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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Being led by good intentions - (The Errors of Church And State)
Open Letter to the Citizens of Gloucester County Virginia
As we approach Independence Day I want to look at our history. During the 1700s the Christian Clergy in these colonies were the leaders of independence movement. They preached the Bible. For those weak on history look it up but you do not have to go any further than our Declaration of Independence and US and Virginia Constitutions to see how our Christian Clergy influenced our founding fathers.
This is to the Clergy and other leaders in our local churches your good intentions are leading us where all good intentions lead us. You have become comfortable with your belongings and have forgotten why you are here. Do they still teach about Sodom and Gomorrah? It is clear in the Bible when you fail to lead/shepherd the people it will be the end of times. Is that what you are planning to be failures as shepherds to hasten the return GOD through his son, Jesus back to earth? Prove me wrong!
Our moral compass is broken and it requires your leadership, not your doing what is easy and politically correct to get us back where we belong. You need to worship your loving Father, not a man and not money, and the comfortable life you have. To be a shepherd/fisher of men is not for the faint at heart. If you are comfortable with the way it is remember you will have to stand before the Father and explain your inactions? Paul died for his beliefs are you willing to be uncomfortable for yours.
People of Gloucester, tell the leaders of your church they need to be our moral compass to return us to being right with GOD to restore the greatness of our commonwealth and nation. Copy this into an email and send it to them.
“For the Common Good. “
Sincerely,
Alexander James Jay
We are going to help Alexander here as we happen to have an e-book on the history of Christianity in the US. So we are going to embed that in with his comments as they are spot on.
A History of American Christianity from Chuck Thompson
"The Constitution was created for a Christian people and will serve no other". John Adams. The separation of Church and State was so that one could not gain control of the other as was often the case throughout Europe. It was not designed to be a freedom from religion. In fact, it was considered an essential part of everyday life to be Christian in nature and heart.
The Constitution ensured that no single denomination of any church gained control over the state. It also ensures that the State can not favor one denomination of any given christian sect. Thomas Jefferson has been misquoted so often that people actually believe the falsehoods surrounding his writings and the false claims that he was an atheist. It is the place of the church to discuss politics. It is the place of the state to discuss religion. It is not the place of either church or state to prevent the others freedom of speech.
It is through the free exchange of ideas that we grow. We have all been denied growth by those who hate freedom, your freedom, the freedom of your children and grandchildren. We have all been set back by a small minority that has won the death of your freedoms. A small minority stole your freedoms and continue to do so today at so many levels because we have all let them. The power really is with the people.
The school has no real power to prevent prayer on school grounds under any circumstances despite what some misinformed judges decided. Those decisions are in direct conflict with the Constitution itself, hence void according to the Constitution itself.
Again we are embedding the Bill of Rights so that each and every person may reference what it actually says, not what someone wants to tell you it says.
Section 1.) Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
As we well know today, laws have been enacted in direct violation to the above at so many levels. The laws are invalid according to the Constitution itself. No government agency has a right to even try and enforce laws that are in violation to the First Amendment. Your rights are disappearing fast, will you continue to sit by and do nothing? Worry about what form of entertainment to please yourself with instead?
Monday, June 24, 2013
Dragnet - The Big War - Monday TV on GVLN
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Gloucester wins grant for cigarette problem at Beaverdam
Matt Sabo
Gloucester County has received a $500 grant to help solve its problem with smokers tossing cigarette butts around Beaverdam Park.
The grant is from the organization "Keep Virginia Beautiful" that funds attempts at litter prevention, according to a press release. Beaverdam Park has a 635-acre pond and more than 10 miles of trails, but visitors frequently discard their cigarette butts around the park.
The cigarettes pose a huge fire danger in addition to emitting toxic chemicals that leach into wildlife habitats, according to a spokesperson for Keep Virginia Beautiful. County staff will purchase cigarette receptacles and post signs to encourage Beaverdam Park visitors to properly dispose of their cigarettes.
Remains found buried in Surry County - Video
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Published : Monday, 24 Jun 2013, 1:02 PM EDT
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SURRY COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) - Surry County investigators have uncovered the remains of a man who reportedly died nearly a decade ago.
The remains of a black male who would have been in his late 40s at the time of his death were found behind a home in the 12000 block of Rolfe Highway Monday. Investigators had been searching for the man’s remains since Friday.
Sgt. Dearyl Anderson with the Surry County Sheriff’s Office told WAVY.com deputies received a tip of a homicide that occurred at the home on Jan. 1, 2006. Based on the information given to them, they searched the area and found the scattered remains buried about three feet underground on the back right corner of the property.
