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By Barbara Janelle M.A.
Previously unpublished
When I teach, I try to instill the awareness that the Therapeutic Touch treatment is a two-way conversation, a partnership as Grant Hallman calls it (1) with the energy field. The practitioner speaks to the field through centering and visualization. The field gives information in return by its responsiveness to the practitioner's work, its impact on the practitioner's level of centering, and with images and intuitive prompting.
By centering, the practitioner helps to establish through a resonance affect a level of peace and relaxation in the recipient's energy field. This also reminds the field of its wholeness. The Practitioner's visualizations may speak of wholeness, energy flow and full field function. Hand movements, while a form of conversation, are really metaphors for these visualizations.
The field speaks to the practitioner throughout the treatment by:
1. How it responds to the practitioner's work. The field does not mechanically respond to TT procedures e.g., the effect of unruffling may be immediate, may take a while or may not happen. The field determines the response and its timing.
2. Giving images intuitively to the practitioner that can then be used to develop working visualizations. As example, when I worked with a friend who had a respiratory condition that was very slow to respond to medication, I received an image of a clogged pipe. I took that image and in my next unruffling and grounding moves presented the field with a visualization of a plumber's snake dislodging the block and draining occurring. The field changed rapidly and by the end of the treatment, my friend could breathe better.
3. By accepting, rejecting and modifying the practitioner's work. For example, attempts to send a colour into the field may be accepted or may meet with resistance that causes the practitioner some difficulty in holding the visualization: the colour that is visualized changes to another one. In my experience, the field largely determines the amount and frequency (colour) of the energy that it takes in. If the practitioner ignores the information from the field and persists in sending a particular colour, the field will resist and that will ultimately stress it. In turn, the practitioner will find it very difficult to maintain center.
4. Providing information about the order in which work should proceed. It is common that deeper layers only become apparent after the practitioner has addressed general flow through the field and grounding. The practitioner may find that the field determines the order in the progression of the treatment. Indeed, with a severely disrupted field, this progression may take several treatments. In a series of treatments that I gave some years ago, I was amazed to find a very strong discrepancy at the lower spine in a woman during the sixth treatment in ten days. How could I have missed this in earlier sessions? Then I realized that the field had not been ready to show this disruption, until several other minor ones had come to balance first.
5. Affecting the practitioner's level of centering. This normally occurs when the field is suggesting that the treatment finish. The practitioner's depth of centering decreases and the question, "Should I be finishing the treatment?" arises. However, it can also occur if the field is resisting the treatment or some procedure in the treatment. The field puts up a barricade that not only reduces the information that the practitioner receives but also reduces his/her level of centering. The opposite is true too, when the treatment is progressing well, the practitioner's level of centering may deepen greatly.
With the understanding that energy is constantly flowing through the field and that Therapeutic Touch is simply supporting that flow, I offer the following exercise, to be done in pairs, to illustrate some of the points given above:
Step1. One person centers and unruffles the other's arm from shoulder to hand and supports the flow of energy out of the hand into the floor (grounding). This ensures an unimpeded flow.
Step 2. Then the working partner chooses a colour (blue, green, or yellow) and with an unruffling movement sends it into the field at the shoulder, through the arm and out the hand. Both practitioner and receiver should notice how this action feels to them and what if any impact it has on their breathing. Was the visualization of the colour easy to hold for the practitioner? Lightly unruffle and ground again to ensure that there is no energy build-up in the field.
Step 3. Again with a movement to support the flow of energy down through the arm, the working partner invites a rainbow of light from the unlimited supply of energy around us, to come into the field at the shoulder, move down through the arm and out the hand. Accompanying this is a suggestion to the field to take in, as much energy as it needs, in whatever colour is most appropriate for it. Again both partners should notice how this feels and what if anything happens to their breathing. Finish with a light unruffling and grounding.
Step 4. Change roles and repeat the exercise; then discuss experiences.
Please try this exercise to establish your own experience before reading my comments.
I have lead many classes and conference groups through this exercise and the comments in response to it are that the attempt to send a colour into the field is often met with resistance on the part of the field. This is experienced as a heaviness of feeling and holding of the breath on the part of the receiver and the difficulty of maintaining the colour image and depth of centering on the part of the practitioner.
On the other hand, the invitation to the field to choose the colour and amount of energy taken in results in comfort, relaxation and deeper breathing on the part of the receiver. The practitioner finds both breathing and centering deepening and the TT procedure is almost effortless. Feelings, impact on breathing and centering are all part of the information from the field.
We enter a treatment willing to listen to information from the field and without preconceptions about how the treatment will proceed. We continually monitor for clues from the field about its needs and how to proceed – clues that come in felt-sensations in our hands, images, intuitive prompting, and changes in our breathing and level of centering.
We work with the field rather than impose on it our own ideas about what its needs and how the treatment should proceed. The field knows how to move toward healing, and our work is simply to support that process. The act of TT truly is a partnership, with the field as leading partner.
1. Grant Hallman, "The Art of TT," In Touch, Vol. XIV, No. 1, Spring 2002
2. Barbara Janelle, "The Field Leads the Dance," In Touch, Vol. X, No. 4, November 1998
3. Barbara Janelle, "Therapeutic Touch – Affecting the Field: An Experiential Session," Vision & Reality 2000 Conference Papers, Markham, ON (November 4 & 5, 2000) (reprint of "Some Insights on Therapeutic Touch," Southwestern Ontario TT Conference Papers, Waterloo, ON April 28-30, 2000)
BJ/March 2002


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|Wolf/Husky. This skeptical-looking saxophonist was a lot of fun to draw, even if it's more "cartoony" than my usual style. Watercolor and ballpoint on extraordinarily cheap sketch paper.
|Portrait of the Artist as a Border Collie. This is actually modeled on Gavin, another one of my plushes, but he's wearing my clothes and sitting at my computer desk. For the record, the cheapness of the paper made my straight lines warp--the chair looks normal in the original. Cheap watercolor, cheap pen, cheap paper.
|Horses. I'm just not sure about this one, even disregarding the obvious goofs on the horse's legs and posture. First of all, how is the equinemorph hanging on? Watercolor and ink on sketch paper.
|Roni. A rather moody canine of unspecified ancestry, some sort of dog/wolf/dingo/coyote cousin. Watercolor and Uniball.
|Dating a Coworker. A border collie and a ram share a (small) bottle of wine. They seem to be enjoying themselves. Watercolor, colored pencil, and ink on sketchbook paper.
|Monday. A giant anteater contemplates a cup of coffee. I don't know how he's going to drink it, either. Watercolor, pen on sketchbook paper.
|"I don't want to get off on a rampage here..." Dennis Miller as a werewolf, the result of mixing paint fumes, random bursts of creativity, and late-night television. Watercolor, pen, and a black marker for the jacket.
