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Dear Gentleman Scholar,
Last year, my boyfriend was invited to join a storied gentlemen's social club. He had not sought out this opportunity, and he does not come from high society or possess great wealth. It was therefore an unexpected invitation, but not unwelcome. My boyfriend joined the club and has enjoyed participating in its events and meeting its members.
Nonetheless, he is questioning the ethics of his choice, because he recognizes that elite clubs perpetuate the structural inequalities of society. This club is much less racially diverse than the city where we live, and it takes its "no women" rule very seriously. My boyfriend considers himself a feminist and a fighter for social justice and worries that his membership in this club makes him a hypocrite.
On the other hand, it's difficult to argue that anyone is directly harmed by my boyfriend's membership in the club. He recognizes that to quit in protest would be more a symbolic gesture than a means of creating real change. And perhaps his presence in the club is a good thing, preventing it from being the exclusive domain of plutocrats and patriarchs.
At the risk of sounding like Carrie Bradshaw, I can't help but wonder: In the 21st century, is it still gentlemanly to join a gentlemen's club?
—Morally Conflicted Socialite
Thanks for your question, which directs our attention to institutions of the sort that most famously flourished on Pall Mall in London in the 1700s—places to eat grouse and play whist in congenial company.
Let's begin by observing, Ms. Socialite, that you seem not terribly concerned by this club's exclusion of women, and by supposing that this unconcern is indicative of a general trend. Since certain legal events in 1980s and '90s—including a Supreme Court ruling (in New York State Club Association Inc. v. City Of New York Et Al.) affirming that the government's compelling interest in eliminating sexual discrimination justifies laws restricting the constitutional right of association—no one has been able to get very worked up about all-male private clubs. There is sure to be a fuss if one of the relatively few such clubs that still exist is hosting a golf tournament; however, those fusses concern the sites of a public spectacle, and different standards apply. Feminist activists have bigger fish to fry than the octogenarians swimming laps in the nude at the New York Health & Racquet Club; anyone who objects to such organizations on the grounds that they systematically perpetuate the patriarchy must concede that they're doing a pretty lousy job of it.
This last point constitutes a significant ethical out for persons hoping to construct an intellectually coherent defense for keeping women out of a social club: If it is essential to the character of an institution that it be all male, then it is necessary that nothing of greater importance than dudes-being-dudes be going on there. And because powerful men now feel it necessary to resign such memberships upon seeking elected office and landing other prominent societal roles, it is increasingly guaranteed that nothing will. I therefore find nothing inherently wrong with belonging to an exclusive organization that selects its members much as a men's college selects its students, with a commitment to equal opportunity in all respects but one. Your boyfriend can assuage his conflicted feelings about the club's anti-egalitarian bent by nominating worthy persons from atypical backgrounds for membership and by taking an active role in involving the club as a whole in the community at large.
But still there is the question of whether one should want to join any exclusive club. I am inclined to interpret the Groucho Rule as a joke about the absurdity of snob appeal: Any club that would have me is too common a place for high-falutin I. If one's primary motive for membership in a club is to assert his social superiority, then one is being justly mocked by Mr. Marx. A gentleman does not need a posse.
It seems, moreover, that conscientious membership in a club involves mutual obligations: You are de facto representatives of one another, and some great spirits find such entanglements odious. "All my thinking life I have declined to 'belong,' " Vladimir Nabokov wrote in a letter declining his election to the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His excuse was social awkwardness, but the terms in which he explained it—saying that to join would be a "betrayal of principle"—indicate his expansion of the Groucho Rule to a matter of philosophical conviction.
I recommend studying the Nabokov letter as a model of politely refusing (or resigning) a membership: "I am deeply touched and feel greatly honored by the distinction you propose to confer upon me, and the little rosette is perfectly charming but, alas, I must return it." The rosette he refers to is the club's pin, and his attitude toward it was far more gracious than that of a fellow non-joiner, the Californian poet George Sterling, who attached his to a cat: "I hope they'll not demand their button back. … The outraged animal has lost it."
Dear Gentleman Scholar,
Early next year I will be attending a bachelor party of a dear friend. One of the stops will be a strip club. Help.
