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Temperature & Humidity
Hygroscopic materials such as paper, parchment, papyrus, leather and bookbinding adhesives
Materials (as above) within libraries and archives already contain moisture and are therefore highly sensitive to drying out. In high relative humidity conditions moulds thrive and appear in circular patches with a fluffy composition and produce acidic chemicals that cause further deterioration processes.
Our temperature and humidity recorder range of Hanwell data loggers and radio transmitters are well established and are already in use within many libraries and archives as a reliable solution to monitoring these environments. The ML4106 and ML4114 radio transmitters provide users with accurate tools to wirelessly monitor temperature and humidity levels together. This recorded data can be used not only for alarms and historical data analysis, but also to control humidifier or dehumidifier units as and when levels drift outside predetermined parameters, providing a complete solution to temperature and humidity management.
Light & UV
Pigments such as inks, paper and other organic substances
Ultraviolet light within the sun ray or florescent light produces oxidation of cellulose. This reaction causes fading of papers and ink as well as further chemical reactions that can turn paper yellow or brown and separate fibres.
Hanwell products provide professionals the tools to measure the levels of LUX and UV content of light and assist in determining if too much light and UV is exposed for too long.
Our range of light measurement units such as; the ML4000LUX/UV series data loggers and radio transmitters can record both light and/or UV levels within an area, helping conservators for archives and libraries to ensure the correct levels of light are being maintained.
Organic materials such as paper, leather, parchment, glue and gum of bookbinding
A common problem within libraries and archives comes from irreparable loss or damage to books resulting from an attack of insect pests. This could be as a result of dust build up or transmitted from other infested items. Termites, Silverfish, Booklice and others are all responsible for feeding on the organic materials as mentioned above.
The Hanwell AnoxiBug system is a cost-effective anoxia treatment that staff can use with ease when an infestation occurs. The infested items are placed within an aluminium packet with an oxygen indicator. When the bag has been sealed the oxygen level are lowered to such a point that all insects perish. The bag and indicator can be reused for other items.
Airflow & Wind
Hallways, stairwells and other wind traps close to exits or even open areas
The external corrosion on archives and libraries caused by the wind force of rain, pollutants, and debris can have detrimental effects on the condition of the external building walls, potentially leading to internal damp and potential mold growth.
Whilst the Hanwell Pro Air-flow series can be used internally, the RL2000 can also be used on the same system for external wind speed and direction measuring wind, speed, precipitation, barometric pressure, temperature, and humidity.
Monitoring parameters within critical areas like these can prevent further damage and assist with preservation processes.
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There seems to be no better pairing more suited and more wholesome than the sublime combination of a good book with a great cup of tea. Reading a well-written book while drinking a perfectly made tea gives us a chance to be still within the present moment and learn something about ourselves in a deeply intimate way. Slowly sipping away at a pot of our favourite tea and flipping through the pages of a truly great read allows us to unwind from whatever stresses or uncertainties may be chipping away at us during our day and gives us a moment to truly relax, letting us escape to a world full of mystery, romance, magic and suspense.
In Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, the essential elements of mystery, beauty, childlike wonder and change for the better are combined seamlessly in the story of Mary Lennox and her Secret Garden. Throughout the novel, Mary transforms from a spoiled, bratty girl into a well-rounded and kind person. Through her fostering of relationships with those around her, and through her love for the outdoors and watching things grow, Mary becomes a living example of how caring for things outside of ourselves helps us to become better people. The reader is taken through this transformation with Mary and is allowed to transform alongside her.
The story opens with Mary as a young girl being raised in the British Indian Colonies in the early 1900’s. After circumstances suddenly change, Mary is made to move back to England to live with some distant relatives in a large mansion. Unhappy about the inconveniences of her new environment and annoyed by the cheerfulness of those around her, Mary makes it her mission to make the lives of the people trying to help her as unpleasant as she possibly can. As Mary begins to explore her new world, she slowly but surely begins to make friends with the individuals that she interacts with and she discovers that all within the mansion is not what it seems. She discovers a garden on the mansion grounds and with the help of friends transforms the garden from an overgrown and untamed plot of land into a beautiful oasis. As the garden is transformed, so is Mary’s personality; changing from spoiled and unpleasant to happy and kind.
The story’s central theme of the outdoors and the natural world being a source of health and peace of mind is perfectly suited to the act of drinking tea. When we sit down to a cup of tea, we bring it’s warmth and flavour into our bodies and allow it to transform us both physically and emotionally. As Mary’s acceptance of the natural world allowed her to become more humble and more loving, tea eases our souls and makes us more at ease with our environments and those around us.
Full of nostalgic imagery and eloquent descriptions of times past, The Secret Garden has healing qualities of its own. Through the portal of its pages, The Secret Garden transports the reader into a world of mystery and wonder and above all else, returns the reader to the innocence and magic of childhood.
When we sit down to make a cup of tea, we condition our skills in order to produce a better cup each and every time. By asserting our focus, energy and attention to the task at hand, we enable ourselves to brew the best possible tea and we become tea masters in our own right. In a similar fashion, when Mary gave her effort and attention to caring for those around her and looking after her garden, she became a better person capable of more love and affection than she could have imagined. Over time she transformed into someone able to foster that transformation in others and someone who was able to enjoy the small things in life wholeheartedly.
At Herbal Republic we truly do believe that when tea and literature come together, beautiful things can happen. Especially when we make an effort to pair specific teas to specific books, it is our experience that reading becomes all the more engaging. For this reason, we suggest brewing up a large pot of our Ambassador black tea blend to guide you through the pages of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. A smooth and robust combination of meticulously produced black teas, our Ambassador blend is sure to transport you away to a time and a place of mystery, magical wonder, and secret gardens.
When we drink tea and read a great book at the same time, we grant ourselves the chance to be encapsulated by a narrative and escape the trappings of the modern world. It allows us the increasingly rare opportunity to look internally at our own wishes and desires and discover how being encased in the present moment can help us to create a better, more stress free life.
What do you think about reading and drinking tea? Let us know in the comments below


This study guide has been developed by members of St. Benedict’s Earthcare for our own use and to share with any other congregation who would benefit from a six-week study of Jim Antal’s book, Climate Church, Climate World; How People of Faith Must Work for Change. We strongly recommend that every member of the study group reads the book for themselves.
If you would prefer us to email the pdf file to you, please let us know at email@example.com.
Each week includes a link to a short video which introduces the subject for the session. The video for session 4 is available here: https://youtu.be/p_WeqNrdXlI
We would love to hear if you use this guide and your suggestions for improvement.


