(GREAT WAR) AM IHS DG Pray for the men of this Parish of St Wilfrid who so generously laid down their lives for their country in the Great War 1914-1918. (SECOND WORLD WAR) Pray also for the souls of these men of St Wilfrid's who died in the Second World War 1939-1945.

Names: Aspinall, Henry; Atkinson,Henry; Baines,Hubert; Baines, Reginald; Birtwistle, Alfred; Brown, Adrian; Brown, Arthur; Challoner, Robert; Challoner, Wilfrid; Challoner, Leo; Cltheroe, Henry; Cornwell, John; Cosgrove, James; Costello, Hugh; Cottam, Joseph; Craven, Joseph; Dewhurst, Henry; Duckett, Francis; Duckett, Vincent; Duckett, John; Eccles, Francis; Farrel, Thomas; Finch, William; Ford, Walter; Forrest, Richard; Frawley, James; Gallagher, Joseph; Gardner, Phillip; Garlick, Robert; Gilgun, John; Gregg, Benjamin; Gregg, Charles; Green, John; Green, Joseph; Hanlon, William; Hatch, Thomas; Hatch, William; Hogarth, Joseph; Holden, Wilfrid; Holmes, Robert; Holt, Joseph; Horn, Sylvester; Hothersall, Herbert; Houghton, Arthur; Hubberstey, John; Hydes, James; Iddon, George; Jackson, Hugh; Jenkinson, John; Kelly, Patrick; Kelsall, George; Kinsella, William; Knowles, Richard; Larcey, Joseph; Larcey, Patrick; Loud, John; Lovelace, Hubert; Lupton, Lawrence; Lynch, Leo; MacLachlan, Alexander; MacMullan, Thomas; Maguire, Thomas; McCartney, Andrew; McDougall, John; McGiveney, Philip; McGuiness, William; McHugh, John; McHugh, Thomas; McLaughlin, John; Moran, Stephen; Morris, Thomas; Murray, Frederick; Murty, William; Naylor, Charles; Newton, Conrad; Noble, Basil; Noblett, John; Ormerod, James; Park, Philip; Parker, Leonard; Parry, James; Pyke, William; Ratcliffe, Francis; Rattle, Louis; Harrop, John; Rawcliffe, Thomas; Riordan, John; Roach, Joseph; Scarborough, Bede; Sharples, George; Smith, Joseph; Southworth, George; Spencer, Joseph; Stanton, Thomas; Sumner, Percy; Swarbrick, James; Tierney, Patrick; Tommony, Henry; Turberfield, William; Turner, Francis; Twist, John; Warburton, Robert; Warewing, Daniel; Whelahan, George; Wignall, Henry; Wignall, Matthew; Wilson, William; Woodcock, George; Woods, Arthur; Worden, James; Worden, John; Carter, Joseph; Park, Thomas. (SECOND WORLD WAR) John Bateson; Richard Cairns; Wilfrid John Lund; Wilfrid Melling; Cyril McCarthy; John William Rawsthorn; Rev. Edward Richardson; Edward Ridgewill; Philip Rousseau; James Smethurst; John Unsworth; Thomas Walsh; John Thurston Winder. Laus Deo Semper.

