[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Shelly Lowenthal on Climate Change. 10:00AM Wednesday, August 26, 2020. Online Meeting via Zoom.

[Carl Lazarus]

In response to one claim from this talk, that more CO2 is a boon for agriculture, see this article on the U.S. Dept of Agriculture web site on the negative effects of changing climate on US agriculture:

https://www.usda.gov/topics/climate-solutions

 

The USDA is not a very radical organization.

 

-- Carl

 

From: LCTG [mailto:lctg-bounces+carllazarus=comcast.net at lists.toku.us] On Behalf Of Jonathan Goode
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Subject: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Meeting Reminder With Special Preparation Suggested: At Zoom Address 972 6146 0830. Shelly Lowenthal on Climate Change. 10:00AM Wednesday, August 26, 2020. Online Meeting via Zoom.

 

(NOTE: Repeated Reminder with content unchanged since yesterday. )

	
	

August 26, 2020  Myths and Facts on Climate Change - a non-alarmist perspective Presented by Shelly Lowenthal who says: “I developed a class on climate change that I give to life long learning organizations. It’s part of my History Course that I present. … There is science involved.”
Shelly recommends that you watch Michael Moore's movie on YouTube, “Planet of the Humans” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk11vI-7czE (1hr 40min) before the meeting. It is a documentary on wind and solar green energy.
Here's a 37 second teaser for the movie:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXCftKF4uI 

 

We will meet at the usual 10AM Wednesday time, BUT ONLINE, using the Zoom Video Conferencing Application, facilitated by Steve Isenberg. 

There is an instruction page at https://toku.us/zoomish but note that the URL and phone number shown are examples.

 

Some time after 9:45AM on Wednesday, choose one of the following options:

*	If you have the Zoom application installed, start it and join meeting with ID 972 6146 0830
*	From your browser, go to: https://zoom.us/j/97261460830
*	From your smartphone, tap this: +16468769923,,97261460830
*	From a “dumb” telephone, call 1 646 876 9923 and enter meeting ID: 972 6146 0830 

Once the connection is established, you may need to locate and use the on-screen controls that turn on the sound and the video. You should be able to see and hear others and they should be able to see and hear you, if you have a camera and microphone (each of which you can unmute selectively).

 

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Below are some of our plans for Upcoming Meetings. For more schedule information, please refer to https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=lctg_speaker_schedule  We will continue to have an online presentation every Wednesday until it is prudent for us to resume meeting in person.

	

Sept 2, 2020

Count Rumford and his 18th Century Technology Innovations Dan Kleppner: Quite a few years ago I became interested in Benjamin Thompson (1752-1814) , aka Count Rumford. He was a great applied scientist and we owe much of our modern domestic technology to him: the kitchen range, double boiler, layered clothing and thermal underwear, steam heating,…. He was the first person to clearly understand all the modes of heat transfer. He was a public benefactor, initiated poor houses in many European cities, and he founded the Royal Institution in London which supported the research of Michael Faraday. His career was a series of rags to riches. He would be better remembered if it were not for a character flaw: he antagonized everyone he dealt with to such a degree that he had to flee the country time and again.


Sept 9, 2020

Blind Bombing by Norman Fine Presented by author Norman Fine, who is a native of Newton MA.
One reader says “I found this book spellbinding and with insight into the development of a new and advanced secret radar system that permitted the allies to penetrate through inclement weather and enable the allies to reverse the dominance of the Nazis at the onset of WWII. Blind Bombing has a warm sensitive side, in that Norman Fine’s uncle (Stanley) brought the first production model of the new airborne radar system to Europe permitting allied bombers to destroy factories supplying the German forces that were usually obscured by overcast weather”.

		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		

 

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