ARA Researcher Chases the Science Behind The Storm on TV, In Book
Beginning Oct. 18, Applied Research Associates, Inc. scientist and tornado chaser extraordinaire Tim Samaras will be featured on the Discovery Channel's hit series "Storm Chasers." Samaras, with the help of master storyteller Stefan Bechtel, has also released his first book about his life as a tornado chaser. With a combination of high adventure and hard science, Samaras challenges some of the deadliest tornadoes to produce captivating photographs straight from the twister's heart.
"Storm Chasers," which premieres on Sunday, Oct. 18, and airs for eight weeks, is an action-packed show documenting scientists and film makers who risk their lives to collect valuable tornado data and incredible imagery. Samaras captures incredible tornado footage and data by deploying probes into the tornado. In some cases, Samaras and his team are only hundreds of feet away from the tornadoes, able to hear the roars of the storm before deploying the probes.
Samaras' first book, "Tornado Hunter," documents his life as a tornado chaser. Bechtel shadowed Samaras and his team for two years, getting the ride of his life chasing tornadoes across the country. The book combines Samaras' passion for tornadoes, the science behind the storms and the decades of research and progress that has been made in predicting them.
"Storm Chasers" can be seen Sundays at 10 p.m. Eastern time through Nov. 29 on the Discovery Channel. "Tornado Hunter" (Random House Publishing hardcover, 272 pages) can be purchased for $24. Bechtel is the author of seven books, including "Roar of the Heavens," an hour-by-hour account of Hurricane Camille.


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October 28, 2018 @ 4:00 pm
RiverCenter for the Performing Arts
Adult $20 | Student $10 | Child $5 (ages 0-12)
Featuring: Chattahoochee Valley Libraries and Columbus Museum
Copland | Four Dance Episodes from “Rodeo”
E. Bernstein | True Grit Suite (from the 1969 film with John Wayne)
Copland | Billy the Kid Suite
Co-produced by the Columbus Public Library and the Columbus Museum, this concert let’s you and your children and grandchildren experience life in the old West as expressed through music in concert. There’s life on a ranch, what it feels like to be Billy the Kid, and the grittiest grit of “True Grit”. The afternoon includes pre-concert activities and general fun for all.
Avoid ticketing fees by purchasing in person at the RiverCenter Box Office!


The Kaiser.edu Journal Browser provides links to the current table of contents from leading journals in the health policy field:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Health Affairs
- Health Care Financing Review
- Health Services Research
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Journal of Health Economics
- Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
- Journal of Health and Social Policy
- Journal of Public Health Policy
- Journal of the American Medical Association
- Medical Care Research and Review
- Milbank Quarterly
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- New England Journal of Medicine
PubCrawler is a free email “alerting” service that scans daily updates to the NCBI Medline (PubMed) and GenBank databases. PubCrawler helps keeping scientists informed of the current contents of Medline and GenBank, by listing new database entries that match their research interests.
Health Policy Journals RSS Feeds. This link provides a continously updating listing of new articles in health policy journals related to U.S. health policy, politics, and law provided through RSS/Atom news feeds from major health policy journals.
The Social Science Research Network has an abstracting journal for Health Law & Policy. There is a fee for subscribing if your institution does not already belong to SSRN.


In 2020 XSEDE Introduced a Cross-Institutional Research Tools and Services Discovery capability enabling the research community to discover software, infrastructure, data collections, consulting services, training, curated guides, and more, across the University of Illinois and XSEDE (announcement).
In collaboration with the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) XSEDE has now integrated Science Gateway Catalog information into this capability. Researchers can now discover research enhancing tools and services across the University of Illinois, the Science Gateway Catalog, and XSEDE through a single interface, and then navigate to the local catalog and resource information.
This expanded capability is available through the Research Software Portal at:
FI-02: Supply an organization’s research information technology information to an aggregation service
FI-03: Build a research information technology discovery service that lists services from multiple organizations
FI-04: Discover research information technology offered by multiple organizations


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Edmonds's life in photos
The city of Edmonds, Washington is amazing: austere and vibrant at the same time, modern and full of historical sights. On the photographs of the city, you can view the history of the settlement and modern images that will not leave anyone indifferent.
Best selection of photos
The site's photo gallery contains over 100 photographs of Edmonds, her beautiful views, houses, and attractions, taken by locals, tourists, and photographers. Most of all in Edmonds they take photographs of sights:
- Edmonds School
- Young people in the art museum
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Under each photo, you will find a description of the property and important notes.
Also in the photo gallery, you can find many photographs of the unique nature, people, architecture of the city. All photos on the site are brilliant photographs that perfectly convey the charm of the city.
Section "Edmonds's Photo" on our website
On this page, you will find photos of Edmonds uploaded by our tourists, as well as photo albums dedicated to this city. You can view Edmonds's photos from our media library, such as photos of Edmonds's landmarks, photos of streets, museums, etc.
To view the photo album of a particular attraction, you need to go to the appropriate section on the property page or use the navigation under the heading Edmonds's Photos.
After a quick registration, all photos can be added to favorites to quickly find what you like. The convenient green Download buttons allow you to download images without any additional clutter.
All the photos of proud Edmonds published on the site are presented in high quality, we hope that this will help you to better know the beautiful city in the USA.
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Doug Fine’s Catalog of Books
Offer a Wealth of Hemp and Regenerative Farming Knowledge
Expert’s journey from suburbanite to goat rancher
to hemp farmer bursts with humor and know-how.
(LOS ANGELES) Before Doug Fine was producing a television show about life as a hemp farmer, he was an author, journalist and solar-powered goat rancher. After his first two books—Not Really an Alaskan Mountain Man and the Boston GlobeBestseller Farewell, My Subaru—followed his metamorphosis from East Coast suburbanite to Alaska rugged individualist to New Mexican goat rancher, Fine became an established hemp farmer. As he learned more about the versatile and vital plant, it became the muse for his next four books: Too High to Fail, Hemp Bound, First Legal Harvest, and American Hemp Farmer.
The shift in focus occurred while Fine was working on Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution (Avery, 2012) and he watched police raid his retiree-neighbor’s then-illegal small cannabis garden. It was a watershed moment for Fine.
“It was shocking to watch someone I knew arrested for growing a plant,” Fine says. “All these automatic weapons and helicopters in our quiet valley put my family in danger. I had to do something to stop this taxpayer funded war on cannabis.” He was compelled to study hemp’s long history in America and how the psychoactive and non-psychoactive plant became vilified just before World War II. Fine’s research led to him writing Too High To Fail and Hemp Bound (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2014).
With those two books, Fine—who already lived a regenerative lifestyle on his Funky Butte Ranch in New Mexico—became one of the hemp’s most avid and educated advocates. He is a sought-after speaker on hemp and continues to earn praise from industry peers.
On Hemp Bound’s back cover, Willie Nelson writes that the book “tells us with detail and humor how to get to the environmental Promised Land. Doug has created a blueprint for the America of the future.”
In a New York Times piece, Bill Maher called Too High To Fail, “a well-researched and eye-opening book that makes the moral case for ending cannabis prohibition by burying it inside the economic case.”
When Fine published his first book in 2004, he’d already earned a reputation for informative, entertaining, and award-winning journalism from five continents with the New York Times, Washington Post, and NPR. In Not Really An Alaskan Mountain Man (Alaska Northwest Books), Fine tells of his (mis)adventures after moving from the suburbs to a one-room cabin in Alaska and trying to survive.
Fine’s next book Farewell, My Subaru (Villard, 2009) found him relocating to New Mexico from Alaska and successfully adopting a regenerative, environmentally and locally-minded lifestyle—despite not having any farming or solar power experience and even as his goats constantly busted into his kitchen. Engaging and hilarious, the book became a Boston Globe bestseller and earned Fine a Tonight Show appearance.
After Too High to Fail and Hemp Bound, Fine published First Legal Harvest (Tree Free Hemp, 2015). In the 20-page monograph printed on hemp paper, Fine recounts his six-week journey participating in harvests in Slovenia, Kentucky, Colorado, and Oregon. Five years later, Fine dropped his newest bestseller, American Hemp Farmer: Adventures and Misadventures in the Cannabis Trade (Chelsea Green, 2020).
In American Hemp Farmer, while getting his fingers and knees dirty, Fine humorously breaks down the joys and trials of an entire hemp season. He takes readers through each stage: soil preparation, seed acquisition, harvest, and creating his own hemp products in a regenerative mode. Fine accomplishes this with riveting real-life anecdotes, including opening the book with the tale about a bear attack that killed his goats during a massive wildfire in New Mexico.
Fine makes a well-researched and compelling case for hemp as a solution to the serious problem of climate change—and for hemp farming as the “hottest profession in the digital age and the most fun you can have outside the bedroom.” And he teaches that the regenerative lifestyle isn’t beyond the average person. “If I can do it,” says the former suburbanite, “anyone can.”
To further spread his message, Fine is developing a docuseries based on his book. American Hemp Farmer sees Fine sharing his hard-won regenerative hemp farming expertise on Native American tribal lands–including a recent expedition to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe where he counsels the tribe on their organic hemp harvest–as well as at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, and in interviews with researchers who bring hemp to the International Space Station.v While working on the series, Fine continues to write, speak, and teach hemp. Often that means tearing himself away from his family, goats, hummingbirds, and bees at his idyllic Funky Butte Ranch.
His remaining 2021 engagements include a headlining spot in the hemp track at the Hawaii Farmers Union Convention on November 11. And on December 8, Fine will deliver a keynote at the Acres USA 50th Anniversary Conference in Cincinnati which will be broadcast nationally on C-SPAN. Fine also recently gave other keynotes at the Southern Hemp Expo in Raleigh, NC, the Montana State Hemp and Cannabis Festival, and the Southwest Colorado Tribal Hemp Symposium. He’s available for bookings in winter/spring 2022. And aspiring hemp farmers can take Doug’s online hemp course at DougFine.com
“Humanity is in the bottom of the ninth with two outs,” he writes in American Hemp Farmer, “but you’ve got to have fun along the way.” The Washington Post adds, “Fine is a storyteller in the mold of Douglas Adams.”
A website of Doug Fine’s print and radio work, United Nations testimony, television appearances and TED Talk is at dougfine.com. Follow him on Instagram and Twitter at @organiccowboy.
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The publication of the European Green Foundation attempts to find answers for the question about the future of Green politics in Poland. The publication stems from the research ordered in 2008 by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and coordinated by Przemysław Sadura. The research concerned the prevailing reception of Green ideas and perception of Green political powers by the Polish society. On its bases, the Author analysed the Greens’ chances of finding a permanent place on the Polish political scene.
The German Greens first fielded candidates nation-wide in the 1979 European Parliament elections. The Sonstige Politische Vereinigung DIE GRÜNEN, polling 3.25% of the vote, surprised everybody and this was a decisive factor in the founding of a national party, Die Grünen, the following year.
The unsuccessful parliamentary elections in the spring of 2010 were the culmination of one stage in the history of the Czech Green Party. It was the party’s first participation in government as well as in parliament, a period of relatively good financing for the party, and what at the time was an unprecedented expansion in party membership. But this period will always be associated with sharp intra-party conflicts, the break-up of the parliamentary group and above all the gradual erosion of public trust, which completely collapsed in May 2010.
In October 2007, the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic publicized the first version of its priorities for the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU. The materials were based on preparations which had begun immediately after the 2006 elections. The government, namely the Subdivision of the Deputy Minister for European Affairs (Útvar místopředsedy vlády pro evropské záležitosti - ÚMVEZ), was the body responsible for compiling the priorities and managing the commenting procedure.