|Valentine. I express, through Roni, my opinion of a certain so-called holiday. This was tacked to my door on Feb. 14, 2001. Watercolor and ink on sketchbook paper.
|Muse. This fabulous beast was born of a collision between "An American Symphony" from the film Mr. Holland's Opus and a description of a Chinese unicorn that I read a long time ago.
|Primal Snarl. The bastard get of a German shepherd, a wolverine, and a gargoyle, I think. Possibly drawn as a counterpoint to muse.jpg. Watercolor and ink on sketchbook paper.
|American Alligator. A peculiarly statuesque 'gator doing . . . something. Running? Dancing? Prancing? Just generally showing off his physique? This contrived pose and smirking gator are watercolor and Sakura pen on sketchbook paper.
|Madonna. A mother fruit bat cuddles her sleeping infant. Watercolor, colored pencil, Sakura pen.
|Oriental Dragon. An oriental dragon drawn as a birthday present for a friend. Watercolor and ink.
|Lailokos. Drawing done for Lailokos of YiffNet. Visit his Furnation site, and tell him I sent you.
|Rift, Again. Rift tries to open a tin of anchovies. Slow going with no thumbs. Anyway, watercolor and ink, on a 2"x3" scrap of drawing paper.
|Chimaera. I'm cheating. This drawing is out of continuity; I did it a several months ago, but didn't like it enough to upload it. Still, I fixed the egregious errors as best I could in MS Paint, and here she is: the Chimaera, the beast of Greek mythology who died rather gruesomely when Bellerophon, astride Pegasus, made her swallow molten lead. That bastard.
|The Recurring Unicorn. Well, what can I say? Here she is again. Every fantasist needs a unicorn character. I can't help it if mine happens to be a little . . . different.


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Griffiths, C (2014) Civilised Communities: Reconsidering the 'Gloomy Tale' of Immigration and Social Order in a Changing Town. The British Journal of Criminology, 54 (6). pp. 1109-1128. ISSN 1464-3526
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Immigration and its effects on crime, social disorder and community tensions remains a pervasive feature of public, government and academic discourse. This discourse often considers immigration, and immigrants themselves, as a threat to the community's existing moral and social order. This paper presents the findings of a case study that used quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the experiences of social order following a recent wave of Polish migration in a small working class town in the North West of England. The key findings show that the assumed association of migration with a disruption to social order receives little support. Rather, the social order in the studied locale is predominantly managed and maintained through 'civilised relationships' between migrants and established residents, thus failing to culminate into conflict between the two groups. This situation of 'civility' provides an alternative to the preponderance of previous research telling a 'gloomy tale' of immigration and its impact on local communities.
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Fulfilling our mandate to be an Equipping network…
In an effort to increase our ability to equip churches and their leadership we're adding to our menu of ad hoc regional events the possibility of trained, experienced Ecclesia leaders coming directly to churches to resource and enrich them.
Email Bob for more information and for costs associated with each training
Here's are some current offerings:
Spiritual Formation for Leaders and Teams
A day long session for your community's leaders which focuses on helping them gain an understanding of how God forms us, see the strengths they already have, view the challenges in their individual and corporate life through the grid of formation and the skills God would like to build through those challenges, and finally the new strengths/Christlikeness God is working to lead them towards.
We start with some formational prayer, move on to stages of formation as envisioned by Richard Rohr, the difference between the managed life and the forming life and then finally to individual and then corporate strengths/skills assessments as we discover together what God is up to in our midst.
Facilitator: Bob Hyatt
Elder Team Training
Coming out of their book Eldership and the Mission of God: Equipping Teams for Faithful Church Leadership, we have content and exercises for a one-day or one evening/one day intensive that helps Elder teams, especially those in new churches, get grounded in their work together, their relationships as a "community-within-a-community" and in all the myriad difficulties they will face or are facing together. The emphasis is on team health and mission-orientation.
Facilitator(s): J.R. Briggs, Bob Hyatt or both together
Core Team Trainings
As an adjunct to our Church Planter's training, we offer a Core Team training in which we walk core teams through much of the incarnational Ecclesiology, missionary church and theological foundations/foundational practices we present in the Church Planters training. Invaluable for helping your core team ground what they are doing in the mission of God and understand both the what and the why of planting a missional church.
Facilitator: Bob Hyatt, J.R. Briggs, Chris Backert
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Using the materials of 3DM and others, we'll take your leaders through the basics of creating a culture of discipleship, using huddles/small group discipleship and multiplying leaders. Practical, full of best-practice ideas, and applicable in any context.
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Even more than discipleship, this is the issue we hear most churches asking about. We offer a day-long training to help your leadership team reflect on the theological and practical foundations for building and sustaining your children's ministry, inspire innovation, and provide coaching for specific concerns facing your community.
Facilitator: Cyd Holsclaw
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On Saturday, I found the tools you introduced to be useful for introspection and to provide a lens for better understanding my own spiritual journey. Overall, it was just concretely useful; for instance, I have heard several folks in our community repeat the "forming life" question as they process a difficult experience."


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text: Groningen's 'Murakumo' with one of the best EP's of 2018 hasnt hit any of the heights he deserves. The EP was more a personal project rather than a release hence why it has stuttered on music platforms this year. I heard 'Thin Film Interference' in a friends mess around set and instantly shazamed it thinking it must be one of Canadian 'Jacques Greene's' new ones that slipped my mind. It wasn't, it was Murakumo, of course. The production of this tune is absolute class from start to finish. Do go and listen.


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PS3BlogCast Episode 45
Welcome to another episode of the podcast featuring FooBear, yours truly and a special guest, who has some dirt on our old friend FooBear. PAX just took place, and a few details of some upcoming games was released. Tune in to catch us discuss video game news, get into a Battlefield 3 discussion and hear an origin story from our special guest.
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- Metal Gear on the Vita loses Peace Walker
- Borderlands 2 getting post release character
- Sony puts an end to Qore
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- Resident Evil 6 Platinum Edition (Japan only)
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The Wednesday Call Live! With Andy Albright: November 11, 2020
The Wednesday Call (TWC) for November 11, 2020: Andy Albright will be covering how to get started, what goals you should be setting, and how to serve! Tune in to find out more on today's TWC LIVE!
The Live Show will air again on November 18, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. EDT.
The show is always available on NAAtv Live, but you could be a part of the live studio audience at the Alliance Headquarters and see Andy Albright in person! While you're here, you can chat with ABTF members, the Lead Performance Team and President's Club! Just email, call or text Missy at least one day in advance to reserve a seat. If you don't have her information, just call 336-227-3319 and ask for Missy. We hope to see you at AMP Studios for the next TWC show!
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Why Are Permits Important in Purchase Contracts and How Do They Affect the Buyer?