I hate the idea of strip clubs. It's exploitative. It's gross.
I consider myself an ally of modern feminist causes, and the thought of entering one of those factories is beyond off-putting. The groom in this particular wedding party and I share most of these views in the abstract, but strip clubs are where we diverge.
Add to this that I'm in a happy relationship and that my girlfriend feels the same way (I imagine, I haven't had a conversation yet).
I don't want to be THAT GUY in the bachelor party who bows out, but I also can't imagine myself walking through the doors. What's the etiquette here?
—Fully Clothed and Thrilled About It
Thank you for your note, which turns our attention toward the sort of gentlemen's club primarily connected to Pall Mall by the menthol 100s lifted to glossed lips during smoke breaks. The question you present is timeless: Every weekend, in Miami and Montreal and everywhere that bachelors party, thousands of men wrestle with such ethical issues, sometimes while baby-oiled women wrestle one another before their unsure eyes.
It would be unreasonable to condemn strip clubs outright: To do so would be to impugn the art of burlesque, the sport of pole-dancing, and the philosophy of those ladies who call themselves "feminist strippers," many of whom will agree that (despite the injustices done to some sex workers) the only person clearly being exploited in the basic strip-club transaction is the patron.
That said, I appreciate your visceral distaste for the stereotypical strip-club experience, with its crass commodification of flesh, its organized criminals and sloppy regulars, its Barbies molded with 600-cc bags of silicone, its Budweisers sold at 1,200-percent markups. There is no denying that strip clubs tend to be horribly tacky and that the "classiest" establishments among them, being corporate-built virtual environments, lack even the honest virtues of authentic skeeze. For these reasons, I discourage bachelor parties from going to strip clubs.
Instead, have the strippers come to you. If there is to be a stripper element to a stag party, it is often more affordable and always more comfortable to entertain at home (where home might be some dude's apartment but is more likely a hotel suite). You select the talent, the music, and, as at an exclusive club, you control the guest list, so that your evening will not be spoiled by the pungently ungentlemanly behavior of other patrons.
Mr. Fully Clothed: Because you say that you "hate the idea" of strip clubs, I must respectfully wonder whether you understand the fact of them. Have you been to such an establishment? If not, consider treating this bachelor party as an opportunity to develop an informed opinion. After receiving approval (or, perhaps, non-disapproval) from your girlfriend, just go and hang out. Enjoy your $18 Heineken and tip a dollar per song for a floor dance. You'll probably hate it, but at least you'll be hating it knowledgeably.
If you choose to go this route, be alert to serve as a conscience or comptroller—a counterweight against bad ideas. Assert your level-headed presence should any members of your party begin arranging for the bridegroom (or anyone) to enjoy a dance in a private room. There is, per Chris Rock, no sex in the Champagne Room. (Even if there were, you of course wouldn't want to be an accomplice to that betrayal or responsible for the waves of shame undulating therefrom.) There is no sex in the Champagne Room, but there may be a $1,500 hand job or a $21,000 blackout, and a stand-up guy like you can help to avert such calamities.
If the above arguments do not compel your attendance, then just say no. Simply explain to your friend that strip clubs bum you out, that you don't want to be a buzzkill, and that you'll rendezvous with the group at the next stop. (There is a next stop, right? A bachelor party shouldn't end at a strip club. Not very shapely. At least arrange a dive-bar debriefing or a midnight supper.) Before you go, give someone $20 to buy the groom a lap dance, then leave the other guys to their date with Destiny (and Fantasia and Bambi and Cherise).


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Greg Biffle raced to his second straight Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway, easily holding off Kevin Harvick after points leader Jimmie Johnson smacked the wall in the final laps Sunday.
It was the 1,000th victory for Ford across NASCAR's three national series - Cup, Nationwide and Truck.
It was Biffle's first win since he overtook Johnson to win at MIS in August. Johnson's engine faltered with six laps left in that race. This time, he was about a second behind Biffle with three laps to go - but a tire give way, and he dropped all the way to 28th.
Harvick was second, 3 seconds behind Biffle. Martin Truex Jr. was next, followed by Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart.