Jesuit church dating originally from the immediate post-Relief Act period, but almost entirely and magnificently rebuilt in the late nineteenth century. Particularly notable for the richness of the internal architecture and furnishings. Located in the Winckley Square conservation area.The old faith clung on tenaciously in Preston. In 1582 the Lord President of the North wrote to the Bishop of Chester: ‘In your like countries there is plenty of Jesuits and massing priests. I wish I might hear that some preachers are planted there to cross them. I hope before this you have one in Preston’ (Warren, p 10).The Preston Mission was served by the Society of Jesus from 1701. A large (for its time) chapel was opened in 1761 in Friargate (the site of the later, and now demolished St Mary’s). The Catholic James Boswell visited this and found it ‘so filled with seats that I wondered at so much indulgence by the Civil Magistrates (Warren, p.24). This was plundered during the election riots of 1768.In 1773 Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society of Jesus. However Bishop Challoner, effective head of the Church in England and Wales, was kindly disposed towards the ex-Jesuits and allowed them to continue to serve their missions.In 1776 Mr Joseph Dunn, the famous ‘Daddy Dunn’ arrived at Preston to help lead the Preston Mission, a role he was to fulfil for 51 years. In 1792 (that is, very soon after the Second Relief Act of 1791 legalised the building of public places of Catholic worship), he oversaw the building of a new Chapel in Fishergate. Opened in 1793, this became the church of St Wilfrid.This was a non-conformist-style galleried church of the type that widely prevailed in the immediate post-Relief Act period. Its outer shell survives to this day, and is most discernible at the east end. However, by 1877, when work began on the present church, it was considered very old fashioned, especially compared with the other great churches (St Walburge, St Ignatius, English Martyrs) that had now risen in the town. In 1877 Fr Jackson addressed a public meeting, which was reported as follows:St Wilfrid’s ought at least to be equal if not superior to other churches and they intended to make it so (loud applause)…they were going to give the congregation…a substantial new church, which would be beautiful…It was to be in the Italian style – a truly and emphatically a Jesuit church (applause)…They would sweep through every obstacle. The galleries had been the subject of great difficulty to them…but he might tell them that their present intention was to say ‘goodbye to the galleries’ (applause)…Galleries were a thing of the past; they did not look well; and would, moreover, interfere with the entire structure of the church…’ (Warren, p. 75)The architect or this ‘Truly Roman Church’ was Fr Ignatius Scoles SJ (1834-96), the eldest son of JJ Scoles. He had qualified as an architect before becoming a Jesuit priest in 1860.Bishop O’Reilly of Liverpool presided at the opening of the building on April 25 1880.In 1884 the Jesuits left Church House, the presbytery built by Mr Dunn in 1793, and bought and adapted the present presbytery, which overlooks Winckley Square.In 1890 the plain external walls of the building, incorporating much of the 1793 chapel, were adorned with decorative terracotta, stone and brick detail, in an exuberant Italian Renaissance style, under the direction of S.J.Nichol. The interior was also further embellished with marble work.LIST DESCRIPTION:Roman Catholic church. 1793, rebuilt 1879-80 by Ignatius Scoles and S.J.Nichols. Red brick with much buff terracotta cladding and dressings, slate roof. Nave on north-south axis, with east and west aisles, east chapels and south apse. Italian basilica style. Six-bay nave embraced by tall aisles. High plinth dressed with sandstone, then rusticated terracotta to ground floor level, with bands, frieze and cornice of matching material. The gabled tripartite north front, the centre breaking forwards slightly, has a large round-headed doorway with very elaborate terracotta surround including tympanum with reliefs, and flanking side doors in similar style; a large circular window near the top flanked by monograms and under an enriched pediment, and windows to the tops of the aisles, of 2 round-headed lights, all these with elaborate terracotta surrounds. The west side has high-set round-headed windows with similarly elaborate surrounds.INTERIOR: basilica form, with colonnades of massive Corinthian columns in polished red marble mounted on square plinths of black marble; coffered barrel-vaulted ceiling; marble cladding to the walls and apse, in various hues, including giant Corinthian pilasters; mosaic portraits of saints over arcade to chapel; canted north gallery with ornamental cast-iron balustrade.

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I just want to give a MASSIVE thank you to this amazing person for getting me a pro account!

I am so amazingly grateful, this is the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for me.

Thank you so much. Really!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

With generous storage, a hob and sink combo and a 39 litre fridge, the kitchen area of the camper is finished in natural wood with Corian work surfaces.

Generous, approachable and tight 3-piece of some good ol' local guys who've been around "fer a minute or two."

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The frameless glass shower door is framed with Travertine trim. Generous molding details add volume and accent.

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The generous luminous flowers of the Hungarian collective Koros Design float in the city canal. The lush flowers are reminiscent of faraway places, exotic fauna, life in former colonies, the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom, and the flowers also indicate the beauty of the interplay of different colors, the splendor of harmony and contrast. The light reflected on the water turns the channel into a canvas.

Peter Koros studied MA Design at the Institute of Applied Arts in Sopron/Hungary. He founded studio Koros Design, where he works on various projects, from interior design and creative lighting solutions to autonomous work.

I never thought I'd ever get one of these, so very special thanks to Tina to generously making this happen.

Presenting the S.H. Figuarts Dragonball Super Future Trunks.

Dragonball characters often have a long and convoluted history. Even dead ones could come back to life at any given time, so death is not a certain stopping point.

I'm a bit confused on Trunks myself, or more specifically, Future Trunks. Trunks is the child of Vegeta and Bulma, and Future Trunks always seem to come from a some dystopian future. Originally introduced during the Cell Saga in Dragonball Z, I THINK that version of the character doesn't exist anymore having changed the future and all that.

This particular version comes from a future which is not ravaged by the Androids, but rather, is ravaged by Zamatsu, former Supreme Kai gone mad, and forms the basis for an entire story arc in Super resulting in Trunks gaining a new super mode known as Super Saiyan Rage, which looks like Super Saiyan 2 but with a blue and yellow aura.

But that's enough backstory - lets take a quick look at the actual figure itself.