Barry and Keith continue their discussion about Alberta real estate, delving into how to deal with permits in purchase contracts. In this video, you'll hear why just having a permit isn't enough!
In Albert real estate purchase contracts, sellers must disclose whether there are any permits related to the property. If there are, buyers should put a term in the contract that says seller will provide building permit(s) and development permit(s). But make sure that the City has inspected and approved the work because having the permit doesn't guarantee that everything was up to snuff! Buyers need to know that the permitted additions or developments were both inspected and approved by the City.
This series of videos was produced in partnership with Keith Faria, the Tilt Property Group, and LLR Canada.
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Your Golf Travel, an official travel operator for the 2019 Solheim Cup, is reporting strong demand for its range of three-, five- and seven-night packages to follow the action at Gleneagles in Scotland next autumn.
The 16thSolheim Cup will be contested at the Perthshire resort from September 13-15, when the USA will defend against a European side keen to reclaim the cup on home soil. It will be one of the hottest tickets in golf through 2019, and YGT has designed a range of packages to give golf fans the opportunity to be there to witness the action unfold.
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text: US / Chris Christie Photographer Explains His Beach Scoop on Christie 'I wondered, what are the chances?' By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted Jul 3, 2017 11:31 AM CDT Copied New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie uses the beach with his family and friends at the governor's summer house at Island Beach State Park in New Jersey on Sunday. (Andrew Mills/NJ Advance Media via AP) Chris Christie has an enterprising news photographer to blame for his latest PR mess. At NJ.com, Andrew Mills explains how he got images of the governor lounging on a beach he had closed to state residents because of a budget impasse. Mills didn't know for sure that Christie would be at the governor's residence on Island Beach State Park, let alone on the beach itself. "But when Sunday's weather looked good, and the governor's schedule was open except for an afternoon press briefing in Trenton, I wondered, 'What are the chances ... ?" He called a pilot and up they went. Given that Christie and his family were the only ones on the beach, they weren't hard to spot. At one point, the governor looked "me dead in the eye" as he snapped a photo, Mills recalls. Coverage: story continues below Defiant: Christie insists he did nothing wrong. "The governor is allowed to go to his residences and I'm at my residences," he said, per Fox5NY. The governor said he made clear last week that he'd be going to the site regardless of budget progress. "What a great bit of journalism by the Star-Ledger," he added. "They actually caught a politician being where he said he was going to be with the people he said he was going to be with, his wife and children and their friends." Defiant, II: In a separate defense on Good Day Philadelphia, Christie said of his critics: "Well, I'm sorry, they're not the governor. This is a residence." Time has more on the back-and-forth. Quite a spin: After the photos were taken on Sunday, but before they were published, Christie told reporters, "I didn't get any sun today." Asked about the comment later, a spokesman said it was true because Christie was wearing a baseball hat. That's destined for the "spin Hall of Fame," writes Chris Cillizza at CNN, who thinks that Christie has perhaps "stopped caring." Fitting? So he made the bad decision to use the beach, then seemed to get caught trying to deny it, writes Aaron Blake at the Washington Post. "It's a pretty perfect coda to a Christie political career that is the stuff of Greek tragedies," he writes. "It's difficult to believe this is a man who was the GOP's great hope just five short years ago." The memes: NPR rounds up a few choice images on Twitter, including this one. 'Seinfeld shutdown': So why are lawmakers at an impasse? That's the worst part, writes columnist Tom Moran at the Star-Ledger. "It is about nothing, or close to it. It is the Seinfeld shutdown." He explains the main issue, about regulations over Horizon, the biggest insurer in New Jersey. (Read more Chris Christie stories.)


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File this under, "Welp, this is worse than we thought." A study published in Nature Geoscience finds that warm seawater is likely getting under an East Antarctica glacier and melting it from below. If the glacier's ice shelf melts, runway melting could cause another 11 feet of sea-level rise—that's on top of previous estimates.
Scientists have traditionally worried about the West Antarctica ice sheet, a low-lying region especially prone to runaway melting. Last year, two major studies concluded the West Antarctica ice sheet had started a slow-motion collapse, and there's nothing we can really do about it. Its melting will cause in estimated 10-foot rise in sea levels over the next few centuries.
This new study of the Totten Glacier in East Antarctica just adds more bad news and even more sea-level rise. After several research flights over the area, researchers were able to map out the depth of the seafloor below. Chris Mooney at the Washington Post explains what they found:
The result was the discovery of two undersea troughs or valleys beneath the ice shelf — regions where the seafloor slopes downward, allowing a greater depth of water beneath the floating ice. These cavities or subsea valleys, the researchers suggest, may explain the glacier's retreat — they could allow warmer deep waters to get underneath the ice shelf, accelerating its melting.
Once warm seawater erodes the ice shelf that separates glacier and ocean, seawater can pour into the low-lying area behind it, accelerating its melting, too. That's where the 11-foot additional sea level rise estimates come in.
All this goes to show how sea level rise can sneak up on us. The researchers were only able to detect the hidden troughs under the ice shelf after several flights with instruments measuring variations in Earth's gravity. Other surprises may lurk under the ice, too. Estimates are estimates, and they can be wrong in both directions, but in this particular case, it's looking like future generations are even more screwed than we once thought. [Nature Geoscience, Washington Post]
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Quick Facts
- There are more than 3,000 mosquito species worldwide. More than 150 of those species are present in the U.S..
- All mosquitoes have 4 distinct life stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult.
- A relatively small number of species transmit dangerous disease, but it's impossible for you to know which do and which do not.
- The red, itchy bump where a mosquito has bitten you is a reaction to the mosquito's saliva, and doesn't indicate whether or not it might transmit diseases.
- On average, more than 1,000 Americans become seriously ill or die as the result of diseases transmitted by mosquito bite.
- Only adult female mosquitoes bite; this is to provide protein for her eggs.
- A female mosquito needs one blood meal for every batch of eggs she produces.
- Mosquitoes actually feed on nectar, plant juices, and decaying plant material for sustenance.
- Mosquito eggs require standing, stagnant water to hatch into successful larvae, but they don't require much water for it to be possible.
- Mosquito eggs can survive as many as 7 years before hatching.
- With a 100% survival rate, a single mosquito could be responsible for over 1 billion mosquito descendants in under just 1 month.
What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You
Believe it or not, many scholars believe that the tiny mosquito may be responsible for more human deaths throughout history that almost any other organism. That's because they're more than merely a nuisance: they're a vector for parasites, bacteria, and viruses that are the causes of devastating human diseases, as well as parasites that can hurt your pets. That is to say, the mosquito isn't harmful in and of itself, but it is a delivery mechanism.