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La Química y los consumidores - Chemistry and ConsumersActivity by Juan antonio Gabaldon | added on May 03, 2011 | Spain
Sponsor(s): Colegio oficial de Químicos de la Comunidad Valencia y Unión de Consumidores
There is much chemistry in the daily life! This activity is a conference for non chemist people, but who do experience chemistry every day.
Many people are using "chemistry" every day. In that activity we look for to understand the chemistry in the daily life, in the kitchen, in the house, and so on.
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Carl3 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 112 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
To start with, Gästlistan means 'The Guest List' in swedish
Gästlistan is a guide to Sweden's nightlife. The website is constantly updated on upcoming parties and deliver services such as signing up your name on guest lists for different clubs and helping party planners to reach out to as many people as possible.
There are currently not any really great websites where you get an overview over Sweden's nightlife . Nor is there a website where you have the ability to sign up on guest list's. You always have to 'know someone' to get in. Which can be very cumbersome. Gästlistan is intended as the solution to all these shortcomings.
The feeling we want to give:
When people stand in the queue for a club, and they have signed up on the guestlist through our website, they should feel important.
When you see our logo, people should know, that whatever they see it on, they know it is classy.
Young people 18-30 yrs old who love to go out and enjoy themselves.
We have hired some designers for this logo before but we we're not completely satisfied.
We need a logo in black for printing on white paper and we need one logo in gold color for the website. The logo will be used printed on black t-shirts as well.
The text in the logo should be "Gästlistan" which means 'The guest list' in swedish.
We want a WOW feeling when people see our logo. A classy impression.
We do like the gold color that the prior designers used, and we want to emphasize the first letter 'G', as they did too. But something is missing in their design, that doesnt really make the logo perfect. Please help us out!
if you have any questions, do not hesitate in e-mailing me at email@example.com
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Haute still hot: Asia's 10 best restaurants named
A roar of applause erupted as Japanese chef Yoshihiro Narisawa was crowned the S. Pellegrino Best Restaurant in Asia at the inaugural Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony, held on Monday in Singapore.
After receiving the prize, Narisawa stood on stage and bowed deeply for several seconds, a sign of gratitude and respect in Japanese culture.
The list is compiled from votes cast for restaurants around the world by The Diners Club World 50 Best Restaurants Academy, which is comprised of 900 influential chefs, food critics and industry professionals.
The Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards program is the first to focus on a single region, but William Drew of organizing body William Reed Business Media hinted that other localized awards could be soon to follow.
"It's fair to say that, as we did with Asia, we are assessing other regions in detail in order to ascertain whether further regional awards are viable," he says.
Those in the highest rankings on the Asia's 50 Best list are likely to secure a spot on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list, which will be announced on April 29 in London.
Here's a look at the top 10 in Asia. For the full list of 50, click here.
1. Narisawa (Tokyo)
Narisawa, formerly known as Les Creations de Narisawa, debuted at number 20 on the S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants list in 2009, gaining the distinction of being the first restaurant from Japan to break into the top rankings.
Since then, the Tokyo restaurant has rated among the highest of Asian restaurants in the annual world rankings.
Owner and chef Yoshihiro Narisawa spent nine years cooking in Europe's tops kitchens, working under star chefs Joel Robuchon and Paul Bocuse, before returning to Japan to open his own restaurant.
The contemporary French cuisine he serves at Narisawa takes in the influence of his experience abroad and reflects his philosophy of bringing nature to the plate -- sometimes quite literally.
A dish called Richard's Soil, served in late autumn, consists solely of burdock root sautéed with the soil clinging to it, pureed with spring water from Shinshu in Nagano Prefecture.
2-6-15 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo; +81 (3) 5785 0799; www.narisawa-yoshihiro.com
More on CNN: Haute cuisine's natural man
2. Ryugin (Tokyo)
Seiji Yamamoto has been wowing audiences at cutting-edge international culinary conferences since 2007.
Each year, young chefs from around the world vie for a chance to apprentice at his three Michelin-starred restaurant, Ryugin, in Tokyo's Roppongi district.
The Kagawa native applies traditional and modern techniques to Japanese kaiseki, resulting in innovative dishes, such as grilled sea bream covered in a crispy coating of puffed rice and served with sea urchin and "virgin" oysters from Hiroshima.
