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The 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
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Fighting 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 s... more
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Balance, 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
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Facebook 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
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Local 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
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Making 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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Institute for Public History enacts Salem's History
Region: MassachusettsKristina Stevick is the co-director of Gordon College's Institute for Public History based in Salem, Massachusetts. In this video interview she explains how theater artists through this institute keep the surprising and unknown historical life of Salem, active and alive. more
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Salem History Festival Seeks $100,000 Preservation Prize
Region: MassachusettsFour centuries of Salem's history came alive on the first weekend in May at Salem's Old Townhall a landmark building constructed in 1816. Gordon College's Institute for Public History conducted a History Festival, with performing artists in period dress providing visitors with intimate insights into the life of the city's people past, through dance, song, food, conversation, theater, games and crafts. They even f... more
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Magazine recognizes 100 people making a difference on Boston's North Shore
Region: MassachusettsMay 6, 2009 the Salem News launched the North Shore 100 magazine in order to tell the stories of 100 people whose professional lives have made a difference to the quality of life for residents of Boston's North Shore. The event held at the Peabody Marriott Hotel was sponsored by the North Shore Chamber of Commerce as a way of telling good news stories of courage and inspiration at a time when many are suff... more
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Coast Guard gives public better access to Hospital Point Light House
Region: MassachusettsHospital Point Lighthouse, at Beverly, Massachusetts guards the shipping entrance to both Salem and Beverly harbors through Salem Sound. And while it now signals the channel path electrically, it magnifies its light through one of only four remaining 19th century fresnel lenses in the US. Besides the beauty of its structure and location, the lighthouse is a rare piece of American Maritime Histor... more
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