After this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me: which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must come to pass after these things"
As John is taken up into heaven, there for God in panorama to bring before his eyes all of these things that shall be a part of the ultimate, final consummation of the age – as John is taken up into glory, there first, he sees a throne set and on the throne, the ineffable, unapproachable, indescribable Lord God Almighty [Revelation 4:3].
At the center of the universe is the throne of God. At the heart of this creation is the sovereign room and authority of the Almighty; the throne set in heaven, in contrast to the mutability of the governments of the earth. And John saw the Lord God Almighty as He sat upon that throne of the universe. As he looked, he uses two words to describe the indescribable, which are not translated here. They are just transliterated. Your word "jasper" is just a spelling-out in English of the Greek word iaspis, "jasper," and your English word "sardine" is not a translation; it is just a spelling out in English of the Greek word sardinos, and translated here "the One who sat on the throne,to look upon was like." Then in the second, "in sight like unto, homoios horasis," like in appearance. He could not describe God and as he looked, he just saw what he could write in the likeness, in the appearance. Now in the twenty-first chapter, in the eleventh verse, the word "jasper" is described as "clear as crystal." I would think that in translating the two words by which he seeks to describe the appearance of the "One who sat upon the throne," I would say if you translated it, you would say the first was a diamond and the second was a ruby. One was brilliant in crystal clearness, and the other was blood red. So as you look, he saw there in appearance the diamond-like holiness and brilliance of the crystal, pure, holy, unapproachable, ineffable, iridescent God. Then red, ruby, which of course would represent and portray the redemptive work of the Lord Almighty; His mercy and love and forgiveness.
Then as John looks upon the Almighty seated upon the throne forever, enduring the immutability of the sovereign God, as he looks, the first thing that he sees is: "and there was an iris,"the word in Greek, "an iris." You have one in each one of your eyes, an iris. And he saw an iris – translated a rainbow – and there was an iris – a rainbow – round about the throne, homoios horasis, in appearance like an emerald, surrounding the throne of God: a complete circle, a rainbow, an iris, and the color, a light green, an emerald.
Out of all of the majestic phenomenon of nature, none is more variedly beautiful than God's bow in the sky with its prismatic colors, the sign says the Lord Almighty of His covenant with the earth, placed there after the storm and the fury of God's judgment upon an unbelieving, a gainsaying, vile, blaspheming, and wicked world. "And that bow in the sky," God said, "I placed as a sign of the covenant that I make with all living things." It is a complete bow around the throne. As we look upon it, it's mostly an arch, just half a circle. But as John looked upon the throne of God, it was complete. Wherever he looked, in any direction from the throne, there was the beauty of that emerald rainbow. And it was not prismatically colored with the spectrum of the seven that we see in the sky; but it was all green – the color of the earth, of life. The chlorophyll that makes our world green is the sustenance and the sustaining, the keeping of all life.
So this rainbow, round about the throne of God, is God's promise. It is a sign and a symbol of God's remembrance that in wrath, He remembers mercy. For you see, "immediately, out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices" [Revelation 4:5].
You will meet that again and again in the Apocalypse; those lightnings and thunderings, and voices are symbols of the judgment and the visitation of Almighty God. But before a single judgment falls, before God touches one of His creation, before these awful and awesome judgments fall, there is first the rainbow round about the throne. This is to say, it is a sign of, it is a picture of God's remembrance of His promises, God's covenants. He will faithfully fulfill every word that He has said and though part of the earth may be destroyed, and though part of this universe burns up with fire, and though no small part of its population destroyed, yet God shall hold forever sacred His promise to sustain this universe and to bless His people in it. God's covenants do not fall to the ground. He remembers them, and this is a sign and an assurance of the faithfulness of Almighty God.
Now at the beginning of this great tribulation, there is that rainbow, a sign of our covenant God. At the end of chapter 11 before he begins chapter 12 – which is the last half of this terrible period of the visitation of the Almighty and has to do particularly and especially with God's people Israel – there is that sign of the covenant of God again. It closes chapter 11 before the beginning of chapter 12, "And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in His temple the ark of His covenant: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and a great hail" [Revelation 11:19]. There, say again; you see the judgments of God, the visitation from heaven. But before they fall, there is seen this sign, this insignia, this symbol of the covenant-keeping God: "I saw the temple, and when it was opened in heaven, I saw in it, the ark of his covenant."
Now, this sermon is one of these that we have been preparing and delivering, which sermons are preparatory for an understanding, as I can understand it, of the message of the Revelation. And without these preparatory messages, the Apocalypse is a closed book. But with them, I pray God shall open to view these things that He's written large on the page of the Scriptures. This covenant-keeping God is the foundation of all of the assurance of those who trust in Jesus. If God made a covenant in an ancient day and did not keep it, and if God gave promises to His prophets and did not keep them, then by what assurance could I rest my soul that God will not also break the covenant that He made with Christ? "This is My blood of the new covenant" [Mark 14:24], and by what right could I believe and rest my soul in assurance that God will keep His promises to His apostles? If God does not hold sacred the covenant that He made in the Old Testament, and if God does not hold sacred the promises that He made to the apostles, then how could I be persuaded that He would keep inviolate the new covenant He made, and the blood of Christ and the promises that He made to these apostles? If God will not keep one, I have no assurance He will keep the other. And if the Lord breaks His covenant in the old time, I have no assurance but that He might change His mind and break His covenant in the new time.
So the message is Our Covenant-Keeping God: what He promised in the Old Testament, the covenant that He made in the ancient day, and the thesis of the sermon is that God will keep that promise forever, and that God will hold inviolate that covenant forever! And as I have developed the sermon, and found out at the 8:15 service that I cannot begin to commit to follow it through; this is just a little piece of it this morning. And then the next Sunday, and the next Sunday, we will follow it through. But, the covenant that God made in the Old Testament, and as He keeps it, all of the rest of the Bible is but an unfolding of those promises God made in the ancient day. So we are going to begin.