Transmittable diseases carried by mosquitoes:
- Dengue fever (rare in the U.S.; 100 million cases worldwide)
- Eastern equine encephalitis (eastern U.S., but rare; 33% mortality)
- Heartworm (threat to dogs throughout continental U.S.)
- Japanese encephalitis (rare outbreaks in U.S. territories in the Pacific)
- La Crosse encephalitis (about 100 U.S. cases annually)
- Malaria (in the U.S., acquired mainly in FL; 1 million deaths annually worldwide)
- Rift Valley fever (endemic to Africa)
- St. Louis encephalitis (4,651 U.S. cases from 1964-2005; 5%-30% mortality rate) ● West Nile virus (663 cases and 30 deaths in the U.S. in 2009)
- Yellow fever (last U.S. epidemic was in New Orleans in 1905)
Tips to Protect Yourself & Your Family in CT
While there are preventative treatments for certain disease, specifically malaria, there aren't vaccines available for the mosquito-borne diseases in the U.S. That's why the best way to protect yourself from these diseases is to protect yourself from mosquitoes. Here are a few tips to help you on your way.
- Eliminate standing water. We cannot emphasize this tip enough. Any standing water (i.e., water that does not move) can become a breeding ground for mosquitoes, so be sure to empty any containers that hold water and leave them upturned (e.g., kiddy pools, pet dishes). Clean or remove other objects that will gather water, including tarps and gutters. You may even need to consult someone about preventing standing water from gathering in trees or other landscaping.
- Install or repair screens. When the weather is lovely, we all want to be able to leave our doors and windows open. However, you need to have screens in place to keep the mosquitoes out. If you're somewhere without screens for some reason, at the very least you should use mosquito netting hung over furniture and beds.
- Practice personal prevention. Obviously, you should avoid going outside at times that mosquitoes are most prevalent and avoid areas where they're likely to be in large numbers. However, you should also use some kind of repellent, such as DEET, which contains proven, EPA recognized ingredients. Wear light-colored, loose-fitting clothing that minimizes the amount of exposed skin. That means leaving quickly if necessary! This is probably the most annoying act of self-protection. It interrupts or even puts a stop to your activities, such as dining at a restaurant patio or playing in the back yard with your kids. However, it's better to be annoyed than grievously ill.
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Exercise Part 2
Hello Friends,
Last month we talked about the importance of exercise. This month I would like to talk about the right kinds of exercise and also some dos and don'ts. So let's start with the good types of exercise, then we will get to those that are not so good. worse. First off let's start with gardening. Gardening is one of the best forms of exercise. It is done usually in the open air and sunshine. It requires many different types of movement. It requires strength at times and also provides the body with a sense of satisfaction of accomplishment. Done properly gardening also provides us with the proper nutrition to put on our tables.
Before going further please notice carefully that when God's eight laws of health are practiced properly and combined as they should be, there is a synergistic effect on the system, and the benefits are reaped to a much higher degree than practicing any one by themselves.
Another great exercise is walking. Walking, done properly, exercises almost every muscle in the body. Walking should be done outdoors optimally on a hilly terrain. This will allow for a better cardiovascular workout, and the peaceful environment will put the mind in a better condition. Walking should be done with the body erect and the head up and back, taking deep inhalations with the lungs.
Gardening and walking are in my opinion the two best forms of exercise when done properly. Other good exercises (when done properly) can include aerobics, calisthenics, biking, hiking, canoeing/kayaking, rebounding, and mild non-competitive sports. Although these can all be good, none can give you the sense of satisfaction as gardening. Being able to cooperate with God in providing for our own sustenance and also for our community simply makes gardening the best of the best. This is very biblical, for this is the very first employment God gave to man. Although he changed the conditions it was still for man's good after the fall.
I would like to touch on one more form of exercise that I do not recommend; that is running. Although running is probably better than not exercising at all, there are many disadvantages that come with it. First of all, running is very hard on the joints. The constant jumping up and down on the pavement causes many joint problems. Also running is very hard on the system. It takes the heart rate up to levels that are above that recommended and puts too much stress on the entire system. The more you run and the further you run the worse the results. If you are currently running all you have to do is start power walking, it is far superior to your health than running is.
What is the optimal frequency and intensity of our exercises? I believe one should have at least twenty minutes of good exercise per day. We should also be careful to practice moderation and not take exercise to the point where it puts stress on the body, as mentioned above concerning running. Signs of stress include, but are not limited to, lightheadedness and exhaustion.
I would like to close with some thoughts about what might take away from the desired results of exercise or may even be flat out detrimental. Exercise should be done outdoors whenever possible. Before signing up at a gym to exercise please consider some of the following. Indoor air is not of the same quality as outdoor air, and all outdoor air is not the same either. Country air or air around large bodies of water is optimal, while city air is polluted and to be avoided. The bigger the city, the more cars and factories, the more polluted is the air. Also, gyms usually play music that is detrimental to the health. Most beat-music goes against the natural biorhythms of the body and cannot be recommended. This is why you don't find drums in God's services in the Bible. Also all the mirrors in the gym tend to lead towards vanity and pull our thoughts away from our Creator. For these reasons, and more that are not mentioned, I cannot recommend gyms for exercise, except in rare cases where these problems do not exist.
I hope now that all of us can see the importance of exercise and some of the dos and don'ts. Until next month, may God keep you according to His will. (1 John 3:2)
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Q&A: What is a good Click Through Rate?
This is one of the most common 'it depends' question where the answer 'it depends' is reality. I'll try to explain why that question can not be answered without additional definition.
Consider these two words : 'TV' or 'Samsung 63 1080P Plasma HDTV FP-T6374'. Which is more specific?
Consider these two words: 'mysql database optimization' or 'mysql database hosting'. Which is more commercial?
Specificity and commercial intent are two major factors when considering how high your CTR should be. Yahoo has even offered a commercial intent search engine with Mindset. Microsoft adLabs has a nice commercial intent tool.
For the keyword 'TV', someone could be looking for:
- TV guide
- TV repair
- How to choose a HDTV
- How far should my new HDTV be from my couch
- What is the best plasma TV
For the keyword 'Samsung 63 1080P Plasma HDTV FP-T6374', someone could be looking for:
- Product guide
- Where to buy that specific TV
- What accessories go with that TV
We can quickly see that the more specific keyword is more focused around that specific product; where 'TV' is a very undefined query.
If you received a 2% CTR for the keyword 'TV' you could be doing exceptionally well (especially if it's broadmatched). If you have the top position for 'Samsung 63 1080P Plasma HDTV FP-T6374'; you may see a CTR well above 10%.
While CTR is a major component for quality score; (QS factors chart) CTR is normalized by position (i.e. Google examines expected CTR of position 1 vs 2 vs 3 etc and looks at your CTR as it relates to your keywords position – you are not penalized for not being in the top ad position).
