My husband and I vacation in the Carmel area twice a year. We enjoyed the all the amenities and the comforts of the home. It entire house was clean and kitchen amazing to cook in. My one recommendation is that the shower doors be looked at because water does as escape onto bathroom floor. This will cause problems in the long run for homeowners. Wonderful home to stay in for your next vacation.
Beautiful dining room, beautiful house!
The master bath has both a shower and a Jacuzzi tub.
Beautiful place, conveniently located in PG. Within walking distance of the beach (1/2 mile), and the Aquarium (1.7 miles). Nice kitchen, but takes a bit of time to figure out how to use the oven (directions provided). Light switches everywhere, which is a bit confusing as to which one is which. The shower door on the tub in the front bathroom has a gap under it causing water to leak to the floor, so we had to keep towels on the floor to sop up the water.
Pacific grove is a beautiful town with access to everything the central coast has to offer. This well appointed home is the perfect p,ace for a get away. The fire pit adds an outside aspect for enjoying a night under the stars.
This home couldn't be nicer or better located. Everything was exactly as pictured and described. It's very spacious, beautifully decorated, clean, and in perfect condition. All of us kept talking about how much we'd love to own the house. The neighborhood was very quiet and felt safe. We would definitely rent this home again!
This house is stunning. The neighborhood is charming. Even better than expected.There were deer in the front yard. We made good use of the grill and fire pit in the backyard. So much space for our family of 5. We even hosted two friends for dinner and had everything we needed from the elegant serviceware to the buffet family-style dining table.I highly recommend this place.
This is truly a 5 Star home!!!
My 5 long time girlfriends and I spent the weekend here. I wish you could have heard the ooooos and ahhhhhs!! Everything in this home, from the decorations, cleanliness of the towels and bedding, to the well equipped kitchen was perfect!
The only suggestions we may offer is to include instructions on how to operate the oven. We also enjoyed sitting in the sunshine around the fire pit, but the chairs were dirty and had to be cleaned off.
Besides that, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay & would love to return! Picking up and dropping off the keys to your office couldn't have been easier!!! Thank you!
The home was perfect for our extended vacation for our 2 kids and my brother after attending a wedding. The House was in great condition, had everything we needed and was very close to tons of shops and restaurants. Would definitely stay here again.
This is a great home for a group getaway. The home was clean and ready when we arrived. The appliances were top notch and in working order. The beds were comfortable. The living room furniture was only adequate and could be improved upon, however, it did the job. The location was great with quick access to Lover's Point park and the nearby aquarium. We drove because we had our 2 year old grandson and we wanted to save his energy for the aquarium. I really appreciated purchasing aquarium tickets through Monterey rentals because it gave us 2 days for the price of 1. With a 2 year old, it was much better to break up the experience over the 2 days. All in all, we had a wonderful long weekend and I would highly recommend this home.
Om Sweet Om was everything that we expected it to be and then some! The pictures did an excellent job of depicting the house. The house was spacious and indeed well-appointed with everything that you need to have an enjoyable stay (kitchen dishes/utensils, towels, sheets/blankets, fire pit, gas grill, right down to house slippers, a wine cooler and board games/ books). We really felt at home in this property. The house is in a quiet neighborhood that overlooks the bay. The Monterey Aquarium and Cannery Row are within an easy walk along a trail that follows the bay. We would definitely stay again.
Our family loved our stay at 'Om Sweet Om'. The house is exactly as described and is so comfortable, we could truly rest and relax. We were able to walk to the many shops and restaurants downtown. The Aquarium, Cannery Row, Carmel by the Sea, Pebble Beach and 17 Mile Drive were just a short drive away. Michelle and Monterey Rentals have the perfect system to make checking in and out smooth and simple. We will definitely return to 'Om Sweet Om' on our next visit.
Wonderful spacious 3 bedroom home just minutes from the water and the Aquarium. It felt like home with everything you would require in the kitchen, bathrooms and bedrooms. We were sad to leave and would definitely stay there again. It was nice working with Michelle at Monterey Rentals making check- in and out seamless.
We spent 5 days in Monterey, and found this property to be the perfect holiday home. It was very spacious for our family (my wife, me and three children). The house was well equipped and also very clean. Friends of ours were also staying in town and on one evening the four of them came around for a BBQ - plenty of room for entertaining and the adults happily sat around the fire pit drinking wine!
We loved our stay and the home was very impressive and located in a beautiful neighborhood! We loved all the architectural details throughout the home.
Beautiful very clean house in nice location being close to town (Pacific Grove), Pacific Links, and beach - short 5-10 minute walk to each. We walked everyday. Felt safe tucked into a neighborhood. It was like staying in an almost brand new house. Worked perfect for my family, three adult couples and two infants. Would definitely go back.
I can not say enough great things about this property and Monterey Bay Rentals. The house was immaculate and had absolutely everything we needed. Traveling from the east coast, we were tired and hungry by the time we walked into the door on our first day. We did not know exactly what to expect. Wow, were we impressed. The house was gorgeous, the beds were comfortable, and we were really able to relax. Thank you for providing a phenomenal experience. We miss the house already and certainly plan on coming back.
First class house with all that could be expected, and more.Very spacious, airy and comfortable.I can not recommend this highly enough. Would definitely come back for a return visit if ever in Monterey again.
Great location near town. The house is well furnished and comfortable. Nice patio to sit by fire. Kitchen has all you need to prepare family meals.
This is the first year we have rented this home and the sixth year we have rented a home in the Monterey Penninsula with Monterey Property Rentals. The home is truly wonderful and very comfortable. The location is fantastic. Would highly recommend. The folks at Monterey Property Rentals are the best.
We had a great time renting Om Sweet Om! The house exceeded our expectations and we didn't want to leave. The location was perfect with close proximity to everything in Pacific Grove, Monterey & golf courses. We definitely will rent this property in the future.
Located right on the edge of downtown Pacific Grove, partial view of the bay.. a great location. The home was spectacular.. all best amenities.. top quality furnishings. Long driveway and two garage stalls for parking.. plus spacious parking in front of house. Giant trees everywhere. Great patio with gas fire pit.. we spent much time sitting around the fire.. peaceful. The front room and combined dining area is open concept and huge. An exceptional home to relax and gather with family and friends.. we will definitely be back! Ps: Michelle and Monterey Rentals are the best... I will never rent from anyone but them!
When we walked into the home it still smelled like it was brand new. It was very clean, spacious and you could tell that the finishing details were done sparing no expense. This is a classy place with beautiful hardwood floors and lovely decor.
It was cool weather - well at least cool for us from Hawaii - so we made use of the modern gas fireplaces in the living room, master bedroom and the round rock fire pit outside.
The manager did a great job making the check-in very easy and there were good instructions in the home for everything that we used, including the integrated stereo system that runs throughout the home. We all brought iPhones so it would have been nice if we could have hooked them up to this system via bluetooth or an iPod port that is integrated.
The location is about 3 blocks from the ocean and a short walk along safe streets that I felt comfortable walking with my 4 year old. There where deer along the way (every time we walked) and he loved to see them along with the golfers that you pass by to the beach. The shoreline has a great walking path to Lover's Point and we spend a lot of time climbing around on the rocks and enjoying the vista views that included seals and otters.
Overall a great place to stay and I would highly recommend this home for three couples or a family.
House was Amazing! Very Spacious and open. There are 3 bedrooms and each has doors opening onto a patio area with a gas firepit. The kids liked that. The Kitchen appliances were great and we were able to cook meals instead of eating out all the time. We were close to the start of the 17 mile drive and downtown Pacific Grove. Just a short drive into Monterey, the kids loved Fisherman's Wharf.
This was an absolutely wonderful property. The house was in great condition and beautifully remodeled. It had almost every amenity you could think of (i.e. heated bathroom floors, jacuzzi tub, built in fireplace, etc.)and it was located just minutes from cannery row in a peaceful neiborhood. We even got to see deer and a couple of fawn eating from the front yard. I would highly recommend anyone to stay here if you are visiting Monterey. In addition, Monterey Rentals was great to work with. I had originally booked another home, but our reservation was cancelled last minute and Monterey Rentals offered this home instead. I'm glad we got to stay here instead because the house was wonderful.
This property makes you feel at home. Its spacious, comfort, and relaxing. Very close to the beach, 17 Mile Drive and Cannery Row. Great room and dining room areas are very large with a wonderful fireplace and great lighting. Beautiful updated kitchen and baths. Fire pit off bedrooms in backyard was a real hit. Just a beautiful property, we will be back. And the staff at Monterey Bay Property Management are friendly and easy to work with.


Leather Luggage Tag. Wedding gift with names embossed or Bon Voyage | Life of Riley (Retail) Ltd.
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A strong leather luggage tag to use when travelling. When personalised, the luggage tag makes a lovely travel gift when waving someone off on their great journey.
Our smart leather tag has a an address label hidden inside accessed by removing the strap. This makes identifying luggage and personal items easier and adds a personal touch to travel accessories whilst not displaying the onward address to all at airports.
Make your gift extra special by opting to have this leather tag personalised with your choice of initials, memorable date or short phrase and attach to one of our leather trunks or baskets. We emboss on one line in capitals and the price of this is included. Reverse of the tag can also be embossed for an additional charge or the tag can have two or three lines on one side. For images of personalisation options please visit our personalisation page.