And Abram passed through the land,and the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land.
And the Lord said unto Abram,Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever and ever and ever and ever and ever.
Walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee"
In the same day – 15 and 18 – in the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the River Euphrates"
Thou shalt not be called Abram, but Abraham: for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Now, just once again, turn to Genesis 22:15, Genesis 22:15, "And the Angel of the Lord called unto Abraham,By Myself have I sworn, saith the Lord Now when you read over there in the apostle Paul, he will be taking about that, "Because He could swear by no greater, God swore by Himself" [Hebrews 6:13].
By Myself have I sworn, saith the Lord: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall all of the nations of the earth be blessed.
And Paul, in Galatians 3:16 expostulates upon that. "And in thy Seed," as of one, "shall all the nations of the earth be blessed" [Galatians 3:16].
So God made a covenant with Abraham. First: that he himself would be personally blessed; temporal blessings, spiritual blessings, household blessings, heavenly blessings, earthly blessings, a great man, and nations come of him and kings out of his loins; personal blessings to Abraham. The second part of that covenant: national blessings. He should have a seed that would be like the stars of the heavens and the sand of the seashore, and they should have a national home in the land of Canaan, forever and ever and ever; an everlasting covenant. And the third part: that in his Seed as of one, all of the nations of the earth would be blessed, a universal salvation and redemption to those who will turn in faith to accept the covenant promises of God. Now, the rest of the Bible – all of it – is nothing other than a working out through time, and history, and nations, and generations these great unconditional confirmations and affirmations of the Lord God Almighty. That is what we are going to do in these immediate sermons, is to follow it through to see that covenant-keeping, unchangeable God.
All right, now this covenant: turn to the fifteenth chapter of the Book of Genesis, and we are going to see in this moment how God confirmed it; how the Lord God established it. This is the great basis for everything that you will read thereafter in the Bible, this is it: God said to Abraham, "Out of thy loins," out of thy body, from thy flesh and bones, "shall He come who shall be thy inheritor" [Genesis 15:4].
Well, the years passed. Abraham was old and Sarah was old, and Abram said to the Lord God, "I do not understand. I do not understand. The heir in mine house is this Eliezer, a Damascene, a Syrian from Damascus. And I have no heir; no one is born to me. Yet thou sayest, 'out of my loins and in my house shall he be born.' And I do not understand and I cannot see, and I tremble before the promise of God." Finally, you know, Abraham got to be one hundred years of age, and Sarah was ninety years of age, and there was no child born. And the Lord God said to Abraham, "Abraham, come here, come here. Come outside." Abraham went outside, and God said, "Look up into the sky and what do you see?" Abram said, "I see the stars innumerable." And the Lord God said, "So shall thy seed be." Then the verse that follows, "and Abram believed God, and God counted it to him for righteousness" [Genesis 15:6], which is the great fundamental verse of the Romans and of the Galatians. "And Abraham believed God" – a hundred years old; Sarah, ninety years old. And God put it on the side of righteousness.
And the Lord said unto him, "I am the God that brought thee from Ur of Chaldees to give thee this land to inherit" [Genesis 15:7]. And then Abram asked one other thing: "Lord, I do not understand how one born out of my body and in my house will be mine heir. But I just trust Thee for it. I believe Thee for it." Then when God said the second thing, "And I will give thee this land," Abram said, verse 8, "Lord God, how shall I know that I shall inherit the land?" How shall I know? How shall I know? He never owned a piece of it save the little spot called the cave of Machpelah in Hebron where Sarah was buried. "How shall I know?" How shall I know? And the Lord, in the fifteenth chapter of the Book of Genesis, entered into a blood covenant with Abraham that is to last and to stand forever. Listen to it, listen to it.
In my studying, I found out that this kind of a covenant was used all over the ancient world. The ancient Babylonians used it. The ancient Romans used it. The ancient Greeks used it. The ancient Egyptians used it. The ancient Hebrews used it. All over the ancient world this blood covenant was used. Now the way they did was this – when a man made a covenant with a promise, when those two men made a covenant, in order to seal it forever and by blood, they took an animal and they slew it and poured out its blood on the ground. Then they divided it exactly half and half, and one-half was placed over here by itself, and another half of that sacrificial animal was placed over here by itself. And those men, arm in arm, passed between the blood sacrifice; and the meaning was that if either of the other broke the covenant, may he be torn limb from limb as the sacrifice was slain. And may his blood be poured out into the ground as the blood of the sacrificial creature was poured out on the earth.
So the Lord God, when Abram answers, "Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?" The Lord said, "Abram, take a heifer three years old, take a goat three years old, take a ram of three years old, take a turtledove, and a young pigeon [Genesis 15:9], and divide them, pour out their blood on the ground and divide them. Put half of it here and half of it here. And Abram, we are going to enter into an everlasting, unconditional blood covenant."
Then an astonishing thing happened. Whereas ordinarily, the two who make the covenant pass between the bloody sacrifice, it says here in the Book, in verse 12, that God made a deep sleep to fall upon Abram, a deep sleep – like God made a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, when he took Eve from his side. A deep sleep fell upon Abram [Genesis 2:21], and there Abram is in that deep slumber, and then under the sign of a flaming fire – that is so typical of a symbol of God. The flaming fire in the bush that burned as Moses looked upon it, on the back side of the desert [Exodus 3:1-3] – as the pillar of fire that guided His Israel through the wilderness [Exodus 13:21] – in the shekinah glory of the Almighty that came down upon the sacrifice, under the symbol and the sign of a flaming, burning fire, God alone walked through that sacrifice! [Genesis 15:17].