It is more important for you to test your ads so you can improve on your own results than worry about trying to benchmark your own keywords.
So, what is a good CTR?
A keyword with a very high commercial intent and is very specific – 10%-20% from ad position 1 (or 5% from position 5 on the side) can be seen.
A keyword with a low commercial intent and is non-specific might gather less than a 1% CTR.
In both the above instances, you could have a nice CTR from a quality score standpoint.
So, what is a good CTR?
There isn't a good answer – it really does just depend.
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Great post on a question that probably gets asked at least by one client every day! haha I think something else to consider in the answer is the search engine being advertised on. Each engine has their own usage statistics and accordingly differnet products/messaging will perform differently.
Again, nice work on the post! I'm def. going to utilize this line of thinking going forward!
I think a CTR with a value more than 10% is exceptional. An average website owner is very happy with lower, let's say 2-3%, CTR as well.
Thank you for not just saying "it depends" and rambling about why it depends. You gave some reasonable examples that have some numbers in them. I've seen other sites where the article in question never even puts a % in the article at all. When you first start a campaign, just like when you first start a business, you might expect a rush of activity. Giving people SOME clue-in as to reasonable CTRs is better than none at all. Thank you!
Agree with Criss, this is a really succinct and clear way of describing the "it depends" issue. Thanks!
I absolutely agree. But I would also mention that the ads of the other advertisers on the same position gives an answer about what is a good ctr. When I have the best ctr comparing to the other advertieser I will get the best QF.
I believe it is also important to look at the quality of the traffic. While you may get a high CTR for the term "TV" resulting in a large amount of traffic due to the fact it has a high search volume that does not necessarily mean there will be a high conversion rate. As mentioned the people searching for the term TV may be looking for television repair or TV guide so what good is that traffic going to be to you if your website sells television stands.
thanks for the info.. Just registered with our site…I see it very useful..
what i learned to you is this,
"Specificity and commercial intent are two major factors when considering how high your CTR should be."
but, i still confuse of ctr, i must read more about ctr.
If you are able to get a 10% clickthrough rate, that's incredible. Perhaps it's just the industry which I'm trying to get a decent clickthrough rate for, and my low budget, but I'm happy to see above 1%. That's also with quality scores typically in the 6 or 7's. Sometimes I have 10's, and sometimes 3's, but 6 and 7 is most common.
truthfully, i see double digit ctr only on search brand campaigns. missing was a discussion on ctr for display vs search. i'd say that 1% ctr on a display campaign would be amazing, granted it might be remarketing 😉
thanks for the insights Brad
The problem with clickthru rates is justifying them to the customer.
I recieved the following from mine.
our freind eric you met 6 months ago with shaun regards domain names thinks that your ad words is pretty shocking and not correct at all very poor
Yet when I look at the adwords analysis I find that the clickthu rates for some products
"Travertine Tiles" 4.24%
"Marble Tiles" 7.3%
"pool Tiles" 2.65%
The lowest is "bluestone Tiles" 2.36%
Considering that I have restricted the maximum bid to 96cents I would have thought that these figures very good.
This is a very competitive area in Australia.
I took this over from a previous person who simply took the google suggestions and achieving less than 1% clickthru this cheeses me off.
I know that the level of clickthru rate can depend on the competition and the product area.
But how do you respond to a customer that suddenly recieve outside advice especially when a customer really does not know anything about what goes on in this area.


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When are California employees eligible for leave?
California employers in the state should note that workers may be eligible for other types of leave — even on their first day of employment. Here's what employment law attorneys told SHRM. Under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), covered employees can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period for certain specified reasons, such as to care for their own or a family member's serious health condition or for baby bonding. Employees…
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Factors to Consider When Choosing the Right Natural Hair Care Services
When you are choosing the right natural hair care services, you should consider how much they charge for their services. You should find out the charges which they charge for their services before hiring their services. You should know that for you to get the best hair care services, you should be prepared to go back into the bank. It is vital that you have your budget on the higher side, so as you will have enough money that will cater of the whole services. The products which are used are of high quality that why it is expensive to get the best natural hair care. You should make sure that the products which are applied on your hair is of high quality, so that you be assured that your hair will be safe. These salons that offer their services at a cheaper price they tend to use low quality hair products, that why it is good that you do not seek their services. The best way for you to find out about the quality of hair products that is being used is by requesting that they show you the sample of the products that they use. Furthermore, when quality hair products are used to make your hair, it will last for a long time hence that's an advantage to you.
Secondly, you should consider the reputation. It is recommended that you choose the natural hair care services that have a good reputation. It is essential that you get hair services from an individual who has a good reputation so that you get better services. When you ask your friends and family, you will be able to discover more about the natural hair expert. It is easy to get information from your friends and family. You will find it easy to select an individual who offers natural hair care services who has a good reputation, with the information that you would have gathered from your loved ones. When you use these online platforms such as Google, you will be able to know the reputation which they have. Reviews and testimonials of the customer who had the experience of the services of the hair expert that you intend to get the services to in the internet. You should ensure that you have read the latest comments of the client so as to determine the reputation of the hair expert as up to date.
When you are choosing the best natural hair care services, you should factor in the experience level. When you are looking for the best natural hair care services, you should select the one who has more experience.
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Reputational risk casts shadow over beer joint ventures in emerging market
Japanese beverage maker Kirin Holdings on Wednesday announced that its audit of the financial and governance structures of its business partner in Myanmar failed to produce results due to a lack of information from its counterpart.
Kirin commissioned Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory to conduct an independent assessment of its partner, Myanma Economic Holdings, in June. "Unfortunately, the assessment was inconclusive as a result of Deloitte being unable to access sufficient information required to make a definitive determination," Kirin said in a statement.
MEHL is one of two big military-linked conglomerates in the Southeast Asian country, along with Myanmar Economic Corporation. It operates a wide range of businesses, ranging from finance, to agriculture, to mining. Kirin has two joint-venture companies with MEHL, Myanmar Brewery and Mandalay Brewery, holding a 51% stake in each.
MEHL has close ties to the military, which has been accused of massacring Muslim minority Rohingyas and destroying their villages. Critics say MEHL offers a conduit for finance that bypasses formal civilian government channels. The purpose of Kirin's assessment was to determine where proceeds from the joint-venture businesses end up.
A U.N. fact-finding mission published a report in 2019 listing dozens of foreign companies linked to the military-related conglomerates, including Kirin, and warned that the relationship "poses a high risk of contributing to, or being linked to, violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law."
The failure of the investigation to clear up doubts surrounding MEHL could expose Kirin to even greater reputational risk.
"[W]e remain committed to urgently finding a solution that is consistent with our approach," the drinks maker said in the statement. "A further update on our plans will be provided by the end of April 2021," it added. Following the announcement, a Kirin representative told Nikkei Asia that the company will seek options for a transparent system to ensure that none of the proceeds from the joint ventures are used for military purposes.