Digital Style Guide
A complete digital style guide developed for all of Urban Outfitters’ digital platforms: website, apps (Apple & Android), emails, social, and paid media; with the purpose of identifying nuances between the platforms and improving on those to have a solidified digital experience.
The guide exists in both print and digital format, so that it can be shared amongst internal and external teams as needed.
Role: Data collection, layout design.
Art Direction - Andrew McQuiston
Creative Direction - James Mackenzie
Executive Creative Direction - Matt Owen
Excerpts of the print style guide
Excerpts from the digital style guide


eabh in cooperation with Banco de España
Digital archives are essential in preserving and providing information and cultural heritage access.
The rise of digital archives presents both challenges and opportunities for the preservation and accessibility of financial history and cultural materials.
In this seminar, we want to look into how to ensure long-term access to corporate information and records.
– Are you an archivist carrying out on-going digital preservation projects and initiatives?
– Do you have experiences and lessons learnt in digital preservation you would like to share?
– Are you a company providing technological solutions in digital preservation?
Then get in touch and apply!
The deadline for applications is 1 September 2023.
The Call for Papers is available here


On January 2nd, 2023 I undertook Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. I finished it on June 20th, 2023. I read all six volumes. The undertaking shaped my year, reshaped my site, and will shape my future direction.
2023 Reading Recap
I read a total of twenty-three books this year. That includes the six volumes of Gibbon. If you count Gibbon as one behemoth book, then I’ve read seventeen books.
Aside from the Gibbon undertaking, 2023 proved a pivotal year with my reading. That’s due to a book I read in the latter half of 2022, Alan Jacob’s The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction. The book came at the right time for me. I was feeling restricted in how I read non-fiction. Intuition told me to evolve. That intuition I battled. That battle, working through a reading insecurity: a fear of personal regression.
When I dove head first into Hustle Culture around 2010, I applied all of the reading methods. I tried speed reading. I tried the note-taking systems. I tried the “index the lessons” methods. And with that, I reduced every book into fashionable hustle chestnuts. The chestnuts were what I was taught to see. I missed how those approved Hustle Culture reading methods were performative and aimed at personal gratification of the theatre of that performance.
When I left that Hustle Culture world I underwent one catharsis after another. One catharsis I underwent was my reading. I one day looked at my bookshelf and flipped through the books I had read using the approved Hustle methods. I realized I had no idea what I had read. I looked at my commonplace notes, my indexed notes, my highlights, my cloud, my Anki quiz cards, and got mugged by reality: I had undergone a useless mental masturbation exercise and knew nothing of what I had read.
Later that year, I read Mortimer Adler’s classic, How To Read a Book. It lifted me out of the neutered style of reading I was doing, and hoisted me into a better intellectual place. It helped me get back to who I was versus playacting as a life hacker.
Adler teaches to not take any notes whatsoever when you read; he advises reading straight through without stopping whatsoever. The goal is to determine if that book is worth a reread. The exercise of reading straight through proved great for me. I believe it would be for anyone constrained intellectually from the reading hacks peddled by sciolists and the gurus playing obsequious to the theatre of “learning lessons from books.” But after a few years of reading straight through I felt restricted. I wanted to converse more with a book. But I felt like if I started taking notes as I read, I’d regress to “Hustle Jimmy” and reduce books to chestnuts.
Silly, I know.
I ignored that I had matured. Jacobs gave me the permission I needed to evolve. I started writing marginalia. I worked on slowing down my reading. And I’m glad I did.
2023 marked the year I slowed way, way down as I read. I started conversing more with books via marginalia. I even started marking up fiction books. As a result, reading became more enjoyable.
The big pivot Jacobs inspired — asking questions. I asked a lot of questions in the margins. I worked to be Socratic with the questions. That soon evolved into the analytical reading methods Adler teaches, like circling the key terms. I then began summarizing in the margins, in my own words, concepts or passages I wasn’t quite grasping. I began arguing with certain authors right on the page. All that deepened my conversation and enjoyment.
This was the biggest change to my reading and the best change. It helped prepare me for Gibbon and what else was to come for 2023.
Reflections of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
I wrote a series on this behemoth, so I won’t delve into much here other than some reflection. I loved spending six months with an author and six months on one topic At times, sure, it got a little weary. I felt like when Spring showed up I needed to move on. But finishing Gibbon on my balcony and seeing Sloan’s Lake Park come into bloom was fitting.
I walked away with a lot from Gibbon. But not with what most would expect. People like to ask me about the fall of Constantinople, ask if we’re in a decline, or mention a battle. I frankly don’t remember much of certain battles Gibbon covered. It comes to me if I read it elsewhere. But off the top of my head, I don’t suddenly remember certain dates. I walked away with far richer benefits.
First, I walked away with a deep appreciation for living in America. And an appreciation for living in the present time — I wouldn’t want to be alive at any other time. I’m curious about other periods, but most people overlook how good we have it now. From our health, and our longevity, to the creature comforts we enjoy, we got it good. Yes, areas of our life have declined notably since 2020, but those declines are nothing compared to what it would have been like to get a stomach bug in say, 1880. Today we can go to the pharmacy or urgent care, and get a simple medicine to fix us fast. In 1880, that stomach bug was a death sentence. Much of modern America concerns me, but I still prefer now versus any other time in our past.
Second, my interest in foreign policy increased, and my views on it changed. I see the importance of deterrence. I see that foreign policy is at one end simple: deterrence matters. The strongest country militarily sets the tone for the rest of the world. I’d much rather live under American ideals, hollowed out as they might be, than live under communist China’s ideals. That’s simple. The complex end is the balance of conducting foreign policy. American foreign policy is often laughed at (wrongly, since in the end, even with our ups and downs, America has been the most effective at it as far as a dominant world power goes), mainly because it doesn’t follow the ancient continental (European) styles. Ours is more ephemeral as the populace has more say than they believe, and our political class can at times be great or at times be abysmal with foreign policy. And part of the complexity is the tradeoffs of how we conduct our policy. The tradeoffs at home, abroad, culturally, and politically. It’s tricky. It made me lament how unserious our political world has gotten (largely due to Social Media).
Third, the nature of war. And I’m referring to the human nature element. Gibbon’s work reveals much of man’s nature. Man is flawed. Man is tragic. Man is born in sin. Man can accomplish great things. Man can do wonderful things. But inherent to man’s nature are evil and good. War, as Gibbon shows, is conducted by man, and thus has a nature. And war has a habit of stripping away man’s best qualities and unleashing the worst and most demonic features of man. Gibbon shows how Christianity and ancient Hellenistic — or Western if you want to call it — moral teachings tempered demonic unleashing. Yet it did not solve it, nor can it ever solve this nature. War brings out the worst in individuals. Today, many people have a purity fragility around war. This isn’t to say we must shrug our shoulders at something awful, but there is this sense that, “Oh yeah! America did terrible things in Vietnam, therefore AMERICA IS AWFUL!” America has done awful things, as have every other country and society on earth. The fact is, America is far more tempered than most countries. Our ideals are imbued with Christian ethics and Western ethics. And the Roman Empire, when it went to war, it was depravity and barbarity to the extremes we can’t imagine. America and other countries are plagued with sins, no country on earth as no man or woman on earth is free from sins, but America and other Western countries are far less depraved and far more tempered when it comes to war.
Last, and most important, before I read Gibbon I was a Christian deist, and now, I’m a flat-out Christian. Odd since most accuse Gibbon — falsely— of being anti-Christian and hating the Christians. Gibbon questions aspects of Christianity and he raises important questions. He does a phenomenal job of showing the complexity of Jesus, especially the birth of Jesus. Gibbon didn’t show me the light per se, but my wrangling with Jesus Christ came into light as Gibbon wrangled with him. Working through Gibbon’s wrangling of Jesus, I dropped the deist bit, and went full Christian.
Gibbon Inspired Professional Change
I loved spending time with Gibbon. I also read two other Roman books post Gibbon that enriched my Roman Empire experience. And I loved spending that much time on a topic.
Adler teaches analyzing one topic at a time to best understand it. And an intellectual I like, Tyler Cowen, recommends reading a bunch of books on one topic to best know it.
Going forward, I’m going to read certain books in a cluster. I have a new feature on my site called the Deep Reading Series. And seeing how my Roman Empire articles went well, I’m going to deep dive into certain topics.