A man does not walk on an equality with God. For a man may fail, and a man may not keep his promise, and a man may not be true to the covenant, and a man's word may be something other as time may change, but God put Abram into a deep sleep and God alone, and God by Himself, walked through that great sacrifice, by which He meant that the Almighty of heaven brought to it the unconditional promise of its fulfillment forever and forever and forever. Abram brought to it nothing. He is just a recipient of it, for the promise is unconditional on the part of God. The Lord God alone walked through that sacrifice. "And in that day," the next verse, "the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "Unto thy seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the River Euphrates" [Genesis 15:18], an unconditional promise and covenant on the part of the Lord God.
Now, that is the basis of all that shall ever follow after in the Bible. And in the little moment that remains, may I just show you just to start off with, may I show you God's faithfulness to that covenant? Genesis ends – Genesis ends with the word from Joseph. The only time any word from Joseph is mentioned in the New Testament is this, "And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die, I die: but God will surely visit you" [Genesis 50:24]. God will surely visit you? Why? Because of an unconditional promise of Him who never fails! "God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land into the land that He sware," and from here on, you will find it again and again, "which He sware unto Abraham, and to Isaac, and to Jacob," that covenant is forever. "God will surely visit you." Now, he says when he says, "When God visits you, swear to me that you will take my bones up from hence and bury them in the land of Canaan. And he made the children of Israel swear." "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from hence" [Genesis 50:24-25].
What would it matter for a man's bones to turn back to the dust in Egypt, or in Ethiopia, or in another part of the earth, if that ended the man's life, and his story, and his destiny, and his people, and his vision? Joseph believed in the promises of God, and though through his skin worms destroy his body, yet in his flesh should he see God, and the land would be theirs forever [Job 19:26]. And Joseph made them swear, "When I die, when I die, and my bones are deposited in some sarcophagus here in the hieroglyphic land of Egypt, swear to me that when God visits you, and He will, you'll take my bones hence and lay them to rest in the land that God swear to Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob and to his seed forever." There's another day, there's another time, there's another hour, there's a great millennium coming, and Joseph prayed that in it he might have a part and a share in the promises and the covenant-keeping God.
Now, I have still another minute, and then let me add one other word and then I will quit. How faithfully the Lord keeps that word and how earnestly does He lay it upon the hearts of His people.
And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord has sworn.
And thou shalt cause them to inherit it. And the Lord,will go before you. Fear not, nor be discouraged.
Now, look: Moses went up and the Lord God showed him all of the land, and the Lord said unto him: "This is the land," verse 4, "This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed" [Deuteronomy 34:4] and for ever!
Why, man, they had been gone from that land over four hundred years! There had not been a Jew, there had not been a Hebrew, there had not been a seed of Abraham in that land for four hundred fifty years! Other people possessed it – the Hivite, the Jebusite, the Girgashite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite. And when the children of God stood there facing the Promised Land, every step of the way and every foot that they set down was by war and by battle! That doesn't make any difference, for God's covenants do not change and God's promises do not fail, and God shall fulfill every word that He speaks!
After the death of Moses,the Lord spake unto Joshua,saying, My servant Moses is dead; now therefore, arise! Arise, thou and this people, and every place on which your foot does rest, that will I give unto thee and to thy children forever, forever.
This time is gone, and we will pick it up from there and carry the covenants of God clear through the whole Bible. But He does not change. He does not change. It is like all of God's covenants. "This is My blood of the new covenant, shed for the remission of sins" [Matthew 26:28]: when God says, "If a man will give his heart in trust to Jesus, I will save him forever, it does not matter what a theologian might say. It does not matter what a man might think. It does not matter what people may philosophize or theorize or discuss or speculate. God says, "I will save him forever," and He keeps His promises. No covenant is ever broken when God makes it.
This is the assurance we have as we face an inevitable hour that lies ahead. Our God and His promises and His covenants, keeping them to the last hour of these last days that shall come upon this earth. That's a marvelous thing for a man to rest in the Lord. However governments may totter, and however life may turn, and however history may develop, He has a throne in heaven at the heart of this universe and round it is the rainbow of the covenant-keeping God. Put your trust in Him; do it.
And that is our invitation to your heart and to your soul. In the balcony round, somebody you, on this lower floor, a family you, as the Spirit of Jesus shall say, and shall lead in the way, make it now, coming in trust, coming in faith, coming by letter. However the Spirit of God shall say the word, make it this morning, while we stand and while we sing.


One hunt left in the 2007 spring turkey season for this hero to put a tom in the gamebag.
Walt and I saw the three stooges while leaving our Memorial Day hunt behind at the Dansville, Michigan, hot spot.
Right in the field where we wanted to be but got rousted from by other hunters.
I know right where to go.
The assault manifest is prepared on paper, equipment-wise and in my head.
Walt can't make the hunt. Work obligations. I hate when that happens to me. Really I wish I could hunt for a living.
No decoys will be used.
I will go to my most sure-fired way of taking a gobbler.
I will snooze and call every 15 to 30 minutes. Soft calls. Hoo-hoos, I like to refer to them.
The time frame will be approximately from 6 a.m. to noon. A 6-hour block. Plenty of time to score.
All behind the blind in the corner of the field.
Now I just need a little luck.
The 2007 spring gobbler got off to a boom Monday, May 6, but in typical fashion that didn't lead to paydirt: a tom hoisted over my shoulder.
As usual the unexpected happened and I was left holding the bag at the Ingham County, Michigan, honey hole I have the privilege to hunt.
At first light my friend Walt and I sauntered briskly toward our destination, which is a grassy knoll that sits above a small swamp and lies between two agricultural fields. The finger is a definite turkey magnet for strutting and traveling from their roosts to food.