Kirin decided in November to suspend all dividend payments from Myanmar Brewery and Mandalay Brewery to shareholders in Kirin and MEHL "in view of a significant lack of visibility regarding the future business environment." On Thursday, Kirin stated that the suspension will continue.
"It is wholly unacceptable for any proceeds from our Myanmar joint ventures to be used for military purposes, which is the fundamental condition of the joint-venture agreement," the Japanese company said. "Kirin takes its responsibilities in Myanmar seriously, and will continue to take the necessary action to ensure its business activities in the country adhere to the highest standards," it added.
According to a Kirin disclosure, Myanmar Brewery had 32.6 billion yen ($316 million) in sales and 12.9 billion yen in what Kirin calls normalized operating profit for the year ended December 2019. That amounted to 6.8% of the group's total normalized operating profit.
Myanmar Brewery is the dominant beer maker in Myanmar and is widely known in the country for its flagship Myanmar Beer brand.
The Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business recently reported after meeting with the management of directors of MEHL that at present most of the company's profit comes from Myanmar Brewery. The Yangon-based civic organization said MEHL's financial statement for the fiscal year 2018/2019 "appears to show income from operating activities and other income totaling approximately $110 million."
According to the U.N. mission and the civic group, MEHL has a body called the "patrons group" that oversees the board. It is headed by the Myanmar military's commander in chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing. The same explanation is given in a document obtained by Nikkei Asia from a source close to MEHL.
The conglomerate's shareholders include a number of military organs, such as "regional commands, divisions, battalions and troops," apart from individual shareholders, who are all serving or retired military personnel, according to international human rights group Amnesty International.
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I stopped in the L'Occitane store in the Pittsburgh airport the other day, really to do nothing more than kill time, only to be surprised by a host of new and re-released fragrances. Which was the scent that stole my heart and made the biggest impression? Easy: their newest fragrance for men, Eau des Baux; a blend of cypresswood and incense with hints of cardamom and coumarin.
Eau des Baux opens with an ambery blast that immediately reminds me of Nina Ricci Memoire pour Homme and L'Artisan Tea for Two — warm, resinous, almost-smoky, with sweet honeyed tones. Within 15 minutes the scent relaxes and becomes much more subtle and here I'm reminded of Boss by Hugo Boss or Dior's Bois d'Argent; the drydown exudes the warmth of an aromatic pipe tobacco. This is really the entire story, with the coumarin adding an almost vanillic edge, and the cypress adding a hint of powdery woods.
The scent goes on strong and then quickly settles into an ambery second-skin aroma. Thirty minutes on the skin and the scent is in its final and permanent stages. Forty-five minutes in and I find myself thinking that I should add a hint of coffee bean oil to this scent to give it a deeper base. Heck, this one could be easily accented with anything from patchouli to almond and the area of my skin where Baux overlapped L'Occitane Vetyver was even more heavenly! Alas, though I love the scent, I get the distinct feeling that somehow the composition is unfinished, or lacking something.
I was surprised that when testing the sample later at home, the overall aroma seemed slightly more subtle than I had imagined, which quite frankly is a good thing considering the potential for "ambery goodness overkill". The unisex factor is high on this one — I can think of more than a few gal pals who will swoon the first time they sniff this — and the sillage and longevity are both average, which is par for the course with L'Occitane.
This is going to be a hit for L'Occitane, I feel it. Though with five other re-releases and current standards, not to mention the tea trio, fleurs collection, lavender and verbena aromas, and of course, fragrances like the recently re-released classic, L'Occitane Amber, there's a lot of competition. But I immediately liked this and thought that though I would be very unlikely to wear Baux in the summer, this simple yet stunning composition will be perfect for the fall.
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I was reading a blog post from one of my favorite MetalSmith pals BZ - of Cosmos Moon. She talks about "Gifts for MetalSmiths" this being the season of giving. The first thing that came to mind was this wonderful post by my go-to Tool man - Lee Marshall of Knew Concepts - the designer of the Bonny Doon Hydraulic Press, Knew Concepts Saw, MicroFold Brake and multi award winning engineer.
Photos Include: Bracelet by Cynthia Eid using the MicroFold Brake; Microfold Brake; Knew Concepts Electric Saw; thrilled workshop attendee using the electric saw!
I Make Jewelry for Jewelers
by Lee Marshall
Who hasn't seen Tee shirts emblazoned with sayings such as "TOOL FOOL", bumper stickers with "I BRAKE FOR TOOLS"?
How many times have you as a jeweler, given an encircled
picture or catalog description of a tool or machine with the notation saying: "This is the one that I want for my anniversary, wedding, birthday, holiday, etc"?
Jewelers fall into a very special category of unique individuals. Those on the "outside" have a hard time coming up with gift ideas for them.
Flowers won't work with this crowd; candy leaves them cold, brandy isn't the answer, and diamonds...they would only use them to make something for someone else! No, the best way to show love or friendship to this group is to give them a tool.
These folks still cherish their very first good tool, and probably still use it every day. In my case, I still have tools given to me by my father over sixty years ago, and even though I don't use them much anymore, as our interests diverged, I still fondle them with reverence.
Good tools free creativity, while poor tools limit it. I have been making tools for jewelers and metalsmiths for more than twenty years, and for the longest time didn't recognize that my appreciation for tools and machinery was shared by others. This was brought home to me when I shipped a tool
to a customer and it happened to arrive on her birthday, along with a box of long-stemmed roses from her brother, and a package from her husband. As she related this story to me later, she confessed that she opened mine first. After all, the piece that she was working on needed the tool to finish it, and her husband would get to see her open his gift to her. Now, this is rationalization of the first order.
For the past 20 years, I have been trying to figure out how to describe to others what it is that I do. I realize now that I occupy a very small niche within the universe circumscribed by the field of jewelry. While some would say that I am an insignificant piece of the larger puzzle, I feel that I
participate in making objects of beauty.
That's good enough for me.
What I do is create jewelry for jewelers.


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M2E Control unit for access control, 2000 users, 433.92 Mhz Allmatic radio receiver, 2 inputs for proximity reader, 2 output relays, users managed via display, 12/24 Vac/dc.
|Technical features
|Power supply
|12/24 Vdc
|Integrated 433.92MHz radio receiver, 4 channels + 2 inputs with Wiegand protocol
|Memory capacity
|2000 users
|No. of output relays
|2, controlled by two Wiegand inputs and/or by radio input, with the possibility of selecting channel address for each relay.
Example: channel 4 transmitter on relay 2.
Contact for enabling reading function on the door (one for each relay).