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A History of Patenting Medicine - The Granting of Monopolies
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_Bateman's Pectoral Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, Turlington's Balsam of
Life, Hooper's Female Pills, and a half-dozen other similar nostrums
originated in England, mostly during the first half of the 18th
century. Advertised with extravagant claims, their use soon spread to
the American Colonies._
_To the busy settler, with little time and small means, these
ready-made and comparatively inexpensive "remedies" appealed as a
solution to problems of medical and pharmaceutical aid. Their
popularity brought forth a host of American imitations and made an
impression not soon forgotten or discarded._
Life, Hooper's Female Pills, and a half-dozen other similar nostrums
originated in England, mostly during the first half of the 18th
century. Advertised with extravagant claims, their use soon spread to
the American Colonies._
_To the busy settler, with little time and small means, these
ready-made and comparatively inexpensive "remedies" appealed as a
solution to problems of medical and pharmaceutical aid. Their
popularity brought forth a host of American imitations and made an
impression not soon forgotten or discarded._
Dr. Bateman's Pectoral Drops. The patent was given not to a doctor, but
to a business man named Benjamin Okell. In the words of the patent,[3]
Okell is lauded for having "found out and brought to Perfection, a new
Chymicall Preparacion and Medicine..., working chiefly by Moderate
Sweat and Urine, exceeding all other Medicines yet found out for the
Rheumatism, which is highly useful under the Afflictions of the Stone,
Gravell, Pains, Agues, and Hysterias...." What the chemicals
constituting his remedy were, the patentee did not vouchsafe to reveal.
[3] Benjamin Okell, "Pectoral drops for rheumatism, gravel,
etc.," British patent 483, March 31, 1726.
The practice of patenting had begun in royal prerogative. Long
accustomed to granting monopoly privileges for the development of new
industries, the discovery of new lands, and the enrichment of court
favorites, various monarchs in 17th-century Europe had given letters
patent to proprietors of medical remedies which had gained popular
acclaim. In France and the German States, this practice continued well
through the 18th century. In England, where representative government
had progressed at the expense of the personal prerogative of the
sovereign, Parliament passed a law in 1624 aimed at curbing arbitrary
actions like those of James I and Charles I. The statute declared all
monopolies void except those extended to the first inventor of a new
process of manufacture. To such pioneers the king could grant his
letters patent bestowing monopoly privileges for a period of 14 years.
That the machinery set up by this law did not completely curb the
independence of English sovereigns in the medical realm is indicated by
the favor extended Dr. Weir, who successfully sought from James II a
privileged position for Anderson's Scots Pills. This kingly grant is
not included in the regular list, and the Glorious Revolution of 1688
brought an end to such an exercise of royal power without consent of
Parliament. A list of patents in the medical field later published by
the Commissioners of Patents[4] includes only six issued during the
17th century, four for baths and devices, one for an improved method of
preparing alum, and one for making epsom salts. The first patent for a
compound medicine was granted in 1711, and only two other proprietors
preceded Benjamin Okell in seeking this particular legal form of
protection and promotion.
As early as 1721, Bateman's Pectoral Drops were being regularly
advertised in the _London Mercury_. The advertisements announced: "Dr.
Bateman's Pectoral DROPS published at the Request of several Persons of
Distinction from both Universities...." The Drops, priced at "1 s. a
Bottle," were "Sold Wholesale and Retail at the Printing-house and
Picture Warehouse in Bow Churchyard," and likewise "in most Cities and
celebrated Towns in Great Britain." "Each Bottle Seal'd with the Boar's
Head." So stated the advertisement, which itself contained a crude cut
of this Boar's Head seal.[5] Elsewhere in this issue of the _Mercury_,
we learn that John Cluer, printer, was the proprietor of the Bow
Churchyard Warehouse. This same John Cluer, along with William Dicey
and Robert Raikes, were named in the 1726 patent as "the Persons
concerned with the said Inventor," Benjamin Okell, who, with him,
should "enjoy the sole Benefit of the said Medicine." It was this
partnership which was to find the field of nostrum promotion especially
congenial and which was to play an important transatlantic role. Soon
after securing their patent, the proprietors undertook to inform their
countrymen about the remedy by issuing _A short treatise of the virtues
of Dr. Bateman's Pectoral Drops_.[6]
[4] British Patent Office, _Patents for inventions: abridgements
of specifications relating to medicine, surgery, and dentistry,
1620-1866_, London, 1872.
[5] _London Mercury_, London, August 19-26, 1721.
[6] _A short treatise of the virtues of Dr. Bateman's Pectoral
Drops_, New York, 1731. A 36-page pamphlet preserved in the
Library of the New York Academy of Medicine. This is an American
reprint of an English original, date unknown.