Lots of square footage in this amazing home that can easily accommodate multi-generational living. If you need one floor living, you have it here. Have an adult or teens and need some space, they can have the entire 2nd level that features a large Living area, Spacious Bedroom, Office (could be a bedroom), Full Bath & access to walk-in Attic Storage. The Main Level has a huge Great Room w/ floor to ceiling Brick Gas Fireplace, Formal Dining Room, Spacious Master w/ large Master Bath & Walk-in Closet, 2 additional Bedrooms sharing a Hall Bath (nicely separated away from the Master Suite), Laundry & Eat-in Kitchen w/ sliders to a large Deck overlooking the picturesque rear yard. The Walk-out Finished Lower Level is under almost the entire footprint of the house. There are multiple recreational areas, another large Office, Wet Bar, Powder Room & Gas Fireplace. Unfinished Storage completes this Level. 2 car garage. So many possibilities here for many different lifestyles. Walk to the Shopping Center w/ the Amish Market, Health Club, Pizza Shop, Vet, Bank & more.


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Hessyan () è una comunità dell'Emirato di Dubai, negli Emirati Arabi Uniti. Si trova nel Settore 5 nella zona sud-occidentale di Dubai, al confine con l'Emirato di Abu Dhabi.

Territorio

Il territorio della comunità occupa una superficie di 75,7 km² lungo la costa meridionale di Dubai, al confine con la municipalità di Abu Dhabi.

L'area si trova fra la Sheikh Zayed Road (E 11) a sud e la costa del Golfo Persico a nord, mentre ad ovest confina con la municipalità di Abu Dhabi e ad est è delimitato dalla comunità di Mena Jabal Ali.

Il quartiere è suddiviso in due comunità:
 Hessyan First (codice comunità 511), a est;
 Hessyan Second  (codice comunità 512), a ovest.

Si tratta di una comunità che presenta uno sviluppo misto composto da immobili commerciali e residenziali. Una larga parte dell'area è comunque desertica.

Le aree residenziali si trovano per lo più nella zona est di Hessyan First. Fra questi spiccano i complessi chiamati Veneto e Badrah, che fanno parte della componente di sviluppi sulla terraferma del progetto Dubai Waterfront.

Nell'area si trova una infrastruttura chiamata Palm Cove Canal. Questa infrastruttura, non ancora del tutto completata, fa parte dell'Arabian Canal un canale artificiale previsto della componente di sviluppi sulla terraferma del progetto Dubai Waterfront. Il Palm Cove Canal è largo 140 m e lungo quasi 8 km e la sua costruzione è iniziata nel febbraio 2007 ad opera della società belga Jan De Nul. Il 29 aprile 2008 il canale, i cui lavori sono completati all'80%, è stato allagato completamente.

L'area non è servita dalla metropolitana. La fermata più vicina è quella della Linea Rossa di UAE Exchange, che dista circa 10 km dal complesso reidenziale Veneto.
Vi sono tuttavia delle linee di superficie che percorrono la Al Hesah Street, che attraversa interamente il quartiere, che servono alcune zone della comunità.

Note

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Suddivisioni dell'Emirato di Dubai
 Nakhlat Jabal Ali

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Quartieri di Dubai

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Q: xamarin null reference after post request (post gives 200 ok and fully works) I'm pretty new to xamarin and have gotten an issue where I'm getting a null reference when I do a post request to my backend. I've fully ran through the code multiple times and every thing works as intended, the post gets sent and is properly handeld by the backend and a ok() is sent back to the front end. But every time I continue any code it instantly gives me a null reference exception and i'm unsure what my stacktrace is trying to tell me.
If anyone would be able to help or point me in the right direction that be great, thank you for your time and help.

This is my code i use in my viewmodel to get the data from my xaml and send it to the post methode
    namespace student_app.ViewModels
{
    public class AddCategoryViewModel : BaseViewModel
    {
        private readonly IToastService _toastService;
        private readonly INavigationService _navigationService;
        private readonly ICategoryService _categoryService;
        public string categoryName;

        public Command SaveCommand { get; }
        public Command LoadCategoriesCommand { get; }
        public event PropertyChangingEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        public string CategoryNameEditor
        {
            get => categoryName;

            set
            {
                categoryName = value;
                var args = new PropertyChangingEventArgs(nameof(CategoryNameEditor));
                PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, args);
            }
        }
        public AddCategoryViewModel(IToastService toastService, INavigationService navigationService, ICategoryService categoryService)
        {
            _toastService = toastService;
            _navigationService = navigationService;
            _categoryService = categoryService;
            SaveCommand = new Command(async () => await ExecuteSaveCommandCommand());
            LoadCategoriesCommand = new Command(async () => await ExecuteLoadCategoriesCommand());
        }

        public async Task ExecuteLoadCategoriesCommand()
        {
            IsBusy = true;
            try
            {
                //CategoryNameEditor = string.Empty;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                await _toastService.DisplayToastAsync(ex.Message);
            }
            finally
            {
                IsBusy = false;
            }
        }

        public async Task ExecuteSaveCommandCommand()
        {
            IsBusy = true;
            try
            {
                _categoryService.addCategory(categoryName);
                CategoryNameEditor = string.Empty;
                await _navigationService.NavigateAsync("AddCategoryPage");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                await _toastService.DisplayToastAsync(ex.Message);
            }
            finally
            {
                IsBusy = false;
            }
        }
        public void OnAppearing()
        {
            IsBusy = true;
        }

    }
}

xaml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:student_app.ViewModels"
             x:Class="student_app.Views.AddCategoryPage"
             xmlns:model="clr-namespace:student_app.Models" >

    <RefreshView x:DataType="local:AddCategoryViewModel" Command="{Binding LoadCategoriesCommand}" IsRefreshing="{Binding IsBusy, Mode=TwoWay}">
        <StackLayout>
            <Label Text="Add Category:"/>
            <Editor Text="{Binding CategoryNameEditor}" Placeholder="enter category name"/>
            <Button x:Name="saveButton" Text="Save" Command="{Binding SaveCommand}"/>
        </StackLayout>
    </RefreshView>
</ContentPage>

code behind:
namespace student_app.Views
{
    [XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
    public partial class AddCategoryPage : ContentPage
    {
        AddCategoryViewModel _viewModel;
        public AddCategoryPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            this.BindingContext = _viewModel = AppContainer.Resolve<AddCategoryViewModel>();
        }

        protected override void OnAppearing()
        {
            base.OnAppearing();
            _viewModel.OnAppearing();
        }
    }
}

post method(tokenservice is working):
public async void addCategory(string categoryName)
        {

             try
            {
                await _backend.PostAsync<Boolean>($"{_appSettings.PlannedActivityBackendBaseUrl}/Category/Add/{categoryName}", _tokenProvider.AuthAccessToken);
            }
            catch (BackendAuthenticationException)
            {
                await _navigationService.NavigateAsync("LoginPage");
            }
        }

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The Bird And The Bee Sides CD
The Bird And The Bee Sides / The Nashville Tennis EP includes 26 total tracks consisting of 13 BRAND NEW SONGS as well as 13 REMIXED AND RE-MASTERED B-SIDES and Demos that have never been released to retail! Leave it to those crazy kids in Relient K to aim for the title of "longest EP ever" with The Bird and the Bee Sides, easily the most ambitious ancillary collection the band has assembled thus far. The disc was released at a time when the quintet's label, Gotee Records, dissolved its partnership with EMI, which owned a minority stake in the small, Franklin, TN-based company. It almost appears as if this sense of autonomy and liberation allowed the group and its benefactors to clean out the closet and compile highlights from all their previous EPs - six in all - many of which are out of print and predated the group's major-label breakthroughs, mmhmm and Five Score and Seven Years Ago. Throughout the duration of this 13-track stretch, it's fun to trace the evolution of Relient K from silly funnymen to straight-faced modern rockers: the band's customary pop-punk rears its head all along, but there are also acoustic ballads, synth-caressed '80s pop, and a nod or two to Ben Folds-styled sensitivity. But there's more: seemingly aware that no number of warmed-over rarities or B-sides necessarily justifies the price of a full album, Relient K went a step further and recorded 13 new songs, discreetly included in this bundle as the "Nashville Tennis EP". Since it's not really a new studio album, frontman Matthew Thiessen went ahead and relinquished some of the singing and songwriting duties to his bandmates, resulting in sessions that aren't nearly as pristine or fleshed-out as those of a de facto Relient K project, but that are still serviceable in the context of an in-between non-album. Enjoyed as a whole, The Bird and the Bee Sides is an all-around nice gesture - a more than generous gift to fans and an EP with one of the highest bang-for-buck ratios in the history of modern rock. - iTunes
Record Label: Gotee Records

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He has assumed leadership role as a freshman for Fayetteville State.
FAYETTEVILLE � Joshua Dawson knows how to win. He�s the only athlete in the nearly century-long history of Kinston or Adkin High School basketball to win three state titles in his prep career.
Now, Dawson has taken his winning ways to Fayetteville, where � as a freshman point guard on a team full of upperclassmen � he has already infected his teammates with his attitude.
After an 84-68 victory against Virginia University of Lynchburg on Tuesday night, the Broncos are 2-1. Part of the reason they�re boasting a winning record is because of their freshman leader.
Naturally, as he did during his sterling prep career at Kinston High School, Dawson took the attention from himself and directed it towards his teammates.
Dawson made his college debut with a four-point, five-assist performance in an 83-78 loss to Concord (W.Va.) on Friday. However, he exploded offensively a day later in the FSU�s 93-86 victory against Notre Dame (Ohio) with 25 points, four assists and six rebounds.
In Tuesday�s victory against VUL, Dawson had 10 points, a team-high four assists and five rebounds to help lead the Broncos.
Entering Saturday�s game at Paine College in Augusta, Ga., Dawson is averaging 13 points, four assists, 4.7 rebounds and three steals through FSU�s first three contests. He�s second on the team in scoring and fourth in rebounds, but is the team leader in assists and steals.
FSU coach Alphonso Kee said Dawson comes into Fayetteville with a solid reputation.
Last season, the Broncos lost 12 of their final 13 games to finish 9-17. Kee brought Dawson in to help turn FSU into a winner.
FSU was one of the earliest programs to recruit Dawson, a fact that helped bring the decorated guard to Fayetteville, although he eventually had offers and interest from much bigger programs. That type of loyalty and dedication is something Kee said he admires in his prized freshman.
�He showed me what he�s made of during recruiting,� Kee said. �He�s loyal and has a lot of intangibles, and he showed me all of that. Often, this level of program at Fayetteville State and in this league, you have to have Division I talent. He is that.
Kee is confident that the sky is the limit for Dawson.
Dawson�s not all business, though.
�He thinks he can dance, I�ll leave it at that,� Tate said with a smile.