But we encountered a major problem -- the turkeys were roosted directly above where we wanted to get to and it was nearly full light. Plus, he was gobbling at our footfalls. So we holed up on the outside of our destination along the major trail that winds throughout the property.
After calling for a half hour, Walt saw two birds fly down over to one of two ridges in the opposite direction from us.
They clammed up, and we continued on to our knoll spot.
And that is how it played out for the rest of the morning.
They stayed on the ridge milling about and occasionally we could elicit a gobble from them or they would sound off to a passing crow but that was it.
The fun would come later.
We decided to go after them and when you do that you always risk bumping them and that's exactly what happened. I saw flash of brown bob away through the green undercover.
During the walk back to the truck, another one gobbled, giving us new hope.
After much debate over our next setup, we cut around another swamp and headed to the other side of the ridge.
Walt suggested I should get ready for a shot in case we jumped them. I wasn't too concerned because if you do flush them it is usually from outside shooting distance. And also because it just seemed too perfect of a scenario.
"Take off of safe," he assured me, "you might just get a shot."
I thought "pooh-bah" in my head.
We peeked our heads over the grassy edge, and three fire-engine red heads scurried to the fenceline.
I fumbled with the safety and got off a late shot.
"See, I told you," Walt said. And before I could get too down, Walt pointed me in the direction they went and exhorted me to "go get them."
I peeled through the stand of pines in between us and the birds' likely travel route.
And again, there they were but much farther out. I ripped off another round but I couldn't get my head down on the barrel and they made their getaway.
Looking back on it now, I would say the shot was more than 50 yards away. Doable, but a tough shot just the same.
Walt and I hooked back up and after checking the area for a sign of a hit, and chased after them into the large woods they ducked into on the south side of the property.
The drone of the property owners' tractors roared on as they plowed a nearby field, which probably didn't help matters. And that was where it ended. Me trying a few jake yelps but to no avail.
Throughout our hunt, the discussions would lead to a book we both read when we started this gobbler chasing 13 years ago by turkey guru Wayne Bailey.
In the book "50 years Hunting Wild Turkeys," Bailey told stories of how he routinely knocked down turkeys in flight or on the run.
For me, his words seemed to hit home most when he said, "All other skills are null and void if that one talent -- the ability to hit the target whether it be standing, running, or flying -- is lacking."
What more needs to be said? On this day I was lacking.


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Book Review: How to Think Like A Roman Emperor
May 16, 2019 May 16, 2019 by DT Strain
How to Think Like A Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
by Donald Robertson
St. Martin's Press. 2019
Donald Robertson begins this book with his tumultuous and troubled youth, getting into trouble, and the death of his father. A mysterious phrase found in his father's wallet would lead him to discover more about his father as a Freemason and how seriously he took the four cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. This would eventually lead him to Socrates and to Stoicism. After graduating, Robertson studies and trained in psychology and became more familiar with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and its precursor, rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) which were inspired by Stoicism. Robertson mentions that his daughter would ask him to tell stories so he would use the Greek myths as a basis.
But then we begin the first chapter to find the Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius, has taken ill, struck by the plague. I am normally a slow reader when it comes to philosophy because I read very carefully, taking notes and thinking along the way. However, I finished this book in a very short time for me. This was not because it is not a very meaty book. It has a great deal of substance.
Robertson must have attained a lot of practice at storytelling because the narrative instantly pulls the reader in. Marcus is brought to life as we see him dealing with the gritty details of his pain and illness. We see, not an emotionless caricature, but an affectionate person – all illuminated by Marcus Aurelius' own words from the Meditations as well as other Roman historical accounts. Along the way, Robertson moves seamlessly between narrative and lessons on Stoic thought and practice, providing specific and practical guides for the practitioner.
Then we jump back in time and get the story of Zeno of Citium and his fortuitous path leading to the founding of Stoicism – a path that would involve a tragic shipwreck, strange words from an Oracle, and encounters with interesting characters and other schools. After that, the book fills in the gaps of history leading from Zeno to Seneca and up to Epictetus, whose teachings would eventually come to Marcus.
The book goes into specifics on what Stoics believed and what it means to "walk in accord with Nature". From here we return to Marcus as a youth and he is humanized further as we grow up with him. We get to meet those who would influence Marcus, both positive and negative, which make him into the emperor he would become. Along the way, we learn even more subtle perspectives of his Stoic teachers.
We get to see, in context, how ancient philosophers were less like the academics of today and more like monks of wisdom, both in style and role. Stoics recognized, how we speak (both to others and ourselves) reinforces our experience. Robertson uses terms like catastrophizing, which I believe is a more modern term of psychotherapy, but relays some of the important concepts in Stoic training well.
Through this Robertson shares Stoic techniques for seeing more objectively, distancing ourselves from impulses, and Stoic mindfulness. The ever-important powerful seed of Stoic thought is also covered: the Dichotomy of Control. He also discusses the concept of the Sage and the benefits of finding a mentor.
Then we get more specifics on practices, an understanding of eudaimonia, flourishing, and Stoic joy as an active rather than passive experience. Robertson makes it clear that pleasure is not good or bad, so long as it does not interfere with wisdom/virtue and talks about Marcus' various pleasures and pursuits.
We also learn about Marcus' brother, Lucius, who is like a mirror image of the virtuous Marcus. He lives a life of irresponsible excess and dies young. Through this we learn steps for conquering desire, tolerating pain, and relinquishing fear. The latter consists of separating our effort on action from attachment to outcomes. It also consists of premeditation of adversity which is somewhat like negative visualization (as it is called in other books, though the phrase doesn't appear here).