Admired for his highly scientific, precise approach to cooking, Yamamoto received major accolades from his peers in the form of this year's Chef's Choice award at the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants event.
1/F Side Roppongi Bldg., 7-17-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo; +81 (0) 3 3423-8006; www.nihonryori-ryugin.com
More on CNN: So, what do three Michelin stars really taste like?
3. Nahm (Bangkok)
David Thompson made his name in London with the original Nahm restaurant, which earned a Michelin star just six months after opening.
Although skeptics were initially wary when he launched a second branch in Bangkok three years ago, the Australian-born chef has won over Thai locals with his exquisite attention to detail, top ingredients and authenticity.
Meals typically kick off with a sweet and sour tom-yum-tini, which packs a spicy punch, and inventive canapés of pineapple topped with candied pork.
Metropolitan Hotel, South Sathorn Road, Bangkok; +66 (0)2 625 3388; www.metropolitan.bangkok.como.bz
More on CNN: Best Bangkok high-end Thai restaurants
4. Amber (Hong Kong)
Helmed by Dutch chef Richard Ekkebus, Hong Kong's Amber grabbed the number 44 spot in last year's World's 50 Best Restaurants list.
Ekkebus imports top ingredients from around the world while emphasizing the importance of sustainable agriculture and fishing practices.
Signature dishes include lobster gelee topped with Hokkaido sea urchin and a dressing of sherry and cevennes onion with creme fraiche, and Yamagata pork belly with stuffed morel mushrooms.
Ekkebus's success at Amber has led to expansion. In April, he plans to open a second restaurant in Shanghai.
15 Queens Road, 7/F, The Landmark, Central, Hong Kong;+852 2132 0066; www.amberhongkong.com
More on CNN: Hong Kong's best gourmet restaurant
5. Restaurant Andre (Singapore)
At this year's Asia's 50 Best awards ceremony, a palpable buzz surrounded chef Andre Chiang, who opened his first restaurant in Singapore to great acclaim in 2010.
Chiang left his native Taiwan at age 15 to train in Europe under modernist cuisine masters Pierre Gagnaire, Joel Robuchon and Michel Troisgros, whose influence can be felt in the Mediterranean-infected contemporary French cuisine Chiang creates at Andre.
Critics rave about his Deconstructed Snickers bar, a mix of chocolate, caramel, nougat and nuts, which he reinvents every year for his menu.
41 Bukit Pasoh Road, Singapore;+65 6534 8880; Restaurantandre.com
More on CNN: How Singapore became Asia's culinary capital
6. 8 ½ Otto E Mezzo Bombana (Hong Kong)
Reservations at this haute Italian dining spot in Hong Kong are notoriously hard to secure.
The fact that it was awarded three stars in the 2012 Michelin Guide -- the only Italian restaurant outside of Italy to gain the guide's highest accolade -- hasn't helped matters.
Umberto Bombana has gained a reputation for his homemade pastas, which are given the fine dining treatment with ingredients such as lobster and bottarga, and luxe versions of Italian classics, such as mushroom risotto, served with braised veal cheek and veal fillet.
Shop 202, Alexandra House, 18 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong; +852 2537 8859; www.ottoemezzobombana.com
More on CNN: Otto e Mezzo: Best place to eat white truffles in Hong Kong
7. Mr. and Mrs. Bund (Shanghai)
Shanghai's first late night fine dining establishment, Mr. and Mrs. Bund has made Paul Pairet a star in Asia. The French chef picked up the Lifetime Achievement award at Monday's Asia's 50 Best Restaurants ceremony.
Famous for his witty plays on haute cuisine, Pairet has gained a loyal following with his Picnic Chicken, served cold with garlicky aioli; and foie gras light crumble, a fluffy mousse of paté topped with a crunchy topping of candied fruit and nuts.
As for the restaurant, diners perch on oversized Alice in Wonderland chairs as a disco ball spins overhead.
