team report
[Web] The UMass Amherst International Programs Office
[Email] Chris_Tilly@uml.edu
(978) 934-2796
Bookshelf
Cheryl Lewis
See Bookshelf page for books recommended by Cheryl.
Cheryl Lewis
Media Specialist
Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, Nashua
On picture books for young children and the New Hampshire Lady Bug Picture Book Awards
[Web] www.nashua.edu/charlotte
(603) 594-4334
Tuesday, 12/12
Focus on Politics
Mike Lefleur
Sun City Reporter
On city budget
[Web] www.lowellsun.com
[Email] mlafleur@lowellsun.com
David Turcotte
Program Manager
Center for Family, Work and Community
On green building forum
[Web] www.uml.edu/centers/CFWC
[Email] cfwcweb@uml.edu
(978) 934-4677
Jacquie Moloney
Dean
Continuing Studies, Corporate and Distance Education
On violence against academics in Iraq and experience at the 12th International Conference on Online Ed
[Web] continuinged.uml.edu
[Email] Jacqueline_Moloney@uml.edu
(978) 934-2943
Monday, 12/11
Atty. Michael Gallagher
On being named "Super Lawyer" by Super Lawyers Magazine.
Gallagher & Cavanaugh
(978) 452-0522
[Email]michaelg@Gcattorneys.com
[Related Link]http://www.superlawyers.com
Atty. Jim Dunn
Gallagher & Cavanaugh
[Email]jamesd@gcattorneys.com
Freddie Sanchez
NL Batting Champion
Former Lowell Spinner
[Related Link]ESPN.com
[Related Link]http://www.lowellspinners.com
Linda Barrington
SLICE Coordinator
Francis College of Engineering
[Email] Linda_Barrington@uml.edu
[Web] http://slice.uml.edu
Fred Perry
President
Alternative Spring Break Service Club
[Email] thealternativebreak@hotmail.com
Friday, 12/8
Focus on Travel
Stuart Chase
Executive Director
Berkshire Museum
[Web] www.berkshiremuseum.org
(413) 443-7171
Austin's Movie Picks
Austin O'Connor
Sunrise Movie Critic
Blood Diamond
Linda Barrington
On gems and jewelry
[Email] Linda_Barrington@uml.edu
Adrian Goldsworthy
Author
Caesar: Life of a Colossus
Purchase Online Here
Thursday, 12/7
Focus on Arts
Walter Wright
On upcoming Oddville/Vaudville show
[Web] www.119gallery.org
[Email] sherman_wright@uml.edu
(978) 452-8138
The Oddville/Vaudville Folks!
Eye on the Economy
Robert Forrant
UML Professor
[Email] Robert_Forrant@uml.edu
(978) 934-2904
Susan Broome
Trial Consultants Associate
On jury selection process
[Email] s.broome@trialconsultingassociates.com
(617) 965-4586
Congressman Martin Meehan
[Web] www.house.gov/meehan
[Email] meehan@mail.house.gov
(978) 459-0101
Wednesday, 12/6
Focus on Health
Maureen Gervais
Sissy Szaffran
On Arthritis Support Group at Lowell General Hospital
[Web] www.lowellgeneral.org
Nychelle Fleming
Spokesperson
Consumer Product Safety Commission
on recalled/unsafe toys
[Web] www.cpsc.gov
[Email] nfleming@cpsc.gov
(301) 504-7063
8 Minutes with Blaise
Blaise MacDonald
UML Men's Hockey Head Coach
[Web] www.goriverhawks.com
[Email]Hockey@uml.edu
Blaise MacDonald
Dr. Liana Cheney
Professor of art history and Chairperson
Department of Cultural Studies
On Dec. 9 undergraduate art history sympoosium
[Web] www.whistlerhouse.org
[Email] Liana_Cheney@uml.edu
(978) 934-3495
Bookshelf
Marina Salenikas
Head of Youth Services
Stevens Memorial Library, North Andover
[Web] www.stevensmemlib.org
[Web] Massachusetts Children's Book Awards
[Email] msalenikas@mailserv.mvlc.lib.ma.us
(978) 688-9538 
The Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble
Tuesday, 12/5
Focus on Politics
Bernie Lynch
Lowell City Manager
[Web] http://www.lowellma.gov/
Karla Brooks Baehr
Lowell Schools Superintendent
[Web]http://www.lowell.k12.ma.us
(978) 937-7647
River Valley Housing Project:
Imogene Stulken
Protestant Pastor
UML Student Ministry
[Email] Imogene_Stulken@uml.edu
(978) 934-5014
Susan Thomson
MCC Professor of cultural anthropology
[Email] thomsons@middlesex.mass.edu
Ext 3109
Rita Ofori-Frimpong
Student, MCC
[Email]RitaOfori@aol.com
[Web] www.rivervalleyhouse.org
(978) 452-6071
Laura Collin Harguindeguy Focus on Travel
The River Valley House in Lowell
Hilary Holladay
UML English Professor
Books and Crooks: Criminal Elements of the Beat Movement
[Email]Hillary_Holladay@uml.edu
(978) 934-4195
Monday, 12/4/06
Focus on Business
Dr. Nora Ganim Barnes
UMass Dartmouth Professor
Director of the Center for Marketing Research
On blogging survey
[Web] www.uassd.edu/cmr
[Web]Blogospehere Study
(508) 999-8756
David Mednicoff
UMass Amherst Assistant Professor
On deteriorating conditions in Iraq
[Web] http://www.umass.edu/legal/Mednicoff
[Web] University of Qatar
[Email] mednic@legal.umass.edu
[Web] Al Jazeera website
(413) 577-1238
Professor and Researcher
Colegio de Tlaxcala, Mexico
On her RESD talk (12/4)
[Web]RESD at UML
[Web] http://www.coltlax.edu
"The Social and Solidarity Economy in Latin America: A Counterculturall Movement of the New Millennium"
Friday, 12/1
Julie Scolnik
Artistic Director
Andover Chamber Music Series
[Web] www.andoverchambermusic.org
[Email] info@andoverchambermusic.org
(978) 474-6222
Karen Binder
Executive Director
Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum
[Web] www.blithewold.org
[Email] info@blithewold.org
(401) 253-2707
Norm Morin
Christmas present ideas for the computer user.
[Web]NKC Systems
A Conversation with
Reduced Shakespeare Company
[Web] www.reducedshakespeare.com
[Email] megan@reducedshakespeare.com
(978) 446-0772
Kathy O'Neil
Head UML Women's Basketball Coach
[Email] Kathleen_ONeil@uml.edu
(978) 934-2325
Kathy O'Neil