Inputs for forcing activation of the single door ("door opener" push-button)
|Relay operating mode
|Timed from 1 to 180 seconds
|Relay contact rating
|4 keys (FUN (yellow), INC (blue), DEC (red), VAL (green)) and 4 displays
|Other functions
|RS/485 serial communication port for transferring data to a slave unit
|Dimensions and weight
|70 x 90 x 60 mm, 260g


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December 5th, 2013
Add some STEM to your School!
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BBC One wants what you have. Today, the network released a trailer for its upcoming mini-series, Capital.
The three-part series stars an ensemble cast, led by Toby Jones.
The story follows the residents of the diverse Pepys Road in London. There, property values are rapidly rising, sending the neighborhood into rapid change as well. Then, the residents all receive an unusual postcard one day. It states, "We Want What You Have." The series explores the mystery behind the postcards and the "lives of ordinary people who find themselves caught and changed by a city at a time of extraordinary flux."
Peter Bowker, creator of BBC's Blackpool and Desperate Romantics, has developed the mini-series.
No word yet on whether an American network will carry the series.
Take a look at the trailer below:
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Posted Monday 15 April 2013
The search has begun for the best businesses in South London as the 2013 South London Business Awards aim to discover and showcase the borough's finest businessmen and women.
The awards are free to enter and open to any business in South London. Companies have until 10 May 2013 at 5.00pm to enter the awards, which will culminate in gala dinner and awards ceremony on 4 July 2013 at the Riverbank Park Plaza.
There are 11 different categories and companies can enter as many categories that they fit the criteria for. Kingston University is once again sponsoring the award for Best Business for Training and Development.
Full details on how to enter and regular updates on the awards can be found at: www.slbawards.co.uk or contact the Business Awards Team on 020 8253 4256 or email email@example.com.
The inaugural Kingston Business Excellence Awards are a joint venture between Kingston Chamber of Commerce, the Royal Borough of Kingston and Kingstonfirst to showcase the outstanding talent which makes Kingston unique.
There are 12 categories to enter and Kingston University is sponsoring the award for 'Best Creative Sector Business'. Register your company now at www.kingstonawards.co.uk before Friday 28 June. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner and awards ceremony on Thursday 24 October at the Holiday Inn, Kingston South.
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Where I stand on the Golden Crown Literary Society's clarification of its inclusive language. Short answer: I'm 100% for it. Also, pic of my favorite rainbow unicorn.
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Low Tech Podcast, No. 14 – 27 Jan 2017
The Open Source Seed Initiative and its mission to "free the seed."
Find out more about the Open Source Seed Initiative on their website.
Also, below is a playlist of videos covering basic seed saving information from Work With Nature.
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These things considered, the history of the following letter (which must be gathered from itself) will be sufficiently intelligible. Cotton. had lent Bacon a copy of the first part of Camden's manuscript, that it might have the benefit of his criticisms and suggestions; and had lately, I suppose, sent to ask for it again, as he was going to carry a copy to the King. This is the letter with which Bacon returned the manuscript: the original letter, preserved among Cotton's own collections, and now in the British Museum.
To SIR ROBERT COTTON.1
You may think the occasion was great and present, that made me defer a thing I took much to heart so long: I have in the blank leaf supplied some clauses, which, warranted by your kind respect and liberty, I wish were inserted for my father's honour, as a son, I confess; but yet no furder than I have the two great champions, both truth and opinion, of my side. They be but three places, and that you may readily find them I have turned down leaves; desiring you to reform the Latin or the sense by your better style and conceit; which done, if it please you (being but three pages) to have them written again, and so incorporate them into the copy you carry to the King, you shall content me much; who I think am no unfit man to give you some contribution or retribution to your worthy intention. So in haste I
Gray's Inn
Your assured friend,
this 7th of April 1610.
If Cotton adopted Bacon's suggestion and had the three pages cancelled and written out fair with the proposed additions, it would account for the absence of all traces of Bacon's handwriting upon the original copies. But as it is not likely that so much trouble would be taken with any copy except that which was to be sent to the King, we might expect to find the clauses in question appearing as insertions in the margin or blank page of some other copy. Now in MS. Faust. F. IV. (which is described in a note by Cotton himself as "the
sæculi LXXXII. . . . In iis te præcipuam partem vindicare tunc nesciebam.... E Villabonio nostro per ferias Paschales rebus prolatis A. C. MDCXIII." Jac. Aug. Thuanus V. C. Gul. Camdeno S. D. (Ibid. p. 139.)
Cott. MSS. Jul. C. III. f. 11. Original: own hand.
first copy, after mended") I find, among other marginal insertions, the three following which have reference to Sir Nicholas Bacon, and may possibly be the clauses which Francis supplied.
1. At page 8, the list of the persons whom Elizabeth on first coming to the throne chose to be of her Privy Council ended (as the manuscript originally stood) with the words "paulloque post, Nicholaum Baconum." In the margin the following clause is directed to
be inserted after "Baconum."
"Cui custodiam magni sigilli commisit; virum consilio et dicendi gravitate præstantem, quique cum Cecilio affinitate conjunctus et sententiis concors, magni rebus gerendis in novo regno momenti fuit." But a line is drawn through the words after "quique," and they are not found in any of the printed copies.
2. At p. 14, speaking of the first act of Elizabeth's first Parliament, in which she was declared Queen, as being "justly and lawfully issued from the blood royal, according to the order of succession prescribed by the estates of the realm in the 35th year of Henry the Eighth," and observing that "the statute wherein her father had excluded her and Queen Mary from the succession of the Crown was nevertheless not repealed," Camden had added "wherein Bacon's wisdom (upon whom as the oracle of the law the Queen wholly relied in such matters) in some men's opinion failed him; especially considering that Northumberland had objected it against Queen Mary and her (and in that respect Queen Mary had repealed it as far as concerned herself), and some seditious persons afterwards took occasion thereby to attempt dangerous matters against her, as being not lawful Queen; albeit that the English laws have long since pronounced That the crown once worn taketh away all defects whatsoever.'" And there the first copy stopped.
After the words "defectus tollere" the following passage is inserted in another hand."
"Ab aliis autem hoc ipsum prudentiæ Baconi dabatur, qui in tantâ legum atque actorum perplexitate et inconstantiâ, cum quæ pro Elizabethâ facerent cum ignominiâ et probro Mariæ conjuncta forent, ulcus vetustate obductum refricare noluit, sed quibusdam verbis ad honorem Elizabethæ prælibatis, ad eam demum se applicuerit legem, scilicet de quâ diximus, anno 35 Henrici latam, quæ utriusque famæ et dignitati quodammodo æqua fuit."