Bund 18, 6/F, 18 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, near Nanjing Dong Lu, Shanghai; +86 (0)21 6323 9898; Mmbund.com
8. Ultraviolet (Shanghai)
Paul Pairet's second Shanghai venture, which opened in 2012, is even flashier than Mr. and Mrs. Bund.
With only 10 seats, surrounded by 360-degree video screens, surround-sound speakers and high-tech overhead lighting, Ultraviolet aims to deliver a multi-sensory dining experience.
Pairet's take on fish and chips, a deep-fried caperberry stuffed with anchovy, is paired with images of a stormy London day, complete with sounds of thunder, before a projection of the British flag lights up the table.
The location is secret, diners need to book a seat at Shanghai's Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet via its official website.
More on CNN: Multi-sensory dining sizzles in Shanghai
9. Iggy's (Singapore)
One of Singapore's most popular fine dining restaurants, Iggy's has been climbing the ranks of the World's 50 Best Restaurant list since entering at number 45 in 2009 and was named S. Pellegrino Best Restaurant in Asia in 2012.
The food is modern international -- a mix of Asian and European influences -- that reflects owner Ignatius Chang's Catholic tastes.
The wagyu beef tongue, slow-cooked and served with yuzu-infused mustard and avocado mousse, gleans inspiration from Japan, while the nasi lemak (fish mousse topped with rice and pandan foam) veers closer to home.
The Regent Singapore, #03-00, 1 Cuscaden Road, Singapore; +65 6732 2234; www.iggys.com.sg
More on CNN: Singapore's 5 best gourmet eateries: Iggy's still tops
10. Gaggan (Bangkok)
The second restaurant from Thailand to make the top 10 is the brainchild of El-Bulli-trained chef Gaggan Anand, who uses molecular technology to put a modern twist on classic dishes from his native India.
The evocatively named Lost Jewel is a melt-in-your-mouth morsel of morel mushroom stuffed with green peas, while Yoghurt is a sphere of yogurt flavored with cumin and Indian black salt, encapsulated in a membrane-like gel.
68/1 Soi Langsuan off Ploenchit Road, Bangkok; +66 (0)2 652 1700; www.eatatgaggan.com
More on CNN: Gaggan: Indian cuisine at molecular levels
Want to see the full Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list? Click here.


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BBC News Mobile version 4 is yet again available on the Windows Phone Store. This latest version was previously pulled by the developer for having a bug that prevented the app from launching successfully. We reached out to Lawrence Gripper who revealed to Windows Phone Central that an update was on the way.
Being rewritten from the ground up, BBC News Mobile offers a new experience for those who have just invested in a Windows Phone handset. Here's a quick overview on what's new in version 4:
- Lockscreen support – Use a new picture from the In Pictures blog as your lockscreen, will update daily.
- Improved performance
- Support for small, medium, and large Live Tiles
- New welcome experience – Walks a user though setting up the app when launched for the first time.
You can download BBC News Mobile from the Windows Phone Store for free.


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Vita Nicetii Episcopi Lugdunensis, ed. B. Krusch, Monumenta Germaniae Historica Scriptores Rerum Merovingicarum III pp. 518-524.
Translation from Merovingian Episcopal Saints: Text and Portrayal (Unpublished PhD Thesis, Reading, 2001) vol. 2 pp 238-243
1. How many times are the manifest deeds of holy men recalled to memory by the reading of the written word and, through those who have come together and sought the celebration, the worthy honour of the people is fulfilled and, by the devotion of those listening, is provoked to eagerness for a blessing.
2. Thus, the holy Nicetius, bishop of the town of Lyons, the feast of whose death, the faithful populace celebrate together with devotion every year on account of their love for him. From infancy he served the practice of religion no less in sense than when he had received the habit. According to this practice, he grew in the love of virtues as he grew in age with the increase of time. Thus God, the Creator, poured into him the blessing of great sanctity.
