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Dorcas Barrett
wife of. Thomas Barrett Jr.
d. April 17, 1767 aged 28
"She was a virtuous wife,
a tender mother, and was
truely religious and
exemplary in her life
and conversation"
In the Divine Comedy poem Inferno, Dante depicts Limbo as the first circle of Hell, located beyond the river Acheron but before the judgment seat of Minos. The virtuous pagans of classical history and mythology inhabit a brightly lit and beautiful—but somber—castle which is seemingly a medieval version of Elysium. They include Hector, Julius Caesar, Virgil, Electra, and Orpheus. In the same work, a semi-infernal region above Limbo on the other side of Acheron but inside the Gate of Hell also exists for the Uncommitted.
Building Trust
"A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days
of her life." Proverbs 31:10-12 (NIV)
Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. (Proverbs 31:10-12)
Trust is an essential element of intimacy and goodwill in marriage. The more you trust your spouse, the more you can relax when you’re together and open your hearts to each other. This is what makes a “comfortable” relationship. That doesn’t mean comfortable in the bad sense, where you are lazy and take each other for granted. This is comfortable in the best sense of the word.
The rewards of trust are immense. An example is sexual fulfillment. Nationwide polls prove that the best sex isn’t experienced by swinging singles. It is experienced mostly by married, monogamous, religious people.
I believe the reason for this is simple. Even though singles in a casual relationship may share a sexual encounter, the relationship remains superficial and performance-oriented. Rejection is frequent and trust is low, which contributes to decreased sexual gratification. However, in a committed relationship, trust is much higher and sex is better.
Another reward is in the area of communication. When you trust each other, it is easy to share your thoughts without fear and to resolve issues. You communicate on a much deeper level, which brings a sense of intimate friendship.
The benefits of trust in marriage don’t come automatically. The first requirement is responsible behavior. This means that you are careful about how your behavior affects your spouse. It also means that you say you’re sorry and make things right when you do something wrong.
Another important factor in building trust is consistency. If you do something hurtful or irresponsible that damages the trust in your marriage, your spouse’s forgiveness can restore the relationship; trust, however, can only be restored with consistency over time. The longer you go meeting each other’s needs, respecting each other’s feelings and doing the right thing, the stronger trust becomes. Consistency is the key.
Talk It Out | If you have done something to violate the trust of your spouse, make it right. Apologize and talk about ways to create a consistent pattern of positive and responsible behavior.
Walk It Out | Go to a greenhouse or nursery together and pick out a tree or flowering bush. Plant it in your yard or in an indoor container. As you watch it grow week after week, be reminded of the consistency that your relationship requires in order to build deep and lasting trust.
God bless
Memorial for the murdered Jews of Hanover
Opernplatz
“We commemorate our brothers and sisters of the Jewish community of Hanover who through haughtiness, hatred and obsession with race were driven to their death or banished, ridiculed or despised, from their home to a foreign country during the tyranny of the national socialists. We mourn for everything which was destroyed with them. Not only their temples were laid to waste through sacrilegious hands, even their wisdom, benevolence and virtuousness which could have saved worlds and could have healed many wounds, were destroyed. We mourn for capability and knowledge, laughter and smiles, which we lost with them. The world would grow poorer and our heart freezes, if we would forget the glory, which could have been. Gratefully we commemorate their example. They are like lights that shine to us from the darkness of those years, and in their splendour we see what is good – and what is evil. May such horrible times never return so their sacrifice was not in vain. Through commemorating them we gain strength in our daily struggle against cruelty, prejudice, tyranny and persecution. Amen.”
This prayer was presented by former “Landesrabbiner” (rabbi) Dr. Henry Brandt on the day of the inauguration. The following inscription is engraved on the memorial:
“This memorial was built for the lasting memory of over 6800 Jews of Hanover: Many families lived here for generations. From 1933, they were abased, disenfranchised, chased away, driven to suicide or killed by national socialists: The remaining Jewish children, women and men had to leave their apartments in 1941 and were herded together in “Judenhäusern” (Jews’ houses) with the aid of the city council. From there on they were torn out of the population, deported and murdered without particular resistance by the rest of the population.
