Great leaps of our imaginationTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:46AMWhile Northern Ireland's shipbuilding and linen manufacturing heritage is well known, the province has a much greater engineering past than is generally appreciated. Related Stories So, how did a farmer’s son from Co Down become a key figure inside the Vatican? Gerry Adams: the one we think we know The smile high club In a spilt second an Olympic dream died for skater Jenna How these six numbers ...
Great leaps of our imaginationTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:35AMWhile Northern Ireland's shipbuilding and linen manufacturing heritage is well known, the province has a much greater engineering past than is generally appreciated.
THE HAPPY LIGHT BIOSCOPE THEATRE & OTHER STORIES (PART 2) – Jamyang NorbuTuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 7:06AMI have not been able to cover as many Tibetan films as I would have liked here. There was the problem of time, length and the fact that much of what is produced in Tibet is not available to us in exile.
Mile High City rings in 2010 by looking back and forwardWednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 5:29PMDENVER - Thousands of revelers converged on the 16 th Street Mall to take in the fireworks and celebrate 2010. But, as people look forward, we asked them to look back on the past decade which some say has no real name.
Vitosha Streets Reveal Their SecretsTuesday, December 29, 2009 @ 8:36AMWhether one has lived in the same city all one's life, or is visiting for the first time, there are hidden clues that can reveal the cultural and historical importance of the urban surroundings and its inhabitants.
JazzSaturday, December 26, 2009 @ 6:32AMJazz Gary Giddins, Scott DeVeaux Hardcover; 704 pages ISBN: 978-0-393-06861-0 W.W.Norton 2009 The only thing harder than playing jazz is writing about it. It is a music that is specific, yet hard to define. It is easy to understand, yet at times hard to comprehend, sometimes in the same song. And it is continuously old and new. In its roughly 100 year history, few books have attempted to capture ...
T. A. Watson Dead; Made First PhoneTuesday, December 1, 2009 @ 2:05AMST. PETERSBURG, FLA., Dec. 14 -- Thomas A. Watson, manufacturer of the first telephone instrument and first to hear a human voice over the device, that of its inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, died suddenly of heart disease here last night at his Winter home on Pass-Grille Key. He was 80 years old.
Safety is the thingThursday, November 5, 2009 @ 11:01AMWhen Ben Fraughton was 14 he and a friend were cutting logs for friends uncle with a chainsaw. Ben was standing behind his friend, and the young man cutting the wood swung back with the saw and grazed Ben's leg.
Nov. 3, 1993: Theremin Fades OutMonday, November 2, 2009 @ 11:15PMThe inventor of the eerie-sounding electronic ur-instrument did more than pave the way for Brian Wilson and Robert Moog. He was instrumental, so to speak, in developing TV and also aided Soviet spies.
Attractions: Week of Oct. 8Wednesday, October 7, 2009 @ 11:02PMArea attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows.
Attractions: Sept. 24Wednesday, September 23, 2009 @ 11:03PMArea attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows.
We must not forget the real causes of the warFriday, August 28, 2009 @ 7:07PMOne might have thought that 70 years was time enough to work out what really happened in 1939. It isn't the case. Misunderstandings and misinformation abound.
Daily Minute: Wednesday, Aug. 26Tuesday, August 25, 2009 @ 11:21PMWord of the Day, Web Site of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today’s Featured Birthday, Daily Quote, The World in 5, Today's Laugh, Profile America.
Mary AndersonWednesday, August 19, 2009 @ 9:15AMPoor Mary Anderson. She couldn't have known then what we know now: that a 21st Century Web site devoted to spoofing legitimate publications would make her one of the world's "100 Most Irrelevant Figures" of the 20th century, a direct knockoff of Time Magazine's super list of the Year 2000. Or that one automotive journal would opine: "She may have invented the windshield wiper, but where would ...
Attractions: Week of Aug. 6Wednesday, August 5, 2009 @ 11:03PMArea attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows.
Dr. Bell, Inventor of Telephone, DiesMonday, August 3, 2009 @ 12:21AMSYDNEY, N. S., Aug. 2.--Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, died at 2 o'clock this morning at Beinn Breagh, his estate near Baddeck.
Attractions: July 2Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @ 11:01PMArea attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows.
Attractions: June 25Wednesday, June 24, 2009 @ 11:02PM@BR Ednote:Area attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows.
Obituary: Rupert HallMonday, June 1, 2009 @ 12:41AMPioneering historian of science and editor of Isaac Newton's letters Next year the Royal Society will be celebrating its 350th anniversary. We owe much of our understanding of this body and its working to the historian Rupert Hall, who has died aged 88, and his wife Marie Boas Hall. In 1949, Herbert Butterfield, in The Origins of Modern Science, 1300-1800, summoned historians to take seriously a ...
