A journey through Italy's lesser-known UNESCO World Heritage Sites - L'Italo Americano (subscription) (blog)
Posted: 19 Feb 2016 11:30 AM PST
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Daily Meditation: Springtime - Huffington Post
Posted: 19 Feb 2016 10:00 AM PST
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Daily Meditation: SpringtimeHuffington PostCome from the greedy mart, the troubled street, And listen to the music, faint and sweet, That echoes ever to a listening ear, Unheard by those who will not pause to hear– The wayward chimes of memory's pensive bells, Wind-blown o'er misty hills and ... |
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After Six Years Pantha Du Prince is Back with a New Album - THUMP
Posted: 19 Feb 2016 09:24 AM PST
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Bell of the balls - The Times (subscription)
Posted: 19 Feb 2016 09:20 AM PST
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Bell of the ballsThe Times (subscription)Sir, Your report (Feb 18) on whether bellringing is a sport overshadows the perennial issue for bellringers: should it be classified as church music? As a former “pealer”, I think that a skilfully executed “Grandsire” or “Stedman” from the belltower ... |
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Suzdal's outdoor museum: Preserving traditions of wooden architecture - Russia Beyond the Headlines
Posted: 19 Feb 2016 08:40 AM PST
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Suzdal's outdoor museum: Preserving traditions of wooden architectureRussia Beyond the HeadlinesIn 1967, Suzdal was officially designated by the Soviet government as a historical heritage site. An important component of this ... The most imposing structure at the Suzdal museum of wooden architecture is the Church of the Transfiguration, built in ... |
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The Surprisingly Early History of Christianity in India - Smithsonian
Posted: 19 Feb 2016 05:11 AM PST
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The Surprisingly Early History of Christianity in IndiaSmithsonianThe church spire is as much a part of the landscape as the temple tower and the mosque's minaret. Although Christians constitute only 18.4 percent of Kerala's 34 ... The real showpieces of Kerala Christianity are its heritage churches, which express a ... |
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Redditch Snowdrop Festival bring hundreds to smell the flowers - Redditch Standard
Posted: 19 Feb 2016 04:16 AM PST
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Heritage BC honours preservation efforts - Delta-Optimist
Posted: 19 Feb 2016 02:15 AM PST
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Heritage BC honours preservation effortsDelta-OptimistIn 2012, the bell tower and building foundations were collapsing, but with careful repair the former church building is now home to the Delta Optimist. The Heritage BC Awards recognize best practices and high standards in heritage conservation. The ... |
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Should bell-ringing get sport status? - The Sun
Posted: 18 Feb 2016 03:54 PM PST
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Bell ringing is a sport now? Five other church activities that deserve a medal... - ChristianToday
Posted: 18 Feb 2016 10:21 AM PST
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@ The Movies With Mark Hinson - Tallahassee.com
Posted: 18 Feb 2016 07:14 AM PST
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@ The Movies With Mark HinsonTallahassee.comHorror film directed by William Brent Bell (“Stay Alive”), who packs a pretty nifty plot twist in this gotcha Gothic tale. (B-). AMC 20: 11:15 a.m.. Brooklyn. PG-13, 111 minutes. Brief profanity ... are very game to throw themselves so enthusiastically ... |
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TRAVEL: Bonjour to all things literary - Swindon Advertiser
Posted: 18 Feb 2016 05:22 AM PST
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TRAVEL: Bonjour to all things literarySwindon AdvertiserTEN steps, two more - right, nearly there. I caught my mother's hand as she lurched perilously on the tiny landing of Le Gros Horloge's viewing platform. Scrambling for ways to keep my frail mother upright, giving her a boost up narrow dungeon-like ... |
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Resident frustrated with bell ringers - Northern Natal Courier (blog)
Posted: 18 Feb 2016 05:17 AM PST
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Resident frustrated with bell ringersNorthern Natal Courier (blog)School children constantly ringing a gate bell and running away has left one Dannhauser resident frustrated. Fathima Khan, a resident of Albert Street, Dannhauser, has had to endure school children, from the nearby primary school, ringing the bell at ... |
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Bell Ringing To Become A Sport? - Daily Capital (Capital TV)
Posted: 18 Feb 2016 12:50 AM PST
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Bell Ringing To Become A Sport?Daily Capital (Capital TV)Some campanologists, better known as bell ringers, argue it is a form of exercise and being given sports status would give the activity more funding and encourage new recruits. A bell ringing session can last around three hours and bell ringers say it ...and more » |
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Bell ringing to become a sport? - Premier
Posted: 18 Feb 2016 12:34 AM PST
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The line-up for Dublin's St Patrick's Day Festival looks AMAZING - Irish Mirror
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 11:03 PM PST
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Comedian's work-ex brings TV stardom for weekly journalists - HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 10:42 PM PST
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Hits and Misses - Vail Daily News
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 04:44 PM PST
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Hits and MissesVail Daily NewsMark Huggeniv and Deacon Steve Baird of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration taking ashes and prayers on the road for Ash Wednesday, working their way through Vail and Beaver Creek's villages. HIT: To the biomass plant in Gypsum finally running ... |
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Tri-Town Weekly Community Calendar - KeepMEcurrent.com
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:16 PM PST
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Tri-Town Weekly Community CalendarKeepMEcurrent.comAlcoholics Anonymous, Wednesdays, noon and 7:30 p.m.; AlAnon, Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.; Business Debtors Anonymous, Wednesdays, 4:30 p.m., First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport. Parkinson's disease support group, for people just ...and more » |