We also learn that resilience comes from the ability to retreat into what Marcus Aurelius called the "inner citadel". That is, to "live as though on a mountaintop" regardless of circumstances. Along the way, we also see how the complexities of Roman politics could lead Marcus to the decision to name the unready (and one day treacherous) Commodus his successor – a question about which I have long wondered.
Finally, Chapter 7 (the second from last) begins an epic climax for the book, as the empire stands on the brink of civil war. By now, we have come to know Marcus as the boy who grew up to an emperor who would be betrayed by one of his closest generals. Robertson brings the events to life and we get to see how the Stoic emperor reacts. Along with the narrative we are taught the steps for dealing with anger, and then get to see Marcus' remarkable calm, compassion, and forgiveness – even while taking decisive action.
The final chapter serves as an epilogue of sorts, as Robertson hands it off to Marcus Aurelius. Written in the first person of Marcus' hypothetical thoughts as he lies dying. His consolations serve as a recap of Stoic philosophy and a fitting conclusion.
This is an excellent read and a good book for learning about Stoicism. Any quibbles or questions I have relate mostly to the inherent issues that come up when one is tasked with taking the technical terms of a complex philosophy and turning them into a more popularized format. Books of this nature play an important role, so these are fine sacrifices, so long as the student understands.
I've told you what to expect from this book but haven't really given you the goods. For that, I recommend reading it for yourself. Because it provides both clear steps and guidelines to Stoic practice, and brings Marcus Aurelius to life through moving and talented writing, it makes an excellent book for both the newbie and experienced Stoic. I have definitely enjoyed it and felt enriched by the experience. It may even be one of my favorites on Stoicism.
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Common paint colors are neutral browns, taupe or gray for adult bedrooms, whereas bright shades of green or red are popular in rooms for children. Guest bedrooms are typically painted with blue or yellow colors.
Bedroom paint color depends upon the occupant and should blend with furniture, bedding and accessories. Soothing relaxing colors are suitable for adult bedrooms where sleeping primarily occurs. Warm browns evoke sultry romantic moods. Taupe, gray or tan colors create sophisticated ambiance and sandy brown imitates a spa.
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These duplexed business cards were printed as part of a larger suite of collateral we worked on for the Hattiesburg landscapers at Shade. Everything was designed by Whitney Miracle, and she picked out an awesome combination of Kraft-Tone papers from French Paper Company along with platinum and pale green foils.
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REALLY thick business cards for Kris Seymour of Cyclops Creative. We did two versions, one with black ink on Antique paper and one with silver ink on black.
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I never get tired of tonal ink on Colorplan paper. This one's for Kelley of Barrett Ford Jewelry. We printed this little square business cards on 540g stock (not too thin, not too thick) with tonal green ink and gray ink, then finished them with gray edge paint.
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The Eagles performed last night at The Consol Energy Center in the heart of downtown to a capacity crowd of die hard fans. As a tie in with the career spanning documentary History of the Eagles, it was announced March 21 an eleven date North American tour in support of the documentary would occur, including Pittsburgh. Henley said that the tour, "could very well be our last…we're gonna include at least one former band member in this tour and kinda go back to the roots, and how we created some of these songs. We're gonna break it down to the fundamentals and then take it up to where it is now" (Ultimate Classic Rock).
The band chose to roll through their repertoire chronologically, even so much as starting off the evening with just Don Henley and Glenn Frey on acoustic like they did in the old days when they were part of Linda Ronstadt's band. They told tales of how the band formed and one by one the members came out progressively as the songs built upon one another. It certainly was amazing to see Bernie Leadon, who is just amazing on guitar, back up there under the lights with them again. They also let part of the documentary do part of the talking on the big screen to fill in some of the gaps so some set and equipment changes could be made.
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Subsidy, can be defined as benefits proposed by the federal government to groups, individuals, or industry in various forms such as welfare repayment, duty allowance, keep prices low, induce investment to reduce unemployment, and many more. It is also called 'subvention'. Purpose of subsidy is often used to get rid of some burden and considered to be interest of the general public. These subsidies should not be misused for just about any negative activities such as smuggling scheduled to not throwing away taxpayers' effort and hard work.
This report is going to focus on the advantages and down sides of government's subsidies to consumers and farmers. For consumers, in the law of demand, as the price decreases, volume demand will definitely increase. In order consumers, we don't really like to acquire goods and services with high price although it is the genuine selling price.
So in order to lessen our burden, federal has recently helped us by subsidizing service such as general population travel. Subsidies can be encouraged because of communal function of general population transport. In which to stay the modern culture, it is actually needy of public transport for those vulnerable groups such as low income homeowners, individuals without driver permit, aged pedestrians, people with handicap, and many more. Public transfer subsidies is also a great choice for urban travel problem triggered by car such as noise and air pollution, difficulties to have parking slot machine game, traffic jam and congestion, and many more. So when there is more public vehicles subsidized, the more cars will be studied away from the traffic, the less pollution and car accident will be triggered. Besides that, we have to consider the freedom of travelers too. Travelers in every country should to take public transports to reach their destination credited to letting vehicles is too expensive. So upsurge in travel amount will lead to a source response in terms of higher frequencies and reduce scheduling cost of every traveler (Button, 1993).
In US, it shows that adding two new lanes on highways can only just provide short-term solution for congestion problem, but it generally does not have any positive influence on pollution and environmental problems. So for our indemnity, adding two record rail lines can in fact be considered a long-term solution for traffic congestion if citizens actually use it. A light-rail train can at least take away a dozen automobiles off the street while a commuter-rail teach can take off even more as these public transportation can actually remove air pollution by a major mass (BA, 2000).