Gibbon and the most common question I received when someone found out I was reading Gibbon, inspired the next topic: American Decline. I’m currently a few books in. I have future topics lined up and have new site features for Good Word Members where we can interact deeper on these topics.
Want to know more about the Roman Empire but don’t want to read the Gibbon canon?
Gibbon is a lot. Most people, understandably, will not read it.
But, as I said, I read two other books about the Roman empire that are great.
- The War That Made the Roman Empire, Barry Strauss
- Escape from Rome, Walter Scheidel
Strauss’s book is accessible, fun, memorable, and informative. Pop history can sometimes be generic and banal. Strauss delivers a serious book but one that is enjoyable. If you want a good understanding of what Rome was like before Augustus declared himself emperor (and the starting point of Gibbon’s belief of where decline fomented) then read it.
Scheidel’s theory is that Rome fell before it declined. After finishing Gibbon’s work, I came to that conclusion. Gibbon flirts with that idea but goes more chronological. Scheidel makes the best case as to why Rome fell before it declined, but most importantly, he shows why Rome’s fall was good for mankind.
This book is heady. Its prose is more academic. But it’s pragmatic, detailed, and well-reasoned. It also delivers a superb summary of the Roman Empire, and what it was really like.
Scheidel delivers a masterclass in critical thinking. He does a lot of counterfactuals and contingency questions good historians deploy. He plays out various what-if factors. In conversation or on Twitter, you’re apt to come across, “Rome fell because of X” or “If Napoleon did this then” and everything sounds neat, tidy, and mind-blowing. But those scenarios sum everything up to fit a perfect world scenario — aka a self-serving fantasy. Scheidel shows how brittle a one-size-fits-all theory is when he does robust “then what?” or “as compared to what?” scenarios. I enjoyed how he did it, it’s worthwhile for anyone to understand that exercise.
While I have not read it, at least three people I know are reading the abridged version of Gibbon’s classic work. I believe all three are reading the Penguin Classics version. And all three have told me it’s great. So, if you want to read Gibbon, but not spend most of 2024 doing so, then the abridged version might be a great choice.
Best Non-Fiction of 2023
Gibbon is the clear winner. It is the greatest history I’ve ever read. I might rank it as the greatest non-fiction. It is a classic for a reason.
Best Gibbon Inspired American Decline Reads
- The Dying Citizen, Victor Davis Hanson
- The Rise of the New Puritans, Noah Rothman
- How To Save The West, Spencer Klavan
- The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, Louise Perry
I believe the Dying Citizen should be read by every American citizen. It’s also a great guide to what it means to be a citizen. You’ll walk away with a lot.
Rothman is a masterful wordsmith. He’s an elite wordsmith. He goes beyond picking the right word and instead uses the best and most meaningful word. He’s a rare non-fiction writer whose words paint a thousand pictures. Many books from conservative authors covering Progressive Liberals either throw red meat at their audience or merely point out proof that “woke is bad.” Rothman goes beyond the standard, “This is a postmodern mess!” or “Here’s another example of a man going into a woman’s bathroom!” He shows the cultural heritage of why America has groups that will pick up the Puritan flag and run wild with it.
Klavan’s book does a great job detailing the concerns, especially Conservative worldview concerns, of what is causing decline in the West, and he offers a good vision forward. Like Hanson, Klavan is a classicist, and like Hanson, you learn a lot about citizenship, truth versus relativism, morals, and so on. It’s easy to read, enlightening on multiple fronts, and well-reasoned.
Perry is fascinating. She’s a Progressive Liberal and former 4th wave feminist. But her work in a rape crisis center became her Road to Damascus. If you have been interested in masculinity and femininity, and have read articles or books on those topics, and are Conservative, likely you will come across familiar themes Perry details. But Perry gives a lot to walk away with. The parts on rape are eye-opening. My gripe, she works too hard to dodge getting called a Conservative or pro-Christian in any shape or form. But, she makes a great argument, and there is a lot to be learned in this book.
Social Justice Fallacies, Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell is my intellectual hero and my hero in general. He’s 93 years old. I assumed his newest book would more or less be a collection of essays. Not that I expected him to phone it in, but I had wondered if he was writing new material.
I assumed wrong.
Sowell wrote a new book. It’s sharp, incisive, and meets his lofty standards.
Choice of Fate, Léon Krier
I heard of this book via Roger Scruton. I have a working theory certain cities hate themselves. I read Krier and now I understand my seething of home design displaying garages as a centerpiece and why skyscrapers are so ugly. And I see how some cities hate themselves. Krier is a visionary. If you read this book, you’ll never see cities and townscapes the same way.
Soul of the World, Roger Scruton
I didn’t read Gibbon when I went to bed, at least most nights. Gibbon requires focus. One of the books I read, Confessions of a Heretic, was a collection of essays by Roger Scruton. And I loved it. I watched a video on beauty by Scruton and I believe it’s something everyone should watch. See it here.
Soul of the World is a collection of lectures and essays shaped into a book. Those essays and lectures were delivered to an audience familiar with the ideas Scruton engages with. So some passages of the book, like when he talks Kant or Nietzsche, will not be accessible to a ton of people. But the core of his message is presented beautifully. He covers art, religion, culture, and sex. And he details why the world has a soul, in other words, why God exists. Even if you’re an atheist, this is a beautiful book.
Best Fiction of 2023
Hands down, Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.
Classic literature has a way of going above the psychological to reveal to us human nature. That Hardy does arrestingly. His prose is poetic, and beautiful, and has a habit of luring you into sentimental reflection.
The story is not a love story. At the end, you’re not sure if it’s a happy ending. But it’s a story of youthful romantic frenzy, human nature, maturity and immaturity, innocence lost, and consequences of unchecked frenzy. A few told me before I read it, “It captures women perfectly!” Wrong. It captures human nature. The main female character Bathsheba Everdene is not representative of all women. Some women, yes, but not all. Bathsheba will likely make some women see themselves in her, or notice they share certain qualities or some of her youthful patterns. And men can see themselves across the three main male characters. Some might be just like Gabriel Oak, but others are just pieces of Oak.
It’s a superb classic.
It will make you reflect.
It surfaced various sentiments for me when I was around maybe seventeen and upwards to about twenty-six or so.
A note, I read the Penguin edition. The footnotes were written by a Feminist, and while most were ok, some drove me nuts. She kept claiming that Bathsheba has no agency and the misogynist men kept forcing her into terrible decisions. It was eye-rolling. It was written in English so you don’t need many footnotes. But some helped to understand various cultural references.
Fiction Runner Up
Running Grave, Robert Galbraith
Galbraith is JK Rowling. It’s her pen name. Running Grave is the latest in her Cormoran Strike series. I enjoy this series. The emotional tension she creates between the characters Strike and Robin brings a wonderful reality to the story.
I found this one far better than the last one.
If you want to read this series, start with the first one, The Cuckoos Calling. Otherwise, if you don’t, the emotional tension will be lost which will sap much of the tension of the story.
Letdown Reads of 2023
I had a good year of picking books.
The only real letdown was my reread of Ross Douthat’s The Decadent Society. I like Douthat.
I enjoy his cultural critiques. But Douthat is rather tone-deaf on the populist corners of his Conservative brethren.
I first read this in September of 2021. And to pat myself on the back, I can’t believe how much I’ve improved and matured my reading. I’m thrilled I slowed my reading down. Second, I’ll pat myself on the back for maturing in my worldview. I looked at my old summary of this book in 2021, and it looks like a different person wrote it.
The big reason for the pat on the back, I understand the arguments better, see the arguments better, and see where I agree or disagree with Douthat.
With this book, on the reread, I agree with much of Douthat, but he kept paying lip service to the New York Times reader. He kept pacifying their worldview. A worldview of “Populist conservatives are bad racists!” Douthat panders to that myth. And it enervated his argument. I still liked the book, but he misunderstands populism, and he stews too much inside the halls of The New York Times.
If you’re a longtime reader of mine you notice the site redesign. It’s completely rebuilt, and it’s geared to my new direction. That direction is more on reading. Yes, I will still talk Hustle Culture. And will talk of Hustle Culture’s crazy theatre, contradictory ideologies, and even the benefits it can offer. But whatever I’m doing with reading has struck a deep chord.
Upcoming for the site, I will have more interactive features and a more conversational element for my paid subscribers. I will also open up more of my thoughts and musings from what I’m reading. I enjoyed spending time with one author and on one topic. Going forward I’m going to detail topics and plan to announce books to get those who wish to be involved, involved.
That has me extremely excited for 2024. I have no idea how the site will take shape. But you readers grew me out of my last site and into this change in direction. So I will be stumbling through learning steps with you which I think will be fun.
Thank you to all my readers. It’s been quite a journey the last few years, and this year proved the biggest pivot, and you played a large role in that. I look forward to what’s to come.