Future Trunks comes with the figure itself which technically has two head sculpts - one normal mode, one Super Saiyan mode - with two face plates a piece. In the case of the normal head sculpt, you get a smiling and yelling, and for Super Saiyan you get yelling and gritted teeth with eyes to the right. Trunks also comes with his trusty Z Sword in broken, unbroken, and Sword of Hope modes, along with a Gallick Cannon effect and the usual assortment of weapon gripping and posing hands.

There is only one hand that can work with the Gallick Cannon effect, and there is a stand to hold the blade of the Sword of Hope for a slashing pose, though it only works for a downward slash as it is a fixed stand rather than a dynamic one.

Trunks is one of the few characters over the years that I can ever recall doing extensive fighting in civilian clothes. For the Super arc, he's dressed in.. well, Capsule Corp gear, along with his trademark boots and a fancy neckerchief. He's got blue hair now which apparently was the way it always was meant to be, as Bulma has blue hair, but was interpreted as purple for the Z series anime.

Trunks looks very accurate to his anime appearance, colours and all. Unfortunately, as his anime model only had like one second of swoleness, Trunks too remains relatively slim even in Super Saiyan Rage mode. But hey, Tamashii did a great job on that Super Saiyan hair, to the point that the hair has functional sharp points.

I guess one thing I don't quite get is why they painted the one part of the knee joint (on the torn pants side) white rather than leaving it as the grey - maybe this was something from the anime model?

You of course get the articulation of the base male Dragonball body, which includes toes, ankles, double jointed knees. hips which are permanently in the pulled down position to allow for greater range of motion, waist, mid torso, shoulders with chest collapse, bicep swivel, double jointed elbows, wrists, neck, and head. Overall, you'll get your desired pose out of the figure, but you'll probably need to find a flight stand to get the most out of it.

Paint work is beautiful, as tends to be case with the Dragonball offerings, probably because they're relatively simple. Don't get me wrong though - there's nothing wrong with simple, as executed right the result is stunning. Accent paints on the silver and gold parts are done with minimal smudging or other masking errors. All other areas are painted with a smooth, consistent texture that does not drown the underlying plastic details. The only exception is that weird grey paint app on the pants.

Finally, surprisingly the build quality of the figure is great. There are no issues with joints, material choices, limb length or alignment. Details on the figure are sharp, though there are some spots of poor sanding of plastic flashing - on the flip assembly seams seem to be better finished than the typical Figuarts figure.

As I've said before, Dragonball Figuarts are what I wish the Final Fantasy Play Arts Kai figure were. A good underlying body that combines good materials, articulation and build quality, along with QC on paint and assembly that shows despite having a monopoly on a product line, your company still cares about that sort of thing.

A flight stand and more effects parts would be nice, but that's pretty much consistent for all the Dragonball line,

Thanks again, Tina, for making this happen. I owe you a solid.

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With hindsight it was not the most auspicious timing for a premiere. In October 1928 – just a year before the start of the Great Depression – the 18/80 hp Mercedes-Benz Nürburg 460 (W 08 series) made its debut at the Paris Motor Show. Generously proportioned in every sense, the vehicle was aimed essentially at a wealthy clientele – not perhaps the most “opportune” customer base given the circumstances of the day. But then there was always the alternative perspective, for although the well-off had lost considerable amounts of money on the turbulent international markets, many had managed to manage their finances with care and put enough to one side to buy a new car - and make a statement in so doing. Then as now, a Mercedes-Benz was considered a sound investment. And for Mercedes-Benz the story had a happy ending, since in relative terms the W 08 enjoyed great popularity in the luxury and prestige class over a production lifetime of eleven years.

The Nürburg – as the vehicle became more familiarly known – was the last pillar of the new joint model programme following the merger of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie. in 1926 to form Daimler-Benz AG.

It was seen as the successor to the 15/70/100 hp six-cylinder supercharged model and underwent a hurried development under the supervision of Ferdinand Porsche. Other brands were already enjoying considerable success in the luxury vehicle segment, not least among them the Horch 8 produced by the German competitor Horch, a vehicle developed by none other than Paul Daimler after Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft had originally rejected his design.

The Nürburg was the first series model from Mercedes-Benz to feature an eight-cylinder engine. For this reason it was often referred to in some publications as the Nürburg 8, and the cover of early catalogues is adorned with a golden figure 8 embedded in a lozenge shape. It was christened the Nürburg not as a reference to any particular sporting ability, but rather as a tribute to its reliability – during endurance testing on the Nürburgring the vehicle had clocked up 20,000 kilometres in just 13 days and nights.