But there will be cons for subsidizing consumers too. For instance, glucose subsidization should be reduced as well. Since glucose is not a basic requirement but a hazardous substance to your health, removal of subsidy should be favorably enhancing our health and wellness. Furthermore, withdrawal of subsidy of sugars will not bring to acute increase of food and refreshments such as soft drinks, pastries, juices, pickled products, and many more. These subsidies benefit carbonated drinks manufacturers most such as Coca-Cola. Malaysians have been discovered that there was an increase of 4 teaspoons of sugar from 17 to 21 from 1970s to 1980s. Over consumptions of sugars will cause some lethal disease such as diabetes, heart and soul cancer, asthma, and many more. These subsidies should be actually used to help minimizing poverty programs and medical facilities rather than causing any health problem to anyone folks.
Besides that, federal government should also start reducing fuel subsidies too. A high subsidy on fuel will bring to less budget shelling out for other potential development domains such as infrastructure, way to obtain clean drinking water, education, and many more. The subsidies should actually be divided by the right percentage to every field instead of favoritism on gas subsidization only; usually, it'll cause 'Welfare Loss'. Additionally it is found that gasoline subsidies benefited the rich more than the poor. In India, although electricity and gasoline are being subsidized for low-income consumers, there continues to be more than 40% of subsidized electricity and petrol leaked to black market. This has caused failing of helping needy families to obtain cheap gas and triggered enrichment of politics cronies. Since Malaysia is the border between Singapore and Thailand, there seems to be some smuggling business of fuel and caused huge difference of petrol price between Malaysia and its own neighbor (Sam, 2012).
For the next focused group which is the farmers, administration in addition has subsidized farmers in an effective way. Agricultural subsidies are aim to support farmers' operation. These subsidies can be provided directly and indirectly. For good examples, cash payments, low-cost crop insurance, keep prices low, and so on.
In Sri Lanka, the federal government has the program to guarantee the paddy farmers to have a fixed price for fertilizers by paying importers to hide the difference between permanent price and brought in cost, for example this year 2010, 50kg bag of fertilizer was reported for just USD 3. 07(Tibbotuwawa, 2010). While in India, authorities started to subsidy to aid environmental revolution by spending to keep down the price of fertilizer, irrigation of normal water, and rural electricity. Besides that, the federal government also nationalized some banking companies in order to provide financial credits to farmers at preferential rate. For these two countries, there is short and medium term of effect on raising output and most importantly, the reduction of poverty (Smith & Urey, 2002).
In Japan, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) administration was recommended to rectify problems by compensating the farmers' deficits. In 2010 2010, Japanese government made a decision to offer incentives to encourage farmers to expand their businesses to help improve efficiency and competitiveness in the agricultural sector. The bonuses, which is tacked to standard benefits under the income reimbursement program for individual farming homes, will be lengthened to farmers that increase the area under cultivation of rice and many other given products. Rice farmers can be also compensated if indeed they suffer bigger amount than expected reduction. Under the plan, all farmers that put their rice on the marketplace meet the criteria for a homogeneous 15, 000 in immediate income subsidy per 1, 000 square meters of land. (Hays, 2008).
While for the down sides of subsidizing farmers, it means that kinds of subsidization are being found in not a good way or it benefits non-target group. There are a few cases that have been about traveling small farmers out of business. Economist estimate that subsidies fill the worthiness of farmland by 30% and brought on prevention of young people farming due to starting the plantation will be exceedingly expensive while you may still find other bills including purchasing machines and securities, selecting employees. Large farms will most likely use their massive subsidies to acquisition other small family farms and made 3 quarters of rice farms converted into tenant farms. They often succeed scheduled to they could produce large quantity of food in low price, or we can call this as the 'economies of level' (Riedl, 2007).
So as conclusion, federal government has actually done many good assignments and launched many potential techniques to offer help on us, as consumers, and farmers, as agricultural employees. It do reduce burden and poverty in a great percentage. We have to really appreciate help from them and make the market becomes better and better. It really is unfortunate that there are still many unfair gatherings use these subsidies to generate their own profit and brought on needy individuals to suffer for another much longer period when they remain craving for help from other trusted authorities.


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McDonnell announces 1,350 jobs in Chesterfield, Dinwiddie
Published Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, 10:11 am
Gov. Bob McDonnell and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the company's plans to open two fulfillment centers in Virginia, investing a total of $135 million. The company will invest $85 million and create more than 1,000 jobs in Chesterfield County, and invest $50 million in Dinwiddie County, creating more than 350 jobs.
"This project that includes a $135 million investment and more than 1,350 new jobs is a tremendous win for the greater Richmond region. Amazon is known all over the world, and the new centers in Chesterfield and Dinwiddie counties will fulfill orders across the United States. The establishment of these new operations is testament to the positive business climate and success the company has experienced in the Commonwealth," McDonnell said.
"Chesterfield and Dinwiddie counties were chosen for this significant project due to the ease and speed with which the facilities can be built and become operational," said Jim Cheng, Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade. "In addition, the skill and availability of the region's workforce were key factors. We are thrilled that Amazon recognized the assets and solid infrastructure in place in the greater Richmond region and will make a great investment to establish its new fulfillment centers in Virginia."
"We look forward to opening two new Amazon facilities in the Richmond area next year, bringing tens of millions of dollars and hundreds of new jobs to the state," said Dave Clark, vice-president, Amazon North American Operations. "We're grateful to Governor McDonnell and other state, county and local officials for their commitment to our investment in Virginia."
As a new member of the Chesterfield and Dinwiddie County communities, Amazon also announced that it is donating $10,000 to the Federation of Virginia Food Banks, which will be allocated to food banks in these counties.
