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Kulinarya was started by a group of Filipino foodies living in Sydney, who are passionate about the Filipino culture and its colourful cuisine. Each month we will showcase a new dish along with their family recipes. By sharing these recipes, we hope you find the same passion and love for Filipino Food as we do.
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I was quite honoured when I saw my name on the Kulinarya mailing list to be the one to choose the theme for May 2011, along with Connie of Home Cooking Rocks. Since I joined the KCC way back in June 2010 (naks naman!) with my first post of pancit (noodles), I've actually been rather slack with it. But if anyone will forgive you for being lazy, it's your familia, no?
Connie and I chose the theme Flores de Mayo (Flowers of May). It's technically Spring in the Philippines and throughout this month, there are many fiesta to honour the Virgin Mary. Her symbols are flowers, especially roses. I'm taking this month's theme a little personally because my maiden name is also Flores. So, I present to you:
Eh, okay, so maybe that was a little anti-climactic. Since I didn't grow up in the Philippines, I actually had no idea of the fiestas until Connie mentioned it. My original suggestion for the theme was actually condensed milk because I wanted to make biko! But that can wait until another post. I did consider going ahead and making biko with Carnation brand condensed milk, but I figured that was a little too troll-ish, even for me.
I'm not a big fan of silicone baking trays, but I was given this one as a birthday present. I must have used it once before since the label's been removed, but I honestly cannot remember what for.
Puto – Filipino Steamed Rice Cakes
Makes 16-18 muffin-sized servings
20 minutes preparation time
20 minutes steaming/baking
From Oggi's Puto Puti recipe: http://oggi-icandothat.blogspot.com/2008/04/puto-steamed-rice-muffins-white-purple.html
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2 cups rice flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
¾ cups sugar
a pinch of salt
2 cups coconut milk
2 tablespoons water
Food colouring, optional
Ube extract, optional
Shredded cheddar cheese, optional
Roasting tray
Baking tray
Aluminium foil
What's stopped me from making certain Filipino foods is… that I don't actually have a steamer. I have a plastic steamer tray that fits in my rice cooker, but that doesn't fit any of my baking trays, and honestly, it's really small. But I thought – how a steamer works is basically by heating water until it evaporates, and trapping the moist steam inside a sealed (-ish) container, which then cooks the food.
So, all I really needed was:
heat source
hot water
food – and a way of containing it
tight lid
I'm kind of counting the flavourings and colourings in the equipment section since they are optional. I prefer plain white puto (puto puti), but since this was for the Flores de Mayo theme, it had to be more colourful. (PS: I didn't wind up using the pandan essence, oh well)
Since the baking tray I was using has a lot of little nooks and crannies, I really had to make sure that it was very well greased. I melted the butter in the microwave, then pre-heated the oven to 180C.
Sift all the dry ingredients into a big mixing bowl. This time, sugar counts as a dry ingredient.
Start boiling a kettle-full of water. If you're using a proper steamer, pour the water in and start heating it.
Add the wet ingredients, and mix well.
Add more water if you need to, but you want the result to be more like a smooth paste, rather than a batter or dough. Since we're using rice flour, this recipe is actually gluten-free, so mix as much as you want. It's rather hard going by hand, but since there is so much flour, using a stand mixer would probably coat your kitchen walls with white.
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Once you've finished mixing, you can split the paste into smaller bowls and mix in your food colouring or extracts. I left half of mine plain, coloured a quarter pink, and added ube extract to the last quarter. I used about 1/4 teaspoon for each.
Put the baking tray inside the roasting tray, making sure that there is a lot of room around the sides.
Brush the melted butter into every single little nook of the baking tray. Don't put too much in, but err on the side of making sure things are covered.
Pour the paste into the baking tray, filling each up no more than half way. The buns will rise, and you don't want them sticking to the foil later on. And if you've made puto before, you'd realise that I'm actually making them upside down. The things I do for blogging!
By now, your kettle should have finished boiling. VERY carefully, pour the hot water into the roasting tray, coming at least halfway up the baking tray. What we've got here is a bain-marie, or water bath. This is how you'd cook things like custard and cheesecake, but we need to go one step further to make it a steamer.
Safety note: Put a clean dish towel in the roasting tray underneath the baking tray. This will prevent the baking tray from sliding around. The amount of water you're putting in should be more than enough to keep the towel from burning or catching fire in the oven.
Cover the whole thing tightly with foil. You want as tight a seal as possible to keep all the steam in. Now, very VERY carefully, put the whole thing in the oven and bake for 20-30 minutes.
If you're using a normal steamer, steam the puto for the same amount of time. There is no need to cover them.
I put the left overs into normal muffin trays and steamed those as well. Since these batches were cooking the right-way up, I put some shredded cheese on top before steaming.
If you are using a normal steamer, you would put the cheese on after they'd steamed for 15 minutes.
The result: flower-shaped, colourful steamed buns, lightly sweet on their own or eaten with savoury dishes like dinuguan – or in my case, Japanese curry. You smell the coconut more than you taste it, and the small amount of ube extract adds another layer of slight sweetness.
I hope you enjoyed this post, and to the #KCC members, I hope you enjoyed this month's theme!
Have you participated in a themed cookoff? Or have you done weird things to food for blogging purposes? Let me know in the comments!


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There's a moment in the new PBS documentary Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide that won't easily be forgotten. During a visit to Somaliland, in eastern Africa, Diane Lane is sitting on a floral sofa watching a video of a young girl undergoing the ritual procedure of female genital mutilation (FGM). The camera stays on Lane's face, sparing viewers details of the surgery, which is often performed without anesthesia, but the actress's horrified reaction tells us enough.
The video, which was filmed in 1976 to document the barbarism of the procedure, was shot without sound. Nonetheless, Lane says now, "I can still hear [that girl] screaming. The video was taken around the time I was nine years old, the age of the child on the table. I thought, Wow, that could be me. The chance of where you're born, who you're born to, your gender and color—it's so bizarre to think your fate is determined by such things."
In the documentary, Lane, 47, and five other actresses—Eva Mendes, America Ferrera, Meg Ryan, Olivia Wilde and Gabrielle Union—each travel to a different country in Asia or Africa to draw attention to cultures in which egregious mistreatment of women and girls is endemic. The film, which airs in two parts, on October 1 and 2, is based on the best seller by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, a former journalist at the paper who now works in finance. "My role at the minimum was to be a witness and an ambassador," says Lane. "I'm guilty of the sheltered, privileged life of an American woman. I was grateful to have the scales cleansed from my eyes about the plight of women in the majority of the world."
She read Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (the title alludes to a Mao Zedong maxim, "Women hold up half the sky") at the suggestion of her friend Maria Bello and leapt at the chance to join the project. "I felt dared, and I loved the book," Lane says. "I'm out of my twenties, I've been around a little, I thought, What am I going to care about when I'm 80? If I can contribute to something that stirs my heart, then it's all for something..."
Appearing in a documentary is a departure for the actress, who has some 50 TV and feature movies to her credit, but she has long experience serving as the viewer's chaperone into the knotty terrain of others' lives. From her first film, opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in 1979's A Little Romance, through a series of roles in her teens, including a trio directed by Francis Ford Coppola (The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club), and into the more adult subject matter of A Walk on the Moon and Unfaithful, Lane has portrayed an assortment of complicated girls, wives and mothers grappling with the tangled messiness of life.
In Tony Goldwyn's A Walk on the Moon, she showed us why a woman who loves her husband (Liev Schrei-ber) would nonetheless risk a sexual adventure with an itinerant salesman (Viggo Mortensen). "If someone else had played that part, it would have been just a sappy movie," says Mortensen. "Diane was really the engine of that story—and it was a difficult part to play, to make sympathetic. She may be the least vain actress I've ever seen."
When director Adrian Lyne watched her performance, he was "just blown away," he says, and subsequently cast her in Unfaithful. This time she was stepping out on Richard Gere for carnal afternoons with a rare-book dealer played by Olivier Martinez. Lane earned Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for her riveting portrayal of a woman at once ashamed and enraptured—and finally devastated—by her unlikely liaison. "She's a very courageous actor, kind of fearless," says Lyne. "She's prepared to examine what she's doing and doesn't have any ego about it."


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The Port Theatre is hoping to clear a regulatory hurdle to allow the theatre to serve alcohol during film or broadcast events, such as the upcoming Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour.
The current primary liquor licence, which belongs to the City of Nanaimo, allows the Port Theatre to serve alcohol in the licensed lobby area during live performances like concerts and theatre events, but not during film or broadcast events.
The Liquor Control and Licensing Branch recently changed the liquor control and licensing regulations to allow movie theatres to hold liquor licenses and serve alcohol in age-controlled areas.
