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Park Permit Questionaire
If you have applied for parks permits before, either for athletic fields or special events, or if you have ideas about park permitting, please fill out this brief survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T5LHSQJ.
If you have more comments about permitting than the survey can capture, feel free to send an email to me or to Lauri Webster (lauri@bostonparks.org).
Also, remember that there will be a meeting on park permitting a week from Tuesday (February 23) from 6 to 8pm. For details and to RSVP, click here.
Dr. Carlo Cipollone, the Educational Director of the Italian Consulate, presented the following article, Galileo’s Educational Legacy, at a recent symposium at Harvard University. The event was in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the invention of the telescope. Many thanks to the author for his permission to republish it and North End resident, Nancy Caruso, for the submission.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In occasion of the Week of Celebration of the Italian Language in the World, the Consulate General of Italy in Boston in collaboration with Harvard University and the Italian Space Agency present a symposium. Galileo’s Telescope and the Beginning of the Scientific Revolution and Space Exploration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Galileo’s Educational Legacy by Dr. Carlo Cipollone Educational Director of the Italian Consulate
As an educator, I can confirm that Galileo continues to generate great curiosity today, even among the youngest members of our society. A few days ago I received an email from a nine year-old student. With her mother’s help, young Ashley asked to address some simple questions to scientists and experts on Galileo. She also requested to meet with me for a chat about this icon of scientific discovery. While reviewing Ashley’s questions I realized that children, in their ingenuity, manage to raise complex topics and queries – challenging most adults to give a suitable answer.
The question that struck me the most was probably the most difficult to answer: “Why is Galileo so important today”?
I hope that I can give an answer to Ashley’s question. I will aim to give the best response I can, trying to offer a perspective based on the man behind the telescope, the man who influenced countless disciplines.
Galileo’s ideas not only sparked a scientific revolution, they initiated a large-scale revolution in human thinking. He changed the way we see the world and more importantly, how we perceive ourselves within it.
The North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) announced its new slate of officers including the reappointment of President Philip Frattaroli. Other officers for the coming year are Vice President Ryan Kenny, Secretary John Pregmon and Sergeant-at-Arms Marie Simboli. The NEWNC executives were announced on Tuesday night, June 8, 2015, at the first meeting of the council since Read More…
Here are the latest reports from the North End / Waterfront Residents Association (NEWRA) meeting, held on January 12, 2017. View full video coverage and a timeline below: Video timeline: (Opening) President’s Report by Mary McGee: Citing Jason Aluia’s great success with his efforts to save the North End Nursing Home, NEWRA is forming a by-laws committee, Read More…