Built initially on a high-frame chassis, there was much about the Nürburg that resembled the stocky and impressive fortress its German name suggested. Yet at the same time it was rather old-fashioned and antiquated in appearance; vehicle construction and design had moved on and adopted new laws. Soon after its debut, therefore, the model underwent a thorough revision and was equipped with a low-frame chassis – one of the first tasks of Hans Nibel, Daimler-Benz’s chief designer who succeeded Porsche on January 1, 1929. The now much more visually pleasing Nürburg was again presented at the 1929 Paris Motor Show. The lower-slung vehicle had a longer, more elegant look, and was now every bit the equal of its competitors in terms of external appearance.

The power unit was an eight-cylinder in-line engine developing 80 hp (59 kW) from a 4.6-litre displacement in combination with a four-speed transmission. By popular demand it was joined in 1931 by a more powerful variant that developed 100 hp (74 kW) from a 4.9-litre displacement. This model was not officially available until later as the 19/100 hp Nürburg 500; for the not inconsiderable surcharge of 2,000 Reichsmark this variant came not only with the more powerful engine, but also an economy gear or “overdrive”, engaged to reduce engine speed for each of the four forward gears, and high-quality, high-performance Zeiss headlamps. From September 1932, an overdrive was also available on the 460 model at a surcharge of 1,400 Reichsmark.

Whereas the 500 was produced solely as a long wheelbase version, the 460 model was additionally available as a 240mm-shorter version bearing the additional designation letter “K” – not to be confused with the “K” in the name of the later supercharged vehicles. The shorter chassis was 50 kg lighter and fitted with 4/5-seat bodies, available as a saloon, open-topped tourer and Convertible D. The low-frame variant of the 460 K was also still available as the “St. Moritz” special convertible C. This model acquired the illustrious name of the winter sports venue in the Swiss Engadine region after the car beat all other competitors in an automotive beauty pageant in early 1930.

One special version of the Nürburg 460 built on the short chassis did not appear in any brochure or price list: a two-seater sports roadster, two examples of which were used in motorsports events. In the international Alpine Rally of 1929, Rudolf Caracciola and Otto Merz covered a distance of 2,660 kilometres in these unusual sports cars, as well as completing the eight-hour ADAC long-distance race for non-supercharged touring cars on the Nürburgring.

Production of the Nürburg 460 ended in December 1933

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Felicia Hadden, 15, peers through a window into the Imperial Theatre and points at the piles of countless toys, as her friend Ashley Patterson, 15, peeks in, as well. The two were waiting in line to receive gifts from the James Brown Toy Giveaway in Augusta, December 20, 2007. Because of James Brown's passing the previous year, Rev. Al Sharpton took over the reins of the holiday giveaway.

the line of parents and children went down a block.

Because of this gentleman I am able to enjoy a beautiful part of the countryside and gain a far deeper knowledge of its history. If only all land owners were so welcoming!

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Compassion contains fundamental fearlessness, fearlessness without hesitation. This fearlessness is marked by tremendous generosity, in contrast to the fearlessness of exerting one's power over others. This "generous fearlessness" is the fundamental nature of compassion and transcends the animal instinct of ego. Ego would like to establish its territory, whereas compassion is completely open and welcoming. It is a gesture of generosity which excludes no one.

Compassion begins to play a part in the practice of meditation when you experience, not only calm and peace, but also warmth. There is a great feeling of warmth which gives rise to an attitude of openness and welcoming. When this feeling arises, there is no longer any anxiety or fear that external agents will act as obstacles to your practice of meditation.

This instinctive warmth, which is developed in meditation practice, also extends into the post-meditation experience of awareness. With this kind of true awareness you cannot divorce yourself from your activity, To do so would be impossible. If you try to concentrate upon your action---making a cup of tea or any daily-life activity---and at the same time try to be aware, you are living in a dream-state. As one of the great Tibetan teachers said, "Trying to combine awareness and action in an unskillful way is like trying to mix oil and water." True awareness must be open rather than cautious or protective. It is open-mindedness, experiencing the open space within a situation. You may be working, but awareness could also operate within the context of your work, which then would be the practice of compassion and meditation.

Generally awareness is absent in our lives ; we are completely absorbed in whatever we are doing and we forget the rest of the environment, we seal it off. But the positive force of compassion and prajna is open and intelligent, sharp and penetrating, giving us a panoramic view of life which reveals not only specific actions and events but their whole environments as well. This creates the right situation for communication with other people. In dealing with other people, we must not only be aware of what they are saying, but we must also be open to the whole tone of their being. A person's actual words and smile represent only a small fraction of his communication. What is equally important is the quality of his presence, the way he presents himself to us. This communicates much more than words alone.