"By others however that very thing was imputed to Bacon's wisdom; who in such perplexity and inconsistency of laws and acts, finding that the things which made for Elizabeth were joined with ignominy and reproach of Mary, was unwilling to rub up again a 1 See Hearne's edition, p. 27. 2 Ibid. p. 34.
sore that had skinned over with age; but preferred rather, after some words premised in honour of Elizabeth, to fall back upon the law above mentioned-a law passed in the 35th year of Henry, which did equal justice in a manner to the fame and dignity of both."
3. The third and only remaining clause which I noticed in this manuscript as being at once an interlineation and a passage bearing upon the character of Sir Nicholas Bacon, relates to the abortive conference at Westminster on the 31st of March, 1559, between the Papists and Protestants, at which he presided as moderator; and which was broken off because the Papists objected to the order of proceeding, and he would not allow it to be altered. Camden had represented the Papists as complaining that they had been hardly used, both because they had had only a day or two's notice of the questions to be discussed, and because Bacon, a man little versed in theology and a great enemy of the Papists, presided as judge: whereas (Camden added) he was appointed only to keep order. After which words, the following clause (written in the margin in Camden's own hand) is marked for insertion.
"Sed quod verissimum, illi rem serius perpendentes non ausi sunt Pontifice Romano inconsulto res tantas, et in ecclesiâ Romanâ minime controversas, in quæstionem vocare."
"But the real truth was that when they came to consider the matter more carefully they did not dare to call in question things of such importance and about which in the Church of Rome there is no controversy at all, without first consulting the Pope." (Implying that their complaint of Bacon's conduct as moderator was a mere pretext, and that their objection to the order of proceeding was invented for the purpose of putting an end to the conference.)
This belonged to the Easter recess; when "contribution and retribution were the words most familiar to the ears of all Parliament men.
Of the fruits of the long vacation we have no particular account: for it does not happen that any of Bacon's literary or philosophical works can be identified as works of that summer. Two or three letters are all the records that remain.
The first is a piece of official business; intelligible enough, and not without value as a sample of that kind of work; though the subject does not (so far as I know) possess any historical interest.
It may please your Honour, in answer of your letter of the 2nd of this present, but not delivered to my hands till the 20th thereof, concerning Sir Robert Steward his petition exhibited to his Majesty in the name of Edward Williams, for the new founding of the Hospital of St. John's in the town of Bedford; I have examined the state of the cause, as far as information may be expected by hearing the one side; and do find; that this Hospital passed divers years since by a Patent of Concealment to Farneham from whom the petitioner claimeth: that thereupon suit was commenced in the Exchequer, wherein it seemeth the Court found that strength in the King's title, as it did order the Hospital should receive a new foundation, together with divers good articles of establishment of the good uses, and an allowance of stipend unto the Master. Nevertheless I find not this order to be absolute or merely judicial; but in the nature of a composition or agreement; and yet that but conditional; for it directeth a course of judicial proceeding, in case the defendants shall not hold themselves to the agreement. And yet notwithstanding this order had this life and pursuance, as I find a letter of the Lord Treasurer his Lordship's father to the then Attorney, for drawing up a book for the new foundation. After which time, nothing was done for aught that to me appeareth; no patent under seal, no stirring of the possession, no later order: neither doth it appear unto me likewise in whose default the falling off was. But now of late some four years past and about fourteen years after the former order, upon information given of the King's right to the late Lord Treasurer, Earl of Dorset, his Lordship directed a sequestration of the possession, and that without any mention of these former proceedings; but that being as it seemeth swiftly granted, was soon after by his Lordship revoked. The pretenders unto the right of this Hospital (with whom likewise the possession hath gone) are as it seemeth the Master of the Hospital (at this time one Dennis) and the town of Bedford, who claim the patronage of it. But in what state the Hospital is for repair or for employment, according unto the good uses, or for government, I can ground no certificate. And
1 S. P. Dom. James I., vol. 57, no. 26. orig.
therefore it may please you to signify unto his Lordship, as well the state of the cause heretofore opened, as my opinion; which is, that it were great pity that this Hospital should continue either not well founded or not well employed, the rather being situate in so populous and poor a town; and that nevertheless herein some consideration may be had of the patentee's right: but for the present that which is at first meet to be done I conceive to be, that the other party be heard; and to the end to avoid a tedious suit (which must be defended with the monies that should go to the sustenance of the poor) his Lordship may be graciously pleased to direct his letters as well to the town of Bedford as to the present Incumbent, that they do attend a summary hearing of this cause; (if his own great business will not permit) before some other that he shall assign: in which letters it would be expressed that they come provided to make defence and answer to three points: that is, the King's title nowin the Patentee, the order and agreement in the Exchequer, why it was not performed; and the estate of the Hospital, whether it be decayed and misemployed.
And so I leave to trouble your Honour, from Gray's Inn, 23rd August, 1610.
Your Honour's to do you service.
The next letter reveals an interesting and unexpected fact, which though the evidence bas been before the world in Mr. Montagu's edition of Bacon since 1830, has remained hitherto, so far as I am aware, unnoticed.
We learn from it that till nearly the end of August 1610 Bacon's mother was still living. We have heard nothing of her since the Spring of 1600, and then only that her "health was worn:" and the silence about her is so complete that it has been supposed that she died soon after.2 That we have no letters of later date from her or to her, is indeed not surprising. Those of earlier date, of which we have such a great number in the Lambeth collection, would probably never have been heard of but for Anthony Bacon's habit of keeping all his correspondence without distinction, and consequently leaving behind him so many bundles of imperfectly arranged papers, the valuable and the worthless mixed confusedly together, that they 2 Biogr. Britan.
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100% Pinot Noir from the Bendigo (46%), Gibbston (40%) and Pisa (14%) subregions of Central Otago, New Zealand. The wine spends 10 months in French oak and has residual sugar of just 2 grams per liter.
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From the bottle:
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Your support and enjoyment of this wine allows us to fund conservation projects that will directly enhance their chances of survival. Thank you.
A floral scented, rich and juicy Pinot Noir. Layered with fine tannins, raspberry and blackcurrant, wild strawberry and spice flavours.
13% Alcohol
The 2013 Mohua Pinot Noir begins with a pretty classic New Zealand Pinot Noir aroma full of red cherry, strawberry, cranberry, a touch of spice and a very nice earthy streak. It does need a bit of air to open up - I liked it from the get-go but it just kept getting better the more time it had in the glass. The light to medium-bodied wine has similar flavors to the nose with lots of very sweet, tart fruit, good spice, a continuing earthy streak and a smooth texture. There are also plenty of good oak and red licorice notes. The finish is dry and dusty with more sweet fruit plus some lingering coffee and cocoa.


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Gender Masculine
Usage Turkish
Pronounced Pron. ees-kyehn-DEHR [key·IPA]
Note In Turkish this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as İSKENDER in uppercase and iskender in lowercase.
Meaning & History
Turkish form of Alexander.
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