The Port Theatre is now seeking to have the current liquor licence they operate under amended so as to allow alcohol to be served in the lobby during film and broadcast events, in addition to the existing alcohol provision for live performances. No alcohol would be permitted in the auditorium.
The proposed change requires a one-time application, and the LCLB is asking local governments in the province to complete a form indicating whether or not they object to a licensing change. Final approval is up to the LCLB.
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Port Theatre general manager Bruce Halliday said the amended licence would simply tweak the existing rules, and added the theatre had no plans to allow alcohol inside the auditorium.
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"It's a big cover-up like Benghazi, just like everything Obama has done..."
Despite almost an entire lifetime of training and experience in any given profession one may have gained, there are times when emotions overcome the senses. As reported by the conservative-leaning Mediaite.com news portal on June 3, 2014, that is exactly what happened to a Fox News anchor earlier the same day.
Steve Doocy of the early morning panel show Fox & Friends had to fight back tears during a live interview with the parents of a US Army officer killed in one of the many search and rescue missions launched to locate a fellow soldier who was presumably captured by the enemy. Andy and Sondra Andrews of Dallas, Texas recounted the circumstances of how their son, Second Lieutenant Darryn D. Andrews was killed in battle, as well as how he lived his life.
As reported by Fox News on June 2, 2014, in the wake of mounting allegations of desertion aimed directly at former alleged prisoner of war Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, many of his former comrades-in-arms as well as the surviving families of those killed searching for Bergdahl have quite publicly railed against both the US Army and Barack Obama for allegedly covering up the truth behind the Sergeant's initial disappearance and subsequent five-year stay with the Taliban. The Andrews are one of those families.
Lt. Andrews mother, Sondra, relayed that her son was not only a good person, but also was a "strong Christian" who often did what he could to encourage his own men to strengthen their own faith as well by attending chapel call as often as possible. Towards the end of the interview, a visibly shaken Doocy stated to the parents, "I've read a lot about your son and he was a good man." In the closing moments, the Fox News anchor was visibly moved to tears and overcome by emotion.
During the course of the interview, Andy Andrews again levied his claim that the Army had lied to him regarding the death of his son. According to the elder Andrews, initially the family was told that their son died while searching for a major Taliban commander. Only after much later did the family find out from troops that served with their son was it known he died searching for Bergdahl.
As London's The Daily Mail reported on June 2, 2014, Andy flatly stated in an interview with their US political editors:
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The County requires overall indirect supervision of electrical installation work which requires regular permitting, supervision and control of electrical installations, resolution of inspection deficiencies, and general oversight of jobs requiring a variety of electrical work subject to licensing, trade, codes, and regulatory standards. The Supervising Electrician may be assigned to any Country department but has functional responsibility for all County work which requires installation permitting. Duties require planning, scheduling, inspecting, and evaluating the work of electrical and non-electrical trade personnel in any County Department.
The Supervising Electrician is an advanced journey-level classification responsible for overseeing the installation of electrical systems, fixtures and equipment. Most assignments involve traffic control signals, street lighting systems, wastewater plants and pump stations, and County facility projects. The incumbent is responsible for obtaining required electrical permits for new installation; perform skilled electrical installation duties, and providing technical leadership for multiple installation projects involving electrical systems for adequate capacity, safety and code compliance.
The Supervising Electrician is distinguished from the Traffic Control Signal Electrician and Senior Building Maintenance Specialist which performs skilled electrical work in the installation, maintenance and repair of electrical projects but do not require a Supervising licensure nor have the authority to obtain electrical permits.
Duties may include but are not limited to the following:
- Obtains required electrical installation permits as required by State Law and codes and inspects all installations performed under incumbent's supervising electrician's license; evaluates quality and safety of subcontractor and employee installations.
- Acts as a leadworker as assigned in the installation and modification of electrical work for traffic signal equipment, street lighting systems and building electrical systems; assigns and checks work in process and completed work; provides assistance and training to assigned staff.
- Prepares and maintains accurate electrical repair and maintenance records and reports of all County electrical jobs requiring a permit; orders and/or purchases necessary repair materials, parts and components; documents compliance with local and national electrical codes.
- Responds to installation complaints, deficiencies, "flags", and noncompliance notices for County electrical installations and modifications; advocates a County position on noncompliance issues; establishes and supervises a work plan to correct deficiencies.
- Assists management in estimating and work and project costs, evaluating contact bids, choosing and requisitioning tools, parts, materials and suppliers, reviewing engineering plans, and scheduling of electrical work.
- Performs journey level electrical work not requiring the level of a Supervising Electrician's license; installs, alters and maintains interior and exterior wiring systems, electrical circuits, fixtures and equipment; interprets electrical schematics, sketches and specifications; tests continuity of circuits to ensure electrical compatibility and safety of components; diagnoses malfunctioning electrical equipment; tests circuits and electric components to locate broken connections and defective current-control mechanisms; detects, replaces and repairs defective parts or modules and electronic relays, switches and circuits to the modular and/or component level.
Thorough knowledge of: Standard practices, methods, tools and materials of the electrical trade; local, state and national electrical codes; occupational hazards and safety precautions involving electrical work and exposure to moving traffic; electrical theory, methods, techniques;
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Must be available for on-call emergency response to traffic signal and intersection warning beacon failures.
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Those of you who follow this blog closely know that a few weeks ago I played hooky from work and drove over the mountain into Lake County to be a judge for the Lake County People's Choice Wine Awards.
Now, wine competitions are definitely not my thing, in general, but this competition was an interesting one because we weren't giving out any of the medals I so despise; because we were just narrowing the field of wines to a few top wines per category that the public then gets to taste blind and judge themselves; and finally because more than most competitions, this one offered a fairly comprehensive set of wines for the region, which meant I had the opportunity to taste the vast majority of Lake County wines in a single sitting -- an educational opportunity that was hard to pass up.
I'm not sure how many Lake County wines I had tasted before I sat down to the nearly 150 wines I tasted over the two days of judging, but the number was probably somewhere around 40 or 50. This competition was an opportunity for me to both calibrate my palate for what Lake County "tasted like" and what it was capable of.
I was somewhat surprised by what I found.
Every emerging wine region (and Lake County seems to fit that description in my book) seeks to define itself somehow, often through its "signature" grape or winemaking style. Those regions without significant historical precedent, have somewhat of an empty slate on which to write their viticultural personality, at least within the bounds of reasonable climatological and geological appropriateness.
Lake County seems to have settled on three signature grape varieties: Sauvignon Blanc, Petite Sirah, and Cabernet Sauvignon. By settled I mean that these are the wines that, through a combination of critical acclaim and marketing push by the region, have become known as the things that the region does well.
Well I'm here to tell you that I disagree. While I tasted some decent, even excellent examples of all three, the wines that excited me the most in the tasting were the white and red Rhone varieties, but in particular the whites. While not nearly as many of them are being made as these other wines, the Roussanne, Marsanne, Viognier, Grenache, Syrah, and Counoise that I tasted were far more interesting and distinctive (not to mention, higher quality, in my opinion) than most of the Sauvignon Blanc, Petite Sirah, and Cabernet Sauvignon that passed my lips in the course of the judging (though there are some excellent examples that I note below).
Our judging was done blind, with the exception of the grape variety, and the wines that were eventually selected as finalists were those that received the highest average scores from both panels of judges. The scores were calculated by taking an average of each individual judge's score for the wines.
The official finalists have been announced, so you can check those out, but what I'd like to do is provide you with the complete set of my personal scores for all the wines I tasted, as well as some tasting notes for my top wines.
Lake County is certainly a wine region to watch. While the wines are still a mixed bag, there are some very nice ones out there, suggesting that it may be only a matter of time before the region turns out its first seriously blockbuster wines. Provided, of course, that global warming doesn't turn up the (already high) temperatures there.
2008 Shannon Ridge Morine Ranch Roussanne, High Valley
Light greenish-gold in the glass, this wine smells of honey and wet stones in a really compelling way. In the mouth it offers smooth, silky textured flavors of apple, melon, paraffin, and bright juicy appley acidity. Sexy texture, lovely. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $20. Click to buy.
2008 Writer's Block Roussanne
Pale greenish-gold in the glass, this wine smells of melon and spiced baked apple. In the mouth it is juicy, bright and delicious, with apple and mineral flavors, and a spicy woodiness that is quite compelling. Great balance, excellent food wine. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $15. Click to buy.
2009 Six Sigma Sauvignon Blanc
Pale gold in the glass, this wine has a classic gooseberry driven nose with hints of green melon and cucumber. In the mouth the wine has a bright profile of gooseberry, lime, and green melon. Clean finish, exactly what you want in a Sav Blanc. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $20. Click to buy.
2009 Hess Select Sauvignon Blanc
Pale gold in the glass, this wine has an intriguing floral quality to it with hints of citrus juice. In the mouth it is exceedingly delicate and bright, with perhaps a touch less acidity than I would like, but a wonderful balance and detail that is admirable. Score: around 9. Cost: $11. Click to buy.