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Favorite Book: High Deryni
Favorite Character: Alaric Morgan
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"Darcy Cameron, Sir," Darcy responded. "I'd extend my hand, but I'm afraid it's a wee bit grimy at the moment."
From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggity beasties and things that go bump in the night...good Lord deliver us!
-- Old English Litany
Sister Evie--Servant of Saint Camber
Favorite Book: High Deryni or The King's Justice (can't decide)
Favorite Character: President of the Duncan McLain Fanbabe Society
Aliset risked a surreptitious glance across at Darcy to see what, if any, reaction he might have to the priest's mention of her powers. While she was hardly ashamed or embarrassed about using her talents, especially during times like this, enough people in the kingdom still existed who distrusted Deryni and overt use of their powers, and she had not known the man for long enough to know what he might think. Evidently the priest himself must be Deryni as well, else he shouldn't have been able to detect anything unusual at all in Aliset's actions.
Darcy seemed to have either not noticed the priest's statement, or else he didn't care what Aliset was or what powers she might have brought to bear upon the situation, for no flicker of reaction towards the priest's words seemed to cross his features as he introduced himself to Sir Washburn. Aliset herself, however, had to force her own features not to betray her consternation as she felt the knight touch her wrist, initiating rapport. It was but the shallowest of links, but it startled her nonetheless. She sensed this was not the first time the Lendour knight had shared rapport with Alister; the main problem was, she was not Alister! Would he be able to sense that? Perhaps trying to maintain the illusion of being the Mariot heir rather than an heiress might not be the best of ideas for much longer, but in truth this hardly seemed to be the right moment to spring a surprise on a man who must have been a closer friend to her brother than she'd originally assumed. She kept her musings well shielded, simply absorbing back the energy he was restoring to her now that the worst of the crisis seemed to be behind them.
She would need to tell him the truth, then, and fairly soon. But not here. And there was still the matter of whether to let Darcy know. He seemed a trustworthy sort, but a woman without a protector could hardly be too careful, and at least Sir Washburn Morgan's reputation as a man of honor was well known throughout the kingdom. Darcy Cameron might well be just as honorable, but that was as yet less proven to her satisfaction, though she admitted to herself that he had acquitted himself well in their current situation, certainly doing nothing to disprove that she could put her trust in him.
If she revealed her secret, then, it would be to Sir Washburn first. And then once she discovered his reaction to the truth, perhaps that would help her decide what she might reveal to Darcy.
She looked over at Washburn. "Where shall we stay tonight, then, since it would appear our inn is rather the worse for wear? Had you thought that we ought to press closer to Rhemuth before nightfall, or should we perhaps spend an evening recovering our energies in the village, or perhaps at that monastery guesthouse our helpful priest just mentioned, where the Healer serves in the infirmarium?" Aliset glanced into the distance, in the direction the clergyman had wandered off, presumably to hunt down a 'Father Andrew' for assistance, before looking down at the injured cook. "This man needs more assistance than I am able to render, I think, so at the very least perhaps we ought to see him into the Healer's care before we go any further."
"In necessariis unitas, in non-necessariis libertas, in utrisque caritas."
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Favorite Character: Alaric Morgan & Rhys Thuryn-May they be Family.
Sitting back on his heels, taking in the fullness of their surroundings with what seemed to be the entire population of Culdi crowding the streets to get a glimpse of the happenings, Washburn wanted with all his heart to get on the road, but he knew that was a bad idea. The young baron was too out in the open, if he had escaped the attention of his cousin's men they most assuredly would have noticed him as he sat here, out in the middle of the street. Therefore, they daren't leave on the road just now. Even begging a room at the Culdi castle seemed a bit too conspicuous.
Washburn was nodding as he considered the monastery and the privacy there. "My lord Alister, I think you've made a good choice. Let us get this man to the infirmary and perhaps from there we can disappear unseen into the monastery for a good night's sleep before we rush to Rhemuth. I for one could use a bath and a good meal. Seeing as how my last meal was never completed." He made a jesting smile to the men around him. "And you know, a good blessing from that priest who was just here would not go amiss."
The knight took note that no one seemed to object. So he stood and waved at a carter who had paused at the side of the road; he was seated before a single rouncy pulling a light wagon. "You there, master driver! You be willing to help us take this man to the Infirmary?"
"Aye, my lord!' the man hollered back. Between the baron and himself they carried the cook, who only gave a light groan, to the cart. They placed him beside a bale of goods. Wash gave the man a coin and Alister told him where to go.
Master Darcy came up behind them with the horses. As they were mounting up, Washburn spied the tavern gal off to the side. She had her arms around a young boy, the same boy who had taken his destrier to the stables earlier that day. Wash walked his horse over to the woman. "We are taking your man to the infirmary; you can follow us there. You should have your hands looked at, as well." Then he turned and followed his companions and the cart toward the monastery.
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He couldn't breathe! Sweet Jesu, there was no air, only flame and smoke.
"Abandon ship!" The Captain's cry circulated among the men. "Man the lifeboats!"
Darcy had never been sure how he made to the lifeboat. It wasn't the one he was to take charge of, but the Quartermaster was nowhere to be seen, so he took his place, seeing to it that it was filled with the living and lowered to the sea.
It was in the sea that they found the Quartermaster. Darcy had ordered the men to steer the lifeboat toward him, but by the time they were alongside, it was clear the frigid Northern Sea had claimed another victim.
"Take this," the Quartermaster had gasped, removing a leather thong from his neck from which hung a small leather bad." Give it to my neph…"
Darcy had managed to grab the pouch as the Quartermaster sank under the water, destined to the depths below.
Darcy Cameron woke with a start. He froze and listened to make sure he had not disturbed the other men sleeping in the main room of the monastery's guest quarters. No one else stirred. Relieved, Darcy ran his hands through the long strands of pale blond hair and took a deep, satisfying breath.
It had not taken long to reach the monastery Father Columcil had directed them to. The tavern wench (most likely the cook's wife) had followed them and been taken to the infirmary for her injuries to be seen to. Lord Alister had spent some time in consultation with the priest and Father Andrew, likely discussing the injuries to be looked after among the town folk. Darcy had ensured the horses were looked after. Once immediate matters were settled, he had thankfully enjoyed a hot bath.
He had dined in the guest quarters of the monetary with Sir Washburn and Lord Alister. The meal had been simple but nourishing. The ale had been excellent, brewed by the brethren and highly regarded throughout Culdi. It was a pity to have to drink so moderately, but they had all been too exhausted to fully appreciate it and had turned in early for much needed rest. Washburn and Alister, as noblemen, shared the quest room reserved for those of higher rank. Darcy slept in the common room with the few others that were there.
A trip to the privy would clear his head, Darcy decided. He had not had the dream for a long time; likely the day's events had triggered it.
Once back in the guest quarters, Darcy quietly reached into his sea bag for a leather lace to secure his hair after he braided it. It was slow to dry after his bath, so he had left it loose until now. He found a lace, then reached father inside to check the contents of a small pocket sewn within. The pouch was still there. After he had seen Lord Alister safely to Rhemuth, he would continue on to Desse to fulfil the promise he had made to the Quartermaster.
((Ooh, missions within missions! ))
Aliset paused, listening intently. She thought she had heard a soft footfall in the corridor beyond her monastic guest room, but all was still now. She continued combing her hair in front of the hearth, facing the cheery flames within. She had bathed earlier, which thankfully had not been as awkward as she feared it might be, since she had not had to share the same bathwater and washtub with Sir Washburn. He had gone to check on their horses and (she thought) to speak to the abbot about something or another. It had mattered not to her where he'd gone; he had gone, and that had bought her a few minutes of precious privacy to wash off the day's soot and grime without fear of him noticing anything amiss in her impersonation of her late brother. There were parts of him she'd never bothered trying to accurately replicate, after all!
By the time the knight had returned to their shared room, she had washed her stained garments and had them wrung out and drying beside the fire, having changed into her spare set of Alister's clothing and tucked her towel-damp hair away into a neat border braid. The knight had smiled distractedly across the room at her before making ready for his own bath, and she had seized upon the opportunity to flee, using the pretext of asking the infirmarian if he might be able to spare a few basic medicinals to refresh the scant supply in her travel kit. She had tarried in the infirmary as long as she could think of excuses to do so, checking on the welfare of the hapless cook and his goodwife, but at long last she figured the knight from Lendour could hardly still be at his ablutions unless he had fallen asleep in the bathwater. She had made her way back to their room, working up the courage to reveal her secret to him (or was that a revelation best kept until morning, under the circumstances?), only to discover upon arriving there that he had left again.
Perhaps that had been for the best. Aliset was still quite undecided about how she should break her news to her brother's friend.
She had taken her hair out of the Border braid and run her fingers through it, finding it still damp underneath the top layer. A wave of tiredness swept through her as she pulled the comb from her belt pouch and began to work it through the shoulder-length strands, separating them so that the heat from the fireplace could make them dry faster. There was a padded settle before the fire, and she sank gratefully onto the cushioned seat.
Staring into the flames, she relaxed her gaze and focused on the flickering within, calling upon the power within herself to help her scry for any signs of Oswald or those loyal to him who might yet be pursuing her.
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The dancing flames, combined with the exertions of the day, began to lull her almost to sleep, but then before her eyes, a black-cloaked figure on horseback revealed itself to her in the flames, a dark silhouette of a moonlit mountain crag behind him. She knew that terrain. She and Darcy had passed through that valley but a day earlier, and they had thought they had finally shaken off the last of Oswald's trackers. With a shiver of foreboding, Aliset realized that her pursuers were not very far behind them.
The footfalls returned. The door began to creak open. Hopefully it was Sir Washburn, returning for the night, but all the same, Aliset's hand strayed to the comfort of her dagger's hilt just to be safe.
The brother of Corwyn's Duke stepped toward the monastic guest room door as stealthily as he could. He was far from home, in a town he knew but little, in a situation where he was responsible to see a friend, who had just lost his family, get to Rhemuth and to the king. His stealth was so as to not wake the youthful baron if he slept. They had hard riding to do in the next days ahead. Sleep now would be welcome if any of them could get it.
Washburn craked the door just a little, looking about the room, noting Alister was seated before the fireplace. He was starring deep into the flames. A comb was in his hand and he was slowly automatically brushing back his hair. The Lendour knight had to look twice. An odd notion caught him off guard, he blinked again. Most men raked their hair back and braided it without that much care. What ever the baron saw in the flames he sighed anxiously, blinking away his focus. Wash stepped into the room, purposely scoffing his boot and creaking the door. Briskly the baron's left hand finished his braid with a twisted, and his right hand went to his dagger. "Tis but a friend," Washburn announced. "I have news."
"I had a chat with the Abbot. He is a king's man, well, rather he is the archbishop's man and therefore no sympathizer with the Mearian separatists. After Culdi's history, the abbot has no desire to bring on Kelson's wrath. Nor Uncle Duncan's. He's agreed to help us."
Washburn walked up to the fire. Just the slightest fire-log smoke touched his throat and he had to cough. "Thought I got rid of that," he said under his breath. He stepped away from the fire, found a half-filled mug of ale near where Alister sat and swallowed it down. "Sorry if was that yours. Good ale. Is there any more?"
Alister pointed to an earthen jug with cork stopper over the top, placed on the back table. "Darcy brought it in before he returned to the common room," the baron said.
"I should have asked master Darcy to sleep on a pallet at our door tonight. But I am guessing we are safe enough for one night." Washburn poured out two cups and returned to hand one to his friend. "Just to be on the safe side, I convinced the abbot to lend us three robes from the cloister. Riding out tomorrow, we will be three monks on church business. Well possibly four. The abbot seemed to think the priest we saw today is in need of travel companions. He apparently is going south. But I thought I better clear that with you first. If you think we can trust him, he'll help disguise our intent. Course, it may mean we travel a bit slower. You can decide in the morning."
Wash turned his head to suppress another cough. For a moment Wash thought to ask if Alister had improved on that Healer's training he had whispered he had discovered not long before last year. But if Alister was going to offer his skilled touch, he would have done so earlier in the day. Wash decided the youth had been through too much with the loss of his family, so he didn't bring the subject up. "Look, we need to get some shut-eye. You take the cot near the hearth. I think I'll pull mine as far away from that fire as I can get."
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Aliset frowned. The knight's cough sounded no worse than one might expect from a man who had breathed in too much smoke-filled air earlier in the day. Still, she liked it not. She wished she knew some arcane way to still that tickle in his inflamed tissues, but mere mortal methods must suffice. She reached into her belt pouch for a small flask of an herb-laced honey she had requested from the infirmarian earlier in the evening, while Wash had been at his bath, and poured what she estimated to be a scant spoonful into her portion of the ale before setting the cup close to the fire to warm up. "This might ease your cough," she told the knight as she looked up to meet his curious gaze. "I cannot promise it will cure it completely, but it should still it enough to allow you to catch up on your sleep."
The knight smiled. "Is it a Healer's concoction?" he asked.
Aliset gave a rueful chuckle. "Not exactly. It was my mother's home remedy, truth be told, though nearly as effective. For best effect, it ought to be stirred into whisky, though since I've none of that with me, ale shall have to suffice." She studied the man before her, summoning up her courage. "My lord, there is something you must know before we journey on any further together. I feel remiss in not informing you earlier, yet I can hardly think of when I might have had a decent opportunity before now."
"We've hardly had a minute to catch our breaths since we met at the inn, have we?" Wash agreed. "What is it you need to tell me?"
Now that the moment was at hand, Aliset could not find the words. Instead, she picked up the medicinal ale from the hearth, handing it to him with a wry smile. "Drink this first. And then...." She offered her hand to him. "Perhaps it might be easier if I just showed you."
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Wash took the posset she handed him and tossed it down in a few gulps, handing the cup back to her as he took her hand. She attempted to establish a shallow rapport with him then, prepared to share her secret with him at last, but to her consternation, her extreme need for secrecy coupled with the stress of the previous few days and Oswald's pursuit of her had apparently resulted in an unexpected side effect, for despite having braced herself to reveal everything to the man before her, suddenly she discovered herself unable to lower her shields! His look of sleepy curiosity turned to confusion as she stared back at him in dismay, pulling away from the tentative attempt to link with him.
"My...my lord, I am sorry! I must be more tired than I realized! I...I must not keep you laboring under false assumptions any longer, however. I am not the man who you think I am." As the Duke's brother continued to listen, a hint of wary caution awakening in his eyes now, she added, "That is to say, I am your friend, if you would have my friendship, and in truth I very much have need of yours. But I am not Alister of Mariot, my lord. I am Aliset, Demoiselle de Mariot, and true heiress to my father's lands by blood right and the allegiance he held to our liegelord of Gwynedd. For the sake of whatever bonds of friendship you shared with my brother, although I find myself unable to lower my shields just now to show you the truth of what I tell you, I throw myself upon your mercy."
"Aliset, Demoiselle de Mariot," Washburn repeated, attempting to understand the words that came from the person and voice of the person who he thought was the one standing before him, but who declared he, no she, was not. The man he saw was a comrade in arms, one whom he had but months before jovially ransacked the Rhemuth armory with, looking for just the right dagger to go with his new knight's sword. The same dagger that just now stood in the belt of the person before him. He didn't want to believe what he had just heard.
"You're not Alister!" It was not a question, but a confirmation. "Not Alister, but his sister, his twin sister Aliset." He had heard of magic like this which could disguise so completely. However, he knew nothing of how it was done. Did she have his memories too? Would the siblings have been together when he died? It hurt his heart that the lady would have witnessed that. "Aliset is the older of the two of you, I recall you once told me. I'm sorry... he told me!" The person who looked like Alister stood before him, barely nodded, looking on anxiously. What Washburn's eyes told him was not in agreement with what his mind and his senses were understanding. Little things had stood out, mannerisms not quite right. Talents not shared, talents like Healing and Rapport, because the Rapport had never been established in the first place to share them. Oddly it made sense. He looked into the eyes of the one before him and from that moment he knew the truth. "Kelric was right. Alister was murdered, as too was the Baron de Mariot. And only you alone survived. I am so sorry for adding to you grief."
The Lendour Knight stood turning away from his friend's sister. He paced the floor not looking up. Earlier, he had changed into a simple but clean black tunic and trews having given over his ash-covered and flour-cover heraldic tunic to a deacon to see cleaned and dried for their leaving in the morning. He had left his chain mail shirt on the chest at the end of the bed, alongside his long sword and his helm. Out of respect to the monastery, he had chosen to only wear his short sword and dagger. He looked over at the weapon lying there but he did not reach for it. Rather instead he absently said. "All three of my weapons are a matched set. They were given to me by my mother on the day of my knighting. Maman, yum, the duchess told me then how my father had found the three weapons in the armory of Lendour. This had been years before I was born. The great sword, short sword, and dagger had once belonged to an ancestor, the man whose name I was given at birth. His story had touched the duke and the duchess, that is why I was named after him, and that was why my father had insisted early on that those weapons would be mine at my knighting. Remember how I bragged about this to you?"
Wash had gotten lost in the memory and shook his head at the slip. "Oh god, I mean to your brother; oh Lady Aliset…. Have you heard this story before? Sir Alister had a good sword from his father, I mean your father, damn. But he didn't have a set like mine. I was shamed by my bosting. And had to find a way to make it right. I did get permission from King Kelson, I swear that I did. Though the master Armorer did not believe. Course that was after we had ransacked the armory searching for a matching dagger. We found one, not exact but very close. It had an ebony hilted, with a twisted silver wrapping for the hand hold, a ruby at the base of the hilt and an emblem of an eagle at the cross. It was a good quality dagger and it still is. As I see it still at your belt."
The hand of the person before him handled the hilt of the dagger, but did not draw it.
"Alister is truly gone then?" Washburn said with sadness. He looked up at the figure of Alister, knowing Aliset's deception was not a betrayal. At least it had not been one set for him, he had just fallen into it by circumstances that were out of control. "I will avenge him my lady! I won't run off now. Though every muscle in me wants too." He looked back into the lady's eyes seeing her without really seeing. She hadn't dropped her shields. He was a stranger to her and he understood. But he knew now that it wasn't Alister who looked back at him. It was his sister who needed him to protect her and guide her to Gwynedd's King. Kelson needed to be the one to make a ruling which would legally return to her the inheritance of her father's estate. "Your cousin Oswald is a coward if he sends men after a woman!"
Washburn didn't wait for her reply. He suddenly looked around him flustered. He quickly gathered up his things. "And, and…My lady, forgive me for my forwardness before. I will sleep in the commons room. I ask you to bolt this door when I leave. And you will need a chaperon. I swear not from me," he added quickly, "but your reputation must remain impeccable in the eyes of Rhemuth Court, when we arrive there."
"Wait, my lord!" Aliset held up one hand in alarm. "Before you go, there are a couple of other things you should know."
As Sir Washburn's hand paused upon the door latch, she continued. "Just now, before you came in, I was scrying the flames for signs of my pursuers. You ought to know that I saw their leader not a day's journey from here. He appears to have picked up our trail again despite our best efforts to shake him off. I don't know how far behind us he and his men are now, but we probably should not tarry here any longer than we absolutely must."
At Washburn's nod of understanding, she continued. "And the other thing is...Darcy Cameron does not know yet that I am a woman. I met him only a fortnight ago, and while I trust him as much as I've been able--and he has not given me any cause to doubt his trustworthiness--I...thought it prudent to withhold that information for the time being, given the circumstances." She blushed. "Though if you think he ought to know, I will leave that to your discretion. I can continue in this guise as long as I must, or take on some other form if you'd prefer--if seeing Alister's familiar form before you daily would be too hard for you--and indeed would rather remain in a man's form for now if that means being able to dispense with any additional travelers in our party who might slow us down. With pursuit so hard upon our heels, I would be loathe to endanger any of the village maidens or goodwives you might otherwise consider a more suitable chaperone." She ventured a hesitant smile. "Alister trusted you, and he was a good judge of character, my lord. Therefore, I trust you also. If you think it more meet to add another lady to our number once we manage to shake off my pursuers, then of course I shall defer to your good judgment. And, of course, we shall also have a priest with us, if Father Columcil intends to accompany us. That should hopefully prevent idle tongues from wagging."
Darcy Cameron awoke alert as had always been his custom. He lay still to gauge the sounds around him; the few other guests in the common room were beginning to stir. Dawn had broken not too long before, as the light creeping in from the shuttered windows still held a pink tinge. Red light at morning, sailors take warning. There might be rain today.
He stretched on his pallet, felt a satisfying crack of his spine. It had not been an uncomfortable night, once he had finally slept again. He rose from his pallet and made his way to the door to go outside to the privy when he stopped. He turned and noticed Sir Washburn stirring on a pallet not far from the separate room the Deryni knight and Lord Alister were supposed to share. Puzzled, he wondered if they had had an argument, or if one snored so loudly as to be kicked out of the finer quarters. Sir Washburn awoke, stood and gave him a guarded nod in greeting.
Darcy opened the door and almost collided with Father Columcil. The good father was holding what looked to be country priest cassocks draped across is arm.
Darcy abandoned hope of this being an uneventful day.
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Washburn stood and stretched. He had slept on pallets often enough to not think too much of it. Only dukes and kings got the advantage of never sleeping on the floor. He noted Master Darcy's inquiring look in his direction and he truthfully replied in greeting, "The fireplace was too close."
He gave his back another stretch, reaching down for his belt. He saw Father Columcil enter the common room and the frown that came over Darcy's face as he saw the clerical robes. The seaman might take some convincing to play the part of a humble monk. That would be the least of his troubles today. He had not yet meet the priest, but Wash recognized him as the man who had said the prayer on his behalf yesterday. A prayer he much appreciated. "Ah, Father, well-met. I am in hopes that your presence this morning means you will be joining our journey south? We will greatly appreciate your companionship." It was an auspicious arrangement. The good father would be Aliset's chaperon, even if he was unaware of it.
The knight's nightmare had been about the Queen reprimanding him, before the entire court, for his lack of Chivalry on behalf of Lady Aliset. Yet the morning's light only reinforced the decision he had made last night. For Darcy's sake, as well as his own, he had asked the noble lady that she remain in the disguise of Sir Alister, her twin brother. Then with his shields open, he let her read the truth in his oath, he promised to be her protector until this business was done.
Favorite Book: King Javan's Year
Favorite Character: Father Joram MacRorie
(( I also lost a first draft which is why Father Columcil has been somewhat silent of late)).
"And once you were unable to explain your lineage as a healer, you feared your illegitimacy might be revealed and your ordination questioned. I understand, my son, though your first duty as a priest is always towards others and not simply your own safety."
But there was compassion rather than rebuke in the Abbot's voice, and startled at the lack of condemnation, Columcil looked up to meet the other's gaze. Unable to settle his conscience he had begged that he might have the comfort of confession and had been directed to remain in the Chapel after Vespers. He had not expected that it would be the Abbot himself to hear his confession, but it was not his place to question and he had dutifully knelt at the Abbot's feet.
There was gentleness in the Abbot's eyes as he continued. " It was a sin against your calling, both as a healer and as a priest to deny your gift, but you know that and have confessed as much. And I think I know too, what you cannot say..." The Abbot broke off as Columcil started to get to his feet in a panic and firmly, but gently forced him back down to his knees. "Do not fear. I will not ask you beyond what you have freely given, though it was fear of what you might confess that ensured that only I heard your confession. I have known their Graces of Cassan, past and present for many years and I have eyes in my head."
In shock and confusion, Columcil managed to ask. "What is your counsel, my Lord? Surely it is best for me to return home, though I will appear disobedient, to my manor Lord and to my Bishop both of whom enjoined this journey upon me against my own judgement." The obscurity of life as a country priest had suited him well and he had no desires beyond the fulfillment of his vocation. He looked up hopefully towards the Abbot but was dismayed to see the other shaking his head.
'I think not, my son. I see the hand of God in this - though as is His way, He shows us but little of His purpose. There is much that I do not know but I am sure that your path has not crossed that of the young noblemen by mere chance. They are heading for Rhemuth, as do you, and they have begged that they may borrow monks' habits to cloak their departure. Your penance for your fear is to travel with them. And yes I know you have lost saddle and bridle, that will be made good.'
Columcil saw his last hope of escape disappear with those words, but though the Abbot had clearly seen his forlorn hope, it was denied with humour rather than censure.
"In nomine Patris, Filii et Spiritus Sancti..." The Abbot made the sign of the cross on Columcil's forehead as he spoke the words of absolution. Columcil kissed the Abbot's hand then rose, and turning towards the Presence lamp, genuflected in homage and resignation.
Let God rise up, let his enemies be scattered;
let those who hate him flee before him.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
as wax melts before the fire,
let the wicked perish before God.
(Psalm 68 vv1-2)
Aliset carefully folded her brother's clothing, returning it to her travel bag before studying her reflection in a polished brass mirror with a slight frown. The border braid she'd taken to wearing in her disguise as Alister didn't quite go along with the borrowed monk's robes she wore. It would be easy enough for one of Oswald's trackers to see through her disguise.
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She imagined her hair shorter, with a small coin-sized tonsure in back, and saw her reflection change accordingly. With regret, she realized she really ought to change her facial features as well--doubtless her pursuers had figured out by now she was using her brother's face and form as a disguise--but it would be easier to explain a sudden haircut to the traveling companions who did not realize exactly who she was than it would be to explain an entirely new face. Perhaps if the need grew truly great, she would let Darcy and Father Columcil in on the secret that Sir Washburn already knew, and then she could wear whatever form would best suffice for throwing her pursuers off their trail. But for now, this modification to her disguise would have to serve.
She refilled her wineskin and left to join the rest of her companions.
Darcy Cameron looked askance at the monk's robe Father Columcil held out to him. "You really expect me to wear this?" he asked. "I like to think I have lived a mostly honourable life, but it has not been a pure one. Do you really want to get struck down by lightning before we have cleared the courtyard?"
At Father Columcil's solemn nod, Darcy crossed himself and shrugged into the coarse, homespun robe.
"I will not, repeat, NOT be tonsured!"
He turned as Lord Alister joined them, his hair shortened to blend with his new attire. As Lord Alister nodded to the priest, Darcy noticed the small tonsure on the crown of his head.
"Lord have mercy," Darcy muttered as he drew the hood of his robe up to cover his head.
((Revanne, I hope I am not writing over you, It has taken me three hours to put this together tonight)).
Darcy's hood went up in defiance.
Wash stifled a laugh behind a pretend cough. When he had suggested they pose as monks, he hadn't expect their deception to be scrutinized up close. His sword was a ready deterrent if the wrong person chose to get that close. Belatedly, he noted Aliset's features had shifted. Shifted to Alister with a haircut and a-- a tonsure.
"Gades!" Easy enough for her to do! "Is that not irreverent?" he questioned her.
Alister's eyebrows raised as if challenging him. "Old bald men are not considered irreverent. Just be glad we still have hair to grow out." Confounding logic that; so like Alister to take the broad view. What didn't help, was that he knew that Aliset's tonsure was a cheat!
Knowing what he must do, the tall knight gave a growl under his breath. "The Archbishop's penance for impersonating a priest will be unpleasant. After he is done laughing, that is." Wash ran his fingers through his hair. Long hair was a province of courtiers at Kelson's court. Short hair was good for roaming knights, he could except that, but a Tonsure?
"Master Darcy, your choice is good enough. Just keep that cowl up. But if I'm to be our leader, I must fully play the part." A little exasperated with himself over the thought of a haircut, he spoke more briskly than he intended. "I expect everyone will be ready to ride in an hour!" he ordered. "Have my horse saddled and bridled, and our supply bags packed. We shan't tarry here longer than needful."
At that moment a decan arrived with Washburn's clean folded tunic. "Thank you son, I'll keep that for a better day. Father Columcil, I'll take that last robe your holding." He placed his black tunic in his saddle bag, he almost stuffed his chainmail in to, with his helm, but he had to give that a second thought. Without help, he slide the shirt of interlocking rings over his head and arms. The monk's robe went over that without exposing the metal underneath. Good! A tonsure he would endure. Going without his armor, he would not.
The drate robe was a tad short and his black boots were exposed. He sighed. "I'll need plain footwear. Son," speaking to the Decon. "Can you lead me to the Abbot to beg shoes, for a donation of course, and then on to the Monastery barber, I'm in need of a haircut."
He left quickly, not wanting to see the smirks made by his riding companions.