It was the 18th century, and the essay was in fashion. The proprietors
prepared a didactic introduction to their treatise, phrased in long and
flowery sentences, in which modesty was not the governing tone. The
arguments ran like this: that the "Universal Good of Mankind" should be
the aim of "every private member"; that nothing is so conducive to this
general welfare as "HEALTH"; that no hazards to health are more direful
than diseases such as "the Gout; the Rheumatism; the Stone; the
Jaundice," etc., etc.; that countless men and women have succumbed to
such afflictions either because they received no treatment or suffered
wrong treatment at "the Hands of the Learned"; that no medicine is so
sure a cure as that inexpensive remedy discovered as a result of great
"Piety, Learning and Industry" by one "inspir'd with the Love of his
Country, and the Good of Mankind," to wit. "Dr. BATEMAN'S Pectoral
Drops."
Then followed seven chapters treating the multitude of illnesses for
which the Drops were a specific. Finally, the pamphlet cited "some few,
out of the many thousands of Certificates of Cures effected by these
DROPS...." Even so early was the testimonial deemed a powerful
persuader.
No more could Okell, Cluer, Dicey, and Raikes escape competition than
could the proprietors of other successful nostrums. In 1755 they went
to court and won a suit for the infringement of their patent, but the
damages amounted to only a shilling. Even after the patent expired, the
tide of publicity flowed on.[7]
[7] A broadside, issued in London, _ca._ 1750, advertising "Dr.
Bateman's Drops," is preserved in the Warshaw Collection of
Business Americana, New York. Later reprints of this same
broadside are preserved in the private collection of Samuel Aker,
Albany, New York, and in the Smithsonian Institution.
Competition was also lively in the 1740's among some half a dozen
proprietors marketing a form of crude petroleum under the name of
British Oil. Early in the decade Michael and Thomas Betton were granted
a patent for "An Oyl extracted from a Flinty Rock for the Cure of
Rheumatick and Scorbutick and other Cases." The source of the oil,
according to their specifications, was rock lying just above the coal
in mines, and this rock was pulverized and heated in a furnace to
extract all the precious healing oil.[8] This Betton patent aroused one
of their rivals, Edmund Darby & Co. of Coalbrook-Dale in Shropshire.
Darby asserted that it was presumptuous of the Bettons to call their
British oyl a new invention.[9] For over a century Darby and his
predecessors had been marketing this self-same product, and it had
proved to be "the one and only unrivall'd and most efficacious Remedy
ever yet discovered, against the whole force of Diseases and Accidents
that await Mankind...." For the Bettons to appropriate the process and
patent it--and even to claim in their advertising cures which really
had been wrought by the Darby product--was scandalous. Worse than that,
said Darby, it was illegal, for in 1693 William III had granted a
patent to "Martin Eele and two others at his Nomination for making the
same Sort of Oyl from the same Sort of Materials."
Evidence to
substantiate his belief in the Betton perfidy was presented by Darby to
George II, who had the matter duly investigated.[10] Being persuaded
that Darby was right, the king and his councillors, in 1745, vacated
the Betton patent. This victory seems not to have boomed the Darby
interests, and this defeat seems not to have ruined the Bettons. During
the succeeding century, the Betton patent was published and republished
in advertising, just as if it had never fallen afoul the law. From
their battles with the Oil from Coalbrook-Dale and other British Oils
marketed by other proprietors, the Bettons emerged triumphant. In the
years to come, patent or no, the Bettons British Oil was to dominate
the field.
[8] Michael and Thomas Betton, "Oil for the cure of rheumatic and
scorbutic affections," British patent 587, August 14, 1742.
[9] Edmund Darby & Co., _Directions for taking inwardly and using
outwardly the company's true genuine and original British Oil;
prepared by Edmund Darby & Co. at Coalbrook-Dale, Shropshire_,
ca. 1745. An 8-page pamphlet preserved in the Library of the
College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
[10] _London Gazette_, London, March 1, 1745.
The year after the Bettons had secured their patent, another was
granted to John Hooper of Reading for the manufacture of "Female Pills"
bearing his name.[11] Hooper was an apothecary, a man-midwife, and a
shrewd fellow. This was the period in which the British Government was
increasing its efforts to require the patentee to furnish precise
specifications with his application.[12] When Hooper was called upon to
tell what was in his pills and how they were made, he replied by
asserting that they were composed "Of the best purging stomatick and
anti-hysterick ingredients," which were formed into pills the size of a
small pea. This satisfied the royal agents and Hooper went on about his
business. In an advertisement of the same year, he was able to cite as
a witness to his patent the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury.[13]
[11] John Hooper, "Pills," British patent 592, July 21, 1743.