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/ CHOGYAM TRUNGPA / Shambhala Publications /

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Sočutje vključuje temeljno neustrašnost, neustrašnost brez obotavljana. Takšno neustrašnost označuje izjemna radodarnost v nasprotju z neustrašnostjo, ki uveljavlja svojo moč nad drugimi. Ta "velikodušna neustrašnost" je temeljna narava sočutja in presega živalski instinkt ega. Ego hoče utrditi svoje ozemlje, medtem ko je sočutje popolnoma odprto in vabi. Je gesta velikodušnosti, ki ne izključuje nikogar.

Sočutje začne igrati svojo vlogo v praksi meditacije, ko izkusiš ne le tišino in mir, ampak tudi toplino. Pojavi se občutek topline, ki vzbudi držo odprtosti in dobrodošlice. Ko se ta občutek pojavi, izginejo bojazni in zaskrbljenost, da bo nekaj zunanjega postalo prepreka naši praksi meditacije.

Ta instinktivna toplina, ki se razvije v praksi meditacije, se razširi tudi v po-meditativno doživljanje zavedanja. S takšno vrsto zavedanja se ne morete ločiti od svoje dejavnosti. Storiti kaj takega je nemogoče. Če se poskušate skoncentrirati na svoje delovanje---kuhanje čaja ali katerokoli vsakdanjo aktivnost---in hkrati biti v stanju zavedanja, živite v sanjskem svetu. Kot je dejal eden velikih tibetanskih učiteljev : " Nespretno kombiniranje zavedanja in delovanja je podobno mešanju olja z vodo." Pravo zavedanje mora biti odprto, ne pa previdno ali zaščitniško. Je odprtost, doživljanje odprtega prostora znotraj situacije. Lahko da delaš, toda zavedanje bi prav tako lahko delovalo znotraj konteksta tvojega dela, ki bi potem bilo praksa sočutja in meditacije.

Običajno je zavedanje odsotno v našem življenju ; popolnoma smo zaposleni s svojim delom in pozabimo na okolje, izločimo ga. Toda pozitivna sila sočutja in pradžne je odprta in inteligentna, ostra in predirna, daje nam panoramično videnje življenja, ki razodeva ne le določena dejanja in dogodke, ampak tudi cela okolja ali okoliščine. To ustvarja pravo situacijo za komunikacijo z drugimi ljudmi. Ko imamo opravka z ljudmi, se ne smemo zavedati le tega, kar rečejo, odprti moramo biti za celotno razpoloženje njihovega bitja. Zgolj besede in nasmeh osebe predstavljajo le majhen del njene komunikacje. Prav tako je pomembna kvaliteta njene prisotnosti, način, kako se nam kaže. To sporoča veliko več kot besede same.

Hinako generously prepared fancy delicacies including caviar and champagne at the table. It was a nice treat to enjoy under the stars.

It's a clear sky and so we know the two lovers were able to meet this year.

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The Expo is generously hosted by the State of Qatar and co-organized by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation and the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States. The main objective of the Expo is to serve as a platform for matching capacities of the solution providers with the needs of the solution seekers, which will potentially lead to practical exchanges of South-South solutions and experiences in the region. It is an opportunity for countries in the Arab States region to share achievements and replicate successes in the context of the production, marketing and transfer of solutions in response to shared development challenges. The three thematic focus areas of the Expo are youth and women’s employment, energy efficiency and renewable energy, and water and food security.

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Los Angeles residents showed their generosity when teams of uniformed off- and on-duty Los Angeles Firefighters were joined by Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) staff and volunteers at 20 locations citywide for the annual Fill The Boot campaign to raise money for MDA research and services. © Photo by Mike Meadows

1705-1759 Thomas Spencer of London, merchant, who by his industry, candour and integrity acquired an affluent fortune with unblemished reputation. Happy in the acquisition but more happy in rendering it conducive to the happiness of others . By exercise of the dictates of his generous beneficent heart n the laudable virtues of friendship and humanity"

monument signed by "Gyl Tyler ..sculpt"

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the memorial implies he left much to charity, but he willed his fortune to his family and friends.

Will of Thomas Spencer of St Mary, Bothaw, City of London. Merchant.

He left the bulk of his Estate to his sister, Esther Spencer, spinster: he left her all his possessions in the Manor of Weston in Holderness, Yorkshire, including Court Leet, Court baron, farms, etc. Also, £8,000.

He wishes his friends, James Norman, and John Cornwall, of London, merchants, and George Clifford his co-partner in trade – to be the Executors of his Will, but they declined in favour of the Testator’s sister, Esther when the time came.

His other property, situated in the County of York, and in the counties of Durham, Essex, Kent, and ‘elsewhere’ he left in trust to his 3 named Executors to whom £100 would be paid each, the arrangement being that his brother Richard Spencer & his heirs would enjoy these Estates.