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Ivan's expression immediately dimmed after hearing that statement. Was Jack not trying to intentionally embarrass him? However, he was not exactly bothered by being embarrassed as long as he was able to get Jack exiled from the Taylor family today. Everything would be worth it for him.
"95 million? Was it really that expensive?" Cecilia gasped after hearing that as she said, "So, in order to increase the value of your gift to the old master, you intentionally spoke a random amount, Jack?"
"Regardless of whether it's worth that much or not, is an afterthought. However, I actually spent that much on that house to win the bid. If you don't believe me, you can ask both Young Master Neil and Young Master Ken. They were both there on that day as well!" Jack calmly replied.
"Young Master Ken, Young Master Neil, did he actually spend that much money? I refuse to believe him, the son-in-law who was enlisted as a soldier for five years can fork out that much money!" Cecilia was very dissatisfied. She was dissatisfied because she could never have forked out that much money and was she actually inferior to the son-in-law?
"He actually did. The thing is, Young Master Ivan too had his eye on that mansion and wanted to bid for the mansion as a gift for Old Master Taylor so he went to the auction that day. However, he did not expect Jack to be present as well…" Ken laughed before continuing, "So, both of them wanted to bid for it. They even made a bet that the loser would shine the winner's shoe. Young Master Ivan conceded in the end and Jack won the bid for that house!"
Fiona clenched her fist furiously as she listened from aside. She was fuming. Jack happened to be wasting too much money now. He actually wanted to snatch it from Ivan. Why could he not just give it to Ivan? That house was not even worth more than ninety million anyway.
Besides, he initially agreed to only a ten million dollars gift for the old master anyway. Could he not have bought anything else that cost ten million dollars? He could have saved eighty million dollars then. Even if Jack did not want this much money, it would be better off just giving it to her. His mother-in-law happened to be short in cash anyway. Of course, she merely kept those thoughts to herself. As unhappy as she was, she could not speak her mind in front of everyone then. Besides, Jack spent that much money to win the bid for that house while making Ivan shine his shoe for him at the same time. This had earned some form of pride or glory to their family.
At this moment, Ken chuckled coldly as he said, "However, I've had people look into Jack and he never requested for an advance paycheck from Miss Tanya. Coincidentally, we ran into the same wealthy lady from the previous auction together with Jack again. Cough! Cough! This meant that the money came from that wealthy woman. The hard-earned money of that wealthy woman it seems!" Ken emphasized his tone when he said 'hard-earned money' as if he was trying to hint at something. He even slowed down when he said that.
"That's right. That gift came from the bed, it seems!" After Michael heard that, he burst out laughing. How could Ivan not tell him when he knew so much information.
However, that was not important now since Jack, their son-in-law had utterly disgraced the entirety of the Taylor family now. If what Ivan said was true, it would be a miracle for Jack to not be exiled from the Taylor family immediately. He believed that as long as Jack was no longer in the picture to stop him, he would have a chance to pursue Selena.
"Jack, what they're saying, is it true? Were you really together with that wealthy lady?"
Fiona had nearly passed out from being agitated. Neil had told them about it previously and she thought they were intentionally spouting nonsense. However, Selena did not exactly probe deeper regarding that ordeal so the entire matter was dropped.