The transports went to: Poland on 28 October, 1938; on 25 June, 1939 to Poland; on 15 December, 1941 to Riga; on 31 March, 1942 to Warsaw; on 23 June, 1942 to Theresienstadt; on 02 March, 1943 to Auschwitz; on 16 March, 1943 to Theresienstadt; on 30 June, 1943 to Theresienstadt; on 11 January, 1944 to Theresienstadt; on 20 February, 1945 to Theresienstadt. There were only a few survivors in Hanover: 27 were liberated by American soldiers in the concentration camp of Ahlem on 10 April, 1945. The names of the murdered ones are listed on the memorial as far as they are known. It was erected 50 years after by a Hanoverian citizens’ initiative supported by many citizens and the city of Hanover: Hanover, 09 October, 1994.”
In this memorial are engraved the names of 1,935 Jewish citizens of Hanover. In its inauguration in 1994, there were 1,890 names; a further 25 names which were discovered due to the latest research followed in 1997 and a further 20 in 2004. Their age data and their birth data follow 1,935 times. The places of death are mentioned 1,935 times, as far as they are known. After years of very intense discussions about the for and against, this memorial for the deported and killed Jewish citizens was handed over to the public on 9 October, 1994. This place of commemoration was built with the initiative of the association “Memoriam” with private donations.
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Shot in my sister's garden.
A twiner grows and supports other climbers too and helps them grow --like those men who grow up strong and virtuous stand up to support the society around them.
Trumpeter's box art depicting a KV-2 proceeding to the virtuous soldier while providing the thermodynamic power inhibit!
One of our quintessential New England towns from the looks but also the setting for ... "Peyton Place" ... was a bunker buster of a novel that blew the lid off the quaint and virtuous small town." www.nhmagazine.com/March-2013/50-Shades-of-Grace/
Memorial - " In ta vault just beyond the eastern extremity of this church, lies the body of the Right Honorable Warren Hastings of Daylesford House in this parish. The first Governor General of the British Territories of India. A member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. LLD & ERS. The last public effort of whose eminently virtuous and lengthen'd life was the re-erection of this sacred edifice which he superintended with singular energy and interest to its completion; And in which Alas ! the holy rites of sepulture were very shortly afterwards performed over his mortal remains. He died on the 22nd of August 1818 aged 85 years and 8 months.
Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace"
Born into a poor family on 6th December 1732 in Churchill, Oxon in 1732, the son of Penystone Hastings by Hester Hastings who died soon after he was born.
In 1743 he attended Westminster School, where he became king's scholar and captain of the school in 1747. In 1750 he travelled to Calcutta [Kolkata] to work as a writer in the East India Company's Bengal service. His first appointment was at Cossimbazar, near the nawab's capital at Murshidabad.
He m1 1756 Mary Elliott (d. 1759) widow of Captain John Buchanan.
He m2 Anna Maria Apollonia Chapuset (1747-1837) (Marian) widow of Baron Christoph Carl Adam von Imhoff, who he met whilst sailing from Britain to Madras in 1769.
He spent 2 successful years at Madras and his management of the company's commercial concerns was particularly commended. In 1772 the directors of the East India Company appointed him as governor of Bengal. From the outset of his government Hastings felt obliged to impress on British opinion the importance of what Britain had acquired in Bengal. He believed that Bengal must be governed in ways to which its people were presumed to be accustomed. Indian methods of government and Indian law must be preserved. During his time as governor he moved the central government to Calcutta under direct British control and remodelled the justice system. In 1774 he acquired the new title of governor-general.
He retired in 1785 and returned to England. In 1786,
Edmund Burke introduced an impeachment process against him on charges of corruption, and following a trial that lasted from 1788 to 1795, Hastings was acquitted.
In his later years he received an honorary doctorate from Oxford University and was made a privy counsellor.
In 1793 he bought back Daylesford manor which the Hastings family had owned since the 13c, but had had to sell in 1709 due to the decline in their fortunes following their loyalty to King Charles l in the Civil War.
In his later years he received an honorary doctorate from Oxford University and was made a privy counsellor.
In the following years, he remodelled Daylesford House to the designs of Samuel Pepys Cockerell, modelling it on the grand house he had built at Alipore in India.
Before his death he also rebuilt the medieval church using the old materials which (sadly fo him) was rebuilt yet again in 1859-63 for Harman Grisewood
He lies in the churchyard www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/500A7T
In accordance with a settlement of 1798 he left the property to his wife Marian for her life with reversion to Sir Charles Imhoff, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/rxvL88 her son by her first husband. Marian died in 1837, and Charles subsequently remained in possession of the manor until 1853 when he sold it to Mr. Harman Grisewood, who retained it till his death in 1874 )
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Hastings - Church of St Peter, Daylesford Gloucestershire
According to the leaflet that was given to me, Suzanne was a virtuous
Jewish princess, who made her appearance in the Old Testament. Daniel,
of the lions fame, rescued her from two characters who accused her of
adultery.