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The introduction of the internet has changed several different things for the better, but one thing that is has changed a great deal is higher education. It has made several things easier and has opened a lot of doors that were before thought to be impossible. This article will discuss 3 ways that interest has changed higher education for the better.
Perhaps the biggest change of all that has come from the introduction of the internet is online classes. These classes allow people from all over the country to enroll in the same class, just as long as they have an internet connection. All of the information needed for the class, such as the lectures, assignments, quizzes, and tests, are all going to be located right online. Also, you will have access to the instructor via email or other chat features. Many of these courses follow the same semester time scale that regular classes do, but some allow you to complete them at whatever pace works for you. While this isn't going to be exactly like being in the classroom, it is a great alternative for those who for one reason or another aren't going to be able to have a traditional college experience. This may be someone who isn't close to a college campus, a busy mom who has kids at home, a father who needs to work and can't attend classes at regular hours, and the list goes on.
Access To More Content And Resources
The internet has also helped to create much more content and resources for college students. Rather than only having access to the books, periodicals, etc., that they could find in their school's library, they now have access to anything and everything that can be found on the internet. Many schools have incorporated an online library for their students to use. This not only takes the hassle away from checking out books, but also allows them to have access to the content for as long as they need.
Online Assignment And Quiz Submissions
Even if you are not taking an online class, you are still likely going to submit most of your assignments and quizzes online. This can make getting the assignment to where it needs to go much easier and it can also make it almost impossible for an assignment or quiz to be lost. This is also great for saving paper because all of the assignments will be digital, rather than printed on paper.