2008 Brassfield "Susan's Passion" Riesling, High Valley
Light yellow-gold in the glass, this wine smells of sweet, bright honey and white flowers. In the mouth it is beautifully textured, with soft silkiness and a nice weight on the tongue. Moderately sweet with flavors of clover honey and orange peel, the wine has nice acidity that keeps it from being cloying. Very nicely done. Score: around 9. Cost: $??.
2008 Gregory Graham "Bartolucci Vineyard" Viognier
Light greenish gold in color, this wine has a nose of bright rich white peach fruit. In the mouth the wine has a fresh peach quality that is delicious, with a smooth, but not oily (as sometimes Viognier can be) mouthfeel. Hints of orange peel filter into the finish. Excellent wine. Score: around 9. Cost: $20. Click to buy.
2008 Moore Family Winery Rosé, Red Hills
Light ruby in the glass, this wine has a nose of bright mineral and tart bright red berry aromas. In the mouth the wine offers bright strawberry, watermelon, and mineral flavors, with a bright juicy acidity and nice long finish. Excellent. Score: around 9. Cost: $??
2008 Writer's Block Grenache
Dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of cherry and strawberry jam, with a dose of wet stones. In the mouth the wine is nicely balanced with a good mineral backbone, and flavors of strawberry, cherry, cedar, and wet stones. Somewhat restrained in its flavors, this is an interesting wine and a nice take on the grape variety. Very tasty. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $12. Click to buy.
2008 Moore Family Winery Syrah, Red Hills
Inky garnet in the glass, this wine has a nose of rich cassis and black cherry with a hint of violets. In the mouth the wine is bright and juicy, with cassis, cherry, and black raspberry fruit that linger in a crystalline quality through the finish. Fine grained tannins hang in the background and add some complexity with the perfectly balanced acidity. Excellent. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $??
2007 Six Sigma "Cuvee Pique-Nique" Red Blend
Dark garnet in color, this wine smells of bright floral, cherry and violet scents. In the mouth the wine has wonderfully fine grained tannins, an excellent acid balance, and fantastic earthy flavors of cherry, cassis, mulberry mixed with a charming wet dirt note. Blessedly lacking the signature of sweet oak, the winemaker has been very judicious here, much to my great pleasure and relief. A blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petite Verdot. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $25. Click to buy.
2006 Langtry "Tephra Ridge Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon
Dark garnet in color, this wine has a very pretty nose of cherry and cedar aromas. In the mouth it has a clean, bright quality to it that is quite disarming. Crystalline cherry fruit with plum notes burst juicy and lively on the tongue while drying tannins linger through a long finish. The wine needs age for the tannins to soften, but if they soften, the wine will show really well. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $40. Click to buy.
2007 Sol Rouge "Gypsy Rouge" Red Blend
Dark garnet in the glass, this blend of Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah, and Petite Sirah has a nose of cassis and cherry fruit with a spicy chocolate quality. In the mouth the wine offers juicy and spicy cherry, cedar, and blackberry fruit with nice powdery tannins. Good acid lingers through the finish which has a briary quality. Score: around 9. Cost: $??
2006 Brassfield "Volcano Ridge Eruption" Red Blend, High Valley
Very dark garnet in color, this blend of Mourvedre, Grenache, Syrah, and Petite Sirah smells of woodsmoke, cassis and blueberry fruit. In the mouth the wine has a lovely texture, with suede-like tannins and flavors of woodsmoke, wet dirt, cassis and black cherry that linger in a fine grained finish. Score: around 9. Cost: $18. Click to buy.
2007 Shooting Star Syrah
Dark garnet in color, this wine has a nose of slightly meaty blackberry and black cherry fruit. In the mouth the wine is restrained and really beautifully balanced, with hints of sweet oak, but mostly black cherry, cassis, and wet dirt flavors. A hint of cedar and vanilla emerge on the long finish. Great acidity and texture. Score: around 9. Cost: $15. Click to buy.
2006 High Valley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, High Valley
Very dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of black cherry, cassis, and tobacco. In the mouth, intense dark cherry and cassis fruit layer in the mouth with power and finesse. Thick tannins envelop the wine, and suggest a few years in the bottle might be warranted before cracking open this quite tasty wine. Score: around 9. Cost: $??
2008 Shannon Ridge "Terre Vermielle" Barbera, High Valley
Dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of plum, tobacco, wet dirt, and a hint of mulberry. In the mouth the wine is bright and has the bright, acidic sharpness that Barbera should have, with nicely integrated oak, plum, black cherry, and mulberry flavors. The long finish has a sour cherry quality. Score: around 9. Cost: $24. Click to buy.
2007 Cougar's Leap Zinfandel
Dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of blackberry, dried flowers, and cassis. In the mouth the wine has a bright juicy quality to it, with wonderful rich blackberry and cassis fruit flavors. Light briary notes and suede-like tannins creep into the finish. Very nice. Score: around 9. Cost: $ . Click to buy.
2007 Red Lava Vineyards Syrah, Red Hills
Inky, opaque garnet in the glass, this wine has a nose of black cherry and cedar fruit. In the mouth, fleshy, leathery tannins wrap around a core of black cherry and cassis fruit that is quite rich and appealing. Blackberry flavors, and the faintest hint of alcoholic heat creep into the finish. A burly, rich wine, that will please many who like their reds big and assertive. Score: around 9. Cost: $22. Click to buy.
2006 Gregory Graham "Crimson Hill Vineyard" Syrah, Red Hills
Inky garnet in color, this wine has a shy nose of black cherry and kirsch. In the mouth the wine is deep and rich, with a smoky blackberry and cassis body that is quite appealing. Rich cassis and smoky flavors linger with thick muscular tannins in the finish. Score: around 9. Cost: $20. Click to buy.
2005 Six Sigma Tempranillo
Inky garnet in the glass, this wine smells of nice cherry fruit with a darker, earthier note. In the mouth the wine has a dark earthy complexion, with a wood bark bitterness and powdery tannins that wrap around cherry and chocolate. Excellent. Dark and delicious. Score: around 9. Cost: $35. Click to buy.
What follows below are my scores for all the other wines tasted in the tasting. Note that these are my personal scores, (which were normalized to the 100 point scale for averaging with other judges).