[12] E. Burke Inlow, _The patent grant_, Baltimore, 1950, p. 33.
[13] _Daily Advertiser_, London, September 23, 1743.
Much less taciturn than Hooper about the composition of his nostrum was
Robert Turlington, who secured a patent in 1744 for "A specifick
balsam, called the balsam of life."[14] The Balsam contained no less
than 27 ingredients, and in his patent specifications Turlington
asserted that it would cure kidney and bladder stones, cholic, and
inward weakness. He shortly issued a 46-page pamphlet in which he
greatly expanded the list.[15] In this appeal to 18th-century
sensibilities, Turlington asserted that the "Author of Nature" has
provided "a Remedy for every Malady." To find them, "Men of Learning
and Genius" have "ransack'd" the "Animal, Mineral and Vegetable World."
His own search had led Turlington to the Balsam, "a perfect Friend to
Nature, which it strengthens and corroborates when weak and declining,
vivifies and enlivens the Spirits, mixes with the Juices and Fluids of
the Body and gently infuses its kindly Influence into those Parts that
are most in Disorder."
CHICKEN A LA MONTMORENCY; Recipe of the day
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| The Bing cherry owes its development to the Chinese-American horticulturalist Ah Bing. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Any recipe with the word "Montmorency" is apt to have
cherries in it. The sauce for this one is particularly
good and Frank liked it enough to spread the leftovers on
toast the next day at breakfast. If you don't want to
microwave the roaster breast, just cook it in your oven,
following the package directions. When I'm in a hurry, I
use this microwave recipe, but breasts are the hardest part
of the chicken to keep tender in a microwave because
they're fairly dry to begin with, and if you overcook them,
they'll get tough.
1 roaster breast
1 can (16-ounces) pitted dark sweet cherries
1/4 cup dry red wine
Water
5 teaspoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons red currant jelly (optional)
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
Salt and ground pepper to taste
Place breast, skin side down, on microwave-safe roasting
utensil. Cover with wax paper; microwave at HIGH (100%
power) 5 minutes. Reduce power to MEDIUM HIGH (70% power)
and cook 12 minutes per pound. Halfway through cooking
time, turn breast, skin side up; brush with drippings in
utensil. Re-cover with wax paper; complete cooking. Let
stand, covered, 15 minutes. Test for doneness after
standing; juices should run clear with no hint of pink
when breast is cut near bone.
Drain cherries, reserving syrup in a 4-cup glass container.
Place cherries and red wine in small bowl. Add enough
water to cherry syrup to measure 1 cup. Stir in
cornstarch, mixing until well blended. Microwave at HIGH 3
minutes, stirring twice. Stir cherries with wine into
thickened syrup. Continue cooking at HIGH 1 to 2 minutes
or until mixture thickens and boils for 1 minute. Add
jelly, if desir
ed, and butter; stir until smooth.
To serve, slice chicken and place on warm platter. Spoon
some of cherry sauce over chicken slices; pass remaining
sauce.
cherries in it. The sauce for this one is particularly
good and Frank liked it enough to spread the leftovers on
toast the next day at breakfast. If you don't want to
microwave the roaster breast, just cook it in your oven,
following the package directions. When I'm in a hurry, I
use this microwave recipe, but breasts are the hardest part
of the chicken to keep tender in a microwave because
they're fairly dry to begin with, and if you overcook them,
they'll get tough.
1 roaster breast
1 can (16-ounces) pitted dark sweet cherries
1/4 cup dry red wine
Water
5 teaspoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons red currant jelly (optional)
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
Salt and ground pepper to taste
Place breast, skin side down, on microwave-safe roasting
utensil. Cover with wax paper; microwave at HIGH (100%
power) 5 minutes. Reduce power to MEDIUM HIGH (70% power)
and cook 12 minutes per pound. Halfway through cooking
time, turn breast, skin side up; brush with drippings in
utensil. Re-cover with wax paper; complete cooking. Let
stand, covered, 15 minutes. Test for doneness after
standing; juices should run clear with no hint of pink
when breast is cut near bone.
Drain cherries, reserving syrup in a 4-cup glass container.
Place cherries and red wine in small bowl. Add enough
water to cherry syrup to measure 1 cup. Stir in
cornstarch, mixing until well blended. Microwave at HIGH 3
minutes, stirring twice. Stir cherries with wine into
thickened syrup. Continue cooking at HIGH 1 to 2 minutes
or until mixture thickens and boils for 1 minute. Add
jelly, if desir
ed, and butter; stir until smooth.
To serve, slice chicken and place on warm platter. Spoon
some of cherry sauce over chicken slices; pass remaining
sauce.
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