There's no explanation, though, of why she would become a Christian saint.
Would she have wanted this, one can only ask.
South aisle.
The Virtuous Woman, a window by Ward & Hughes of Soho to the memory of the mother of the first Lord Biddulph in 1895. The subject is taken from Proverbs chapter 31, showing "the virtuous woman", with her daughter to the left and St Michael (the name saint of the donor) on the right. The Biddulph arms and crest are shown.
Second year of the Tweed ride, and my first. Matthew put together a beautiful antique bike, we got a spot of sunshine and an enjoyable tea & croquet stop near Forest Park. The Vice Tweed ride is in April.
St Anne's Well at the Red Pool, Trellech.
Holy Well / Spring at the historical village of Trellech in Monmouthshire
This well is also known as St Anne’s Well. The stone surround offers places for visitors to leave offerings and the stone seats would also have been welcomed by travellers.
In the 18th and 19th centuries the water was considered especially beneficial in the treatment of eye ailments and for treating ‘complaints peculiar to women’. It was also used as a wishing well. Girls wanting to know how long they would have to wait for marriage would drop in a pebble and every bubble that rose counted as one month …. a much shorter time scale than at Alsia Well in Cornwall where each bubble counted as a year! Fairies were believed to dance at the well and one day a local farmer dug up a fairy ring around it and from then on, whenever he (and only he) tried to draw water, the well was dry, but as soon as he replaced the missing turf he was able to get water again. On midsummer’s eve, the fairies were said to drink it’s water from harebells which were found strewn around on midsummer’s morning. There was also a legend that nuns from Tintern Abbey had used a three mile long tunnel so that they could use the water unobserved .... historically however, there were only monks at Tintern.
St Anne's Well at the Red Pool, Trellech.
Holy Well / Spring at the historical village of Trellech in Monmouthshire
This well is also known as St Anne’s Well. The stone surround offers places for visitors to leave offerings and the stone seats would also have been welcomed by travellers.
In the 18th and 19th centuries the water was considered especially beneficial in the treatment of eye ailments and for treating ‘complaints peculiar to women’. It was also used as a wishing well. Girls wanting to know how long they would have to wait for marriage would drop in a pebble and every bubble that rose counted as one month …. a much shorter time scale than at Alsia Well in Cornwall where each bubble counted as a year! Fairies were believed to dance at the well and one day a local farmer dug up a fairy ring around it and from then on, whenever he (and only he) tried to draw water, the well was dry, but as soon as he replaced the missing turf he was able to get water again. On midsummer’s eve, the fairies were said to drink it’s water from harebells which were found strewn around on midsummer’s morning. There was also a legend that nuns from Tintern Abbey had used a three mile long tunnel so that they could use the water unobserved .... historically however, there were only monks at Tintern.
"....the body of that honourable & truly virtuous & pirous lady, Dame Thomazine Dyer, relict of that Hono: & religious gentlemand Sir William Dyer of Tottenham Highcrosse in ye county of Middlesex, baronet; late wife of John Hopwood of Stanaway Hall in ye county of Essex Esq. She was grandaughter and heiress to that renowned Sir John Swinarton once Lord Mayor of ye famous city of London.
She was a faithfull & loving wife to both her husbands. A good and kind mother, courteous to her freind, charitable to ye poor. A sincere protestant and a lover of all that she conceived loved the LORD JESUS, in and through whome she triumphed over deat & is now singing halleluyahs among ye blessed above, waiting for the glorious resurrection of the body.
She departed this life April 13th 1697 aged 78"
The Haiden (拝殿) and Honden (本殿) of Akōōishi Shrine (赤穂大石神社) famous for the story of the 47 Ronin. Akō-Ōishi Shrine is dedicated to the Akō gishi (赤穂義士) or the virtuous men of loyal samurai, lords and generals of the Asano (淺野氏) and Mōri clan (毛利氏).
Cocoa has been described as a "virtuous crop". There is an increasing appreciation of its value for: land rehabilitation, enrichment of biodiversity (of previously cleared land) and provision of sustainable incomes in less developed regions. Like other crops though, it can be attacked by a number of pest species including fungal diseases, insects and rodents - some of which (e.g. frosty pod rot and cocoa pod borer) have increased dramatically in geographical range and are sometimes described as "invasive species".