To his niece, Dorothy Askew (late Boulby) now wife of Henry Askew - £5,000. (Dorothy & Henry were later to erect an expensive monument by Flaxman to his brother Richard Spencer 1784 at Hornchurch Essex www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5365Z9 )

Brother-in-Law, John Jefferson - £3,000.

Brother-in-Law, Adam Boulby Father of his niece, Dorothy Askew) - £200.

Uncle, Ralph Ward, Esq. - £200.

Cousin, William Gansell, Esq. - £200.

Cousins, Ralph, Thomas, and Rebecca Ward - £200 each.

Cousin, George Jackson - £200. And to his brother, Ralph Jackson, and three sisters, Esther, Hannah, and Dorothy - £100 each.

Cousin, Francis Fox - £500, and to his brother John Fox, and his sister, Mary Saunders - £100 each.

Cousin, William Manley, and his sister Rebecca - £100 each.

--- Cooper, spinster, residing in my house with my family/with my sister Esther Spencer - £1,000. Christian Poppe, my book-keeper (if in my service at the time of my decease) - £100.

To each clerk over 12 months in his service at the time of death - £50.

To the Poor of the Parish of Guisborough, Yorks., “where I was born” - £50

To Edward Dans, formerly of Riga, merchant, but now of Shottesbrook, Berks. One annuity of £50.

Will dated 7th October, 1758.

(Also he left all his Estates at Hornchurch, Essex, to his 3 named Executors ).

From the Church in Wroxeter, Shropshire

In 1863, a marble statue, by the Italian Sculptor Ulisse Cambi, was placed in the center of the square in honor of Francesco Burlamacchi (1498-1547), an Italian politician. The statue is inscribed: "Francesco Burlamacchi, a patrician and merchant of Lucca, who, with the generous thought of revenging in free state and ordering a common Tuscan Umbria Romagna as the principle to build the nation, glorified with his martyrdom the XIV of February MDXLVIII free Tuscany decreed MDCCCLIX, first of the XIII of September Italian Risorgimento”; see for the story of his martyrdom: translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http... /

Piazza San Michele is a public square in Lucca , today the main meeting point of the Lucca area. It is also nicknamed Piazza delle Catene due to the typical delimitation of the square through columns connected by heavy chains. The square is surrounded by medieval buildings easily recognizable by the architecture with round or pointed arches, brick facing and polifore windows. There are also impressive buildings such as Palazzo Gigli , built in 1529 on medieval houses and the Palazzo Pretorio (or Palazzo del Podestà ) of 1492 . It stands on the corner with Via Vittorio Veneto and houses under its loggias a bronze statue of Matteo Civitali by Arnaldo Fazzi . The loggias of Palazzo Pretorio are often the venue for artistic and gastronomic events and meetings. The pavement of Piazza San Michele was paved with herringbone bricks for the first time when the Palazzo Pretorio was built in the fifteenth century . Later in the eighteenth century it was raised with squares of gray stone and bordered by columns with chains. In 1863, a statue by the sculptor Ulisse Cambi was placed in the center of the square in honor of Francesco Burlamacchi. The square houses the magnificent Romanesque church of San Michele in Foro with its white limestone façade / Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of the Province of Lucca. It is famous for its intact Renaissance-era city walls. The walls encircling the old town remain intact, even as the city expanded and modernized, unusual for cities in the region. Initially built as a defensive rampart, once the walls lost their military importance they became a pedestrian promenade, the Passeggiata delle Mura Urbane, a street atop the walls linking the bastions. Lucca was founded by the Etruscans (there are traces of an earlier Ligurian settlement in the 3rd century BC called Luk meaning marsh in which the name Lucca originated) and became a Roman colony in 180 BC. The rectangular grid of its historical centre preserves the Roman street plan, and the Piazza San Michele occupies the site of the ancient forum. Traces of the amphitheatre may still be seen in the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro. At the Lucca Conference, in 56 BC, Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus reaffirmed their political alliance known as the First Triumvirate. The Holy Face of Lucca (or Volto Santo), a major relic supposedly carved by Nicodemus, arrived in 742. During the eighth-tenth centuries Lucca was a center of Jewish life, the community being led by the Kalonymos family (which at some point during this time migrated to Germany to become a major component of proto-Ashkenazic Jewry). Lucca became prosperous through the silk trade that began in the eleventh century, and came to rival the silks of Byzantium. During the tenth–eleventh centuries Lucca was the capital of the feudal margraviate of Tuscany, more or less independent but owing nominal allegiance to the Holy Roman Emperor. After the death of Matilda of Tuscany, the city began to constitute itself an independent commune with a charter in 1160. For almost 500 years, Lucca remained an independent republic. There were many minor provinces in the region between southern Liguria and northern Tuscany dominated by the Malaspina; Tuscany in this time was a part of feudal Europe. Dante’s Divine Comedy includes many references to the great feudal families who had huge jurisdictions with administrative and judicial rights. Dante spent some of his exile in Lucca. In 1408, Lucca hosted the convocation intended to end the schism in the papacy. Occupied by the troops of Louis of Bavaria, the city was sold to a rich Genoese, Gherardino Spinola, then seized by John, king of Bohemia. Pawned to the Rossi of Parma, by them it was ceded to Mastino II della Scala of Verona, sold to the Florentines, surrendered to the Pisans, and then nominally liberated by the emperor Charles IV and governed by his vicar. Lucca managed, at first as a democracy, and after 1628 as an oligarchy, to maintain its independence alongside of Venice and Genoa, and painted the word Libertas on its banner until the French Revolution in 1789. Lucca had been the second largest Italian city state (after Venice) with a republican constitution ("comune") to remain independent over the centuries. In 1805, Lucca was conquered by Napoleon, who installed his sister Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi as "Princess of Lucca". From 1815 to 1847 it was a Bourbon-Parma duchy. The only reigning dukes of Lucca were Maria Luisa of Spain, who was succeeded by her son Charles II, Duke of Parma in 1824. Meanwhile, the Duchy of Parma had been assigned for life to Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, the second wife of Napoleon. In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna (1815), upon the death of Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma in 1847, Parma reverted to Charles II, Duke of Parma, while Lucca lost independence and was annexed to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. As part of Tuscany, it became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1860 and finally part of the Italian State in 1861.