Getting braces can be scary, especially for young children and teens. There’s a lot of social pressure to fit in during these ages and braces can make you stand out. Even adults struggle with getting orthodontic treatment! Though most people in the US receive some sort of orthodontic treatment in their lifetime, they’re rarely shown in popular media and literature. At Showtime Smiles Orthodontics & Pediatric Dentistry, we want everyone to be proud of their beautiful smiles especially with braces, so we’ve assembled a collection of books that address common issues people face when they first get braces. By exposing our patients to relatable characters with braces, we hope they can feel more comfortable with their smiles.
What I Like About Me by Allia Zobel Nolan
This picture book is about all the ways people are different and why we should celebrate those unique characteristics. It’s nice to fit in, but it’s also great to stand out, too! There are colorful illustrations on every page detailing what makes every child special and why they love those parts of themselves. One of our favorite characters loves the way her braces dazzle and gleam in the light. We love this positive message and we think it’s always relevant no matter how old you are. Younger children who may be preparing for early interceptive orthodontics will definitely enjoy this book.
The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule by Mike Berenstain
The Berenstain Bears were a beloved part of our childhood and it deserves a role in our children’s lives, too! Each story about the grizzly bear family taught important life lessons in a sweet, easy-to-understand way. When Sister Bear encounters a new girl at her school in this book, she and her friends ostracize the new student for wearing different clothes, glasses, and braces. Later on, she is reminded of the golden rule, to always treat as others as you wish to be treated. This book is a fantastic way to teach children how to treat other kindly no matter how they look. It also shows how everyone, even bears with braces, deserve compassion and respect.
Braces for Cori by Christine Flori
This is a sweet story about a young girl named Cori who is apprehensive about getting braces at first. After gets them, she realizes she likes the way they look. It’s a nice way to educate kids about the process of choosing and fitting them. Parents can use this as a tool to help younger children understand and normalize early interceptive orthodontics. It also makes going to the pediatric dentist a lot easier. Our neighbors at Kids Healthy Teeth, an office for pediatric dentistry in Katy, TX, love recommending this book to parents if their children are afraid of the dentist.
Aliens Don’t Wear Braces by Debbie Dadey & Marcia Thornton Jones
If you’re unfamiliar with the Bailey Elementary School series, it’s a popular series that follow a group of children who get caught up with a slew of quirky teachers, staff, and students that they suspect of being supernatural creatures.
In this edition, their new art teacher display odd behaviors that make her believe she’s an alien! What makes her seem human is her appearance. She looks like a regular person and she even has braces! In this book, braces aren’t seen as unusual; in fact, they’re the only thing that are normal. We like how braces are depicted as a regular, human feature that’s totally acceptable. This book gives kids a fun, light-hearted approach to what braces are.
A to Z Mysteries: Detective Camp
In this series, three children, Josh, Ruth, and Dink investigate mysteries around them. This time, they go to a detective camp where they learn about forensics and have to follow clues to figure out a real case. One of the campers is named Hunter and he has braces. Though the story doesn’t revolve around him, it’s awesome to see a character rocking their braces confidently around their peers.
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Ever have a dream about losing all your teeth? Well, in Smile by Raina Telgemeier, the main character faces this nightmare in real life… kind of. She doesn’t lose all her teeth, but she badly injures her two front teeth on a Girls Scouts trip. Following the accident, she must go through intense orthodontic treatment, including braces, headgear, and retainers. Regardless of the situation, she’s able to find support and love from her friends, family, and most importantly, herself! This heartwarming coming-of-age story teaches universal lessons about appearance and self-acceptance. To the delight of our resident orthodontist, it also features important nuggets of information about the value of braces and dental care
The Babysitter’s Club: Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Ann M. Martin
Growing up, The Babysitter’s Club was a bookshelf essential for any tween girl. It’s about a group of friends who form a babysitting business in their small town and their struggles growing up.
In this edition, Mallory Pike helps a pair of troublesome twins claim their individuality after they’ve been lumped together for so long. Afterward, she realizes she wants also wants more independence from her parents to express herself. By the end of the book (spoiler alert), she starts shopping for her own clothes, choosing her own haircuts, and even getting braces! We like how Mallory embraces all the things that make her different, including her braces.
The Zack Files: Dr. Jekyll, Orthodontist
Lots of kids are scared of the dentist or orthodontist and the main characters, Zack, is no different. However, throughout the book, we realize the orthodontist is not a terrible monster. He’s just misunderstood and has the best of intentions. This entertaining read can help change harmful misconceptions about the orthodontist that kids may have.
The Fletcher Mysteries Series by Elizabeth Levy
Gwen and Jill are amateur sleuths who investigate curious occurrences in their community. We definitely recommend this thrilling series for our young readers during Halloween in McKinney if they’re looking for a scare!
One of the defining traits of Gwen, one of the main protagonists, is her habit of tapping on her braces whenever she’s thinking about a case. Gwen’s braces might be cool, but it’s also just one of her characteristics. What’s more important than how you look is how you act and what you do. In this case, Gwen and Jill are both smart, inquisitive girls who go on lively adventures!
Including Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Taylor
Alice McKinley is your average teen girl trying to navigate her way to adulthood. Throughout the series, Alice faces common adolescent issues like family, school, hormonal changes, and more.
This book takes place in the fall of Alice’s sophomore year in high school. She’s going through a lot of changes in her life, including her brother going to college, her dad marrying a new woman, and on top of it all, getting braces! Her story perfectly captures the chaos and angst of growing up and how to deal with it.
Love and Braces by Catherine Aimes
Braces aren’t just for kids. Young adults often get braces when they can afford them on their own or after they get their wisdom teeth removed. For our more mature patients, Love and Braces is about a woman in her early twenties who finally decides to get orthodontic treatment at a later age. The story addresses the anxiety and embarrassment patients often feel when they get braces. The author, Catherine Aimes, does note that this fictional book is intended for an older audience, so the main character’s fears of the orthodontist may be exaggerated for dramatic effect. Nevertheless, we think it’s a captivating read that sheds light on the orthodontic process for patients.
Now that you’ve procured a reading list, here’s where you can get them. McKinney has a wide selection of books at the library where you can check them out and if they’re not available there, you can also stop by one of the local libraries. These are our favorites:
Roy & Helen Memorial Hall & Library
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John & Judy Gay Library
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Central Park Campus Library
2200 W University Dr, McKinney, TX 75071
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We hope our recommendations and resources are helpful for parents and patients at Showtime Smiles Orthodontics & Pediatric Dentistry in McKinney, TX. One of the best ways to make an orthodontic appointment less scary is by learning more about it through relatable characters and comforting stories. They’ll also help teach your kids about how to better take care of their teeth. Head over to our guide to McKinney to learn more about dental resources nearby or give us a call if you have any questions at all.