2009 Robinson Lake Vineyard Glamazon White Blend
2009 Brassfield "Serenity" White Blend, High Valley
2009 Steele Viognier
2009 Shannon Ridge Chardonnay
2008 Shooting Star Riesling
2009 Brassfield High "Serenity Ranch Vineyard" Sauvignon Blanc, High Valley
2008 Langtry "Genevieve Vineyard" Chardonnay, Guenoc Valley
2009 Wildhurst Vineyards Reserve Sauvignon Blanc
2009 Six Sigma "Michael's Vineyard" Sauvignon Blanc
2009 Bell Sauvignon Blanc
2008 Wildhurst Vineyards Orange Muscat
2009 Guenoc Sauvignon Blanc
2009 Ceago "Kathleen's Vineyard" Sauvignon Blanc, Clear Lake
2008 Gregory Graham "Rolling Knolls Vineyard" Sauvignon Blanc, Red Hills
2009 Ceago "Del Lago" Muscat Canelli, Clear Lake
2008 Gregory Graham "Roumiguiere Vineyard" Riesling
2009 Wildhurst Vineyards Reserve Chardonnay
2009 Shed Horn Cellars Sauvignon Blanc
2008 Robledo "The Seven Brothers" Sauvignon Blanc
2009 Brassfield "High Serenity Ranch" Pinot Grigio, High Valley
2008 Wildhurst Vineyards Muscat Canelli
2009 Line 39 Sauvignon Blanc
2008 Langtry "Lillie Vineyard" Sauvignon Blanc, Guenoc Valley
2008 Guenoc Chardonnay
2008 Six Sigma "Michael's Vineyard" Sauvignon Blanc
2009 Shannon Ridge Sauvignon Blanc
2008 Moore Family Winery Sauvignon Blanc, Red Hills
2009 Moore Family Winery "Muscat Love" Muscat Canelli
2009 Noggle "Squirrel Hollow Vineyard" Sauvignon Blanc
2009 Shannon Ridge "Falconer Ranch" Riesling
WHITE WINES SCORING BETWEEN 6.5 and 7
2009 Robinson Lake Vineyard "Glamazon" Sauvignon Blanc
2009 Shooting Star Sauvignon Blanc
2008 Encanto Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc
2009 Six Sigma Rosé
2009 Gregory Graham "Crimson Hill Vineyard" Rosé
2008 Sol Rouge Rosé
2009 Steele Cabernet Franc Rosé
2008 Gregory Graham "Crimson Hill Vineyard" Rosé, Red Hills
2008 Six Sigma Rosé
2008 Brassfield "High Serenity Ranch" Pinot Noir Rosé, High Valley
2007 Dusinberre "100 Percent" Petite Sirah, Red Hills
2007 Cougar's Leap Petite Sirah, Red Hills
2008 Steele "Catfish Vineyard" Zinfandel, Clear Lake
2007 Writer's Block Syrah
2007 Writer's Block Petite Sirah
2007 Guenoc Petite Sirah
2007 Gregory Graham "Crimson Hill Vineyard" Grenache, Red Hills
2006 Obsidian Ridge "Half Mile" Red Blend, Red Hills
2006 Brassfield "Round Mountain Volcano" Zinfandel, High Valley
2007 Shed Horn Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon
2007 Gregory Graham "Crimson Hill Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Hills
2007 Sol Rouge Syrah
2006 Brassfield "Volcano Ridge" Petite Sirah, High Valley
2008 Shooting Star Barbera
2009 Writer's Block Counoise
2006 Steele Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Hills
2007 Obsidian Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Hills
2007 McDermaid Family Vineyard Malbec, Red Hills
2007 Sol Rouge Mourvedre
2006 Robledo "El Ray" Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Hills
2006 Eden Crest Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Hills
2006 Snows Lake "Two" Red Blend, Red Hills
NV Rosa D'Oro Dolcetto
2006 Six Sigma Tempranillo
2007 Steele Merlot, Clear Lake
2007 Wildhurst Vineyards Reserve Zinfandel
2007 Dusinberre "100 Percent" Malbec, Red Hills
2007 Rosa D'Oro Primitivo
2008 Shooting Star Pinot Noir
2009 Brassfield "High Serenity Ranch" Pinot Noir, High Valley
2007 Steele Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
2007 Sol Rouge Cabernet Sauvignon
2008 Shannon Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon
2006 Noggle "Old Long Valley Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon
2008 Diamond Ridge Vineyards Petite Sirah
2007 Writer's Block Cabernet Franc
2006 Six Sigma Cabernet Sauvignon
2007 Line 39 Cabernet Sauvignon
2007 Gregory Graham "Crimson Hill Vineyard" Syrah, Red Hills
2006 Langtry "Serpentine Meadow Vineyard" Petite Sirah, Guenoc Valley
2007 Rosa D'Oro Dolcetto
2007 Writer's Block Zinfandel
2008 Gregory Graham "Crimson Hill Vineyard" Zinfandel, Red Hills
2005 Brassfield "Round Mountain Volcano" Syrah, High Valley
2007 Shooting Star Merlot
2007 Sol Rouge Zinfandel
2006 Derenoncourt Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Hills
2008 Wildhurst Vineyards Reserve Petite Sirah
2007 Rosa D'Oro Barbera
2006 Steele "Stymie Founder's Reserve" Merlot
2007 Diamond Ridge Vineyards "Aspects" Red Blend
2007 Wildhurst Vineyards Reserve Syrah
2008 Shannon Ridge Petite Sirah
2007 Dusinberre "100 Percent" Petite Verdot, Red Hills
2007 Six Sigma "Christian's Vineyard" Pinot Noir
2007 Wildhurst Vineyards Reserve Merlot
2007 Ceago "Field Blend" Red Blend, Clear Lake
2007 Steele Cabernet Franc
2007 Beaver Creek "Horne Ranch" Cabernet Sauvignon
2008 Guenoc Cabernet Sauvignon
2006 Fore Family Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Hills
2006 Steele "Stymie Founder's Reserve" Syrah
2008 Shooting Star Zinfandel
2008 Shannon Ridge Zinfandel
2007 Tulip Hill "Delirious" Zinfandel
2005 Blue Wing "Obsidian Ridge Vineyard" Syrah, Red Hills
2007 Shed Horn Cellars Petite Sirah
2007 Beaver Creek "Horne Ranch" Petite Sirah
2007 Shooting Star Cabernet Sauvignon
2008 Moore Family Winery Zinfandel, Red Hills
2006 Snows Lake "One" Cabernet Sauvignon
2008 Tulip Hill "Canino Ridge Vineyard" Petite Sirah
2006 Ceago "Winemaker's Blend" Red Blend, Clear Lake
2008 Shed Horn Cellars Zinfandel
2007 Big Valley Zinfandel
2007 Beaver Creek Zinfandel
2008 Writer's Block Malbec
2005 Sly Dog Cellars "Bin 92" Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Hills
2006 Big Valley Syrah
2008 Robledo "The Seven Brothers" Tempranillo
2006 Guenoc "Serpentine Meadow Port" Petite Sirah, Guenoc Valley. Score: between 8.5 and 9.
Non Vintage Wildhurst Vineyards Port Sweet Red. Score: between 8.5 and 9.
2007 Gregory Graham Cluster Select Sweet Zinfandel, Red Hills. Score: between 7.5 and 8.
2007 Steele Syrah Port. Score: around 7.5.
*Note that while it is currently illegal to label wines with European protected place names like Port, some of these producers have been doing so for so long that they have been grandfathered in, and can continue to use the term on the products that they have been making historically.
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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, & Dying Words Of the NINE MALEFACTORS Who were executed at TYBURN On Wednesday the 7th of FEBRUARY, 1750.
BEING THE First EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble Sir Samuel Pennant, Knt . LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON.
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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c.
BY Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Right honourable Sir SAMUEL PENNANT , Knight , Lord-Mayor of the City of London; Sir THOMAS DENNISON , Knt . Sir THOMAS ABNEY , Knt . Mr. BARON CLIVE, RICHARD ADAMS , Esq ; Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey, on Wednesday the 6th, Thursday the 7th, Friday the 8th, Saturday the 9th, Monday the 11th, Tuesday the 12th, of December, in the 23d Year of his Majesty's Reign; JOHN EDWARDS, WILLIAM DAVIS, EDWARD SHERER, JAMES ALDRIDGE, THOMAS GOOD, ROBERT HICKSON, EDWARD DEMPSEY, PATRICK DEMPSEY, and WILLIAM TIDD, were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly.
By Virtue of the King's Commission, &c. on Wednesday the 17th, Thursday 18th, Friday 19th, and Saturday 20th of January, in the 23d Year of his Majesty's Reign; DENNIS BRANNAM, WILLIAM PURCEL, HENRY WOOLFINGTON, JAMES HAMMOND, LAURENCE SAVAGE, MARY WOOD, and JOHN WALLER, were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly.
The Behaviour of the nine convicted in December Sessions, has been without much Offence, seven of them regularly attended Chapel, unless prevented by Illness. The two DEMPSEYS being Papists were not suffered to attend, from pretended Reasons of a Faith, which those People are very tenacious of, tho' at the Bottom very uncharitable.
As to the Seven of the last January Sessions, BRANNAM, PURCEL, and SAVAGE, are also Papists ; MARY WOOD, and JOHN WALLER were so very ill, as not to be able to attend Prayers, the other two WOOLFINGTON and HAMMOND always did.
On the 1st Instant the Report of 15 Malefactors was made by Mr. Recorder to His Majesty; when He was pleased to order the 10 following for Execution, viz. John Edwards, James Aldridge, Thomas Good, Robert Hickson, Edward Dempsey, Patrick Dempsey, Dennis Brannam, William Purcel, James Hammond, and Lawrence Savage, on Wednesday the 7th Instant.
Davis and Shorer , for robbing John Bruce , a Black , Tidd , for robbing Henry Applen , for which three have been executed already; Woolfington , for robbing Thomas Miller, and John Waller , for stealing a Watch from the Person of John Gordon, were respited , till his Majesty's Pleasure be further known. Mary Wood, pleading Pregnancy, and being found quick with Child, was not reported.
1. John Edwards was indicted, for entering the dwelling House of Robert Fleming , and stealing from thence one silver quart Tankard, val. 5 s. 2 silver pint Muggs, val. 5 l. 1 half-pint Mugg, val. 20 s. 4 silver Tea Spoons, and one Strainer, val. 5 s. the Goods of the said Robert Fleming , October 17th.
2, 3. Patrick Dempsey and Edward Dempsey were indicted, for that they on the King's High-way, upon Thomas Brown did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear, and Danger of his Life, and took from him one gold Watch, with a gold Seal, val. 12 l. one gold Ring set with 8 Diamonds, val. 12 l. one linnen Handkerchief, one Hat, one Peruke, and 16 s. in Money, the Goods of the said Thomas Brown , October 8th.
4. James Aldridge was indicted, for that he together with Henry Barret , (not yet taken) in a certain Field, or open Place, near the King's High-way, on the Person of John Piercer , Clerk , did make an Assault, putting him in bodily Fear and Danger of his Life; one Pair of Shoe-Buckles, val. 5 s. one silk Handkerchief, val. 2 s. one Pair of leather Gloves, val. 6 d. ten Shillings in Money, the Goods of the said John, did steal, take and carry away against his Majesty's Peace, Crown and Dignity, Sept. 26 .