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership worked with Chesterfield County, Dinwiddie County, the Greater Richmond Partnership, and Virginia's Gateway Region to secure the project for Virginia. Governor McDonnell approved a total of $3.5 million in grants from the Governor's Opportunity Fund to assist both Chesterfield County and Dinwiddie County with the project. The Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission approved $850,000 in Tobacco Region Opportunity Funds for the Dinwiddie County project. The company is eligible to receive benefits from the Virginia Enterprise Zone Program, administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. Through its Virginia Jobs Investment Program, the Virginia Department of Business Assistance will provide funding and services to support the company's recruitment and training activities.
"We are so pleased that international Internet giant Amazon has selected Chesterfield County for their new one million-square-foot fulfillment center," said Art Warren, the Chairman of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors. "It is exciting this outstanding announcement coincides with the opening of the new Meadowville interchange which will benefit everyone, present and future. And, the infrastructure surrounding this announcement further positions the Meadowville technology Park as a key destination for business. Welcome Amazon as the newest member of our corporate family."
"Dinwiddie County is extremely pleased with Amazon's decision to locate a fulfillment center in the Dinwiddie Commerce Park," said Doretha E. Moody, Chairman of the Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors. "This is an excellent example of the commitment of the Board of Supervisors to economic development and creating employment opportunities for our community."
"The Tobacco Commission is glad that we were able to team up with Dinwiddie and the Governor's Office to attract Amazon to Virginia," said Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr., a Commissioner of The Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission. "We believe that they will be a good employer and a good corporate citizen that will provide good jobs for the region. We believe that Amazon will be pleased with our workforce and the region."
The new facilities are expected to be complete next fall. Amazon's fulfillment centers in Virginia will be operated by Amazon.com.kydc LLC.


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Police Continue to Investigate Murder of Donald Downey
Posted: October 30, 2013 - 1:00 am
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the murder of Donald Charles Downey and investigators in the HRP/RCMP Integrated Major Crime Unit continue to investigate the case.
On October 30, 1988, at approximately 1a.m., police responded to a report of a shooting at 2399 Creighton Street in Halifax. Upon police arrival, officers located Mr. Downey suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to the hospital where he died a short time later.
The investigation revealed that Mr. Downey was residing at an Abbey Road address at the time of his death, and he was known to frequent the north end of Halifax and Uniacke Square area.
Anyone with information about the murder of Donald Downey is asked to contact the Halifax Regional Police/RCMP Integrated Major Crime Unit at (902) 490-5333. Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca or texting a tip - Tip 202 + your message to 274637.
This case is part of the Nova Scotia Department of Justice Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes Program.
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carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, ozone, peroxyacyl nitrates, ethylene and their photochemical derivates : report of a seminar held at The Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace on 20 May, 1974.
Published 1974 by Inter-research Council, Committee on Pollution Research in (London) .
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sources of emission of gaseous and odorous pollutants produced by a wastewater treatment plant raw effluent inlet and pre-treatment (grit removal, oil removal and primary settling) With these structures, the main danger lies in the potential transfer into the surrounding air of the unpleasant smelling compounds contained in the water to be treated. Environmental pollution has many facets, and the resultant health risks include diseases in almost all organ systems. Thus, a chapter on air and water pollution control links with chapters on, for instance, diarrheal diseases (chapter 19), respiratory diseases in children and adults (chapters 25 and 35), cancers (chapter 29), neurological disorders (chapter 32), and cardiovascular disease Cited by:
There are some evidences that gaseous. Impact of Air Pollution on Public Health exposures occur in the indoor environment. Air pollutants that are inhaled have serious impact on human. phase filters may remove a portion of the gaseous pollutants and some of the related hazards, at least on a temporary basis. However, none are expected to remove all of the gaseous pollutants present in the air of a typical home. For example, carbon monoxide is a dangerous gaseous pollutant that is produced whenever any fuel such as gas, oil.
Abstract This chapter describes how air is a complex natural gaseous system essential to support life on Earth. Air pollution comes from a wide variety of sources, which discharge of harmful substances into the atmosphere, causing adverse effects to humans and the greggdev.com: Abderrezak Khelfi. Air pollution occurs when harmful or excessive quantities of substances are introduced into Earth's atmosphere. Sources of air pollution include gases (such as ammonia, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides, methane and chlorofluorocarbons), particulates (both organic and inorganic), and biological molecules.
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Daniel A. Vallero, in Air Pollution Calculations, Gas-phase pollutant controls. Gaseous pollutants may be easier or more difficult to remove from the carrying gas stream than aerosols, depending on the individual situation.
Certainly, the fact that the airstream and the pollutants are of the same physical phase removes some of the complexities of PM removal. Apr 20, · Gaseous pollutants (e.g., CO, SO 2, NOx, VOCs, Although less is known about the immune effects of other pollutants released to the environment by agricultural and modern industrial processes, The levels of many pollutants are declining in some regions as a result of restrictions imposed on the use of pesticides and other toxic.
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Pollutants can be generated both and outside and inside buildings. Many pollutants known to cause human health problems can also cause damage in collections. The two general types of pollutants that contribute to the deterioration of museum collections are particulates and gasses.
These can be airborne or transferred by direct contact. Some gaseous pollutants in the environment: carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, ozone, peroxyacyl nitrates, ethylene and their photochemical derivatives: report of a seminar held at the Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace on 20 May, 5 Gaseous pollutants effects on health and environment Carbon dioxide CO2 is produced as a waste product of human and animal respiration.
Hence, carbon dioxide is naturally present in the atmosphere in reasonable quantities. A normal sample of air contains about % carbon dioxide by weight (Figure 3).
This analysis of the sources, abundance, and fate of gaseous atmospheric pollutants has considered three families of compounds - sulfurous, nitrogenous, and organic; and two inorganic carbon compounds - carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.
