On This Day: Alexander Graham Bell Granted Patent for Telephone
Region: Massachusetts
On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone; three days later, he and associate Thomas Watson successfully tested their invention. Elisha Gray, Antonio Meucci and Thomas Edison all claimed to have invented the telephone first, and the issue is still a source of controversy. Did Bell Steal the Telephone Patent? Sources in this Story PBS: The Telephone: More About Bell Library of Congress... more
Views: 2145Beyond Empires - film project a two week odyssey in India
Region: MassachusettsWhy would a Hindu nation honor a Christian missionary with a week of celebration and a postage stamp three hundred years after his arrival in India? A film crew of three people from Boston, made up a team of five in Chennai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to find out. From August 17 to 29, they filmed the first stage of a feature documentary to explore the question. For more than four years, Australia... more
Views: 1701Evangelical Advocates of Science
Region: MassachusettsAs globalizing cultures compete under acceleration, few professionals seem to offer the time or patience to freely explain their specialized knowledge to the uninitiated. But North Point Evangelical Presbyterian Church on Boston's North Shore is encouraging Christians who are experts in many fields to do just that. Once a month after their Sunday morning worship they've provided a venue for the recording of five,... more
Views: 1962We See You - Avatar captures global mood
Region: MassachusettsWhen a motion picture story makes $1.12 billion in its world wide box office in the first week of release you have to believe there is something beyond technology at work, drawing people to see it. And after two viewings of Avatar, flatscreen and 3-D, I'm impressed with the storyline for these reasons: 1. Its main protagonist, a relatively powerless ex marine with a spinal injury, discovers how to live fear... more
Views: 1904The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind - revisited after 15 years
Region: Massachusetts
In 1994, Historian Mark Noll published a book, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, that was a cry from the gut. A scholar, and an evangelical, he was despairing at the contemporary intellectual vacuum that had overtaken his treasured Christian tradition. At Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts on Friday October 2, a number of visiting scholars and local students, many of them evangelicals, met with professor Noll, ... more
Views: 2290Fighting Sex and Labor Slavery in the US
Region: MassachusettsThe modern face of slavery abolition in the US is similar to the pioneers of slavery abolition in the mid 19th century. It was almost scandalous then, that numbers of women, like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher-Stowe, and the Grimke sisters, led the fight, by writing and public speaking leading up to the American Civil War. Today in Massachusetts, many women in law enforcement and... more
Views: 1827Balance, Mobility and Wellness Center improves quality of life for Seniors
Region: MassachusettsThe Center for Balance, Mobility and Wellness at Gordon College, in Wenham, Massachusetts is a well kept secret on Boston's North Shore. Because of the five year success of its one-on-one physical therapy designed to assist seniors in avoiding falls, the college built a unique facility, like a YMCA for seniors, staffed by experts in physical therapy for the aged. It's a win/win/win for faculty research, student e... more
Views: 1902Facebook receives major Russian investment
Region: Massachusetts
Facebook receives major Russian investment By Jo Hedesan WEDNESDAY MAY 27, 2009 Photographer: Megan & David Powell (The International) — Facebook announced today, May 27th, that it received a major financial backing from Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian company supported by steel tycoon Alisher Usmanov. Digital Sky Technologies (DST) reportedly paid US $200 million for a 1.96% stake. The ... more
Views: 2936Local Businesses Defy Gloom with Trade Show
Region: MassachusettsAt a time when the news says "downturn," in Beverly, Massachusetts, the local Chamber of Commerce has found increasing membership and a willingness to stage a Trade Show in the largest commercial venue in the region. The Cummings Center, in Beverly, once the largest shoe making factory in the world, hosted the day long event that had multiple goals. As well as showcasing goods and services available to pe... more
Views: 1291Making Prints with a Steam Roller
Region: MassachusettsMay 6, 2009, Montserrat College, in Beverly Massachusetts found a way for its art students to create very large prints. It employed a steamroller. When a printing press isn't big enough the enterprising faculty have found a steam roller will do. See video... Jon Phelps & Chris Peters reporting. 05/24 - Since video is not processing through to view here please find it at - www.nideo.net/ ... more
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