3. The most blessed man, Agricola, bishop of the town of Chalon-sur-Saone, advanced Nicetius to the office of priest. Indeed, being furnished with good works, his fame grew and he flourished in that dignity of the priesthood with the splendour of merits. He came to be known by the holy and venerable bishop of Lyons, who was Sacerdos by name and by works, and he was selected to the pastoral position so that, when the bishop completed his full life and passed away, Nicetius might be his successor. Indeed, by divine direction, with time passing, all the people agreed and willingly sought him as successor. Thus with the goodwill of the prince, and according to divine command, he consented with congratulation. He committed himself in all things to the authority of the divine king, neither did he dare to flee that dignity by retreat nor did he wish to match the profit. Being established in that position of importance, he held the cunning of vipers and fulfilled it with the simplicity of a dove.
4. Indeed, as often as men came to his city in all honesty for frequent habitation, he ordered those houses in the vicinity of his apartment to be prepared with assiduous care and, coming away from all the offices, in the most secret hours of night, he came to them and was keen to wash their feet diligently, like the faithful servant so that he might fulfil the apostolic precept and lest, by neglecting minor matters, he should distinguish himself to be able to complete greater divine grace, which he showed continually by his works.
5. He constituted, with strict law, those things in the institution of the divine offices from the ancient and sacred religion, with fixed terms in the passage of time either night or day, so that he perpetually doubled the study of psalm singing so that the meditation of divine law was never absent from either his mouth or his heart. If, by chance, while he fulfilled his duties some occupation arose on account of those coming together with assiduity, he came forth. so that as if from heaven, the response returned from where it was called back and he continued the office which he acted but within himself. Sometimes he, who had been enflamed with fervour and lived a spiritual life, was thought to be cold-hearted by all those who were ignorant. Indeed he also took care to get up every morning without doubt and with zeal so that he always began the beginning of the office himself. Thus, having given alms richly with a most prompt wish, he was gladdened so that, whatever he had judged himself to have acquired, he conferred to the poor.
6. How many times in the summertime, was there a despair of the fruit through the coming drought? With great compunction and being favoured unanimously by the people, he took care to celebrate litanies so that a richness of rain might hasten to the assistance of that very place.
7. Indeed, when it was winter, the memorable holy bishop distinguished himself likewise as he set out to visit the manors of the holy church in the parts of Province. He came into the villa of a certain illustrious man by the name of Flavius at that time at the mansion at Alacarnus, with the sun declining into evening so that it happened that it conferred the opportunity to come there to rest in the silence of the night. Then, after divine prayer, he had asked for evening refreshment of the sacrament. Into the cathedral before his feet, with great furore, there was carried by his parents, a boy who possessed a demon. We gained the information concerning his story through the most holy men the priests Catafronius and Eustasius, as they said that they had seen the aforesaid demoniac boy there, restrained with a great bridle. This had been done so that, having been punished through the neck with that neck bent back, he was miserably fixed to the spine of his back and his face inclined to sadness.
8. So that he might appease2 the parents who were stretched out before his knees with great wailing, having fulfilled the accustomed seven holy prayers in the oratory, the holy man anointed the boy with a blessing through a sign of the cross of the liquor of holy oil and with the invocation of the name of Christ. In that very place he sent the demon out from the possessed body and with the disabled limbs reformed, he returned him to health so that he might return home with his parents. Also, after an interval of time, with health having been conferred to him, celebrating with his parents, the cured man then returned from Mustarnacus into the field of the holy church of Lyons, devoted to the blessed Nicetius his doctor and at the same time they returned thanks to Christ and the holy pontiff.
9. After the man of merits received the proper passage, with the enemy of humankind lying in wait, it happened that, with flames rising up together, a great part of the town of Lyons was most seriously laid bare by flames of fire. While columns of people were flowing headlong together to that place from every direction, suddenly, a most clear and resounding voice struck the ears of the masses who were running along, saying that holy Nicetius had come bodily into the house of the church and, with the light having been restored to two blind women, it carried that former greeting. Then, in that very place, the sound of the people which announced the coming of the bishop to the tomb, recalled the men. Nor is it amazing that the blessed champion was eager to defend with the virtue of the spirit the place where he was seen to have lived bodily nor did the sanctified one separate his favours from that place where he was also living after death.
10. Therefore, a certain man who was set on fire, by the ardour of faith, reverently carried dust which had been collected from Nicetius' tomb for whatever remedies might come to his aid. Indeed often, when the faithful people were thrown down by the approaching assault of a tempest, he showed that the firmness of a hailstorm was melted into water and that the hard stone turned into the lightness of liquid.