5. Thomas Good was indicted, for that he in a certain Field or open place, near the King's High-way, did make an Assault upon Robert Butler , putting him in corporal Fear, and Danger of his Life; taking from him, one silver Watch, val. 6 l. one silver knee Buckle val. 6 d. one linnen Handkerchief, val. 2 d. 2 Pieces of foreign Gold, val. 2 l. 14 s. 2 Pieces, val. 3 l. 12 s. 10 Guineas, and 9 l. in Money, the Property of the said Robert, October 15th .
6. Robert Hickson , and Thomas Good (a second Time) were indicted, for that they in a certain Field, or open Place, near the King's High-way, upon Elick Bull did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear, and Danger of his Life, and taking one Silver Watch, val. 50 s. and 11 s. and three Half-pence in Money, the Goods of the said Robert, did steal, take and carry away, October 8th .
7. James Hammond was indicted, for stealing 6 Pair of Men's grey Worsted Stockings, val. 16 s. the Goods of John Elliot , in the Shop of the said John, Jan. 16th .
8. Lawrence Savage was indicted, for stealing one Silver Watch, val. 3 l. the Goods of Constantine Gahagen , privately from his Person .
9, 10. Dennis Brannam and William Purcel were indicted, for that they, on the King's High-way, on Thomas Whiffen , did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear and Danger of his Life, one Hat, val. 8 s. one Peruke, val. 10 s. from his Person did steal, take and carry away .
About 6 o'Clock, on Tuesday Evening, come down from the Secretary Duke of Bedford's Office, a Respite of Execution on James Hammond , 'till his Majesty's Pleasure should further be known concerning him.
1. THOMAS GOOD , aged 20, was born near Ludlow in the County of Shropshire, and when of proper Age, was bound 'Prentice to a Sadler in the Town of Ludlow. His Father held a Farm in the Neighbourhood, and the Son not liking the Trade, left his Master, and went Home again to live with his Father; but he dying shortly after, the Youth had nothing left to depend upon, and was destitute of all Means of procuring a Livelihood. However, it happen'd, the late Troubles in the North of England, which were about that Time, gave him for the present an Opportunity of being provided for, and he listed in a new-raised Regiment in those Parts. When that Regiment was broke, he listed again in the third Regiment of Guards , and was abroad with them in Flanders, and the frontier Towns of Holland. He was but a very young Man, consequently easily to be seduced, as unfortunately he was by Aldridge, and Barret. He was concern'd in most of the Robberies hereafter mention'd, and was very active in most. In this he was particularly active, for Harrison swore upon the Trial, that Good took the Things away from James Belsham , who was in Company with Elick Bull , and robb'd at the same time; and that the Watch he took from him, he conceal'd from his Accomplices, and denied it, when they ask'd him, whether he had taken a Watch? He has certainly been a notorious Offender, and has been very severely afflicted. For a Month past, or more he has laid in his Cell, unable to move himself, having lost the Use of his Limbs, and being otherwise so sore, and maciated, that from one of the most
likely young Fellows, that might be seen, he was become the most miserable and wretched Object before he was executed.
The afflicting Hand of God being thus upon him, he became sensibly affected with his Unworthiness, and earnestly besought the Lord to have Mercy upon him, and pardon his manifold Transgressions, for the Sake of Jesus. He acknowledg'd himself greatly deserving the Wrath of God, only having been so grievously afflicted, he had Hope towards God, that his Punishment might end with this Life, and that the Lord would be gracious unto him, and receive him to Mercy.
2. ROBERT HICKSON , aged 22, was born in the Bishoprick of Durham, and bred to be a Labourer in Husbandry Affairs. He led a quiet and peaceable Life, and got an honest Livelihood in the Parish, where he had been born and bred; nothing out of common Course of his Station in the World happening to him, 'till about 4 Years agon he listed for a Soldier .
What was his Motive for so doing, he could give no Account; nor could he say, that the Thirst of Glory, nor the Desire of Honour or Riches were ever in his View, either before or since he was in the Army. But as if tir'd with his former Employ, he chose to do any Thing rather than continue as he was; he listed in the third Regiment of Guards at the Drum Head, beating up for Volunteers in the abovesaid County. He says, he was with the Regiment 2 Years, during the late War, was at the Battle of Lafeldt, and came to England with the King's Troops, at the Expiration of the War. He is said to have behav'd well, as far as a common Man could shew himself, and was esteem'd a good Sort of Fellow, inoffensive, but very reserv'd; however, unhappily for him it was, having been all Day on Saturday the 7th of October, with his Comrades, (who before, tho' unknown to him, were used to go out upon the Lay) in the Dusk of the Evening, they all agreed to take a Walk. This was the first Time he went with them, and then he said, knew not what they were going about, till they got into the Fields. Then they told, what they were about to do, but he being much in Liquor, was as well as the rest fit for any Mischief. In the Fields near Pancras, Hickson, Barret, Good and Harrison, met three Men, who work'd at a File-makers in Drury Lane, and took from them about 15 d. They kept moving all that Night, from one Quarter to another, in Hopes of Prey, but met with no other Booty. All Day on Sunday the 8th of October, they drank and slept, and drank again, keeping themselves still warm with Liquor, and in the Dusk of the Evening, set out again to see what that Night would produce. Accordingly, in a Field near Bow Common, about 7 o'Clock, Hickson confessed, that he, Harrison and Good, met two Men, whom they stopt, and took from the Prosecutor the Goods mentioned in the Indictment. James Belsham, they robb'd of a Watch, and 9 s. But the Charge of the first Indictment, being plainly proved against them, i. e.
Hickson and Good, they were not tried upon the other; Harrison was Evidence against them. Hickson was impeach'd by Good, and taken up at his Quarters at Limehouse. Good and Harrison first led him into this Scrape, tho' he was concern'd but in two upon the whole, as above. And he express'd his Joy, that he had not been concern'd in no more; if he had escap'd now, he said, he might have committed more, and as it had pleased God to suffer him to be taken so early, it prevented a further Reckoning, which might have render'd the making Peace with his God a more difficult Task. He express'd his Hopes, having used the utmost of his Endeavours, and died trusting in God's Mercies thro' him for Salvation.
3. ALDRIDGE , aged 24, was born near Manchester in Lancashire, and when very young, bound Apprentice to a Weaver in the same Country, with whom he served 6 Years very regularly, behaved very well. In the 7th Year, he began to keep Company, and soon became as fond of Drunkenness, and Lewdness, as others into whose Conversation he had fallen. His Father died a little before the Son's Time was out, which was between the 17th and 18th Year of his Age; and not being fond of Work, but given too much now to Idleness, he passed away a Year and a half with some of his Relations. But they being tired with seeing him walk up and down useless in the World, some Words passed, and he in Time of the late Commotion in the North, enter'd a Soldier in a new-raised Regiment, which then lay at Newcastle upon Tyne. In this Station he continued about ten Months, when the Regiment being disbanded, not willing to return to his Relations, he rambled up to London, got himself listed into the third Regiment of Guards. He was Abroad with this Regiment in Flanders, during the latter Part of the late War, and came to England again in the last Spring.
In May last, he began to enter upon his wicked Courses of Drunkenness and Debauchery, in a more flagrant Manner than as yet he had done, and keeping himself always warm with Liquor, committed Robberies frequent, insomuch that since that Time, he says, he has been concern'd in no less than 40 or 50. Good, one of the unhappy Sufferers with him, was present, he says, at a great many of them; Hickson, another, at only two, but Harrison the Evidence against him upon his Trial, and Barret not yet taken, were accessary to all his Robberies. Being first led into this wicked Way of Life, by one of his Comrades, since dead, as he says, who would never leave teasing him, till he comply'd; he repented heartily of his past Wickedness, and confess'd the several Robberies following; the particular Time and Day he could not remember, but all were committed since last May.
1. In the Beginning of May last, Aldridge and Harrison met a Gentleman in Tottenham-Court Fields, and robb'd him of 14 d. and a Pair of white Gloves.
2. They two and Barret robb'd a Gentleman in the same Fields, of about13 s. and a Tortoise-shell Snuff-Box, with a Silver Lid to it.
3. They three and Good robb'd a Person in the Fields, between Kentish-Town and Pancras of a Moidore, and some Pocket Pieces.
