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Welcome to Feast of the Ass Day!
The Feast of the Ass (Latin: Festum Asinorum or asinaria festa, French: Fête de l'âne) was a medieval, Christianfeast observed on January 14, celebrating the Flight into Egypt. It was celebrated primarily in France, as a by-product of the Feast of Fools celebrating the donkey-related stories in the Bible, in particular the donkey bearing the Holy Family into Egypt after Jesus's birth.[1]
History[edit]
This feast may represent a Christian adaptation of the pagan feast, Cervulus, integrating it with the donkey in the nativity story.[2] In connection with the Biblical stories, the celebration was first celebrated in the 11th century, inspired by the pseudo-Augustinian "Sermo contra Judaeos" c. 6th century.
In the second half of the 15th century, the feast disappeared gradually, along with the Feast of Fools, which was stamped out around the same time. It was not considered as objectionable as the Feast of Fools.[3]
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Towson's Reno Ferri Joins Syracuse as TE Coach (si.com; Evans)
Towson fullbacks and tight ends coach Reno Ferri is the new tight ends coach forSyracuse coach Dino Babers, according to a source.
This past season was Ferri’s fifth at Towson, and he was also recruiting coordinator. He was the program’s running backs coach his first three years, working with now-Baltimore Raven Terrance West, before moving to coach fullbacks and tight ends in 2014.
Before Towson, Ferri was Akron’s running backs coach from 2007 to ’09 and also worked as the program’s recruiting coordinator. He was promoted as the Zips’ wide receivers coach in 2006 after being their director of football operations in ’05 and a graduate assistant in ’04.
Ferri was a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Army, in 2000, after playing for the Black Knights for four seasons. A Youngstown, Ohio, native, he was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army from May 2000 to March ’02.
Recruiting Roundup: Twin DBs from Florida, Elijah and Elisha Daniels, Expecting Visit from SU Staff (the juice; Cheng)
Great news for the Orange with the NCAA allowing three scholarships to count toward its sanctions. On to today’s recruiting world…
Cardinal Gibbons (Fla.) defensive backs Elijah Daniels and Elisha Daniels are expecting a visit from the Syracuse staff, reports ’s Scott Brown. The brothers, both rated three stars, are being pursued by Maryland, UCF and USF, among others, and could visit Syracuse soon.
With Chris Ash on board at Rutgers, the Scarlet Knights have started to scour the New Jersey talent pool, including former SU commit DyMelle Parker and current commit JamalHolloway writes NJ.com’s Todderick Hunt. “Rutgers might be back in the mix. They called today (last Friday morning),” said Camden head coach Dwayne Savage.
Gibsonton (Fla.) defensive back KJ Sails named his top five on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon, and his schools are Rutgers, USF, Cincinnati, Maryland and West Virginia. Noticibly absent was Syracuse, who had been pursuing him under the Scott Shafer era. The 2016 prospect has a three-star rating from 247 Sports.
North Florida Christian (Fla.) DB/WR Armunz Mathews tells Syracuse.com’s Stephen Bailey that he’s in the process of planning a visit to Syracuse on Jan. 29. Mathews committed to USF in June, and also has offers from Louisville, Kentucky, Indiana and LSU, among others. Syracuse has yet to offer.
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More Than 100 Crashes Reported in Onondaga and Oswego Counties Wednesday (video; PS; Sturtz)
If you got into a car accident in Central New York amid Wednesday's snowstorm you weren't alone.
Dispatch logs for Onondaga County 911 show nearly 100 accidents reported between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday. Oswego County 911 said it had taken calls on about 25 crashes and accidents since 8 a.m.
But in Madison and Cayuga counties almost no accidents were reported. Four accidents each were reported by the 911 centers in those counties.
No serious accidents or injuries were reported as a result of Wednesday's weather.
Detective Jon Seeber, of the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office, offered tips for motorists if they find themselves in a weather-related accident. You can watch the video above.
13.5 Inches of Snow Sets a Snowfall Record for Syracuse (PS; Sturtz)
A snowfall record was set Wednesday in the city of Syracuse.
The National Weather Service in Binghamton said that a record 13.5 inches of snow fell in Syracuse Wednesday. That's the most snow to ever fall on Jan. 13.
The previous snowfall record for Jan. 13 of 8 inches was set in 2012.
Several inches of snow had already fallen since Tuesday at the official measuring station at Hancock International Airport.
Lake effect snow piled up across much of Central New York Wednesday as the first significant snowstorm of the season rolled through the region. A lake effect snow warning was set to expire at 7 p.m. Winds are expected to shift west, taking snow up to Tug Hill.