11. Indeed another man owed ten solidi to a certain creditor. With the assurance of love intervening, without delay, he undertook that, since he wickedly wished to deny the case at the tomb of the most blessed bishop and say that he had not received them, he was doomed to die. At once all of his limbs were deprived of power so that his heart became dark and thus blindness struck his eyes. Then, at evening, having once been brought in to disorder and then to repentance, the unhappy man, who had thus changed, began to offer prayers with profuse tears, that he might receive sight. Yet the most holy shepherd, who was living by merit and piety, returned the sight of the beseecher with the stiff relic of his body and thus he terrified the dishonest one for the sake of justice and thus he helped the afflicted on account of mercy.
12. In the same way, a certain man, who was filled with an infestation of a mad spirit, came at length to his tomb under heavy custody. While he was driven in Bacchic frenzies with the vexation of so much furore, he was seen to send the spirit away. While a place of burial was prepared for him, he lay that night and day, with all the heat of life departed from him. Having been pressed with the death-bringing sleep of the dying, by divine power he recalled to memory a certain man, from those observing, that he should make the sign of the cross over his face, his mouth and ears with the oil of the candle which was at the tomb of the blessed bishop, being faithful and sensing that the relics were accustomed to work miracles and perhaps might rouse a dead man. In a short while, having been filled with breath by the secret mystery, he revived and at once, with Christ favouring him, he got up.
13. Furthermore, at a certain time, seven men who were imprisoned by blindness by established matter and were no less constricted by the iron bonds which held them and by which they had been held in custody for a long time at the town of Vienne. One of these men merited to see the holy Nicetius in a vision and it was as if he touched the bonds by which they were bound together with his staff and at once the force of the iron was broken and the fastened doors were laid open. They went to the church to seek refuge to be free in that place, as they were freed by holy intercessions.
14. However, in the basilica where his most sacred body was revered by the devotion of the faithful, a certain guilty man, who was a threat to the public, was bound with iron bonds together with another man by an order of injunction. Yet when they had come to Nicetius' tomb with hindered step, they were freed of their public bonds by secret virtue, which was worked by a mystery at other times in the way.
15. It is said that, before he departed from this world to the celestial kingdom, and this is agreed by us and others as has already been said, he worked many miracles. He also secretly sent out demons from bodies possessed by them. However, after the holy man migrated from the light of this world, then he showed that he was more powerful with increased miracles. Continually and incessantly, with people witnessing, he conferred a remedy of health to all those suffering who were led to his tomb with complete certainty of faith. He conferred going to the lame, vision to the blind, remedy to the possessed and complete vigour to those who were bound.
16. On account of this, all kinds of people are able to narrate many things in praise of him, except it was hardly necessary that the speech of sermons should be scattered everywhere through a manifold number of places where he always showed the operation of spiritual mysteries. Furthermore, as much as the course of time passed, his virtue was strengthened so much by many more works.
17. The most holy speech concerning him was able to take hold so that, just as he fortified this town with the protection of his body so, he conferred salvation of soul and body to everyone. Indeed he, who had laboured with holy eagerness, just as in his life even after death, blossomed with assiduous works and interceded with his prayers for the most blessed Bishop Etherius and unfolded the office of reading. Yet, not without merit but carefully solemnly and with eager love, he tended the memory of him who, following him in that place, he ordered to be his successor since he rejoiced in conversation with him. They say that, after Nicetius' death, in that place, the devotion of the people of Lyons unanimously sought him for the rank of bishop but then, with foresight, the direction of the prince was refused and, with his successor dead, he did not wish to indulge that speech of the sacred bishop, which he set forth while he remained in the body. The Creator God infused the heart of the most clement king, obtaining this, so that it was done so that he who was father of the fatherland would now be father of the church. On account of this matter, God is to be prayed to, so that, venerating him with unanimous devotion, we might eagerly cultivate solemnity and protection and we might always be helped by his prayers or we might be fortified by his suitable help and even if we do not deserve it we might be instructed by examples, with the Lord Jesus Christ reigning with the Father Son and Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen