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Business oddities: Severance pay of $100-million? Please, fire me - The Globe and Mail

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 03:14 PM PST

Business oddities: Severance pay of $100-million? Please, fire me The Globe and Mail Other notables include London's Whitechapel Bell Foundry, established in 1570 and still satisfying the world's voracious appetite for bells, and a North American company founded exactly a century later that catered to the European mania for beaver felt ... and more »

Newmarket church looks to keep belling ring and inspire giving - Seacoastonline.com

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 03:09 PM PST

Newmarket church looks to keep belling ring and inspire giving Seacoastonline.com In March, Marsden hopes to drum up some financial support from the community to rehab the aging historic church and maintain their North Main Street thrift shop and donation center, where they participate in the nationwide End 68 Hours of Hunger program.

The afterlife of a church - The Christian Century (blog)

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 02:07 PM PST

The afterlife of a church The Christian Century (blog) It was the fifth anniversary of my family's pilgrimage from Southern California to suburban Chicago for my interview weekend at First Congregational Church of Western Springs. It feels odd to ... It doesn't get much more traditional than that, right ...

Borough council in bid to boost Clockwise - LoughboroughEcho.net

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 11:04 AM PST

LoughboroughEcho.net

Borough council in bid to boost Clockwise LoughboroughEcho.net Coun Anne Williams added: “Why not target deprived areas? People who are in the Bell Foundry estate would not go to the library.” Coun Jenny Bokor, lead member for revenue, said she would invite suggestions from all parties on how to better promote the ... and more »

Cat Zingano Will Not Be Defeated - ESPN (blog)

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 09:48 AM PST

ESPN (blog)

Cat Zingano Will Not Be Defeated ESPN (blog) I didn't peak," she says. Then on Jan. 8, 2001, her best friend, Mary Rogers, 17, was found bound, beaten and shot to death in the apartment of a boy they both knew. After that, wrestling in the Olympics felt trivial, selfish even. Zingano kept ... and more »

How to haze a coyote (without being mean) - Mother Nature Network (blog)

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 06:32 AM PST

Mother Nature Network (blog)

How to haze a coyote (without being mean) Mother Nature Network (blog) Aside from yelling, you can alarm a coyote by whistling, ringing bells, stomping your feet or shaking a can filled with coins. Projectiles. If yelling and waving don't work, the Humane Society suggests throwing sticks, small rocks or tennis balls ...

The View from Writers Roost - Gilmer Mirror

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 05:09 AM PST

The View from Writers Roost Gilmer Mirror This poor country boy was enamored of John's being able to pick up a small bell and summon an inmate trusty to fetch food and drink or to perform some nitpickingly nebulous service as we lounged in front of the TV watching a sports event. Age and some ... and more »

John Boehner Scolds House Members on Dress Code, Decorum - Bloomberg

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 04:55 AM PST

John Boehner Scolds House Members on Dress Code, Decorum Bloomberg "Members should periodically rededicate themselves to the core principles of proper parliamentary practice that are so essential at maintaining order and deliberacy here in the House," said Boehner. He called on colleagues to "refrain from trafficking ... and more »

Greater Morristown weekend preview: Saluting Black History - Morristown Green

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 04:08 AM PST

Morristown Green

Greater Morristown weekend preview: Saluting Black History Morristown Green Grace Church in Madison continues its free Lenten lunchtime organ recitals, with Juilliard-trained guest organist Joseph Arndt from Grace Church Newark. The half-hour recital starts at 12:15 following a five-minute noonday prayer ... The New Jersey ...

Village news February 26 - Northamptonshire Telegraph

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 02:08 AM PST

Northamptonshire Telegraph

Village news February 26 Northamptonshire Telegraph When a group of Mums went on a first aid course organised by the PA recently, they were given some pretty shocking statistics concerning Cardiac Arrest survival rates. Fewer than 3 per cent survive discharge from ... CHT is assisting us in getting the ...

Broomfield Enterprise In the Pews Feb. 26 - Broomfield Enterprise

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 01:35 AM PST

Broomfield Enterprise In the Pews Feb. 26 Broomfield Enterprise A concert featuring the Risen Savior handbell choirs — Grace Notes, Bells of Faith, Ring Tones and Risen Savior Ringers — will be at 4 p.m. April 18 at Risen Savior Lutheran Church, 3031 W. 144th Ave. Tickets are $5; children 10 and younger admitted ...

#V3mobility: SMEs turning to 4G for mobile productivity boost - V3.co.uk

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 01:11 AM PST

V3.co.uk

#V3mobility: SMEs turning to 4G for mobile productivity boost V3.co.uk One unique customer is the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, which can trace its routes as far back as 1570 and boasts the impressive honour of having cast Big Ben and the Liberty Bell. The foundry's owner, Alan Hughes, told V3 that using 4G it has made life ... and more »

Cromer Society putting on bell ringing and music events - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 12:18 AM PST

Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

Cromer Society putting on bell ringing and music events Norfolk Eastern Daily Press Dr Maureen Gardiner, steeple keeper for Cromer Parish Church, will be presenting The Art of English Bell Ringing on Thursday March 19. It is part of a Cromer Society series of events and will happen at Suffield Park Bowls Club, Station Road, Cromer, at ...

Gala concert to raise final funds for restoration of iconic church - Southern Star Newspaper

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 11:32 PM PST

Gala concert to raise final funds for restoration of iconic church Southern Star Newspaper Restoration works to date have seen the bell tower repaired, stone work replaced and re-pointed, and electricity installed for the first time in the building's 150-year history. Now, with a final €10,000 required to preserve the church's original ...

Girls basketball: Morgan outlasts East Hampton in SLC semis - Middletown Press

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 06:37 PM PST

Girls basketball: Morgan outlasts East Hampton in SLC semis Middletown Press DURHAM >> Morgan senior guard Tori Hopkins scored 17 points, including her 1000th career point, and junior guard Sami Ashton, who was named the Shoreline Conference Player of the Year prior to the game, added 15 points as the top-seeded Huskies ...

Villager semi-retiring - after 665 years - Leamington Observer

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Leamington Observer

Villager semi-retiring - after 665 years Leamington Observer Buy photos» All Saints' Tower Captain Mark Sayers lends Mary Barrass a hand with the casting of the new treble bell. (s). Latest News. Buy photos» The bells were been removed from the belfry in January and lowered to the ringing chamber. (s). Latest News. and more »

Blackburn, S Jude, Lancs

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 04:00 PM PST

SIDE STREETS: Fewer church bells are ringing in Fall River, but some are ... - Wicked Local Fall River

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 09:36 PM PST

SIDE STREETS: Fewer church bells are ringing in Fall River, but some are ... Wicked Local Fall River So, church bells rang the time, rang when it was almost time for services, rang for the dead and the newly wed, rang for the Angelus, the prayer Catholics say to celebrate Mary, mother of Christ. Fall River ... “I don't know if we have real bells up in ... and more »