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A special Mentorship programme has been introduced in the college under which each and every faculty member is placed in-charge of a specific number of students (not more than 15) for monitoring the day to day activities of their respective students including their academic, mental, physical and moral growth. The performance of the faculty members/mentors are also judged by the conduct and performance of their RESPECTIVE students.
The S.I.P.E. Law College has a very well equipped library which is a prime source for legal research for both the faculty as well as the students. The library is well stocked with various books, journals, periodicals and magazines and law judgments of Supreme Court & all High Courts of India in addition to Central Act & Rules.
Along with the library there is a very comfortable and adequate reading room offering dynamic environment for conducting legal and law-related research. A student can borrow 2(Two) books at a time as per Borrowers Card system.
The Library remains open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on all working days. It remains closed on Sundays and holidays.
The college publishes its annual magazine called “Shreebharati” and releases them on occasions of different Seminars. The first edition of the magazine was published in the year 2011 in a Seminar titled “Seminar on Environmental Day”.
LEGAL AID CLINIC:
The college has a “legal aid clinic” run by the students with the help and guidance of faculty members of the college and practising Advocates. The same was inaugurated by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Iqbal Ansari, Judge, Gauhati High Court, during a Seminar organised by the College on “Role of Law as an instrument of social change”. The Legal Aid Clinic provides an opportunity to the students to participate in the judicial process even before they complete their law graduation and this in turn will generate a sense of social responsibility in them by helping the poor, needy and downtrodden.
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Plan Your Visit to Edinburgh Zoo
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Edinburgh Zoo Centenary... Join the Celebrations!
Join us throughout the year as we celebrate the centenary with a host of exciting events:
- Centenary Screenings - every Tuesday, we will show documentaries and footage filmed in or about the Zoo
- Animal Birthdays - we'll be celebrating some key animal birthdays this year
- Edinburgh Zoo Centenary Exhibition - Central Library George IV Bridge April and May, before coming to the Zoo
- The Role of Vets in Zoological Collections in the Future - Vet talk, 2 April
- Enrichment Day - 7 April
- Jungle Rhyme and Song session for 0 - 4 year olds - Central Childrens Library, 15 April 10:30am - 11am
- Jungle Crafts and a Jungle Quiz - Paper crafts, badge making and animal quiz for 4-12 year olds. Drop in for 2 weeks, wk beg 15 April and wk beg 22 April, in Central Childrens Library
- Andrew Balmford Centenary Lecture - Central Library, 23 April
- Jungle Stories - for 3-5 year olds, in Central Children's Library on 30 April
- Wild Workshop - family event at the Central Library, 11 May
- Penguins! - Zoo Keepers give a centenary lecture at the Central Library, 14 May
- Edinburgh Zoo Nights - Late opening of the Zoo with entertainment. Adult only event, 24 May and 28 June
- Andrew Whiten Centenary Lecture - 20 June
- Sand Zoo! - Life sized centenary animals made in sand, July and August
- 100 Years, 100 Prizes - Prize giveaway for our official birthday, 22 July
- Lee Durrell Centenary Lecture - 3 October
- Doug Allan Centenary Lecture - date TBC
- Lena Linden Centenary Lecture (Highland Wildlife Park) - date TBC
We would like you to share your zoo memories with us. The aim is to find a memory from 100 local people each born over the 100 years of the zoo.
Visit our Zoo memories page to find out how you can share your memories with us.


【凝聚态物理-北京大学论坛2023年第24期(总576期)】Publishing in Nature Nanotechnology：An insider’s view of Nature journals
Lu will talk about the scope of Nature Nanotechnology and an overview of Nature journals. And she will share her experience on the editorial process (the workflow and the statistical data) and disclose the criteria of Nature journals from an insider’s view. Through the talk, you will know better on what kind of papers a highly selective journal is looking for, how the editors decide whether to send a paper out or not, what they will do when the reviewers’ comments are contradictory. And Lu is happy to share with you her personal experience as an editor if you are interested together with some practical tips for writing and submitting a paper to a Nature journal.


