John Prestall: A Complex Relationship with the Elizabethan Regime

<p>This thesis is the biography of John Prestall (c.1527-c.1598) an unsavoury, nefarious, spendthrift, Catholic gentleman from Elizabethan England. A conspirator, opportunist informer, occult conjurer, conman and alchemist, Prestall's biography provides an alternative perspective from which to view Elizabethan history, exposing the dark fringe of the Elizabethan Court and the murky political underworld it attracted. In the polarised politico-religious ferment of late Tudor England, Prestall perennially in debt, utilised his occult powers for his own ruthless self-interest and preservation. Always looking for the best deal, he oscillated between using sorcery and astrology in conspiracies against both Mary I and Elizabeth I, and then traded alchemical promises with members of the Elizabethan establishment for patronage, pardons, and returns from exile. Through an examination of the surviving manuscript correspondence and contemporary print material, this thesis situates Prestall in the broader context of Elizabethan England and uses his life as a conduit linking together a sequence of previously unrelated plots, conspiracies and patronage relationships. Prestall's life, as documented in the manuscripts, was not primarily directed by his Catholic faith which played a secondary role to his search for the best deal and cure for his debt-ridden circumstances. This presents an interesting contrast to members of the Elizabethan regime whose Protestant ideological view of the Catholic-Protestant clash directed many of their actions. This biography explores Prestall's use of conjuring and alchemy to demonstrate the important influence magic had in Elizabethan political conspiracies and Court politics. Within a society whose belief system held magic to be an inherent part of the natural world, Prestall unscrupulously used his astrological and alchemical talents to whatever ends he thought would provide him the biggest payoff.</p>

John Prestall: A Complex Relationship with the Elizabethan Regime

<p>This thesis is the biography of John Prestall (c.1527-c.1598) an unsavoury, nefarious, spendthrift, Catholic gentleman from Elizabethan England. A conspirator, opportunist informer, occult conjurer, conman and alchemist, Prestall's biography provides an alternative perspective from which to view Elizabethan history, exposing the dark fringe of the Elizabethan Court and the murky political underworld it attracted. In the polarised politico-religious ferment of late Tudor England, Prestall perennially in debt, utilised his occult powers for his own ruthless self-interest and preservation. Always looking for the best deal, he oscillated between using sorcery and astrology in conspiracies against both Mary I and Elizabeth I, and then traded alchemical promises with members of the Elizabethan establishment for patronage, pardons, and returns from exile. Through an examination of the surviving manuscript correspondence and contemporary print material, this thesis situates Prestall in the broader context of Elizabethan England and uses his life as a conduit linking together a sequence of previously unrelated plots, conspiracies and patronage relationships. Prestall's life, as documented in the manuscripts, was not primarily directed by his Catholic faith which played a secondary role to his search for the best deal and cure for his debt-ridden circumstances. This presents an interesting contrast to members of the Elizabethan regime whose Protestant ideological view of the Catholic-Protestant clash directed many of their actions. This biography explores Prestall's use of conjuring and alchemy to demonstrate the important influence magic had in Elizabethan political conspiracies and Court politics. Within a society whose belief system held magic to be an inherent part of the natural world, Prestall unscrupulously used his astrological and alchemical talents to whatever ends he thought would provide him the biggest payoff.</p>

John Prestall: A Complex Relationship with the Elizabethan Regime

<p>This thesis is the biography of John Prestall (c.1527-c.1598) an unsavoury, nefarious, spendthrift, Catholic gentleman from Elizabethan England. A conspirator, opportunist informer, occult conjurer, conman and alchemist, Prestall's biography provides an alternative perspective from which to view Elizabethan history, exposing the dark fringe of the Elizabethan Court and the murky political underworld it attracted. In the polarised politico-religious ferment of late Tudor England, Prestall perennially in debt, utilised his occult powers for his own ruthless self-interest and preservation. Always looking for the best deal, he oscillated between using sorcery and astrology in conspiracies against both Mary I and Elizabeth I, and then traded alchemical promises with members of the Elizabethan establishment for patronage, pardons, and returns from exile. Through an examination of the surviving manuscript correspondence and contemporary print material, this thesis situates Prestall in the broader context of Elizabethan England and uses his life as a conduit linking together a sequence of previously unrelated plots, conspiracies and patronage relationships. Prestall's life, as documented in the manuscripts, was not primarily directed by his Catholic faith which played a secondary role to his search for the best deal and cure for his debt-ridden circumstances. This presents an interesting contrast to members of the Elizabethan regime whose Protestant ideological view of the Catholic-Protestant clash directed many of their actions. This biography explores Prestall's use of conjuring and alchemy to demonstrate the important influence magic had in Elizabethan political conspiracies and Court politics. Within a society whose belief system held magic to be an inherent part of the natural world, Prestall unscrupulously used his astrological and alchemical talents to whatever ends he thought would provide him the biggest payoff.</p>