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"We believe that the joining together of these two companies will be an unbeatable combination," said Marcello Leone, Founder of Naturo and CEO of BevCanna. "Creating innovative beverages that consumers will love, whether mineral or cannabis-based, wellness-focused or recreational, continues to be our passion. Now we're at a stage where a business combination will position us to provide incredible value for both organizations and bring two exceptionally experienced teams together, creating one of the largest CPG, cannabis beverage and natural products players in the industry."
"BevCanna has taken great strides in the past few years and in addition to its commercialized U.S. products, is now on the brink of commercialization across the Canadian market," said John Campbell, Chief Strategic Officer at BevCanna. "Our exclusive partnership with Naturo has been instrumental in our success and it's now time to formalize the relationship and bring together the strengths of both companies."
The Transaction
The LOI provides that the Company will acquire all of the Target Securities outstanding as at the closing (the "Closing") of the Transaction from the securityholders of the Target (the "Vendors") in exchange for the issuance of approximately 50,000,000 common shares of the Company (each, a "Consideration Share") to the Vendors at a deemed price of $0.40 per Consideration Share. The parties have agreed to negotiate and execute a definitive agreement in respect of the Transaction on or before January 22, 2021 which will replace and supersede the LOI.
It is expected that, upon completion of the Transaction, the former securityholders of the Target will own approximately 32% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company and no new "control block holder" (as such term is used in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE")) will be created. The board of directors of BevCanna is expected to remain the same following the completion of the Transaction. The Transaction is not expected to constitute a "change of business" or "fundamental change" of the Company in accordance with the policies of the CSE.
Conditions of the Transaction
Completion of the Transaction remains subject to, among other things, satisfactory due diligence by the parties, entry into the definitive agreement, approval of the CSE, if applicable, receipt by BevCanna of a third party valuation of Naturo, approval of the shareholders of each of the Company and Naturo, as applicable, BevCanna having sufficient cash assets at the Closing to operate the combined businesses of the companies; and other conditions which are customary for transactions of this nature.
Some or all of the Consideration Shares issued may be subject to an escrow agreement, to be effective as of the Closing, pursuant to the policies of the CSE. The Transaction will be completed pursuant to available exemptions under applicable legislation. No finder's fee will be paid in connection with the Transaction. Naturo, which is controlled by Marcello Leone, the CEO of BevCanna, has agreed to exclusively negotiate with BevCanna until the termination of the LOI. Closing of the proposed Transaction is expected to be on or before March 31, 2021.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein in the United States. The securities described herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to the account or benefit of a U.S. person absent an exemption from the registration requirements of such Act.
Completion of the Transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including CSE acceptance. There can be no assurance that the Transaction will be completed as proposed or at all.
Investors are cautioned that any information released or received with respect to the Transaction may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon. Trading in the securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative.
The CSE has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed Transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release.
About Naturo Group Investments Inc.
Naturo Group develops and manufactures beverages and consumer products for in–house brands and white label clients. With decades of experience creating, branding and distributing iconic brands that have resonated with consumers on a global scale. Naturo owns and operates nationally distributed house brands across Canada which are currently sold in more than 3000 Canadian retailers, including 7/11, Loblaws, London Drugs, Metro and Farm Boy, as well as online direct-to-consumers, via Amazon; and is expanding into the U.S. market in 2021. Based in British Columbia, Canada, Naturo Group owns a pristine alkaline spring water aquifer, a world–class 40,000–square–foot, HACCP certified manufacturing facility, with a current bottling capacity of up to 210M bottles per annum.
About BevCanna Enterprises Inc.
BevCanna Enterprises Inc. (CSE:BEV, OTCQB:BVNNF, FSE:7BC) develops and manufactures cannabinoid–infused beverages and consumer products for in–house brands and white label clients. With decades of experience creating, branding and distributing iconic brands that have resonated with consumers on a global scale, the team demonstrates an expertise unmatched in the emerging cannabis beverage category. Based in British Columbia, Canada, BevCanna owns the exclusive rights to a pristine spring water aquifer, access to a world–class 40,000–square–foot, HACCP certified manufacturing facility, with a current bottling capacity of up to 210M bottles per annum. BevCanna also recently acquired US natural health and wellness e-commerce platform Pure Therapy. BevCanna's vision is to be a global leader in infused innovations.
Neill Dixon of O'Cannabiz Conference & Expo
The producers of O' Cannabiz have decades of experience producing national-profile events and creating global connections between business communities in the arts, broadcasting, media and technology. They have organized trade summit initiatives with governments around the world. And they have worked closely with sponsors in all levels of Canadian government.
Pure Extracts Corp.
Pure Extracts is positioned to be the dominant extraction company to rapidly develop and commercialize functional and psychedelic medicine.
Resolve Digital Health Inc. committed to establishing a standard of care missing from the medical cannabis industry until now.