Phillips Traditional School has started a new quarterly leadership program to teach students leadership skills through the completion of virtuous projects. After raising more than $300 with a coin drive, the first quarter leadership class purchased household items for Des Moines refugee families. And those items were delivered to smiling faces on Oct 18 by Phillips staff.
Mantua.
Palazzo Te.
Chamber of the Emperors
The room, whose decorations may be dated back to the years 1530-1531, is so called because of the images of rulers and commanders painted on the ceiling, extolled as virtuous examples taken from ancient history.
The fresco in the hexagon in the center of the vault is devoted to an episode, narrated by Pliny, Caesar ordering the letters of Pompey to be burnt, which aims to celebrate the greatness of Caesar’s soul, who, after the victory of Pharsalus, refused to read the letters that proved the link between the defeated enemy Pompey and the leading men of Rome.
The two round frescoes on the long sides of the vault depict examples of noble gestures of ancient kings and generals : Alexander the Great who puts the Iliad in a casket (South wall), honors Alexander’s noble decision of storing the books of Homer in a gold casket taken from his defeated enemy, Darius king of Persia; The Continence of Scipio (North wall), glorifies the resignation of Scipio to hold a young prisoner woman.
The sides of the vault are occupied by six vertical rectangular frescoes with figures of emperors and warriors : Alexander the Great (East wall), Julius Caesar and A Signifer (South wall), Augustus (West wall) ; A Warrior and Philip of Macedonia (North wall) .
The corners of the ceiling, decorated with octagons on a light blue background, house four ovals, supported by putti and winged Victories, showing the Gonzaga’s devices: Cupid in the small wood (South-East corner), Mount Olympus (South-West corner), Salamander (North-West corner), Zodiac (North-East corner). This one presents the earth in the center of the universe, as pointed out by the Latin motto : " IN EODEM SEMP[ER] " (‘Always in the same place’).
The frieze is of the late eighteenth century (the original is lost).
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St Anne's Well at the Red Pool, Trellech.
Holy Well / Spring at the historical village of Trellech in Monmouthshire
This well is also known as St Anne’s Well. The stone surround offers places for visitors to leave offerings and the stone seats would also have been welcomed by travellers.
In the 18th and 19th centuries the water was considered especially beneficial in the treatment of eye ailments and for treating ‘complaints peculiar to women’. It was also used as a wishing well. Girls wanting to know how long they would have to wait for marriage would drop in a pebble and every bubble that rose counted as one month …. a much shorter time scale than at Alsia Well in Cornwall where each bubble counted as a year! Fairies were believed to dance at the well and one day a local farmer dug up a fairy ring around it and from then on, whenever he (and only he) tried to draw water, the well was dry, but as soon as he replaced the missing turf he was able to get water again. On midsummer’s eve, the fairies were said to drink it’s water from harebells which were found strewn around on midsummer’s morning. There was also a legend that nuns from Tintern Abbey had used a three mile long tunnel so that they could use the water unobserved .... historically however, there were only monks at Tintern.
Cocoa has been described as a "virtuous crop". There is an increasing appreciation of its value for: land rehabilitation, enrichment of biodiversity (of previously cleared land) and provision of sustainable incomes in less developed regions. Like other crops though, it can be attacked by a number of pest species including fungal diseases, insects and rodents - some of which (e.g. frosty pod rot and cocoa pod borer) have increased dramatically in geographical range and are sometimes described as "invasive species".
when i first saw the "powered by biodiesel" stickers on the organic valley company cars, jetta tdis, i thought it was a great way to reinforce the sustainability and environmentally friendly attributes of the brand and it was probably a not so subtle way to support a new market for soy which would probably make the cooperative members who grow soy happy.
later i learned that the cooperative owns its logistics operation which is called, appropriately enough, "organic logistics". every single organic logistics truck runs on biodiesel, and not a wimpy grade either, many of their trucks run on B50 which means that it's 50 percent biodiesel and 50 percent regular diesel. these days it's looking like a pretty smart decision because when i was at the pump today the B50 was a full 15 cents cheaper than regular diesel, which keeps transportation costs low, relatively speaking. and keeping costs low means the cooperative can pay their farmers more money for product, which means that small family farmers like travis forgues can thrive in a state that sees four percent of its dairy farms shut down each year.
i also have a diesel jetta, but volkswagen only officially sanctions B5 diesel ( meaning a mix with 5 percent biodiesel ) and using a grade with more biodiesel will void the warranty. but i'm thinking that if it hasn't had any ill effects on the company cars and transportation trucks, surely it must be good for the family car?