John Prestall: A Complex Relationship with the Elizabethan Regime

<p>This thesis is the biography of John Prestall (c.1527-c.1598) an unsavoury, nefarious, spendthrift, Catholic gentleman from Elizabethan England. A conspirator, opportunist informer, occult conjurer, conman and alchemist, Prestall's biography provides an alternative perspective from which to view Elizabethan history, exposing the dark fringe of the Elizabethan Court and the murky political underworld it attracted. In the polarised politico-religious ferment of late Tudor England, Prestall perennially in debt, utilised his occult powers for his own ruthless self-interest and preservation. Always looking for the best deal, he oscillated between using sorcery and astrology in conspiracies against both Mary I and Elizabeth I, and then traded alchemical promises with members of the Elizabethan establishment for patronage, pardons, and returns from exile. Through an examination of the surviving manuscript correspondence and contemporary print material, this thesis situates Prestall in the broader context of Elizabethan England and uses his life as a conduit linking together a sequence of previously unrelated plots, conspiracies and patronage relationships. Prestall's life, as documented in the manuscripts, was not primarily directed by his Catholic faith which played a secondary role to his search for the best deal and cure for his debt-ridden circumstances. This presents an interesting contrast to members of the Elizabethan regime whose Protestant ideological view of the Catholic-Protestant clash directed many of their actions. This biography explores Prestall's use of conjuring and alchemy to demonstrate the important influence magic had in Elizabethan political conspiracies and Court politics. Within a society whose belief system held magic to be an inherent part of the natural world, Prestall unscrupulously used his astrological and alchemical talents to whatever ends he thought would provide him the biggest payoff.</p>

The Typographic Imagination: Reading and Writing in Japan’s Age of Modern Print Media

A tension runs through Nathan Shockey’s well-researched book of essays on the topic of the medial transition to print culture; it is this: does the value of print material lie within its semantic content or within its market value? Although at several points the book refers to this as a dialectic as though each side of the tension were in equal balance, ultimately Shockey is more concerned with the latter notion of books and print as media objects in the world rather than as conveyors of meaning. This is evidenced by the preponderance of instances in which he highlights that reading does not matter and where writing (in the sense of the noun not the gerund) does or simply is matter.

3D/4D Printing of Polymers: Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), and Stereolithography (SLA)

Additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing is a digital manufacturing process and offers virtually limitless opportunities to develop structures/objects by tailoring material composition, processing conditions, and geometry technically at every point in an object. In this review, we present three different early adopted, however, widely used, polymer-based 3D printing processes; fused deposition modelling (FDM), selective laser sintering (SLS), and stereolithography (SLA) to create polymeric parts. The main aim of this review is to offer a comparative overview by correlating polymer material-process-properties for three different 3D printing techniques. Moreover, the advanced material-process requirements towards 4D printing via these print methods taking an example of magneto-active polymers is covered. Overall, this review highlights different aspects of these printing methods and serves as a guide to select a suitable print material and 3D print technique for the targeted polymeric material-based applications and also discusses the implementation practices towards 4D printing of polymer-based systems with a current state-of-the-art approach.

The role of the school food environment in improving the healthiness of school canteens and the readiness to reopen post COVID-19 pandemic: A study conducted in Indonesia

Background: Indonesian school children spend one-third of their time in school, where they are exposed to a variety of foods at school canteens. However, the healthiness of school canteens is not yet well understood. This study was conducted to (1) characterize the healthiness and quality of management of school canteens, and (2) measure readiness of school canteens to reopen following COVID-19 closures.Design and Methods: Mixed-methods were used to conduct a cross-sectional study. Data were collected from schools located in the Bantul District of Indonesia. Primary schools (n=152) were randomly selected, with a final sample size of 147. Data were collected using Google Forms, delivered via WhatsApp or email. School canteens were classified as healthy if they had a Healthy Canteen Score (HCS) >= 10, or unhealthy if they had a HCS < 10.Results: Less than half (43.5%) of school canteens were deemed to be healthy. School canteens were more likely to be healthy if the canteen manager had a formal decision letter (OR=15.2; 95% CI=3.7-62.5); used print material messaging (OR= 3.2 to 4.6 times); or received inspection by external officers periodically (OR=2.8; 95% CI= 1.04-7.5). Readiness to reopen was 4.5 (OR=4.5; 95%CI: 1.1-17.9) times higher among schools that had their own canteen, and 4 (OR=3.9; 95% CI =1.1-13.8) times higher among schools located in rural areas, adjusting for the remaining variables.Conclusions: School canteen healthiness can be improved by implementing national food policy and healthy school canteen standards accompanied by the existence of good management practices within schools, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Part I Legal and Practical Challenges to Traditional Trade Finance, 5 Determining a Complying Presentation in Letter of Credit Transactions: A Principled Appraisal of Current Requirements and Challenges