Biblical Theology — 3/4
The Promised Kingdom/The Partial Kingdom
Last week we learned that at the end of Genesis 11, that the Kingdom of God (God’s people, in God’s place, under God’s rule, and enjoying God’s blessing) was in disarray. There was not a specific people of God, man had been banished from the Garden, man was rejecting the rule of God, and as a result was suffering the curse of God rather than His blessing. For purposes of our study of biblical theology (study of the unity of the message of the Bible), we have called this epoch (or age) — The Perished Kingdom.
In Genesis 3-12, we see, even in the midst of disaster, a ray of hope. We see the promise of the reestablishment of the Kingdom. Notice four examples of this hope:
1. A Eternal Plan
• Ephesians 1:3-6
• Even before the disobedience of Adam and Eve, before they or anything else even existed, God had already decided on a rescue operation. He had determined from eternity to call a people to Himself through His Son Jesus and restore everything under Him.
2. The Serpent Crusher
• Genesis 3:15
3. Amazing Grace
• Noahic Covenant (Gen. 6:18; 9:1-17)
• Two important words are used for the first time in the Bible — grace and covenant.
• Noah finds grace in the eyes of the Lord.
• God’s covenant distinguishes between those who are chosen as the objects of blessing, those who will somehow share this blessing, and those who are under judgment.
• God makes a unilateral covenant to preserve His creation and never again to destroy it by a flood.
4. The Promise
• Genesis 12:1-3
• John Stott writes: “It may truly be said without exaggeration that not only the rest of the Old Testament but the whole of the New Testament are an outworking of the promise made by God to Abraham.”
• There are four main elements to the promises made to Abraham — people (many descendants), land, God will be their God, and through them all the nations of the world will be blessed.
• Some important biblical themes are intertwined with the history of Abraham adn the covenant — grace, election, and faith.
The Kingdom of God
We see at the end of Genesis 12, that the restoration project has begun — we call this epoch “The Promised Kingdom.” The covenant with Abraham is a promise of the Kingdom of God:
• God’s people — Abraham’s descendants
• Live in God’s place — The promised land (Canaan)
• Under God’s rule — Abiding by God’s word
• Enjoying God’s blessing — Blessing to all nations
Genesis 13 – 1 Kings 11
In Genesis 13 through 1 Kings 11 we will cover the history of Israel from Abraham until the high point of the monarchy under Solomon. It is a period of over 1,000 years. We will see how God’s promise of the Kingdom — people, land, rule, and blessing — is partially fulfilled in the history of Israel.
While each of these promises is in view, it is fair to say that the focus of Genesis 12 to Exodus 18 is the “people promise”; Exodus 19 to the end of Leviticus, the “rule” and “blessing” promises; Numbers to Joshua, the “land” promise; and Judges to 2 Chronicles, the “king” promise (which is really a subset of the “rule” promise.
1. God’s People: Genesis 12 – Exodus 18
• “I will make you into a great nation” (Genesis 12:2)
• The story of Abraham and Isaac — we learn from Abraham’s example and trust in the gospel promises even when we cannot understand what God is doing in our own lives.
• The story of Jacob and Esau — we learn that God does not choose people on merit.
• The story of Joseph — we learn that God is control all along.
• The statement of God: “I am who I am” — we learn that the Bible does not just tell the story of God’s work of salvation. It also reveals God’s character. He is its hero from the beginning to the end. Our focus should not be — “What is it saying to me?” but “What does this tell me about God.”
• The story of the Passover — we learn that God saves through substitution.
• The crossing of the Red Sea — we learn that salvation is by conquest (Col. 2:15). It is by deliverance. It is the pattern of redemption.
2. God’s Rule and Blessing: Exodus 19 – Leviticus
• “I will bless you” (Genesis 12:2).
• The giving of the Law — we learn that (1) the Law is not intended to be the means by which anyone gets right with God (the Israelites are already God’s people through His grace; (2) their obedience to the Law is not to earn their salvation, it is a response to the salvation He has already achieved for them; (3) their obedience to the Law is not the path to membership in the covenant but it is required for the enjoyment of blessing within the covenant. If the Israelites are to know God’s blessing, they must be brought back under God’s rule. If the rejection of God’s law brings death and curse (separation from God), the restoration of the law enables life and blessing (relationship with God as He draws near again).
• The tabernacle — we learn that God’s people are able once more to enjoy His presence.
• The sacrificial system — we learn that God’s presence with His people is wonderful but it also creates a problem. How can a holy God live among a sinful people without destroying them? The sacrificial system is designed to deal with this problem. It introduces the concept of a mediator. It introduces the concept or reconciliation. Note: It will require a “better” sacrifice. It will require the perfect sacrifice of Christ on the cross.
3. God’s Place: Numbers to Joshua
• “To your offspring I will give this land” (Gen. 12:7)
• Numbers shows Israel’s disobedience and delay.
• Deuteronomy teaches Israel of the blessings they can expect if they are obedient and the curses they can expect if they are not.
• Joshua shows the conquest of the land and the need to remove corruption from the land.
4. God’s King: Judges to 2 Chronicles
• “….he will crush your head” (Gen. 3:15)
• Judges shows us Israel’s cycle of sin and grace.
• 1 Samuel shows us a false start in the attempt to raise up a king (Israel wants monarchy instead of a theocracy).
• 2 Samuel shows us the reign of David (“a man after His own heart” — 1 Samuel 13:14). It tells us of the Messiah to come from David’s line (2 Sam.7).
• 1 Kings 1 – 11 shows us Solomon and the golden age.
The Kingdom of God
We see at the end of 1 Kings 11, that a partial fulfillment of the Kingdom of God has been achieved. We see:
• God’s people — The Israelites
• Live in God’s place — The promised land (Canaan)
• Under God’s rule — The Law; A King
• Enjoying God’s blessing — Safety and a Blessing to All Nations
God’s work among the Israelites was never intended to be the final fulfillment of His gospel promises. It was only to serve as a model. The partial Kingdom was just a shadow of the perfect Kingdom that God will establish through Jesus Christ. It (Israel) points beyond itself to Him. God will soon reject Israel but He will not forget His promises. As we shall see in the next epoch, it is the role of the prophets to explain this great truth.
(Material borrowed from God’s Big Picture by Vaughan Roberts and According to Plan by Graeme Goldsworthy)


It has been raining here a lot, but luckily Parragon books had me covered! My boys are always full of energy so it is important that I keep them busy.
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My son Henry thought the little box of books was really cute! His brother Adam starts kindergarten soon, so we will be having a lot of fun with these while he is at school. These books help with learning shapes, colors, sounds, numbers and more!
Play together, learn together with the Little Learners range of books for babies and toddlers! Discover first concepts and start to explore the world with Little Box of Books. This box contains 10 first learning books perfect for little hands, including colors, numbers, shapes, animals and lots more for you and your little one to learn together.
The Moana books had lots of fun activities. Perfect for rainy days or while you are waiting for your food in a restaurant.
Adam and Henry both love these cute little finger books. They think it is so silly when we stick our fingers in them to make the animals move while we read.
Wiggle the cute lion/elephant puppet and enjoy a beautiful story – with Mommy/Daddy! Little Learners Mommy and Me is an adorable board book featuring a fun finger puppet lion/elephant built into the story, encouraging interactive play, hand-eye coordination and language development in your little one.
This book is greats for adults and kids! My son Adam really loved drawing the triangles on the trains and finishing patterns. I could also see it used as a stress reliever at work. My Dad was always doodling when he was on the phone when I was younger, and it made me think of him.
Parragon isn’t just for kids! They have lots of fun books for adults too! These are great for road trips and as stress relievers! Personally, I love them. I have always been sensitive to people’s energies and this really helps me with my anxiety, and kind of resets my negative energy if that makes sense.
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"The purpose of the  Consultation was to encourage evangelical leaders to think futuristically and begin long-range planning for the church in the face of possible alternative futures." [emphasis added]
This quotation is from Evangelicals Face the Future, in a Preface written by Donald E. Hoke, identified as the Coordinator for the Billy Graham Center in Wheaton, Illinois. The 1977 "Consultation on Future Evangelical Concerns" was held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Hoke explains that, "In early 1977 Drs. Billy Graham and Hudson Armerding and I called together a small group of evangelical leaders to consider the future of the church and evangelicalism in the last 23 years of this century." [emphasis added]
Hoke then explained the rationale for evangelicals to embrace futurism:
"Traditionally, evangelicals have thought much about prophecy but little about our more immediate earthly future. James Sire's penetrating question (Eternity, January 1976), must be faced: "What if Christ does not come -- for 10, 100, 1,000 years?"
It is quite clear that the evangelical leaders who met in 1977 had decided that the Biblical future, expressed in prophecy, was not adequate for a postmodern world "crisis." Hudson T. Amerding, Chairman, wrote in the Foreward that
"world events underscore the necessity of acting strategically to advance the cause of Christ. The acceleration of change and the magnification of issues having consequences around the world highlight the urgency of the task that lies before evangelicals." [emphasis added]
Even a cursory examination of the literature from the global missions movement over the next 28 years reveals that this language about "acting strategically" to "advance the cause" became the pervasive rallying cry. And the "acceleration of change" and "urgency" mantras, first taught by the futurists, became the raison d'etre for every novel program or practice -- particularly well-disguised in the doctrine of "advancing the Kingdom" and "fulfilling the Great Commission."
Don't be deceived! The global futurists that rose to prominence in the decade of the 1979s were not some benign group of rational scientists and academics. Rather, they were a group of wild and wacky Luciferians who had a rabid agenda which they wished to foist upon the world. These futurists do have an alternative future scenario. It is one that is well-documented in their literature. For example, Barbara Marx Hubbard, a close associate of Willis Harman, wrote that her "alternative to Armageddon is the Planetary Pentecost" which can only be escaped through "global cooperation" and participation in one's own "evolution to godliness." (The Revelation, pp. 157 & 174)
"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming?" (2 Peter 3:3-4a)
Tomorrow: Hoke's 1977 presentation on the Club of Rome