4. They four, in the same Field robb'd a Man of a Pair of Silver Buckles, and a Silk Handkerchief.
5. Harrison, Barret, and Aldridge robb'd a Man of 11 s.
6. They three and Good robb'd a Man in Tottenham-Court Field of half a Guinea, and 3 s.
7. Aldridge, with Harrison and Barret, robb'd a Gentleman of a 36 s. Piece, and 1 s. in Silver.
8. The same three robb'd an Exciseman between Marybone and Paddington, of a Pistol, which he had in his own Defence. When they attack'd him, he offer'd to let fly at them, but missing Fire, they took away his Pistol, 1 s. 6 d. in Money, and his Shirt. And having beaten and abused him for offering to fire at them, they sent him about his Business.
9. The same three robb'd a Gentleman of 6 or 7 s. and his Silver Buckles, between Hide Park Corner and Chelsea.
10. The same three robb'd a Gentleman's Servant of two Guineas, and half, 9 s. Piece, and 4 s. and 6 d. in Silver, near the same Place.
11. Aldridge, Harrison and Good robb'd a Gentleman near the same Place, of 9 s. and a Silver Watch.
12. Aldridge, Good, and Harrison met a Gentleman, whom Good and Harrison attack'd, and took from him 1 s. The Person robb'd, fetch'd a Blow at Harrison, and made him fall, but not having hurt him much, the two Robbers made off towards Aldridge, the third, who was robbing another Man at a Distance, from whom he took 17 s. and a Silver Watch. This was in Hoxton Fields.
13. Aldridge, Harrison and Barret robb'd two Men of about 1 l. 2 s. in the Bridle Road, going up to Islington.
14. Aldridge, and Barret, robb'd a poor Man between Pancras and Kentish-Town of 2 s. 6 d.
15. Aldridge, Harrison and Barret, robb'd the Foot Post, between Hampstead and London, and took from him about 5 s. but no Letters or Packets.
16. The three above-mention'd robbed a Porter of 4 or 5 s. and a Silver Stock-Buckle, in Tottenham-Court Fields.
17. Aldridge, Barret and Harrison, robb'd a Man of about 3 s.
18. Aldridge, Barret and Harrison, met a Man between the Rosemary-Branch and Newington, and took from him about 4 s. and 6 d. They likewise took from him his Buck-Skin Breeches, and Shirt, because he offer'd to resist, and to snatch away the Pistol, which they had before taken from the Exciseman above-mention'd.
19. The same three met a Man, who had been at Tottenham-Court Fair, selling Banbury Cakes, &c. from whom, they took his Basket, and the Remainder of the Cakes, besides 6 s. in Money, with which they regaled themselves, and sent the poor Man away empty.
20. The same three robb'd three Men, and 3 or 4 Women near Pancras of some Shillings. From one ofthe Women they took her Wedding-Ring, which supposing to be Gold she very much lamented, and begg'd them to give it her back again. Her Desire to have it again made them the more resolute in carrying it off, thinking it a good Booty; but they were much disappointed, when going to dispose of it, it turn'd out only Metal wash'd.
21. Aldridge and Barret, the Night before they were taken, robb'd a Gentleman of about 6 s. and his Silver Buckles, between Hyde-Park-Corner and Chelsea.
The Robbery for which he was convicted, was committed upon the Reverend Mr. John Piercer, Curate of Kentish-Town, in Company with Barret, not yet taken, and Harrison, who was admitted Evidence against him. Good being first taken, impeach'd Aldridge, having been concern'd with him before, and Aldridge was taken at his Quarters at Lime-house. All these three unhappy young Men belong'd to the third Regiment of Guards ; and many other Robberies were committed by this Gang, which he could not recollect, but said that the whole might amount to 40 or 50. And during all these Transactions, they never were but once in Danger of being taken, when there was a Watch set between Kentish-Town and Pancras; they all being upon that Quarter that Night, had like to have fallen into that Trap. But having some Suspicion, two of their Gang escap'd another Way; and Aldridge and the other, coming up with the Watch, were challeng'd by them, with, Who comes there? Upon their returning for Answer, Friends; Reply was made, what Business have you here at this Time of Night; we expect you to give some Account of yourselves? They did so, and were let pass. What was the Excuse particularly made, Aldridge did not recollect.
He appeared very penitent after Conviction, and behaved very well. He had a great Desire to receive the Sacrament, saying, He had great Hopes its would be to his great Comfort, and to the saving of his Soul, through the Merits of him that instituted it.
He was as true a Penitent as ever was since my Acquaintance among those unhappy People, if Judgment may be form'd from Actions and Behaviour, and Declarations. He was willing to make known to the World all the wicked Robberies he had been concern'd in; but his Memory not recollecting the Whole, he own'd what occur'd, and wish'd his Examplary Punishment might be of Use.
4. JOHN EDWARDS , aged 26, was born in the Parish of Giles's, of Parents whose Circumstances in the World could afford him but a small Education, his Father being a Seafaring Man , brought his Son up to the Sea, which he followed for nine Years. He made several Voyages, and behaved so well on Ship Board, with that Temper and Industry, which engaged the Affections of his Officers and Messmates. His Employment, when from Sea, was for some Time in the Sawyer s Business, at which he was diligent, and kept close to it, till he got into the Acquaintance of a Parcel of wicked and desperate Fellows,
whose Trade was Shop-lifting, and breaking of Houses; to which Company he too soon gave Way, which has been the Occasion of his Ruin, as himself declares.
The next unfortunate Step he made was entering into Matrimony, before he was able well to provide for himself.
This involv'd him in further Misfortunes and Troubles, because he could not provide honestly, he must do it otherwise, tho' such Resolution was quite wrong, as himself now to his cost experiences. He practised Thievery some Time before once detected; but it happened at last he was apprehended, and tried at the Old Bailey, for opening, and robbing the Till of a Person in the City of 4 s. for which Crime he was sentenced to be transported, by the Name of John Brown , for seven Years, and accordingly was shipp'd off; but before they got from Land, Edwards and some others made their Escape through the Port Holes, and swam to Shore, tho' he was a whole Day upon some Rock or Land near Plymouth, where he was obliged to Rest e'er he could reach the Shore. In a very distress'd Condition he arrived again in London, with a full Purpose, he says, never more to follow his old Courses. But now he began to think it unsafe, and to be afraid of being seen. He found it impossible to get any Livelihood in an honest Way, least he shou'd be known, and detected, and punished with Death, for being seen at large before the Expiration of his sentenced Transportation. In this terrible Condition, and Extremity of Affairs, having a Wife and Family, which during his former Confinement, had contracted Debts, he was under double Apprehensions and Terror. His sole Employment was staying and idling in the Fields all Day, and returning Home to his Family by Night. He went on in this Manner, and led this Life, as long as his unhappy Wife could support him, by the Labour of her Hands; which after some Time was not in her Power to do. He then got acquainted with one Tom. Pendigrass , who led him again to all his former Courses of Vice; and seeing nothing but Destruction and Misery before his Eyes, he yet fell too easy a Captive to his Temptations and Snares, and once more fell to his former Trade. His Wife perceiving his Goings on, and what the End would be, often advised him to leave off, while it was in his Power, and that as his Character was blasted in London, and now no Possibility of getting an honest, tho' ever so mean Livelihood here, begg'd him to leave his Company, and retire with her to some Place, where his Character was not known; she proposed to him Portsmouth, and as he had been used to Sea, she advised him to go on Board a Guard Ship, while she was a-shore in some Pains-taking Way, and they might come together again one Day, and live happily. But this Scheme proved abortive. He promised her however he would go, he says, and the Day was fixed, and agreed on both Sides for their Departure, which was to be on the Day after he was apprehended for the Fact for which he suffered. His Wife, (glad she had perswaded him to consent to go with her) went out to
Market, to get some thing for Dinner, and in her Absence this Pendergrass paid him a Visit; in which he soon persuaded him to take a Course with him upon the Sneak. Before the Wife return'd, both were set out, a Message being left they wou'd soon be at Home. Pendergrass supplied Edwards with about seven or eight Drams, between the Place of his Habitation, and where the Fact was committed, besides Purl, in order to prepare him for the Crime he intended Edwards should commit. Accordingly, coming to the House in Friday-Street, Edwards says, he sent him in, whilst he remained without ready to run, as he did, when he saw the other discovered in the Fact.
He bless'd God, that in all his unfortunate Courses of Life, using People ill, and Murder, was what he never intended, but rather abominated. And as to what he did, when he was taken, he declared as a dying Man, he knew not that he hurt any one, till he was afterwards told so. Had he not been in Liquor, he said, he should not have drawn a Knife, the which he bought a Day or two before for his own Conveniency, when he had not the least Thought of committing this Robbery, nor had he any Intention, when he bought it, to hurt any one with it. He was in hopes his Years and Family being represented, would have been a Means of moving Compassion towards him; but as he could obtain no farther Respite for this World, he died, he said, in Charity with all Men, forgiving, as he hoped to be forgiven, and laid down this Life in Hopes of a better.