In eastern Ukraine, the generosity of people abounds. ÒHow could I refuse a person with a small child? I have two cats scratching at my door, but how could I leave a small child outside in these conditions?Ó Garina, 66, who took in Ireena, 34, and her daughter Masha, 3. ..Catholic Relief Services (CRS) teams are providing critical humanitarian relief in key areas of the Ukraine, where 1.5 million people have fled their homes as a result of the armed conflict between Ukrainian government forces and separatist groups in the Donbas regions. After a period of relative calm in December, events in mid-January 2015 showed an alarming escalation of hostilities in eastern Ukraine by pro-separatist rebels who identify with their Russian roots and seek independence from the Ukraine and Ukrainian forces fighting to keep the regions under government control...Photo by Volodymyr Nechaiev for Catholic Relief Services

Thanks to a generous donation from Reached out to Asia (ROTA), ANERA successfully distributed over 1,400 sets of sports gear and uniforms to Palestinian, Syrian, and Lebanese sports teams in different regions and camps across the country.

More than 2000 children are beneficiaries of the new sports gear, allowing them to create a sense of community and bonding among their teammates. “A sports jersey may not mean much to others,” explains Coach Khalil Mansour, the head of the Wahdeh Sports Club, ANERA’s local partner in Nahr el Bared Camp, “but for these children, who come from fragmented communities and are constantly faced with challenges, it helps them create a sense of belonging and community.”

Many young boys and girls living in refugee camps and tented settlements seek out sports opportunities as a temporary safe-haven from their challenging daily lives. As such, ANERA provides its local partners with more than just the resources to create sports teams. Rather, its assistance provides youth with the tools to create collaborative healthy and professional sports communities.

Outskirts of Sulaimaniya, northern Iraq

Mohammed has been living in this informal refugee camp for almost two months. His wife is sick and cannot access any medical care. Like everyone else in the camp, Mohammed and his wife rely mainly on food donations from the local Kurdish community. But while this demonstrates the generosity within the host community, Mohammed’s wife cannot eat the rice and chicken provided because of her illness. With no access to work or income, there is little chance that Mohammed’s family will be able to afford food, medicine and healthcare without outside help. Christian Aid partner REACH will be providing their family, and others in the camp, with much needed food supplies such as rice, oil, beans, lentils and salt.

Panginoon, turuan Mo ako maging bukas-palad

Turuan Mo akong maglingkod sa Iyo

Na magbigay nang ayon sa nararapat

Na walang hinihintay mula sa 'Yo

Nang makibakang di inaalintana

Mga hirap na dinaranas

Sa tuwina'y magsumikap na hindi humahanap

Ng kapalit na kaginhawaan

Na 'di naghihintay kundi ang aking mabatid

Na ang loob Mo'y siyang sinusundan

Amen

Dearest Lord,

Teach me to be generous.

Teach me to serve you as you deserve;

to give and not to count the cost,

to fight and not to heed the wounds,

to toil and not to seek for rest,

to labor and not to ask for reward,

save that of knowing that I do your will.