Intel's Grove: Something foul in Silicon ValleySunday, May 3, 2009 @ 11:43AMAt a star-studded event in Mountain View, Calif., Saturday night, former Intel CEO Andrew Grove criticized the current state of the patent system in Silicon Valley.
The Bandidos Trial! Read the latest from the London courtroom where six bikers face murder chargesMonday, April 6, 2009 @ 7:17AMIts all-important auto industry faltering, the London region's economic future is unclear. But in its rear-view mirror are lessons about past boom-and-bust cycles few could have imagined, either. Then, as now, individual ingenuity remains key to the next big thing, reporter Patrick Maloney finds.
When science fiction turns into science factFriday, February 27, 2009 @ 7:07AMRobots that look and act like humans may sound like the stuff of fiction. But scientists are getting closer all the time to catching up with even the wildest sci-fi fantasy.
Friday February 27, 2009Friday, February 20, 2009 @ 6:21PMHow many wins in A-10 play will the Men's Basketball team need in order to advance to the NCAA Tournament? Beyond the Romanesque chapel and wrought-iron gateway which rest at the end of Woodland Avenue like a deserted fortress breathes a hidden trove of history, nature, art and architecture.
Innovations in aviation live onFriday, February 13, 2009 @ 10:48PMD.U. "Dee" Howard, a pioneer of aviation and San Antonio entrepreneur, died Thursday.
As I See It: A Slice of Invention Tuesday, February 3, 2009 @ 10:34AM-By Daniel D. Friel Sr. In celebration of The Gourmet Retailer 's 30th anniversary this year, we'll invite well-respected entrepreneurs to provide insights into their business and offer their perspectives on the industry's growth in the past 30 years.
As I See It: A Slice of Invention Tuesday, February 3, 2009 @ 10:34AM-By Daniel D. Friel Sr. In celebration of The Gourmet Retailer 's 30th anniversary this year, we'll invite well-respected entrepreneurs to provide insights into their business and offer their perspectives on the industry's growth in the past 30 years.
As I See It: A Slice of Invention Tuesday, February 3, 2009 @ 10:34AM-By Daniel D. Friel Sr. In celebration of The Gourmet Retailer 's 30th anniversary this year, we'll invite well-respected entrepreneurs to provide insights into their business and offer their perspectives on the industry's growth in the past 30 years.
As I See It: A Slice of Invention Tuesday, February 3, 2009 @ 10:34AM-By Daniel D. Friel Sr. In celebration of The Gourmet Retailer 's 30th anniversary this year, we'll invite well-respected entrepreneurs to provide insights into their business and offer their perspectives on the industry's growth in the past 30 years.
As I See It: A Slice of Invention Tuesday, February 3, 2009 @ 10:34AM-By Daniel D. Friel Sr. In celebration of The Gourmet Retailer 's 30th anniversary this year, we'll invite well-respected entrepreneurs to provide insights into their business and offer their perspectives on the industry's growth in the past 30 years.
As I See It: A Slice of Invention Tuesday, February 3, 2009 @ 10:34AM-By Daniel D. Friel Sr. In celebration of The Gourmet Retailer 's 30th anniversary this year, we'll invite well-respected entrepreneurs to provide insights into their business and offer their perspectives on the industry's growth in the past 30 years.
As I See It: A Slice of Invention Tuesday, February 3, 2009 @ 10:27AM-By Daniel D. Friel Sr. In celebration of The Gourmet Retailer 's 30th anniversary this year, we'll invite well-respected entrepreneurs to provide insights into their business and offer their perspectives on the industry's growth in the past 30 years.
As I See It: A Slice of Invention Tuesday, February 3, 2009 @ 10:27AM-By Daniel D. Friel Sr. In celebration of The Gourmet Retailer 's 30th anniversary this year, we'll invite well-respected entrepreneurs to provide insights into their business and offer their perspectives on the industry's growth in the past 30 years.
As I See It: A Slice of Invention Tuesday, February 3, 2009 @ 10:27AM-By Daniel D. Friel Sr. In celebration of The Gourmet Retailer 's 30th anniversary this year, we'll invite well-respected entrepreneurs to provide insights into their business and offer their perspectives on the industry's growth in the past 30 years.
Victor Vacquier Sr. dies at 101; geophysicist was a master of magneticsSaturday, January 24, 2009 @ 2:29AMVictor Vacquier Sr., a Scripps Institution of Oceanography geophysicist who developed key instruments for mapping the Earth's magnetic fields and whose research provided a strong experimental foundation for the now widely accepted theory of plate tectonics, died of pneumonia Jan. 11 in La Jolla. He was 101.
Moustache protector, anyone?Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 11:55PMA GRENADE that puts out fires, a self-pouring teapot, periscope spectacles, a peach peeler and a moustache protector are among oddball inventions on show at the British Library.
Teapots and whiskersFriday, August 15, 2008 @ 1:44AMA grenade that puts out fires and a moustache protector are among oddball inventions on show.