With the exception of CO/sub 2/, we have followed similar. Pollutants are substances (liquid, solid, gas) that are released into the environment and result in an undesirable effect. The most common types of pollutants that we hear of are chemical pollutants. Three gaseous pollutants, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide were studied in the Nakorn Sri Thammarat Province area (Thailand) during March-August Air Author: Proespichaya Kanatharana, Wiwat Pahina.
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION Environmental pollution is the effect of undesirable changes. Ryszard J. Katulski, Jacek Namieśnik, Jarosław Sadowski, Jacek Stefański and Waldemar Wardencki (September 26th ). Monitoring of Gaseous Air Pollution, The Impact of Air Pollution on Health, Economy, Environment and Agricultural Sources, Mohamed K.
Cited by: 1. Jan 01, · Airborne pollutants from other sources include insecticides, herbicides, radioactive fallout, and dust from fertilizers, mining operations, and livestock feedlots.
Effects on Health and the Environment Like photochemical pollutants, sulfur oxides contribute to the incidence of respiratory diseases.
Those studies emphasised on concentration and composition of particulate matters and some gaseous pollutants like sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. the environment. As a result, ozone.
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It was conducted for a period of two months in through direct field measurement of gaseous pollutant concentration in ten different locations using mobile gas greggdev.com: M. Garba, M. Yunusa. Pollution is the effect of undesirable changes in our surroundings that have harmful effects on plants, animals and human beings.
Pollutants include solid, liquid or gaseous substances present in greater than natural abundance, produce due to human activity, which have a determined effect on our environment. The Book Environmental Pollution, Is The Outcome Of Intensive Efforts Made By The Author For More Than Seven Years In Collection Of Materials, Their Recasting To Suit Own Scheme Of Requirement And Also Incorporating New Research Findings From Reputed Researchers On Environmental Pollution In The Book.
The Book Has Been Styled To Cover The Requirements Of University Syllabus For The Reviews: 2. A pollutant is a substance or energy introduced into the environment that has undesired effects, or adversely affects the usefulness of a resource.
A pollutant may cause long- or short-term damage by changing the growth rate of plant or animal species, or by interfering with human amenities, comfort, health, or property values.
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EPA calls these pollutants "criteria" air pollutants because it sets NAAQS for them based on the criteria, which are characterizations of the latest scientific information regarding their effects on health or welfare.
These pollutants are found all over the U.S. They can harm your health and the environment, and cause property damage. Gaseous Pollutants NAAQS O3,CO, NO2 and SO2 National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference August Shelter Requirements • Temperature (CFR Part ) Some (more than 1) vendors can add a 3rd MFC to the regular range device that only has 2.
Set up for Gas Phase Titration(GPT).though air pollution is usually a greater problem in cities, pollutants contaminate air everywhere. These substances include various gases and tiny particles, or particulates that can harm human health and damage the environment. They may be gases, liquids, or solids.
Many pollutants are given off into the air as a result of human behavior.the environment. This is a very broad definition,and includes many types of pollution that we shall not cover in this book,yet it contains some important ideas.
Note that by this definition,chemicals such as sulphur dioxide from volcanoes or methane from the decay of natural vegetation are not counted as pollution,but sulphur.
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Corporate Laws UK Companies Act 2006 Appointment of Directors under Companies Act 2006
Appointment of Directors under Companies Act 2006
Ashish Jain November 16, 2016
Under the Companies Act 2006 new directors can be appointed by the company in one of the following ways:
(i) By resolution of the company's members :
The conventional way for a director to be appointed is via a resolution passed by the company's members. Company articles will invariably provide for this to happen. Article 78 of the model articles issued under the Companies Act 1985 (known as Table A) says that the company's members may appoint a person to act as director by ordinary resolution, either to fill a vacancy or to act as an additional director. The draft model articles for private and public companies issued by the DTI in March 2007 both make similar provisions for the appointment of new directors by ordinary resolution of the company's members.
With regard to public companies only, section 160 CA 2006 places a condition on how the motion to appoint new directors is presented to the members. It says that the proposed appointment of two or more new directors must be presented to the members and voted on individually, unless the company's members have previously agreed unanimously to the consideration of multiple appointments by means of a single resolution. Any resolution in breach of this rule is void.
(ii) By resolution of the directors :
Again, a company's articles of association will usually empower the directors to appoint a new director, either to fill a vacancy or to act as an additional director. Table A contains such a power at article 79; the draft 2007 model articles for private and public companies both contain provision for new directors to be 4. Appointment and vacation of office PAGE 19 appointed 'by decision of the [existing] directors.' A power of this kind is especially useful when a director leaves office unexpectedly and the remaining director or directors feel that the company needs to recruit a new person in the short term, ie before the next scheduled general meeting, either to fill a skills gap or to ensure that the company has any required minimum number of members set down by the articles. Article 79 of Table A (and article 20 of the draft 2007 model articles for public companies) provide, however, that a person appointed by the directors holds office only until the next annual general meeting, at which he or she must stand for re-election. No such provision is made in the draft articles for private companies.
A statutory power for directors to make an appointment to fill a 'casual vacancy' is contained in section 168 CA 2006. This section provides that, where a director is removed by ordinary resolution of the members under that same section, the 'vacancy', if not filled by the members at the same meeting, may be filled as a casual vacancy by the directors.
(iii) By resolution following direction from the Secretary of State :
The Secretary of State has the power to intervene if it appears that any company is in default regarding section 154 CA 2006 (the requirement for private companies to have at least one director and public companies to have at least two directors) or section 155 CA 2006 (the requirement for a company to have at least one director who is a natural person). The power takes the form of a direction given to the company to make good the default concerned, which must be complied with within a specified period. Notice of the appointment should be given, in due course, to Companies House in the standard manner. Failure to comply with the terms of the direction is an offence.


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