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Don't Let the Picture Fool You: Pearl Harbor Was No Victory for Japan The level of rage also prevented any attempt at a peace settlement at this time, which might have favored Japan. Here's What You Need to Remember: Pearl Harbor rudely awoke the sleeping giant, in Yamamoto’s words, from his isolationist slumber, converted him into an awakened avenger burning with a righteous anger, and propelled him into a position of world leadership. A massive visceral reaction by the U.S. citizenry and military to the Pearl Harbor attack fueled war plans, military preparation, mobilization, and industr...

Tech Makes Billionaires After 50 Years of R&D Posted March 8, 2021 "If you want to know about the future, ask the young people who will make it happen. The older generation may have used up its vision getting us where we are." — Ivan Sutherland In 1966, computer engineers at Harvard began working on the world's first virtual/augmented reality system. Two years later, they came up with a design and built a machine that looked like a torture device straight out of A Clockwork Orange. The engineers named the mechanical tracking system that hung above the user's head the Sword of Damocles, af...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County college art majors are invited to apply for the 2021 juried Berkshire Art Association College Fellowship Show.  $5,000 in fellowship grants will be awarded to college art majors whose work is selected. The Fellowship is open to Berkshire County residents enrolled as art majors at any college in the country, as well as to non-residents majoring in art at a Berkshire County college – Berkshire Community College, MCLA, Williams, and Simon's Rock.    The call for art  will open on Friday, Jan. 8, and close on  Sunday, Feb. 21 , 2021 at 11:59 pm. S...

8 Franklin County firefighters earn certificates of completion The Franklin County graduates of the Massachusetts Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighting Training Class No. 79. The graduation ceremony was held in Springfield on Oct. 30. Back row, left to right, Sunderland firefighters Joshua Manheim and John Sullivan, Hadley firefighter Liam Higgins, Orange firefighter Nathaniel O’Lari and Leverett firefighter Torsten Bidwell. Front row, left to right, Shutesbury firefighter Jonah Meyer, Sunderland firefighter Timothy Gochinski, New Salem firefighter Michael Sorenson and Charlemont firefighter ...