On the transfer front, the newspapers today are dominated by only two rumours with Corriere dello Sport investigating the latest sagas in the most depth. The first is in relation to Xandao as Lazio edge ever closer to the player who is currently training with Sporting Lisbon. While Lotito continues to hammer down the transfer fee, the player has been offered an incredibly low salary of 400,000 but it could be a sum he is prepared to take as time ticks on. The other rumour is regarding Guglielmo Stendardo and the latest Federico in Atalanta's Peluso. The club from Bergamo want 5 million plus Stendardo for their versatile defender. Considering Stendardo's high wage and the fact that Serie A rules and regulations forbids Lazio from loaning the ex-Perugia centre-back unless they renew his contract, Lotito is prepared to let him go for free in a bit to sweeten up Atalanta.
Corriere dello Sport also discuss the likely partnership between Miroslav Klose, who returns to action next week and Mauro Zarate, who has been in blistering form since he returned home. The newspaper also looks at the impact Antonio Candreva has had at Lazio since he came on loan on deadline day in January. Interestingly, today's edition of Gazzetta dello Sport contains a similar piece.
Gazzetta also suggest that Petkovic has been very impressed by Antonio Rozzi and Eddy Onazi in pre-season and will have to make a difficult choice. He could keep them at Lazio for the season and use them sparingly, or look to loan him out to a Serie B club for experience at a lower level.
The only other rumour to emerge in today's papers stems for Emiliano Alfaro's agent's comments that several clubs have an expressed an interest in his client. Chievo Verona are in pole position according to Tuttosport.
The above are translations of news items gathered by "oizaL" at biancocelesti.org.