He certainly has been a notorious Thief, Shop-lifter, and House-breaker, but was very reserved in his Temper, and would by no means confess any Fact, or Person concern'd with him in any other, but what was too public for him to think of concealing. The Fact he suffered for was certainly a most audacious Piece of Villainy, and the Circumstances attending it so flagrant as not to admit of any Alleviation with regard to the Punishment of the Law; which being too publickly known, was a Bar to all Thoughts of Mercy to be expected, tho' he could not help entertaining some Hopes of it, till within a Day or two of Execution.
A Copy of a Letter from Edwards to his Wife.
My dear unhappy Soul,
I Hope and beg you will make yourself as easy as you can about me; don't grieve too much on my Account, I suffer no more than I have richly deserved, and both you and I might expect. Comfort yourself therefore I was not suffer'd to go on any longer in my evil Courses, for the longer I had lived the worse it might have been. Tho I am to suffer this shameful and ignominous Death, I would have you make yourself easy, and learn a good Lesson from it. If possible, my Dear, pluck up so much Courage, and give not yourself over to Grief and Sorrow, for that can avail nothing to me, nor yourself. My Dear, I trust we may have a happy Meeting in Heaven, where we shall neverbe parted, but all Sorrow and Tears shall be wiped away. I hope we may yet be happy, and live in the Presence of Angles, and just Men made perfect. I have been unworthy of this World, and part with it in Hopes of enjoying for ever the World to come, thro' the all-sufficient Merits of my Jesus Christ. Now my dear Soul mind what I say, it is the last Request of your affectionate dying Husband,
5. LAWRENCE SAVAGE, otherwise LAWLER , aged 25, was born in Ireland, and bred to the Sea , which he followed for some Years, but not liking to be under Command, or confined to Business, he left off that Employ. He is said to have exercised the Trade of a Butcher ; if so, it must be the laborious Part of it, for he scarce ever could be a Master either here, or in Ireland. Being a Papist , I could know nothing particular from his own Mouth, because if I spoke to him, or ask'd any Question, he would not vouchsafe an Answer. To the Query whether guilty of the Fact for which he was convicted, the Reply was, Whether I am or no, I shall lose my Life for it, they can have no more.
This Person in December Sessions appeared in Favour of Garrett Lawler , who was then tried for House-breaking, and called himself Lawrence Savage; his Evidence was to this Purpose, That Garrett was a Prisoner for Debt in Ireland, at the Time 'twas sworn, he was concerned with others in a Burglary committed in London. The Evidence against him was an Accomplice, and no strengthening Circumstances appearing to corroborate his Testimony, the Jury thought proper to acquit him; this Lawrence Savage and others giving Evidence of his being at another Place. However, while Lawrence Savage was giving his Evidence, a Person happened to be in Court, who knew him to be the Man that had some while before brought a Watch to him to pawn, which he then suspected to be not honestly come by, afterwards found the Case to be so. This Person got a proper Officer, who before Savage went out of Court seized him, and the Court ordering Examination to be had before an Alderman, he was committed to the Custody of the Keeper of Newgate.
In Consequence of this, an Indictment was preferred against him in January Sessions, by the Name of Lawrence Savage, for robbing Constantine Gahagen, and taking his Watch privately from his Person. The Indictment was proved very plain, the Identity of the Watch was proved by the Maker, and the Prosecutor swore positively to the Person of Lawrence Savage, otherwise Lawler, who turn'd out at last to be Brother to Garret Lawler.'Twas indeed a brotherly Kindness to run the Risque of losing his own Life to save his Brother's. He must know what he had done, and that Discovery must prove his Death; so that it was an audacious Attempt in him to appear before the Court. But Providence thought fit that Vengeance should overtake him, having been a notorious Gambler and Thief. He died an Irish Papist .
6. Edward Dempsey , aged 26, was born in Ireland, and brought up a Seaman ; but, as appears by the Consequence of Things, he did not, chuse to be employ'd, and to labour for his Livelihood, so he resolved to get it in an easier, though more dangerous Way, than either boisterous Winds, or the Raging of the Seas could have exposed him to, And at last his Vessel has split upon the Rock on which all such Villanies, as (and not without Reason) he is supposed to have been for some Time conversant in, must be expected to have a Stop put to their further Progresses. Being a Papist I could have no Account of his past Life and Behaviour in the World from himself, not being used, nor expected to keep the Secrets of Auricular Confession. However, he has not been so private in his Wickedness, but so much of it is come Abroad, as to convince that he richly deserved his Fate.
He was one of those who was in the House with David Boyd , executed in October last, for robbing Edward Neway , in Company with three more; a House in New Rag-Fair, inhabited by a Set of those Sort of People, for the Rendezvous of themselves, and for the more convenient Stowage and Reception of all stolen Goods. When Neway, and the Company he had got together, in Pursuit of those who robbed him, came to the House to which they were directed to find them, they were ill-used, and Endeavours made to stop them going up Stairs to look after the Rogues: However, in Spite of all Opposition, they went up Stairs, took Boyd, and found Edward Dempsey in the suspicious Circumstance of being just jump'd into Bed with Part of his Cloaths on. He was also taken, committed upon Suspicion of being concern'd in the Robbery, but the Prosecutor not swearing positively to Edward Dempsey, he was acquitted of that Indictment. This was in September Sessions.
This Escape was no Warning to him, he returned again, doubtless, to his old Quarters, and continuing the Practice of his old Tricks, was at length apprehended for robbing Mr. Brown, Merchant , of Lombard street. The Watch taken from him being advertised, Search was made after Edward Dempsey, and he was found and taken. He had a Hanger in his Hand at the Time the Robbery was committed, maltreated Mr. Brown, and several Times threatned his Life, for looking after him, and not going another Way, as he was ordered by the Robbers. He had the Prosecutor's Wig on his Head when he was taken, and he was positive that he was one that robbed him, upon the first Sight of him in the New Goal, Southwark; so that not the least Doubt can remain of his Guilt, tho' he always denied it when I mentioned it to him, till the Day before his Execution; I mentioned it to him again, and his Answer was in dubious Terms, saying, Whether he was guilty or not, he was to lose his Life for it.
7 PATRICK DEMPSEY , aged 32, was born in Ireland, and bred a Seaman , and like his Name-Sake, if not Brother, (tho' they both denied they were any
ways related, unless in the Wickedness of their Lives, which neither of them could well deny) chose not to drudge on in the common Way of Life, which he was bred up to, but would needs live by his Wits, and as he lust. He has done so for some Time, and fill'd up the Measure of his Iniquities, and has at Length receiv'd the just Punishment of of his Wickedness, He too was a Papist, and the Arcanum Sacramentale, or auricular Confession, being sacred among these People, no Discovery of whatever Villainies he may have committed is to be come at, but that only for which he suffered.
And it was for the same Robbery with Edward Dempsey, in which he was principally concern'd, being the first Man that attack'd Mr. Brown, by taking hold of his Right-hand, and using him very roughly. When the Gentleman endeavour'd to disengage himself from him, Patrick shew'd his Resolution of putting in force his wicked Design, by telling him not to be in such a Hurry, and immediately claping him fast hold by the Collar, at which Instant Edward (and the third Robber not yet taken) came up to him, one with a Hanger, and t'other with a Pistol, threatning to blow his Brains out, if he made the least Noise. Accordingly, they all three had a Hand in rifling him, making no Resistance. The Prosecutor was positive to Patrick's being one, saying, he seem'd to have the same Cloaths on when upon his Trial, as when he robb'd him; he was taken the 14th of November, and when before the Justice, confess'd the Robbery was done by him, in Company with Edward and one James Rion; so that scarce any Doubt can remain of the Justice of his Execution. A more insolent and audacious Fellow scarce ever appeared at the Bar of the Old-Bailey Sessions-House; he shew'd not the least Sign of Remorse, but rather seem'd to pride himself in appearing a great Villain, and would have taken the whole of the Robbery upon him, declaring Edward not at all concern'd; but the Court and Jury thought it not proper to regard what he said. At the Time of his coming to the Bar, to receive the deserv'd Sentence of the Law, he was so wicked as to get himself drunk, and appear'd with all that Impudence and wicked Behaviour as astonish'd every Beholder; and as if in Defiance of all Law and Justice, wore his Hat in the Court; nor could he scarce be prevail'd upon to stop his unruly Tongue, still repeating the Innocence of Edward, and taking the whole Villainy on himself. Tho' this was all but false Fire; for when I told him of this Behaviour, a Day or two afterwards, his Courage being evaporated, he hung his Head, own'd the Fact, and said he was sorry for what he had done.