This chapter explores frequently neglected aspects of the vexed question of complying presentation in letter of credits operations from the perspective of Anglo-American law and a pragmatic appreciation of the International Chamber of Commerce’s codes of banking practice. In particular, it considers the existence and extent of the classes of ICC print material permissible as an aid in ascertaining the proper legal meaning and effect of a clause in the UCP 600 that lacks sufficient clarity, or even worse, if the UCP clause in dispute makes no express provision on the point at issue. The discussion then evaluates the nature of a clause in a credit calling for a draft drawn on the applicant; the legal effect of an unstipulated document in a presentation under the credit; and the rights of the beneficiary when determining the bank to which to tender documents for payment.

Modular Print Materials: Philippine Way of Learning Delivery In Times Of New Normal

Philippine educational system was designed for an era that no longer exists nowadays. This is true in the face of a fast-changing world that deeply revolutionized our young learner’s attitudes, values and behavioral predilections. In like manner, parents and families are placed in a quandary as they are confronted with the mounting admixture of formal and informal learning options and opportunities for their children. Module is a unit of work in a course of instruction that is virtually self-contained and a method of teaching that is based on the building of skills and knowledge in discrete units. It is a form of self-instructional package which is regarded as a relatively-recent phenomena. It enables the learner to have a control over his learning and takes greater responsibility for his learning opportunity. The writer believes that modular print material is the most effective in optimizing the students’ academic performance or achievements in attaining the main objective of the subject.

Metode PID untuk pengkondisian suhu pada bedplate di pencetak 3D 2x2x2 meter

ABSTRAK 3D Printer mulai digunakan di dalam dunia industri Indonesia dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, karena dengan meggunakan 3D printer pembuatan prototype yang biasanya memakan waktu cukup lama dapat dibuat dalam waktu yang lebih singkat. Pada pembuatan 3D Printer Bedplate bisa dibilang salah satu bagian terpenting dari 3D printer, karena tidak akan bisa mencetak dengan baik tanpa itu. Fungsi utama Bedplate sendiri yaitu sebagai tempat alas cetak selama proses mencetak berlangsung. Terdapat banyak variasi Bedplate dengan menggunakan permukaan yang berbeda, karakteristik termal yang berbeda dan ukuran yang berbeda. Bedplate yang dijual secara universal memiliki ukuran kurang dari 50 cm sehingga jika ingin mencetak obyek dengan ukuran lebih dari 50 cm diperlukan bedplate dengan ukuran lebih dari 50 cm. Pada penelitian ini untuk mencetak obyek menggunakan Bedplate dengan ukuran 1 x 2 meter yang terbuat dari bahan kaca dan untuk filament menggunakan bahan biji plastik high density polyethylene (HDPE). Filament HDPE cenderung memiliki daya rekat yang buruk pada permukaan. Pada bahan cetak 3D Printer menggunakan Bahan high density polyethylene (HDPE) diperlukan suhu Konstan 65°C secara merata pada Bedplate agar bahan cetak dapat menempel dengan baik pada Bedplate.Untuk menghasilkan hasil cetakan yang baik, suhu Bedplate harus dikontrol dengan tepat dengan menggunakan Metode Proportional Intergral Deferential (PID), suhu terbaik Bedplate untuk Untuk proses penempelan bahan high density polyethylene HDPE adalah sebesar 65°C ABSTRACT 3D Printer began to be used in the indonesian industrial world in recent years, because by using 3D printers that usually take a long time can be made in a shorter time. In the manufacture of 3D Printer Bedplate is arguably one of the most important parts of 3D printers, because it would not be able to print well without it. The main function of Bedplate itself is as a printing base during the printing process. There are many variations of Bedplate using different surfaces, different thermal characteristics and different sizes. Bedplate sold universally has a size of less than 50 cm so if you want to print objects with a size of more than 50 cm is required bedplate with a size of more than 50 cm. In this study to print objects using Bedplate with a size of 1 x 2 meters made of glass and for filament using high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic seed material. HDPE filaments tend to have poor adhesence on the surface. In 3D printing materials Printers use high density polyethylene (HDPE) materials required Constant temperature of 65 °C evenly on the Bedplate so that the print material can stick well to the Bedplate.To produce a good print result, the temperature of Bedplate must be controlled precisely by using the Proportional Intergral Deferential Method (PID), the best temperature bedplate for the process of attaching materials High density polyethylene HDPE material is 65 °C.