Veterinary parasiticides or antiparasitics are products that kill parasites that infest livestock, pets, and other animals. The global animal parasiticides market is expected to grow at a moderate pace driven by the rise in demand for animal proteins and the increased focus on food safety. The increase in animal population will also help boost market growth. Bayer HealthCare, Elanco, Merial, Merck Animal Health, and Zoetis are the major vendors in the market. These vendors offer a wide portfolio of products in various segments such as animal diagnostics, animal vaccines, animal pharmaceuticals, and animal feed additives. These products are intended for use in companion animals and livestock. These products have active ingredients that kill or inhibit growth and a series of non-active ingredients such as stabilizers and solvents.
Technavio's analysts forecast the global animal parasiticides market to grow at a CAGR of 5.87% during the period 2017-2021.
The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global animal parasiticides market for 2017-2021. To calculate the market size, the report presents a detailed picture of the market by the way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources.
Technavio's report, Global Animal Parasiticides Market 2017-2021, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
• Rise in incidences of zoonotic diseases.
• Lengthy regulatory approval process.
• Vertical integration in livestock industry.


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After publication of our initial mass-radius-composition (MRC) models \citep{Unte18} for the TRAPPIST-1 system, planet masses were updated in \citet{Grimm18}. We adopted the data set of \citet{Wang17} who reported different densities than \citet{Grimm18}. The differences in observed density change the inferred volatile content of the planets. \citet{Grimm18} report TRAPPIST-1b, d, f, g, and h as being consistent with $<$5 wt\% water and TRAPPIST-1c and e having largely rocky interiors. Here, we present updated results recalculating water fractions and potential alternative compositions using \citet{Grimm18} masses.

We find using the ExoPlex MRC code for a 3-layer planet (liquid core, silicate mantle with Mg/Si = 1, water-ice), planets b, d and g are consistent with the findings of \citet{Grimm18} of $<$5\% water by mass (Figure \ref{Chi_squared}, top), but only for the smallest core mass fraction planets in our models (23 wt\% Fe, Fe/Mg = 0.55). As the modeled core size increases, the relative amount of water needed to reduce the mass to within 1$\sigma$ of the observed mass ($\chi^2 < 1$) also increases. Planets c, e, f, and h are consistent with having no water, again only in the case that they have relatively small Fe-cores. When we adopt a larger core mass fraction (34 wt\%, Fe/Mg = 0.95) for planets c, e, f and h, we estimate these planets contain between 8--34 wt\% water.

To assign a probability of a planet having water, \citet{Grimm18} modeled a hypothetical composition where no Fe is present in the planet (Fe/Mg = 0). This composition, however, is unlikely as Fe, Mg, and Si have condensation temperatures very close to each other \citep{Unte17}, meaning if these planets contain silicates they likely contain iron as well. While stripping of a mantle is possible by giant impact after core segregation, in this case the stripped mantle would have to reform into a Fe-free planet. Therefore, Fe/Mg = 0 is not a realistic low-density end-member.

One way for a planet with Fe/Mg above zero to have a lower bulk density without the addition of volatiles is for the planet's iron to alloy with ``light'' elements (e.g. Si, O) during core segregation. This process occurs under reducing conditions and is poorly understood for the Earth, whose core must contain 5--10 mol\% of these elements. Another mechanism for lowering planet density while retaining iron is to react the iron with oxygen prior to core formation and oxidize into FeO. This FeO will incorporate into Mg-bearing silicates and remain within the mantle. If all the iron oxidizes this way, the planet will have no core, but still contain significant Fe in the mantle. This is the true. Because this Fe-bearing silicates are more massive than the Mg-bearing alternative, the presence of Fe in the mantle will increase the density of the mantle. Therefore, the true lowest mass end-member composition for determining the likelihood of water is a fully oxidized planet with Fe/Mg$>$0.

We calculated MRC models for water-less, core-less compositions of the TRAPPIST-1 planets with Mg/Si = 1 (Figure \ref{Chi_squared}, bottom), varying relative mantle Fe up to Fe/Mg = 2. Planets b, d, and g can only be fit with compositions with Fe/Mg$<$0.5. These iron compositions fall below 1$\sigma$ of Fe/Mg abundance ratios from stars with similar metallicity to TRAPPIST-1 \citep[][Supplementary Figures 2 and 3]{Unte18}. Also as Fe/Mg increases, the modeled mass increases for the planets. From these points, we argue that planets b, d, and f \textit{must} have some significant volatile layer. The other planet's masses (c, e, f, and h) are well fit with any compositions  Fe/Mg$<$2, making the presence of water inconclusive. If these planets are indeed core-less, that is not to say they did not form wet because water would be the likely oxidant if it were present prior to core segregation. These planets may have indeed formed wet but chemical processes could lock this water within their mantles, producing no surface water.

Overall, we can reproduce the results of \citet{Grimm18} of planets b, d and g having $<5$ wt\% H$_2$O only if the cores of these planets are small ($<$23 wt\%). Due to the trade-off of increasing mass with increasing iron content at constant planet radius, if planets b, d, and f do have larger core mass fractions, more water must be present to lower their bulk density. Because these planets are still too massive, even in the core-less case, this strongly argues for the presence of planetary surface volatiles, likely water-ice. Planets c, e, f, and h, can either have volatile envelopes between 0--35 wt\% but are also consistent with being totally oxidized and core-less. While more refined mass and radius measurements of the TRAPPIST-1 planets will help further characterization, precise measurement of the host star composition will also aid in breaking this degeneracy in their interior compositions.