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A ding-dong in the belfry for sport status - The Times (subscription)
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 01:08 PM PST
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A ding-dong in the belfry for sport statusThe Times (subscription)The idea, put forward in Ringing World as a means of attracting young recruits and extra funding, has divided Britain's 40,000 bellringers amid fears that it would sever the link between campanology and the church. Others argue that bellringers must ... |
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New faces installed on Morgan Square clock tower - Spartanburg Herald Journal
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 10:16 AM PST
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New faces installed on Morgan Square clock towerSpartanburg Herald JournalTechnicians with Christoph Paccard Bell Foundry out of Charleston installed new, 65-inch aluminum faces Wednesday as part of a $23,000 upgrade to make the clock fully functional again. In January, the company removed the remaining wooden clock faces, ... |
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Daily Meditation: Carefree Heart - Huffington Post
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 09:24 AM PST
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Daily Meditation: Carefree HeartHuffington PostWe all need help maintaining our personal spiritual practice. We hope that these Daily Meditations, prayers and mindful awareness exercises can be part of bringing spirituality alive in your life. Today's meditation features a poem by 19th century ... |
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In Borneo's Ruined Forests, Nomads Have Nowhere to Go - Smithsonian
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 08:12 AM PST
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In Borneo's Ruined Forests, Nomads Have Nowhere to GoSmithsonianA bird keeps letting out a four-note call that sounds like a bell chime, or a ringing cellphone. Heading back to the longhouse, I pass a large clearing where a .... We hear a chorus of gibbons down in the valley, then the crickets, then the six o'clock ... |
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Ding-dong for bell ringers as row breaks out over bid to be classed as a sport - Telegraph.co.uk
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 08:08 AM PST
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Ding-dong debate: Should church bell ringing be reclassified as a SPORT? - Express.co.uk
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 05:46 AM PST
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Veteran Ivor Turner was given France's highest honour - Western Daily Press
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:34 AM PST
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Historic church bell could be rehomed at Halliwell Jones Stadium if fundraising success continues - Warrington Guardian
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:06 AM PST
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Community is raising the roof at Sausthorpe church - Skegness Standard
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 01:14 AM PST
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Community is raising the roof at Sausthorpe churchSkegness StandardIt was back in October when villagers who wanted to see St Andrew's Church thrive for future generations gathered in a chilly Sausthorpe Institute to be told the harsh reality of their plight. Repairs to the slate church roof are expected to cost £115 ... |
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Church group rings in support for local residents - Bdaily
Posted: 17 Feb 2016 01:05 AM PST
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Church group rings in support for local residentsBdailyA Bridlington church group put its bell ringing skills to good use by helping care home staff purchase extra learning equipment for residents. The Priory Hand Bell Ringers have a close relationship with neighbouring Kirkgate House, a specialist home ... |
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The art of bellringing through the eyes of a local master - dailytelegraph.com.au
Posted: 16 Feb 2016 09:43 PM PST
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A Last Semester Project Leads to a Happy Ending - StyleBlueprint (blog)
Posted: 16 Feb 2016 03:39 PM PST
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A Last Semester Project Leads to a Happy EndingStyleBlueprint (blog)“We were walking around and reliving the Thanksgiving holiday, and we found our way to a little bell tower at the park,” Natalie remembers. “Will was so sweet and was telling me how much he missed me and said he never wanted to spend another holiday ... |
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Historical Profile - CullmanSense
Posted: 16 Feb 2016 06:26 AM PST
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Historical ProfileCullmanSenseStanding in front of the Seventh Street Baptist Church bell and tower are members of the church's Historical Committee. They are ... “This brings us back to the annex and belfry that was built onto the existing church in 1927,” Al-Dijaili continued ... |
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What does the future hold for St Mary Redcliffe in £15m make-over? - Bristol Post
Posted: 15 Feb 2016 10:10 PM PST
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What does the future hold for St Mary Redcliffe in £15m make-over?Bristol PostIt is the iconic pinnacle of Bristol's skyline – and there is something seemingly timeless about the elegant outline of St Mary Redcliffe, the church Queen Elizabeth I famously called "the fairest, goodliest and most famous parish church in England ... |
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Dog sled race draws crowd in the Upper Peninsula - WILX-TV
Posted: 15 Feb 2016 07:36 PM PST
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Dog sled race draws crowd in the Upper PeninsulaWILX-TVIn the Upper Peninsula this weekend, dog sled teams competed to be the first across the finish line in the U.P. 200 Dog Sled Race in Marquette. As mushers and their dogs charged toward the finish line last night, a big crowd of bell ringers was there ... |
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Bells will ring out to celebrate restoration of Edmonton church tower - Barnet Press
Posted: 15 Feb 2016 03:42 PM PST
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Pataskala Elementary School seeks to preserve bell tower - The Newark Advocate
Posted: 15 Feb 2016 02:43 PM PST
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