Amen

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Father Christmas generously provisioned me with a vintage camera this Christmastide.... A 1959-64 vintage Kodak Colorsnap 35, 35mm camera. It has a fixed shutter speed, with a Kodak 43.9mm Kodak Anaston lens with adjustable aperture. The aperture can be set according to film speed and equivalent value light scale, plus bright/cloudy weather conditions and flash settings. A slight advance on pure point and shoot.

1. das Auge, 2. vibrant place, 3. Inside Sitter Bridge, 4. ant is art, 5. not always a photographer friendly place, 6. Klostergarten Sankt Katharinen, 7. Grindelwald, 8. untitled HDR,

9. another balcony view, 10. Machine to thread needles, 11. Preparing for Carmina Burana, 12. Schloss Oberhofen, 13. Säntis, 14. Schützenbrunnen und Zeitglockenturm, 15. Santacruz Blur Anaglyph, 16. das Auge,

17. Old embroidery machine, 18. Bern Gesamtansicht, 19. ceramics, 20. Steve Peat's Santa Cruz V-10, 21. dhr1, 22. säntis tower torso, 23. Hiking Trail above Zwinglipass, 24. Steff's new Santacruz Nomad,

25. Hallstatt, 26. Sämtisersee HDR Anaglyph, 27. Luzern - Quai und Pilatus, 28. Anaglyphed Toyland, 29. IR-Anaglyph, 30. Ammonit, 31. so intense, 32. Raleigh bike,

33. Wood Bike, 34. Preparing for Carmina Burana, 35. Hallstatt, 36. flickiStereo, 37. LEGO Freestyle Monster, 38. Saint Gall Monastery HDR-anaglyph, 39. resting hat and girl with hobnail boots, 40. Saint Gall Monastery Cathedral,

41. Kreuzberge oberhalb Saxer Lücke, 42. Loom, 43. Tamina Schlucht, 44. Steff's three wheel gravity racer disguised, 45. Eclipse-gazers, 46. curved air, 47. Moon over Lerchenfeld, 48. 111531stereo,

49. Thun Hauptgasse, 50. Glasbläser, 51. hotel Einstein excavation pit, 52. Sämtisersee, 53. Chäserugg SE-view, 54. Anaglyphed 5-Spot, 55. the snowball left the frame already, 56. Appenzell,

57. the mirror mace, 58. duck racer, 59. Tamina Schlucht, 60. Steff's three wheel gravity racer undisguised, 61. untitled HDR-anaglyph, 62. Kreuzberge, 63. Inside Saint Gall Monastery Cathedral, 64. Hospice de Grand Saint-Bernhard,

65. Hauff Museum of the Prehistoric World, 66. raku pottery, 67. not a tower torso, 68. Sankt Laurenzen, 69. Main station St. Gallen, 70. Eigergletscher, 71. plant and ceramics, 72. Hallstatt

Every time I visit my ceramist friend Jasmine she gives me something wonderful. When I happened to mention how much I liked this vase among the many others in her kitchen, she pulled it off the shelf and gifted it. The beautiful roses are from the climbing bush in the yard of the empty student rental next door. The owner said I could clip/transplant anything I want and I have taken him at his word.

You can see more of Jasmine's work here:

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These small acts of generosity make me and my house happy.

I think I may have been over generous with the sizable proportions of bread, and seed I laid out yesterday :D. But this is one happy camper in the woods. I even made a nice table setting with a view. Now HOW MUCH MORE GENEROUS CAN ONE BE? He's in heaven with a serious case of gluttony!

HMM & have a great week!

Macro Monday's submission: Generosity

Choreography, Stacy Pottinger with generous contributions from the dancers

Costume Design, Kim Instenes

Light Design, William Newcomb

Musicians

Kaila Banaczak, violin

John Pendray, keyboard

Anna Schmidt, flute

Dimitri Shapovaloz, keyboard

Adam Vande Ven, clarinet

Performers

Alex Aviles, Hannah Clark, Morgan Forst, Sean Kelly, Kati Schwaber, Kelly West, Sara Wuchte

Valued at $750

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We left a bag of goodies for the company downstairs. There were more than just Kettle Chips...but everyone loves some Kettle Chip generosity from time to time.

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I wonder who maintains this rusted but freshly painted donation box. And I wonder what kind of donations it attracts in this up-market garden at Mumbai Land's-End.

In any case, I found something attractive and some thing funny about it, so here it is for you.

A toddler generously offers her pacifier to a stray cat at the Temple of Horus in Edfu, Egypt, as her father steps in to stop the transaction

Valued at $580