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    \caption{\textbf{Top:} Best fit water wt\% where $\chi_{\textrm{mass}}^2<1$ for each of the TRAPPIST-1 (T1) planets assuming a core, mantle, and water-ice layer. Solid and dashed lines represent our end-member core-to-mantle ratios (as Fe/Mg) including and not including any radius uncertainty, respectively. Black lines are the range of wt\% H$_2$O that produce 100 Earth ocean masses of water (1 Earth ocean = $1.2*10^{21}$ kg). \textbf{Bottom}: Best fit Fe/Mg for completely core-less planets using same format as above. The red band is the 1$\sigma$ range of stellar Fe/Mg for a sample similar metallicity stars as T1 \citep{Unte18}. If stellar composition broadly reflects planet composition, this represents a reasonable range of rocky planet Fe/Mg.}
    \label{Chi_squared}
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The Hekhalot Text
"Meditation and Kabbalah" Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, p 41
D. Second Commonwealth: lack of teachers; temptation of idolatry.
The Second Temple period in Jewish history lasted between 516 BCE and 70 CE,[1] when the Second Temple of Jerusalem existed. The sects of Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots and early Christianity were formed during this period. The Second Temple period ended with the First Jewish–Roman War and the Roman destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple.
After the death of the last Nevi'im (Jewish prophets) of antiquity and still under Persian rule, the leadership of the Jewish people was in the hands of five successive generations of zugot ("pairs of") leaders. They flourished first under the Persians (c. 539 – c. 332 BCE), then under the Greeks (c. 332–167 BCE), then under an independent Hasmonean Kingdom (140–37 BCE), and then under the Romans (63 BCE – 132 CE).
During this period, Second Temple Judaism can be seen as shaped by three major crises and their results, as various groups of Jews reacted to them differently. First came the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah in 587/6 BCE, when the Judeans lost their independence, monarchy, holy city and First Temple and were partly exiled to Babylon. They consequently faced a theological crisis involving the nature, power, and goodness of God and were also threatened culturally, ethnically, and ceremonially as they were thrown into proximity with other peoples and religious groups. The absence of recognized prophets later in the period left them without their version of divine guidance at a time when they felt most in need of support and direction.[2] The second crisis was the growing influence of Hellenism in Judaism, which culminated in the Maccabean Revolt of 167 BCE. The third crisis was the Roman occupation of the region, beginning with Pompey and his sack of Jerusalem in 63 BCE.[2]This included the appointment of Herod the Great as King of the Jews by the Roman Senate, and the establishment of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea comprising parts of what today are Israel, Palestinian territories, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple_period
Jewish leadership: Discipline of the Chariot now a secret.
Merkabah/Merkavah (Hebrew: מרכבה) mysticism (or Chariot mysticism) is a school of early Jewish mysticism, c. 100 BCE – 1000 CE, centered on visions such as those found in the Book of Ezekiel chapter 1, or in the heikhalot ("palaces") literature, concerning stories of ascents to the heavenly palaces and the Throne of God. The main corpus of the Merkabah literature was composed in the period 200–700 CE, although later references to the Chariot tradition can also be found in the literature of the Chassidei Ashkenaz in the Middle Ages.[1] A major text in this tradition is the Maaseh Merkavah (Works of the Chariot).[2]
The Talmudic interdictions concerning merkabah speculation are numerous and widely held. Discussions concerning the merkabah were limited to only the most worthy sages, and admonitory legends are preserved about the dangers of overzealous speculation concerning the merkabah.
For example, the secret doctrines might not be discussed in public: "Seek not out the things that are too hard for thee, neither search the things that are above thy strength. But what is commanded thee, think thereupon with reverence; for it is not needful for thee to see with thine eyes the things that are in secret."[9] It must be studied only by exemplary scholars: "Ma'aseh Bereshit must not be explained before two, nor Ma'aseh Merkabah before one, unless he be wise and understands it by himself."[10] Further commentary notes that the chapter-headings of Ma'aseh Merkabah may be taught, as was done by Rabbi Ḥiyya. According to Yer. Hagigah ii. 1, the teacher read the headings of the chapters, after which, subject to the approval of the teacher, the pupil read to the end of the chapter,[11]although Rabbi Zera said that even the chapter-headings might be communicated only to a person who was head of a school and was cautious in temperament.[12]
According to Rabbi Ammi, the secret doctrine might be entrusted only to one who possessed the five qualities enumerated in Isaiah 3:3 (being experienced in any of five different professions requiring good judgement), and a certain age is, of course, necessary. When R. Johanan wished to initiate R. Eliezer in the Ma'aseh Merkabah, the latter answered, "I am not yet old enough." A boy who recognized the meaning of חשמל (Ezekiel 1:4) was consumed by fire (Hagigah13b), and the perils connected with the unauthorized discussion of these subjects are often described (Hagigah ii. 1; Shab. 80b).[12]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkabah_mysticism
Replace it with a unifying structure: the Amidah.
E. Amidah:
Meditation requires repetition.
Mantra meditation.
Common form of meditation for entire nation.
F. Meditation common from Talmudic times through Middle Ages.
The Talmud:
The process of "Gemara" proceeded in what were then the two major centers of Jewish scholarship, Galilee and Babylonia. Correspondingly, two bodies of analysis developed, and two works of Talmud were created. The older compilation is called the Jerusalem Talmud or the Talmud Yerushalmi. It was compiled in the 4th century in Galilee. The Babylonian Talmud was compiled about the year 500, although it continued to be edited later. The word "Talmud", when used without qualification, usually refers to the Babylonian Talmud.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud
The Middle Ages:
Middle Ages, the period in European history from the collapse of Roman civilization in the 5th century CE to the period of the Renaissance (variously interpreted as beginning in the 13th, 14th, or 15th century, depending on the region of Europe and other factors).
https://www.britannica.com/event/Middle-Ages
Talmudic references to meditation.
Sefer Yetzirah.
"Sefer Yetzirah" – R Aryeh Kaplan
pp xii – xiii
a) Earliest source – Avraham Avinu.
b) Saadia Gaon – assembled later.
c) Attribution to Avraham.
d) Creating people?
e) Conversion?
f) Companion?
g) Use of Hebrew alphabet.
h) Astrology through meditation.
Rabbi Saadia Gaon
(4642-4702; 882-942)
Rabbi Saadia ben Joseph, one of the last and most famous Gaonim, a great Talmudic scholar, Jewish philosopher and inspiring leader, was born in a small village near Fayyum, in Egypt (the site of the ancient city Pithom which together with Raamses was built by Jewish slaves under the Pharaohs). His family traced its origin from Judah, the son of Jacob.
His father, Rabbi Joseph, was a learned man and he was Saadia's first teacher. Saadia had excellent qualities and was a brilliant student. Before he reached the age of twenty years, he already wrote his first work, the Agron, the first Hebrew dictionary and grammar. It was a great help to Hebrew poets and writers of sacred poems. The famous poet and commentator on the Torah, Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra, who lived about two hundred years later, praised this work highly, and considered its author as the earliest authority on the Hebrew language.
Rabbi Saadia became even more famous when he began his writings against the Karaites. The Karaites,were a sect of Jews which came into being many years before Saadia. Which denied the authority of the Talmud, believing only in the T'NaCh, had become very strong and influential in Saadia's time, especially in Egypt.
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/112319/jewish/Rabbi-Saadia-Gaon.htm
Heykhaloth Rabbatai.
The Hekhalot literature (sometimes transliterated Heichalot) from the Hebrew word for "Palaces", relating to visions of ascents into heavenly palaces. The genre overlaps with Merkabah or "Chariot" literature, concerning Ezekiel's chariot, so the two are sometimes referred to together as "Books of the Palaces and the Chariot" (ספרות ההיכלות והמרכבה). The Hekhalot literature is a genre of Jewish esoteric and revelatory texts produced some time between late antiquity – some believe from Talmudic times or earlier – to the Early Middle Ages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekhalot_literature
Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan – Meditation and the Bible – pp 38-39
a) Key to prophetic system
b) Chariot?
c) Relationship to Cherub
d) Riding = traveling
e) Meditative techniques
G. Meditation and Jewish philosophers in the Middle Ages.
Meditation and Jewish mystics and Kabbalists in the Middle Ages.
Moses ben Maimon,[note 1] commonly known as Maimonides (/maɪˈmɒnɪdiːz/ my-MON-i-deez)[note 2] and also referred to by the acronym Rambam (Hebrew: רמב״ם),[note 3] was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician, serving as the personal physician of Saladin.[8][9][10][11][12] Born in Córdoba, Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain) on Passover eve, 1138 (or 1135),[13][14][15][16][17] he worked as a rabbi, physician and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt. He died in Egypt on 12 December 1204, whence his body was taken to the lower Galilee and buried in Tiberias.[18][19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maimonides
Levi ben Gershon (1288 – 1344), better known by his Graecized name as Gersonides, or by his Latinized name Magister Leo Hebraeus,[1] or in Hebrew by the abbreviation of first letters as RaLBaG,[2] was a medieval French Jewish philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, physician and astronomer/astrologer. He was born at Bagnols in Languedoc, France. According to Abraham Zacuto and others, he was the son of Gerson ben Solomon Catalan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gersonides
Abraham Abulafia and breaking the codes.
Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia (Hebrew: אברהם בן שמואל אבולעפיה) was the founder of the school of "Prophetic Kabbalah". He was born in Zaragoza, Spain in 1240 and is assumed to have died sometime after 1291, following a stay on the small and windswept island of Comino, the smallest of the three inhabited islands that make up the Maltese archipelago.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Abulafia
Publication of the Zohar.
The Zohar first appeared in al-Andalus (now Spain)[5] in the 13th century, and was published by a Jewish writer named Moses de León (c. 1240–1305). De León ascribed the work to Shimon bar Yochai ("the Rashbi"), a tanna active after the Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) and the destruction of the Second Temple during the protracted period known as the Jewish–Roman wars.[6] According to Jewish legend,[7][8] Shimon hid in a cave for thirteen years studying the Torah and was inspired by the Prophet Elijah to write the Zohar. This accords with the traditional claim by adherents that Kabbalah is the concealed part of the Oral Torah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohar
A new era for Kabbalah.
Safed and The Ari.
Isaac (ben Solomon) Luria Ashkenazi (1534[1] – July 25, 1572) (Hebrew: יִצְחָק בן שלמה לוּרְיָא אשכנזי Yitzhak Ben Sh'lomo Lurya Ashkenazi), commonly known in Jewish religious circles as "Ha'ARI"2, "Ha'ARI Hakadosh" [the holy ARI] or "ARIZaL"[3] [the ARI, Of Blessed Memory (Zikhrono Livrakha)], was a leading rabbi and Jewish mystic in the community of Safed in the Galilee region of Ottoman Syria, now Israel. He is considered the father of contemporary Kabbalah,[4] his teachings being referred to as Lurianic Kabbalah. While his direct literary contribution to the Kabbalistic school of Safed was extremely minute (he wrote only a few poems), his spiritual fame led to their veneration and the acceptance of his authority. The works of his disciples compiled his oral teachings into writing. Every custom of the Ari was scrutinized, and many were accepted, even against previous practice.[3]
Luria died at Safed on July 25, 1572, and is buried at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Safed.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Luria
Kabbalah as an intellectual exercise. p 47


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GARRON FRITH – AWAY FROM THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
2012 – Skiffler Records
3.5****
This excellent recording has a very sparse mellow sound, but with an underlying power that helps to avoid the album ever sounding
bland. It is full of strong well written songs that promise much for the future of this highly talented artist, who is genuinely a singer songwriter, with each discipline being equally excellent in his case. Whilst he has to be slotted into that genre he doesn't stick to the middle ground, instead preferring to move into blues, folk and country whilst not plunging too deeply into any of them, playing mainly around the boundaries of each but still managing to retain the major aspects of these generic disciplines. As often applies with the higher quality artists in this loose genre, the songs are allowed plenty of space to develop, which helps with the diversity of styles on the album. I can't actually think of anyone to compare him to, which again augurs well for his future and whilst the sounds are not hugely original as such, there are little variations in sounds and themes that keeps the album interesting and fresh.
All of the songs are written by Garron Frith except for a co write with producer Simon J. Alpin, who also plays mandolin and lap steel on some of the tracks. The other musicians are all of a high quality, with Nick Simms on drums, Seymour Milton on keyboards and various other specialist players and harmony vocalists where required. Frith is also a good guitarist and harmonica player as well as an excellent vocalist, who does a really good job of adapting to the moods and tempos of these, at times, quite diverse songs. Whilst we can be forgiven for thinking he is American, Garron actually hails from the north west of England and has toured regularly over the last two years as headliner and support to a myriad of other artists. This is his second album, the first ironically titled 'The debut album' was supported by some tremendously favourable reviews and although I have yet to hear the album if it was anything like this one those reviews were justified.
His songwriting ranges from self analysis, life, love and even a rock 'n' roll story, ensuring that the variety of subjects and moods means you never quite know what is coming next. This is despite his mellow, yet atmospheric vocals and comparative sparseness of the instrumentation, which when allied to the fact that nothing gets above mid tempo says a lot for the talent on show that the album is always a really entertaining listen.
Album opener Black Widow, is a slow moody haunting folksy song that creates an excellent atmosphere, as do his vocals. This is followed by Not the man, another folksy song that also has elements of country as well as blues, after which he plunges more fully into the blues on Pretty
Penny, with his evocative vocals accompanied only by his own harmonica
playing and stomp! Rock 'n' roll band is a mellow, just approaching mid tempo, tale of a rock 'n' roll band, with a lovely mandolin and violin setting, that has a strong country feel. On The Remedy, it is easy to imagine him sitting on a front porch somewhere with a few friends playing fiddle and banjo in support of his deeply felt vocals on this country/folk song. The album closes with Rolling the dice, a song that can easily be labeled as a deep blues, with some tremendous acoustic slide guitar playing and his voice that has just about the perfect amount of feeling for a song of this edginess.
All in all an excellent sophomore album that, to reiterate, promises much for the future of this talented artist. Many'superstars' have made less creditable second albums!
http://www.garronfrith.co.uk