8. DENNIS BRENAN , aged 22, was born in Ireland, at what Time he came into England I know not, for I could not perswade him to have any Conversation with me, being a Papist . Since he has been here, it seems he has been in the Weaving Trade , somewhere about Spittle-Fields, where are living his Father and Mother, both antient People, who came several Times to see him in
the Press-Yard, while under Sentence of Death, and seem'd greatly to lament the unhappy Case of their ungracious Son. He seem'd not to have had much Education, not appearing with a Book, as the rest of his Fellow-Sufferers of the same Perswasion did, from whence 'tis reasonable to conjecture, he could not read. His Parents and others of the Neighbourhood, who out of Respect to them, came to see him, said, he had been an idle loose, and disorderly young Man, and seem'd to express no great Surprize at finding him in such a Situation; knowing he had long followed such evil Courses, as must needs bring him to it, unless perswaded to return to his Duty. Work he was not fond of, and was under no Restraint, his poor aged Parents being no ways able to curb his untoward Passions, had they been ever so well inclin'd to do it.
Brenan had been indicted in December Sessions, and being discharged the last Day, for Want of Evidence, he immediately returned to his old Acquaintance. The next Day being in Company with Purcel, and the Evidence against him at his Trial, one George St. Laurence , they wanted Money for Drink, to raise their Courage, and having some how or other got enough to get a Pot of Beer, and a Dram apiece. Brenan got a Hammer and Chissel, and said, he would have Money, or he'd go again to the Place from whence he came. Accordingly he went with this Resolution, and the first Thing he did, was to knock a Man down, and take away his Hat. This they immediately went and pawn'd for 18 d. which was drank out in Gin, and now they were ripe for Housebreaking, or knocking down People, or any other Mischief that fell in their Way; and several other mischievous Blows were given to different Persons that Night, by the Hands of Brenan, with this dangerous Weapon the Hammer.
The next Thing he attempted, was to rob a Cellar, but being seen by a Boy he ran away. The Master of the Cellar followed, and laid hold of him, but receiving a Blow on the Side of his Head, quitted his Hold and left him. The Prosecutor and another Man were walking before them at this Juncture. As soon as Brenan came up with him, he fetch'd him a Blow with the Hammer on the Side of his Head, which brought him to the Ground. Immediately he seizes his Hat and Wig, and would have taken his Money, but some People coming behind, surprised him, and he run away; this was in Shoreditch. Brenan not content, proposed to his Companions, to go and get some Money. So away they went, and Brenan meeting another Man in Hounsditch, gave him a Blow with his Hammer, knocking him down, and taking from him his Hat and Wig. But the Man making an Outcry, the People came out of their Houses, and the Street was in an Uproar, and they were oblig'd to run for it. Again, in White-Chapel, he serv'd another Man in the same Manner; all these malicious Actions he was wicked enough to be guilty of the very Night after he had escap'd the Hands of Justice, and if he had notbeen providentially prevented, what Mischief might he be not capable of? In one so young, 'tis surprizing to think how the Seeds of Malice and Wickedness, could be so deeply rooted.
9. WILLIAM PURCEL , aged 23, was born in Ireland, and was a Papist . In London he had followed the Business of a Weaver , but left that Employment, which might have given him a comfortable Livelihood, for the Sake of Idleness and Debauchery, which have work'd his Ruin. He was so foolish as to pawn his working Implements for Gin the very Night he assisted Brenan in this Robbery, for which he suffered He had been a loose, disorderly Person, and though it does not appear that he was so deeply and wickedly engaged as Brenan, yet he was one of his Companions, and doubtless deserved the same Fate.
At the PLACE of EXECUTION.
ON Wednesday, the Seventh Instant, between Nine and Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, Thomas Good , Thomas Hickson , and James Aldridge , in one Cart, Edward Dempsey , and Patrick Dempsey , in the second, John Edwards , and Lawrence Savage , in the third, and Dennis Brenan , and William Purcel , in the fourth, went to the Place of Execution: When there, I prayed with and for them all; but only Good, Aldridge, Hickson, and Edwards attended to the Prayers I made use of to recommend their Souls to the Mercies of God, through the Merits of Jesus Christ; the rest, being Papists, turn'd their Backs, and said their Pater-Noster, &c. among themselves. Not one of the Whole deny'd the Fact, or Justice of their Sentence, but, when the Cart drew from under them, they call'd on God to have Mercy on them. Their Bodies were all carry'd off by their Friends; nor was there any Disturbance, great Care being taken to keep off the Mob so long as it was necessary.
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Suppose we have a complex vector space $V$.
A norm is a function $f : V \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ which satisfies
(i) $f(x) \ge 0$ for all $x \in V$ (Positivity - Non-Negativity)
(ii) $f(x + y) \le f(x) + f(y)$ for all $x, y \in V$ (Subadditivity - Triangle Inequality)
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From these properties, we define the $l_p-norm$
$$ ||x||_p = \left(\sum \limits_{i=1}^{n}|x_i|^p \right)^\frac{1}{p}$$
My questions relate to why these four properties were chosen for this definition:
(1) If norm is just a measure, why do we need all four of these properties?
(2) Do these properties allow for a nice geometric interpretation of norms?
(3) Were these properties chosen to nicely allow for a nesting of the various norms? For example
$$ ||x||_\infty \le ||x||_2 \le ||x||_1$$
(4) Were these properties chosen to satisfy pairwise inequalities? For example $$ ||x||_1 \le n||x||_\infty$$
(5) Were these properties chosen because they lend themselves in other variants? For example, in $l_2$ for bi-infinite sequences, vector-valued sequences or general sequences.
(6) Do these properties allow an extension into other function spaces where all of the items above still hold? For example, $L_2$ or $L_p$ function spaces.
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Vintage Bracelet Edwardian Pearl & 15K Yellow Gold c. 1900-1910
An early Edwardian vintage bracelet that is crafted in 15K yellow gold (marked 15C on the clasp) and beautifully decorated with seed pearls. The bracelet has an artistic swirl design and fits an average wrist. Very feminine and a beautiful match with J35454 which is a wonderful seed pearl necklace from the same time period! Primary Stone(s): Seed Pearl Color: Off White Cut: Round Metal: 15K Yellow Gold Age: 100-115 yrs. apx. Period: Edwardian Condition: Excellent - Wear consistent with age and use Size: Fits Standard Wrist Learn More
Suggested Retail Price: $895.00
Our Price: $630.00
Art Deco Egyptian Revival Persian Turquoise & Yellow Gold Bracelet
An Art Deco Egyptian revival Persian turquoise bracelet that features six 7.5mm x 5.5mm turquoise scarabs with alternating serpents and sheaves of wheat. At the clasp is a head of a Pharoah. Egyptian revival jewelry is considered very rare and became popular after the find of King Tutankhamen's tomb by Howard Carter in 1922. When the tomb was opened, the explorers were astounded by the grandeur, splendor and level of quality of the jewels found. Because of the discovery of this jewelry and the immense interest in it, jewelers started making jewelry in Egyptian style which became known as "Egyptian revival" jewelry. This is a highly unusual and beautiful piece of historical jewelry! Primary Stone(s): Turquoise Color: Turquoise Cut: 7.5mm x 5.5mm Metal: 14K Yellow Gold Age: 90 yrs. apx. Period: Art Deco Condition: Excellent Size: 7-3/8" apx. Learn More
Suggested Retail Price: $4,495.00
Our Price: $3,146.50
Edwardian 22K Yellow Gold 4.00ct. T.W. Diamond Bangle Bracelet
Absolutely stunning Edwardian diamond bangle bracelet crafted in 22K yellow gold. The bangle features 4.00ct. T.W. apx. of old european and single cut diamonds with G-H color & VS2-I1 clarity. In an undulating design, the craftsmanship is at its very best! This is a one-of-a-kind extraordianary bangle bracelet. If you want the best, this is for you!! Phenomenal! Primary Stone(s): Diamond Weight: 4.00ct. T.W. apx. Color: G-H Clarity: VS2-I1 Cut: Old European & Old Single Metal: 22k yellow gold Age: 115 yrs. Period: Edwardian Condition: Excellent Size: Designed for a smaller wrist but can be englarged. Learn More
Suggested Retail Price: $7,995.00
Our Price: $5,596.50
1.00ct. T.W. Amethyst & Diamond Art Nouveau Bangle Bracelet
A rare find! Here is an exceptional 14k yellow gold Art Nouveau (c.1890-1915) Amethyst and Diamond bangle bracelet. Gorgeous Nouveau design with detailed filigree!! Primary Stone(s): Amethyst Weight: 1.00ct. T.W. apx. Color: Rich Purple Clarity: Eye Clean Cut: Square Secondary Stone(s): Diamond - Conflict Free Weight: .08ct. T.W. apx. Color: G Clarity: VS2 Cut: European Metal: 14k yellow gold Age: 120 yrs. apx. Period: Art Nouveau Condition: Excellent Size: For Medium Size Wrist - Can be resized at our expense Learn More
Suggested Retail Price: $2,495.00
Our Price: $1,746.50